Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music. Here he provides a history of Chris Martin and Coldplay. This look at the "rock band that doesn't rock in the traditional sense" is adapted from the audiobook.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 13 songs from the 2005 release by these British rockers: Fix You * The Hardest Part * Low * A Message * Speed of Sound * Square One * Swallowed in the Sea * Talk * Til Kingdom Come * Twisted Logic * What If * White Shadows * X&Y.

Really Easy Piano: Coldplay is the perfect book for beginner pianists who want to improve their playing and expand their repertoire. This book contains 20 great Coldplay songs, all arranged for easy piano, complete with background notes and playing hints and tips, to ensure you master the performance. Songlist: Fix You, The Scientist, and Viva La Vida. Song List: - 42 - A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Cemeteries Of London - Clocks - Don't Panic - Fix You - In My Place - Lost! - Lovers In Japan - Politik - Shiver - Speed Of Sound - Talk - The Hardest Place - The Scientist - Trouble - Violet Hill - Viva La Vida - What If - Yellow

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 32 selections from contemporary superstars Coldplay are included in this songbook for piano, voice and guitar: Adventure of a Lifetime * Clocks * Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall * Fix You * Green Eyes * A Head Full of Dreams * In My Place * Magic * Paradise * The Scientist * A Sky Full of Stars * Speed of Sound * Trouble * Viva La Vida * Yellow * and more.

"The records that sold a million"--Cover.

Electronic gadgets such as cell phones, TVs, and digital cameras are part of our modern way of life. This book is about the cutting edge electronic technology that we use today, and how things are likely to develop in the future. Find out: How do cell phones work? What is next in flat-screen technology? How have video games changed since Space Invaders?

(Guitar Chord Songbook). This complete collection of every Coldplay song ever recorded through their A Head Full of Dreams album includes chord symbols, guitar chord boxes, and complete lyrics. Includes 128 songs in their original keys: Adventure of a Lifetime * Clocks * Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall * Fix You * Green Eyes * Hymn for the Weekend * In My Place * Kaleidoscope * Lost! * Magic * Oceans * Paradise * Prospekts March/Poppyfields * The Scientist * A Sky Full of Stars * Speed of Sound * Trouble * Viva La Vida * X&Y * Yellow * and more.

Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalries and what they say about life in this "highly entertaining" book (Rolling Stone) perfect for every passionate music fan. Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually -- what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us? Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing. Through Hendrix vs. Clapton, Hyden explores burning out and fading away, while his take on Miley vs. Sinead gives readers a glimpse into the perennial battle between old and young. Funny and accessible, Hyden's writing combines cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and music history -- and just may prompt you to give your least favorite band another chance.

Named one of the best music books of 2017 by The Wall Street Journal An elegy to the age of the Rock Star, featuring Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, Bowie, Prince, and more, uncommon people whose lives were transformed by rock and who, in turn, shaped our culture Recklessness, thy name is rock. The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn’t stay the course. In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more. As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn’t just their story. It’s ours as well.