I went to an actual movie theater tonight.
Coldplay’s new documentary A Head Full Of Dreams. It’ll be streaming on Prime Now on Friday and you must watch.
Especially people in bands. Solo artists: It’s going to make you wish you were in a band. Fair warning.
I could make every post from now until the end of the year about this doc, but alas I’ll probably keep it to only this one post and highlight two things.
1. Bands are awesome. They have a different soul. That weird, magical, elusive, rare chemistry. To be a part of it and to be around it is inspiring.
2. You’ll remember that during the Viva La Vida phase Coldplay wore those multi-colored military jackets. Kind of a modern day rehash of the Sgt. Pepper jackets.
What you’ll see in this doc is that the jackets didn’t begin when it was time to promote the record and do interviews and videos and the PR run around.
The jackets started while they were recording the album!
It wasn’t an idea invented for PR, it was an idea invented to inspire in the studio…(and then it turned out to be a great marketing aesthetic too).
I’m amazed at the creative intentionality when no one else was watching.
Stream it this weekend and do something with the energy burst that follows.
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