I want to hug the shit out of Chris Martin

Coldplay - Alpine Valley 7/25/09

If you listen to my play list in my life, there are very few; if any, bands like Coldplay that make my life play list. Just not into soft rock, i like passion, noise and a conviction about whatever the band or singer are banging on about. So it is as much a surprise to me as it is to the people who know me that i am a HUGE Coldplay fan and simply love Chris Martin. I have dissected this many times and ways; yet nothing seems to make sense. So i just enjoy it and bathe in the Coldplay/Martin warmth.....mmmmm!! I have had the good luck to see them numerous times on every tour of theirs. I have seen them in tiny clubs, live at the Vic Theatre for a LIVE MTV2 broadcast (amazing), the O2 in london this past Xmas and at Glastonbury with 120,000 other people. I fell a litmus test of any great band is to be able to play and kill your audience at any size level venue and they do that repeatedly! The Vic show (only 500 people in a 1400 cap room) and Glastonbury were as immediate, touching and powerful at both sets. Not a man crush (god i hate marketing and branding sometimes) for Mr. Martin, i truly have big respect for this guy and his band mates. I truly believe we need more people doing their jobs as well and as intensly as he/they do. They own the stage and the cd's they record, something most people don't do in real life. Not a big fan of just "punching the clock". If you have a job, a career, a store, a band.....onw it...make it yours...do it the best you can!! If you don't like it...get a better job, get a better education, do something that means something to many; don't just take up room and suck up all the oxygen. It seems to me that whatever Coldplay take on at any level, it is always a solid jod and a total commitment. Plus he loves Macs and i do too....:).

The show.....it was great! The same basic premise from the December O2 show, but a few different wrinkles. Into the audience twice to do several songs as arms length from the crowd. They did a semi acoustic version of "Bille Jean"....i could have done without that (so tired of this mj hype and tragedy) and that is the only moment in the whole show that i can say that. Whols set was awesome. Started with "Life In Technicolor", then "violet Hill" and ""Clocks" back to back. Nice one!! The energy and conviction of the band is overriding the whole set. No pandering and no filler....nice one again guys!! So in conclusion, they are a world class act and keep the bar high for themselves and it pays off big time.