Coldplay - Chinese Sleep Chant (Live)

[wantonsushi]

loud and tranquil. <3 that describes my feelings about this song. :3

[JaykSzarii]

A bit Sigur Ros-esque. I love this song.

[NS222]

I love this song, I think it's the only Coldplay song I really like >_< it sounds kinda shoegaze'y :)

[playerdepimp]

viva la vida had feel for the soul and the abstract world although i dont like it as much as rush or x&y. mylo xyloto was a waste, if they aren't ever going back the the style of ruch or x&y then i would settle for viva anyday, gotta love those b-sides too! :D

[StorybookComa]

Their new stuff doesn't have this power.  They've gone off the Viva la Vida track, the best stuff of their career, and it's depressing.

[marthaymydear]

Ooo man, wat had ik hier graag bij willen zijn!

[wantonsushi]

i love british humor. :D

[KiDCuDiFan17]

I thought this was the second half of Yes on Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends! :O

[SuperMelon1]

They have to give that warning because elderly people make up a third of Coldplay's fanbase.

[kevin9794]

@SuperMelon1 They have to give that warning cause everyone likes coldplay, regardless of age, sex, race, etc...

[Yoriskumo]

Spettacolare !!! :DD

[jprg12]

2:00...god I love your voice Chris

[glosoly]

Their best song in ages

[Paycheck125]

To get rid of confusion, this song is heavily influenced off of a band from the early 90's named My Bloody Valentine. Many people get this band confused with the more recent band Bullet For My Valentine. They are not the same.

My Bloody Valentine had a specific sound that has a very dream-like quality, and many bands have been influenced by their signature sound since their last album, Loveless, came out in '91. Do check it out. It's a dream!

[eiffel0108]

2 people couldn't get to sleep from fear of communism

[maurich20]

2 persons doesn't know anything about music

[HartuBeatu]

Coldplay is definitely a band that's worth hearing live.

[WilllChampion]

in my opinion chri's is in playback

[grLunaticFanatic]

this is perfection

[yoyo15243546]

wow !!!!!!!!!!!! coldplay so good love you !

[liamtaylor93]

I just love the sound of the guitar at 2:07 it sounds amazing.

[alleojzerep]

I just love this song! I feel amazing when I hear it! I LOVE COLDPLAY!!!

[Dudisse]

I'm a musician myself and I must say Coldplay has learnt the skill of duality in music, many of the new songs have this "feature", this song is loud but tranquil at the same time, it makes people want to jump and the same time to close their eyes and "rest". Only talented people are able to do stuff like that, I'm proud of these guys.

[Daphne085]

Oh my gosh, this mesmerizing wonderful magical piece of music just blows me away.... ! I just can't stop listening to it over and over again!!! LONG LIVE COLDPLAY!!!

[starfishisland]

is this seriously cplay?? what a noise pollution they have became..

[breachmania]

haha MBV a bunch punk rockers who have the musical talent of a asshole compared to Coldplay? haha don't think so

[11joshman]

@breachmania good job having a 5 year olds assumption of a band because of it's name thinking they are an emo/punk rock band if you had HEARD of MBV you would know they are punk rock i don't even know where the fuck you even got that MBV have been waaaay before coldplay and have influenced more than them

they are indie rock/noise rock

sadly your musical knowledge is a bit shit

[Jetg360]

I've never heard of this it's nice

[zarakitten99]

Chris can sing me to sleep anyday ;D

[SirDegzzalot]

i would trade my bolemic dog for chris's guitar

[KKOPPI]

amazing

[1millionmore]

If Coldplay want to move forward or experiment, I believe this is the sound they need to produce. It transcends rock and pop without the selfish tangents.

[11joshman]

@1millionmore no these guys just ripped off my bloody valentine

im pretty sure you dont know who they are

[1millionmore]

@11joshman I make a comment on YouTube and you think you know me or my musical appreciation. Excellent. Nothing wrong with an opinion but stay away from unsubstantiated claims.

[11joshman]

@1millionmore yeah you dont know who they are or what the hell i am saying

these guys riped off my bloody valentine (band) on this song considering MBV are a shoegazing band and shoegazing bands mostly use disortion and feedback while playing guitar to make a sort of dreamy effect just like this song and the singers usually sound shallow and dreamy just like this song

coldplay riped off my bloody valentine!

