{"id":21070,"date":"2014-04-23T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T00:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2014-04-23T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T00:52:08","slug":"watch-coldplay-perform-new-song-oceans-for-bbc-radio-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-04\/watch-coldplay-perform-new-song-oceans-for-bbc-radio-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Coldplay Perform New Song &#8220;Oceans&#8221; for BBC Radio 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21071\" alt=\"chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge-150x71.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chris-martin-on-bbc-radio-1-live-lounge-450x214.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s face facts.\u00a0<strong> Coldplay<\/strong> will, in most respects, always be the little brother to <strong>U2, Radiohead<\/strong> and others (<strong>Travis<\/strong>, perhaps) from the UK music scene.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get us wrong, <strong>Chris Martin<\/strong> and cohorts have written some beautiful, impossibly-catchy songs over the last decade plus, and certainly can put on a big-top live show.\u00a0 But <strong>Coldplay<\/strong> is never going to be high on the list of the most-inventive, most-influential outfits (at least compared with the aforesaid bands).\u00a0 To wit, the band will next month release new album <strong><em>Ghost Stories.\u00a0<\/em> <\/strong>We&#8217;ve all heard the first tracks from the album, <em><strong>Midnight<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Magic<\/strong><\/em>, and we at Chez Lefort were soundly unimpressed by the songs and even more concerned than normal about the artistic vitality of the band&#8217;s new album<em><strong><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully the band has today shared another, better song entitled <em><strong>Oceans<\/strong><\/em> via a live performance for <strong>BBC Radio 1<\/strong>, which you can listen to\/watch below.\u00a0\u00a0 The song is particularly compelling given <strong>Martin&#8217;s<\/strong> recent high-profile split with wife <strong>Gwyneth Paltrow<\/strong>.\u00a0 Check out <strong>Martin<\/strong> below singing about a failing relationship amid spare, tasteful backup by the band.\u00a0 His pain is palpable (Paltrowble?).<\/p>\n<p>The band also announced today the release of <strong><em>Coldplay: Ghost Stories<\/em><\/strong>, a 60-minute special that will be broadcast on NBC on <strong>Sunday, May 18th<\/strong> that will mesh live video with &#8220;360-degree imagery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out<em><strong> Oceans<\/strong><\/em> below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/axWQoA1Psh0\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face facts.\u00a0 Coldplay will, in most respects, always be the little brother to U2, Radiohead and others (Travis, perhaps) from the UK music scene.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get us wrong, Chris Martin and cohorts have written some beautiful, impossibly-catchy songs over the last decade plus, and certainly can put on a big-top live show.\u00a0 But Coldplay 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