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Thread #161076 Message #3824906
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
06-Dec-16 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: Sounds familiar (Initially Coldplay)
Subject: Sounds familiar (Initially Coldplay)
I'm starting out by mentioning Coldplay, but feel free to add other themes which seem very close to something older.
Driving home the other night I heard Coldplay: Everglow. I couldn't shake the idea that I knew the theme already.
Is it just me, or can anyone else pick up the hymn "When a knight won his spurs" in this one?
Coldplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8jOQUsTU9o
"When a knight won his spurs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWk6L9T5-es
Full links above to warn they're YouTube
Abbreviated links for clicking:
Coldplay
When a knight
A bit more Googling gives the original as a hymn by Jan Struther (Joyce Anstruther) written to a folk melody (Stowey)
Cheers
Nigel