Friday 4 January 2019


Hands up all those of you who bought a CD last year ?
One... two... thr... is that a hand up at the back ? No ! Seems we don't buy (or listen to) music this way anymore.
"Digital music revenue overtook sales of physical formats like CDs and records for the first time in 2012. Since then, online shopping and downloads and streaming provided by platforms such as Amazon, Spotify and Netflix, have continued to eat into sales of physical music" - added to this computers don't included a CD drive anymore!
I actually bought six CD's last year, but the majority of the music I listened to or discovered came courtesy of YouTube

Not that the above has anything to do with this (just making conversation here).....
After the fireworks of New Year there were more pyrotechnics on New Year's Day on Sky TV in a very colourful concert 'Coldplay: Live in Sao Paulo'.* A great example of today's live experience as the show fills the arena and the audience becomes part of the show.
This video of 'A Head Full of Dreams' begins with a voice-over of Charlie Chaplin's speech from the 1940 film 'The Great Dictator' - call it a New Year message of sorts.
Don't know why but the sound is a bit low on this track, so while you're switching to Full Screen [  ] you might want to up the volume too. Coldplay > STAR SHOW


* If you have the Sky Arts channel the programme repeats on January 5th at 9pm.

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