If Coldplay's 'Fix You' Was An Emo Anthem
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2024
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I had a lot of fun keeping the core elements of this song intact this week, just expanding the instrumentation and just going with the flow of what the song felt like it needed. Sometimes, simple is best - and nobody proves that better than Chris Martin and Co. Powerful, singable, and honest. Great job, fellas.
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I feel like the tone of this perfectly combines the nostalgia of my teen years with the existential dread that comes with being an adult.
YEP, agreed.
Bro perfect description
If this isn't the comment of 2024....
What years were those? I get that weird flutterey time travel on like atari's boys of summer cover, but its more mixed with that laying on the grassbon a sunny warm day with your eyesbclosed remembering beautiful things
Yes, yes that’s emo music for ya 🖤🤘🏼
I like how all the band members look like they get on with each other
Band members? It's all him 😊
@@ganguanggangmei2252 it's irony
@@TimothyJurgens Irony chases him but he´s faster
@@ganguanggangmei2252they're triplets
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎶
Coldplay and Chris Martin NEED to hear this
I’ve been looking for so long. Finally found the original version of this song.
Coldplay s acoustic version is alright
pretty sure its not Fix You by Boyce Avenue ?
@@tolakanginman Coldplay wrote this song trough out 2002 till 2004's release of X&Y which is the original. Don't know if it was satire just wanted to make sure.
@@qwantum5760 i mean, boyce avenue rearange this song in different style which mean maybe he heard boyce avenue since he said hes been looking this version for so long.
@@tolakanginman Ah fair, my bad anyway, now you know some fun trivia.
This is Hotplay 🔥
This deserves more likes
Hotpause
LOOOL
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎶
Or, perhaps Hotwork?
normally i would be like " no man fix you is not a song you can rearrange and fuck around with" but man this is freaking amazing !
ok but how is it rearranged and fucked with like genuinely i would like someone to point it out cuz while this cover is FIRE I dont see how it's particularly different
@@pinnacleexpress420 Different key, adding the first verse lyric into the background of the 'tears stream' bridge area, the absence of an organ and doubled up guitars instead, percussion entering the chat during the first verse when the original does not have percussion until the bridge, which alone turns up the rock factor substantially, the pop punk vocal and flourishes. It's a great homage, so I see why you're saying what you are. Just listen to them back to back. The similarities are there, so the spirit of the song is still in tact, but this is definitely not just a carbon copy.
I didn't think this song could get any better, I'm fucking crying
I'm not crying too, you're crying
Я блять тоже!
Tears do be streaming
It’s sooooooooooo good!!
same
This could genuinely be one of the best cover songs I've ever heard in my life
johnny cash - hurt
is another one .
It's alright, Secondhand Serenade did a better cover.
Agreed
@@pnut84this is only excusable if your a child/ tweenager 😮
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎶
The whole production is incredible but your drums are absolutely MERCILESSLY good.
Lots of sweat goes into those drums so I’m very glad they’re appreciated 🫶
@@AlexMelton You gotta be careful bro if you fall too deep in the pocket you'll never be seen again!
Agreed! I follow Alex because of this.
@@AlexMelton always phenomenal drums, FIVE STAR CONTENT, would listen again
@@AlexMeltonoh yeah I bet, what sounds do you use? I love them, you should make a video going over your sounds and process for them if you haven't already lol
The original is an absolute masterpiece, but this is also really insane.. One of the best rock covers i`ve ever heard!!! Well done!!
I will put this as #1 on my Hillsong worship list,
Hahaha .. Put the planetshakers too
The intro guides me home, the bridge ignites my bones, and the whole thing fixed me
I see what you did there 😂
glaze
👏🏼
This version of Fix You is another example that proves somewhere in the Multiverse, there is a version of Chris Martin leading Hillsong worship.
Hahaha I’m Christian and I love this comment😂 but yes I see it😂
Violet Hillsong
Same vibes,
Yes! The pink live album! "All I need is you"
Bro😂😂😂😂😂
Alex, it’s like after all these years of your videos, we’ve arrived at the reason you started this. THIS IS THE SONG. Absolutely perfect. Both the song choice and the adaptation.
