How David Bowie turned down Coldplay: 'It's not a very good song, is it?'

Drummer Will Champion says the music giant refused invitation to collaborate on a track – ‘He was very discerning … I’ll give him credit for that!’David Bowie’s list of collaborators reads like a cavalcade of pop-culture power brokers: Brian Eno, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, John Lennon and Queen. He also recorded with Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy.Missing from that list? Fellow British act Coldplay, who once contacted Bowie in