‘Speed of Sound’ was a fine first single but the rest of the album was mostly forgettable. They reached a peak in their popularity right before they released X&Y, a somewhat disappointing follow-up to Rush of Blood. Songs such as ‘In My Place,’ ‘Clocks’ and this one became instant favorites. The band’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, was a minor masterpiece and earned them lavish critical praise and the beginning of their star status. The fact that he’s now married to Gwyneth Paltrow and popping up in magazine ads is hilarious. I remember seeing Chris Martin in the video for ‘Yellow’ and thinking he was the most pathetic looking rotten-toothed little troll.
Their debut album Parachutes was a neat little collection of elegant piano pop, but nothing that signaled the success they would find in later years. It’s a powerful bit of filmmaking, all the better for the lovely song it accompanies.Ĭoldplay is an odd case. Inspired by the lyric “Oh let’s go back to the start,” Thraves came up with the reverse-action concept for this video, his goal being to tell a tragic tale with a happy ending.
Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry are definitely in that group, and so is Jamie Thraves, who directed Radiohead’s video for ‘Just’ and is my connection to today’s song, ‘The Scientist’ by Coldplay. It seems the really provocative and interesting videos are all directed by the same group of people.
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