"Viva La 'Music'!"

It’s been so long since my last entry, yet I feel unable of writing something worth reading.

I’ve talked about books, about music…but I’m yet to write about movies, fashion, or an actual blog, where your write about what’s going on around you. And that’s the last thing I’d write about.

So, what you will read will be…whatever comes to my mind while I write.

Going back to one of my first topics, music, I went to a Coldplay concert while ago, and, despite all my friends and family being tired of me talking about it, I feel like the subject has endless “conversation-topics”. For example: the location, the opening bands, the crowd, the sound, the fireworks, the stage, Oh! And did I mention THE BAND?!.

This was my first concert (I consider this to be the first, even though I went to some of the local bands’ gigs, one while I was on a trip, and others in my city…but now you understand). I shall say, for the sake of this blog, that “it was the first concert I went, located in a stadium”. Yep, that did sound better.

The atmosphere was weird though. The people were relaxed…not what I expected at all, yet it’s what you may see in a Coldplay gig. The only thing I thought I would see and actually saw, was the “summer festival” guys. You know…trendy outfits, cool cell phones, “wannabe-ray-ban” sunglasses, quite a boring looking crowd. Almost no black clothing, no studs, no bands t-shirts…and yes, while I listened to some of the opening bands, I checked out the outfits, I’m a girl after all.

Coldplay’s performance was amazing. Chris was himself, running from one side of the stage to the other in a second, and singing beautifully. I tried not to stare at the big screens where the gig was being shown, because I had the feeling I was watching a DVD (you can tell by that that their performance was that good…it sounded unbelievable, and they looked really good :P)

So, my eyes where set on the stage almost all the time. And I was quite far from it, so they looked like little bugs...cute bugs. What I found most exciting about it, was the fact that I could see for myself the movements of those guys. I thought Will’s arm was going to break, and that Jonny was in a trance…and Guy…well…he always keeps it cool. The shows that I had seen from the “Viva la Vida” tour on TV were really good, so I kind of went there with spoilers. I knew, for example that before they go on stage, they play “The Blue Danube” for the crowd, about some special treats, and about the neon/glowing in the dark paper butterflies thrown to the audience during “Lovers in Japan”. But what I did not see coming, was Will’s performance as a guitar player/ singer in “Death will never conquer”…which I later found out wasn’t a new thing. I didn’t see coming the “cell phone wave” (you know, the thing where you stand up and sit down while you scream “Ohhhhh”…known for being displayed at soccer games) and the cover of “Billie Jean”.

Another thing that surprised me, was the fact that they played “Clocks”, “In My Place” and “Yellow” almost in a row…and only after they played two songs from their last album- Wait…here’s the set list:

---“The Blue Danube”
Life In Technicolor
Violet Hill
Clocks
In My Place
Glass Of Water
Yellow
Cemeteries Of London
42
Fix You
Strawberry Swing
God Put A Smile Upon Your Face- Talk (techno remix)
The Hardest Part (Chris solo piano)
Postcards From Far Away (Chris solo piano)
Viva La Vida(with a cheering crowd and the grand “oh oh oh oh ohhhhh ohhhh” hahah)
Lost!

Singing in the rain (they put that song while they went to a little stage in between the crowd) A short intro/song to Will’s performance, done by Chris who also played the harmonica
Death Will Never Conquer (acoustic/ the one sung by Will)
Billie Jean (cover - acoustic)
Don Quixote ((a new song, inspired by the Latin audiences, and countries))

Viva La Vida (remix)
Politik
Lovers In Japan
Death And All His Friends
(This belongs to the “encore” part of the show…you know, the part when they say goodbye, leave the stage, and come back)

The Scientist (which I predicted to my friend)
Life in Technicolor ii
The Escapist…as they left…

It was an incredible experience…hearing Chris talking in Spanish (he even looked at our side of the stadium and screamed “¿Todo bien?!” while they were playing “In My Place”.

The crowd was almost on fire. When Coldplay started playing "Fix You" we all started to weep. Everyone there was singing and yelling their heads off. The highest peek of the night for the exited crowd was "Viva La Vida". "The people in the stadium kept on singing that song through the whole show...and even while they (should I say: "we") went away.

On our way out, some security guy told us “Hey! If you go left you’ll get a free CD”. My friend was like “Let’s get out of here while we can” and, of course I was like “No way! I want a CD” so, I struggle and made my way through the crowd and picked up a CD…a special edition with live tracks and it was given to us…like a souvenir for such a good time. We only asked for the show…and we left the place with a gift! (I shall add that this special CD, was given away through the whole tour, not just in this concert)

I don’t know…I had fallen a little bit out of love with this band, but after this…I’m back in love with their music, and with each one of them!

Great, I made myself sound like a hypocrite fangirl.

P.S: Sorry for my English! (that should be the name of this blog!)