[alex11f11]

@11joshman So anybody who plays something that sounds like shoegaze are ripping off MBV?

It's called influence, musical master.

Also Coldplay has told in interviews that since the band started, My Bloody Valentine has been an important influence, specially for Johnny Buckland, having as an example Yellow's riff

[11joshman]

@alex11f11 i never said that MBV are a different kind of shoegazing band for example you can't say slowdive and MBV sound the same because they are shoegaze they have their own style

sure it's called influence just like nirvana did with the loud and quiet dynamics the pixies always did

you are right it is more of an influence than riping off but i just can't believe people who have NEVER heard of MBV say they are a stupid emo band

they think they are an emo band because their name damn how...

[alex11f11]

@11joshman woow, is cool to talk with people who know :)

Also i think they are confusing Bullet for My Valentine, a terrible band, with My Bloody Valentine, and that's just depressing.

[5oulPower]

@alex11f11 yeah... OMG MBV is exactly like this song... You kinda fall in a calm trance, buried deep in all their distortion. BFMV, on the other hand... Is just another teenage metal band.

[11joshman]

@alex11f11 *smart

[breachmania]

@11joshman right. Like you can compare this great and influencial band to some emo's? dude please save us the pain and leave!

[11joshman]

@breachmania i support you need a lobotomy

where in the fucking hell does it say MBV are an emo band?

have you been tripping balls lately?

obviously you have never heard of MBV if you had you would have known they have been waaaaaaaaaay before coldplay came out and have influenced half of the indie rock bands today even coldplay so get your facts straight you semi retard

considering you only listen to mainstream alt rock you have never heard of MBV stop making a joke of yourself

[frankieutd]

first time i see chris on guitar

[Davidovar34]

Wish I could have been there! One of the best songs of VLV, it instantly caught my attention the first time I listened to the album :)

[howlerx80]

magical!!!



[Romchikthelemon]

Holy sound...

[SCHELLEful]

i love it !

[changalangible]

my fave is still Viva la Vida

[AndrewSzczurek]

there are only four words in the whole song... hahaha!

[PaoloFR1]

@AndrewSzczurek yeah they make sense though...

[PaoloFR1]

@AndrewSzczurek yeah....they make sense though.. :-D Sleep DO satisfies

[IAmKrow]

LOL I was in Amsterdam three months later! Great city :)

This is one of my favorites on VLV, but I love pretty much the whole album, even though I'm not exactly a Coldplay fan.

[ShezzLuvsShadow]

omg, its like sex in my ears! :D

[playlikerandy]

I love how Chris botches the rythm part going into the solo. See, it can even happen to the greatest rock bank in the world. Great to hear it's the real thing out there.

[TheGwen35]

It's not my favorite of Coldplay but I love it <3

[TheLordHodne]

A bit racist song title?

[laletemanolete]

@TheLordHodne racist? why?

[TheLordHodne]

@laletemanolete Forget it actually. It's just the title that pickles me. but I love to be picky so never kind :) Coldplay 4ever

[Jpkingu2]

@TheLordHodne How in the hell is it racist?! Chinese Sleep Chant's exist. Is it racist if I were to say British Sandwich?

[TheLordHodne]

@Jpkingu2 Not, but for someone like me who isn't that good in english and misunderstood the title. It is racist ;) I pull everything back

[juliorafael777]

que buana cancion... viva coldplay

[LuisCPful]

Coldplay rocks!

[breachmania]

chris martin using delay??!! wow

Thats kinda kool

[MrJwilly12]

you can hear this at the end of yes on viva la vida

[marcofranzese]

this is rock

[Skiller13337]

@marcofranzese

nah much too soft... guitar sound sucks ass

[awakefrontiers]

@marcofranzese Hahahhaha this is not rock, this is alternative rock

[diegoasencio09]

@awakefrontiers yeah

[11joshman]

@marcofranzese no this is a big my bloofy valentine rip off

[nickygou32]

Crazy Gooooood i love the part chris adds at 1:58!!!

[Igfnisfz]

one should never play this song in concer

[Sejexs]

It was written while the band was under hypnosis.

[XmissXalyssX]

One of my faves by Coldplay... <3

[nekogangu]

I couldn't agree more

[smith2bewith]

I wonder why "chinese" though...it just gives it that much more thought when trying to visualize the image when you're hearing this song.

the guitar work is beautiful on it.

