Chris Martin On The Simplicity Of Coldplay Songs | Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend

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@leogothisoscar271 Жыл бұрын

I love the fact that Chris is just as engaged in the interview and even eagerly asks Conan questions. Plus Coldplay songs are certainly not simple, at least not their first 4 albums and Everyday Life.

@condemned1982 Жыл бұрын

That is definitely the best way to endear oneself to Conan - flip the questions back so he can talk about himself.

@JesseLeeHumphry 3 ай бұрын

Anyone who has tried to play Paradise on piano knows it's not simple lmfao

@bkj43 Жыл бұрын

Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head are absolute classics.

@marcgw496 Жыл бұрын

Although the song Viva La Vida is a little overplayed, I think that album is amazing as well.

@cpcathy Жыл бұрын

Also Ghost Stories and Everyday Life

@thisisit2082 Жыл бұрын

The follow up from Rush, X&Y should be added. Perfection.

@cpcathy Жыл бұрын

@@thisisit2082 I know that they dislike it so that keeps me from revisiting it.

@luchta4 Жыл бұрын

@@cpcathy Ghost Stories is incredibly underrated, love to see it getting recognition

@MelissaNgai Жыл бұрын

Coldplay really captures wonderful feelings in their music. Chris is a wonderful artist and seems like such a kind compassionate person.

@kenbagwell8551 Жыл бұрын

Great songs are just feelings put to music.

@mashas3566 Жыл бұрын

So true...being compasdionate makes him a super super star🥺

@skaaya1 Жыл бұрын

"Clocks" is quite simply one of my favourite all time songs, in any genre!👌

@danielfritz954 Жыл бұрын

I love Chris, he is so humble and to me his voice is angelic.

@ParadNorthProd Жыл бұрын

"Maybe not the best, but the most US." I try to remember that whenever I'm writing songs.

@snails9505 Жыл бұрын

It was a great end line

@ericdavidwallace Жыл бұрын

Yes me too

@Coldplaykb Жыл бұрын

So glad Conan brought up the tuning / way he plays. That and the chords are the most unique thing about their songs, and it's one of the reasons I love them so much. It's not straight forward, and that's what gives it that extra spark. Great interview!

@ju9219 Жыл бұрын

So true. And this is why, with Coldplay, it's either you get them or you don't!! And as Chris rightly said, "they are not the best, but they are uniquely them" I just love his humility and I love Coldplay. My favourite band of all time. As their number 1 fan I absolutely get them ❤💯💃

@SaradaBani Жыл бұрын

I love your work @Coldplaykb

@Coldplaykb Жыл бұрын

@@SaradaBani hey thank you so much, I appreciate that!

@leif1075 Жыл бұрын

If they are not straightforward, then why does he talk about the simplicity of their songs? Not in that respect?

@Coldplaykb Жыл бұрын

@@leif1075 I would say the songs themselves can be straightforward but when you dive into the music itself (chord structure, tuning, etc.) it's not so straightforward. They are more complex then they appear.

@5sieben2.15 Жыл бұрын

Their first two albums I will listen for the rest of my life. It's like a special safe place I can return to

@radkid06 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I like their other albums but the first two, not sure how to say this right, but I think those two really capture their essence.

@MatterShim Жыл бұрын

Don't limit yourself. The rest of their albums are solid too.

@5sieben2.15 Жыл бұрын

@@MatterShim because of my strong admiration for the first two I went through every subsequent at least once, never got hooked. Solid is a good word for them, maybe also formulaic. Guess I'm not a real fan of them, more of the solace they gave me through my teenage years, strong memories attached to the first two. Something I cannot really recreate as an adult, am thankful for the nostalgia

@sinuskurvepitch1247 Жыл бұрын

their first 4 were superb, with AROBTTH being their best. Since MX they turned more into a pop band, but they still got some gems on their albums, like ie us against the world

@lubondochilekwa Жыл бұрын

Me too

@XoXo475 Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful humble guy . I love Chris too

@LycanLink Жыл бұрын

Dang, whether you love Coldplay or hate 'em, this is some uplifting stuff right here. You don't have to strive to be your heroes. Just find your own sound, your own niche that makes you you.

