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[phone ringing]
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[ringing continues]
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-[Chris, on phone] Hello?
-[on phone] Hi, hey, Chris,
it's Mat.
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-[Chris] Mat, how you doing?
-[Mat] I'm good.
Can you talk?
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[Chris] Yeah, it's
a good time. How are you?
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[Mat] I'm good, I was just... I was just wondering if you had a chance to see the film yet.
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[Chris] Uh, the truth is, Mat, I don't think I'm gonna be able to do it.
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I feel like if I see it, I might just wanna remove myself from the film.
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-[both laughing] -So, if it's okay with you, could I just trust you on it?
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-[Mat] Okay.
-[Chris] If you don't mind.
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I just feel like
we've known you for so long
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and we trust you
and we love you.
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You just make the film
you wanna make
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and all I ask is please
could you not open the film
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with one of those shots
of the band
walking to the stage,
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'cause I feel like
that's been done.
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-[Mat] Really?
-[Chris] Yeah.
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[Mat] Okay. Well, leave it with me. I'll see what I can do.
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-[Chris] Thanks, Mat.
-[Mat] Yeah.
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-[Chris] Speak to you soon.
-[Mat] Bye-bye.
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[cheering]
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[cheering continues]
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[cheering intensifies]
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[man through speaker]
I don't want to rule
or conquer anyone.
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I should like to help everyone
if possible--
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Jew, Gentile, black man, white.
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We all want to help one another.
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Human beings are like that.
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We don't want to hate
or to despise one another.
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In this world there's room
for everyone.
The good earth is rich.
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For those who can hear me,
I say do not despair.
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The hate of men will pass
and dictators die,
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and the power they took
from the people
will return to the people.
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The kingdom of God
is within men,
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not one man, nor a group of men,
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but in all men, in you!
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You, the people, have the power!
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The power to create machines,
the power to create happiness,
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you, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful,
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to make this life
a wonderful adventure!
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[echoing] A wonderful adventure!
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[cheering]
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[echoing] A wonderful adventure!
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["A Head Full Of Dreams"
playing]
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[shouts]
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[Chris] A Head Full Of Dreams
is somewhere we've been trying
to go for a long time.
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The journey has been
so incremental and so episodic,
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it's just a mountain
that keeps getting higher.
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If I ever turn round
and look down,
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I think will I just be amazed
about how on earth we got here?
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[singing softly]
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[Will] There's not really
a day goes by
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that I don't get a reminder
of how very fortunate I am,
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first of all,
to have met the other guys
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and that things just happened
in the way that they did.
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[Jonny] Our friendships
have somehow survived
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and stayed quite similar
to how they were.
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We've spent half our lives
together now.
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I've spent more time with these
people than almost anybody else.
[chuckles]
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[Guy] It's more like family,
it's more like brothers,
actually, than friends.
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I think we all think about
what we'd be doing
with our lives
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if we hadn't met each other.
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I mean, it's almost terrifying
thinking about it, really.
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[singing softly]
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-Cool.
-[man] Nice.
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Can you turn the lights down
a tiny bit?
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Just this one down a bit.
Thanks, bro.
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Cool, cool, cool.
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[instrumental music plays]
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-What are we singing?
-[singing
"A Head Full of Dreams"]
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[all vocalizing]
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[vocalizing continues]
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[crowd vocalizing]
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-[shouts]
-[singing
"A Head Full of Dreams"]
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[resumes singing]
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Nice.
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-Great work, fellers.
-[children cheer]
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-Yeah, that's it. That's it.
-[applause]
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Wait, list--
Listen to the applause.
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[cheering and applause]
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If you don't like it, don't
worry about it. I'm having fun.
You know what I mean?
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[laughs]That's how it makes me feel.
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Dad, I love this song.Thank you, baby.
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[chatters]And thank you for saying
what I paid you to say earlier.
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[all laughing]
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I was saying to the others,
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to see things that were recorded
20 years ago, you know,
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I had no recollection of anyone
having a camera back then--
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is a really strange sensation.
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["Brothers and Sisters"
playing on computer]
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[Guy] What had become
really distant memories
came flooding back to me.
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You know, our lives have changed
in so many ways.
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And when I think back
to what our first album was--
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You know,
if you listen to Parachutesnow,
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it's very acoustic
and it's very small
and it's very intimate.
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[singing "We Never Change"]
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[Guy] And then if you
fast forward to
A Head Full Of Dreams,
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it's a very different thing
altogether.
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Looking back at some of the
old footage, underneath it all,
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I still see the same people then
as we are today.
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To really get the full story,
you've got to go back
to when we met.
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I mean, it really does
feel like a lifetime ago.
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We were friends for almost
a year before we played
any music together.
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We all lived in the same
student halls of residence.
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Most people would've found
their bandmates by advertising.
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"Drummer required"
in the back of the NME
or something like that.
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-Fuck it!
-[Guy] I think in our case,
it was different
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because we all really knew
this is the group
that we want to form.
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This is who we want to be with.
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[vocalizing]
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We met at
University College London.
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We were all studying
to be in bands. [laughs]
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I've been expecting you,
come on in.
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Just your Jones person?
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Let me show you around.
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College was just a sideline,
you know.
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I thought it was a good place
to meet people 'cause
I wanted to be in a band.
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I got there,
got to this big place,
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Ramsay Hall it was called,
Tottenham Court Road.
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That block hasn't changed a bit.
That was where we lived.
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-Looks quite bucolic now,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
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Didn't look like that
then. [laughs]
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I remember the first day
I got here, a tramp was sick
outside my room.
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Lots of musicians in this hall,
weren't there?
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Five or six bands
were spawned in our year.
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There was a lot of sniffing out
at the beginning, wasn't there?
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Like, who does what?
Who's a guitarist?
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-There was a bass player
on the third floor.
-[students chattering]
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Chris was like this massive
ball of energy and hair.
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Yeah, I remember he had
very long hair,
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quite unlike anyone
I'd ever met before.
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I would always be
showing off saying,
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"I play songs, I play songs"
to anyone that would listen,
you know?
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♪ I love you Jim
You are a geezer♪
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♪ I don't mind
In the slightest♪
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♪ That you look just a little Bit like Julius Caesar♪
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-[girl laughs]
-He was very, very funny,
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and, you know,
he was the life of the party.
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-[Jonny laughs]
-♪ I love Jim
And everybody knows♪
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-♪ Even though he's got
A slightly Roman nose♪
-[girl laughs]
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He was just waiting for
someone to click with,
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-and fortunately that was you.
-[Jonny] Hmm.
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Back in 1996 when we met,
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I didn't think Jonny spoke
at all.
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He was just this stoned guy
in the corner
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that if you said something
he would just, like, smile.
[laughs]
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Yeah, we got on pretty well
straightaway,
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but you know,
you can't start playing music
on your first date.
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I came to London solely
to find some people to be
in a band with and make music.
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I'd wanted to do this
from when I was a small boy,
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but you never really imagine
that it's possible.
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One day I came into the room
he was in,
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and Jonny had a guitar,
and I was like,
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"I didn't know
you played guitar."
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Then he started playing.
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And something in me
was switched.
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I was like,
"This is the guy I've been
looking for my whole life."
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[man on TV]
Chuck! Chuck, it's Marvin.
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[Chris] Like in
Back to the Future
where Chuck's cousin Marvin
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calls Chuck Berry and says,
"I've got that new sound
you're looking for."
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Well, listen to this!
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[Chris] It was
love at first sight for me.
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He took a little longer
to convince.
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When I first started playing
with Chris,
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I thought, "He's so good,
I think we might do something,"
you know.
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[Chris singing
and playing guitar]
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[Jonny] Obviously you have
a sense that something
is starting,
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but I don't think we had a sense
of what that something was
or where it would end up.
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Within a couple of weeks,
we'd asked Guy if he would join.
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Me and Guy didn't like
each other at first.
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He thought I was weird
'cause I had long curly hair.
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I thought he was arrogant,
but he wasn't.
He was just really quiet.
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But then we bonded over
a keyboard, so we thought,
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"Ah, wicked. Well,
maybe we don't hate each other."
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What does it mean to me, music?
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It's been my life since I was
probably about five years old.
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I found a box of cassettes
my sister had,
and I'll never forget that.
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I became a bass player 'cause
of my love of soul and funk.
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And that was it, you know.
I'd get home from school
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and I would just play that
instrument constantly for hours,
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just lock myself away
and play it.
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He was the first person
to put his whole life on hold
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based on one song
that Jonny and I had played him
on two crappy old guitars.
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It just blows my mind
that he did that.
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It soon became apparent
that we needed a drummer
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if we wanted to play a gig.
[laughs]
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[Guy] Chris Martin, these are
your wheels of fortune.
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What's up? I'm Cheese Hawk,
I ride for Proco trucks
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and Deutschentractors.
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We went away for the summer
and at the end of the summer,
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we started really writing
some good songs
and we wanted to do a demo.
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[Guy] Today we can eat food
that isn't come out of the bin.
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-[laughter]
-[chattering, laughing]
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[Chris] We were cool in
everything except the drums.
We didn't have a drummer.
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So, when we went to do
our first photo shoot
in Tesco's on Oxford Street,
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I did mine, Jonny did his,
Guy did his.
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So it was just three of us and
it was called the PanicEP.
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So, we went down to Will's house
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and Will was always our mate
who played guitar
much better than anyone
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and knew about 100 songs.
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He was a walking jukebox.
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I met Chris-- We were
on a bus somewhere together.
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We used to play guitars
in the stairwells
'cause they had nice acoustics.
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I was at the bottom
of the stairs
and he was on the fifth floor.
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A five-story musical experience.
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It's a very fundamental
and basic memory that I have
about being a child.
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Music was all around.
It's a legacy of my mum's.
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I knew that Chris and Jonny
had recorded an EP
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and they wanted some drums
on it.
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My flatmate played the drums
and he had a drum kit.
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We set it all up and then,
when it was ready to go,
he wasn't around.
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I think he'd disappeared.
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I'm not sure how committed
he was to being in a band.
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So, Will said, "I'll do it."
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I'm the only one here,
I'm the only one left.
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"I'll give it a go" and then
he went... [imitating drums]
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I had the same feeling
that I had with Guy and Jonny.
"Oh, that's him. There he is."
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We didn't actually know
you were a drummer.
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[Will] No, I wasn't.
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That's the key, I'm still trying
to convince the world that I am.
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[Chris] And Coldplay was born.
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It's like when bacon and eggs
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and mushrooms and chips
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are put on the same plate
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and become something greater
than those individual parts.
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It becomes
a cohesive whole that's tasty.
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Our sound is tasty.
228
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Chris is the unstoppable
creative force of the band
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that we try our best
to keep up with.
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He's our best friend
and a musical genius
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and he never stops
surprising you.
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Music means everything to me.
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I think when I was about 16,
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I was performing and doing music
at boarding school.
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And I remember saying to people,
"I'm gonna do this forever."
236
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They were like, "Sure.
And why don't you reanimate
dinosaurs while you're at it?"
237
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You know, it was
that ridiculous.
238
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But I've been really blessed
in my life
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with an ability to not give up,
and it came from my dad.
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He's the first person
that said it to me,
241
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and would often say it to me,
242
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and I now say it to my son.
243
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My dad is a circus
ringmaster really,
244
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but he was told
to be an accountant.
245
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And in my mum, I could feel
a certain frustration
246
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that she wasn't able to do
what she really loved,
which is music.
247
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So, with both of them,
there was a subconscious thing
248
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that if you really feel that
you're supposed to do something,
go for it.
249
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And it gave me
this great sense of possibility
250
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and then that philosophy
became A Head Full Of Dreams.
251
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He has a relentless
and infectious energy
for music and for life
252
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and it's incredible
to have shared a journey
253
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because we're
very different people.
254
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Chris always has
a very clear idea
about where he wants to be,
255
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what he wants to be doing next.
256
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We, Jon Buckland, Chris Martin,
Will Champion and Guy Berryman,
257
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aka The Coldplay,
are gonna go on
to be such a huge band,
258
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and this will be on national
television within four years,
four years.
259
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This is now 26th June, 1998.
260
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By the 26th of June, 2002,
261
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The Coldplay or the band,
whatever they're called then,
262
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will be known
just all over, man.
263
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-We're gonna be so big.
-[bandmates chattering]
264
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So Guy, Will, Jon, and Chris,
Don't you forget, all right?
265
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Massive. Absolutely huge.
266
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["Politik" playing]
267
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-[song ends]
-[cheering]
268
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Every record is
your first and last.
269
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That's the way
you should really treat it.
270
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We're not under the impression
that we have a right
271
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to just amble
into these massive arenas
272
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and play to the same kind
of numbers that we played to
on the last tour.
273
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We're starting again
at rock bottom.
274
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-Well, not quite rock bottom--
-[Chris] Sort of
drop bottom soft.
275
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-[Will] Yeah.
-[Chris] But that's good,
I think.
276
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As ridiculous as it sounds,
I still feel like
we're trying to make it.
277
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[radio DJ] Hey, our friend
Chris Martin is in studio
with us now.
278
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And he's from a little band
called Coldplay.
279
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Their new record is called
A Head Full Of Dreams.
280
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Aren't you so delighted, though, when you crawl out of the cave
281
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where you boys make your magic
that the world still cares?
282
00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:32,850
[Chris] Definitely. And
right now we're going on tour
for another 18 months or so.
283
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That's when
the real payoff happens.
284
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You can't take anything
for granted.
285
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As fast as the ascent has been,
286
00:18:40,684 --> 00:18:43,209
the descent can be
four or five times as fast.
287
00:18:43,774 --> 00:18:45,254
Having done like
a week of rehearsing,
288
00:18:45,428 --> 00:18:47,082
we did like a practice gig.
289
00:18:47,256 --> 00:18:48,518
It was basically like
us saying good-bye.
290
00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:50,303
We're going away
for a year and a half.
291
00:18:50,477 --> 00:18:52,218
At the end of it,
I got this overwhelming feeling
292
00:18:52,392 --> 00:18:53,784
that everyone was being
nice about it,
293
00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:56,047
but actually
we sounded absolutely terrible.
294
00:18:56,222 --> 00:18:58,615
We definitely felt like
we had to kind of
earn our stripes again.
295
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Hey, how are you doing?
296
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[radio DJ]
The brand-new album is so
different from the last album.
297
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So much energy,
so much color, so much light.
298
00:19:07,581 --> 00:19:10,758
[Chris] Absolutely. We wanted
to just make the album
we always dreamed of.
299
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But now we're a little nervy, of course, 'cause we don't know what anyone will think.
300
00:19:14,327 --> 00:19:16,416
But it's just like a dream
come true, the whole thing.
301
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This might just work.
302
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[guitar playing]
303
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It was just time for us
to make an album
304
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about hope and love
and togetherness,
305
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you know,
embracing all the sounds
that we love
306
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and all the styles that we like.
307
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I think some people will
just say, "Oh, fuck off.
This is hippy nonsense."
308
00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:36,740
But that's okay.
309
00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:38,264
This is the first tour where
we feel like,
310
00:19:38,438 --> 00:19:40,091
yeah, that's how we want
it to be.
311
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I think every other tour
up to this one has been,
312
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"One day we'll have this kind
of song and production."
313
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This Head Full of Dreams
tour is the first time
314
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we've got what we were
always hoping for.
315
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-["Amazing Day" playing]
-[sings]
316
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[female interviewer]
There's four of you in the band.
Who's in charge? Who's the boss?
317
00:20:42,110 --> 00:20:44,373
[Chris]We have a fifth member
called Phil.
318
00:20:44,547 --> 00:20:47,289
Nobody sees him
because he's too good-looking,
319
00:20:47,463 --> 00:20:50,031
and he pulls all the strings.
320
00:20:50,205 --> 00:20:52,468
-[interviewer] Does he actually
exist?
-Phil is real.
