Tomorrow is June 17, 2008. Tomorrow, two records that I have long anticipated will be released and find their way into my hands: Coldplay’s Viva la Vida, or Death and all His Friends, and Ben Shive’s The Ill-Tempered Klavier. An odd pairing, you ask? Not so fast. Let’s compare for a minute.
Coldplay: has a drummer named Will.
Ben Shive: has played on a record with a drummer named Will.
Coldplay: Lead singer Chris Martin has children with unusual Biblical names like Apple and Moses.
Ben Shive: Has children with unusual Biblical names like Ezra and Jude.
Coldplay: Lots of piano-driven songs.
Ben Shive: The dude was born with a piano already attached to his fingers.
Coldplay: Song on first record called Daylight
Ben Shive: Song on first record called She Is The Rising Sun.
Coldplay: Two band members had cameos in the movie Shaun of the Dead
Ben Shive: Has appearances in many Andy Gullahorn-directed short films.
Coldplay: New record available for $10 tomorrow at Best Buy and Target.
Ben Shive: New record available for $10 tomorrow at the Rabbit Room Store.
Eerie how the similarities stack up, isn’t it?
The bigger question to me is this: a year from now, which one of these records will have gotten more play on my iPod? If I were to hazard a guess… it won’t be the band with the leader who shares my name and birth month; it’ll be the guy with whom I went to Best Buy last time he was in town. Guess we’ll find out.
:chuckle: Great work, Chris.