| Coldplay 
So, August 7th I saw Coldplay. Seriously, did I just type that? Let me say that I have very few things to recollect, I don't remember the setlist in order, I don't recall every set design or what Chris Martin's beautiful words that came out of his amazingly beautiful lips were (Hay, he's a fox on the run, you know.) But what I can say is this: No one does it like Coldplay, No one sounds as brilliant or as crystal clear and amazing live as Coldplay, so far no show has compared to Coldplay in live show quality (With exception of maybe Conor Oberst, and that's just the sound, not everything else.) Basically: If your not Coldplay, you don't do it like Coldplay, don't say you do, because trust me, you don't. Every single song had a new set, everything was so creative and unique, you can tell the thought process gone into every detail, it was insane. I just kept reminding myself that I was even there at the same moment that everyone else was, witnessing Coldplay, it was and still is so unreal. Brayden (who I didn't see until the end, but it's whatever) while we were walking out, after I asked how great it was and he was like "How great what was?" I was like "Seeing Coldplay? we've been waiting for so long" he just looked at me and said "Did you seriously just say that? We just saw Coldplay? this is the best. day. of. my. life." Basically, that can describe the entire night.  I noticed that they managed to play every song on Viva La Vida (with the exception of one, "Yes", which unless I am remembering wrong, I don't recall them playing it.) plus a mixture of very old songs from the various albums, as well as a few crowd favorites, and Billie Jean which they did a really great job on, it was definitely appropriate. They came back and played "The Scientist", you could tell just as Chris came out and sat at the piano, that look on his face was like "You didn't think we'd skip playing this song, did you?" They cleverly started with "Life in Technicolor" and ended with "Life in Technicolor ii", which I didn't notice until we were walking out singing the "woah oh ohhhh" from "Viva la Vida" with the mostly drunk concert goers, which though most were very intoxicated, it was a sincere happiness, of course. "Lovers in Japan/Reign of love" was coming to an end, as I just looked up and saw the confetti shooting hundreds of feet in the air, I noticed that they were in the shape of butterflies and were the same colors as on the newest cd release, the one thing I kept repeating over and over in my head was: "Only Coldplay." Again, no one does it like Coldplay, no one. ((Edit)) I never like talking about deaths and such, but seriously, this is just way too much. I can't imagine that, I can't imagine that being my brother, I just can't. I stop and think about what I'm doing, and the things I care or talk about and I wonder if, in reality, do they even matter? You realize that they don't when things like this happen, you just wake up. |
