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Coldplay are a British post-Britpop band formed in 1996. Their style has been described as alternative rock and but mostly described as post-Britpop. Post-Britpop is a sub-genre of British alternative rock, made up of bands that were formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s such as Radiohead, The Verve, Stereophonics and Coldplay. The bands, particularly Coldplay, achieved much wider international success than most of the Britpop groups that had been before them. Typical instruments you would find in a post-Britpop band would be bass, drums, guitar, keyboard and vocals. Coldplay music has been called “meditative” and “blue romantic”; it “[reflects] on their emotion” and “endlessly examine[s] [Chris Martin’s] feelings”. Chris Martin is the lead vocalist and writes the lyrics. Common characteristics of Britpop and post-Britpop are simple chords sequences and lyrical focus in their songs. Simple poetry and musically and lyrically celebratory rhythms and words are also some of the key characteristics of Britpop and post-Britpop. This style typically doesn’t have electronic sounds of hip hop and dance, heavy sounds of grunge which were around the time of Britpop and of course today. Spotting a Britpop or post-Britpop song is easy if you listen out for real instruments, i.e. not synthesized, simple and popular song structure, lyrical and vocal focus and lastly the British accents.

media type="youtube" key="1G4isv_Fylg" width="560" height="315" Paradise by Coldplay released 24th October 2011. This isn't a typical post-Britpop song because it has synthesizers in it but it is one of Coldplays most popular songs as well as //Viva La Vida//.

Strings Synthesizer Drums Vocals Keyboard Cymbals Claps Electric guitar Bass guitar Back up vocals
 * I **** nstruments: **

Intro Verse 1 Pre Chorus Instrumental Verse 2 Bridge Chorus Instrumental Bridge Chorus Guitar solo Chorus Outro
 * Structure: **

__Intro__: Bb C Dm F Bb F C Gm Bb F C __Verses:__ Gm F Dm C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C __Pre Chorus:__ Gm Bb F C __Bridges:__ Bb F C Bb F C __Choruses__: Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C __Final__ __Chorus:__ Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb F C
 * Chords:**

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 * || Strings || Synthesizer || Drums || Vocals || Keyboard || Claps || Cymbals || Electric Guitar || Bass Guitar || Backup Vocals ||
 * Intro ||
 * Verse 1 ||  ||   ||
 * Pre Chorus ||  ||   ||
 * Instrumental ||  ||
 * Verse 2 || - ||
 * Bridge ||
 * Chorus ||  ||
 * Instrumental ||
 * Bridge ||
 * Chorus ||  ||
 * Guitar Solo ||  ||   ||
 * Chorus ||  ||
 * Outro ||  ||   ||   ||