the scientist by coldplay done backwards by chris

[hurpdurpish]

0:47 DO A BARREL ROLL

[hurpdurpish]

1:50 my girlfriend is dead i'm gonna to take my clothes off

[hurpdurpish]

0:43 fuck tha police i'm going off-road

[AzNightmare]

His gf looks like a guy especially when she lands on the ground.

[Gremnon]

reversed it sounds like Sigur Rós

[EXpLicItToast]

i like how the car was battered going down the hill and then good as new at the bottom of the hill

[Rayvandy]

@EXpLicItToast what to do? it's BMW :p

[MultiSimpsonlover]

Chris looks creepy at the end



[jevianjovian]

it's sounds fascinatingly peculiar

[sambomantha]

the windshield broke twice

[Giovygreen]

ha sempre fascino

[Tbonegirl28]

nothing about that crash made any sense to me....

[simonmomon]

Chris Martin speaks a strange language D:

[kanenite10]

awooooooooooooo WAH

[feiy06]

Maybe this is where he got the idea of X&Y

[Kazzadan]

Sounds like french...

[rafik94pl]

Reversed version of "Scientis" is still better than most of the hits on the radio!

[HesterJulia]

The beginning of this song sounds like X&Y, at 1.10...

[Tomahawk1505]

@HesterJulia nice

[BrotherCopper]

It's a real credit to Coldplay that even when you reverse one of their songs it's still FUCKING HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL.

[Everton3FC]

the window smashes at 0:49

[amigirl00]

I Love How The Car Is All Beat Up Going Down The Hill , But It's Perfect Once It Gets To The Bottom ! <3

[rsantiagojr1374]

OMG!!!!!!!!! It's more sadder than the original video!!!!!!"

[im1990]

car crash? psh and not a fuck was given that day

[iPlayDrums111]

Lmao!! 4:02 " he smashed my anus"!!!!!!!!

[fogoquechato13]

The physics of that crash amaze me...

[Shougunner]

Crash looks legit

[cucharanim]

even in "backward mode" this song sounds good!

[MaxTheBestbm]

strainge

[albal7]

I love it how his singing is still beautiful when its done backwords.. thats true talent there!

[SheilaghLesarge]

Blessings and Much Love Chris Martin with me and His Dad from the beginning Gwyneth Apple Moses Jonathan Anthony Coldplay Covent Garden Market London Ont. Canada

[zuki2love]

why would she go through the windshield but not him?

[rusocy110]

@zuki2love

seattttbelt :P

[shree711]

@zuki2love It's rather simple, she went through the windscreen simply because she was not wearing a seat belt whereas Chris Martin was wearing the seatbelt throughout the ride in the car.

[DeweyandKong]

@zuki2love Because he had his seatbelt on.................dur

[MiaLynify]

@zuki2love Bc she wasn't wearing a seat belt and he was...

[geecome]

@MiaLynify wow shes an idiot

[MiaLynify]

@geecome Naw she prolly just didn't notice that..

[geecome]

@MiaLynify hmm...

[harryjjacobs]

Wow

[hatethecensor]

It sounds like the Sigur Ros ;)

[ChelseaTheTomboy]

well, it makes perfect sense it sounds german/french. english is a germanic language with heavy french influence. pretty neat that it comes out sounding that way.

[KaiStarkk]

4:19 - He washed my anus

[danielquelapio]

I'm sorry but the way she launches out of the car is hillarious

[wishyfishy03]

Is it just me or does it seem like he's singing a different language. You know like a weird combination of French, Spanish, and Chinese....

[repawn98]

@wishyfishy03 "It's like all the buttons you never push on a calculator!"

[Dawsonator96]

Well, nobody said it was easy

[TheSmunch]

really who actually falls onto a bed like that??

[alexanderjbf]

That car crash makes absolutely no sense

[rvdbroek1234]

This makes so mutch sense!

[DanTheJScott]

...sounds more Dutch than German :)

[ColinMcDonaldGrant]

@DanTheJScott Sounds more Polish than Dutch and German combined.

[LeTinamster]

@ColinMcDonaldGrant I speak French, German and Polish and I can tell you it sounds like neither of those.

[ColinMcDonaldGrant]

@LeTinamster You're bluffing.

[LeTinamster]

@ColinMcDonaldGrant No, I'm being honest.

[TheXemion]

in this video chris is surely not going back to the start lol

[jaysilver88]

I lied

[jaysilver88]

80th like

[wildreams]

Sounds like hebrew.

[poogun99]

@wildreams Haha that what i thought

[11kopitar]

at 4:19 .. I wash my anus

[jonathanpayne]

@11kopitar sounds like the moon from the mighty boosh when he says it aswell

[shree711]

@11kopitar Interesting find.

[bobx9000]

I love how he doesn't care that his girlfriend just died.

[UnitedStateofMonkey]

@bobx9000 It's alright, cause he has us.