Your version of the song is what Coldplay wanted their listeners to feel while listening to their version. Your song is what I feel inside my soul when I listen to the actual song.
My best friend died last year 25/07/2023 he took me to see Coldplay live at Wembley Stadium August 2022 I always miss him and Coldplay will always be a reminder of him and the best night of my life. R.I.P bro. Love this version 🤘
Alex turning a sad but chill song into a STADIUM EMO-POP-PUNK ROCK ANTHEM (and obviously this song would end the show with fireworks, crowd choir and shit)
Don’t forget the lasers!
I was waiting for the midwest emo poem reading over the instrumental, something like "I guess I thought if I could fix the broken things in you, maybe the broken things in me would get fixed too" (cue the epic build) 😂
This ^^^
This would be banger
Omg same! With a hard break into a half-time drum chorus. Would have made this so much better
@@mikehodges841 Yes! And background vocals during that part going, "La-ights will guuuuuuide!" "A-i will truuuuuuuuy!"
😂 perfect
I'm going to tell my kids this is Coldplay.
I'm going to tell Coldplay this is my kid.
😂@@ethanbrenna9798
Then you would be a goddamn liar.
But it is lol
Kinda of
This had no business going that hard
Thank you Alex for covering this song.
It means a lot to me.
This song was published around the time when my grandpa has passed. I discovered this song through the mourning and it was nice to hear it with your voice.
Thank you!
So rare that an artist can reach the level of the original. Alex exceeds it
Coldplay write great cover songs. My favourite version of every single Coldplay song is not performed by Coldplay.
@@Muglez14 have you heard jacob collier's version? It's incredible!
@@jackhopkins5956 Cody Fry's Fix You is the high water mark for me. His orchestration is just magnificent. I'm a sucker for those big, bombastic, Disney-esque movements.
I find Jacob Collier's covers fun to jog alongside trying to keep up on the first few listens because his technical ability is always astonishing, but once I start being able to anticipate his movements because I've heard a given arrangement a few times, I don't feel a particular emotional connection.
This probably all speaks to me being a relentless fucking luddite at heart, but I do love a good pop song. I'd take his "Time Alone With You" over his "Here Comes The Sun" any day of the week and the difference is one of them is working really, really hard to impress us and the other one is just a sick groove.
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The fusion of Melton and Coldplay is always deadly. Man, what a rendition. Bravo, Alex!
Alex melton is proving that coldplay were emo they just never notice , 'if yellow was an emo athem'' is on my playlist since the release, Alex is just fire
this song sounds alot like biffy clyro if you are intertested in similar music
Hands down the best cover of Fix You ever made.
Easily one of the best covers out there. Wow man that hit harder than expected nice one!
The bridge is the primary reason why this song will always be my all time top favorite song. I was waiting until the bridge before deciding if I liked this yet and…you absolutely nailed it. 20/10, thank you!
It has big Biffy Clyro vibes towards the end there.
What a stunning arrangement!
Wait whoa yes
The whole song tbh, so good
Agree 100%!
Oh yeah, gave me vibes of All The Way Down and Christopher's River!
The vowel placements are so immaculate. Love this version
Agree
That entire intro into 1:33 induced max goosebumps and had me absolutely hooked. Superb cover! Thank you
Captured the rawness of both Coldplay and emo in perfect harmony
Who saw this on Spotify this morning already!? This guy! listened all the way to work!
The musicianship, the editing, layering, while still capturing the essence of the song itself is a masterpiece. This is a winner, hands down. Keep it up!
The post-chorus-1 breakdown at 1:31 is on repeat right now and possibly forever. That just ignites my bones.
this dude just GETS it🔥
"gets" it? he is it.
This song means a lot. My wife was totally exhausted after many hours of labor with our daughter. She finally had a reprieve and I walked to the waiting room at 2am. This song, by Coldplay, was playing on the TV. "Tears stream down your face!" They were. It was a moment alone I'll never forget
Usually these are just joke covers but this one is truly a masterpiece. Absolute perfection in every way
That's why dynamic is very important in every song, it'll hit you with goosebumps everytimes when done right, this dude is a pro
This had no right being this good. The vocals, the guitars, the drums. Perfect.
