November 26, 201015 yr Ohhhh that looks so beautiful. That could be worth quite a lot given it's relative rarity and the fact that it's signed. Gonna have it framed. :) Also, I can understand some people being let down by the short nature of the boat scene, but I thought it was amazing, and most of the action took place when we went to the set afterwards (of our own accord, I won't name where it was to protect them as they are still there) - we just thought 'let's see if they're still filming' and they were! Utter win.
November 26, 201015 yr It looks like a nativity play. And there are fireworks and big red curtains. And the boys new look is smart grey shirts with black over jumpers and red roses on their chests. But i just shouted 'Chris' as he came by and he said 'hey what's up!?' :D BTW, Simon Pegg tweeted this earlier today (thanks to a fb friend ;)) "I'm somewhere on the Thames with Coldplay, dressed as Vegas era Elvis. One day soon you may find out why. Happy Thanksgiving USA btw.xxx " So nobody at HQ can get mad at me for posting this, it's all Simon Pegg's fault! He tweeted it!
November 26, 201015 yr Did they confiscate your phones and cameras again while you were there? :sneaky: Haha no, but the security guard said we'd be made to leave if we took photo's.
November 26, 201015 yr BTW, Simon Pegg tweeted this earlier today (thanks to a fb friend ;)) "I'm somewhere on the Thames with Coldplay, dressed as Vegas era Elvis. One day soon you may find out why. Happy Thanksgiving USA btw.xxx " So nobody at HQ can get mad at me for posting this, it's all Simon Pegg's fault! He tweeted it! :awesome:
November 26, 201015 yr It looks like a nativity play. And there are fireworks and big red curtains. And the boys new look is smart grey shirts with black over jumpers and red roses on their chests. But i just shouted 'Chris' as he came by and he said 'hey what's up!?' :D like the pic from when they announced the Crisis gigs?
November 26, 201015 yr Gonna have it framed. :) Also, I can understand some people being let down by the short nature of the boat scene, but I thought it was amazing, and most of the action took place when we went to the set afterwards (of our own accord, I won't name where it was to protect them as they are still there) - we just thought 'let's see if they're still filming' and they were! Utter win. Was it a famous part of the Thames ie near Houses of Parliament/London Eye?
November 26, 201015 yr BTW, Simon Pegg tweeted this earlier today (thanks to a fb friend ;)) "I'm somewhere on the Thames with Coldplay, dressed as Vegas era Elvis. One day soon you may find out why. Happy Thanksgiving USA btw.xxx " So nobody at HQ can get mad at me for posting this, it's all Simon Pegg's fault! He tweeted it! Yeah we saw Simon. Him and Phil and somebody else are all dressed as elvis playing violins behind the band.
November 26, 201015 yr It was a very interesting evening indeed. I agree the best parts were mingling with other coldplayers there :nice:. My favourite part of the night was actually going back to the Anchor Tap to chill with new friends! But the event itself was pretty awesome, definitely. I have no complaints, even though I was half expecting the band to be on the boat with us, but that obviously wasn't the point of it all. If this thing with putting together an unofficial DVD of the day is still a project worth pursuing, I have footage of Butlers Warf and decents shots of tower bridge, a brief pan of the queue outside the Erasmus before climbing aboard, and most importantly, two classic karaoke performances from VivaLa Frida and Bonus_mosher! (with permission to post of course :P ) I will upload what I have to youtube tomorrow, if I can.
