Music Review: Coldplay "Talk"
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Album: X & Y
Year: 2005
Chris Martin searches for normalcy in a conversation with his brother in the pensive "Talk"
A gust of wind and a questioning guitar open the single, setting a grave tone. In the first verse, he explains that he's called his brother's cell and landline multiple times. However, he either got voicemail, the answering machine or a busy signal. He says that he's afraid of who he will be twenty years from now. Will he be successful? Will his kids like him? His brother is the one person who could understand what he's going through.
In the pre chorus, he says people can record their lives with photos and videos. It reveals the event and emotions which happened in the past. However, it's a snapshot and doesn'tt tell the entire story. He says he could do anything: write music, travel to space, or create new technology. Yet, he isn't certain he could do it.
An odious gust of wind follows.
In the chorus, he asks his brother he feels like he's missing something an important element in his life. He wants to hear what his brother has to say. Martin says he hears people talking about their lives and it's foreign to him. They have a confidence and self-awareness that he can't decipher.
The pre-chorus is sung again.
A dire guitar has a solo. It then builds to an analytical tone.
In the final verse, his brother says the he feels the same way. His brother says his life is a circle. He simply goes around, repeating the everyday routine. His brother has tried to explain to his parents and wife. However, they brush it off. He says they should have a long, much needed conversation with each other.
Martin feels like a fraud. He's had the usual accomplishments in life. However, it's not fulfilling. He learned that marriage, children and a well-paying job meant that a person's life was amazing. He rings his brother, hoping to find some solace and answers. As a result, he discovers he's not the only one. He's learned accomplishment is deceiving and shadowy. It's s not what he expected.
Coldplay stole U2's playbook from the Joshua Tree and recreated it for "Talk." However, it can't make the emotional impact it wants. Once the guitars start making an impression, it cuts to another section. Martin's vocals are complacent and nonchalant. It's not believable that he's a wounded guy going through a midlife crisis.
"Talk" had promise but squandered it with Martin's uneven vocals.
Album: X & Y
Year: 2005
Chris Martin searches for normalcy in a conversation with his brother in the pensive "Talk"
A gust of wind and a questioning guitar open the single, setting a grave tone. In the first verse, he explains that he's called his brother's cell and landline multiple times. However, he either got voicemail, the answering machine or a busy signal. He says that he's afraid of who he will be twenty years from now. Will he be successful? Will his kids like him? His brother is the one person who could understand what he's going through.
"Oh brother I can't, I can't get through/I've been trying hard to reach you, cause I don't know what to do/Oh brother I can't believe it's true/I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you/Oh I wanna talk to you."
In the pre chorus, he says people can record their lives with photos and videos. It reveals the event and emotions which happened in the past. However, it's a snapshot and doesn'tt tell the entire story. He says he could do anything: write music, travel to space, or create new technology. Yet, he isn't certain he could do it.
"You can take a picture of something you see/In the future where will I be?/You can climb a ladder up to the sun/Or write a song nobody has sung/Or do something that's never been done."
An odious gust of wind follows.
In the chorus, he asks his brother he feels like he's missing something an important element in his life. He wants to hear what his brother has to say. Martin says he hears people talking about their lives and it's foreign to him. They have a confidence and self-awareness that he can't decipher.
"Are you lost or incomplete?Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?/Tell me how do you feel?/Well I feel like they're talking in a language I don't speak/And they're talking it to me."
The pre-chorus is sung again.
A dire guitar has a solo. It then builds to an analytical tone.
In the final verse, his brother says the he feels the same way. His brother says his life is a circle. He simply goes around, repeating the everyday routine. His brother has tried to explain to his parents and wife. However, they brush it off. He says they should have a long, much needed conversation with each other.
"So you don't know were you're going, and you wanna talk/And you feel like you're going where you've been before/You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored/Nothing's really making any sense at all/Let's talk, let's talk/Let's talk, let's talk."
Martin feels like a fraud. He's had the usual accomplishments in life. However, it's not fulfilling. He learned that marriage, children and a well-paying job meant that a person's life was amazing. He rings his brother, hoping to find some solace and answers. As a result, he discovers he's not the only one. He's learned accomplishment is deceiving and shadowy. It's s not what he expected.
Coldplay stole U2's playbook from the Joshua Tree and recreated it for "Talk." However, it can't make the emotional impact it wants. Once the guitars start making an impression, it cuts to another section. Martin's vocals are complacent and nonchalant. It's not believable that he's a wounded guy going through a midlife crisis.
"Talk" had promise but squandered it with Martin's uneven vocals.