It's going to be particularly hard to write about this track: not for the track in itself but for Coldplay. Coldplay has been my favourite band looonggg before they became everyone's favourite band, long before they decided to go pop and use electronic instruments. Long back, when they were a good old alternative rock band singing about emperors who lost face, Coldplay won my heart.
It is because of this reason that I never managed to include any one of their songs on my playlist: I love too many of them. My passion for music is so deeply entrenched in Coldplay's sounds and lyrics and emotions that so many Coldplay tracks seem just perfect for the playlist: it was all or none. However, Christmas, I thought, is a good excuse to feature a Coldplay track that is relatively not well known although perfect in every sense. The track chronicles the story of a man who has recently lost love and is seeking hope and comfort in the warmth of Christmas. "I took my feet/ to Oxford Street/ Trying to right a wrong" and "May all your troubles soon be gone," are a testimony to the healing powers of the season.
To be fair, I don't know what it is about Christmas. It is the first time I am getting to witness its grandeur so up close and it lives up to everything I ever thought it could be. There is something so positive about it. Like a hug from a large cup of hot chocolate (or mulled wine). And this track is exactly that. It is warm and hopeful, reminding us that things can be fixed. Sometimes, all it takes is a bit of surrender to the good things around you.
You don't need an excuse this time. It's Christmas, blast this with the rest of your Christmas playlist.
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About the curator - Aarushi Aggarwal
Aarushi is a senior at college and is majoring in history and international relations. Her music library is as much home to jazz as it is to Indian classical. Her passion for discovering new music far supersedes other equally important things like finishing assignments on time. She loves dogs, coffee and chocolate.
