C Is For Coldplay

Steve and Doug take a good luck at the history and discography of one of the biggest bands in the world! From playing pubs to selling out world tours, from concert to interactive music videos, from atmospheric rock to shameless pop, Coldplay has done it all. Also: mental illness, DUIs, kiss cams, and Gene Simmons getting pissy.

Music featured this episode:
Adventure Of A Lifetime - A Head Full Of Dreams
Lost! - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Clocks - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
​Magic - Ghost Stories

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6:37 - Gene Simmons said what we're all thinking... but as usual goes a little too aggressive in his assessment of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

8:48 - Yes we did talk about Lauryn Hill quite a bit! Check out our episode on One Album Wonders

48:53 - Yeah, Pitchfork gave Parachutes a fairly neutered review. Ouch!

51:47 - With hindsight, it's easy to overlook Coldplay's American debut on Conan. But at the time, they must have been crushed.

1:03:34 - Here's the Royksopp Trembling Heart Mix of Clocks. Music is pretty groovy but the lyrics feel a little mismatched.

1:03:49 - And if you like the sound of them, here's our episode R Is For Royksopp

​1:10:10 & 1:10:20 - These are the openings of both versions of Talk (or Talk X and Talk Y as Doug proposes)

1:18:07 - Man these guys are really hard to please. Pitchfork give X&Y a pretty lackluster review.

1:19:04 - New York Times were pretty hard on Coldplay even at this point (sorry, article is behind a paywall!)

1:34:54 - Ed Sheeran demonstrates how he won his copyright court case on the Howard Stern Show

1:40:21 - White Town has three Christmas songs, but Doug is referring to Say You'll Be Home For Christmas

1:40:53 - The song is Puddleglum by Said The Whale

1:42:55 - I put in the song Blade Runner (End Titles) by Vangelis, because (let's be honest) it fits better

2:05:05 - Yes, tragically Avicii died by suicide

2:12:19 - Désolé by Gorillaz is such a great example of blending Western and World music, but it's a trick Gorillaz do often

2:16:47 - Doug will do impressions on commission if you ask

2:30:06 - Aardman Animation is best known for the Wallace & Gromit series and related spinoffs (like Shaun The Sheep)

2:32:07 - If you haven't seen Da Funk by Daft Punk, directed by Spike Jonez, you're missing out

2:53:56 - Even deaf people can love Coldplay, according to this insanely expensive music video for feelslikeimfallinginlove

2:57:17 - clown core is nuts but also fascinating

Doug's Recommendations
High Speed - Parachutes
Warning Sign - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
​Arabesque - Everyday Life

Steve's Recommendations:
Trouble - Parachutes
X&Y - X&Y
Major Minus - Mylo Xyloto


Coldplay's Official Website