Violet Hill - Pendulum (Cover) HD

Pendulum's Cover of Coldplay Violet Hill
Download Link:
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I didn't find my original Mp3 of this song so it's only 204 kbps, but it's still pretty good!
Lyrics :
Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow
Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below
When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low
If you love me
Won't you let me know?
Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow
Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below
When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low
If you love me
Won't you let me know?
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fox
Became God
Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft
Bury me in honor
When I'm dead and hit the ground
My nerves are poles that unfroze
If you love me
Won't you let me know?
I don't want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below
If you love me
Why'd you let me go?
I took my love down to Violet Hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still
So if you love me
Won't you let me know?
If you love me
Won't you let me know?

[@camp14dogg]

Genuinely one of the greatest cover versions. You can feel both Coldplay and Pendulum.

[@adrianfoster9002]

I was in my car, listening to this being broadcast live on Radio1. It was that good, I pulled over to listen to it properly. It blew my mind and was the only time I have ever found Greg James to be lost for words. Awesome!

[@DynamicEllie]

same!

[@MrTomservo85]

Rob Swire said that they were going for more of a metal sound on this. After they recorded this, he decided that they needed to do a metal song with "proper metal vocals". Hence Self Vs. Self.

[@oledilep]

Self V Self s absolute fire!!

[@khalil8043]

@@oledilep More like Fire vs Fire lol

[@KalaKillcam]

I remember when this went out on radio 1, what a moment! Makes the original seem like a chilled out cover. The mashup mix they did was INCREDIBLE and not long after that I went to see them live with chase & status. This still stands as one of my all time favourite tracks and they’ve never “officially” released it.

[@taifer]

this one a huge diamond from Pendulum. hope they reunite soon and make more music like this. with love from Greece

[@flowlee3656]

You got what you wanted. ;)

[@ArtZ_NFS]

@@flowlee3656 HAH True

[@rizla8602]

Huge fan of them also, gteetings orthodox brother, from Serbia!

[@paulhughes180]

Great cover but they need to thank Coldplay

[@bigcazza5260]

@@flowlee3656 even fucking truer, sorry your not a winner inter shikari remix/collab

[@pwndrumn00b]

Well, THAT is a VERY different coldplay cover. I think that this is the best version of Violet I've heard ever...

[@HelenP-pe3re]

Better than original

[@TheNameIsFreddy]

@@HelenP-pe3re It just is. It's one of my favorite songs ever. It's a shame there isn't a real studio version.

[@jezlan]

Still so in love with this cover - especially how they've merged in a bit of Led Zeppelin into the proceedings! Glorious!

[@M3iscool]

If you told me just out of the blue: "hey, pendulum covered Cold Play's 'Violet hill'" I would have said "PAH, yeah right, there is no way they could make that sound good." But in reality, it's really one of the coolest songs they've made yet, and Pendulum never disappoints. They're freaking ridiculously talented...

[@amemeaddict]

good thing the original song is one of the best rock tracks of the '00s

[@igiroilimoto]

Pendulum rules, I miss them.

[@nameless_4084]

I know this comment is old, but this year there will be a new album FINALLY. Only songs I am really waiting for this year. They will reveal the new song on August 24-25 on South West Four, and the album is confirmed to come this year.

[@user-vh2pn2ty4d]

They’re back together

[@illcommentu]

Rob Swire has the amazing talent of taking songs and making them better

[@ArtZ_NFS]

He really said "This is mine now."

[@lauraromerosoler2669]

P

[@ArtZ_NFS]

@@lauraromerosoler2669 P?

[@ArtZ_NFS]

@@moldyvideodump No 😭

[@SMSREDD]

FACTS

[@spookypyro3801]

The reason this sounds so "muffled" or "badly mixed" is because it was performed live, nuff said

[@trajayjayheyyayy8276]

Spookypyro I love that. Gives it a roughnesd that i like

[@summanus4437]

Doesn't sound like that to me at all.

[@k-doggy1762]

I got this track on CD and it sounds sublime through a good sound system.

[@bluerabbitvine]

Lots of artists are terrible at intonation in their live performances. Not a problem here at all. Sounds pretty amazing for a live performance imo.

[@kylebowles9820]

@@k-doggy1762 which CD is it on? I must have all the pendulum gems :)

[@nritsch]

I always wanted to hear a hard rock/metal cover of this song. I guess this is as close as I'm getting.

[@KnotPhound]

That was basically the whole reason this was made. Rob literally said they wanted to make Violet Hill Metal and so they did. He even said jokingly that Chris Martin was going to hate it.

