Coldplay Biography Part 2 (Y2)

My Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “King And Lionheart”- Of Monsters and Men

2. “Paradise”- Coldplay

3. “Lithium”- Evanescence

4. “Viva La Vida”- Coldplay

5. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

6. “Shark Attack”- Grouplove

7. “Violet Hill”- Coldplay

8. “It’s About Time”- Young the Giant

9. “Cough Syrup”- Young the Giant

10. “Mountain Sound”- Of Monsters and Men

The Story Of Coldplay CONTINUED:

The next album to come out was A Rush of Blood to the Head. Several of their big hits came from this album including “In My Place”, “The Scientist”, “God Put A Smile On Your Face”, and “Clocks”. “Clocks” won the 2004 Grammy Award for Record of the Year. I LOVE that song. After this album came out, Martin became an “advocate of fair trade”. It’s said that he also supported John Kerry’s presidential bid which I find to be interesting for some strange reason. Coldplay gives ten percent of their money to charity. In 2005, they began to contribute more money to charity especially because of the release of their new album. This album was X & Y. This may just be the most unusual name for an album ever but then again, what do I know? This album went straight to Number One in 22 countries! This is nothing compared to Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends which was released in 2008. THIS album title is the best of all time! I’m just saying… In this album, Coldplay experimented with their music with the help of their producer, Brian Eno. People and critics everywhere admired the band for doing this so late in the game, and it sounded awesome! “Violet Hill” and “Viva La Vida” were the top two songs from this wildly famous album. “Viva La Vida” even won the Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards in 2009! After that, Coldplay went on tour all over North America, Latin America, and Europe. The band returned to London later in December later that year in order to work on another album. I love their music so much! EVERYONE knows a song by Coldplay.

Another Top Twenty (Y1)

Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Do I Wanna Know?”- Arctic Monkeys

2. “Come With Me Know”- KONGOS

3. “Fall In Love”- Phantogram

4. “It’s About Time”- Young the Giant

5. “Bad Blood”- Bastille

6. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

7. “Coming Of Age”- Foster the People

8. “Come A Little Closer”- Cage the Elephant

9. “Team”- Lorde

10.  “Pompeii”- Bastille

I Like This Set-Up…I Might Just Keep the Top Twenty List:

11. “Afraid”- The Neighbourhood

12. “Sleeping With A Friend”- Neon Trees

13. “Giants”- Bear Hands

14.  “Demons”- Imagine Dragons

15. “Magic”- Coldplay

16. “Tonight You’re Perfect”- New Politics

17. “Cannibal”- Silversun Pickups

18. “Wait For Me”- Kings of Leon

19. “I Wanna Get Better”- Bleachers

20. “Best Day Of My Life”- American Authors

I still find it interesting to see what bands move up and which one of their songs is considered to be a “top hit”. For example, I like Coldplay. However, I prefer the song “Paradise” to the song “Magic” (even though it’s still really catchy). It’s also really satisfying when a band or a song that I don’t like is bumped down in status or is taken off of the list entirely. Is that a bad thing? Nevermind. Don’t answer that. “Do I Wanna Know?” by Arctic Monkeys has been the number one alternative music hit for AT LEAST a month at this point, and it’s still catchy! How is that even possible? Anyways, that’s all that I wanted to mention in this little extra section.

Concert Information:

I apologize for not looking up the times that these concerts are supposed to start at. I haven’t had enough time to, but I PROMISE that they will be posted next week. Two of them have already occurred, so I’ll have to look for new concert dates soon anyways. The Devil Wears Prada will be on Tuesday, April 1^st (this is NOT an April Fool’s Day joke) in the Town Ballroom. Excision will be performing on Thursday, April 10^th in the Town Ballroom. The final concert that is left on my list is also for Thursday, April 10^th. Gavin Degraw will be performing at the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts at 7:45p.m. I do have a date for that one! Anyways, I’ll have concert times up next time. The time after that, I will post NEW concerts. Until next time…

Coldplay Biography (X2)

