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Oooh, yeah, that was way before I became a fan, that's why I had never heard about it. I'm curious, I'm gonna look for it, it's gotta be on Youtube somewhere :lol:

 

edit: Yay, lots of versions of it! :awesome: This one for instance, if anyone's curious:

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It feels weird to hear those lyrics in that context :lol:

Okay, but you are still the best. :thumbsup: :vuvuzela:

 

 

Tash:Dinater strikes again

February 12, 2013 - submitted by Sandy, United States of America

 

Q. Happy Heart's Day Oracle,

Are you madly in love at the moment?

Hope so!

Sandy

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

Do you mean Valentine's Day? That's not until Thursday (14th).

Nope, I'm not madly in love and am happy not to be but thanks all the same.

It's Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day here today though. It doesn't look I'll be getting any of that either!

Happy flipping/tossing to pancake lovers and love to all the singles out there for Thursday.

February 12, 2013 - submitted by Vasilis, Greece

 

Q. Warner Music Group bought Parlophone. Does this affect the group in any direct (artistc, if you like) way, except from the fact that Warner will now sign the contracts rather than EMI? Thanks in advance!

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

EMI had actually already been sold; Parlophone's sale was a condition of that deal.

The band won't be directly affected by the acquisition.

Stephen Cooper, CEO of Warner Music Group, said:

“We are committed to making this a great outcome for Parlophone’s artists and employees, who will find in WMG a similar spirit and culture that is dedicated to providing the most supportive and innovative home for recording artists. The continuation of the Parlophone legacy and brand are central to the future success of this combination, and we are proud to have them join us.”

February 12, 2013 - submitted by Frisby, United States of America

 

Q. In this interview, Simon Pegg references a song called A + E. Is there a recording of it anywhere?

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

There isn't a recorded studio version if that's what you mean.

It's Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day here today though.

We celebrate it with Pączki here across the pond. :nod:

February 6, 2013 - submitted by Justin, United States of America[/color][/b]

 

Q. Dear Oracle,

I just heard a new song by Maroon 5 called Daylight, sound familiar, the title?

How is this possible? I figured some songs have the same name, but don't musicians check and stuff? Was curious about this for other songs too.

Thanks.

Justin.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

You can't copyright a song title and it's not something anyone would have to check so assume they don't.

Daylight is after all something common unlike Cannonball for example which has been the title for 3 songs that I know of.

As you say some songs have the same name, so why not this one?

 

 

 

I just can't NOT be offensive about this one. People who pose questions like this are beyond stupid.

Fans like us are more in touch with how the music industry works. Someone actually asked me about this a few weeks back. I was amazed they didn't know better, but it's not as important to them as it is to people liie me who find the music industry interesting. So it's really nt 'stupidity', just a lack of awareness.:) (It still amuses me though, like people who spell it 'Cold Play',lol.)

Fans like us are more in touch with how the music industry works. Someone actually asked me about this a few weeks back. I was amazed they didn't know better, but it's not as important to them as it is to people liie me who find the music industry interesting. So it's really nt 'stupidity', just a lack of awareness.:) (It still amuses me though, like people who spell it 'Cold Play',lol.)

 

assuming you're talking about the Daylight question, i feel like it's less about knowing the music industry than it is about knowing copyright laws in general :P

^Yup. I tend to lump copyright laws etc. into everything else like booking gigs, promoting albums and such. A non-musician might or might not know how copyright works. :nod:

^Yup. I tend to lump copyright laws etc. into everything else like booking gigs, promoting albums and such. A non-musician might or might not know how copyright works. :nod:

 

that's true, but i just figured that copyright applies to so many other fields as well that most people would probably know that basic things like titles are not able to be copyrighted :P

February 13, 2013 - submitted by Paul, France

 

Q. If I visit The Bakery, can I enter inside it and visit it?

Thank you Oracle.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

No, I'm afraid you can't. It's not open to the public.