[@entertanvir]

*Lyrics* [Verse 1] It was a long and dark December From the rooftops I remember There was snow, white snow Clearly I remember From the windows they were watching While we froze down below When the future's architectured By a carnival of idiots on show You'd better lie low If you love me, won't you let me know? [Verse 2] Was a long and dark December When the banks became cathedrals And a fox became God Priests clutched onto bibles Hollowed out to fit their rifles And a cross was held aloft Bury me in armor When I'm dead and hit the ground My nerves are poles that unfroze And if you love me, won't you let me know? [Verse 3] I don't want to be a soldier Who the captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below So if you love me, why'd you let me go? [Outro] I took my love down to Violet Hill There we sat in snow All that time she was silent still So if you love me, won't you let me know? If you love me, won't you let me know?

[@Trubie93]

THIS IS FREAKIN AMAZING. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?! I LOVE PENDULUM.

[@MythicSuns]

shame they recorded this in the manner of a live performance. would love to hear this once it's been mixed around and stuff

[@CLBellamey]

Can't believe they didn't release it as a single tbh

[@KarausTheReTeller]

It's not Pendulum's track. It's originally Coldplay's track. [URL: youtube com watch?v=ccsWumaqjkU]

[@MythicSuns]

karak1lc1k I never said it was a pendulum track. All I said was I wish they'd recorded it

[@KarausTheReTeller]

***** OK, I thought it was, I just tried to give info about it.

[@MythicSuns]

karak1lc1k fair enough. i was actually a major coldplay fan before i became a major pendulum fan :D

[@ItsTheTurtleofDoom]

Anyone else wish they could be hearing this for the first time again? It was one of them that made you stop what you're doing

[@Gabriel_Montees]

FUCK YEAH

[@KatoTVcsgo]

Every single day I find something different from pendulum that I fall in love with

[@Gabriel_Montees]

SAME with me

[@coltonledbetter1116]

I love this song! From the original to this cover I absolutely love it.

[@Bryan-hx2cf]

My two favorite bands In one Thanks you

[@PeaceSongWasLeahMoonsong]

They're back guys! Ultra 2016. Yes, a live band. :)

[@TheBigFackers]

+Peace Song are you shure?

[@PeaceSongWasLeahMoonsong]

TheBigFackers Yep! I'll get you a link to the tweets twitter.com/ultra/status/677282498636865536 twitter.com/Pendulum/status/677287287697338368

[@TheBigFackers]

OMG!! thank you so much ^^

[@Pro711]

ultra Singapore 11 june

[@Zillionatom]

My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw this.

[@crysisblaze724]

Pendulum need to come back

[@Pro711]

pendulum 11 june

[@stevengrantofthegiftshop1549]

And now new music coming soon!

[@DrumCobra]

We waited for sooooo long!

[@lasarousi]

@@stevengrantofthegiftshop1549 wait what were have new pendulum that is not knife party?? Nice

[@stevengrantofthegiftshop1549]

lasarousi Yes! It's called "Nothing for Free"

[@alexandervanwijk295]

that would be a hard blow to my future music collection, they were making soo much progress.. live shows were pretty sweet too.. lets hope they keep on going

[@karolinabajgiel6228]

So many years and still sounds as great as I have heard it for the first time

[@acezeman07]

this song is just amazing

[@CenterClarity]

Why can't there be way more awesomeness in the world like this?

[@willhunt6897]

*Pendulum covers ranked* *1.* Voodoo People - The Prodigy *2.* The Catalyst - Linkin Park *3.* Stay Too Long - Plan B *4.* Master of Puppets - Metallica *5.* I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris *6.* Violet Hill - Coldplay

[@flowlee3656]

Stay too long was a remix though.

[@fallenjuggalo]

Pendulum produces the soundtrack to my life!!

[@BennyBenassi61]

can't stop listening to this....

[@coordinadorssma2137]

Uno de los mejores covers de la historia

[@BearTubz]

Probably the best ever bbc radio1 live lounge ever

[@1337wafflezz]

Amazing track...hell who am I kidding. pretty much ALL of Pendulum's tracks are absolutely amazing. Seriously hope they come back in 2014!

[@robbiejordaan4517]

It just took 10 long years....

[@ilgrinch78]

Drum and Bass made with real DRUM = FUCKING EPICAWESOMENESS

[@bigcazza5260]

go look at KJ sawka's channel, hes the pendulum drummer, uploads heaps of pendulum songs that he drums over

[@KnotPhound]

I know this is an old comment, but ever since Kodish joined the band (which was before In Silico), almost every single song of them has been recorded and performed with real drums. Btw, Pendulum is not purely DnB and this song isn't either. They do add a flavor of it, but overall, they pretty much just do different kinds of Rock and Metal music with a DnB structure.