321
00:20:52,642 --> 00:20:54,601
I would like
to rephrase that.Phil is real.
322
00:20:54,775 --> 00:20:57,517
He's--
Can you not see him?
323
00:20:57,691 --> 00:20:59,475
He's sitting right there.
324
00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:01,521
He's next to Guy.
He doesn't speak much.
325
00:21:01,695 --> 00:21:03,479
No, he doesn't show up on TV.
326
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,830
So, Phil Harvey was our
first manager.
327
00:21:07,004 --> 00:21:09,616
He paid for us to record
our first EP.
328
00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,662
He's a sort of outsider
on the inside.
329
00:21:12,836 --> 00:21:17,058
He's able to view with
a much better perspective
than sometimes we can.
330
00:21:17,232 --> 00:21:19,060
The difference between
having four and five people
331
00:21:19,234 --> 00:21:23,020
in a democracy
is actually crucial,
because someone will win.
332
00:21:23,194 --> 00:21:25,022
You don't get a stalemate.
333
00:21:25,414 --> 00:21:29,026
It's probably even healthier
than a democracy
because no one can be voted out.
334
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:30,680
There's no elections.
335
00:21:30,854 --> 00:21:33,727
It's like a democratic
five-way dictatorship.
336
00:21:33,901 --> 00:21:34,945
[Chris chuckles]
337
00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,034
So, how much for--400 each.
338
00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:38,949
400 each?Yes, sir.
339
00:21:39,123 --> 00:21:42,257
What?You make it done sir,
three pieces for...
340
00:21:42,431 --> 00:21:44,477
1,000 four.Let's call it 600.
341
00:21:45,216 --> 00:21:47,131
Take. 1,000.That's terrible negotiating.
342
00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:49,003
[all laughing]
343
00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:52,485
The important thing
when you're in a new city
is not to look like a tourist.
344
00:21:52,659 --> 00:21:53,660
Right, Phil?Just blend in.
345
00:21:53,834 --> 00:21:54,922
Just make sure
you're prepared
346
00:21:55,096 --> 00:21:56,227
for any eventuality.
347
00:21:56,402 --> 00:21:58,708
Yeah, be safe
and be discreet and...
348
00:21:58,882 --> 00:22:01,145
I think we'll be okay.All right?
349
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:04,845
So, me and Chris, we got sent
to the same boarding school
when we were 13.
350
00:22:05,367 --> 00:22:08,762
That was how we met, and, uh,
he's been my best friend
ever since.
351
00:22:09,763 --> 00:22:11,982
I think, subconsciously,
I spent a long time,
352
00:22:12,156 --> 00:22:14,028
almost in denial
of my upbringing.
353
00:22:14,681 --> 00:22:16,378
I was raised very religious,
354
00:22:16,857 --> 00:22:18,989
so there's a sort of
constant self-doubt.
355
00:22:20,077 --> 00:22:22,776
I came from a very
small school in Devon
356
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:25,822
and then went to this
much bigger school in Dorset.
357
00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:29,217
There, I realized,
"Oh, this is gonna be tough."
358
00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:30,740
In retrospect,
it was great preparation
359
00:22:30,914 --> 00:22:34,570
for being in Coldplay,
the abuse. [laughs]
360
00:22:34,744 --> 00:22:37,660
I think people
were pretty fucking mean to him.
361
00:22:37,834 --> 00:22:41,577
I think there was also a
certain vulnerability about him.
362
00:22:41,751 --> 00:22:45,494
There was a few guys in my year
who seemed to have it
a bit more together
363
00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:47,540
and were twice as big
as everybody else,
364
00:22:47,714 --> 00:22:50,717
and one of them was this guy
Phil with the most perfect hair.
365
00:22:50,891 --> 00:22:53,067
And he basically took pity
on me, I think.
366
00:22:53,850 --> 00:22:57,767
We were in a couple
of bands together at school,
but I never lasted long.
367
00:22:57,941 --> 00:23:01,423
I wanted it so badly,
but I just had zero talent.
368
00:23:01,597 --> 00:23:03,860
Our blues band
was called the Rocking Honkies,
369
00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:05,775
and it was as bad as it sounds.
370
00:23:05,949 --> 00:23:08,212
[man] We're gonna go backstage
with the Honkies.
371
00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:09,692
Add your comments on it.
372
00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:12,434
Well, Tim, we're the
rocking, tonking,
373
00:23:12,608 --> 00:23:16,220
rocking, tonking,
rocking, fucking honkies.
374
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:20,747
[blues music playing]
375
00:23:20,921 --> 00:23:23,706
-Chris Martin on the piano!
-[audience cheering, whistling]
376
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,494
We know each other so well now
that we know what buttons
not to push.
377
00:23:28,668 --> 00:23:32,323
Honestly, I feel better friends
with the four of them now
than I ever have.
378
00:23:32,498 --> 00:23:34,630
Chris kind of explained it
to me the other day,
379
00:23:34,804 --> 00:23:37,590
'cause we had a band meeting,
and he said,
"It's really nice nowadays,
380
00:23:37,764 --> 00:23:40,941
I know when I don't have to say
anything 'cause I know when
Will's gonna say something,
381
00:23:41,115 --> 00:23:42,595
I know when Guy's gonna
say something."
382
00:23:42,769 --> 00:23:45,424
So, major disagreements
are rare.
383
00:23:46,163 --> 00:23:49,819
We've had our moments as a
band, but we came through them.
384
00:23:49,993 --> 00:23:53,910
A four-way marriage
is a tricky proposition.
[laughs]
385
00:23:54,084 --> 00:23:57,610
It's difficult because we work
so hard on keeping each other
happy, the four of us.
386
00:23:57,784 --> 00:24:00,395
But sometimes
things do need to be said,
387
00:24:00,569 --> 00:24:03,703
and I've learnt over the years
that that has to be me,
388
00:24:03,877 --> 00:24:07,663
the sort of unofficial
"spanner in the works thrower."
389
00:24:12,625 --> 00:24:15,105
What songs are going
on A Head Full Of Dreams?
390
00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:16,803
I think we all agree that...
391
00:24:17,891 --> 00:24:19,370
we might not all be
in agreement.
392
00:24:19,545 --> 00:24:20,981
[all laughing]
393
00:24:21,155 --> 00:24:24,114
[Will] But I think there are
eight songs
394
00:24:24,288 --> 00:24:27,596
which I would like to think
that we won't have
any disagreement about.
395
00:24:27,770 --> 00:24:30,686
-Yes.
-This might be too much for me.
396
00:24:30,860 --> 00:24:32,645
[Will] Okay.[simultaneous talking]
397
00:24:32,819 --> 00:24:36,736
I'm worried that we might be
about to really piss
each other off.
398
00:24:36,910 --> 00:24:39,173
We've gotta be honest.
This week we can't...
399
00:24:39,347 --> 00:24:43,264
-We have to have this.
-All right. What are they?
400
00:24:43,438 --> 00:24:46,136
My feeling is
"Hymn for the Weekend."
401
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:48,356
-All agreed? Agreed?
-[Phil] Agreed.
402
00:24:48,530 --> 00:24:49,792
-[Chris] Carried, carried.
-[Phil] Yeah.
403
00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:51,446
[band playfully mocking]"Everglow"?
404
00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:53,840
Agreed.[band members laughing]
405
00:24:54,014 --> 00:24:55,406
"Amazing Day."
406
00:24:55,581 --> 00:24:57,147
[mutters][Jonny laughing]
407
00:25:01,108 --> 00:25:04,372
But I don't wanna be a dick.
My part is to keep
the band together.
408
00:25:04,546 --> 00:25:06,635
[Will] Of course, but...I'll do whatever you say.
409
00:25:06,809 --> 00:25:08,855
[Will] I'm not gonna walk out
of the band just because--
410
00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:11,118
So, that is on the definites.
411
00:25:11,292 --> 00:25:12,511
"Up and Up."That's on my definites.
412
00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:14,817
[Jonny] I would like it
on there.
413
00:25:14,991 --> 00:25:19,169
It has to be, really,
because that's an example
of a crucial story bit.
414
00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:21,694
Well, we've definitely
made an EP.
415
00:25:22,695 --> 00:25:25,872
None of us are
particularly confrontational,
416
00:25:26,046 --> 00:25:28,483
but sometimes
it can absolutely be fraught
417
00:25:28,657 --> 00:25:30,093
and there are
definitely arguments.
418
00:25:30,267 --> 00:25:31,747
Everybody has a say, you know,
419
00:25:31,921 --> 00:25:34,881
that's the foundation
of our band really, is equality.
420
00:25:35,055 --> 00:25:38,058
We decided that
down in Camden from the outset.
421
00:25:38,711 --> 00:25:40,451
This is our area.
This is our area.
422
00:25:41,496 --> 00:25:42,758
I'll show ya.
423
00:25:42,932 --> 00:25:44,586
Just over there,
that road up there.
424
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,807
Just up here is where it
all happened. It's our Cavern.
425
00:25:47,981 --> 00:25:49,373
This is where it began.
426
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:50,984
-[Jonny] Camden?
-[Chris] Yeah, at Camden.
427
00:25:51,158 --> 00:25:53,682
[Jonny] Beginning of
rock legend.
428
00:25:53,856 --> 00:25:55,728
-[Jonny] This was it.
-[Will] Wow.
429
00:25:55,902 --> 00:25:56,990
So...
430
00:25:57,164 --> 00:25:58,731
-[Jonny] 268.
-[Will] Yeah.
431
00:25:58,905 --> 00:26:00,863
-[Jonny] Been repainted.
-[Will] Looks a lot nicer.
432
00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:06,173
This is where
we first started rehearsing
when Will first joined the band.
433
00:26:06,347 --> 00:26:09,306
My old flat
where Chris and I used to live.
434
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,309
[Jonny] We are in Camden Road,
we're The Coldplay.
435
00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:14,007
[Chris] Come on through,
I'll show you.
436
00:26:14,181 --> 00:26:16,096
-[Jonny] There goes Guy.
-[Chris] To the left down there.
437
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:19,926
-[Will] Who lived in there?
-[Jonny] This was Chris's room.
438
00:26:20,883 --> 00:26:22,450
-[Jonny] We played in here.
-[Will] Yeah.
439
00:26:22,885 --> 00:26:25,018
Basically we go through
a simple stretch routine
440
00:26:25,192 --> 00:26:26,715
while singing
some songs as well.
441
00:26:26,889 --> 00:26:28,499
I don't know if you can see
that where you are.
442
00:26:28,674 --> 00:26:31,764
This was Jonny's bedroom
and our band rehearsal room.
443
00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:35,811
Uh, Chris and I
normally stand together.
We raise the right arm.
444
00:26:35,985 --> 00:26:38,597
Right one.Just bring it round
to the side.
445
00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:40,729
[laughing][chattering]
446
00:26:40,903 --> 00:26:42,775
Did you just get
your arse out, Jonny?
447
00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:45,168
-[Will] It's pretty small,
isn't it?
-[Jonny] It really is.
448
00:26:45,342 --> 00:26:47,431
For a full band and a bed.
449
00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:50,478
[Jonny] It's funny to think
that it all stemmed
from this bedroom.
450
00:26:51,479 --> 00:26:54,395
[Will] A few days after
the PanicEP, we had
our first rehearsal
451
00:26:54,569 --> 00:26:57,093
and on that evening,
I phoned up this promoter
452
00:26:57,267 --> 00:26:59,792
at the Laurel Tree in Camden
and said, "Can we have a gig?"
453
00:26:59,966 --> 00:27:01,924
Thinking it might be
in six, eight weeks' time.
454
00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:04,100
[laughs]
He said, "Yeah, next Sunday."
455
00:27:04,274 --> 00:27:07,408
-[Jonny laughing]
-"What's your name?"
"We haven't got one yet."
456
00:27:07,582 --> 00:27:10,193
That was it.
We had to think of a name
'cause we were printing flyers.
457
00:27:10,367 --> 00:27:12,935
So, we came up
with a really terrible name.
458
00:27:14,545 --> 00:27:16,069
There's an old piece of paper
that Chris has.
459
00:27:16,243 --> 00:27:18,245
It's like a list of things
for the band.
460
00:27:18,419 --> 00:27:20,116
One is to get a drummer.
[laughs]
461
00:27:20,290 --> 00:27:23,554
Gig one, gig two, gig three,
gig four, get signed.
462
00:27:24,468 --> 00:27:27,776
It wasn't until Phil came along
that things started to change.
463
00:27:28,472 --> 00:27:31,040
I was always going down
to visit Chris down in London
464
00:27:31,214 --> 00:27:33,695
and I would share a bed
with Jonny.
465
00:27:33,869 --> 00:27:37,351
Obviously I came down
for the first show
when they were Star Fish.
466
00:27:39,962 --> 00:27:42,225
It was in a total dive
in Camden.
467
00:27:47,535 --> 00:27:50,625
[singing]
468
00:27:50,799 --> 00:27:54,107
Our first gig in
the Laurel Tree was, I think,
469
00:27:54,281 --> 00:27:57,893
probably the most
terrifying experience
I've ever had in my life.
470
00:27:58,981 --> 00:28:01,288
I felt so sick before it.
471
00:28:02,811 --> 00:28:05,031
I've never been so nervous,
I don't think.
472
00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:07,598
We expected about 20 people.
473
00:28:07,773 --> 00:28:11,298
It was sold out and we thought,
"Wow, this is a bit weird."
474
00:28:12,255 --> 00:28:15,563
That's the great thing
about college, you know.
It made us look popular.
475
00:28:15,737 --> 00:28:18,131
Whereas, in fact,
they were just there to pull.
476
00:28:18,305 --> 00:28:19,698
[Jonny] It's really small,
isn't it?
477
00:28:19,872 --> 00:28:21,569
My pedal board
wouldn't fit on this stage.
478
00:28:22,396 --> 00:28:25,138
-[Will] It's fantastic, though.
-[Jonny] It doesn't feel like
20 years ago.
479
00:28:26,530 --> 00:28:28,315
[Jonny] We did a couple of gigs
here, didn't we?
480
00:28:28,489 --> 00:28:31,361
[Will] I think this was just
one without a drum kit.
481
00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:33,668
Yeah. The band that was
supporting us had a kit,
482
00:28:33,842 --> 00:28:36,105
and so we asked them
if we could use theirs
and they said yes,
483
00:28:36,279 --> 00:28:38,281
but then the promoter cut
their set short.
484
00:28:38,455 --> 00:28:41,589
Yeah. They got quite cross
and they took their kit home.
485
00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:43,852
I was pleading with them,
"Please, don't take it.
486
00:28:44,026 --> 00:28:46,072
This is only
our second-ever show."
487
00:28:56,822 --> 00:28:59,694
Absolutely terrifying
in every way,
but incredible and wonderful.
488
00:28:59,868 --> 00:29:04,394
Our second gig as people,
but our first gig as Coldplay.
489
00:29:04,568 --> 00:29:06,919
-The Coldplay.
-Oh, The Coldplay, yeah.
490
00:29:07,093 --> 00:29:08,529
Where did our name come from?
491
00:29:08,703 --> 00:29:10,792
A friend of ours
had a band called Coldplay,
492
00:29:10,966 --> 00:29:15,014
and they decided they didn't
like the name,
so we just stole it.
493
00:29:15,188 --> 00:29:17,973
They said it was a rubbish name
and they didn't want it anymore.
494
00:29:18,147 --> 00:29:20,759
Turned out to be a really hard
word to pronounce to people.
495
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:23,457
You say you're in a band.
"What's the band called?"
Coldplay.
496
00:29:23,631 --> 00:29:25,894
"What Goldblade? Cold Cut?"
497
00:29:26,068 --> 00:29:28,723
-It's really hard. [laughs]
-Gold Blend.
498
00:29:28,897 --> 00:29:31,770
I still don't feel that
we've quite got the name right,
499
00:29:31,944 --> 00:29:35,121
[laughing]
but I think we might be
a bit late to change it.