Heavy Jimmy Eat World vibes from this version. Great job Alex!
Amen
Marvelous! One of my favorite tunes and you got me to start streaming this version over and over again like it was the first time I heard it. Well done
UFFFFFF the layers of the verse and ending bridge. Goosebumps through it all
The paramore influence is strong! Love this.
i'm just here imagining Hayley was in this
Definitely All I Wanted vibes in the verse
it gives me Blink-182 vibes. Like Stay Together for the Kids
It reminds me also a lot of Biffy Clyro, especially the great vocal harmonies.
Yeeeees
Your vocals are always top tier. But they literally soar here with the top-note harmonies on the chorus. It gives this mix life. Just stellar.
This is the best cover I've heard ever since the original one came out many many years ago. I've heard a lot of covers, this one is just too good! Keep it up brother!!
this is one of my favorites ever.
So, Fix You is a song I associate with my late grandfather. Every time I hear the original, I think of him and start to well up. Listening to your version got to me in a similar way. 10/10 great cover
A flawless re-imagining of a flawless song. Per the usual. You aren't a cover artist, you're a re-imagineer.
Hurts my brain thinking of all the hours that must have gone into this. What a banger.
10/10 thank you so much. This channel is still one of my favourite places on the internet. That was beautiful.
Full body goosebumps, headbanging to the bridge alone in my kitchen.. wonderfully done Alex 🙌
Lmao I'm literally scrambling eggs rn rocking out
One of my favourite songs. This take on it is stunning.
Literally the best cover version I have ever heard of this song. Dude your amazing. Thanks heaps thoroughly enjoyed that
Alex, Your interpretations and production quality are superb. I've been a step-dad twice, and that hit hard. Verry good music cool.
The. Version. Of. This. Song. That. We. All. Had. Zero. Idea. We. Needed.
Well done, sir….well done
I'm not a huge fan of Coldplay, so I didn't know this song, but when the drums came in, I immediately added this to my Spotify. Holy cow, what an amazing song you've made.
The inflections in your tones are so tasteful.... You feel that in your heart man... instant tears.... Thank you for this rendition :)
This is my wife and I's song, so the original has a special place in my heart. This version is fucking excellent, just like everything you put out. Keep being awesome, Alex!
Dropping the bass out of the second verse was the perfect decision. I love this song sooo much & this rocks!
It`s just awesome, man! Incredible! What I like the most is that you show respect to the original, and then you transfer really every instrument to your unique style. The vocals really kill it at the end of the song. Man! Wow!!!
I've genuinely never seen anything in my life that made me want to learn drums this badly after watching this. Mans got absolutely outrageous skills and this cover is impeccable
Bro, why you gotta make me cry 😭 This is epic and beautiful!
The snare flare at 4:02 is so tasteful and perfectly placed.
This was absolutely incredible. Well done on all fronts: the instruments, the feel, the overlaps, the vocals, production, etc.
@4:13 gave me chillz, bro i love you! thanks for manifesting all the things about music we wished would happen. You Are A God Send
This exact moment. Agreed it is streaming to me right now. And I couldn’t be happier about it.
My dude...chills...better than the original...which makes covers worthwhile. Way to own it.
This is the sound, the feeling, that one chases for a lifetime. So raw and true. Thank you for this.
holy crap, the build in intensity and the literal goosebumps it gave me, started welling up when he sang 'tears stream'... fckn PERFECT!! Well done sir yet again!
Dude... this one is a BANGER. Thanks Alex for continuing to keep Pop-Punk/Emo alive 🧡
There are a lot of cover artists out there, but none that seem to have the savant level understanding of music this guy has to be able to reimagine something better than the original while still maintaining the integrity of the song.
This might be one of the best things I've heard musically! Not a huge Coldplay fan, but this song is one that I hold with me.
This is just absolutely amazing. Great job, man! Keep rocking!
If Coldplay released tunes like this I'd like Coldplay.
