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"Up with the Birds" is a song by british rock band Coldplay. It is the fourteenth and final track off their 5th studio album Mylo Xyloto[1]. Written in 2011, Up with the Birds notably features a musical sample of "Driven by You", a song by Queen (band) guitarist Brian May's solo album, Back to the Light.[2][3] It also features a lyrical sample, The birds, they sang at break of day/ Start again, I hear them say, of Leonard Cohen's Anthem, from The Future.
Q magazine published in their preview of Mylo Xyloto:[4]
- "Well, not really no, because final song Up With The Birds avoids the clichéd overblown ending, its brilliance, like much of Mylo Xyloto, hidden within the places the songs don't go. "The birds, they sang at break of day/ Start again, I hear them say", sings Chris Martin over stark piano chords at the beginning, before an almost overwhelming burst of strings come to the fore. Then, the whole thing stops and starts again, before strummed acoustic guitars and gentle, almost lackadaisically-played drums usher the album to a peaceful, calming close."
References
- ^ "Coldplay - Recordings".
- ^ Mylo Xyloto liner notes, pg9
- ^ "Brian May Comments On Driven By You Sample Use".
- ^ "First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto".
External links
- Coldplay official website
- Wikicoldplay entry
