I wouldn’t normally post videos on here, but for this song I’ll make an exception. If you read my Top of 2008 list you saw that “Strawberry Swing” was on there. Coldplay finally made it into a video and, wow, it’s amazing. I’ve seen this stop-action technique used before and have thought it was pretty cool, but I’ve never seen it used to such a degree as they’ve done here. It is absolutely mind numbing how they have managed to turn an ordinary piece of ground into a masterpiece. And props to Chris Martin for being so physically involved in the process, it couldn’t have been easy. You can read more about the creative process on their website. Hopefully this will inspire other artists to think outside the box a bit more, as this will be hard to beat.

Tags: Coldplay, Videos