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Date of upload: Jul 6, 2021 ^^
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I knew by the third chord it was Chris Martin. He has such a definitive style. And who would hate this band? His playing and writing are genius. As someone who has spent a lot of time on a piano, and being self-taught, he was and still is one of my favorites for chord study, harmony, melody, and just trying to understand his voicings and how they are used to lift his songs. Beautiful stuff always from this band. Fix you is another beautiful song and was played at my daughters funeral. β€
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I am a long distance hiker, and I often listen through full albums while I walk. I remember hiking through Yosemite high country and listening through this album and feeling like I was not just moving through the landscape, I was part of it. I was part of something bigger than myself. And I think that's why I still love Coldplay - there's something about them that helps me feel connected to something bigger. I do miss their old style a lot, but I did love bits of Everyday Life, and O on Ghost Stories will always be a favorite.
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I saw Coldplay twice during their downtempo phase (Rush and X&Y tours). Amsterdam is one of my all time favorite songs. I loved Coldplay in those years. Like Rick I lost interest when they gave up their sad tunes. But those first 3 albums were all treasures. Scientist, Fix You, Warning Sign, Moses are some of the gems from those albums
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I instantly knew what song you were talking about, that song, Amsterdam, hold a special place in my heart,
I remember sitting on a empty appartment surrounded by 6 people that were strangers 8 month before that, It was the end of my "Erasmus" semester near Madrid, we were french, italian german and spanish. We were 20 years old and inseperable for a few month living outside of time in a bubble of everything best Europe has to offer. I remember my friend putting this song on her laptop, just after leaving and saying goodbye forever, the atmosphere was heavy with bittersweetness, that was the perfect song for the perfect moment, I never saw them again, it was 15 years ago,
maybe i'm gonna send some messages today...
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As soon as I heard that opening mic reverb, I knew exactly what song it was.
There's numerous reasons why Amsterdam is not only my favorite Coldplay song, but one of my favorite songs in general, and you covered all of them sir.
From the modality, to the lyrics (Dead on the surface/screaming underneath is 100% relatable), the organ buildup. Absolute treasure of a song.
Coldplay's first two albums are just golden.
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"Rush of Blood" was the only CD in my car for the 24 months after my husband died. I listened every day to and from work. Every nerve of every sensory organ in my body every cell in my brain got imbedded in with those songs -- every chord, every melody, every riff, every beat. Especially this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful song. If I hear any song from Rush of Blood "out in the world" somewhere, it's like I step into a time machine. Music is so fucking powerful.
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Thank you for this! I bought this CD at Walmart in Lewisburg, PA in May 2003 along with Pete Yorn's "Day I Forgot". I was driving home from Bucknell* to home on the Jersey Shore 2 weeks after my father died suddenly at 53. I was 21 and just finished my 3rd year. I had gone home right away for all of the pain and logistics of that, and then I drove back out to Bucknell to compete in one last end of season track meet in an effort to nail a time that would keep my season going (in the 3k steeplechase). I had a firecracker under my ass in that race, but I missed qualifying by like 2 seconds. So I packed up the rest of my crap and headed back to the shore for the summer.
Before I left town I stopped in Walmart and picked up the two aforementioned records. For whatever reason I popped in Day I Forgot first listened front to back, which was a personal rule for me at the time. I enjoyed it and it helped for a bit. Then I popped in Rush of Blood To the Head. I was blown away. I was i love, in pain, in tears (The Scientist hit really fucking hard at that moment). I got home and I went to my stupid old room and my old Sony CD-10 boombox that I purchased when I was 10 years old and I played it again, and I just laid on my bed crying, exhausted.
I love this album in so many ways and it feels like the Universe was building a bridge for me. I don't know if I "believe" that per se, but it felt like it. Thank you for focusing on this album. The guys they are now are not the guys they were then, and I think they really found a beautiful moment when they recorded this album.
(* RE: Bucknell, funny thing about this, it took me til now--41--to realize how poor I was compared to all but a few of my classmates there. I say this because yes, I am a bit defensive about where I went to college and stereotypes.)
PS: my pup is also called Moose, or rather "Moose Moose" (Swedish Chef reference), and we call her "Moosie" day to day :-)
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@cdprince768
2 years ago
Rick tricked us into listening to "What Makes This Song Great by Coldplay"
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