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[edit] Philosopher

I seriously doubt that Chris Martin, philosopher should be part of this article; it's surely self-promotion. Especially since the section was written by User:Chrisjwmartin himself. Tried removing it and was rebuffed. Gareth Wyn 21:27, 8 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Apologies Gareth - I created the page at the request of contemporaries before we'd read the advice not to create one's own page - I'd have got someone else to submit my text had I known. We simply thought that the subject was best positioned to sum their processive content. However, since their attention was drawn to it, they have added other aspects such as my artistic work which I (modestly) hadn't intended to mention, so fret not - worldly editing is editing my world for you.
--Chris Martin 16:28, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Yes, sorry for any confusion, but he didn't realise that he wasn't supposed to be adding his own entries. I hope that this clears things up for now.
John Rogers

[edit] "Dry Your Eyes"

Err, 'scuse, but he didn't actually write Dry Your Eyes, he just appeared on an early version which he (or his record company) then refused to release. See this for proof:

'I wrote the track and I thought that he (Martin) would sound really good on it. I asked him to do it and he did. After that I don't really know. I don't think his record company liked it. But maybe he didn't like it. On the day he was (happy with it). Well, maybe he wasn't, maybe he was lying to me and he walked out going 'This is not working'. But it wasn't massive stress. It would have been nice, but we've re-recorded it and it sounds great.'

ZephyrAnycon 01:24, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Actually, Chris appears on an alternate version of the song, on the Dry Your Eyes single.[1] :--Madchester 00:40, 2005 Apr 27 (UTC)

[edit] Tenor

Chris Martin can't be classified as a tenor. Voice classification is not possible in popular music, since singers rarely receive classical training. I removed the sentence that said he is a tenor. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Luistamez (talkcontribs) .

I've put the word tenor back on the article because it doesn't matter if it's classical music or pop, voice classification is the norm in all forms of music. The moment you hear one person sing, you can classify his range almost immediately, especially on pop artists, since these rarely have an extraordinarily wide vocal range. (Crazy chap)

Chris Martin would in fact be a baritone. he is able to reach higher registers only due to his masterful use of falsetto.

[edit] External links

Hey, should we dispose of the external links? The first and third have got nothing to do with Chris. Yeah well, he's a member of Coldplay, but what bugs me off is the name. "Official site" is crap since it's not Chris's official site. Arie Riswandy

[edit] Solo Career

I spotted Chris on his own in the Virgin Atlantic departure lounge, returning from LA to Heathrow on 24th April 2007. (My son got his autograph.) Is Chris planning a solo career? Thegn 10:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Why does that giant paragraph that goes on and on about how he's influenced by A-ha NOT mention Radiohead in the slightest??


[edit] Fran Healy

This should be in Influences : In 2005, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called himself "a poor man's Fran Healy". --Fran Healy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.22.31.165 (talk) 06:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ambidextrous?

According to the article, "Martin is ambidextrous; he writes with his left hand, plays the guitar the orthodox way, and draws with his right hand."

Is that considered to be ambidextrous? It says nothing about writing with both hands or drawing with both, simply that he uses a different hand for different activities. And what does it mean about playing the guitar "the orthodox way?" Guitars can be either left- or right-handed, so this statement should be removed, and I will be removing it. The former is still open for discussion, though. Phs1234 (talk) 02:19, 29 May 2008 (UTC)