The Church of Chris Martin is proud to present a new documentary - The Princess Diana Conspiracy: The Coldplay Connection.
Does Chris Martin know why Lady Diana had to die? Do Coldplay lyrics contain hidden references to the conspiracy to kill the Princess of Hearts?
July 1997: Anthony Martin is working for a major accountancy firm based in London. One of the accounts he looks after is that of the El Fayed family, owners of London’s prestigious Harrods store. He receives a letter from them, asking him to start putting an inventory of their business concerns together in preparation for a will to be drawn up. It appears that they were concerned that an attempt or attempts against their lives were going to be made.
Also that month, his son Chris Martin, a History undergraduate at University College, London, having played with starting a boy band called Pectoralz, forms an indie band called Starfish with three friends.
August 31st, 1997: Princess Diana, the best ride in the British royal family, dies in mysterious circumstances in a car crash in Paris. With her is the father of her unborn child, Dodi El Fayed, a Muslim.
May 1999: At Chris Martin’s graduation celebration, his father has a little too much to drink. As Chris, then a teetotal, takes him home in a taxi, his father mumbles something about a plot “to kill the people’s princess”. Chris, surprised at his father’s uncharacteristic behaviour, leaves him slumbering on the sofa and goes to his study. There, he begins to search through his father’s papers from before Diana’s death.
The papers he finds, including the original letter, confirm that Mohammad El Fayed believed not only was there a plot against his life, but that the British Royal Family were behind it. Chris also finds an envelope stuffed with newspaper clippings about Diana, the El Fayeds and MI6.
Later that month, Chris Martin’s band sign a six-album deal with EMI. They immediately enter the studio, but by the time their debut album “Parachutes” is released in 2001, Chris’s lyrics had taken on an new, political edge.
Do Coldplay’s songs contain hidden references to the plot to kill Diana? If he was in on the secret, Chris Martin would certainly be worried that he would become a target by speaking out, so perhaps he hid his knowledge in cryptic lyrics.
In “Yellow”, for example, “I wrote a song for you,” Chris sings to her, “and all the things you do.” But why were they “all Yellow”? As Chris says, “I drew a line for you,” and in Paris, a line means a route on the Metro. Line 1, Cháteau de Vincennes/La Défence, runs immediately beneath the Pont d’Alma tunnel. And what colour is used to symbolise this line on all Metro maps? Yellow. And after that fateful night, her “skin and bones”, her physical life and work, did indeed “turn into something beautiful” - her immortal life in all of our hearts.
But it was with Coldplay’s second LP that Chris grew in confidence and really began to hammer the point home. The opening track, the angry grind of Politik, contains the scene of Diana expiring on the asphalt surrounded by paparazzi (”open up your eyes”), and Chris’s call for openness in the investigation of the case - “Give me real, don’t give me fake.” And the title of the song shows that the larger political issues involved aren’t lost on him, either.
This fact is reflected in the change of name to “Coldplay”, refering to Brzinzki’s “The Grand Chessboard”, the covert international battle for supremacy on the world political stage between the European Christian empires of the 19th and 20th centuries and the Asian Muslim powers of the 21st. Diana’s death was only one move in that game. The players thought she was a pawn - but she was a queen.
“In My Place” and “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” both contain more references to Metro lines, but it is the former song which contains Chris’s last word. She was lost, but the truth has yet to come out. “How long must we wait for it?” How long before Diana will “come back and sing to me”? We don’t know. Maybe the truth will never come out. But Coldplay’s albums sell in the millions, and if only a few people put together the clues and figure out what Chris is REALLY saying, that means the numbers are growing who demand answers. Until then, we’ll have to learn to deal with Death and All His Friends.
Okay, I don’t want to say to much about this one, other than that I think it’s possibly the GREATEST THREAD EVER!!1! It may be the longest post I’ll ever make, so I’ve added a break, but I truly urge you to read it in full. It builds and builds and gets even better as you go along. I stress again, all of these posts are from genuine people (but I think RealCMFan and Shiva might be the same person).
Thanks to Garlic Host, SALTS, Petra and all the others who contributed to this (ahem) “debate”. We couldn’t have done it without you.
Strap yourself in, and enjoy. It begins like this:
RealCMFan
Feb 17, 06 - 6:42 PM I really hope this site is a joke…
Okay. I’m going to break this down for you.
1) Coldplay is NOT a religious band.
2) The subliminal messages in Coldplay’s lyrics are NOT religious.
3) Keep religion in REAL churches.
4) Be a fan without being so **** ridiculous.
5) Do yourselves all a favor and get rid of this site before anyone else sees it.
6) All you’re doing is giving non-Coldplay fans a reason to make fun of Coldplay fans.
7) The grammar on this site is despicable.
You’re making a mockery of a brilliant band.
9) Do as Chris says, and “Open up your eyes”.
10) Jesus would be ashamed of you.
