We have to hand it to Coldplay Chris. Not only does he take a constant beating from people like, well, everybody, but he weathers the barrage like a pro. And it seems like every time he steps into the limelight these days it’s for something worth talking about, be it being an ass on Extras, joining the face of NASCAR, or, as last night, covering artists we’ve totally heard of.
By NME‘s word, Mr. Paltrow turned up to surprise the crowd at London’s Union Chapel, there for the Little Noise Sessions, a gig thrown by Mencap (a charity for the learning disabled).
He opened with a version of The Band’s ‘I Shall Be Released’, which he joked was written by Gareth Gates.He commented : “You shouldn’t cover songs in an acoustic fashion in front of Lily Allen fans!”
Martin then played an acoustic version of The Killers ‘When You Were Young’ and said afterwards : “What a great band The Killers are.”
Playing a new Coldplay song ‘Bucket For A Crown’ on the piano, Martin said that he had written it the night before.
“If it’s shit,” he said “We’ll give it to The Killers and if it’s good, we’ll keep it.”
The track, which sounded like ‘The Scientist’, saw Martin adding a line in about Oasis.
“I want to listen to the session by Noel Gallagher,” he sang, in reference to Sunday’s (November 26) session by the Oasis songwriter.
Martin finished his short set with a version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Buckets Of Rain’, which he dedicated to Lily Allen. He said : “This is for Lily Allen. She’s gorgeous, she’s sweet. And if I wasn’t married…”
We’ll let ya look at some YouTube when it pops up, but in the meantime we found this.
So much better than Chewbacca trying to reassemble C-3PO, right?
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Video = wow.
What a lovely video
That video was one awesome way to start a Tuesday.
The oxygen tank pumps during the lyrical pauses made it.
Dylan wrote “I Shall Be Released”.
Oldplay. Heh.
Oldplay. Heh.
That is honestly 10 times better than the coldplay version. Tell that guy to hook up with Rick Rubin and he could be the new Johnny Cash.
That is the Young @ Heart Chorus, based out of Northampton, MA!! The guy kneeling down in the video is the Bob Cilman, the company’s director and founder, and also the executive director of the N’ton Arts Council. The Chorus is extremely popular and play all over the world, to great acclaim.
Holla!
–http://www.youngatheartchorus.com -http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,385996,00.html -http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1589331,00.html
-http://www.time.com/time/generations/article/0,9171,1071269,00.html -http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/16/earlyshow/series/main780893.shtml
p.s. whats with the no HTML allowed in comments? That sux.
Malatron, you can put links. Just type the URL, don’t href or anything.
http://www.youngatheartchorus.com
Also — Go Northampton.
Wow, I think I just peed myself….wait….no, ohthankyoujesus it was one of them.
Ok. Thx for clearing that up.
Scott: “Go Northampton”
Ok, well, since you twisted my arm…In N’ton., a small town of 30,000…
Three independent film theaters. One community film theater. A community radio station. Dozens of live music venues, and the musicians to fill them.
Two nationally recognized media watchdogs, Free Press and the Media Education Foundation.
The National Priorities Project.
The Northampton Independent Film Festival.
The Paradise City Arts Festival.
An Arts Council, appt’ed. by the Mayor.
“Best City in the US for Lesbians” Holla!
Bill of Rights Defense Committee.
A Gay Mayor.
A Roller Derby Team.
A Bike Parade.
Restaurants from around the world.
Home of the Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles.
Smith College.
And a Class War approaching.
I should stop. I could go on and on. Those are the easy ones.
For those that are turned off by my aggrandize pride, I apoligise. But it’s nice to know that we try as a community. It’s more than nice. It makes me happy.
Ok. Sorry. Seriously, I’ll shut up now.
oops…I lied. Here is a link to the Channel4 Documentary currently airing in the UK about the Chorus:
http://www.channel4.com/more4/documentaries/doc-feature.jsp?id=102
And a Windows Media video clip of the doc..
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/asx/showvideofeature.jsp?id=show:2743:3803
oops…I lied. Here is a link to the Channel4 Documentary currently airing in the UK about the Chorus:
http://www.channel4.com/more4/documentaries/doc-feature.jsp?id=102
And a Windows Media video clip of the doc..
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/asx/showvideofeature.jsp?id=show:2743:3803
Why haven’t Young@Heart put out on album?! I would buy it in a second.
I’m not sure about you guys but tears of laughter streamed down my faaaaaaaace
am i evil for laughing at that hilariously awful video?! worst production values ever.
That video made me not hate a Coldplay song.
It must be destroyed
Production values? It’s not a music video.
It’s a clip from a documentary.
Uhh… hi guys.I really need help. I sort of NEED chris martin’s email ID,If any1 of u happen 2 know kindly email me! Thanks n luv u all!
Hi, I was looking for the same info! Any luck with Chris Martin’s email? I want to see if he’s interested in a charity expedition next year, so please send details if you have any. Thanks!