[dourmatproductions]

@bobx9000 Moving on to the next one.

[paddyjamsterparamore]

@bobx9000 who would

[Kicks512]

@bobx9000 He's probably more wondering why that chick decided to jump through the windshield after they landed.

[bobx9000]

@Kicks512 lol

[TheYarndogg]

I love how it sounds like theres a pathetic little scream from him when the car goes off course at 00:40

[lilbarstrd]

@TheYarndogg omg i fell of my seat laughing at that XD XXD

[MChastert]

@TheYarndogg LMAO!

[lunarknightlucian]

i wonder if i could learn to sing this and try and reverse a video of my own singing it.

[allys911]

jiberish lol

[dotch8774]

Coldplay. Play their songs backwards and they will still sound better then anyone.

[Annoyingthing321]

I love how it sounds amazing backwards

[satur1205]

is it just me or does it sound a bit like german? so many s's and sch's

[printerjam5]

@satur1205 Kinda a German French mix to me

[amigirl00]

It Even Sounds Good Backwards!<3

[DeNi3Lv2]

It takes talent to write such a beautiful song, but it takes even more to sing one ENTIRELY in reverse!

[Marijn116]

Hahaha.. sounds great..!?

(And does anyone know what car it is Chris's drivin' in?)

[leakycanitakepeaky09]

lmao so he just leaves her there on thee floor?

[DarkMatterDaniel]

@leakycanitakepeaky09 haha exactly what i said to my friend when he showed me this song XD

[leakycanitakepeaky09]

@DarkMatterDaniel lol :D

[checksomethinelse]

Can you make a english version of this please?

[19viz94]

Good idea to do a backwards video backwards so it is forward;-)

By the way: Does anyone know who the woman in the car sitting next to Chris is?

[Tedsta101]

@19viz94 She was the main character from Harper's Island so you can just search that up on Google.

[Dinmhor]

@19viz94 Elaine Cassidy

[MondayNites]

Sounds so much luke french

[IzukuSL]

!traaaats eht ot kcab em ekat ,hO ...draaaah os dluow ti dias eno oN ...ysaaaaae saaaaaw ti dias ydobooooooN

[sjoerd291]

1:22 just listin wat he say i laughed

[danielwhaaaaat]

so his wife died and he kind of just walks off?

[StephanieHua]

@danielwhaaaaat heres another thought, i think they both died and he is a spirit wandering. ;)

[TheIndieGirlxx]

just reversed this so it's normal on Audacity amazing!

[Taymix05]

a very animated way to lay on a bed

[hypersonicXDX]

Maybe if he helped her, she wouldnt die!

[hypersonicXDX]

Now there going forward, but they end up rolling? wow....

[EvansBramm22]

savage randy p.i.r

[WinddrivenDreamer]

it's kinda hypnotic this way

[SROscreen]

lol after that rolling the car is more shining than before :D

[KendallCruse]

Tsitneics Eht - Yalpdloc

[KendallCruse]

I wish the music sounded good but Chris' voice sound so awesome backwards! I love it!

[Lattenkreuz]

Sigur Ros - The Scientist

[THEPEN123434]

the video is spectacular backwards or forwards!

[NinjBiddle]

radiohead remix

[StBrahmintippa]

4:20 is all i have to say.

[RainStopPWIS]

Is this russian ?

[jediclam]

@RainStopPWIS it is actually the music video played backwards. chris marting had to learn the song backwards so that in the music video he would appear to be saying the words in order while everything around him was in reverse.

[alexcwagner]

How come the car rolled down the hill sideways, and yet when it came to a stop, she shot out forward through the windshield?

[dorkiesanman]

the thing thats weird is that we have to make it backwards to get the video but its already backwards

[PepperDr94]

4:19 - 4:22 Chris you little devil ;)

[xW31RD0x]

After he wakes up from the matress

"sir, we took you to the hospital, you appear to have a concussion, do you understand?"

"trats eht ot kcab gniog m'I"

"...ook. maybe this is more serious than we thought.."

[iwantausernameful]

@xW31RD0x haha ''sir please whats wrong with you, what happened?!''

"ysae saw ti dias ydobno''

''We are losing him again charol! smack him backwords it might reverse the problem!!!!''

[EvanWiorek]

lol all backwards songs sound depressing

[LasGalletas27]

he didnt have to sing it backwards, just lip sync it backwards. you really think theyre actually singing in the music video? nooo they do it in a studio and put it with the video lol

[XX121314]

Even backwards it sounds epic.

[Rosemary1225]

why doesnt he got help but the song is emotional

[FibonaziProductions]

The story in this song is so sad. Watching it in chronological order just amplifies that.

[teddybabyyo]

in an interview he said it sounded like sigur ros, i was like "YESSS" cuase i love both this band and that one.

[Dimrain48]

it all makes sense now!