Yes same. Coldplay have always needed a bit more umphh. Or in other words they're bloody boring
@@YorkshireD1 I don't know what it is, perhaps it is something do with how "safe" they are. I had to watch a few clips of live gigs of theirs on here and somehow even though they have huge audiences going crazy for them and Chris bounds about the place they feel "safer" than say Oasis who in their prime would basically stand still yet still had more balls and attitude in spite of the fact the most dynamic thing at the gig was a shoe being launched at Liam. I suppose it is the attitude that is the difference and it comes out musically as well which is why this Emo rendition is not just a cover but an elevation of the original as it infuses an attitude, something that is lacking in a lot of popular music I have heard.
While this is a good remake, you can't dock Coldplay. It's a whole sonic vibe. The instrument/sound selection mixed in with Chris's vocals make it very unique and beautiful for what it is.
@@YorkshireD1 Coldplay has always needed someone to tell them to be less dad-rock, and also maybe speak some hard truths to them about their attempts at being Radiohead-ish.
They literally wrote this song 😆. They DO release tunes like this
Alex, this may be your best yet. Absolute banger that echoing off the walls of my house for a while.
This is actually insanely good! I will be looking out for your new uploads, keep up the good work!
I keep going back to this song because of its bridge. Never thought it could be reimagined even better. The drums are just otherworldly!
I wonder how it feels to be a total legend?? GOODNESS this rocks
This Reminds me of Box car racer/Blink 182 High school days. Guess I'm too old now. but never been old hearing emo-music. Good thing I grew up listening to this genre of music. Thanks for the cover Alex.
What a spectacular version.
It will already be on my rare Ipod Classic 256gb.
This version deserves to be there.
Congratulations and success.
A hug from BRAZIL
One of the best covers I’ve heard of any song. Incredible job
Dude! Whole song was 🔥
But especially the freaking captivating tone of vocals and guitar at the end! 🤯💪💪💪
Absolutely stellar, both your music and your covers are absolute joys to listen to. Great job as always Alex, thank you for covering one of my favourite songs.
Incredible tribute to one of the best songs ever. Outstanding. Purchased on Amazon immediately. Very well done! 🎸
Excellent job my man! Massive Biffy C sound from start to finish if you ask me! Sounds amazing.
Let’s gooooo. Now we need a Dangerous Summer cover. Pleaaaaaseeeee
Permanent Rain But It's Played in the Rain
@@eyo8766 The full Reach For The Sun album cover played in the sun
@Drumeo, if you need more proof that you need to feature Alex in one of your "[Artist] hears [song] for the first time" segments, here it is. He's great at all the instruments, but I think he plays drums exceptionally well!
HOLY SHIT!! WOW! I'm nearly speechless, am positively surprised at how good that one turned out, I love it! Such a good job, dude!
Subscribed ✔️
This is amazing cover! It touches my soul! Thank you so much!
Such Balance and Composure style vibes… 😭😭❤️ Best. Ever.
The lights keep guiding me back to Alex Melton!
Mr. Melton, it's been a while since I started saxophone school and as my first cover I'm dedicating myself to "Fix You". I know that my speech seems to have no reason, I arrived on your video through the algorithm probably, but I have lingered for a long time and I have already watched it several times, getting excited several times. I cried. I honestly don't understand the real reason, but maybe that's the beauty of music: knowing how to amaze unconditionally. It's talents like yours that fuel people's passions, keep it up. Ok, that's enough, I'll restart the video one more time.
Wow dude. You did good and i felt all your feeling playing this! I rally appriciate your work! Keep do It all along! ❤️
This is terrific. The styling and vocal tone make so much sense here! Great work, as usual!
OHHHHHH, That Guitar toneeee. that vibe. THANK YOU FOR THIS
omg this is killer. I really enjoyed it! Thanks for doing this.
I cried listening to this. My god, it’s beautiful. I have very bittersweet memories attached to this song. Your version fills me with such hope. Thank you.
So much talent in one human being? Ffs man, give the rest of us a chance! INCREDIBLE!
Alex deserves so many more subs
This might be my favorite, man. Working the verse into the bridge is a nice touch!
This is amazing! Love this version so much
The man just doesn't miss