November 26, 201015 yr Just got home! I haven't got the time to read all the posts tonight, but some of the reaction on this page tells me (perhaps) a lot of what to expect. I appreciate people's right to look at the evening very positively, with appearing in the video enough (thanks to Coldplay HQ) and seeing old and dear friends (thanks to ourselves!) enough for many. I hope people will respect my right to feel disappointed by almost everything at Coldplay HQ's end tonight (although they were absolutely incredible, lovely people as always), apart from hearing the song and the video appearance. I can see why some didn't like the song especially, even if I did. I guess it depends on the style you like from the boys? Some people are biggest fans of Parachutes for example, and like that it certainly is not!! I thought it followed on very much from the Viva era-type songs and absolutely loved it just on second listen :heart: It's very commercial (in a Viva La Vida - the song - way) and if it's not number one this Christmas there's no justice in the world - it's the best Christmas song I've ever heard!! The absolute highlight of the evening was meeting so many old friends again - you maybe cannot iamgine how happy I was to see so many of my oldest and greatest friends from here, as well as meet some very nice new folk :dance: For that I'm so grateful that this event happened, because there is no chance that all of these people could have been brought together without the promise that the evening held (at least until the next UK arena/stadium gig ;)) Negative opinions follow - please DO NOT read if you don't want to feel the evening might have been a bit disappointing I know that so many people spent a huge amount travelling from abroad for this, and I tried to be as positive as possible after I felt let down (about halfway through the evening). I only let on that I was 'a bit' disappointed to most people, and talk honestly to people who first said they felt the same way. I'm going to be critical of the night from here, so if you'd rather avoid reading something like that I'll say it again please skip it, and at least if you quote me to reply put this paragraph in there so people can do so. Folk spent fortunes to get here so I DO NOT want to get them thinking negatively about their experience. I was so disappointed tonight, because of the promise vs. the reality. + We expected possibly to hear a new song - we got it! + Some people speculated the band could make the video on the boat - we got the next best thing (being in it!!) :) + We met Debs and she was as lovely and candid (as she could be), friendly and approachable :) We were already messed about on the starting time, meaning my guest (and others) couldn't make it. But on the night, the party was cut short by 1hr30+ from what was said. Why?!! I'd spent all week setting up arrangements for the probability of missing my last train, I almost booked a hotel, thank goodness I didn't! There was a sense for me that, apart from karaoke (huge fun - why not more?) and the raffle (one signed item), there was no planning for any of the rest of the time. We had a lovely boat ride, but it seemed once the video was finished that was more or less the night over - apart from what we could make of it ourselves. We were 'promised' a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt and Phil. I was more than happy if it had been 'just' that - of course that's a huge thing for us!! But it was just a 'trick' to get us on board :( We were promised refreshments. Well, we had tea and coffee - if you wanted something else then you had to pay through the nose for it - and that was only once the bar had finally opened!! The budget for the boat and the video must have been quite a few thousands of pounds. Couldn't Coldplay HQ have put even £500 behind the bar, that at least would have been one or two drinks free each? I know some people spent double that on flights alone just to be there!! It would have taken the band an hour or so to sign enough of one item for everyone to have one, but instead we got one raffled item. How about just a couple of guitar picks or a drumstick? Small things could have turned the evening into an absolute triumph for everyone I'm sure. No other specific complaints. The few Coldplay people there were just as lovely as could be, they always are :) I know some of us expected too much. But many of us would have been more than happy with what we were offered - a party, with a meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt, and Phil, however short. We didn't get it. I saw how deflated some people were who had come from just within England for this. To be fair some people honestly said that just being in the video was enough for them to justify the whole evening (but not many I chatted with). A huge chance missed imo, at relatively little cost to Coldplay HQ. Thoroughly disappointed here. Meeting old friends made it a wonderful evening, but we could have done that in a pub or restaurant and had a lot more fun imvho. I don't understand why we were misled so. They could have advertised it honestly the day before and got 100 screaming people on there for the video. People have hardly slept this week trying to make sure everyone who wanted to go was matched up and could. I feel like we've done what extras could have done, but for free. I could start a poll asking 'was it worth missing more than 1hr30 of the advertised party, and a meet-and-greet with Matt, Phil and Miller, in return for being in the vid?' but I won't. I honestly do not wish to spread my extreme disappointment with the evening, and I hope people who felt it justified their time and expense don't read this, but I'm gutted. I think the guy directing us on the boat said it best when he (inadvisedly imo) joked more or less 'and you probably thought you were getting a private gig with the band!' while we were absolutely freezing on the deck of the boat for the third or fourth time. Lovely night - to see old friends, nice ride on the boat, probably appearing in a long shot in the video (of no interest to me whatsoever but will mean a lot to many) and meeting the lovely Coldplay HQ people. Everything else - :(
