Long Live Life

:( How on earth are they going to get to Christmas no 1! (even though it is a very small part of the market nowadays!)

Does anyone know if it is coming out on CD as well?

Funnily enough, (as I was telling peeps on the boat last week) someone has mixed A-ha's Take on Me with Viva La Vida, see: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itjURpjK-os]YouTube - Coldplay vs a-ha "Take on Viva La Vida"[/ame] It starts well but goes pear shaped when it gets to the chorus! The comparison is hardly suprising, since both Chris and Guy are huge fans on A-ha to my knowledge. I loved A-ha in the 1980's too and was lucky enough to see them live when they came to my hometown for Saturday Morning Superstore (does anyone else here remember that?) :)

1: What is your favorite song? (Doesn't necessarily have to be Coldplay) I had thought this to be Lovers in Japan, but my iTunes begs to differ. So it's Viva La Vida 2: Why? Lyrically it's perfect. It works for me on so many levels. The song reveberates around my soul. Yes, it's a song about a King who lost his kingdom, and now realises he's not on the A-List in the afterlife. It works for me on many different levels too. I never tire of hearing it, it always sounds fresh. 3: In your opinion, what makes a good song? Melodies which are catchy and have the "re-listen without tire" quality (which Coldplay have in abundance).Songs which can be uplifting or melanchony and also deep in their meaning. Coldplay are one of the very few bands which can pull of all these elements so successfully IMO. I've been hooked on their music since I heard Yellow back in 2000. Add to this Coldplay are 4 of the nicest guys in showbusiness who have remained true to their values and really champion some great causes and care a lot about others.

I agree. The Coldplay-oke (something I had hoped for earlier in the week) was one of the best parts of the evening. It was great to be surrouded by 99 others singing for all their worth, who love their music as much as I do. Really magical. We'll have to see if we can organise a Coldplay-oke session for Coldplayers in 2011

LOL, I was going to ask you if you had a photographic memory, then I remembered that it featured briefly in last year's South Bank Show didn''t it? I can remember the melody from the boat, but not all the lyrics!

Sure, feel free to use any of the photos

Pete, glad you liked the photos!

LOL - where is Custard (another potential Coldplaying convert)?

Lol, I remember that, I remember saying we didn't want to go down as causing a crash into Tower Bridge.

BTW - I really liked the idea of letting off helium balloons in a video..... (where have I seen that before? :) )

Thanks! Was it over a year since we last met at Wembley? Hard to believe.

Hi! It was great to meet you too! Along with Jack1505 and myself, there's quite a contingent representing the North now!

Hey Jack it was great to meet you too!

Hey Pete, I suggested to Debs if I could do a group photograph and they announced it so everyone could go up to top deck before we left. It seemed a shame not to have a group photo of the evening as we had all had such a good evening. One of the crew actually took it (given I'm on it). Many thanks to all for setting this up.

LOL I have a theory that Chris is competing with Tom Baker for the most zany and off-the wall comments... Tom often tells us how he used to go "cruising in Sloane Square. I got mistaken for Claire Raynor [the agony aunt] and then had to spend the next hour giving out detailed advice to random strangers on thrush and cystitis because I didn't have the heart to tell them I wasn't Claire." :)

Like a lot of people last night, I didn't believe what was happening at the time! We are so lucky to been invited to participate in something like this! I loved meeting everyone from all round the world last night. Coldplay has some really nice people as its fans! Love to all Coldplay HQ. Thankyou for the movie! :)

One more for luck...

The cast.... Just who does he think he is on top of Debs like that? :)

Some more karoke..

Viva the divas! Custard giving it the funky chicken moves for his rendition of Viva La Vida...

The 1st of 5 Coldplay karoke..... Yellow..

Christmas lights Canary Wharf style... By this stage of the evening it was difficult to believe it was still happening. Is this a dream?

Custard confirms that his thumb's still working after all that holding of those objects [CENSORED] up top:

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