concert count

#10: Coldplay (22-Mar-06) - Air Canada Centre

i'm going to write this entry without reading my other entry of the coldplay concert i went to last august. i wonder how similar or different it will be considering it is the same tour, just another date 7 months later.

ok, so i can't even believe i doubted coldplay's ability to put on a good show. it was an incredible show. i'm running out of synonyms for amazing, but that's exactly what it was. never underestimate the amount of energy chris martin has, it's, for lack of a better word, amazing. cut me some slack, it's late.

because it was the same tour from when i saw them in august, the songs were basically the same. probably the same set list. they had a huge screen behind them, and a great light show. they even used the lights that go around the seats. you know, the ones that go crazy when a goal is scored during a hockey game.

they played all the great songs. one of which they released these balloons on the audience (which they did before). can you guess which song? (hint: it's the colour of the balloon). my favourite song is still the scientist, which was great.

they were also filming the show to put in their next live dvd. i hope it's just of this show and not a compilation of the entire tour. i can't wait for it to come out because i'm definitely buying it. i can rewatch it and say "i was there!" that's cool. chris martin had to change his shirt halfway through the show because he was sweating too much, and he said he didn't want the dvd to come out and his grandma say "love your music, but you're a sweaty bastard." something to that effect, i remember "sweaty" and "bastard." chris also said, "i know you weren't planning to be in a film and wished you had changed your hair or gotten a nose job, but we look like a bad version of the Bee Gees!" and i was reading on their website that they brought back the lasers for clocks for this tour, and it made me feel like i was in the video. i can't wait for this dvd to come out!

when they came in august, that was the first date of this tour, and it was also the day that plane skidded off the runway at pearson, but everyone survived. that night, chris martin changed one of the song lyrics to something like "give me a plane crash where everyone survives." during this show, the second time around in toronto, he mentioned that again. i thought it was cool that he remembered that. i was thinking "i was there too!"

this was also the first concert where i've had to go to the washroom during the show. i was terribly disappointed in myself because i don't want to miss anything. that's what happens when you drink 2 glasses of wine at dinner right before the show! at least i could hear everything in the washrooms.

some people might hAte colDplAy, but i still love theM. i will defend them to the end. and i totally remember how i started listening to them too. i read some newspaper article about them, when the edmonton journal used to have a whole page on music in the sunday entertainment section. and after reading the article, i went to A&B to buy their CD, and i even remember the cashier guy telling me it's a really good CD. and the rest is history.

if the rumours are true, and coldplay are taking a break for awhile, i'm certainly glad i got to see them again before they went on hiatus.

this show wraps up a great month of concerts.