Thank you*smile emoticon*I love noticing connections between
songs. Thankfully I'm not alone; normally when I hear a
connection, I google it and someone else noticed it as well. I
don't know if anybody else spotted this connection yet but
either way, I'll claim it as my own*smile emoticon*It should't
be too surprising that a band that's been around as long as
Coldplay has and who has reached the extreme levels of stardom
as they have [enough to result in continual criticism of
"sameness" - which I've done as well], would likely have a
world-class knowledge of music from all genres.
It's a simple chord progression and it's likely been used in
many different songs. It's possible they were inspired by one of
the other songs that have used it. The strange thing about
music, as you know, is you don't always _remember_ where the
inspiration comes from. Crediting the Muse [Muse/Music] is
always a wise decision in any case. But it's nice when the
lateral connections happen*smile emoticon I am a fan of 1980s
style video game music; I was surprised when it became "a thing"
in the early 2000s. It was nice to be able to take this piece
that has been running through my mind for many.. hm.. decades
now... and turn it into an authentic "chiptune"; as if I had 8
old fashioned video game consoles chained together, each playing
a separate part. I enjoy the correlations. On my list of
"somedays" I want to someday do a serious study of the period
between 1830-1850, with a focus at around 1840. It always struck
me that a LOT of very significant things happened in that time
frame, in politics, music, art, science, religion, writing,
technology - a explosion of new thought that seemed strikingly
different from the few generations prior.*
One of these days I'll dive in. I'm still filling in my gaps of
ancient history but I'll work my way back more modern history
soon*smile emoticon