[yihd]

@smith2bewith Cuz We have this chant that we sing to babies

[bohemiandaisy9]

they did not play this at my concert! anyways, very sexy

[SkAryWaLkEr]

la mejorr

[JulieJulle]

First time i heard the song i really hated it, and thought what is good in that song and its terrible.... but.... then i tried to hear it a lot of times right after.... I think it is one of those songs you have to hear some times before liking it, it have to sink in slowly, before it gives meaning.... Now i love it! Now it gives meaning to me and I think it is a really great song and like the lyrics!

[watsername93]

Wasn't this one of the songs they wrote under hypnosis?

[TaoOfPhilosophy]

Yup, according to wikipedia.

[SpiderRose15]

I like it he sounds pretty darn sexy! They didn't sing this at the concert i went to in may.

[A2M0A08]

is this supposed to be somehow offensive???

[briantho86]

I like the part when he screams " You're awake! at around 1:53

[cesarayalarodriguez]

that part is the best

[JanQa86]

who is singig in this song? chris??

[briantho86]

Yeah its Chris. On the cd it doesn't sound like him because they used a voice distorter.

[JanQa86]

ok..thanks...its interesting..:D

[AlmaEnsa]

I love this song... but I want to get the real lyrics...

[Molok2k]

Fall asleep

Fall asleep

Sleep satisfied

Sleep satisfied

Sleep

Sleep

Sleep

more or less the whole time ^_^

[SplinterCell37]

Aah, sleep, I need sleep;

sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies.

Aah, sleep, I need sleep;

sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies.

Sleep! Sleep! Sleep satisfies.

Fall asleep, fall asleep;

sleep mystifies, sleep mystifies,

Fall asleep, fall asleep;

sleep satisfies, sleep satisfies.

(according to the Hal Leonard chord book, anyway.)

[Yondaime001]

you could get the official lyrics on their website though to. on the discography.

[Yondaime001]

oh you're right. my bad. anyhow they have another site with the official lyrics called wiki(dot)coldplaying(dot)com

for some reason right now the site seems seems to be down....but it was working earlier....

[chriz00]

I've

[chriz00]

...oops, pushed the "enter" button too soon.

Just love the echo-ey guitar and the vocals are awesome.

Check out my vid in the "Video Responses"

Thanks

[rankdog99]

Fat slob.

[FFTLDIVA]

on a scale from 1 to 10 this song is a 20. Absolute perfection.

[francesco712]

fking gr8 song

idc wat ppl say, viva la vida is a gr8 album

[nickygou32]

i wish they would play this again live on the last leg of the viva la vida tour!!! its SICK

[rollerpigss]

does anybody know the color name of the tele Chris is using? much appreciated

[OCDLibrarian]

LOL over the age of 72!

[Doomsday2060]

for a change i actually prefer the studio version, but it must have been great if you were there. Still 5/5 tho its good.

My bloody valentine my arse

[bassmanUSSR]

so what if it sounds like a My Bloody Valentine song? it's still very good

if you wanted to delete every slightly-copied song ever, there'd be about half left

[VacuumBoots81]

there is a point where it goes from slight copy to blatant rip. Granted the effects are slightly different but still. You see, there is an obvious difference between bands like Chapterhouse, Lush, MBV, Ride, etc. You can tell the influence they have on each other or visa versa and the uniting sound of the genre. But when it almost sounds like a cover band its hard to hear it and not think, "Wow these guys really want to sound like MBV." Why listen to this when MBV's stuff is 10X better?

[jcarrig]

Well, actually, this song is openly a tribute to my bloody valentine, in an interview somewhere they were talking about their love for mbv. I don't think originality is really a key thing here.. it is an obvious tribute.

[Decman10]

lol yeahh first time i heard this i straight away thought my bloody valentine

[LaPerssonandro]

@Decman10

Which song specifically by my bloody valentine?

And don't tell me all their songs sound like this cause my mind would blow up.

[pomundson]

I know they did say that but i honestally feel its there old song One i love with more effects and less lyrics. They may have gotten there idea from My bloody valentine Though they really had it all Along Called ONE I LOVE. They just give them credit though i doubt they really had to. TRUST ME U CAN HEAR THE SIMILARITIES ON THERE LIVE 03 ONE I LOVE...IT's a TRIBUTE TO THERE OLD SONG DONE BY ACCIDENT SIMILAR TO VIVA LA VIDA and plagarism myths.