SALTS
Feb 18th, 2006 - 10:57 AM Re: I really hope this site is a joke…
1) Coldplay is NOT a religious band.
Corporate religion has failed the human race. Coldplay is about spiritual awakening and transformation through the medium of music. Listening to Coldplay stimulates gnostic awareness and ‘remembering’, in the Socratic sense.
2) The subliminal messages in Coldplay’s lyrics are NOT religious.
Agreed. See above.
3) Keep religion in REAL churches.
REAL churches only mimic the Godhead. They are rational analogies to the infinite inner-light of the divine mind. Coldplay is just a vessel for higher-thinking, gnostic awareness, they are by no means exclusive to it.
4) Be a fan without being so **** ridiculous.
I know you are, but what am I??
5) Do yourselves all a favor and get rid of this site before anyone else sees it.
Then how would others learn of the treasures hidden within the music of Coldplay? Without ears to listen, are others lost? I wont speak for the site-owners, but I believe they might think it cowardly to split at this point.
6) All you’re doing is giving non-Coldplay fans a reason to make fun of Coldplay fans.
Non-Coldplay fans are self-hating by definition.
7) The grammar on this site is despicable.
Some people cannot properly speak when the spirit moves them. Should we punish these people??
You’re making a mockery of a brilliant band.
You clearly do not understand.
9) Do as Chris says, and “Open up your eyes”.
Chris also says, “Brothers and Sisters, Unite!”. Your attempt to create a schism within the community is noted. Your failure to understand the message of Coldplay is duly noted and speaks volumes about the quality of your spiritual mind.
“They spun a web”, for you too… perhaps, someday, you’ll understand the songs, perhaps not. It matters little in the end.
“We live in a beautiful world”, after all.
10) Jesus would be ashamed of you.
How would you know???
Shiva
Feb 18th, 2006 - 8:04 PM Re: Re: I really hope this site is a joke…
Please do not attempt to assume that my intelligence is as limited as it sounded in my last post. I was simply lowering my standards in order to speak a common language with these extremist Christians; I therefore apologize. Truthfully, my views are almost identical to yours.
However, I do not agree with this query of yours:
“Then how would others learn of the treasures hidden within the music of Coldplay?”
I believe the only way for others to truely experience the spiritual awakening of Coldplay is to listen to the music themselves. Period. Something so personal should be kept personal. If a person’s inner eye is so blind that they cannot see let alone understand the message of this music, then why try and convert them? There are enough tainted Christian beliefs as it is without counting “door-to-door” disciples. Some people were simply not meant for such things (unless I have misunderstood you, of course).
Yes, feel free to discuss the brilliance of the composers, but I will not stand for a website which claims they saw Chris Martin speak to them as the new Messiah while they were most likely under the effect of a dental anesthetic.
What I fail to understand is why you waste your time humoring these people when you have already agreed that Coldplay is not a religious band. Why do you degrade yourself?
Heirophant
Feb 21st, 2006 - 12:51 AM Re: Hope this is a joke…
1) Coldplay is NOT a religious band.
Are so.
2) The subliminal messages in Coldplay’s lyrics are NOT religious.
See above.
3) Keep religion in REAL churches.
Define REAL.
4) Be a fan without being so **** ridiculous.
There are some who would consider the ridiculous one to be you.
5) Do yourselves all a favor and get rid of this site before anyone else sees it.
Bit late. 15600 counts as someone else, I think.
6) All you’re doing is giving non-Coldplay fans a reason to make fun of Coldplay fans.
It’s not all I’m doing at all. I’m spreading the word of Chris Martin. I’m raising awareness, that BAD THINGS STILL HAPEN TO NICE PEOPLE.
7) The grammar on this site is despicable.
Maybe, but at least I can spell “dispicable”.
You’re making a mockery of a brilliant band.
If you think their a mockery, they must be doing it themselves. Cos I don’t think they are.
9) Do as Chris says, and “Open up your eyes”.
He also sung, “I wanna live in a wooden house”, but I bet you don’t.
10) Jesus would be ashamed of you.
He’d be ****** off, yeah, cos he’s not the Messiah anymore. Chris Martin is.
Signing off. H
Shiva
Feb 21st, 2006 - 9:24 PM Re: Re: Hope this is a joke…
You have only exposed yourself to my personal disdain by replying to this thread, Heirophant.
WIFE: Chris is married to American actress Gwyneth Paltrow. She said that he’s “the greatest poet who ever lived”, and she played Sylvia Plath in a movie so she should know.
STAR SIGN: Pisces (fish) (Click here for a full reading) - “Pisceans are emotional and self-depreciating, but love history and the arts. They are often philosopers, musicians, and messiahs.”
PARENTS: His mother was a teacher and his father was an accountant, (not carpenter).
EDUCATION: Sherbourne boys boarding school; Ancient World Studies at University College in London; sign painter.
You’re making a mockery of a brilliant band.
FAVE MOVIE: Titanic