Justin Timberlake was the inspiration for Coldplay's new album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, according to frontman Chris Martin.

 

The band's drummer Will Champion is such a fan of Timberlake's hit track Cry Me A River, he used it as inspiration for one of their's tracks, Lost!

 

Martin says, "One song we're always trying to chase is Cry Me A River in terms of the beats and everything.I know that is one of Will's favourite songs. And he did all the drums on Lost!"

 

http://www.showbizspy.com/news/06042008/justin-timberlake-inspires-coldplay-album

oh god ... a part of me just died

Lol, Chris is a joker :P He makes the media his bitch, its proberly not true.

:stunned: one of Will's favorite songs ?? seriously ??

Not true... he earlyed said that the song was inspired by a song by Blur....:confused:

Haha this must be a joke

 

Chris really knows how to wind up the media

Chris' obsession with JT :rolleyes:

 

Has been going on 5 years now :P

Chris has said he and JT are friends and have met up a few times so it wouldn't surprise me if they invited him to help them out with that drum track for Lost.

Westlife, Justin Timberlake etc. etc.

 

Wow... :D

now all that's left is for them to admit vlv was inspired by ricky martin

Hey JUSTIN!!!!! :D

Lost? There are no drums in the version i've heard - what version is that? I thought that was the album version?

No sir, you have heard the acoustic version titled Lost? We have only had snippets of Lost! which is the album version.

:laugh3:

 

Bravo... bravo! :laugh3:

Lost? There are no drums in the version i've heard - what version is that? I thought that was the album version?

 

I think the version that is already known is "Lost?" which is an acoustic version of the album song "Lost!".

There is a clip somewhere (don't know where exactly, but I'm sure you'll find it on Youtube unless it has been removed again by EMI..) with an interview and a short snippet of "Lost!" in the background and it has quite the hip-hop beat! I liked what I heard so far..

Haha, I can't see Will being too happy about Chris making this comment :P

No sir, you have heard the acoustic version titled Lost? We have only had snippets of Lost! which is the album version.

 

Thanks for the info - was more of a piano version

can't wait to here the album version next week then

 

is this snippet available online anywhere to hear?

Maybe Chris and Will aren't as musically snobby as some of you lot. Anyway, check out JT doing LoveStoned live at MSG on YouTube. It's ace, and the I Think She Knows... bit is blatantly influenced by CP.

i got nothing against JT. he always said good thinks about coldplay.

Hey I don't think it's really true, but if it is I don't see it as a bad thing at all! Cry me a river is a fantastic song!

Good gosh people...how bout I just say I have the entire record in CD quality ready to d/l...you people seem to believe everythings...haha.

 

Tell me what part of the album verision that we heard in the background of that interview sounds like it was JT influenced...relax people he's joking.

nah dont worry mate! chris is just jokin. he loves winding up the media! in fact, they dont like him at all. i saw a MTV interview where coldplay was on one side, JT on the other. chris turned to timberlake and said: we dont care about our looks and being handsome, we care about the music :D. there is another video on you tube where chris makes fun of him in a show!

Now i know JT is obsessed with coldplay, but i do not know about this

He always has been. He's introduced them onstage before.... think it was their performance on MTV of the Scientist. Huge Huge fan.

Ha, Justin Timberlake also inspired Coldplay by helping leak their album, lol