What is it about Coldplay's songs that make people want to belt their hearts out to them in a crowd of 80,000 strong at Glastonbury??

I think it's fair to say it's probably not the depth of the lyrics ('It was all Yellow...'?) and in a song like the Scientist it can't be the chord progression -it's pretty much just 4 chords that loop...!

It's my theory that it's actually a modern day feeling that has become extrinsically linked with the particular chord inversion pattern - originated by the great and ever influential Philip Glass!

That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! But what do you think!? Any other ideas? I'd love to hear.

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