Viva Coldplay!!
It's almost half past 4 in the morning, and I still can't believe I just came from the Coldplay concert. Without a doubt. The best concert I've ever been to. Ever. Irving asked me to describe it in one word. I could do it in two. Or three (counting the article). A religious experience. Maila described it to be interactive. I thought that it was also intimate, considering I was sharing this experience with 12,000 other people! These guys just know how to do concerts. Mike described it as something like watching Coldplay in High Definition. Chris Martin is the band's charming, multi-talented front man. He was just amazing. The whole band was amazing. Their music is amazing of course. We were seated with a couple of teenage guys (Singaporeans I think), and they knew the words to the song and they were obviously such big fans.
Security was just vicious!!! I stood up on my seat twice (for Yellow and Fix You). The scary lady with crazy hair (part of the band's crew), asked me to step down from the seat. All the security guys made sure the aisles were clear. Maila and I tried our luck and started hanging out by the extended platform. The security guys asked everyone to be seated and we were asked to return to our seats. Boo. That would have been the bomb (and our dream come true!).
The concert highlights for me...
Life in Technicolor, the beginning and the end. The concert started with this song, and it ended with this song again (only the band sang it).
Yellow - A Coldplay classic! Loved it that they released these huge yellow balloons with confetti inside to the crowd! It was like a big beach party!
Fix You - Who doesn't love this song. It's super cheesy, but then it's still a rock song. I did not cry! Haha! I surprised myself and didn't cry. I think I was often busy cranning my neck and taking as many videos best that I could. Anyway, this was just great. Everyone sang along.
Viva La Vida - Everyone singing "Oooohh.... Ooooohhhh..."
Seeing the band super up close! Sans Chris Martin though. They set up this mini stage close to the upper box area!! And the guys passed by our aisle! It was super quick, but thrilling nonetheless. They sang a Monkees classic, "I'm a Believer", and it was just sooo cute. Hehe.
The mexican cellphone wave. Chris Martin asked the folks to create a wave of cellphone lights. It was pretty cool.
Butterfly drop during Lovers in Japan. It was beautiful!
Sharing the evening with die hard Coldplay fans! The energy was pretty awesome. And everyone practically sang along.
Some things I wish were a little bit better...
My height!! Deng these tall foreigners!! I hardly saw a thing when everyone was standing, I felt completely helpless! I could hear them, but I couldn't see them (for the most part). Booo.
Oh well. I'm just ecstatic to have fulfilled one my life long missions! And i think every other act/band/artist will never trump Coldplay in concert.