November 26, 201015 yr Haha, it's funny because everybody on Facebook was like 'sell it on eBay' But the fact that I had a 1 in 100 chance of winning it and did renders it priceless Hold on, I'll tweet a pic of it and post the link here in a mo!lulz, I still think there was some manner of hax going on there :P
November 26, 201015 yr like the pic from when they announced the Crisis gigs? :o they had roses but the oracle answered That that won't be lp5 clothes
November 26, 201015 yr It was a very interesting evening indeed. I agree the best parts were mingling with other coldplayers there :nice:. My favourite part of the night was actually going back to the Anchor Tap to chill with new friends! But the event itself was pretty awesome, definitely. I have no complaints, even though I was half expecting the band to be on the boat with us, but that obviously wasn't the point of it all. If this thing with putting together an unofficial DVD of the day is still a project worth pursuing, I have footage of Butlers Warf and decents shots of tower bridge, a brief pan of the queue outside the Erasmus before climbing aboard, and most importantly, two classic karaoke performances from VivaLa Frida and Bonus_mosher! (with permission to post of course :P ) I will upload what I have to youtube tomorrow, if I can. Ahhhh mate I killed speed of sound. Those two beers took it out of me!! Haha But yeah you can upload if you want to make people hate speed of sound :P
November 26, 201015 yr Just got home! I haven't got the time to read all the posts tonight, but some of the reaction on this page tells me (perhaps) a lot of what to expect. I appreciate people's right to look at the evening very positively, with appearing in the video enough (thanks to Coldplay HQ) and seeing old and dear friends (thanks to ourselves!) enough for many. I hope people will respect my right to feel disappointed by almost everything at Coldplay HQ's end tonight (although they were absolutely incredible, lovely people as always), apart from hearing the song and the video appearance. I can see why some didn't like the song especially, even if I did. I guess it depends on the style you like from the boys? Some people are biggest fans of Parachutes for example, and like that it certainly is not!! I thought it followed on very much from the Viva era-type songs and absolutely loved it just on second listen :heart: It's very commercial (in a Viva La Vida - the song - way) and if it's not number one this Christmas there's no justice in the world - it's the best Christmas song I've ever heard!! The absolute highlight of the evening was meeting so many old friends again - you maybe cannot iamgine how happy I was to see so many of my oldest and greatest friends from here, as well as meet some very nice new folk :dance: For that I'm so grateful that this event happened, because there is no chance that all of these people could have been brought together without the promise that the evening held (at least until the next UK arena/stadium gig ;)) Negative opinions follow - please DO NOT read if you don't want to feel the evening might have been a bit disappointing I know that so many people spent a huge amount travelling from abroad for this, and I tried to be as positive as possible after I felt let down (about halfway through the evening). I only let on that I was 'a bit' disappointed to most people, and talk honestly to people who first said they felt the same way. I'm going to be critical of the night from here, so if you'd rather avoid reading something like that I'll say it again please skip it, and at least if you quote me to reply put this paragraph in there so people can do so. Folk spent fortunes to get here so I DO NOT want to get them thinking negatively about their experience. I was so disappointed tonight, because of the promise vs. the reality. + We expected possibly to hear a new song - we got it! + Some people speculated the band could make the video on the boat - we got the next best thing (being in it!!) :) + We met Debs and she was as lovely and candid (as she could be), friendly and approachable :) We were already messed about on the starting time, meaning my guest (and others) couldn't make it. But on the night, the party was cut short by 1hr30+ from what was said. Why?!! I'd spent all week setting up arrangements for the probability of missing my last train, I almost booked a hotel, thank goodness I didn't! There was a sense for me that, apart from karaoke (huge fun - why not more?) and the raffle (one signed item), there was no planning for any of the rest of the time. We had a lovely boat ride, but it seemed once the video was finished that was more or less the night over - apart from what we could make of it