Published on 12, July, 2020
Up until around 2016, I had considered myself to be a fan of Coldplay. I don't mean in a 'Superfan' kind of way, but I enjoyed listening to Coldplay and liked most of their songs. Anyway, after a friend of mine had ended up marrying the lead singer of a Coldplay tribute band, who later ended up walking out on her and their children, I went completely off Coldplay.
Whenever I heard a Coldplay song, it just automatically reminded me of my friend's former husband, what he had done, how he had done it, and the traumatic effect it had on my friend and their children.
During the early hours of this morning when I had found myself unable to sleep, I decided to listen to 'Glastonbury 2024' on BBC Sounds (via my TV), which had included Coldplay's set. Instead of grabbing my remote control to hastily select something else, I opted to stick it out and carry on listening. Instead of automatically associating every Coldplay song with my friend's former husband, I was really enjoying the music. When I heard Chris Martin belting out 'Viva La Vida', I found it impossible to stay still and was dancing around in my seated position on my sofa, with my feet tapping the floor, and my hands playing imaginary drums.
The craziest thing of all is that this had all happened whilst I'd been suffering with backache and a foul migraine. Literally minutes beforehand, I had been wearing an eye mask and holding a cold compress to my head, and had been feeling incredibly rough. It was something of a surreal experience, if I'm honest. The first time ever that I think a song has caused me to dance whilst feeling like sh*te.
Anyway, have you ever fallen out of love with a musical group/artist due to something completely unrelated to them? If so, were you able to fall back in love with their music at a later date?
I've loved Coldplay from the first time I listened to their music-I haven't seen them live yet though-on my bucket list for sure.
I used to be a diehard Take That fan-my mum was too-but when she died their music became more of a depressing haunt for me and I didn't listen to them for years-until last year when Rule The World came on the radio, on the anniversary day of my mums death-I kind of saw it as a sign to start enjoying their music again and found myself half crying and singing at the time. It wasn't a pretty sight-or sound.
Another Take That fan here, although I'm saddened by the reason why you had found it difficult to listen to their music for a while.
For what it's worth, I think Take That are one of those groups whose music has become progressively better. Although I like some of their early stuff, I remember I found it a struggle to understand why it had become such a big deal when Robbie left. Back then, I considered Take That to be far too arrogant and egotistical for my liking.
One song that I have always found hard to listen to is 'Rule The World', as it just leaves me feeling very emotional and wanting to cry. 'Shine' on the other hand, is one of those songs that I can listen to repeatedly.
I love Take That too!