500
00:29:35,295 --> 00:29:38,341
Every show seemed
like a milestone really.
501
00:29:38,515 --> 00:29:40,604
I remember the feeling
and the buzz in these rooms,
502
00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:44,173
the sweat dripping off
the ceiling,
smoke, and the sticky floors.
503
00:29:44,652 --> 00:29:46,610
The toilet circuit,
as it's known,
504
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:49,962
that kind of made us realize,
this is gonna be hard work.
505
00:29:50,136 --> 00:29:52,616
You do have to put
the time and effort into it.
506
00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:55,141
We were prepared to do that
for as long as it took,
507
00:29:55,315 --> 00:29:57,360
just carrying on
and getting skanked
508
00:29:57,534 --> 00:30:00,799
by money-grabbing,
shady Camden promoters.
509
00:30:00,973 --> 00:30:03,584
I think in the back of my head,
I must've been thinking,
510
00:30:03,758 --> 00:30:05,934
"Yeah, I'd like to be
involved in this."
511
00:30:06,108 --> 00:30:08,632
And then I remember
Chris telling me how
they were getting ripped off,
512
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,635
and I thought,
"Maybe I could do a better job."
513
00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,421
He dropped out of university
to come and manage us,
514
00:30:14,595 --> 00:30:17,076
which was an extraordinarily
selfless move.
515
00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:19,469
Then it went to the next level.
516
00:30:19,643 --> 00:30:22,124
[Chris] Deep in the lair
of rock and roll,
we find Mr. William Champion.
517
00:30:22,298 --> 00:30:24,039
-Bit nervous?
-Uh, little bit.
518
00:30:24,213 --> 00:30:26,607
-[Chris]Where's the
Harvey character?
-Where?
519
00:30:26,781 --> 00:30:29,218
I think I took it
pretty seriously
from the moment I came on board.
520
00:30:29,392 --> 00:30:33,048
I had a book, I remember
called "How to Manage a Band."
521
00:30:33,222 --> 00:30:35,311
I had the longest list of people
to approach,
522
00:30:35,485 --> 00:30:39,098
but no one wanted
to take my call
and I was quite down on myself.
523
00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:42,579
I think what kept us going was
the songs kept getting better,
524
00:30:42,753 --> 00:30:44,494
the shows kept getting better.
525
00:30:44,668 --> 00:30:47,106
I think Chris always had enough
self-belief for all of us,
526
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:48,934
you know what I mean?
527
00:30:49,108 --> 00:30:51,501
The Falcon was the first time
that Steve Lamacq came.
528
00:30:51,675 --> 00:30:54,678
Fuck me. Steve Lamacq's
in the audience,
so we're, like, wow.
529
00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:57,594
He's like the Yoda of radio
in Britain.
530
00:30:57,768 --> 00:30:59,945
He came to us
before anybody else.
531
00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,861
I couldn't believe it.
I started sweating.
Steve Lamacq, Steve Lamacq.
532
00:31:03,035 --> 00:31:04,558
I remember Lamacq calling me.
533
00:31:04,732 --> 00:31:06,386
"Phil, this is
the first time
I've ever offered
534
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:09,171
a Radio 1
evening session
to an unsigned act.
535
00:31:09,345 --> 00:31:10,781
Are you guys up for it?"
536
00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:12,218
-Sorry, mate, thank you.
-Cheers.
537
00:31:12,392 --> 00:31:16,091
Got accosted
by some autograph hunters.
538
00:31:16,265 --> 00:31:19,007
They weren't looking
for our autograph. They were
looking for Bryan Ferry's.
539
00:31:19,181 --> 00:31:20,530
Apparently, he lives round here.
540
00:31:28,408 --> 00:31:30,279
[Lamacq]
It'sLamacq Live from Radio 1,
541
00:31:30,453 --> 00:31:32,760
and we can go across now
to our Maida Vale studios.
542
00:31:32,934 --> 00:31:35,023
Hello, Coldplay?
543
00:31:35,197 --> 00:31:36,764
-[Chris] Hello, Steve.
-[Will] All right, Steve.
544
00:31:36,938 --> 00:31:38,418
[Lamacq] You had a single out,
didn't you?
545
00:31:38,592 --> 00:31:40,072
I didn't even know
you had a record out.
546
00:31:40,246 --> 00:31:42,117
[Chris] We put it
in your pigeonhole.
547
00:31:42,291 --> 00:31:43,075
-You didn't listen to it,
you bastard.
-[laughter]
548
00:31:43,249 --> 00:31:44,946
I'm not gonna say that.
549
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,818
[Lamacq] What's the first song
you're gonna do?
550
00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:49,646
[Chris] We're gonna do a song
called "Bigger Stronger,"
which was our single in May.
551
00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:51,474
[Lamacq] It might've passed
people by.
552
00:31:51,648 --> 00:31:53,781
All right, it's Coldplay then,
live on Radio 1.
553
00:31:53,955 --> 00:31:55,174
[Chris] Thank you, Steve.
554
00:31:55,348 --> 00:31:58,090
["Bigger Stronger" playing]
555
00:32:13,714 --> 00:32:15,629
It was a really intense
period of time
556
00:32:15,803 --> 00:32:18,719
because we were so determined
to not fail.
557
00:32:18,893 --> 00:32:21,287
We just weren't gonna give up
until we got somewhere
558
00:32:21,461 --> 00:32:24,029
and made an album
and got a record deal.
559
00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,161
I could tell the songs--
they were real songs,
560
00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:28,120
and I just thought,
561
00:32:28,294 --> 00:32:30,600
"Okay, this could be something
that becomes part of my life."
562
00:32:30,774 --> 00:32:33,777
And then within a few weeks,
it was everything.
563
00:32:35,431 --> 00:32:37,825
I was in the bathroom
in my mum and dad's house,
564
00:32:37,999 --> 00:32:39,000
reading the NME.
565
00:32:39,174 --> 00:32:41,829
It said
"20 New Bands for 1999."
566
00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:44,136
And sure enough
there was Muse, Elbow,
567
00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:46,181
Gay Dad, Bellatrix,
568
00:32:46,355 --> 00:32:48,705
and then it came to Coldplay
and I fainted, basically.
569
00:32:48,879 --> 00:32:50,881
Yeah, Chris fell off the toilet.
570
00:32:51,056 --> 00:32:53,841
I basically had a Doc Brown
from Back to the Future
moment.
571
00:32:54,015 --> 00:32:56,061
And I called Will,
I called Jon, I called Guy.
572
00:32:56,235 --> 00:32:57,932
I was like,
"Have you seen this?"
573
00:32:58,106 --> 00:33:00,891
It said, "Bigger Stronger"
was their no-key debut release.
574
00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:03,938
Expect copies of it
to be worth a small mortgage
come Christmas."
575
00:33:04,112 --> 00:33:05,548
Fucking hell, man.
576
00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:08,377
One paragraph changed
our entire lives.
577
00:33:08,551 --> 00:33:11,946
The next show after
that NMEtip--
578
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,775
I just remember it
being rammed wall-to-wall.
579
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,693
[Phil] Things happened
really quick after that.
580
00:33:19,867 --> 00:33:22,130
Loads of different
record companies, the ones
that had stonewalled me,
581
00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:24,611
they all came back and said,
"Oh, found your demo again."
582
00:33:24,785 --> 00:33:25,916
It was amazing.
583
00:33:26,091 --> 00:33:28,702
Yeah, April 15, 1999,
584
00:33:28,876 --> 00:33:30,878
we signed, didn't we,
in Trafalgar Square.
585
00:33:31,052 --> 00:33:33,707
We got loads of offers,
but it was always gonna
be Parlophone,
586
00:33:33,881 --> 00:33:35,361
the home of the Beatles.
587
00:33:35,535 --> 00:33:38,103
And they had Radiohead,
they had Supergrass.
588
00:33:38,277 --> 00:33:39,582
I remember it very well,
589
00:33:39,756 --> 00:33:41,497
the feeling of,
"We have something now."
590
00:33:41,671 --> 00:33:45,849
But it goes back to Chris's
list. It was a tick done.
591
00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:48,026
Now let's get on
with the important work.
592
00:33:48,765 --> 00:33:50,202
I definitely don't remember
593
00:33:50,376 --> 00:33:52,682
it being a sense of,
wow, we've made it.
594
00:33:52,856 --> 00:33:55,381
It was more like a sense of,
okay, this is the beginning.
595
00:33:55,555 --> 00:33:56,904
[cheering]
596
00:33:59,863 --> 00:34:01,430
Yeah, boys.
597
00:34:27,326 --> 00:34:30,459
We did our first UK tour
with seven guys on a bus.
598
00:34:30,633 --> 00:34:32,766
We couldn't believe our luck.
599
00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:35,595
It's amazing to still
be doing the same thing
almost 20 years later.
600
00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:43,733
It's been a constant evolution.
601
00:34:43,907 --> 00:34:45,605
So, it doesn't feel like
602
00:34:45,779 --> 00:34:48,086
we've suddenly jumped from
playing a small pub in Camden
603
00:34:48,260 --> 00:34:50,740
to a massive stadium
in Saão Paulo.
604
00:34:50,914 --> 00:34:52,786
I think sometimes
it's that gradual process
605
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,919
that clouds your feeling
of quite how far you've come.
606
00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:06,365
[Guy]
But the scale of things going on
around us is absolutely immense.
607
00:35:06,539 --> 00:35:07,801
[Chris]
Hoppy, where's Hoppy gone?
608
00:35:07,975 --> 00:35:10,064
Would you come up
on stage a second?
609
00:35:10,238 --> 00:35:12,849
Everyone, this is Hoppy,
he's been doing
our guitars for 20 years.
610
00:35:17,419 --> 00:35:20,335
He's been with us since
we were traveling around
in a tiny little van,
611
00:35:20,509 --> 00:35:23,556
smaller than this stage
and playing to maybe 20 people.
612
00:35:23,730 --> 00:35:26,907
And all that time he's been
with us and been patient,
and so have a lot of our crew,
613
00:35:27,081 --> 00:35:28,735
and we wanna send love out
to them
614
00:35:28,909 --> 00:35:31,390
because they work so hard
to make this thing possible.
615
00:35:32,304 --> 00:35:34,175
The crew have been incredible.
616
00:35:34,349 --> 00:35:36,830
There's been a handful
that have been with us
from the very beginning.
617
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,876
They're legends within
the industry now,
618
00:35:40,050 --> 00:35:41,878
which is wonderful.
619
00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:44,881
[Chris] Everyone has
this conception of us,
620
00:35:45,055 --> 00:35:47,797
sort of like we've been made up
by a big record company,
621
00:35:47,971 --> 00:35:49,495
like some sort
of indie boy band,
622
00:35:49,669 --> 00:35:51,758
but we've done it all
ourselves really.
623
00:35:51,932 --> 00:35:55,936
Our manager's our best mate,
and we produce the record.
624
00:35:56,110 --> 00:35:57,416
That's what we get a buzz off,
625
00:35:57,590 --> 00:35:59,809
is the sort of homemade-ness
of it.
626
00:35:59,983 --> 00:36:01,594
But no one really sees that
627
00:36:01,768 --> 00:36:04,118
'cause they see the slick
TV adverts and stuff.
628
00:36:05,380 --> 00:36:07,513
So what other lyrics
could go on T-shirts?
629
00:36:07,687 --> 00:36:11,995
It'd be a bit morose to have
"We never change, do we?"
Wouldn't it?
630
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:14,259
That would be funny
if you wore it all the time.
631
00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:15,869
[laughter]
632
00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:19,699
"Can anybody fly this thing?"[Chris] Good one, Hops.
633
00:36:19,873 --> 00:36:21,744
[Jonny] That's my favorite line
of any of our songs.
634
00:36:21,918 --> 00:36:23,093
Yeah, same.
635
00:36:23,268 --> 00:36:24,791
When you're on your first album,
636
00:36:24,965 --> 00:36:28,838
a 14.99 WHSmith globe is
about as big as production gets.
637
00:36:29,012 --> 00:36:32,102
But now we have, like,
a multimedia, 3-D thing.
638
00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:33,930
[Will] What's the scale?
639
00:36:34,104 --> 00:36:35,932
[Chris] One to one.
640
00:36:36,106 --> 00:36:38,196
So, the real thing
will be bigger?[Will] Twice the size.
641
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:39,893
Twice the size.At least.
642
00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:41,851
[Chris] So, these are
the tickets we've sold.
643
00:36:42,025 --> 00:36:43,592
[Guy] Pretty much everyone's
still there.
644
00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:46,682
We've just kinda kept
adding people along the way,
645
00:36:46,856 --> 00:36:48,206
one big family.
646
00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:49,685
Musically in the past,
647
00:36:49,859 --> 00:36:51,426
I think we felt
a lot of pressure
648
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,515
to have everything
come from the four of us.
649
00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:55,300
We started collaborating
with people
650
00:36:55,474 --> 00:36:58,172
just 'cause it opened up
a new way of making music.
651
00:36:58,346 --> 00:36:59,347
[Chris]
652
00:37:01,567 --> 00:37:03,438
[woman]
653
00:37:04,178 --> 00:37:06,398
[both singing]
654
00:37:08,138 --> 00:37:09,749
Can they film this?Course.
655
00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:12,360
-[Will] It's Chris's phone.
-[laughs]
656
00:37:12,534 --> 00:37:16,799
[Chris and Beyoncé singing
"Hymn for the Weekend"]
657
00:37:16,973 --> 00:37:19,019
We still have
that homemade philosophy,
658
00:37:19,193 --> 00:37:22,414
but now we have
a very open door policy.
659
00:37:22,588 --> 00:37:25,155
Basically if you show up,
you might get a shot. [chuckles]
660
00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:29,072
But it helps if
you're, like, a legend. [laughs]
661
00:37:31,423 --> 00:37:33,251
Oh, that sounds so great.Thank you.
662
00:37:33,425 --> 00:37:35,253
Let's just do
that right now.Okay.
663
00:37:35,427 --> 00:37:36,819
[Chris] The studio we recorded
with Beyoncé
664
00:37:36,993 --> 00:37:38,604
was actually my son's bedroom,
665
00:37:38,778 --> 00:37:40,954
so we had to make it look like
a studio a little bit.
666
00:37:41,128 --> 00:37:42,999
He wants me to do it
softer again.
667
00:37:43,304 --> 00:37:46,351
[Chris] And just make her feel
as special as she is.
668
00:37:49,658 --> 00:37:52,008
["Hymn for the Weekend" playing]
669
00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:18,818
["Hymn for the Weekend"
continues]
670
00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:48,630
It might be strange
for some people
671
00:38:48,804 --> 00:38:50,371
that Stargate are
producing a song
672
00:38:50,545 --> 00:38:53,461
which Noel Gallagher's on,
that Beyoncé is also on.
673
00:38:53,635 --> 00:38:55,768
Even for me it took a while
to get my head around it.
674
00:38:56,246 --> 00:38:59,424
Oasis was such a pivotal band
for us in the mid-'90s.
675
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,263
[Chris]
So, it was just like, this is
called A Head Full of Dreams.
676
00:39:13,438 --> 00:39:15,222
It should be about
making dreams come true.
677
00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:18,573
And one of our dreams was
to have Noel play on something.
678
00:39:33,327 --> 00:39:35,982
Noel Gallagher, by his own
admission, is a bit of a grump
679
00:39:36,156 --> 00:39:39,725
and doesn't share my worldview
in any way at all.
680
00:39:39,899 --> 00:39:42,597
That's the whole point
of the album. It's like,
everyone's all right,
681
00:39:42,771 --> 00:39:45,557
even the people
that don't really like
the concept of this album
682
00:39:45,731 --> 00:39:47,994
have shown up to play on it.
[laughing]
683
00:39:48,168 --> 00:39:49,735
So, thank you, Noel.
684
00:39:50,866 --> 00:39:52,738
[Mat] I noticed that
your kids were credited.
