We Live In A Beautiful World

     Well, it's been about a week or so since I wrote here last, and it's been a pretty good week/weekend. I hope everyone is doing well! School has been kicking my ass. Oh well. As far as what I said in my last post about there being a part II to it, you can scratch that, as it will be it's own seperate post one of these upcoming days.
     So, tonight I am featuring a new artist, as we have already went through all the Bruce Springsteen albums. So this past weekend, I listened to the first album. And that album was Parachutes by Coldplay. So, yeah, I'm am now gonna feature Coldplay on this blog, along with whatever comes along in the life/entertainment/the world. But now on to Parachutes...
     Well, this is Coldplay's first album, released in 2000. I actually first really heard about Coldplay my freshman year in high school. My friend had told me about this movie called Garden State and he let me borrow the soundtrack to it. I checked it out, and the first song on it was "Don't Panic" from this album. I fell in love with the song and that's really where I left it. I listened to that song (and The Shin's "New Slang) quite a bit. I really didn't know it was from this album until I actually bought the album, but hey, it's a small world.

    This album has a special place in my heart now because it has been with me through a few certain personal events in my life. So I love the album. I don't think there is one bad song on it, even though Coldplay has stated that they are not really fond of the album. Anyway, I have to disagree with them. You can definitely see some soft rock/indie rock/alternative rock in this album, and I definitely believe this is a "romantic" album. Now, when I say romantic, for this album, I mean being in love with life and the world, as well as with someone else. Coldplay has a very worldly sound to them, and this first album really introduces that sound; their sound. It has a dark but smooth sound to the music, but the lyrics are really (for the most part) very hopeful. The first song really sums up, in my opinion, their music in general, with the lyrics "we live in a beautiful world" in the song "Don't Panic". From there, the album just soars.
    It's a very intimite album, which is why I like it. It's a good "soundtrack" to life in general, just walking around the city (at least for me) on any kind of day and it really does rock. That's the thing about this album, it really does put you in a good mood, and on a good day, it just makes it better!
    I think the album is also about journeying through your own emotions, as this album lets out a bunch of emotions within you as you really listen to it. But it always gives you the hope as well and the happiness of just being alive and being able to feel.
   "Yellow" is always a fun song. When I went to see them live a couple years back with my friend Tom, they had a bunch of big yellow balls tossed around the audience with confetti in them. It was really cool, and it's always fun to hear the song live. They are a really awesome live band as well, it was a GREAT concert! This song also is probably their most popular song from this album.
    Some songs you may know from the album: "Don't Panic", "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble", "High Speed".
    I'll post the video for "Don't Panic" below! Hmmm, so that's that that album. Check it out!
    Well, that's all I have for now. See ya'll next time! : )

-The AR

Don't Panic