@hithere_1967 Жыл бұрын

I can write Coldplay lyrics too... Here goes one for ya. 😆 I opened the door it was white I looked at the clouds they were white White White The door was white I mean, when I hear their lyrics, I feel like a ten-year old wrote them.

@RYAN-zm8kr Жыл бұрын

@@hithere_1967 that's why it's so pure and honest

@markusmath3421 11 ай бұрын

@@hithere_1967 I don't see the problem here lmao

@alejandroacevedo9409 Жыл бұрын

I love how chris makes it sound simple, but the real reason they are so good is beacuse he is a genius and has a magical ear for melody and chords. Its not teachable❤

@firststatetate Жыл бұрын

Chris is extremely dynamic. He has a wide collection of musical talents.

@ericdavidwallace Жыл бұрын

Yes

@ismaelsantana8250 Жыл бұрын

Song “ A Rush of Blood to the head” is such a great one… that Biiiiig chorus and Chris’ melancholic delivery is such a beautiful sound. Album as a whole is 10/10 for me

@kendanzan9722 10 ай бұрын

"your limitations become strengths".. never heard anyone say that before. that is beautiful

@steveyj75 Жыл бұрын

The fact that there are Coldplay haters blows my mind. Sure, you might not enjoy their music as much as I do, but how can you dislike this person?

@MrGhostTheBigRoast Жыл бұрын

its easy

@natschaefer1044 Жыл бұрын

A lot of the hate is because they were pretty much inescapable here in the UK for a while - you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing Viva La Vida, Fix You or one of their other hits. People dunk on Ed Sheeran quite a bit for the same reason

@RealAmarSheth Жыл бұрын

+1 on this

@seanblair9686 Жыл бұрын

@@natschaefer1044 yeah but you shouldnt hate on the artist for that

@birdiedog5 Жыл бұрын

Chris definitely succeeds grohl as the nicest guy in rock. Grohl has more ego and likes to hear himself talk. It became more apparent in interviews after Taylor's death that he never let taylor speak much unless he was in control. Chris Martin is a sweetheart of a human.

@jonnenne Жыл бұрын

Chris Martin seems so authentic that Conan has challenges with that at time

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@ST-xg3gy 10 ай бұрын

Huh?

@christopherrubio8047 Жыл бұрын

Love Chris. He’s an amazing human, no doubt.

@JedF2010 6 ай бұрын

I feel Chris Martin is the most down to earth guy ever. What an amazing talent and yet so humble and realistic.

@jaywalker. Жыл бұрын

"Maybe I can make things weirdly me." 👈🏾 That's it. I'm keeping that.

@nonlivingworld Ай бұрын

so humble this guy omg! I can't I am gonna cry, can listen to him talk for years

@Infntpaccout1100.3x Жыл бұрын

I didn’t really like Coldplay when I was a kid cuz I heard viva La vida over and over. But recently I figured out how incredible they are. The song yellow is what made me realize. And Chris Martin seems like a cool dude

@willrocks111 Жыл бұрын

I recently revisited Viva La Vida because I kinda glossed over it as a child. Hearing it over and over again just like you haha. It's actually amazing :D Ahead of its time

@Knickerboxer Жыл бұрын

The little changes he makes in the guitar tuning in the first 2 albums is what i love about them. You can come up with beautiful sounding chords that way.

@kettyspikes Жыл бұрын

Coldplay is my GOAT in terms rock-pop bands

@dave2863 Жыл бұрын

chris has a very soothing voice

@aranklogu Жыл бұрын

One of my fav music acts.

@barbryll8596 10 ай бұрын

Simple is key! I love the simplicity and the harmony. This brings me back every time

@mandalorian48 Жыл бұрын

That was really wonderful. Chris & Conan are both really cool guys.

@scarlettm3889 Жыл бұрын

What a great conversation!

@MrDamburger 9 ай бұрын

why is he such a friggen class dude, he must meditate an hour a day he's insanely chill and down to earth and just happy

@beawriting Жыл бұрын

My favorite band ever. My college years was peak Coldplay.

@rangers11ization Жыл бұрын

Such a great episode👍 Every clip is interesting

@Mikegeb4545 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy jazz and sophisticated music, but there is something in Coldplay’s music that I find authentic and amazing, even though I can’t pinpoint what it is. Chris gives an amazing response in this video that addresses that. Very few musicians in mainstream pop/rock music follow the principle of breaking the rules and experimenting until they get a sound that reflects their identity. Usually, producers in mainstream music rely on a cookie-cutter formula to chase after what sells best. This drains the life out of most popular songs/artists. That’s why I have a great deal of respect for Coldplay!

