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Was 'Fix You' inspired by the song "Grace Under Pressure" by Elbow?


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Alright Coldplayers... I saw this and wanted to share it with you all to see what you think...

 

Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic just put this post on their Twitter..

 

"Also check "grace under pressure". --Elbow, pretty sure was the inspiration behind Coldplay "fix you". Or at least sounds like it"

https://twitter.com/OneRepublic

 

It made me curious..

So what do you guys think? I know there's talk about how Chris wrote Fix You for Gwyneth after her father died but I haven't seen any actual real proof of that.

I know there's no proof of this either but it just made me curious...

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWCL_cbASR4]Elbow - grace under pressure - YouTube[/ame]

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I did read somewhere that it was...

 

Edit: there's a Chris quote here: http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/coldplay-we-stole-elbows-sound

 

He says, "Fix You came directly from Elbow's Grace Under Pressure.

 

"I think their Cast Of Thousands album is one of the very few albums over the past five years that I have played in its entirety many times."

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i don't think the songs necessarily have to sound alike in order for one to have been inspired by the other. the title itself, "Grace Under Pressure" sort of does fit in with the theme of Fix You, so it very well could have been some sort of inspiration. :shrug:

:surprised: you're right :nod:

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i don't think the songs necessarily have to sound alike in order for one to have been inspired by the other. the title itself, "Grace Under Pressure" sort of does fit in with the theme of Fix You, so it very well could have been some sort of inspiration. :shrug:

 

 

Exactly. "Inspired by" doesn't mean "copied." Inspiration can come in many forms - a feeling, a tone, a sentiment. I love "Grace Under Pressure" and like that it's someway connected to "Fix You."

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Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic just put this post on their Twitter..

 

"Also check "grace under pressure". --Elbow, pretty sure was the inspiration behind Coldplay "fix you". Or at least sounds like it"

https://twitter.com/OneRepublic

 

I totally agree with the last three posts but the quoted part made me think I should hear a lot of similarities between the two songs.

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