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  artwork edited by me The song “Famous Old Painters” is indeed associated with Coldplay’s creative process during their “Everyday Life” recording sessions. It’s a track that has piqued the interest of fans due to its unreleased status. The song was worked on during the sessions for the album “Viva La Vida” and was mentioned on Coldplay’s website back in 2008, but it was ultimately not included in the final album. The lyrics of “Famous Old Painters” reflect themes of legacy, identity, and aspiration, with the chorus highlighting a desire to be remembered and to achieve greatness like the famous painters of history2. It’s a piece that resonates with the band’s broader artistic explorations and their penchant for introspective songwriting. While the song itself remains officially unreleased, the fascination around it continues to inspire creativity among Coldplay’s listeners. 🎶 ___________________________________________________ Not For Production, For Listening Purposes Only Copyri...

  artwork by me and AI :) The song “Weirdo” by Coldplay is part of their collection of unreleased tracks. It’s confirmed to be a real song by the band but remains unleaked and unavailable for public listening. The song was written around the 2009-2010 period, during the “Viva La Vida” era, and is believed to have been considered for an unreleased album referred to as the “wedding album” from that time. However, there’s a mention that a recording of “Weirdo” from 2019 exists, suggesting that the song may have been reworked. While “Weirdo” has not been officially released, it’s part of the band’s rich history of songwriting and experimentation, and the intrigue surrounding these unreleased tracks adds to the mystique of Coldplay’s musical journey. Fans continue to discuss and speculate about these songs, hoping they might one day be officially shared by the band. 🎶  ___________________________________________________ Not For Production, For Listening Purposes Only Copyright: © ...

artwork edited by me. The year was 1997, and the band was already forming as we know it, with Chris at the helm, Jonny and Guy (in addition to Phil, the now fifth member). Back then, still in college, they were called 'Big Fat Noises'. Under that name, they released their first work: 'Panic EP' (that's where 'Vitamins' comes from, of which you can hear a little bit in the documentary AHFOD). They liked to make music, but they began to see that their songs were very acoustic and simple; They were missing a drummer. That's when they got Will, who knew almost nothing about drums and learned to play that instrument on the fly. He was the last to join the band, hence the color photo of him in the illustration we see here, as opposed to the other black and white ones. And, well, the rest is history... Vitamins was intended for the 1998 Safety E.P. but was later scrapped. Performed in 1998 under the name "Starfish".The band actually digitalized Vitami...

  album cover by me  You don’t become one of the biggest bands in the world without sticking to a system. In Coldplay’s case, that means starting every album with an agreed-upon title that dictates the project’s direction, from songwriting to production style to visuals. “It allows us a little bit of discipline in the studio knowing what we're trying to build,” bassist Guy Berryman tells Apple Music. “If you're building a building without any kind of architect's drawings, you would just start piling bricks on top of each other.” This preparation particularly came in handy in the case of a paralysing global pandemic. Since 2019's Everyday Life was always intended to be stripped-down and introspective, without the customary world tour, the band already had a trove of songs earmarked for a proper larger-than-life affair and a vision for their use. They knew it would be called Music of the Spheres and they knew it would be helmed by Swedish über-producer Max Martin (no rela...

unknwon artwork artist Around early 2011, a studio recording of “Famous Old Painters” was leaked onto the internet, alongside other unreleased material from the Viva La Vida sessions. The title was seen on Coldplay’s website in 2008, when the band blogged the album process under the pseudonym “Prospekt”, but the song ended up being left in the studio. ___________________________________________ For Promotional Use Only Copyright: ℗ © 2007/2008 Parlophone Records Limited A Warner Music Group Company. The content on this website is provided for informational purposes only. We do not claim ownership of any copyrighted material that may be featured on this site. All third-party trademarks, images, and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. We believe our use of such material constitutes 'fair use' as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit for educat...

unknow artwork artist "Spies" was written in 1999 by all Coldplay members, inspired by British composer and conductor John Barry and by the making of a new James Bond film at the time, The World Is Not Enough. The backing track of the song was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, taking three days for Coldplay and producer Ken Nelson to get a take they were all satisfied with. Most of the songs for Parachutes were being recorded as live as possible; for "Spies", however, the band were split into separate individual rooms, with Chris Martin recording from "a little cubby hole" type of room, Will Champion in another different room, and Guy Berryman "playing in the control room." In an interview with Sound on Sound, Ken Nelson recalled the song's recording sessions, "It just took a long time to get a really good take of it. You get to a point where each take they do will be quite good, and you know you're close to it, and you've ...