February 13, 2013 - submitted by Amora, United States of America

 

Q. Have anything planned for ya'lls 20th anniversary? IT HAS TO BE HUGE :D

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

That's 5 years away! Nothing planned just now.

February 13, 2013 - submitted by Ana Karen, Mexico

 

Q. Is it true that Coldplay is going to give two free concerts here in Mexico due to the Non Violence Foundation? I really want this to be real but I have my doubts, so... I wanted to ask you, dear Oracle.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

No. There is absolutely no truth to the "news" that Coldplay are performing at La Fundacion No Violence.

I'm not sure how the rumours started but since a lot of you are asking, I wanted to clear it up.

Fans like us are more in touch with how the music industry works. Someone actually asked me about this a few weeks back. I was amazed they didn't know better, but it's not as important to them as it is to people liie me who find the music industry interesting. So it's really nt 'stupidity', just a lack of awareness.:) (It still amuses me though, like people who spell it 'Cold Play',lol.)

 

It's not even about awareness, it's common sense. Have they never heard two songs with the same name before?

Apparently not.

February 13, 2013 - submitted by Paul, France[/color][/b]

 

Q. If I visit The Bakery, can I enter inside it and visit it?

Thank you Oracle.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

No, I'm afraid you can't. It's not open to the public.

If this person asked it, there is likely at least one other person that asked it, and boatloads of other people that are just thinking about it.

 

Eeek.

If this person asked it, there is likely at least one other person that asked it, and boatloads of other people that are just thinking about it.

 

Eeek.

Friggn' creepers everywhere!

If this person asked it, there is likely at least one other person that asked it, and boatloads of other people that are just thinking about it.

 

Eeek.

 

This one definitely needs a dose of common sense. Why do people continue to think that Coldplay will just open the doors and say 'come on in.'? Questions like this irk me because, as you s ay, there's probably a lot more than one person asking.

February 14, 2013 - submitted by Danny, United Kingdom

 

Q. Hello Mr Oracle Sir, I've recently taken up the ukulele. Great little instrument. Do any of the band play them?

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

I bet Will can; he can play anything!

February 14, 2013 - submitted by Sam, United States of America

 

Q. Greetings from Michigan!

I was wondering... do the boys ever find embarrassing photos (and such) of themselves on the internet and don't like it? Just like dorky photos where they're making weird faces (not anything more!)

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

I think we all have photos of ourselves we cringe at.

I think you just have to laugh at old photos no matter how embarrassing they may feel now. There is a great example of a "funny" retrospective on this site. In one of the timeline videos from 1999 - Click the March TV icon - there is a picture and footage of Chris' hair. The photo has the caption "Hmm, nice hair" and while the band are looking back at it, they have a laugh over the comment. It shows a gig with the same big hair from that time that is rather similar to one of the Hair Bear Bunch!

February 14, 2013 - submitted by Pau, Argentina

 

Q. Hi Wise Oracle!

A few days ago I was watching the music video:"The Nappies". It's very funny.

But I have a problem: I could recognize almost everyone in that video except from the one with the red wig. It seems to be a woman, but I am not totally sure.

Please Oracle, Can you tell me who is this?

Thanks in advanced.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

I actually knew I had answered this already but I nearly fell off my chair when I discovered (using the search option on this site to search "nappies") that it was way back on August 13, 2009! Blimey, where does time go?

Dan Green won't thank you for thinking he's a woman, but it is Dan - the band's sound engineer.

The Oracle replies:

 

I bet Will can; he can play anything!

 

Will is awesome :wacko:

February 15, 2013 - submitted by The Oracle, United Kingdom

 

Q. WHO'D LIKE TO JOIN TEAM ORACLE?

When I answer questions of a personal nature, Coldplay.com readers often get in touch with their own thoughts. So, we have a weekly feature, Team Oracle, whereby each Friday (with the question asker's permission) we open up a question to all of you to answer too. Then, the following Friday, I'll post a selection of the best answers, alongside my own reply.