ourselves. We were 'promised' a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt and Phil. I was more than happy if it had been 'just' that - of course that's a huge thing for us!! But it was just a 'trick' to get us on board :( We were promised refreshments. Well, we had tea and coffee - if you wanted something else then you had to pay through the nose for it - and that was only once the bar had finally opened!! The budget for the boat and the video must have been quite a few thousands of pounds. Couldn't Coldplay HQ have put even £500 behind the bar, that at least would have been one or two drinks free each? I know some people spent double that on flights alone just to be there!! It would have taken the band an hour or so to sign enough of one item for everyone to have one, but instead we got one raffled item. How about just a couple of guitar picks or a drumstick? Small things could have turned the evening into an absolute triumph for everyone I'm sure. No other specific complaints. The few Coldplay people there were just as lovely as could be, they always are :) I know some of us expected too much. But many of us would have been more than happy with what we were offered - a party, with a meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt, and Phil, however short. We didn't get it. I saw how deflated some people were who had come from just within England for this. To be fair some people honestly said that just being in the video was enough for them to justify the whole evening (but not many I chatted with). A huge chance missed imo, at relatively little cost to Coldplay HQ. Thoroughly disappointed here. Meeting old friends made it a wonderful evening, but we could have done that in a pub or restaurant and had a lot more fun imvho. I don't understand why we were misled so. They could have advertised it honestly the day before and got 100 screaming people on there for the video. People have hardly slept this week trying to make sure everyone who wanted to go was matched up and could. I feel like we've done what extras could have done, but for free. I could start a poll asking 'was it worth missing more than 1hr30 of the advertised party, and a meet-and-greet with Matt, Phil and Miller, in return for being in the vid?' but I won't. I honestly do not wish to spread my extreme disappointment with the evening, and I hope people who felt it justified their time and expense don't read this, but I'm gutted. I think the guy directing us on the boat said it best when he (inadvisedly imo) joked more or less 'and you probably thought you were getting a private gig with the band!' while we were absolutely freezing on the deck of the boat for the third or fourth time. Lovely night - to see old friends, nice ride on the boat, probably appearing in a long shot in the video (of no interest to me whatsoever but will mean a lot to many) and meeting the lovely Coldplay HQ people. Everything else - :( And I thought Nick Clegg had a lot to answer for recently!
November 26, 201015 yr tonsu has expressed much more eloquently what i wished to express. thanks for that
November 26, 201015 yr Ahhhh mate I killed speed of sound. Those two beers took it out of me!! Haha But yeah you can upload if you want to make people hate speed of sound :P It was good fun, trust me! Glad you got to meet Chris though, however brief it may have been - I wasn't up for the whole stalking charade after we left the boat for some reason :P
November 26, 201015 yr It was good fun, trust me! Glad you got to meet Chris though, however brief it may have been - I wasn't up for the whole stalking charade after we left the boat for some reason :P You missed out!! We weren't stalking we were behind the barriers facing the stage head on and watching them film the video. It was a great ending to a fantastic day!
November 26, 201015 yr I have to be honest, I am so thankful that the cards did not fall the way I had hoped them to this week. I honestly would have felt deflated to have flown all the way from Adelaide for this. 24 hours on a plane (ok it was business class on the way over, and economy home...thanks to an awesome person who was willing to donate frequent flier points) and then have to stay awake all day with killer jetlag and then not get to meet the band. And then on Saturday night get on the plane again for 24 hours home. I may have been a bit miffed....lol. So its gone from being a bloody awful day to a better one for me.....I guess. :rolleyes: Im sorry for those of you who didnt get what you wanted from the evening and thrilled for those who did. xxx I know that so many people spent a huge amount travelling from abroad for this, and I tried to be as positive as possible after I felt let down (about halfway through the evening). I only let on that I was 'a bit' disappointed to most people, and talk honestly to people who first said they felt the same way. I'm going to be critical of the night from here, so if you'd rather avoid reading something like that I'll say it again please skip it, and at least if you quote me to reply put this paragraph in there so people can do so. Folk spent fortunes to get here so I DO NOT want to get them thinking negatively about their experience. I was so disappointed tonight, because of the promise vs. the reality. + We expected possibly to hear a new song - we got it! + Some people speculated the band could make the video on the boat - we got the next best thing (being in it!!) :) + We met Debs and she was