685
00:39:52,912 --> 00:39:55,131
[Chris] Right,
for better or worse,
686
00:39:55,305 --> 00:39:57,612
if you want your kids
to appear on your album
you have to strike a deal.
687
00:39:57,786 --> 00:39:59,397
First of all, they have
to like the song.
688
00:39:59,571 --> 00:40:02,095
Second of all, there has to be
maybe a pizza involved.
689
00:40:02,269 --> 00:40:03,836
It's basically bribery.
690
00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:05,707
-That was so beautiful.
-[applause]
691
00:40:05,881 --> 00:40:07,317
Generally with
A Head Full of Dreams,
692
00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:09,450
we just asked anyone who was
around if they would sing.
693
00:40:09,624 --> 00:40:11,757
We wanted to try and embrace
all the things that we love
694
00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:13,672
and the people
that we think are awesome.
695
00:40:14,281 --> 00:40:15,848
Just the idea of inclusivity.
696
00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,895
["Everglow" playing]
697
00:40:27,294 --> 00:40:29,165
["Everglow" continues]
698
00:41:16,778 --> 00:41:18,998
[cheers and applause]
699
00:41:21,783 --> 00:41:24,786
[woman] You started off
as four friends just
playing together,
700
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,485
and you became the biggest
rock band in the world.
701
00:41:27,659 --> 00:41:31,184
I was wondering, what did
you lose in that process?
702
00:41:31,358 --> 00:41:33,621
-Our drummer.
-[laughter]
703
00:41:35,362 --> 00:41:38,234
Very early on, I learnt
that without the five of us,
704
00:41:38,408 --> 00:41:40,193
we just can't be Coldplay.
705
00:41:40,367 --> 00:41:43,109
I lost sight of
what makes a band a band.
706
00:41:43,283 --> 00:41:46,242
The only thing we have going
for us is the friendship.
707
00:41:46,982 --> 00:41:49,594
And the course of our band
could've dramatically changed
708
00:41:49,768 --> 00:41:52,814
because we basically kicked
Will out.
709
00:41:53,423 --> 00:41:56,122
It was kind of like the darkest
and worst point
710
00:41:56,296 --> 00:41:57,950
in our time together.
711
00:41:59,038 --> 00:42:01,780
The excitement,
everything we'd done
was focused on getting signed.
712
00:42:01,954 --> 00:42:03,521
We got signed and thought,
"Oh, God."
713
00:42:03,695 --> 00:42:05,479
Yeah, what do we do now?
714
00:42:06,436 --> 00:42:09,222
[Will] I got to a certain point
whereby I didn't know enough
about how to play the drums
715
00:42:09,396 --> 00:42:11,920
in order to keep up
with the music
that was being written.
716
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,320
[Will] I certainly wasn't
good enough to go through
the rigors of recording.
717
00:42:22,801 --> 00:42:25,543
Shall we leave it and
go on to another one?Yeah.
718
00:42:25,717 --> 00:42:29,459
We were working with a producer
that was very meticulous
about perfection.
719
00:42:29,634 --> 00:42:32,245
And it was all about, "Will's
drumming isn't up to scratch."
720
00:42:32,419 --> 00:42:35,335
And we believed it,
you know, we believed it.
721
00:42:36,336 --> 00:42:37,729
Things got very difficult.
722
00:42:37,903 --> 00:42:39,252
Chris and I had a...
723
00:42:39,426 --> 00:42:43,125
I left the band,
which was absolutely miserable.
724
00:42:43,299 --> 00:42:45,650
I was just a bit of
a dick to Will,
725
00:42:45,824 --> 00:42:48,696
and, you know, we didn't know
what we were doing.
726
00:42:48,870 --> 00:42:53,396
So, Will left,
and we did some auditions.
727
00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,485
And I think probably
doing those auditions,
728
00:42:55,660 --> 00:42:59,054
it really kind of struck us
that this was awful.
729
00:42:59,228 --> 00:43:02,928
I just woke up and I was like,
"This is totally wrong."
730
00:43:03,102 --> 00:43:07,497
You know, we said, "Look,
please will you come back?"
Um...
731
00:43:07,672 --> 00:43:09,021
And thank God he did.
732
00:43:09,195 --> 00:43:10,892
If we'd gone down
a different path,
733
00:43:11,066 --> 00:43:14,026
I just know that we would have
at some point failed.
734
00:43:25,211 --> 00:43:26,429
[Chris laughing]
735
00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:28,475
This is it.Woof!
736
00:43:28,649 --> 00:43:30,259
Coldplay![shouting]
737
00:43:30,433 --> 00:43:32,610
I am glad it happened
738
00:43:32,784 --> 00:43:35,090
because I think it was
an incredibly important lesson
739
00:43:35,264 --> 00:43:38,528
as to what we should
hold on to most of all.
740
00:43:38,703 --> 00:43:41,575
[Chris]
This is what we started, this
is what we're gonna continue.
741
00:43:41,749 --> 00:43:43,098
Will, Will.
742
00:43:43,272 --> 00:43:45,231
The drummer always gets
a lot of stick,
743
00:43:45,405 --> 00:43:48,060
if you'll excuse
the turn of phrase.
744
00:43:48,234 --> 00:43:53,021
If I've got any advice
to give to any aspiring bands,
745
00:43:53,195 --> 00:43:56,590
it's just don't fuck around
with your drummer.
746
00:43:56,764 --> 00:44:00,986
A band is a magic thing,
and everyone improves together.
747
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,119
That's what's since given
Will his power.
748
00:44:04,293 --> 00:44:06,513
He's like the base of a statue,
749
00:44:06,687 --> 00:44:09,472
and without that,
the thing topples.
750
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:12,432
The truth of it is that,
really, without the other three,
751
00:44:12,606 --> 00:44:14,913
each of us would be
kind of screwed.
752
00:44:16,175 --> 00:44:18,133
I just couldn't do it on my own.
753
00:44:19,221 --> 00:44:20,658
I couldn't do it.
754
00:44:27,273 --> 00:44:28,666
Jonny.Yeah.
755
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,972
["Freak Me" by Silk playing
on cell phone]
756
00:44:34,628 --> 00:44:36,499
Great track.I love that.
757
00:44:44,464 --> 00:44:45,639
Well...
758
00:44:49,948 --> 00:44:51,123
This is great.
759
00:44:53,255 --> 00:44:54,953
Great. Thanks.
760
00:44:55,127 --> 00:44:58,043
Do you want us
to speak French?Yeah, that would be wonderful.
761
00:45:00,741 --> 00:45:03,744
Parachuteswas made at a time
when we had a lot of emotions
762
00:45:03,918 --> 00:45:07,313
without necessarily knowing
what they were
or how to deal with them.
763
00:45:07,487 --> 00:45:09,358
Will's mum was really sick.
764
00:45:09,532 --> 00:45:11,752
None of us had any idea
how to help him through that.
765
00:45:11,926 --> 00:45:14,015
He didn't know how
to express it.
766
00:45:14,189 --> 00:45:17,758
She was ill for a couple
of years and doing really well,
in fact, got much better
767
00:45:17,932 --> 00:45:19,978
and then unfortunately,
got much worse again.
768
00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:23,111
And it's a very strange time.
769
00:45:23,285 --> 00:45:25,157
She was in bands.
She loved music.
770
00:45:25,331 --> 00:45:26,724
It was her life, you know.
771
00:45:26,898 --> 00:45:29,335
It's telling that where
I went was to go
772
00:45:29,509 --> 00:45:31,250
and hang out with the band.
773
00:45:31,424 --> 00:45:34,296
I went up to their flat
and told them what was going on.
774
00:45:34,470 --> 00:45:37,430
I didn't really have any
kind of tools to deal with it,
775
00:45:37,604 --> 00:45:41,739
I think I just threw myself
into this extraordinary new life
that I had.
776
00:45:41,913 --> 00:45:44,654
I mean, it's obviously
massively significant
777
00:45:44,829 --> 00:45:46,700
when you lose a parent anyway,
778
00:45:46,874 --> 00:45:49,398
but definitely more poignant
for the fact
779
00:45:49,572 --> 00:45:51,923
that it was something that
she was so passionate about.
780
00:45:52,097 --> 00:45:54,316
She died in May of 2000,
781
00:45:54,490 --> 00:45:57,015
and our album was released
in July of that year.
782
00:45:58,146 --> 00:46:00,148
You're speaking to us
in quite a nervous state
783
00:46:00,322 --> 00:46:02,629
because we're just
approaching crunch time.
784
00:46:02,803 --> 00:46:06,024
It's kinda make-or-break for us
in the next two weeks.
785
00:46:06,198 --> 00:46:07,982
We'd had quite a hard time
in the studio
786
00:46:08,156 --> 00:46:11,029
and our confidence
was kind of wavering a bit.
787
00:46:11,203 --> 00:46:12,944
We didn't really know
what we were doing
788
00:46:13,118 --> 00:46:16,121
and we didn't really know what
sort of band we wanted to be.
789
00:46:16,295 --> 00:46:18,427
We almost split up over
those songs.
790
00:46:18,601 --> 00:46:20,690
The amount of times
we'd play and go,
"That was really good,"
791
00:46:20,865 --> 00:46:23,432
and then we'd listen to it
and one of us would get upset.
792
00:46:24,477 --> 00:46:25,695
Chris called us in and said,
793
00:46:25,870 --> 00:46:27,872
"Listen to this,
I've got this new song."
794
00:46:28,046 --> 00:46:30,744
And it was kind of acoustic-y
and sounded a bit like
Neil Young,
795
00:46:30,918 --> 00:46:32,659
slow and countryish.
796
00:46:34,443 --> 00:46:36,489
Jonny played
a big, distorted riff over it
797
00:46:36,663 --> 00:46:38,143
and then it was born, really.
798
00:46:38,317 --> 00:46:41,755
["Yellow" playing]
799
00:46:41,929 --> 00:46:44,018
We went through hell
recording that album.
800
00:46:44,192 --> 00:46:48,196
But when our confidence
or our enthusiasm was waning,
801
00:46:48,370 --> 00:46:51,243
it'd always be Chris
that was like,
"We've gotta get this right."
802
00:46:52,635 --> 00:46:55,464
We care about we do
to a stupid degree.
803
00:46:55,638 --> 00:46:57,379
We care when people slag us off.
804
00:46:57,553 --> 00:46:59,860
We care about being told we're
not this and we're not that.
805
00:47:00,034 --> 00:47:01,993
There were so many
miserable hours in the studio,
806
00:47:02,167 --> 00:47:03,864
but it was all worth it
in the end.
807
00:47:04,038 --> 00:47:06,867
I didn't push for it in any way,
but it was a lovely gesture
808
00:47:07,041 --> 00:47:09,914
that the guys wanted
to put a little line
in the album sleeve
809
00:47:10,088 --> 00:47:13,178
about the album
being dedicated to my mum.
810
00:47:13,352 --> 00:47:15,484
So, I'm grateful for that
811
00:47:15,658 --> 00:47:18,183
and it's something that
she would've been very proud of.
812
00:47:18,357 --> 00:47:20,359
["Yellow" continues]
813
00:47:22,404 --> 00:47:26,147
All right, our album's out!
Our album's out!
814
00:47:26,321 --> 00:47:28,541
We never thought we'd see
the day, to be honest.
815
00:47:29,934 --> 00:47:32,501
["Yellow" playing]
816
00:47:37,811 --> 00:47:40,858
[man] Times are not that great these days, but there is a beacon of light now and again.
817
00:47:41,032 --> 00:47:42,729
The album itself is
calledParachutes,
818
00:47:42,903 --> 00:47:45,253
the single is "Yellow,"
and the band is Coldplay.
819
00:47:45,427 --> 00:47:47,603
[man]
820
00:47:47,777 --> 00:47:50,389
Two boxes of Kitekat,
Coldplay Parachutes,
821
00:47:50,563 --> 00:47:53,261
some Hobnobs. Please.
822
00:47:53,435 --> 00:47:56,264
["Yellow" continues]
823
00:48:09,974 --> 00:48:14,326
Mat, hi, it's day one
of this one-day video shoot.
824
00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:16,067
I feel good. I feel skinny.
825
00:48:23,639 --> 00:48:26,555
[man] Another
Top of the Pops debut now
for four London lads
826
00:48:26,729 --> 00:48:28,601
fresh from their very first headline tour.
827
00:48:28,775 --> 00:48:29,950
This is Coldplay.
828
00:48:30,124 --> 00:48:32,953
["Yellow" continues]
829
00:48:33,127 --> 00:48:36,870
[man] You guys sold over 35,000 copies in Holland already.
830
00:48:37,044 --> 00:48:40,004
[Chris] Yesterday we just hit
one million in the world.
831
00:48:40,178 --> 00:48:44,225
Three years ago,
girls wouldn't even sit
next to us at a bus stop.
832
00:48:44,399 --> 00:48:45,923
And now they surround us.
833
00:48:51,189 --> 00:48:54,496
[man] The highest new entry and
a brand-new number-one album:
834
00:48:54,670 --> 00:48:57,282
Coldplay andParachutes.
835
00:48:57,456 --> 00:49:00,328
I don't know how to introduce
this right, but hopefully this
time next year,
836
00:49:00,502 --> 00:49:02,504
you'll sing along with it
because it'll be a hit,
837
00:49:02,678 --> 00:49:03,941
and it's called "Yellow."
838
00:49:04,115 --> 00:49:06,769
["Yellow" continues]
839
00:49:08,336 --> 00:49:12,297
[audience singing along]
840
00:49:12,471 --> 00:49:14,212
[reporter]
Their debut albumParachutes
841
00:49:14,386 --> 00:49:16,736
has clocked up an incredible
three million worldwide.
842
00:49:16,910 --> 00:49:20,914
Not bad for four lads
with an average age of 22.
843
00:49:21,088 --> 00:49:22,829
["Yellow" continues]
844
00:50:18,972 --> 00:50:22,367
Merci tout le monde,
thank you so much.
845
00:50:24,934 --> 00:50:27,850
People always said, "You'll get
fed up with that song,"
846
00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,157
and I haven't yet.
847
00:50:30,331 --> 00:50:33,726
But I just--
I'm not sure if it's a classic.
848
00:50:35,249 --> 00:50:37,817
My name is Chris,
the singer of Coldplay.
849
00:50:37,991 --> 00:50:40,037
The multimillion platinum
850
00:50:40,211 --> 00:50:42,778
super-selling record
of all time
851
00:50:42,952 --> 00:50:44,389
was Parachutes.
852
00:50:44,563 --> 00:50:45,955
And we need to do a follow-up.
853
00:50:46,130 --> 00:50:47,435
And in order to do
this follow-up,
854
00:50:47,609 --> 00:50:49,089
we need to work extremely hard.
855
00:50:49,263 --> 00:50:50,873
This is the nerve center
of Coldplay
856
00:50:51,048 --> 00:50:52,310
where everything gets done.
857
00:50:52,484 --> 00:50:54,573
Let's go in and
see who's doing what.
858
00:50:59,621 --> 00:51:01,232
Will.
859
00:51:01,406 --> 00:51:03,538
You're the drummer of Coldplay.
What are you doing?
860
00:51:03,712 --> 00:51:05,932
I'm just doing some work
on the new album.
861
00:51:13,766 --> 00:51:16,682
That has to be his favorite
sound, an orchestra tuning up.
862
00:51:21,861 --> 00:51:25,125
What's the verdict in there?
It seems like no one really...
863
00:51:25,299 --> 00:51:27,388
-[producer] We think it's great.
-[Chris] Okay.
864
00:51:27,562 --> 00:51:29,651
-[Chris] I mean,
there's no room for mediocrity.
-[producer] No, absolutely not.
865
00:51:29,825 --> 00:51:31,784
-[Chris]
If it's shit, then tell me.
-[producer] It's fucking great.