@genghiscan2918 Жыл бұрын

Well, you can't really get more simple than "you, you are, my universe. And I, just want, to put you first."

@deiciellemakeup6514 Жыл бұрын

Oooo my God, how motivated I feel by this part of the interview. I'm looking for knowledge in singing, today I auditioned to try to get into singing class and do what I love, write this down the next time Coldplay comes to Brazil, I'll sing with them. Record it! motivated me even more

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@geoffreygill5849 4 ай бұрын

i totally agree w how you write, you don’t sit down and draft out music, you play what sounds right and good, and then sometimes yea, it ends up being simpler than you would’ve initially liked, but trying to make something unnecessarily complicated usually makes it bad. you have to have a purpose

@kani3284 Жыл бұрын

Coldplay will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

@simondunne5362 Жыл бұрын

Let me tell you Chris, imo it definitely is the best. I've used your music 🎶 and the feeling I am so grateful to receive to go from 28 stone and deaths door 🚪 to the fittest happiest 50 year old in the world. Next step is to use your music to become the best sports performance coach in the world 🌏 on the very day I reached my first goal , I found out we share the same birthday. Keep doing what you're doing you are changing lives. August 22nd in Glasgow and the feeling I received carried me on like a magic carpet of development which then led to a huge win that afforded me black market tickets 2 at 350 a pop😮 and I'll see you at the Etihad 0n 3rd June for what I know will be just the most amazing day of my life. ❤😊

@ju9219 Жыл бұрын

I am going on 3rd June too!! Will be my 4th Coldplay live concert and counting... Viva Coldplay, best band and best live act in my humble opinion

@AnnyReactsYT Жыл бұрын

Each of Coldplay’s albums are indeed different & unique. Albums 1-4 are my favorites. Their B-sides tracks are pure gold though.

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

@Anny all love, and how are you doing today?

@franktielemans6624 Жыл бұрын

" That's what I feel so encouraged about. The whole world right now is seeing people become themselves even if it's a bit differentbecause that's how I feel about our music and I don't claim it's the best but it's definitely the most us"

@johnbatac6466 Жыл бұрын

I like this kind of vulnerable Conan where he can share his thoughts without always bantering AHSDHA

@radkid06 Жыл бұрын

I actually loved this interview, Chris is amazing, thought this was an interesting clip.

@jamiedugda Жыл бұрын

Coldplay are in the top tier of live music. They are awesome live

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@meg_hutson 9 ай бұрын

Just saw them last weekend. In the top two of best live performances I’ve ever seen. SO amazing

@daniellegeorge4526 9 ай бұрын

@@meg_hutsonme tooooo

@zonesquestiloveunderworld Жыл бұрын

Chris is actually much more eloquent and insightful than I've given him credit for. This isn't an interview, it's a conversation.

@ghostofamoment Жыл бұрын

Parachutes is a perfect album, it could honestly be a 'best of'.

@flightvolume Жыл бұрын

great conversation about island hopping and confidence / momentum

@davidofergals6947 Жыл бұрын

Simplicity is an understatement.

@JetOchoa 3 ай бұрын

"limitations are your strength" wow

@sehyde26 6 ай бұрын

Even if you're not into the music, I don't see how anyone could dislike Chris. He's just such an intelligent, interesting, and real-seeming person. I always love listening to him chat about his music and art, and no one gives a better interview than Conan. So good!

@theplourde Жыл бұрын

As a guitar player and wanton pianist and keyboardist, Coldplay songs aren’t simple.

@maximillianford9301 Жыл бұрын

I just play piano and yeah they're really not. Amsterdam drives me nuts with frustration

@rwg2626 Жыл бұрын

No other band has achieved so much, all the so called big bands like the stones, U2 etc, just can’t do current, they just rely on their old fans, never attracting new fans, coldplay just keep evolving and delivering hits like no other band has ever done, unique and classy

@steveyj75 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, mate, U2 had been doing that very same thing for twenty years before we had ever heard of Coldplay. You should check out the back catalog!

