Viva la Vida, Coldplay - Can't get the tune outta me head!

This is the tune that's been stuck to me clueless brain basically the whole freaking week. Not ya average sounding rock song i'd add. Catchy tune bordering on the pop side with great string arrangements. That single drum beat is simple and yet effective. Btw, the video above is the 2nd version directed by Anton Cobijn as homage to Depeche Mode ( remember their Enjoy The Silence video by the same director?).

Well, who needs blaring guitars and furious drum lines when Coldplay can come out with songs like this. ;0) Besides being good "copy cats" in using other people's tune for some of their songs; Fix It (based on Elbow's - Grace Under Pressure) and Talk (melodies from 80's electro band, Kraftwerk - Computer Love Melody), Chris Martin aka Mr Gwyneth Paltrow do have some flashes of a musical genius.

Being an 80's music freak, i can see so much similarity between his singing style to A-Ha's lead singer, Morten Hacket - the falsetto voice and U2's signature "Infinite Guitar" sounds. The band themselves admitted they were inspired by the two mentioned bands. I've been a fan of their music since their debut album - Parachutes, which is still their best album in my books. Favourite tracks from that album was Trouble, Shiver and of course Yellow. Their second album - A Rush Of Blood To The Head was pretty good too with notable tracks like Clock and The Scientist. Their 3rd album - X & Y, sort of see them loose their way a 'lil and too U2 sounding to my liking, but it did spawn 3 big hits for them - Speed of Sound, Fix You and Talk ( the last 2 are my favourite).

Their latest album; Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, still sound like U2 (the producer was Brian Eno, the same guy who produced U2's monumental The Joshua Tree album) but tweaked with more of their own personality. I find the use of the string arrangement to be refreshing and something new compared to their signature piano and guitar sounds. Besides the singles: Violet Hill and Viva la Vida, there's a few more tracks worth checking out like Lovers in Japan and the hidden track - China Sleep Chant.

Just my 2 cents on Coldplay, which might turn out to be too "soft" for some of ya hard rocking dudes. Well, i've never been known to go for those really hard stuff anyway. ;0) AD, just thought i expend on our comments on the band in my previous posting a 'lil through this entry.