866
00:51:31,958 --> 00:51:33,351
Keep going, man.
867
00:51:36,702 --> 00:51:39,574
But I'll say this even
if everyone hates it, you know,
868
00:51:39,748 --> 00:51:41,185
I wanted us to make a record
869
00:51:41,359 --> 00:51:43,404
that we could die happy
after we've made it,
870
00:51:43,578 --> 00:51:44,884
and that's what
I absolutely mean,
871
00:51:45,058 --> 00:51:47,234
and it sounds
incredibly pretentious,
872
00:51:47,408 --> 00:51:49,367
but there's no point
in being in a band
873
00:51:49,541 --> 00:51:52,239
unless you're trying to make
the best thing ever.
874
00:52:01,335 --> 00:52:03,598
The Phil-har-fucking-monic.
875
00:52:04,599 --> 00:52:06,253
The Phil Harvey-monic.
876
00:52:06,427 --> 00:52:08,255
-[woman in orchestra] What?
-[Chris] It sounds great.
877
00:52:08,429 --> 00:52:10,866
Just come in with attack,
as if you really love the band.
878
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:13,130
-[all laughing]
-[Chris] Imagine.
879
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:15,175
Here we go.
880
00:52:20,354 --> 00:52:22,922
I don't think we were satisfied
with the first album
881
00:52:23,096 --> 00:52:26,230
which made us work harder
for the second one, I think.
882
00:52:26,404 --> 00:52:29,015
There's no recipe
that we were trying to repeat.
883
00:52:31,060 --> 00:52:33,062
Oh, man, did you hear it?
884
00:52:33,237 --> 00:52:36,544
Did you hear Jonny's riff?
It's amazing. It's amazing.
885
00:52:36,718 --> 00:52:40,113
It's just Guy's bass playing
that lets the whole shop down.
You know?
886
00:52:41,593 --> 00:52:44,639
'Cause you spend all your time
videoing them, that's why.
887
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:46,859
Guy, please, man.
888
00:52:48,121 --> 00:52:49,992
There was much more gusto
on this
889
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:52,821
to just forget
your sort of personal, mental,
890
00:52:52,995 --> 00:52:54,780
or physical health.
891
00:52:54,954 --> 00:52:57,957
We just wouldn't stop until
what we were trying to do
was right.
892
00:52:58,131 --> 00:53:00,394
We could get someone else.
Pino Palladino.
893
00:53:02,266 --> 00:53:04,311
[interviewer]
Is there a downside?
I mean, you as--
894
00:53:04,485 --> 00:53:08,141
[Chris] Anyone who says
there's a downside to what we do
is talking utter shit.
895
00:53:08,315 --> 00:53:10,317
Of course we stress
and we worry about it
896
00:53:10,491 --> 00:53:12,450
and we put everything possible
into it
897
00:53:12,624 --> 00:53:15,192
at the expense of friendships
and everything.
898
00:53:17,498 --> 00:53:19,718
But there's no downside
to being in a band.
899
00:53:19,892 --> 00:53:22,982
[interviewer]
Is there a downside though
to being the face of the band?
900
00:53:23,504 --> 00:53:25,550
No.
901
00:53:25,724 --> 00:53:28,857
Chris has done nothing
but think about the album
for seven months,
902
00:53:29,031 --> 00:53:31,599
striving for
absolute perfection.
903
00:53:31,773 --> 00:53:33,210
He doesn't sleep really.
904
00:53:34,428 --> 00:53:36,430
He's been so incredibly focused,
905
00:53:36,604 --> 00:53:39,955
probably to the detriment
of a lot of other things
in his life,
906
00:53:40,129 --> 00:53:43,872
whereas I find it quite easy
to just walk away and go home.
907
00:53:44,046 --> 00:53:47,267
Especially when we're mixing
and you have to listen to
the same song 80 times in a day.
908
00:53:47,441 --> 00:53:50,052
By then, it all sounds
exactly the same.
909
00:53:53,926 --> 00:53:58,191
Well, Chris just went in
one weekend,
he was in the studio on his own,
910
00:53:58,365 --> 00:54:01,673
and then we all came back
on the Monday and he goes,
"I got this song."
911
00:54:01,847 --> 00:54:04,545
And we just recorded it
straight down as it was
912
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:06,939
and we kept
that original take.
913
00:54:08,419 --> 00:54:10,290
This is new. "Scientist."
914
00:54:11,117 --> 00:54:14,816
["The Scientist" playing]
915
00:54:51,288 --> 00:54:53,246
It was just all there
straightaway,
916
00:54:53,420 --> 00:54:56,162
in such an immediate,
exciting moment.
917
00:54:56,336 --> 00:54:57,859
Best moment
of the entire record for me
918
00:54:58,033 --> 00:54:59,513
was when we'd come back
to this song
919
00:54:59,687 --> 00:55:02,386
and I just heard
through a wall this riff,
920
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:05,302
and that's my favorite
bit of music on the record.
921
00:55:05,476 --> 00:55:08,957
["The Scientist" continues]
922
00:55:40,119 --> 00:55:41,860
Hello, boys.
923
00:55:42,034 --> 00:55:44,906
Before we went to America
we just thought, "Really?
924
00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:48,606
Are we sure?
No one's gonna like us there."
[laughs]
925
00:55:48,780 --> 00:55:50,390
There was no false modesty here.
926
00:55:50,564 --> 00:55:55,177
I had no fucking clue how to
promote a record in the States.
927
00:55:55,352 --> 00:55:57,658
I was lucky enough
to meet Dave Holmes,
928
00:55:57,832 --> 00:55:59,834
and he came on
as the US manager.
929
00:56:00,008 --> 00:56:03,621
Very quickly he was just
the overall mastermind.
930
00:56:03,795 --> 00:56:06,537
I was a fan of their music
from the first couple of EPs,
931
00:56:06,711 --> 00:56:11,193
but I'll never forget the day
I got a master copy
of A Rush of Blood.
932
00:56:11,368 --> 00:56:13,587
That's when I really
did believe,
933
00:56:13,761 --> 00:56:16,285
"Okay, these guys have the
ability to go to great heights."
934
00:56:22,466 --> 00:56:24,468
Dave very quickly
took the reins.
935
00:56:24,642 --> 00:56:27,166
Now he's just the big daddy.
936
00:56:27,340 --> 00:56:29,298
They were up for
whatever it took.
937
00:56:29,473 --> 00:56:30,735
Let's take America.
938
00:56:30,909 --> 00:56:34,391
But initially
the reaction wasn't great.
939
00:56:34,565 --> 00:56:37,132
Modern rock radio station
would put on a big festival,
940
00:56:37,306 --> 00:56:40,353
and we'd be sandwiched
in between some of these
really heavy bands,
941
00:56:40,527 --> 00:56:41,963
and it was pretty demoralizing.
942
00:56:42,137 --> 00:56:44,357
We'd have a lot of projectiles
thrown at us.
943
00:56:44,531 --> 00:56:46,968
Has anyone here
got our album?
944
00:56:47,142 --> 00:56:49,318
Right, flipping you.
945
00:56:49,493 --> 00:56:52,452
Nice job, great. One person.
946
00:56:52,626 --> 00:56:54,411
I remember we played
a radio show in DC
947
00:56:54,585 --> 00:56:58,545
and someone chucked a CD at
Chris and hit him in the head.
948
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,418
And came back in the
dressing room and he went,
"Thanks a lot, Dave."
949
00:57:04,899 --> 00:57:08,207
I felt awful.
Here I was telling them
that this was a good idea,
950
00:57:08,381 --> 00:57:11,428
and I'm sure they were like,
"What the fuck
are we doing this for?"
951
00:57:16,084 --> 00:57:19,566
I think at the time we felt
completely different
to everybody else,
952
00:57:19,740 --> 00:57:24,353
but I think that actually worked
for us rather than against us.
953
00:57:24,528 --> 00:57:28,053
If somebody said a year ago we
were gonna do well in America,
we probably would've laughed,
954
00:57:28,227 --> 00:57:31,448
because it's not the kind
of music you'd associate
with the American music scene.
955
00:57:31,622 --> 00:57:34,538
They've never said no
to hard work
956
00:57:34,712 --> 00:57:37,018
and I'm sure there were times
that they hated my guts,
957
00:57:37,192 --> 00:57:40,935
and I'm sure there were times
when they were really wondering
if this was worth it.
958
00:57:41,109 --> 00:57:44,112
Is this actually gonna
result in anything?
But it did.
959
00:57:44,286 --> 00:57:47,420
Plowing across America,
it felt difficult at the time,
960
00:57:47,594 --> 00:57:52,207
but looking back on it now
they were, in many ways,
the most rewarding days,
961
00:57:52,381 --> 00:57:53,905
the days I look back
with most fondness.
962
00:57:54,079 --> 00:57:57,082
We were just kids, we didn't
know what was gonna happen,
963
00:57:57,256 --> 00:57:59,040
but we never gave up.
964
00:57:59,214 --> 00:58:02,217
["The Scientist" playing]
965
00:58:03,828 --> 00:58:06,221
So, American success,
does it matter to you guys?
966
00:58:06,395 --> 00:58:09,921
As long as everyone
that buys one of our records
is into it,
967
00:58:10,095 --> 00:58:13,838
we don't care
if it's 10 million people
or 30 million people,
968
00:58:14,012 --> 00:58:17,363
as long as
it's over five million people.
969
00:58:20,322 --> 00:58:22,455
I'm not gonna sit
and talk about any bad times
970
00:58:22,629 --> 00:58:24,283
because there wasn't
any bad times really,
971
00:58:24,457 --> 00:58:26,764
not in the grand scheme
of things.
972
00:58:26,938 --> 00:58:31,856
But it was weird, you know,
when it crossed over into
that mainstream media thing.
973
00:58:32,030 --> 00:58:33,771
We started our band together
974
00:58:33,945 --> 00:58:37,165
and there was a democracy
and this kind of concept
of equality,
975
00:58:37,339 --> 00:58:40,212
and then it was slightly strange
when the press focused on Chris
976
00:58:40,386 --> 00:58:42,736
and his relationship
with Gwyneth.
977
00:58:42,910 --> 00:58:47,306
I think for a brief moment
it felt like,
"Well, what about us?"
978
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:52,224
But I think it's probably been
pretty awful for him at times.
979
00:58:52,398 --> 00:58:54,922
As amusing
as it might be at first,
980
00:58:55,096 --> 00:58:59,623
after a while,
it can feel pretty intrusive,
pretty claustrophobic.
981
00:58:59,797 --> 00:59:01,407
The thing that you've
dreamt of your whole life
982
00:59:01,581 --> 00:59:04,758
has turned out to not be
quite as happy and as innocent
983
00:59:04,932 --> 00:59:07,065
as it might have felt.
984
00:59:08,806 --> 00:59:12,549
I always wanted to be
in the NME.
That's all I really cared about.
985
00:59:12,723 --> 00:59:14,159
I think we all did.
986
00:59:14,333 --> 00:59:15,987
I never really wanted
any other recognition
987
00:59:16,161 --> 00:59:18,859
other than what we were doing
on a musical level.
988
00:59:19,033 --> 00:59:21,166
But tabloid attention,
as awful as it is,
989
00:59:21,340 --> 00:59:25,170
it's a sign that you're
sort of doing something right.
990
00:59:31,306 --> 00:59:34,048
When I get recognized,
I love it. I do.
991
00:59:35,484 --> 00:59:37,225
You know? That's why
we're at a cool level.
992
00:59:37,399 --> 00:59:39,924
Because the novelty
hasn't worn off
993
00:59:40,098 --> 00:59:41,665
and, you know...
994
00:59:43,449 --> 00:59:45,233
It's really exciting,
'cause the only people
that really recognize us
995
00:59:45,407 --> 00:59:47,192
are people who actually
like our record.
996
00:59:47,366 --> 00:59:49,107
I don't know how people
like Madonna or someone
997
00:59:49,281 --> 00:59:52,371
could handle that level
of fame because...
998
00:59:52,545 --> 00:59:54,982
you do have to just become
a recluse, I reckon.
999
01:00:06,690 --> 01:00:08,648
Okay, mate, you go first.
1000
01:00:24,577 --> 01:00:27,580
[crowd cheering and screaming]
1001
01:00:40,158 --> 01:00:42,334
Sorry, I didn't--
I'm sorry. I didn't--
1002
01:00:44,684 --> 01:00:50,124
[singing
"Something Just Like This"]
1003
01:01:34,734 --> 01:01:36,823
Music is just everywhere.
1004
01:01:36,997 --> 01:01:38,695
The whole universe is music.
1005
01:01:38,869 --> 01:01:42,263
You can just walk down the
street, it's a kind of music.
1006
01:01:42,437 --> 01:01:45,745
There's always something
in the day that's inspiring.
1007
01:01:45,919 --> 01:01:48,661
[shrieking]
1008
01:01:48,835 --> 01:01:50,315
[bell clangs]
1009
01:01:50,489 --> 01:01:52,273
When we first started recording,
1010
01:01:52,447 --> 01:01:54,841
Chris had a little
four-track cassette machine
1011
01:01:55,015 --> 01:01:57,235
and that's how
we put things down.
1012
01:01:57,409 --> 01:02:00,760
It's before we had
mobile phones and laptops
and stuff to record on.
1013
01:02:00,934 --> 01:02:03,197
[song playing, audio rewinding]
1014
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:09,160
I'll show you my book.
1015
01:02:11,292 --> 01:02:12,946
Huh? Huh?
1016
01:02:14,252 --> 01:02:17,037
Look at that. See? Huh?
1017
01:02:17,211 --> 01:02:21,172
If I should lose that, we'd be--
What would we do?
1018
01:02:21,346 --> 01:02:23,870
-What's in the book?
-Get Travis to give us
some songs.
1019
01:02:25,176 --> 01:02:26,568
Just girls' numbers.
1020
01:02:26,743 --> 01:02:29,658
And designs
for stage costumes.
1021
01:02:32,531 --> 01:02:36,013
My way of making sense
of the day is to sit down
and sing about it.
1022
01:02:36,187 --> 01:02:38,537
I suppose
it's like writing a diary.
1023
01:02:40,931 --> 01:02:42,933
No one really knows
where songs come from.
1024
01:02:43,107 --> 01:02:44,891
You don't know how,
where, or why,
1025
01:02:45,065 --> 01:02:47,111
or whether any more will come.
1026
01:02:51,245 --> 01:02:54,945
All of our biggest ones
take 10 minutes,
1027
01:02:55,119 --> 01:02:59,732
but you only get them
by sitting for hours and hours
on the other ones,
1028
01:02:59,906 --> 01:03:04,041
and then suddenly
one comes through
and you just receive it.
1029
01:03:08,959 --> 01:03:10,438
You might take it
to Jonny, Will and Guy,
1030
01:03:10,612 --> 01:03:13,267
and they add their bits
and it's like a production line.
1031
01:03:15,139 --> 01:03:19,099
And sometimes they say, okay,
and sometimes they say, no way.
1032
01:03:19,273 --> 01:03:22,015
It's the "okay-no way"
spectrum.
1033
01:03:22,189 --> 01:03:24,278
When we hear a new song,
1034
01:03:24,452 --> 01:03:27,412
Chris and I have a tendency
to be relentlessly positive.
1035
01:03:27,586 --> 01:03:29,240
They're always like,
1036
01:03:29,414 --> 01:03:31,372
"Yeah, I like it, yes.
I think it could be good. Yeah."
1037
01:03:31,546 --> 01:03:34,723
And me and Guy
are sat, sort of fuming, saying,
1038
01:03:34,898 --> 01:03:38,379
"Boy, this is
a fucking waste of time.
Let's get on to the next one."
1039
01:03:38,553 --> 01:03:42,470
It's difficult.
If Chris comes in with a song,
if I'm just not into it,
1040
01:03:42,644 --> 01:03:45,560
that is the thing
that I just hate the most.