@rwg2626 Жыл бұрын

@@steveyj75 yep they were my first band, saw them live, but as I said, their music has not evolved, nothing new they do is actually new

@Mac2095 Жыл бұрын

Uhh Coldplay has had one #1 hit of their own, in 2008. Their collab with BTS also hit #1 2 years ago, for obvious reasons (hint: it’s not because of Coldplay). The Rolling Stones had eight #1 hits over the span of 15 years. Kind of a ridiculous comparison. I’m glad you’re a fan of their music and happy for you that they’ve meant a lot to you, but come on now, let’s have a little bit of perspective that’s actually grounded in reality. Rolling Stones songs still chart again to this day whenever they’re used in a new movie, commercial, or a new artist does a cover of them. No one has thought about Coldplay since 2010, and when they were thought about they were basically the poster child for being melodramatic pop music with no substance that was popular amongst women aged 13-40. They were basically the opposite of a critical darling, no musician or music critic actually took them seriously, they were just very popular. Or, here’s another one that just came to mind: the opposite of a cult favorite- they had a billion casual fans among people who don’t really care about music, but they were nobody’s favorite band (except, now I’m learning, yours).

@rwg2626 Жыл бұрын

@@Mac2095 somebody doesn’t believe in facts, just go and have a look at subscribers for both Coldplay and Rolling stones official channels, and whatever you do don’t look at the amount of plays they get….1.8 billion on just one song, please don’t look at the stones views, every Coldplay album has had at least hit singles, the stones, no idea, nobody hears them anymore. Are the even played on the radio anymore, can’t remember the last time I did hear them on the radio

@ju9219 Жыл бұрын

Well said. And that's why they are still relevant to this day - evolving!! Their fans transcend across different ages and ethnicity.

@john-junior3501 Жыл бұрын

"Oh morning come bursting the clouds amen"

@coldplayer9403 Жыл бұрын

so true, every time i tried to play a coldplay song i like it's never straightforward in chords/tuning lol i.e. see you soon

@shakar.bajalan Жыл бұрын

Very inspiring

@harrypotter1155 7 ай бұрын

"I don't claim it's the best but it's definitely the most us."

@stefoneill1015 4 ай бұрын

Complete heaven

@MarcBosserman Жыл бұрын

What a genius!! : )

@manciti4709 Жыл бұрын

the beauty of simplicity= COLDPLAY

@dchap7925 Жыл бұрын

I love Chris Martin. Please come to Charlotte NC or Roanoke VA. We just relocated and we need COLDPLAY here. #weloveyou #yourethetits #confettibomb

@baconlover22 Жыл бұрын

I love Coldplay and Chris

@cyberqueen777 Жыл бұрын

He's such a beautiful boy!

@AJohnBotha Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed it when he called him Conor😂 3:13

@sorayathephoenix7777 Жыл бұрын

This is the best thing I could see ever

@williamgregory1848 4 ай бұрын

Conan really needs to become a music writer or a music journalist because his knowledge and love of music is evident.

@bobm8637 Жыл бұрын

I thought the video was flipped until I saw the guitar behind 🤣

@ahsn8010 Жыл бұрын

Conan should had a pin on his jacket like chris.

@whattheheckwelch Жыл бұрын

I wish Chris would read a Thich Nhat Hanh book on audible.

@timt9625 Жыл бұрын

Coldplay are great, I enjoy a fair amount of their later work but yeah the first 4 albums are classics

@Astronomynatureandmusic Жыл бұрын

Humble to say 'I don't claim it's the best, but it's definitely the most us'

@edwinthank7443 23 күн бұрын

Probably their easiest chord progression song is A Message from x&y. Everything else is on weird chord shapes and tuning. But I absolutely adore almost all of their songs.

@frkzd Жыл бұрын

somebody needs to reunite the school counsellor with Conan!

@jeremiangyadi3202 Жыл бұрын

Conan can do anything

@victoriadevlin6925 Жыл бұрын

I love hisvexpression “weirdly me”

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@sylvier333 11 ай бұрын

❤️🌻

@bellafawzi4694 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@chrismartinofficial_ Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🎤🎤💖

@corbandallas1905 Жыл бұрын

When is Chris going to start reading sleepy time books? My toddler son woke me up after only a couple hours of sleep and his voice is lulling me back to that wonderful disastrous dreamworld. I’d call him like being young with my gf where she would call me and just have me talk while she fell asleep 😴

@flounderflounder6833 Жыл бұрын

This guy sounds like he does asmr sleep videos. He should sing in a band

@priapushk996 Жыл бұрын

3:13 In 2009, kid now adult, sees Martin on TV and whispers, "Wtf?" and retakes up the cause.