ANYONE can join in so, if you'd like to, please email your response to the following question, in no more than 250 words, to [email protected] before midnight Thursday 21st February.

 

Lately I've realized that my best friend hasn't really been the same. After a breakup with her boyfriend a few months ago, her behavior has changed. She used to always be in a cheerful mood but now she doesn't seem to care about anyone or anything. She almost seems like she's angry most of the time when I'm around her. Another thing is that she's almost completely stopped eating. I rarely see her eat anything anymore and she is skinny enough as it is. Today she told me that she had lost nearly fifteen pounds in just a few months, making her weight drop almost to the double digits. It's been scaring the living hell out of me. I want to do something but I don't know what and I'm worried about how she would react if I told her that I thought she hadn't been herself for these past few months. I'm just very upset and worried about her right now and I don't know what to do. Can you please help me? Christine. USA.

 

Look forward to seeing your replies.

The Oracle

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

Please email your replies to [email protected]

February 15, 2013 - submitted by Mindy, Australia

 

Q. TEAM ORACLE QUESTION #107

My friendship group is tearing apart. A complete split. Right through the middle. I don't know how to handle this at all. What did you do when you lost really good friends? Did you try and split your time, did you let some of them go? I don't want to lose them.

 

 

The Oracle replies:

 

I feel for you because I know how hard that is. I don't know how old you are and even though this happened a lot more in my school years, it doesn't get any easier no matter how old you are so I shall fast forward to now, to my older wiser advice...

I've seen it happen, I've had it happen to me and I have also instigated it on several occasions - one quite recently.

Sometimes you outgrow people, or they you and that's just how life goes.

You may feel stuck in the middle but it's not your fault so try and fit in whenever and wherever. If your friends can't be mature about being in the same room as each other, making plans will be difficult but that's not your problem. Of course it's going to impact on you as the mutual friend. I suggest you could alternate who you see and when - or simply do what YOU want to do.

 

I have had to adapt to changes in friendships and sadly that has sometimes meant that I have been left out but it makes you truly appreciate real friendships and differentiate between acquaintances. It also makes you value people. To me the most important thing about friends is a mutual love, trust and respect. You don't need to stay friends just because of a long shared history etc. Just like a relationship it's about compromise and without that it can feel very one sided so do look at what you put in and what you get back. If that's not balanced perhaps you are better off without that particular friend/group.

 

Now for you, things like birthdays may seem like an impossibility but just remember it's their decision not to be friends so let them decide what they want to do.

What I will say is this: it's sometimes for the best that friends part so do bear in mind that no matter how much you may want them all to get along, that may not be what either party or both parties want so don't try to fix it. If it's meant to be, let them sort it out.

Try to remain diplomatic by not taking sides or getting dragged into slanging matches but there's no reason at all you should lose any of your friends.

Over to you.

 

There's no straight forward answer to dealing with a rift in your friendship group. A few years ago I went through the exact same thing, it was a horrible time because this group were like my safe haven so when it split I didn't really know who to go with. I had spent a lot of time floating about between friendship groups and it made me kind of anxious that I would end up with no friends. I didn't really understand what the grievance was, I was pretty much neutral in that sense.

I'm a creature of habit so I stuck to one of my closest friends throughout all the conflict. I think that may be because I never really trusted the other members of the subgroup I was in. I gradually gravitated towards the people who had left the group and found out that I felt so much more comfortable around them.

If you are on neutral territory then don't let anyone tell you who to be friends with because if you have no grievance with them and if you are still very good friends with them then it would be a shame to let that go. Make sure you find out all the facts because it doesn't help to be clueless like I was, you don't want to be hurt by someone you thought was your friend. Don't feel like you owe certain people your friendship, it should't be something you have to think about, you just do it. If you end up having to justify to yourself why you are friends with certain people then maybe its a sign you should break free of them. Finally in the words of our good old band, Don't Panic. Don't feel abandoned because your real friends will stick by you, just be yourself and be as good a friend as possible to everyone, bearing in mind that you can't please everyone. Does that make sense? I really hope this helps.

