May 3rd 2008 The Wisdom of Chris Martin, part 2
{This is the second in a series of the CoCM’s Proverbs, the wise words of Our Prophet, Chris Martin.}
On Lyrics - “The lyrics come out and I just try not to get in their way.”
“When you hear someone like Ian McCulloch or Bob Dylan…those are lyrics that should be printed. Mine are just a bunch of feelings.”
“There’s so much to write about all the time, even if you’re seemingly on top. Life is always carrying on. You can write about why am I having a great day today, but then 200 miles away there’s a hurricane going on. There’s always life to write about.”
On Fare Trade - “Fair Trade chocolate tastes better, but also it was amazing to go to a rich, green area like this and know that for every bar of Divine chocolate you’re eating, you’re helping out the people who grew it for you far more than if you eat Nestlé.”
“How on earth could anybody stand in a field with these people and say that it’s the right thing to do to dump their excess produce cheaply on a third world country? It’s beyond me. But the truth is, the people responsible haven’t talked to the farmers in the areas affected.”
On Canada - “Canada is heaven on a stick!”
On being “cool” - “My eye-opening years were between 13 and 17. I was so cushioned until that. But at Sherborne, it was the first time I’d ever experienced somebody disliking me. Well, I used to walk funny, and, to be quite honest, I was a bit of a knobhead - I wouldn’t have liked me either.”
“When you’re born into a middle-class white family in the county of Devon, there are things that you feel like you’re not allowed to do. Like be a pop star or grow your hair long.”
“Some people are into bondage, and some people are into cross-dressing, and some people are into Coldplay — I don’t mind being a fetish. I don’t mind not being cool. I’ve never been cool in my whole life. Being voted the world’s sexiest vegetarian is about as cool as it gets.”
“It’s very strange being the world’s sexiest vegetarian, because eight years ago, if I’d invite someone over to my place for a tofu burger, they wouldn’t be interested.”
On Michael Stipe - “I’ve lost all respect for fame, but I haven’t lost all respect for respect. So the one great thing about being famous is that I get to meet people who I respect. Our relationship is akin to a dog and its master. I’ll always look up to him.”
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Musically, they’ve turned up the guitar and stuck 30 seconds of ambience on the front to make it long enough to be a single. This now means they are OFFICIALLY EDGY AND EXPERIMENTAL and NOT COMMERCIAL ANYMORE.
The song is a plea from Chris to God, asking for a sign. In X&Y, he recieved his vision from God, but in the four years inbetween, nothing has changed. Poverty is not History, AIDS is still rife, and Noel Edmunds is STILL on TV.
In this incredibly layered metaphor, Chris says he will think for himself, refusing to adopt the values of CORRUPT LEADERS like George Bush who are like the Captains of a failing civilisation, as long as the people remain emotionally frozen subconsciously. You don’t get shit like that from Keane, do you?
On Fame - “After being with Gwyn I’ve realised everyone is human. We really build people up as if they are from Mars. Hollywood seems as accessible as Mars.When I started meeting celebrities it was depressing because you can’t believe in the mythology of people any more.”
BEHOLD - THE LAMB OF GOD!
He is talking about the Sacred Feminine here. Like in Da Vinci’s Code. Chris Martin is not afrain of his femine side, saying he loves his wife and being all melodramatic, but he’s masculine as well, getting mad and kicking off at photographers and that.
What most people don’t realise is that the song The Scientist is actually about Chris Martin’s younger brother Paul. While Chris was making his name as a GORGEOUS INTERNATIONAL POET AND VISIONARY, Paul was sitting an HND in electrical engineering at Hull University. He had always been interested in “questions of science; science and progress.” Chris obviously felt it was “such a shame for” them “to part“, and wrote this song.
“Running in circles, chasing our tails” is probably a reference to Mitzi, a cheeky King Charles spaniel that the brothers shared as children.
