Since arriving 14 years ago with Coldplay’s breakout single “Yellow,” Martin has had an extravagant voice in pop music, aiming at grandeur more often than mining his songs’ intimate moments.
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But even that flare-up is punctuated by Martin’s raspy howl in the chorus, “I don’t care, go on and tear me apart/I don’t care if you do.”Ĭoldplay’s ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ Soundtracks NBA Ad: Watch By contrast, “Ghost Stories” is devoid of big moments, save for the Avicii collaboration “A Sky Full Of Stars,” which showcases the producer’s pulsating keyboard riffs and pummeling beat drops.
Ghost Stories is a beautiful experiment in music, and more than just a break-up album they say it is.Coldplay’s last album, 2011’s “Mylo Xyloto,” was a shout-along opus that found the four-piece finally embracing the ridiculousness that comes with being the World’s Biggest Rock Band there were canyon-sized synths, rock-opera plot lines and a duet with Rihanna. Our lives revolve around people, and music gives us a reason to remember them.
Like Fly On to hum when you are all by yourself, Always in my Head when you miss somebody and may be tap your feet to Magic once a while. Ghost Stories would give you a few Coldplay songs to store forever. The band occupies a dedicated space in my 150 GB of music collection. I have always wandered with a Coldplay song in my head. At The Royal Albert Hall, London, JA Bitter-Sweet Tug At The Heart In fact, they remind you of some of the old Coldplay tracks such as Strawberry Swing and Viva la Vida. The song is beautiful on acoustics and is slow paced.Ī Sky Full of Stars, Ink and True Love are average songs and lack originality. Waiting in rain, sky, under the sun and then just letting go. Oceans is another mourning track of the album that spreads the message of waiting across the listener. “ I think of you, I haven’t slept, I think I do, But I don’t forget, But though I try my heart stays still”. Makes you remember someone, crave for someone and yes, it is melancholic! The song is still like the sea and yet flowing and ends abruptly giving an ache in your heart. That it is difficult to “ get over you, and I still call it magic, after all that we’ve been through”.Īlways in my Head makes you feel heavy and nostalgic. Magic is another beautiful track that intricately expresses the rigidity of a lover. It makes sense, to believe that feelings are birds they fly on! Give the piano keys a hear, they will transform your world for 5 minutes. The verses beautifully convey the acceptance of the fact that a lot in life not lasts forever which is beautifully depicted in “ O- Fly on”.įly On is also the most ecstatic track of the album. The music narrates the various emotional realms of this person – right from heartbreak to letting go. Ghost stories, through its music tries to narrate the story of a man going through a separation process, from people and places.
The album is based on the bottom line that “ if you sit with your experiences and the things you’ve been through, they alchemize”.Ĭoldplay: Guy Berryman, Will Champion, Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland Songs One Must Give An Ear To As Martin said in an interview, Ghost Stories is all about the consequences of your past affecting your present and future and the constant battle of not letting that happen.