[@babyjesusonastick]

@Structureel true, they do. it's minimal compared to other artists though but it's part of what gives makes rob swire's voice go with the music so well

[@Alishondra]

Damn, I love this so much my skin is crawling like mad..

[@kingunner1]

awesome song

[@ElectricYouthMusic]

2 favourite bands..

[@dannyboyinxs]

@SameCkL2 One of the good things about pendulum is that they release albums, with tracks in between them. They don't need to put it in another album, because they will be creating much more incredible music.

[@Sirronkcuhc1]

@POTATOES MASHED I like this version better honestly. I still love Coldplay though. :P

[@alexmcc-art7768]

Pendulum's version was the first time I heard Violet Hill. I then went and listened to the original........and I was disappointed. Pendulum's cover is FAR superior.

[@MythicSuns]

That's a matter of opinion, also you might have a bias if you're not a fan of the genre of music that Coldplay does. Coldplay and Pendulum are two very different bands, and this remix is simply Pendulum adding their own flavour to a song from a very different band. Put simply, just as you might think this is the superior version, someone who favours Coldplays more Indie Rock sounds over the Drum & Bass/Hard Rock sounds of Pendulum might consider the Coldplay version to be superior.

[@k-doggy1762]

Same here. I heard this cover and much prefer it to the original. That's not to say Coldplay's version is bad, just this one has an incredible energy.

[@Willy_786]

Agree

[@Willy_786]

We like dnb

[@lasarousi]

Eh the original is passable, but this one had it better.

[@SameCkL2]

pendulum need to release this on a future album

[@rowst72]

i didnt see any "bad english" man and you seem like a really nice guy so ill try it :)

[@electricmaster23]

@TheGareeh there was a zip archive on their site containing a 320 kbps MP3 download which users were encouraged to donate upon downloading.

[@Deckers22]

Tell my mom I loved her. 1080P, HERE I COME!

[@Tygron]

I know this is a bit late, but "My nerves are poles" sounds more like "My love back home, it unfolds. But looking at lyrics elsewhere and listening to Coldplay perform the song live I can't tell clearly either. Just thought I might point it out. Love this song so much right now

[@AmazingMrX]

A good cover of a good song.

[@Ldi33]

I just realized it's a DJ set. :P. They're just on Hiatus right now. Rob said Pendulum is done with live concerts, they may, or may not make a new album, but that would be it for Pendulum.

[@SuuperFlou]

thanks ;D i'll search it ^^

[@user-ko4wk9il5f]

Лучшие мммм... вот прям до мурашек по коже =)

[@QuazarSky27]

My mind is officialy blown.

Nice!! :)

[@KrissKross97]

R.I.P. Pendulum, i always keep you in my heart.

[@trimetilpentano5226]

They are back porcodio

[@1fsnl1]

This track made me feel a lot better :D

[@parsonsplayzone]

@toonultra99 as far as covers YES .. this an catalyst Gives me chills was a long dark dark December from the rooftops there was white snow , white snow

[@Ldi33]

They're gonna play in Philidelphia on Nov. 24 :D

[@therandomgoth]

@MateriaRing oh ok thats good then. I'm glad its being put to such use.

[@kiwinuva]

Love this song :) by the way people it's voice synths their using, the only reason I know this is cos I've been practicing with synth voice synths mixers distorters Sound desks all in hopes of being a sound technician and DJ

[@MrJGassy1]

@MrTomservo85 I love Self vs Self, it still has the drum element of dnb, but even the screamo is epic

[@XoxCheer247]

what I did was I went into my playlist, scrolled all the way down and pressed the button that said desktop which brought me to the desktop version of youtube. I then went into my playlist and all the videos worked :D

[@e46racer02]

I really wish and hope that at least one day Pendulum would perform a single, album and/or even a live with Coldplay, at least before they retire. It would be one of the greatest if not the greatest band collaboration in music history.

[@iamgamer1996]

As a straight guy i think i am safe to say Rob Swire has thee sexiest fricken voice known to man... just sayin

[@therandomgoth]

@SameCkL2 yeah, I wish they'd release all the remixes and non-album tracks (such as Ransom, which was meant to be on Immersion) on a CD, cos I am such a big fan lol

[@philhines]

This sounds like a demo. But a fully produced version of this would be sick!

[@DriftHyena]

4:12 is the best.