1041
01:03:45,734 --> 01:03:48,825
You're putting yourself
in the firing line
for somebody to say,
1042
01:03:48,999 --> 01:03:51,218
"Well, you go and write
a better one then."
1043
01:03:51,392 --> 01:03:54,918
You've got the life or death
of the song in your hands,
'cause they're quite sensitive.
1044
01:03:55,092 --> 01:03:58,704
But any kind of inkling
that it's not the best song
they've ever written,
1045
01:03:58,878 --> 01:04:00,619
means it tends
to get chucked out.
1046
01:04:00,793 --> 01:04:03,665
I'd say my hit ratio
within the group
1047
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:06,233
is probably one in ten maybe.
1048
01:04:06,407 --> 01:04:09,410
Any one of those fucking cunts
can veto it.
1049
01:04:09,584 --> 01:04:11,760
It is heartbreaking,
but they're always right.
1050
01:04:11,935 --> 01:04:13,675
I know that once we put a song
out in the world,
1051
01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:15,677
we're gonna have lots of people
who say it's not very good,
1052
01:04:15,852 --> 01:04:17,549
so it's probably best that
the five of us at least agree.
1053
01:04:17,723 --> 01:04:20,204
We can't have one of us say,
"I told you it was shit."
1054
01:04:20,378 --> 01:04:24,643
♪ Play him a song
that you think is fun♪
1055
01:04:24,817 --> 01:04:27,994
♪ He'll say, "I don't really like that one"♪
1056
01:04:28,168 --> 01:04:29,866
♪ I'm scared of Phil♪
1057
01:04:30,040 --> 01:04:31,911
♪ I don't know why♪
1058
01:04:32,085 --> 01:04:35,262
♪ But not as scared
as all of us are of Guy♪
1059
01:04:35,436 --> 01:04:37,917
[all laughing]
1060
01:04:40,659 --> 01:04:42,617
That's the one!
1061
01:04:42,791 --> 01:04:44,489
♪ Sometimes it feels like
We're just their minions♪
1062
01:04:44,663 --> 01:04:47,535
♪ Will and Guy
and their fucking opinions♪
1063
01:04:47,709 --> 01:04:49,886
[all laughing]
1064
01:04:52,149 --> 01:04:54,586
Oh! That's too good.
1065
01:04:58,242 --> 01:05:00,592
Generally, that's how it works.
Normally, either ideas
1066
01:05:00,766 --> 01:05:03,900
or sort of fully formed songs
always came from Chris.
1067
01:05:04,944 --> 01:05:07,599
Most often, he'd play it
to Jonny first,
1068
01:05:08,643 --> 01:05:10,602
Guy would have a listen,
1069
01:05:10,776 --> 01:05:13,344
and then it would come to me.
1070
01:05:13,518 --> 01:05:16,173
It's our job as,
you know, the rest of the band
1071
01:05:16,347 --> 01:05:18,653
to just basically sort of
not fuck that up
1072
01:05:18,827 --> 01:05:21,047
because it's really good.
1073
01:05:32,885 --> 01:05:34,495
We're gonna jump together.
1074
01:05:34,669 --> 01:05:36,323
We're gonna jump together.
1075
01:05:36,497 --> 01:05:40,719
We gonna-- One, two,
one, two, three, go!
1076
01:05:40,893 --> 01:05:46,594
["Charlie Brown" playing]
1077
01:06:22,804 --> 01:06:24,632
[woman] What's it like
being Jonny in Coldplay?
1078
01:06:24,806 --> 01:06:28,680
Uh, I don't know.
I've never been anyone else.
1079
01:06:28,854 --> 01:06:31,422
Well, Jonny is just my hero.
1080
01:06:31,596 --> 01:06:34,381
I spend my entire life trying
to pull him out of the shadows
1081
01:06:34,555 --> 01:06:37,384
because he's very humble
about himself.
1082
01:06:37,558 --> 01:06:40,518
I love playing live and I love
playing the songs to people,
1083
01:06:40,692 --> 01:06:44,783
but I love making new music
most of all, I think.
1084
01:06:44,957 --> 01:06:46,480
Okay, ready?
1085
01:06:46,654 --> 01:06:48,221
Two, three, four.
1086
01:06:48,395 --> 01:06:50,528
♪ Lovers♪
1087
01:06:50,702 --> 01:06:53,487
Jonny was always very shy,
but with no reason to be,
1088
01:06:53,661 --> 01:06:56,186
because he was
the most talented.
1089
01:06:56,360 --> 01:06:58,318
That's the key
of our band, really,
1090
01:06:58,492 --> 01:07:01,930
the way that Chris's melodies
and Jonny's guitar sit together.
1091
01:07:02,105 --> 01:07:04,455
No!
1092
01:07:04,629 --> 01:07:07,762
Oh, fucking hell.
Is there a keyboard anywhere?
1093
01:07:07,936 --> 01:07:09,677
Our personalities
fitted together.
1094
01:07:09,851 --> 01:07:11,549
We couldn't have two of us
like Chris,
1095
01:07:11,723 --> 01:07:14,465
and we couldn't have two of us
like me. It just wouldn't work.
1096
01:07:14,639 --> 01:07:16,162
It's gonna be great
when we record it properly.
1097
01:07:18,469 --> 01:07:19,992
The songwriting
has changed, I think.
1098
01:07:20,166 --> 01:07:21,689
These days it depends
who's there,
1099
01:07:21,863 --> 01:07:23,648
because we live in different
parts of the world.
1100
01:07:23,822 --> 01:07:26,303
-Did it get anything in there?
-[guitar note]
1101
01:07:26,477 --> 01:07:28,566
When we started recording
A Head Full of Dreams,
1102
01:07:28,740 --> 01:07:30,785
Guy, Will, and I
were in the studio in London,
1103
01:07:30,959 --> 01:07:32,918
working on a track
which was "Legends,"
1104
01:07:33,092 --> 01:07:35,442
and we could never quite
get it right.
1105
01:07:35,616 --> 01:07:37,836
I went to LA,
worked in Chris's house,
1106
01:07:38,010 --> 01:07:39,838
trying to get
a good guitar riff for it.
1107
01:07:40,012 --> 01:07:43,102
Just sort of
fumbling around in the dark.
1108
01:07:43,276 --> 01:07:47,019
He started playing
this melody, like, slow.
1109
01:07:47,193 --> 01:07:50,066
[vocalizing]
1110
01:07:52,155 --> 01:07:53,765
[chuckles]
1111
01:07:53,939 --> 01:07:55,549
His guitar just gets me going.
1112
01:07:55,723 --> 01:07:58,248
I was like, there's something
amazing about that.
1113
01:07:58,422 --> 01:08:01,207
You could take the rest
of the song away and I don't
think anyone would notice.
1114
01:08:05,820 --> 01:08:07,126
And that's what happened.
1115
01:08:08,475 --> 01:08:11,087
[singing
"Adventure of a Lifetime"]
1116
01:08:19,834 --> 01:08:23,360
Okay, trust me everybody.
This is gonna be great.
1117
01:08:26,276 --> 01:08:28,452
Everybody go low.
1118
01:08:28,626 --> 01:08:30,410
Everybody get down.
Shh!
1119
01:08:30,584 --> 01:08:32,717
Everybody go low.
1120
01:08:32,891 --> 01:08:34,501
Stay low.
1121
01:08:35,633 --> 01:08:38,418
One, two, one, two...
1122
01:08:38,592 --> 01:08:42,727
["Adventure Of A Lifetime"
continues]
1123
01:09:06,359 --> 01:09:08,579
[cheering]Thank you, everybody.
1124
01:09:08,753 --> 01:09:12,887
Okay, hands up, who wants
"Adventure Of A Lifetime"
to be our first single?
1125
01:09:13,061 --> 01:09:16,630
Our friendship's really changed,
definitely, from the early days.
1126
01:09:16,804 --> 01:09:19,024
Okay, that's great.
So, we agree.
1127
01:09:19,198 --> 01:09:22,375
It's very free communication.
We kind of talk every day.
1128
01:09:22,549 --> 01:09:25,987
But, yeah, that can involve
a lot of locking of horns.
1129
01:09:33,995 --> 01:09:37,129
Often the atmosphere
in the studio
is very tense, yeah.
1130
01:09:37,303 --> 01:09:40,393
And there's lots of laughter,
but it can get quite heavy.
1131
01:09:47,226 --> 01:09:52,710
[Phil] Sometimes I get called in
and there's, like, stony faces
and no one's speaking,
1132
01:09:52,884 --> 01:09:54,755
and I can tell they're in
the middle of some argument.
1133
01:09:54,929 --> 01:09:58,194
That's the bit of my job
that's hard.
1134
01:10:00,108 --> 01:10:02,198
[Chris] Hey, Phil?[all laughing]
1135
01:10:03,460 --> 01:10:05,723
We've had a terrible fight.
1136
01:10:06,593 --> 01:10:08,682
We had a terrible fight.
1137
01:10:08,856 --> 01:10:11,207
[Phil] Sometimes I look back
and I don't think
I've changed at all.
1138
01:10:11,381 --> 01:10:14,297
I just don't. Not in the way
that Chris has changed.
1139
01:10:14,471 --> 01:10:15,907
He's evolved so much
as a person.
1140
01:10:16,081 --> 01:10:17,996
But then there's loads of things
that haven't changed,
1141
01:10:18,170 --> 01:10:20,694
like his ability to make me
laugh like no one else.
1142
01:10:20,868 --> 01:10:22,783
If you look at
this Venn diagram
that I'm doing,
1143
01:10:22,957 --> 01:10:26,744
it splits the set into
old Coldplay songs,
1144
01:10:26,918 --> 01:10:28,572
new Coldplay songs.
1145
01:10:28,746 --> 01:10:30,443
What do you think about
singles to album track ratio?
1146
01:10:30,617 --> 01:10:34,360
Well, at the moment,
it's like a 60/40 split of new.
1147
01:10:34,534 --> 01:10:38,886
But if you minus the metric
we took from the first quarter
against merch sales,
1148
01:10:39,060 --> 01:10:43,587
it's the basic fractal
that we learnt from REM and U2,
1149
01:10:43,761 --> 01:10:46,503
who we now refer to as RE2,
1150
01:10:46,677 --> 01:10:48,374
the band
that we're aspiring to be,
1151
01:10:48,548 --> 01:10:51,769
plus Radiohead
and Beyoncé and Jay-Z
at the same time,
1152
01:10:51,943 --> 01:10:53,423
moving through to Young Thug.
1153
01:10:53,597 --> 01:10:56,687
That leaves us with this,
which is our set list.
1154
01:10:57,601 --> 01:10:59,211
There's definite pros and cons
1155
01:10:59,385 --> 01:11:01,518
to working with someone
that you're that close with.
1156
01:11:01,692 --> 01:11:04,390
Chris would be the first
to say that as well.
1157
01:11:04,564 --> 01:11:07,654
It can get a bit messy,
definitely.
1158
01:11:07,828 --> 01:11:10,135
[singing "Animals"]
1159
01:11:10,309 --> 01:11:14,357
Well, I've left the band
probably two times, I think.
1160
01:11:14,531 --> 01:11:18,709
The first time was
'cause I got really ill.
It was basically exhaustion.
1161
01:11:18,883 --> 01:11:21,102
I'll always remember.
It was the day of
the Brit Awards.
1162
01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:23,061
The Best British Group.
1163
01:11:23,235 --> 01:11:25,542
-Yes!
-Coldplay.
1164
01:11:25,716 --> 01:11:28,284
We won Best Band and Best Album
1165
01:11:28,458 --> 01:11:30,111
and I'd had
this feeling inside me
1166
01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:32,592
that it should be
the best day of my life,
1167
01:11:32,766 --> 01:11:36,204
but I just felt
so totally exhausted.
1168
01:11:36,379 --> 01:11:38,729
It was not a happy memory
at all.
1169
01:11:38,903 --> 01:11:41,819
This is the weirdest thing
that's ever happened to us.
1170
01:11:41,993 --> 01:11:45,779
And we're really made up.
So thank you very much.
1171
01:11:45,953 --> 01:11:47,564
But then I came back
1172
01:11:47,738 --> 01:11:49,392
and we made
A Rush of Blood to the Head.
1173
01:11:49,566 --> 01:11:53,526
That was even more stressful
than the first one
1174
01:11:53,700 --> 01:11:57,269
and my relationship with Chris
in particular was quite strained
1175
01:11:57,443 --> 01:11:59,315
and something had to give.
1176
01:12:07,975 --> 01:12:12,719
I think the dynamic
between singer and manager
is a specific one,
1177
01:12:12,893 --> 01:12:15,635
and it just didn't really
suit our friendship.
1178
01:12:15,809 --> 01:12:17,724
So I quit.
1179
01:12:18,508 --> 01:12:20,248
Phil got a bit burnt out
1180
01:12:20,423 --> 01:12:23,034
and wanted to do
something different.
1181
01:12:23,208 --> 01:12:26,080
He moved almost as far away
from us as he possibly could
1182
01:12:26,254 --> 01:12:29,562
by going to South America
and then Australia. [laughs]
1183
01:12:29,736 --> 01:12:32,217
I think he was trying
to tell us something.
1184
01:12:32,391 --> 01:12:34,045
He wasn't with us for one album,
1185
01:12:34,219 --> 01:12:36,961
and that was
when we sorely missed him.
1186
01:12:37,135 --> 01:12:41,444
We made decisions
that weren't as good
as they could've been.
1187
01:12:41,618 --> 01:12:43,228
We seem to sort of give up
before we've--
1188
01:12:43,402 --> 01:12:44,925
No, it's just--
Does that sound right?
1189
01:12:45,099 --> 01:12:46,971
I don't understand.
Is that the right pattern?
1190
01:12:47,145 --> 01:12:50,235
I don't think we were
very functional in that period.
1191
01:12:50,409 --> 01:12:52,933
I think we lost our way
a bit, yes.
1192
01:12:53,107 --> 01:12:55,066
I think we felt a lot
of pressure
1193
01:12:55,240 --> 01:12:57,285
to make some kind
of grand album.
1194
01:12:57,460 --> 01:12:59,636
There were strange headlines
in the press
1195
01:12:59,810 --> 01:13:02,116
about the EMI share price
and all of that stuff.
1196
01:13:02,290 --> 01:13:04,771
We didn't even know what
a share price was back then.
1197
01:13:04,945 --> 01:13:08,862
We spent day after day after day
of getting nowhere.
1198
01:13:09,036 --> 01:13:11,343
It came out in addictions
and it came out in tension,
1199
01:13:11,517 --> 01:13:13,998
and at the time,
it was a real struggle.
1200
01:13:14,172 --> 01:13:17,349
One year later and we've got
precisely nothing finished.
1201
01:13:19,090 --> 01:13:21,484
What a fucking cunt.
Bollocks!
1202
01:13:22,876 --> 01:13:25,183
And you don't film
any of the arguments.
1203
01:13:25,357 --> 01:13:26,837
There was a lot of questioning,
1204
01:13:27,011 --> 01:13:28,708
like, "Should we do this,
should we do that?"
1205
01:13:28,882 --> 01:13:30,406
So, it's shite.
1206
01:13:32,451 --> 01:13:34,453
We have to start
all of it again.
1207
01:13:35,454 --> 01:13:38,370
We've lost the plot!
1208
01:13:38,544 --> 01:13:41,155
I was so worried about
what everyone else thought.
1209
01:13:41,329 --> 01:13:43,419
We just totally spun out,
you know.
1210
01:13:43,593 --> 01:13:45,159
So, what do you want me
to do, then?
1211
01:13:45,333 --> 01:13:46,987
In general,
the bigger you get as a band,
1212
01:13:47,161 --> 01:13:50,687
all the kind of machinery around
you gets bigger and bigger
1213
01:13:50,861 --> 01:13:52,340
and there's more things
to get in the way
1214
01:13:52,515 --> 01:13:55,387
of just four people playing
music together.
