# Help IDing song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-song/170123>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 21, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-song/170123 "2003-04-21T20:34:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-song/170123/1 "2003-04-21T20:34:16Z")

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I happened to catch just a flash of this on tv as my friend was zipping through channels with the remote yesterday.

There is a very nice piano solo which is ruined when the guy playing piano starts singing. At least I think it’s the piano player singing.

There are a lot of blue and green lights/lasers, otherwise it’s pretty dark. It looks like one of those “pretend concert videos.”

Oh yeah, the guy playing piano is thrashing around as he’s playing, like he’s doing a really horrible Stevie Wonder impersonation.

So, what song is it and who is it by?

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**Author:** ![Cation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Cation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cation)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-song/170123/2 "2003-04-21T20:58:52Z")

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I think its coldplay. Don’t know the name of the song though.

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**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-song/170123/3 "2003-04-21T22:30:04Z")

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I think it’s “Clocks,” by Coldplay.