MY Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Viva la Vida”- Coldplay

2. “It’s About Time”- Young the Giant

3. “Paradise”- Coldplay

4. “Recover”- CHVRCHES

5. “King And Lionheart”- Of Monsters and Men

6. “Ours”- The Bravery

7. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

8. “Sirens”- Pearl Jam

9. “Shark Attack”- Grouplove

10.  “Tonight You’re Perfect”- New Politics

The Band Is…

Have you figured it out yet? You better not of peeked. Seriously. Look at the list, my list to be more specific, to see what band it could possibly be. The biography for this week will be about…Coldplay! You didn’t see that one coming now did you? They’re only on my list twice. Anyways, here is the biography!

The Story Of Coldplay:

First of all, isn’t this title the best? It’s just really dramatic, and I’m loving it right now. Some of my favorite songs by them are “Spies”, “Viva la Vida”, “Paradise”, “Clocks”, and “Magic”. I grew up listening to Coldplay’s music. My mom loves them and now so do I. I mean, they formed in 1998 at the University College of London in…London. They formed the year that I was born. Martin and Jon Buckland formed the band at college. They were both guitarists, yet Martin also played piano and sang. They were later joined by drummer Will Champion and bassist Guy Berryman. Their first shows were performed under the label “the Coldplay”. They obviously changed their name but not by much. Coldplay’s first EP, Safety, came out in 1998. They got started right away. Brothers and Sisters EP was released the following year, and they signed on with Parlophone. Parachutes was their first album and “Yellow” became an instant hit. EVERYONE knew it. It was one of the first awesome yet overplayed songs of 2001. Coldplay has a pretty lengthy history, so I will continue their biography next week. Until next time, see you later alligators!  

Top TWENTY Songs (X1)

Top Ten Alternative Songs For This Week:

1. “Do I Wanna Know”- Arctic Monkeys

2. “It’s About Time”- Young the Giant

3. “Come With Me Now”- KONGOS

4. “Come A Little Closer”- Cage the Elephant

5. “Coming Of Age”- Foster the People

6. “Fall In Love”- Phantogram

7. “The Walker”- Fitz and the Tantrums

8. “Afraid”- The Neighbourhood

9. “Team”- Lorde

10.  “Pompeii”- Bastille

Wait What? That’s Right…I Just Made This A Top Twenty List. You’ll See Why:

11. “Bad Blood”- Bastille

12. “Demons”- Imagine Dragons

13. “Sleeping With A Friend”- Neon Trees

14. “Giants”- Bear Hands

15. “Magic”- Coldplay

16. “Cannibal”- Silversun Pickups

17. “Tonight You’re Perfect”- New Politics 

18. “Wait For Me”- Kings of Leon

19. “Best Day Of My Life”- American Authors

20.  “Shark Attack”- Grouplove

Now, You’ll See Why:

I thought that it would be interesting to show what songs have dropped down further on the charts and what songs will be coming up soon in the top ten. On a side note, I love almost all of the songs on both of these lists. Plus, several people know singles like “Demons”, “Team”, and “Best Day Of My Life”. Bastille is hogging the list with both of their more well-known songs right next to each other. Arctic Monkeys is still chilling (and no that pun was NOT intended) at the top of the list. The other reason that I have is that one of the bands on the top twenty list will have their autobiography featured in my next blog post. Now you can guess who it will be. Have fun with that!

Upcoming Concerts:

I’m going to apologize in advance. I haven’t looked up the times for the concerts yet. They will either be in my next blog post or the one after that. The website is a little tricky to find, so I’ll let you know when I find it. I’ll probably post the name of it or a link to it as well.

Band/Group:	Date:	Time:	Venue:
MS MR and Gangs of Youths	Saturday, March 22nd	To be determined	Town Ballroom
Cut Copy	Tuesday, March 25th	To be determined	Town Ballroom
The Devil Wears Prada	Tuesday, April 1st	To be determined	Town Ballroom
Excision	Thursday, April 10th	To be determined	Town Ballroom
Gavin Degraw	Thursday, April 10th	7:45 pm	University at Buffalo Center for the Arts