Chris Martin, on the links between Coldplay's song "Speed of Sound" and Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill (A Deal with God)". He later said "we tried to copy the drums, guitar, melody….etc"
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That's a song where we were listening to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we wanted a song which had a lot of tom-toms in it,I just had my daughter up also, and was kind of feeling in a sense of awe and wonderment, so the song is kind of a Kate Bush song about miracles.
— Chris Martin
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "That's a song where we were listening to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we wanted a song which had a lot of tom-toms in it,I just had my daughter up also, and was kind of feeling in a sense of awe and wonderment, so the song is kind of a Kate Bush song about miracles." in the context of "Chris Martin, on the links between Coldplay's song "Speed of Sound" and Kate Bush's "Running up that Hill (A Deal with God)". He later said "we tried to copy the drums, guitar, melody….etc"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Kate Bush" (Quotes about Kate Bush: Arranged alphabetically by author.)
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About Kate Bush
Catherine Bush CBE (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. She is the sister of John Carder Bush and Paddy Bush.
About Kate Bush
Catherine Bush CBE (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. She is the sister of John Carder Bush and Paddy Bush.
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