as lovely and candid (as she could be), friendly and approachable :) We were already messed about on the starting time, meaning my guest (and others) couldn't make it. But on the night, the party was cut short by 1hr30+ from what was said. Why?!! I'd spent all week setting up arrangements for the probability of missing my last train, I almost booked a hotel, thank goodness I didn't! There was a sense for me that, apart from karaoke (huge fun - why not more?) and the raffle (one signed item), there was no planning for any of the rest of the time. We had a lovely boat ride, but it seemed once the video was finished that was more or less the night over - apart from what we could make of it ourselves. We were 'promised' a Q&A and meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt and Phil. I was more than happy if it had been 'just' that - of course that's a huge thing for us!! But it was just a 'trick' to get us on board :( We were promised refreshments. Well, we had tea and coffee - if you wanted something else then you had to pay through the nose for it - and that was only once the bar had finally opened!! The budget for the boat and the video must have been quite a few thousands of pounds. Couldn't Coldplay HQ have put even £500 behind the bar, that at least would have been one or two drinks free each? I know some people spent double that on flights alone just to be there!! It would have taken the band an hour or so to sign enough of one item for everyone to have one, but instead we got one raffled item. How about just a couple of guitar picks or a drumstick? Small things could have turned the evening into an absolute triumph for everyone I'm sure. No other specific complaints. The few Coldplay people there were just as lovely as could be, they always are :) I know some of us expected too much. But many of us would have been more than happy with what we were offered - a party, with a meet-and-greet with Miller, Matt, and Phil, however short. We didn't get it. I saw how deflated some people were who had come from just within England for this. To be fair some people honestly said that just being in the video was enough for them to justify the whole evening (but not many I chatted with). A huge chance missed imo, at relatively little cost to Coldplay HQ. Thoroughly disappointed here. Meeting old friends made it a wonderful evening, but we could have done that in a pub or restaurant and had a lot more fun imvho. I don't understand why we were misled so. They could have advertised it honestly the day before and got 100 screaming people on there for the video. People have hardly slept this week trying to make sure everyone who wanted to go was matched up and could. I feel like we've done what extras could have done, but for free. I could start a poll asking 'was it worth missing more than 1hr30 of the advertised party, and a meet-and-greet with Matt, Phil and Miller, in return for being in the vid?' but I won't. I honestly do not wish to spread my extreme disappointment with the evening, and I hope people who felt it justified their time and expense don't read this, but I'm gutted. I think the guy directing us on the boat said it best when he (inadvisedly imo) joked more or less 'and you probably thought you were getting a private gig with the band!' while we were absolutely freezing on the deck of the boat for the third or fourth time. Lovely night - to see old friends, nice ride on the boat, probably appearing in a long shot in the video (of no interest to me whatsoever but will mean a lot to many) and meeting the lovely Coldplay HQ people. Everything else - :(
November 26, 201015 yr Tonsu thanks to your comment I'm now more exited about Christmas lights :p Is it catchy?
November 26, 201015 yr Protest outside Coldplay HQ still on for tomorrow? Make sure you bring your fire extinguishers!
November 26, 201015 yr I hope you will all understand if I post my own opinion respectfully: I don't think ( and this is just me, okay? no hard feelings) that any of the complaints people had were worthy complaints. Yes it's true the Q & A didn't happen, but in my opinion what they offered was a whole lot better. And they didn't mention a Q & A to trick those going, they did it to keep the press from getting in on it. As for things like the times of the boat ride (early start, cut short, etc.), sure it's inconvenient but it's not as if it was planned that way on purpose. Sometimes last minute decisions have to be made, and I think you have to accept that, even if it's not ideal. And honestly I think it's a bit ridiculous to expect the band to pay for the food and drink, because it may not have been up to them at all. There may have been a specific policy on the boat. I respect the opinions of everyone who complained, but I'm sorry, I just really don't agree with them. In my eyes all of the effort to get there would have been worth it for me.
November 26, 201015 yr ^ I hear you, but you weren't there...you may have felt differntly if you had flown all the way from BUF on the pretense of something that never eventuated? Im just saying....:)
November 26, 201015 yr Tonsu thanks to your comment I'm now more exited about Christmas lights :p Is it catchy? A few people (ahem, Ian & angle :P) didn't like it. But I thought it was great. The clip on YouTube of it from that tv show is just the chorus and it ends with that bit too, as I saw ten film it about a THOUSAND times!
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