Coldplay released a new video for “All My Love” that features actor Dick Van Dyke who at 99 years of age is a walking wonder of inspiration and positivity. The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bye Bye Birdie and Mary Poppins are just some of the classic shows and roles that the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awarded actor and TV legend is known for.

The new Coldplay video kicks off with Van Dyke exclaiming, “Chris, shall we?”  as Chris Martin plays the wistful piano that opens “All My Love.” Part a-life-in-pictures, interview and part performance video (director’s cut), Dick Van Dyke did not let his advanced age dim the sparkle that he has cultivated ever since he first started in showbiz back in 1947. In fact, the actor can still strut and is still able to do his old moves with swagger in the video and can, at least for a bit, harmonize with Martin on the chorus.

Asked ‘what love is,’ the actor was amazingly lucid: “It is certainly the feeling of caring about the welfare and the life of the other person as much as you care for yourself.” Something we all can learn from. We sometimes trudge learning about life through trial and error, wishing someone wise will tell us what it is all for. Well, here’s Dick Van Dyke and all his 99 years of age, telling us how it is.  Dick Van Dyke’s favorite line in the song? “And if I die. Let me hold you if you cry.”  Wishing this fella more years of quality living.

“All My Love” is part of Coldplay’s most recent album titled “Moon Music.” The 10-track album is the second part of a series which started with the 2021 set “From Earth with Love.”

Next time you waste your time watching YouTube, check these out: One is Billie Eilish’s performance at The Tiny Desk Concerts.  Those who are already aware of the popular YouTube channel know about the top-notch music performances not only from popular acts, but Tiny Desk also puts the spotlight on the most amazing new acts yet to hit the mainstream. I remember seeing the likes of Anderson Paak, Lucy Dacus, Gregory Porter and the like before encountering their names in the mainstream.  

Back to Billie Eilish, this is her first time on the show and is there with her brother Finneas. Eilish’s first song “Greatest” is a study in minimalist arrangement and mood setting. An acoustic guitar, piano, bass and drums and Eilish’s vocals are all that’s needed to get this song’s point across, which is about unreciprocated love.

Billie Eilish also performs versions of “L’Amour De Ma Vie,” “I Love You,” and “Birds Of A Feather.” This no filter set highlights Eilish’s expressive and dynamic singing which is saying something despite usually singing in the soft registers.

Also recently on Tiny Desk Concerts is Dua Lipa. The pop superstar ditches the glitz and glitter disco beats for a more subdued take on tracks from “Radical Optimism.” Set in minimalist, acoustic arrangements, “Training Season” for one feels like a surging mid-tempo ballad. Melodies pop on “These Walls,” and Dua does a piano-only version “Happy For You” as her whole band chimes in on support vocals and the effect was amazing. Dua finishes off with a superbly funky “Catch Me or I Go.” The less is more approach on Tiny Desk Concerts only serves to highlight the truly talented. And in this case, spotlights Dua Lipa’s singularly sultry sounding vocals and solid singing style.