1215
01:13:55,561 --> 01:14:00,087
[Chris singing]
1216
01:14:00,261 --> 01:14:02,002
No, no, no.
1217
01:14:02,176 --> 01:14:05,441
You've gotta do that--
[imitates drums]
thing for that verse.
1218
01:14:05,615 --> 01:14:07,791
That was the first time
we'd been in that situation
1219
01:14:07,965 --> 01:14:10,054
and didn't know how to deal with
all of that stuff.
1220
01:14:10,228 --> 01:14:12,665
If Phil had been around,
it might have been different.
1221
01:14:12,839 --> 01:14:14,841
That's just normal, is it?
1222
01:14:57,014 --> 01:15:00,452
You don't let me sing
any nouns or things.
1223
01:15:01,888 --> 01:15:04,935
Like anything that's a thing
is immediately banned.
1224
01:15:08,982 --> 01:15:11,463
And freedom.
You hate riffs,
freedom and nouns.
1225
01:15:21,342 --> 01:15:24,998
I think the process was probably
the least enjoyable
of all our records, definitely.
1226
01:15:25,172 --> 01:15:28,132
We were going through
some weird shit that time.
1227
01:15:28,306 --> 01:15:29,612
But Dave was amazing,
1228
01:15:29,786 --> 01:15:31,527
and luckily
we had the song "Fix You"
1229
01:15:31,701 --> 01:15:33,441
to get us through
that period.
1230
01:15:34,704 --> 01:15:37,576
What's that you sing at the end?
What are the lyrics?
1231
01:15:37,750 --> 01:15:39,186
Tears stream down your face
1232
01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:41,928
when you lose something
you can't replace.
1233
01:15:42,102 --> 01:15:45,366
Tears stream down your face
and I, I, I, I, I...
1234
01:15:45,541 --> 01:15:46,803
Right.
1235
01:15:48,456 --> 01:15:50,241
-Yeah.
-Is that shit?
1236
01:15:50,415 --> 01:15:51,851
No, it sounds good.
1237
01:15:52,025 --> 01:15:53,897
I just was wondering
if it could be sort of
1238
01:15:54,071 --> 01:15:56,682
made into something
which makes a bit more sense.
1239
01:15:57,944 --> 01:15:59,772
Can you take a tiny bit
of reverb off?
1240
01:16:00,468 --> 01:16:01,948
That's cool, thanks.
1241
01:16:04,211 --> 01:16:09,347
[singing "Fix You"]
1242
01:16:32,892 --> 01:16:36,766
["Fix You" continues playing]
1243
01:17:50,274 --> 01:17:54,278
[audience singing "Fix You"]
1244
01:18:13,384 --> 01:18:15,647
That's the most self-conscious
I've ever been
1245
01:18:15,821 --> 01:18:18,258
about people
not liking what we were doing
1246
01:18:18,432 --> 01:18:20,783
because I wasn't really sure
if I liked it.
1247
01:18:20,957 --> 01:18:23,437
It was a strange period of time.
1248
01:18:23,611 --> 01:18:27,050
[singing]
1249
01:18:28,486 --> 01:18:31,837
When you read something
that is critical,
1250
01:18:32,011 --> 01:18:33,447
you always give it
much more weight
1251
01:18:33,621 --> 01:18:36,276
than anything you read
that's kind.
1252
01:18:36,450 --> 01:18:39,105
[laughs] And they can write
a whole article that's nice
1253
01:18:39,279 --> 01:18:41,455
and just have one line
that's a bit shitty,
1254
01:18:41,629 --> 01:18:44,197
and that's the only line
you'll remember.
1255
01:18:44,371 --> 01:18:46,547
Alan McGee
of Creation Records
1256
01:18:46,722 --> 01:18:51,074
has come out
and said that your music
was bed wetters' music.
1257
01:18:51,248 --> 01:18:53,380
How did you feel about that?
What was your response?
1258
01:18:53,554 --> 01:18:55,556
We wet our beds.
1259
01:18:57,254 --> 01:18:59,212
You can't please everybody,
right?
1260
01:18:59,386 --> 01:19:01,998
If that's what you're chasing
you're just gonna fail,
1261
01:19:02,172 --> 01:19:04,565
because it's just not possible.
1262
01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:07,394
[singing]
1263
01:19:09,614 --> 01:19:10,876
[Chris] Shucks.
1264
01:19:21,234 --> 01:19:22,888
It's okay. I get it.
1265
01:19:23,062 --> 01:19:25,848
I think it's important
to have figures of ridicule.
1266
01:19:26,022 --> 01:19:27,675
I don't mind being one of them.
1267
01:19:27,850 --> 01:19:29,634
The only time it's awkward
is if you bump into someone
1268
01:19:29,808 --> 01:19:32,202
who's made a joke about you.
1269
01:19:32,376 --> 01:19:35,335
In the old days,
I used to get really angry.
[laughs]
1270
01:19:35,509 --> 01:19:37,729
But I changed
my whole philosophy.
1271
01:19:37,903 --> 01:19:40,950
The only thing I complain about
in our job is that
1272
01:19:41,124 --> 01:19:42,560
if you're the sort of person
who worries,
1273
01:19:42,734 --> 01:19:45,432
you have so much time
to sit and worry
1274
01:19:45,606 --> 01:19:47,173
that you just worry
and worry and worry.
1275
01:19:47,347 --> 01:19:50,002
I spent quite a lot of years
being anxious
1276
01:19:50,176 --> 01:19:51,961
about the people
that didn't like us
1277
01:19:52,135 --> 01:19:55,181
without focusing enough
on the people that do.
1278
01:19:55,355 --> 01:19:56,443
It's hard to explain.
1279
01:20:00,404 --> 01:20:01,318
I'm not.
1280
01:20:01,492 --> 01:20:02,928
You are.Apart from--
1281
01:20:09,195 --> 01:20:11,023
No, Iknow, Guy.
1282
01:20:11,197 --> 01:20:13,939
But if I wasn't a perfectionist,
we'd still be playing
the Falcon.
1283
01:20:14,113 --> 01:20:16,115
So? But you'd be doing it
very well.
1284
01:20:17,551 --> 01:20:19,771
I think everything
we've done is shit.
1285
01:20:19,945 --> 01:20:22,339
That's why I keep
trying to do new stuff.
1286
01:20:25,342 --> 01:20:29,476
That's my gut feeling.
That's what fires you up
to do the next thing.
1287
01:20:29,650 --> 01:20:33,089
In the early days, I think there
used to be a lot more arguments,
1288
01:20:33,263 --> 01:20:35,482
particularly between
Chris and myself.
1289
01:20:35,656 --> 01:20:38,137
I was probably much
more opinionated back then,
1290
01:20:38,311 --> 01:20:41,575
which I think was probably
a huge pain in the ass
1291
01:20:41,749 --> 01:20:44,187
for everyone.
1292
01:20:44,361 --> 01:20:47,146
I don't know if I was trying
to get away from myself or if I
wasn't comfortable with myself,
1293
01:20:47,320 --> 01:20:50,715
but I definitely had
a drinking problem.
1294
01:20:50,889 --> 01:20:55,372
It doesn't make for
the happiest of times.
1295
01:20:55,546 --> 01:20:57,940
Chris definitely
wears his heart on his sleeve.
1296
01:20:58,114 --> 01:21:03,119
Will, Jonny, and myself are
much more guarded emotionally,
1297
01:21:03,293 --> 01:21:05,425
and that's probably
why so many bands have split up,
1298
01:21:05,599 --> 01:21:10,604
because they haven't
learned how to accept
each other's differences.
1299
01:21:10,778 --> 01:21:13,912
There was a time where
I was like, "Everyone needs
to just follow my feelings."
1300
01:21:14,086 --> 01:21:16,349
At a certain point
I was like, "If this
carries on like this,
1301
01:21:16,523 --> 01:21:18,612
then one of them's
gonna leave."
1302
01:21:21,224 --> 01:21:25,489
It might be like,
"We don't wanna deal with this
temperamental idiot all day."
1303
01:21:25,663 --> 01:21:27,230
♪ What a cunt♪
1304
01:21:27,404 --> 01:21:30,668
Only 32 concerts to go
before the end of Coldplay.
1305
01:21:34,193 --> 01:21:35,978
They've got their own feelings
and their own lives.
1306
01:21:36,152 --> 01:21:38,371
Even though
they are much harder to read,
1307
01:21:38,545 --> 01:21:41,244
but they still have
highs and lows.
1308
01:21:41,418 --> 01:21:43,463
Fucking mic stand
keeps hitting me in the face.
1309
01:21:43,637 --> 01:21:45,552
It's like singing
into Naseem Hamed.
1310
01:21:45,726 --> 01:21:48,599
I'm learning how to deal with
the peaks and the troughs
a bit better.
1311
01:21:48,773 --> 01:21:50,993
Please sort it out.Understood.
1312
01:21:51,167 --> 01:21:54,997
Every cliché that there is,
we've been through it.
1313
01:21:55,171 --> 01:21:57,608
We just never felt like
it was important to talk about.
1314
01:21:57,782 --> 01:22:00,698
Any group of five men
who have got to their late 30s
1315
01:22:00,872 --> 01:22:03,962
probably gonna have been through
depression, addiction,
1316
01:22:04,136 --> 01:22:05,572
divorce, everything,
1317
01:22:05,746 --> 01:22:07,357
even if it was five accountants.
1318
01:22:07,531 --> 01:22:09,620
We've been through
so much together.
1319
01:22:09,794 --> 01:22:12,362
But what's incredible to me
is that we've stuck together
as a pack.
1320
01:22:33,209 --> 01:22:35,515
Everywhere we go,
whatever we're going through,
1321
01:22:35,689 --> 01:22:38,083
we can close the door
and sit down as a group
1322
01:22:38,257 --> 01:22:41,695
and either laugh about it
or commiserate or celebrate.
1323
01:22:50,182 --> 01:22:52,271
I could sit with
Jon, Will and Guy and Phil
1324
01:22:52,445 --> 01:22:53,751
just for hours right now
1325
01:22:53,925 --> 01:22:55,709
and just talk about anything.
1326
01:23:12,204 --> 01:23:14,772
[all singing "Fix You"]
1327
01:23:17,166 --> 01:23:21,039
I think that X&Yhad been
a bit of a slog for all of us,
1328
01:23:21,213 --> 01:23:22,736
whereas getting back
in the studio
1329
01:23:22,910 --> 01:23:24,825
and doing Viva
became exciting again.
1330
01:23:25,000 --> 01:23:27,654
[singing continues]
1331
01:23:29,482 --> 01:23:32,050
We definitely missed Phil and we
realized how much we missed him
1332
01:23:32,224 --> 01:23:34,574
when he came back into the fold.
1333
01:23:34,748 --> 01:23:37,490
Yeah, Phil came back in
in glorious technicolor again,
1334
01:23:37,664 --> 01:23:40,058
and that's when we bought
our own little place
1335
01:23:40,232 --> 01:23:43,583
and really tried to
reconnect as friends.
1336
01:23:43,757 --> 01:23:46,064
When I came back, I was
not coming back as a manager.
1337
01:23:46,238 --> 01:23:48,588
Dave Holmes was doing that
much better than I ever could.
1338
01:23:48,762 --> 01:23:50,851
I was coming back
as a bandmate,
1339
01:23:51,026 --> 01:23:52,549
just doing all the fun stuff.
1340
01:23:52,723 --> 01:23:55,030
We finally got our band home.
1341
01:23:55,204 --> 01:23:58,294
That really brought
everything back into focus.
1342
01:23:58,468 --> 01:24:01,297
You know, it was
our own studio, our own HQ.
1343
01:24:04,256 --> 01:24:07,172
It was new territory for us.
We didn't really know
how to behave.
1344
01:24:07,346 --> 01:24:09,827
I think we wanted a producer
to give us some ideas about
1345
01:24:10,001 --> 01:24:13,004
how we can present
the next phase of our band.
1346
01:24:13,178 --> 01:24:16,703
We wanted to find someone
who had the same effect on us
1347
01:24:16,877 --> 01:24:21,056
as Brian Eno did on U2 and
David Bowie and Talking Heads,
1348
01:24:21,230 --> 01:24:23,145
all these incredible bands
that we love.
1349
01:24:23,319 --> 01:24:26,800
And so we asked Brian,
"Do you know anyone?"
1350
01:24:26,974 --> 01:24:29,542
And he said, "Well, I wouldn't
mind having a go."
1351
01:24:29,716 --> 01:24:31,544
So, we were looking for
the new Brian Eno
1352
01:24:31,718 --> 01:24:34,547
and we found the old Brian Eno.
1353
01:24:36,941 --> 01:24:38,638
I think he only becomes
interested in a band
1354
01:24:38,812 --> 01:24:41,424
when they get massive
and terrible at the same time,
1355
01:24:41,598 --> 01:24:45,210
because he sees an opportunity
to keep you massive,
but make you good.
1356
01:24:46,646 --> 01:24:49,127
It's very much like a having
a lovely, cuddly headmaster
1357
01:24:49,301 --> 01:24:52,391
quietly directing proceedings
without ever raising his voice.
1358
01:24:52,565 --> 01:24:53,610
He's like a sort of
wizard-type figure,
1359
01:24:53,784 --> 01:24:55,873
like a Gandalf or a Dumbledore
1360
01:24:56,047 --> 01:24:58,615
who comes in and sprinkles
magic all over the place
1361
01:24:58,789 --> 01:25:00,225
and then disappears for a bit,
1362
01:25:00,399 --> 01:25:02,401
or says,
"I really like that song,
1363
01:25:02,575 --> 01:25:04,490
but have you thought about
playing it backwards
and in French?"
1364
01:25:12,281 --> 01:25:15,066
He's a relentless
experimenter.
1365
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:18,025
He's not afraid for it
to sound silly.
He's not afraid to fail.
1366
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:22,073
It can be sublimely ridiculous,
some of the stuff
that we're doing.
1367
01:25:26,469 --> 01:25:28,775
He kicked me out of the band
for a few weeks.
1368
01:25:28,949 --> 01:25:31,038
At that time,
I could be quite strong-minded
1369
01:25:31,213 --> 01:25:32,779
in terms of it has
to sound like this.
1370
01:25:32,953 --> 01:25:35,608
So, he taught us to let everyone
get to the end of their idea
1371
01:25:35,782 --> 01:25:37,871
before any judgment is passed.
1372
01:25:38,045 --> 01:25:41,658
[all singing "Lost!"]
1373
01:25:46,663 --> 01:25:49,535
We went to Barcelona and we did
a sort of singing trip with him,
1374
01:25:49,709 --> 01:25:52,190
which is one of
the key elements on that record,
1375
01:25:52,364 --> 01:25:54,497
the sound of lots of
voices together.
1376
01:25:54,671 --> 01:25:56,629
[singing continues]
1377
01:25:56,803 --> 01:26:00,851
The thing that
sparked Viva La Vida
was the big sing-along chants.
1378
01:26:05,290 --> 01:26:08,467
The most purely joyous bit
for me is that communal thing.
1379
01:26:08,641 --> 01:26:11,035
What's the next one?
Oh, "Viva La Vida"?
1380
01:26:11,209 --> 01:26:12,906
Nothing can beat a chant live.
1381
01:26:13,080 --> 01:26:14,995
[vocalizing]
1382
01:26:15,170 --> 01:26:17,259
I love sing-alongs
more than anything.
1383
01:26:17,433 --> 01:26:19,304
[all vocalizing]
1384
01:26:19,478 --> 01:26:22,481
["Viva La Vida" playing]
1385
01:27:09,136 --> 01:27:12,183
Through the course of
the next album, Mylo Xyloto,
1386
01:27:12,357 --> 01:27:15,882
it was pretty clear
that I was doing well
in some parts of my life
1387
01:27:16,056 --> 01:27:17,971
and really not well in others.