[VacuumBoots81]

Didn't My Bloody Valentine do this 17 years ago? Ya... I think they did. Not to mention, they did better than all the copy cats.

[VacuumBoots81]

I know, I've read that... I just don't think they did a good job.

[shootr04]

Such a simple song, but so awesome

[darthsketch]

Best song on the album. Awesome live vid.

[ms0072444]

Chinese Sleep Chant:

Fall asleep, Fall on me, Sleep satisfy, Sleep satisfy, Fall asleep, Fall on me, Sleep satisfy, Sleep satisfy

Soon, Soon, Sleep

Soon, Soon, Sleep satisfy, Sleep satisfy

Fall on your knees, Fall asleep, Sleep mystify

Sleep mystify, Fall on your knees, Fall asleep, Sleep satisfy, Sleep satisfy

Soon, Soon, Sleep

Soon, Soon, Sleep satisfy, Sleep satisfy

[ZZtaurusZZ]

at 2:15 they sound like U2.

COLDPLAY is the best band in the world, people just stand there in awe in front rows.

[stopthecheating]

ppl stand in awe through their sold out shows in every inch of the arena =]

[kumparica]

this is my favourite on the new Viva la Vida/Death... It's greeeeat, echoing, disturbing, but somehow soothing and hypnotizing at the same time. I love their new album, I think it's absolutely amazing.

[dmasterfive]

i think I forgot to tell how the repeats go but if you listen to it you should be able to get it. It's not that hard.

[dmasterfive]

here are the chords if you want to play along

Capo 2

A7sus4 x4 Bm11 Bm7 repeat

Dx4 Bm11 Bm7 repeat

A7sus4 x4 Bm11 Bm7 repeat

Solo: Dx4 Em11x2 Gx2 Repeat

Ending:Dx4 Bm11 Bm7 repeat the last two and then repeat the whole thing. It ends on a D chord. I had to look it up for a long time to find the right chords.

[dmasterfive]

I think this should have been a seperate track on the album. It sounds really good with the distortion and the echos. I can understand what he is saying.

[vincymon]

how the heck does he get his voice to echo if its live!!

I agree with the guy that said this is a song for you to listen too, pretend to play and pretend you know what he's saying

[BluePitLord]

With effects attached to the microphone?

[vincymon]

ok. but still. I wonder what they're actually playing. Its just as difficult to pick up words in this song as it is to pick up individual chords. Everything just...blends in!

[BluePitLord]

But that could be due to the YouTube video processing :D

[LowleyUK]

such a good song

[Eboooooooooo]

fall asleep,fall asleep/sleep satisfied,sleep satisfied. i really like this song :)

[Frenchgirl]

I love this sooong, but what are the lyrics?

[RAWKNtoni]

I literally fall asleep hearing this song on my Ipod at night. Its so creepy.

[noracon]

This a song you turn the volume up and pretend you know what he is saying and fake guitar play this sucker. Especially at minute 2:08

[matoran866]

I really love Chinese Sleep Chant and it's one of my favs off the album, but apart from that I totally agree with what your saying. They need to play Cemeteries Of London!

[ethanmaas]

because this is the best song on the album.

[allth3s4me]

MBV rip off

[mondowaves911]

one of the best parts of the album for sure

[Frenchgirl]

exactly

[TriniGoonerChic]

yeah!

[pablomonkey93]

This is part of the song "YES"

[BillKaulitzisYUMMY]

no they combined it

but it a song

the a part of a song

[ProSkill3r]

Gah, Butterfly's when I listen to this part. :] I loveee it.

[josukekun]

woooo es la ley coldplay jajaj nice nice

[einarstraymusic]

best coldplay song ever.

so my bloody valentine'ish

[brainsare]

You got.

To be kidding.

[krysthopher]

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Satisfieeeeeeeeees...

Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeppppp

Satisfieeeeeeeesssss

:)

[enerowhite]

THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT

[lemmeloose]

Oh, yes...it is that.

[Litaforchris]

Dios es tan hermoso chris...lo amo...es muuuy sexy....

[Tlcegan]

omg so frigging good

[ManoCPfan]

1.05 me dancing to this song ahah :D great :D

[dianakaren]

BEST TRACK....

[yamanmusic]

awesome, do you have more songs of the show ?

[babsie001]

Funny men, Chris! xD

Love Coldplay!!! <3333

Cheers.