Coldplay: Chris Martin And His Xylo Toes - Part 2

[Moonlit_Angel]

I like both songs . Apparently I'm very easy to please .

I had someone I care about go through a rough time recently, so it really reminds me of them. I love the way you describe it. That is exactly how it feels to me as well.

Thanks .

I'll watch that video in a bit here, I'm curious to see it.

 

[mama cass]

Fix You

 

[prbiker15]

I love Fix You. Favorite song on X&Y, and it's one of the strongest tracks in their live shows.

 

[KristenCaNaDiAn]

Fix You rocks!!!

 

[Earnie Shavers]

Fix You is one of the worst songs in the world.

Top 5 Most Hated (by anyone, ever).

 

[ryancoke71]

Fix You

I love Fix You. Favorite song on X&Y, and it's one of the strongest tracks in their live shows.

Fix You rocks!!!

If you hate it, then don't listen to it. Simple.

 

[PhilsFan]

Oh, I don't listen to it, don't you worry. I just don't expect me saying I like a song means that it should automatically be exempt from criticism.

 

[ryancoke71]

Oh, I agree. It just seemed that it went a bit overboard. Especially since I had just said it meant a lot to me. Right after, the parade of hate came on. This is why I should stay out of this area of the forum, and even though I quite enjoy reading through the threads and seeing some different types of music you all recommend, I don't usually post.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I love Fix You. Favorite song on X&Y, and it's one of the strongest tracks in their live shows.

I watched their Glastonbury concert from last June on YouTube last night, and that was one of the strongest performances of the whole show. Which is saying something, given how flat out fantastic that whole set was. They were really lighting up that stage .

(Every time I see a performance from Glastonbury of any band I like, I'm that much more jealous that I don't live anywhere near that area. I'd kill to go to that festival at least once in my life)

 

[LemonMelon]

If you hate it, then don't listen to it. Simple.

I don't.

Except when it's used for shitty montages and covered by adult contemporary vocal competition singers, which happens all the time now.

Most of the music that I care about nobody has heard of to love or hate, so, I mean, weigh it out for yourself. You've got at least half a page of love to go with half a page of hate, so no pity. I could ask 100 people about my favorite songs and like 5 would know what they are, or ever will.

 

[ryancoke71]

Again, it was the timing of it. Lesson learned. If a song means something and I don't want it trashed, I'll post about it elsewhere!

 

[KristenCaNaDiAn]

At Starbucks with Amy right now listening to acoustic Coldplay FTW!!!!Listened to them in the car on the way over and gonna listen to them again on the way home

 

[Popmartijn]

I'm a bit late with posting this, but I kinda lost my camera for a while during the Christmas only. Only found it again last Sunday so now I can post some pictures I took of the show on December 17th. It was a great party, though not nothing earth-shattering. But I had a fun night. Only Fix You from X&Y so that's a plus (I don't really like that album, apart from Talk which they didn't play so that was a minus).
They went all-out with special effects, a bit too much if you ask me. It started with the bracelets everyone got at the door. During some songs (including the first one) they emitted light, turning the whole arena in a coloured Milky Way. The second song had balloons coming down from the ceiling and for the third one the confetti canon went beserk.
The rest of the show was solid, with the occasional extra effect (lasers for Clocks of course).
Anyway, here are some pictures:

The grafitti-like stage backdrop

Those bracelet lights

The balloons during Yellow

Find the band...

 

[KristenCaNaDiAn]

Awesome!!

 

[prbiker15]

3rd night at the Hollywood Bowl. They'll be playing there May 1st, 2nd and now on May 4th.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0B00478ED2C05C39?artistid=806431&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60

I'm thinking that this tour will be pretty short compared to the 160+ show Viva La Vida Tour. Any more North American dates rumored, or Latin American dates for that matter? My Plan B for now is still booking a flight to Miami to attend the June 29th show.

And, I'm surprised the setlists have been pretty short, compared to the Viva La Vida shows. Hope they add some more songs to the set once they restart the tour in April. I envy each and every one of you who will catch shows throughout the year.

 

[Moonlit_Angel]

I still haven't had a chance to buy my ticket yet. I was talking with my friends the other night and they agreed to go to a show with me, but one of them mentioned she'd like to go to Chicago, so I'm going to see if everyone's cool with that plan or with St. Paul. Then we'll kinda organize from there on out and, hopefully, after that I can start counting down to August .

Popmartijn, those pictures are amazing! I love the stage and all the colors, it looks beautiful. Glad you had a pretty good time overall.

And I agree-let's hear it for longer setlists .

 

[cobl04]

The balloons during Yellow

Find the band...

 

[Popmartijn]

And, I'm surprised the setlists have been pretty short, compared to the Viva La Vida shows.

Yeah, that too. The show was just a little over 90 minutes. That's very short for an arena show, especially if you have released 5 albums. A couple of songs more wouldn't have hurt, to have it at least 100 (but preferably 120+) minutes.

 

[cobl04]

90 minutes? Fuck. That's ordinary. How much are tickets? I'll be hugely bummed if I pay $140ish again for a 90 minute set.

 

[FitzChivalry]

90 minutes? Fuck. That's ordinary. How much are tickets? I'll be hugely bummed if I pay $140ish again for a 90 minute set.

Prepare to be hugely bummed.

 

[trojanchick99]

Prepare to be hugely bummed.

Truth. Even our cheap seats were more expensive than U2 GA. Hell, front row would cost you $450 since it's all VIP packages.

ETA. 6:45? Damn that's early!

 

[Dfit00]

Front row tickets are actually between the range of $800-$1000 apiece.

Three things that dislike about the live setting of Coldplay are:

- Most of their shows are seated, as opposed to a GA field.
- Their shows are very short, as mentioned above, just a little over 90 minutes long.
- They haven't released a live DVD since the Coldplay Live 2003 taped in Australia. It could be nice to have one from the X&Y tour and another one from Viva, they did mention that they were recording one at Vancouver during Viva, but they never released it.
- They cancel shows with only one day in advance, pissing off fans who flew more than 1000 miles to go and see them from other cities even from abroad, and the only vague reason is sickness.

 

[corianderstem]

I wouldn't even pay that much to be front row at a U2 concert.

I think my very excellent seated ticket (not on the floor) ran around $100ish.

 

[BoMac]

I wouldn't even pay that much to be front row at a U2 concert.

What if I would throw in a cross-country flight, 10-hour car ride, overnight hotel stay, standing in line on a rainy day, and getting punched by an irritable Englishman once you get to the front row? Would that sweeten the deal for you?

 

[corianderstem]

Shit, I would pay double for that.

 

[trojanchick99]

I wouldn't even pay that much to be front row at a U2 concert.

I think my very excellent seated ticket (not on the floor) ran around $100ish.

I'm just bitter at the pricing for the LA shows. It was ridiculous.

 

[BoMac]

Shit, I would pay double for that.

That's what I thought.

 

[corianderstem]

Why is it more in LA? Is it due to the venue or something? That's totally assy that the prices would be different.

 

[corianderstem]

That's what I thought.

If I stopped to think about it, I probably did end up paying almost double for most of that experience (save for being punched or almost-punched).


.... oof. I just won't think about it.

 

[trojanchick99]

Why is it more in LA? Is it due to the venue or something? That's totally assy that the prices would be different.

I guess the Bowl is more expensive than Staples? But good non VIP tickets were $150 plus fees. And that gets you in the 3rd section back of boxes at best.