1388
01:27:18,145 --> 01:27:20,278
When we're on tour,
it's such a little bubble
1389
01:27:20,452 --> 01:27:22,454
that you become
institutionalized,
1390
01:27:22,628 --> 01:27:24,239
and this is why
a lot of front men
1391
01:27:24,413 --> 01:27:26,545
have problems
in their personal life.
1392
01:27:26,719 --> 01:27:28,112
[sighs]
1393
01:27:28,286 --> 01:27:29,853
Towards the end
of the Mylotour,
1394
01:27:30,027 --> 01:27:33,160
it was a very difficult period
for about a year or so
1395
01:27:33,335 --> 01:27:37,295
of feeling completely worthless
and nothing to anybody.
1396
01:27:37,469 --> 01:27:39,079
I was just like,
I'm a mess, really,
1397
01:27:39,254 --> 01:27:42,735
because I can't enjoy
the great things around me.
1398
01:27:42,909 --> 01:27:46,870
Then, of course, I went through
a breakup with Gwyneth.
1399
01:27:48,045 --> 01:27:49,655
Listen, man,
I'm never gonna moan.
1400
01:27:49,829 --> 01:27:51,135
I'm grateful for everything.
1401
01:27:51,309 --> 01:27:53,746
But it was pretty touch and go.
1402
01:27:53,920 --> 01:27:56,967
It was evident that things
were very difficult for Chris
1403
01:27:57,141 --> 01:27:59,317
and that he was unhappy.
1404
01:27:59,491 --> 01:28:01,667
We sort of felt helpless
in a way, you know,
1405
01:28:01,841 --> 01:28:07,282
naturally it's distressing
when your friend is going
through something so traumatic.
1406
01:28:07,456 --> 01:28:09,414
He was in a lot of pain.
1407
01:28:09,588 --> 01:28:12,765
Your mind can go to
the worst-case scenario.
1408
01:28:12,939 --> 01:28:14,637
I was worried about him
to the extent that
1409
01:28:14,811 --> 01:28:17,379
I was just really glad
to get a text in the morning
1410
01:28:17,553 --> 01:28:19,816
just to know he was okay.
1411
01:28:19,990 --> 01:28:22,949
And almost when he was
at his absolute lowest,
1412
01:28:23,123 --> 01:28:25,561
that was when we
started making Ghost Stories.
1413
01:28:27,345 --> 01:28:28,781
What we decided to do
on Ghost Stories
1414
01:28:28,955 --> 01:28:31,262
was to really be honest
about it.
1415
01:28:31,436 --> 01:28:32,829
I don't wanna bullshit,
1416
01:28:33,003 --> 01:28:35,919
because I need to sing it
to get through the day.
1417
01:28:37,747 --> 01:28:40,053
We all set up a studio
in Guy's house.
1418
01:28:40,227 --> 01:28:42,708
I think that was all
that Chris was capable of.
1419
01:28:42,882 --> 01:28:46,756
I remember it
as being a healing time for him.
1420
01:28:46,930 --> 01:28:50,237
I think he started to smile
a bit more around then.
1421
01:28:53,153 --> 01:28:56,374
[singing "True Love"]
1422
01:29:07,820 --> 01:29:09,996
He was having
a really hard time.
1423
01:29:10,170 --> 01:29:13,260
Yeah, we definitely felt
very protective towards him.
1424
01:29:13,435 --> 01:29:15,219
Chris's life
is different from mine.
1425
01:29:15,393 --> 01:29:17,395
He has very much a public life.
1426
01:29:17,569 --> 01:29:20,267
People know what's going on,
or like to think they know.
1427
01:29:20,442 --> 01:29:24,620
So we were worried about him
letting people in too far,
1428
01:29:24,794 --> 01:29:27,666
but this was what he wanted
to do.
1429
01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:30,843
[singing "True Love"]
1430
01:29:35,021 --> 01:29:37,023
I think Chris needed
to get it out of his system
1431
01:29:37,197 --> 01:29:40,375
and he needed to express
those things in those songs.
1432
01:29:40,549 --> 01:29:43,465
Of course, it was
a very personal album,
and I like it for that reason.
1433
01:29:43,639 --> 01:29:46,772
I like it for its bravery
and its honesty.
1434
01:29:46,946 --> 01:29:51,560
What we wanted to do
was to provide the comfort
that music has always given him.
1435
01:29:51,734 --> 01:29:56,303
That's the only way
that we could really help him
was to be musical friends.
1436
01:29:57,609 --> 01:29:59,524
When some of us have been going
through harder times,
1437
01:29:59,698 --> 01:30:02,179
it's the band
that really picks each other up.
1438
01:30:02,353 --> 01:30:05,704
That really is an amazing thing
to have in your life.
1439
01:30:05,878 --> 01:30:10,361
Whenever anyone needs anything,
really, everybody's there.
1440
01:30:10,535 --> 01:30:14,583
It has evolved into
much more than just friendship.
1441
01:30:14,757 --> 01:30:17,107
We are more like a family now.
1442
01:30:17,281 --> 01:30:19,370
It was a challenging period.
1443
01:30:19,544 --> 01:30:23,679
It was a sort of journey
from ultimate loneliness
to ultimate togetherness.
1444
01:30:25,768 --> 01:30:27,683
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on.
1445
01:30:27,857 --> 01:30:29,815
Bring it.Bring it in.
1446
01:30:29,989 --> 01:30:31,991
Phil, you wanna lead?Come on in.
1447
01:30:46,484 --> 01:30:49,139
It's been a long journey
up to this point.
1448
01:30:49,313 --> 01:30:52,447
The period that we've
been a band has been
such a shifting time in music.
1449
01:30:52,621 --> 01:30:55,841
It's just not a time
where you can take something
for granted.
1450
01:30:56,015 --> 01:30:58,670
I think we were very lucky
to have each other
1451
01:30:58,844 --> 01:31:00,933
and lucky in many other ways
as well.
1452
01:31:01,107 --> 01:31:03,936
I feel like I've been running
for years.
1453
01:31:04,110 --> 01:31:05,895
It's the first time
since I've joined the band
1454
01:31:06,069 --> 01:31:08,767
I've actually stopped
and looked back.
1455
01:31:08,941 --> 01:31:13,293
It really does feel like
a lifetime ago that we started.
1456
01:31:13,468 --> 01:31:15,861
[audience cheering]Hello.
1457
01:31:25,654 --> 01:31:29,614
What's still the same
is our passion to make
music together.
1458
01:31:29,788 --> 01:31:32,530
I wouldn't wanna do what I do
if I wasn't with my friends.
1459
01:31:32,704 --> 01:31:35,533
I think the gang mentality
is still definitely there,
1460
01:31:35,707 --> 01:31:37,927
but it's just the gang's
got a bit bigger.
1461
01:31:38,101 --> 01:31:42,409
That initial dream,
at the time we had it, that
seemed like the final point,
1462
01:31:42,584 --> 01:31:45,456
and what I've realized is,
actually that's just
the beginning.
1463
01:31:45,630 --> 01:31:47,806
I don't feel like we've got
to a final destination.
1464
01:31:47,980 --> 01:31:50,635
["Paradise" playing]
1465
01:32:17,575 --> 01:32:19,446
I don't want to stop playing.
1466
01:32:19,621 --> 01:32:21,797
I don't wanna stop this.
1467
01:32:21,971 --> 01:32:24,103
Don't want to stop this.
1468
01:32:27,890 --> 01:32:29,413
Let's turn it up.
Let's turn it up.
1469
01:32:29,587 --> 01:32:31,415
Let's turn it up.
Let's turn it up.
1470
01:32:31,589 --> 01:32:33,722
Let's turn it up.
Let's turn it up.
1471
01:32:45,864 --> 01:32:47,910
I really don't look back.
You know?
1472
01:32:48,084 --> 01:32:49,738
I just feel weird about it.
1473
01:32:49,912 --> 01:32:52,697
Like Phil said the other day,
because I was about to turn 40,
1474
01:32:52,871 --> 01:32:56,788
you should write a letter
to your 17-year-old self
and tell him what you're up to,
1475
01:32:56,962 --> 01:32:59,617
'cause his head would
just explode.
1476
01:32:59,791 --> 01:33:03,055
The first few years, you try
to make yourself feel different
to everybody else.
1477
01:33:03,229 --> 01:33:07,538
But in the last few years,
I feel like the journey's
just been to remind me and us
1478
01:33:07,712 --> 01:33:11,716
that we're all in the same tribe
on the same little planet
in space,
1479
01:33:11,890 --> 01:33:15,938
and more than ever, it feels
like that's what we're part of:
1480
01:33:16,112 --> 01:33:17,461
one big band.
1481
01:33:18,984 --> 01:33:21,726
[Mat]
So, what next?I don't know what's next.
1482
01:33:21,900 --> 01:33:24,729
We've been trying to get
to this place for a long time.
1483
01:33:24,903 --> 01:33:28,864
I'd be very surprised
if there was another
conventional Coldplay album.
1484
01:33:29,038 --> 01:33:31,344
It feels like the finale
of the story,
1485
01:33:31,518 --> 01:33:33,869
or the end of a movie.
1486
01:33:34,043 --> 01:33:37,960
It doesn't surprise me that he's
saying now is the end of an era,
it's the end of something,
1487
01:33:38,134 --> 01:33:40,484
'cause it really is in his mind.
1488
01:33:40,658 --> 01:33:44,836
But I hope it's not really
the end of things.
1489
01:33:45,010 --> 01:33:46,882
Literally happens every album.
1490
01:33:47,056 --> 01:33:49,972
"This might be our last one."
And it hasn't been yet.
1491
01:33:50,146 --> 01:33:53,062
I'm just looking forward to
what happens next.
1492
01:33:53,236 --> 01:33:54,890
We've been together for 20 years
1493
01:33:55,064 --> 01:33:57,849
and achieved so many things
that we wanted to achieve.
1494
01:33:58,023 --> 01:34:00,809
I mean, it has just been
the most amazing ride so far.
1495
01:34:00,983 --> 01:34:02,680
I'm grateful for
the whole journey.
1496
01:34:02,854 --> 01:34:05,204
I have faith in the future.
1497
01:34:05,378 --> 01:34:06,728
I trust life.
1498
01:34:12,821 --> 01:34:15,867
First of all, thank you all
so much for being here.
1499
01:34:16,041 --> 01:34:18,827
You're all actually
a part of the band.
Isn't that crazy?
1500
01:34:19,001 --> 01:34:23,092
Even though some of you
might be ashamed to say it,
you're all members of Coldplay.
1501
01:34:23,266 --> 01:34:25,311
We got one more song
if you wanna do it.
1502
01:34:25,485 --> 01:34:26,791
Yay!
1503
01:34:26,965 --> 01:34:28,488
Thank you for
that lovely response.
1504
01:34:28,663 --> 01:34:30,708
You get top marks from me.
1505
01:34:30,882 --> 01:34:33,885
One, two, three and...
1506
01:34:34,059 --> 01:34:37,410
["Up & Up" playing]
1507
01:34:47,203 --> 01:34:51,207
["Up & Up" continues playing]
1508
01:36:10,590 --> 01:36:14,029
["Up & Up" continues playing]
1509
01:36:22,994 --> 01:36:24,996
My friends...[audience cheering]
1510
01:36:26,432 --> 01:36:29,218
this is the end of
A Head Full of Dreamstour.
1511
01:36:30,088 --> 01:36:32,090
Back where it all began.
1512
01:36:32,264 --> 01:36:35,485
Thank you, everybody
all around the world,
1513
01:36:35,659 --> 01:36:37,313
at home and abroad,
1514
01:36:38,923 --> 01:36:41,056
for being the best part
of our show
1515
01:36:41,230 --> 01:36:44,755
and for keeping your
and our heads full of dreams.
1516
01:36:46,452 --> 01:36:47,584
We're in this together.
1517
01:36:49,194 --> 01:36:50,587
We're one big band.
1518
01:36:52,284 --> 01:36:56,419
Everything is possible
if you never give up
1519
01:36:57,289 --> 01:36:59,161
and if you believe in love.
1520
01:37:00,684 --> 01:37:03,078
[singing]
1521
01:37:25,883 --> 01:37:28,538
[cheering]
1522
01:38:04,748 --> 01:38:08,665
[audience cheering, singing]
1523
01:38:56,452 --> 01:39:00,499
[Chris singing "In My Place"]
1524
01:39:49,331 --> 01:39:52,899
If you're watching this,
it means we haven't flopped.
1525
01:39:53,074 --> 01:39:55,206
So, thanks a lot
for not making us flop.
1526
01:39:55,380 --> 01:39:57,426
If you're not watching this,
we have flopped,
1527
01:39:57,600 --> 01:40:00,559
so I can say what
the fuck I want.
1528
01:40:00,733 --> 01:40:03,823
[singing off-key]
1529
01:40:07,349 --> 01:40:09,916
[laughing]Come on.
We'll get past it.
1530
01:40:10,091 --> 01:40:13,572
If you're watching this--Obviously,
they're watching this.
1531
01:40:13,746 --> 01:40:16,836
It should be
"You're watching this."
Not if.
1532
01:40:17,011 --> 01:40:18,360
Let's go.
1533
01:40:18,534 --> 01:40:20,536
Let's go and sell
some fucking records.
1534
01:40:20,710 --> 01:40:23,234
It's time to go home.Tell them
we formed at college.
1535
01:40:23,408 --> 01:40:26,063
I don't care.
I don't like Alan McGee.
1536
01:40:26,237 --> 01:40:28,674
Can you sing that note
again, please?Yeah.
1537
01:40:28,848 --> 01:40:31,547
[high-pitched note]
1538
01:40:31,721 --> 01:40:35,029
I think this song
is brilliant.I think it's good too.
1539
01:40:35,203 --> 01:40:38,336
What do you think,
Will?
1540
01:40:38,510 --> 01:40:40,208
I think the second half
is great.
1541
01:40:40,382 --> 01:40:43,907
[high-pitched note continues]
1542
01:40:44,081 --> 01:40:46,736
We are probably
the only band
in England
1543
01:40:46,910 --> 01:40:49,434
where at least
two of the members
have got webbed feet.
1544
01:40:49,608 --> 01:40:53,525
-Who's got webbed feet?
-We're all bluffing now,
aren't we?
1545
01:40:53,699 --> 01:40:57,399
The reason I knew,
we were on tour.
We had a shower.
1546
01:40:57,573 --> 01:41:02,534
And every morning,
there'd be two sets of normal
footprints and two flippers.
1547
01:41:02,708 --> 01:41:04,014
[Guy] Two flippers?
1548
01:41:04,884 --> 01:41:07,496
[all singing]
1549
01:41:07,670 --> 01:41:10,020
I can fucking
see you laughing!
1550
01:41:10,194 --> 01:41:12,196
A lot of people
think...
1551
01:41:13,458 --> 01:41:15,678
we're not
rock and roll.
1552
01:41:15,852 --> 01:41:19,986
But I ask you, is having
pastries before eight o'clock
not rock and roll?
1553
01:41:20,161 --> 01:41:21,901
In what fucking universe?
1554
01:41:30,606 --> 01:41:34,914
Ladies and gentlemen,
you may remember a year ago
this band was formed--
1555
01:41:35,089 --> 01:41:38,222
[unintelligible]
1556
01:41:38,396 --> 01:41:41,399
[shouting]
1557
01:41:43,184 --> 01:41:44,707
Fucking pathetic!
1558
01:41:44,881 --> 01:41:47,884
[piano playing,
Chris imitating dance beat]
1559
01:41:51,279 --> 01:41:53,716
[singing in falsetto]
1560
01:42:07,121 --> 01:42:09,993
[rapping]
1561
01:42:20,177 --> 01:42:22,223
[imitating beat]
1562
01:42:27,489 --> 01:42:29,055
I'm gonna be sick.
1563
01:42:29,230 --> 01:42:33,234
["Life Is For Living" playing]
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