[Forgotten26196]

At first there was only one or so reversed versions, now because there is so many it is hard to find the original BETTER version. It's really pissing me off, no need for this!

[catchmeluckybigs]

The beginning of this sounds beautiful, then when he starts singing it sounds like a Sigur Ros-esque track. Haha.  I love it.

[zeyar4]

talk abt tough german cars!!!!

[uchihafukasaku]

sounds german

[COLDPLAYANDCHRIST]

ineedcomedy if you watch an interview with him in it he swears...quite a bit.

[rainbowcullen]

hmm is it weird that i kinda enjoyed that backwards ?

[ineedcomedy]

Did anyone else think it sounds like he's saying "Aaaah, f***" when it first shows the sky view of him on the bed?

[hello1232038]

He said "to the trees I go and from the trees I come" in Latin near the beginning. I think it was a accident tho...or was it? When he falls onto the bed he looks kinda gay lol

[sashafromthealley]

@hello1232038 wait where exactly is this lol? I study latin at a university and I am trying to find this. thanks very much

[hello1232038]

He said "to the trees I go and from the trees I come" in Latin near the beginning. I think it was a accident tho...or was it?

[GlacialSnow]

one of the best videos!!

no it sounds not german!!!

cause i m german^^

[corbyballenzuiger]

thumbs up if you like this version more then the normal one!!!

[koenk6]

This sounds like a hit! especially the beginning

[dragonfish411]

AHHH why does he just walk away from his dead gf?!

[mjvcrocksursockddude]

ever since i heard the backwards version.. i cnt stop listening to it, i love this song

[BenderDSFett]

I like how the wreck is like car flying off hill, car suddenly doing barrel rolls and then car lands straight in with very little damage, something doesn't connect right!!

[AlchemyOfSin]

this sounds like Sigur Ros

[dnosila]

he didn't have to sing backwards he just had to mimick the shapes his mouth would make.

[Liverpool67890]

@dnosila No that it not true, he did have to sing it backwards and there is an interview online where he does it live because the interviewer asked if he really had to do it, so he did

[dnosila]

@Liverpool67890 so was he singing to make it look more realistic?

[Liverpool67890]

@dnosila Im not sure i know what you mean . . . . . ?

[dnosila]

@Liverpool67890 you know how in regular music videos the singers really sing and then editors put the real song over it? singing makes their mouths look like they're really singing. so in this music video he really had to learn what to say to make his mouth look like he was really singing....

that may just make everything more confusing

[Liverpool67890]

@dnosila Oh i see what you mean now, and it was done cleverly because he didn't sing the words how the would sound if they were spelt backwards he had to sing the backwards the way they his mouth would look if they were done backwards if that makes sence, sooo that way all the had to do what like you said record him singing it backwards then play the song over the top for the video . .

that clear enough lol ? 

[dnosila]

@Liverpool67890 that makes sense! thanks

[duntzwitch]

He kinda sounds German.

[Cris8794]

could it be a new song for The Sims game? :O

[zeeteenagenerd]

we need more music like this :'[

[andreacoldplay]

sounds like a new song. amazing!!!!

[ScoutWout]

weird but cool!

[Safferoonicle]

lol i sorta like the song backwards, oooh oho ho hohhh aaaa

[goldeneidolon]

Nah, he didn't have to sing it backwards, but he did mouth it backwards.

The song itself played backwards is still nonetheless beautiful, but with a totally different feeling to it. :]

[TheBlueFourTwo]

@MrMullig1 the real music video is him singing the song forwards, but doing everything backwards. the video only shows what the video is like when it is really played forwards.

sorry if i only confused you even more haha

[teddybabyyo]

love the way it sounds

[auraheartghost]

He only had to mouth it backwards.

[veethang]

even backwards it sounds really great! :)

[WindowsAndMacintosh]

I like how the beginning sounds before he starts singing. It sounds cool!

And it really does sound German!

[Thewolf878]

ur just gonna leave the girl there on the floor...

[DenitheGreat]

What the hell?

What a weird video.

How does the girl spontaneously fly through the front window?

How does he wake up so fast?

Why does he not give a shit?

Why does he randomly throw a stick?

Whats with taking off and putting on coats in this song about?

Why does he have a stroke before falling onto the bed?

Why is such a beautiful, meaningful song have a terrible video counterpart to it?

Life is confusing.

[TwiliticHorizon]

Why so many questions?

[im8teennow]

@TwiliticHorizon I found you.... again! lol

[TwiliticHorizon]

@im8teennow CREEEPY.

[lacross385]

@DenitheGreat

wow...u need help

jus watch the video

[MrDeViLsSnEeR]

Only a few seconds of the song was sung backwards. He was just moving backwards most of the time while singing normally.

[carnotation]

4:03 eaaahhii tristeza eres

[du2de11]

I believe the moral of the story is to keep your cars nice and warm or else someone will have to unbuckle to put their jacket on