I fancied having a discussion about the music that inspires Coldplay B-sides. In a totally self-interested way, I want to find more music that sounds like Sleeping Sun. Because i cannot place the inspiration for that song. For me, it makes me think of a bunch of antelopes running through the Australian plains??? But are there other bands that sound like this?

 

Other examples of things we can talk about:

-Moving to Mars is a little bit like Life on Mars? by David Bowie, with a lot of melancholy piano and then a huge guitar solo. The guitar solo is VERY Pink Floyd-esque though.

 

-One I Love is clearly a product of Echo and the Bunnymen, and the band covering Lips Like Sugar during the AROBTTH era.

 

-Not a B-side, but Another's Arms reminds me a lot of 80s music. For instance the spoons part sounds a little like the keyboard part in Africa by Toto.

I wonder what inspired I Bloom Blaum? It seems much more experimental than a lot of their songs, especially not being on the Viva album.

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Edited April 30, 20215 yr by DJK