Old people singing Coldplay’s Fix You
Posted on March 25th, 2007 at 11:27 am by TheMuse


Here’s a beautiful, better than the original, old people choir interpretation of Coldplay’s Fix You. I’m quoting from the poster’s youtube:

“This is from a documentary shown on Channel 4 in the UK called ‘Young@Heart’; the name of the New England octogenarian chorus line. The performer here is Fred Knittle, who suffers from congestive heart failure. This song was intended to be a duet between Fred and another chorus member, Bob Salvini. Sadly, Bob died of a heart attack and it was left to Fred to carry the song on his own. If I’m correct, the people you see crying at 01:13 are Bob’s family. The lady you occasionally see mouthing the lyrics in the audience is Fred’s wife.”

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A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

Comment by Sammi Jr — March 25, 2007 @ 2:35 pm


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[…] One of the more unique covers of Coldplay’s Fix You […]

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It kind of reminds me of the Johnny Cash/Rick Rubin albums both because it’s strangely uplifting, and because it doesn’t matter he’s singing; the song is suddenly going to become a meditation on death.

Comment by Jonathan — March 26, 2007 @ 7:11 pm


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