The Coldplay Trope

The idea for this post came to me while sleeping, I don't know if this will be anything.

I very much have a love/hate relationship with Coldplay. I love their first album and it's one of those albums that reminds me of an era. But from their first album onwards, I liked them less and less while they simultaneously became more and more popular and I've come to despise them (though I still enjoy that first album.) Same era and pattern in music as Dane Cook was for comedy.

That first album is Parachutes, and I've noticed a common pattern that happens over and over throughout the album. Over and over in the lyrics there are the words "singing," "calling," "saying" without any connection to the rest of the lyrics. And a large percentage of the time the word "singing" is followed by vocalization (lyricless singing) for example:  "sayin' ooooohhh, oooohhh". It's almost as a verbal aside, perhaps just for rhythm, like Michael Jackson's non-verbal sounds. As if they have extra syllables to fill and instead of coming up with lyrics it's easier to just add "singin' out" etc.

Here's the breakdown track-by-track:

1. Don't Panic - Nothing of note.
2. Shiver - "sing it" (3 times).
3. Spies - Nothing.
4. Sparks - "I say, oh" - (twice); "I said, oh"; "I cry, oh"; "sing it out <vocalization>."
5. Yellow - Nothing.
6. Trouble - "singin' that."
7. Parachutes - Nothing.
8. High Speed - Nothing.
9. We Never Change - Nothing.
10. Everything's Not Lost - "singin' out <vocalization>" (3 times)
11. Life is for Living (Hidden Track) - "sing <vocalization>" (3 times)

The pattern continues into the second album. "In My Place" - "sing it out"; "Clocks" - "singin'."

So that's it. Is this anything? I'm going to have to talk to my unconscious self, he just doesn't fit in anymore.

Popcorn in Bed - Austin Powers

 

Absolutely delightful.

Willy Wonka Filming Locations

 

I don't know if this will interest anyone else but someone put together a montage of all the "Willy Wonka" filming locations and what they look like now.

This is so detailed and meticulous... Someone put a lot of research and did a lot of exacting work to make a video for no money.

Popcorn in Bed - The Abyss

I am not a huge "Abyss" fan, I am an "Abyss" appreciator - I find the concept of drowning too distasteful to say I can really enjoy "The Abyss." But what I like about this is the stark contrast. Like it or not, "The Abyss" is so completely the opposite of a chick flick.

Goldenberries

 

I picked up some Goldenberries at the store the other day (AKA Cape Gooseberries, AKA Peruvian Groundcherries) and they are a trip.

They're very weird, very hard to describe. They look like yellow cherry tomatoes and taste a lot like cherry tomatoes as well. But they're 50% cherry tomato mixed with sour and sweet. It's as if you took tomato taste and mixed it with lemon and sugar.

I ate one and was immediately repulsed, then I ate another and was shocked at how weird it was. Then I kept eating and found it hard to stop. That pretty much sums it up - they're both terrible and I wouldn't recommend them... and at the same time, I really like them and need more.

Their skin is also sticky, which I've never experienced before in a food. But the internet confirms that it is a natural occurence.

No one knows what groundcherries taste like (no relation to regular cherries) but if you do, they're like a sweeter, weirder, wilder groundcherry. Their alternate name "Peruvian Groundcherry" is apt.

Unsolved Mystery #3

First I posted an excellent documentary about the Jack the Ripper murders, then another. Both left the case unresolved.

Then I posted a documentary about D.B Cooper which actually solved that particular case.

Do you see the pattern? Can you guess what I'm going to share next?

How about a video about the JonBenét Ramsey murder that explores the idea that the reason her murder remains unsolved is because JonBenét Ramsey never existed. She was made up. How about that? That do anything for ya?

In case you're a little younger, JonBenét Ramsey was a child pageant "star" and her murder was endlessly covered in television, radio and magazines in 1996-1997. I know the coverage was ubiquitous because I found the whole thing creepy, was trying to avoid it, and was frustrated at how impossible it was to escape.

Though only a mental exercise, it's nonetheless too spicy for youtube. You can find it on Rumble here: 

Link to the video.

The above video is 2.5 hours long but the only relevant section is 0:06:00 to 1:15:00.