@thiskrt Жыл бұрын

This is the post you will write your 3 favorite Coldplay songs Mine are 1-Life in Technicolor II 2-Strawberry Swing 3-Charlie Brown

@grace-yz2sr Жыл бұрын

Way too difficult to pick only three.

@aerialnight6907 Жыл бұрын

It's hard but I'll give it a shot 1- Clocks 2. Speed of sound 3. Paradise Note: I really got into them around 2011 when mylo xyloto came out so those songs are special to me but I love their older ones as well! ❤❤❤

@ran5068 Жыл бұрын

1. Coloratura 2. Fix You 3. Lovers in Japan

@alexandrahau4673 Жыл бұрын

1. Clocks 2. Death and all of his friends 3. Green eyes

@ju9219 Жыл бұрын

1. Swallowed in the Sea 2. Charlie Brown 3. Hardest Part

@mon5845 Жыл бұрын

Amsterdam is underrated ❤❤❤

@robertnorrell9073 7 ай бұрын

the "E" string comment by Conan refers to the string being tuned down to "E flat " , and played open while playing a "B" chord on 7th fret. on " Vida la Vida" I believe.Other tunes also. "Yellow" maybe more. Chris very clever, imo :-)

@ryanlingo1411 Жыл бұрын

DANIEL NORGREN! DANIEL NORGREN! DANIEL NORGREN!!!! You must interview this magician!!!

@why-fi926 Жыл бұрын

❤

@andyzar1177 Жыл бұрын

Simple complexity defines more their sound.

@daxrico266 Жыл бұрын

His feet are freaking me out

@justjames1111 Жыл бұрын

Luck plays such a huge and very significant part in many/most/all successful people's careers, but it's not often talked about.

@4lex_rose Жыл бұрын

Yellow is just a masterpiece

@parodyofhonor Жыл бұрын

for me the best coldplay album are the first three, from viva la vida to the other are all commercial

@leif1075 Жыл бұрын

Maybe he can be a great singer and guitarist too if he keeps practicing!

@foggy00187 Жыл бұрын

Big up the Exeter

@mnchls Жыл бұрын

the most vanilla band ever to exist. and yet whenever that piano melody from "Clocks" is anywhere within earshot of me, i lose my goddamn mind.

@skaaya1 Жыл бұрын

Quite simply one of my favourite all time songs, in any genre!👌

@dreadlockbanana Жыл бұрын

Nobody can do YOU like you do you.

@project.chanel Жыл бұрын

of course he's crisscross applesauce. love him

@chebkhaled1985 Жыл бұрын

take "birds" for example. I never heard anything like it , for some reason it takes my back to a period of my life years back while I only heard it only very recently. I'm a scientist by profession but I blv coldplay songs comes from somewhere else , the group is just a medium

@topacio9326 Жыл бұрын

why is chris' shirt's letters backwards and conans isnt? is that the camera? its really confusing me! haha

@TONY_FEZ Жыл бұрын

A friend of mine, a young girl at the time, was looking at a drum kit in a music store in Sydney around 10 years ago...Chris just happened to be walking past the store and noticed this....he walked into the store, paid for the drum kit and then continued on with is walk. True story.

@topacio9326 Жыл бұрын

OMG!!! That was me! I was that little girl!

@s.s.4820 11 ай бұрын

I was the drum set!

@LiverPools-ib5fv 7 ай бұрын

I was in the ether to verify all these comments are false

@amizunosky7 Жыл бұрын

my ex-boss, just look like your face Chris, first I met him in office I amaze and feel like, is he the twins of Chris/Coldplay? his voice deep like yours, and he also tall as yours too. OMG... I met him everyday just feels like I met Chris everyday... I was happy then.... hehehhe

@jamesthenabignumber Жыл бұрын

I'm not into Chris Martin's music - I on an entirely different path based on bebop jazz. But I like Chris whenever I hear him in interview. He sounds grounded and very wise.