All the best, Naomi.

 

I think it is sometimes best to just let people go. My personal philosophy is "You don't need anyone that doesn't need you." It's the hardest thing in the world to let someone go. I've had to let my ex-boyfriend and best friend go, one of the hardest times of my life. But he didn't need me, so why would I waste my time? The sooner I realized that, I was prepared to move on and be a stronger person. Alexa.

 

A friendship group, whatever the time you have been friends for, is really hard to keep assembled, especially with the work, school or university, conditions each one has, his chance and his destiny and it really make us sad.

But dear Mindy, the material absence cannot split your friendship. There is a spiritual presence in every single instant YOU live and thanks to God there are many ways to keep contact with THEM. I agree with you it can't replace your first assemblance but it really works.

Be sure dear Mindy that we all are sad about being so far from our friends and families, but get and keep hope and prospect that there are surely days you will spend with them and tell them that you have never forgotten them. The important is that YOU will never delete THEM from YOUR close friends list, don't ever let them go. Take care of yourself Mindy. Hasnaa.

 

When my friends fight, I feel horrible, like you probably feel. What I've tried to do is spend time when them each separately, and if you are really good friends with them (like I was), you can talk to them about why they are so upset or mad. When you begin to piece this together, you might be able to find out how to repair their friendships, equaling happiness for you!

Much love, Claire.

 

I went through something similar last year. For a while I thought I'd lost some of my closest friends, and naturally didn't take it well. Over time though, I reflected on everything that happened and realized that some of the people I considered friends weren't very good ones. It helped me value quality over quantity. It's really just about who's actually acting like a friend. They'll want to remain friends just as much you do. You cant worry about it too much in the end as you cant really force anyone to want to be your friend. Just make sure they know you care about your friendship with them. You didn't say what the reason for splitting is, but hopefully this helps. Wish you the best. Love, Darem.

 

Being caught in the middle is horrible! In my own life there was an instance where splitting my time between two groups of friends worked because both groups understood I wanted to keep in touch with all of them. But having said that, even though they were understanding some were still hurt that I didn’t take ‘sides’, and it took some time before friendships with a couple of them were back to the level/place they’d once been. In another instance, after trying really hard to fix everything between everybody I had to choose a ‘side’ (although, there were times when things became so nasty I felt like walking away and finding a whole new set of friends!) Try not to be drawn into gossiping or bitching (which can be hard - my friends expected me to ‘support’ them via gossiping etc & became upset with me when I didn’t) Being in the school environment and in close contact with both groups might make things difficult for a while, and, it is incredibly hard, messy, & heartbreaking to lose friends, but Mindy, you can’t control what others think or do, so as cliché as this sounds, my advice is to remain true to you (your values/heart/ etc) and hopefully your friends will realise and appreciate you and your friendship no matter what else is happening between them all! All the best Mindy! Cali.

 

I know your situation, that sometimes can happen to people who are more tolerant than the others in their surroundings. When they unfortunately have friends who need to position in cliques, there is a risk that they are considered for being strange if they don’t want to join to only one side. I don’t know details, but for me it seems you have a better survey of the situation than your friends do have.

Don’t let your attitude ruin by those split sections and be yourself. It’s hard to feel left out somehow, you can try to be friend with both sides, but you can’t split yourself, a day has 24 hours, not more. If you can stand for a while the contact to both - sooner or later one will follow meeting “the others” too, and maybe it will be put right again step by step. If there’s no reconciliation then go your own ways, where you will find new friends. You won’t find any during mourning a conflicted crowd. Let them see you are strong enough to go on without them, then perhaps they want to follow again one day, and if they don't want to then let them go wherever they want.Best wishes. L.Q.

 

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