[@KamKrzem]

How to make Coldplay interesting 101

[@electricmaster23]

@therandomgoth they released 'Ransom' for free not too long ago to help support Japan..

[@Crosafermu]

Stranger but I like very much. Thanks

[@hunhero23]

Yea it sounds like "The love back home, it unfolds"

[@cod2tschernob]

@therandomgoth ransom was supposed to be on in silico, but rob swire didnt think it would have fit in

[@lasarousi]

Why is this not on Spotify? Seriously I tried to legally listen to this and I can't.

[@Fedaykin24]

The BBC hold the rights.

[@cocatezz]

@@Fedaykin24 how comes?

[@jessecurtis4468]

pendulum is beast. squad.

[@michaeltaylor1898]

You should make this available for mobile, so I can use it in my iPod playlist :o

[@MythicSuns]

awesome but nothing will top their cover of i'm not alone

[@ricardioscarbonara102]

fucking yes you are correct there

[@bigcazza5260]

hmmmmmm dunno man, this and the catalyst are up there

[@PugnaXable]

you can just set quality to 1080p and go to fullscreen then press print , open paint and press ctrl+v to insert it :)

[@mitchhewer8422]

When live lounge was good.

[@ellaminns]

Amen to that lol

[@KarlMcBride1992]

Great tune! 1:44 reminds me of Top of the Pops tune haha

[@elsden722]

Karl McBride top of the pops lol that goes way back

[@kj-styles6569]

It does actually lol

[@Ldi33]

yeah

[@iSCFCChris]

@purplemonster54 they are releasing a new album in 2014 :D

[@bigmaks123]

Not before one last Knife Party EP

[@iSCFCChris]

cant wait for both to be honest

[@ValentinaBotero]

Really??? That would be a dream come true! I really miss them!

[@CrashBandicoot360]

no they are not rob swire said that he lied about it on twitter :'(

[@iSCFCChris]

thats real shame..... real feckin shame

[@EstellaaRose]

they'll get back together i hope!

[@Alishondra]

@madaligia It certainly does

[@Structureel]

@babyjesusonastick Thanks for understanding my point and reacting to it without foaming at the mouth like rabid fanboy did. I don't understand why auto-tune and vocoders have such a bad rep, must be due to trash like Rebecca Black and such, but italo-disco from the 80's and 90's was based on auto-tune and it was Awesome!

[@lottieluna123]

Coldplay wrote the whole song. That's why Pendulum covered it.

[@Vamskie]

Original untouched, but still fuckin awsome *-* thanks pendulum!

[@ciciak7213]

Pendulum were my life .... :'(

[@Vadika11]

@theLPfan321 i can't found it. could you sent me a link, please?

[@SiMBol10]

If I saw you busking doing this song this way I think I'd have to empty my wallet

[@Daniele231195]

When i read about that... that was the saddest day of my life.

[@marvelhunter300]

I don't know you but I can relate to your comment

[@SuuperFlou]

Where did you get this picture by 1:51? :)

[@mithryanna]

@EvilPhoenix007X If you can't hear the auto tune in his voice you don't have ears. Wtf. Just saying. And as others have said it doesn't have to be a negative thing! I swoon over Rob Swire's voice every time I hear it, and I really don't care if he can sing naturally (without auto tune) or not, because I just love the sound and I don't care how it's made.

[@naomihutch1127]

I don't really think this style suits the song, but I'd say that this cover is good for those who particularly enjoy this style. The original just appeals to a different audience. Neither are shit. Okay?

[@SuuperFlou]

Still can't find it..

[@harrystables4494]

Coldplay are good but these made it better

[@Gareeeh]

@electricmaster23 how could they have raised money for Japan with a free song? It was 79/99p or something

[@WTFisjuice1]

I love you don't worry

[@parsonsplayzone]

Was a long and dark December from the rooftop I remember there was snow,white snow Clearly I remember from the windows they were watching while we froze ... IF YOU LOVE ME ,WON'T YOU LET ME KNOW !!!!!! I took MY LOVE down to violet hill then we sat in the snow. IF YOU LOVE ME WON'T LET ME KNOW :)

[@Gwox]

People always seem to be complaining that Cold Play is boring. All they need to do is this and those accusations will leave :)

[@Phrog64]

Was a long and dark December From the rooftops I remember There was snow White snow

[@MentalityAgility]

What do you meant??? I couldn't understand :P

[@techen3245]

04/2021?

[@joeywhite6975]

Yes

[@irving8831]

Yes

[@ExtendedAVA]

@iamgamer1996 hahaha awesome comment :D