May 19, 201214 yr I was having a rather difficult time falling asleep last night and found my way over to waybackmachine.com, where I had some fun taking screenshots of coldplay.com over the years. Messing about the years 2002-2003, I came upon this version of the site: Becuase it's waybackmachine, most of the links don't work, but I did find one very interesting thing at the "diary" section of the site sometime around 2002. These "diary" entries are very short and mostly by Phil regarding tour dates, but there is one actually written by Chris! It makes for very, very interesting reading. I put in some paragraph breaks, but this is the exact format it was written in by a 25-year -old Chris: chris in washington, may26 hello i just got taught how to write the journal and i thought i should as i dont have to do very much promo at the moment because of being like a diva. we are in usa on a big fat tour which goes everywhere and it is good considering that two months ago we had no drive or voice or enthusiasm left. but now we are like a slick rock machine and we have no fear. what got us back in buisness i think was a rest, some singing lessons and a whole bunch of new songs that are all i think about i think i must have drawn lists of the sequence of our next album at least 100 times. but it is exciting being in our band again and that is good . i just read "on the road' by jack kerouac which you should read when youre alot younger than me really but it gave me a massive boost in energy as did being able to sing again and having everybody else put their parts on some of the new songs. whenever we have a break all i do and all i want to do is sit and try and get new songs.i think there are about 16 good ones (out of about 50 but since i was twelve there were always more thrown awaythan kept ) and the rest of the band COLDPLAY have worked their magic on about 7 of them and these are the best. once jon gets some riffs or guy or will do something the original idea becomes double good and that i think is what makes me overwhelmed. i always moan and groan about certain shit but i am a lucky fucker to be here with them and it all seems to work again. this is strangely cathartic this diary buisness so i should be careful about what i say.is anybody even interested? i'll try and be more bridget jones. this is what is going on in my head today. make the most of every moment as there is some messed up stuff going on, especially that we've noticed since we came here. george w bush it seems to me is not that great and is somewhat answerable to oil companies which i think means the environment will get no help. plus all the missile defence ideas and the continuing availability of arms and the fucked up judicial system it is TERRIBLE. i think guys like the beastie boys and u2 and rage and all them are amazing because even though theyre only bands they all try and make a difference. i expect this is all coming out wrong but there is so much shit going on that i feel lucky to be alive and free. this guy just got out of prison after 30 years after they realised he was innocent and nobody even said sorry and so i makes you realise to get on with things now . i think the reason all this stuff has suddenly hit me is because in the last year i met so many big names and faces some cool some not and it hit home that EVERYBODY even presidents and generals and popstars are all fallible human beings. this is frightening because the idea that some people are superhuman is comforting to those that are not. so what is my point ? i am just saying to whoever has got this far in this rambling nonsense (that was supposed to be a straghtforward "today we played bristol it was ok.." type tour diary) that i feel like life has to be attacked before something goes really wrong. and because being in a band is such a luxury job i feel both guilty and extremely overjoyed, and determined to do something useful, even if it is such a small thing as trying to make records that do something to people rather than just spending all our royalties on coke. sorry if this all sounds bullshit ; anyway i hope everyone on this COLDPLAY website is ok. love chris p.s i read this back it is an english teachers nightmare An English teacher's nightmare it may be, but it's also weirdly fascinating to me. (also, my first thread. Hope I done good :smug:)
May 19, 201214 yr Fantastic! But I'm afraid Chris has never learned to start every sentence with a capital letter :lol: I love this quote: "Is anybody even interested? I'll try and be more Bridget Jones" :laugh3:
May 19, 201214 yr AMAZING! Oh, so many good quotes in this! This is a written proof that Chris is a funny, humble, hard-working man and a big worrier about everything ( :lol: )and that he has a great heart :wacky: And all of this makes him sooo so cute :dazzled:
May 19, 201214 yr That's awesome. Thankyou for posting. :D English SPEAKERS nightmare too Chris! LOL. I hope you have learned to put capital letters in now! LOL! Still fascinating though.
May 19, 201214 yr I absolutely love this. What a treat to have a glimpse into his state of mind at that time. I thought this was interesting, "...don't have to do very much promo at the moment because of being like a diva." Would LOVE to hear the story behind that one! It's so interesting to read about the state of the band, the love he has of writing songs, the joy he gets from working WITH the others creating those songs and his upset over politics at the time. I thought it was appropriate to hear him actually mention the Beastie Boys considering the happenings of late. It proves that he had the respect for them that he said he did. This is just yet more proof what a forward thinking, conscientious, caring, humble person he is. It makes me happy everytime he expresses how lucky he feels to be in the position he's in. Believe me, Chris, we love that you are in the position you are in too! :kiss:
May 19, 201214 yr I was having a rather difficult time falling asleep last night and found my way over to waybackmachine.com, where I had some fun taking screenshots of coldplay.com over the years. Messing about the years 2002-2003, I came upon this version of the site: Becuase it's waybackmachine, most of the links don't work, but I did find one very interesting thing at the "diary" section of the site sometime around 2002. These "diary" entries are very short and mostly by Phil regarding tour dates, but there is one actually written by Chris! It makes for very, very interesting reading. I put in some paragraph breaks, but this is the exact format it was written in by a 25-year -old Chris: An English teacher's nightmare it may be, but it's also weirdly fascinating to me. (also, my first thread. Hope I done good :smug:) I think this might actually be from 2001. They weren't touring North America in May of 2002. It's either from the previous year, or further into 2002, though it sounds like he's describing the Parachutes tour more than the AROBTTH one. Either way, good stuff, and kudos to you on an exceptional 1st thread.:)
May 19, 201214 yr Wow, this is really interesting. I feel Chris is really confused and has mixed feelings about a lot of things. I think it's great we get this window into the band. And yup, what an amazing first thread!
May 21, 201214 yr Author Oh, yay, people liked this! :D I'll put my feelers out for any other nuggets of this type...they are good to read. (Also, 11 thanks! :rolleyes:) No wait make that 14.
May 21, 201214 yr Very nice and cute... Chris was so enthusiastic with the band, with writing new songs, with giving more than just music to the fans. He was so adorable and I hope he's still the same as 10 years ago. No matter his writing mistakes :) Thanks for this!
May 21, 201214 yr This post made me totally love him even more :D And to answer your question, Chris.. Yes, we're interested.
May 21, 201214 yr No wonder he has trouble sleeping. His mind is like a very clever and adorable pinball machine. Can't help but wonder if he was taking sleep aids as he often does. Thanks for posting this.
May 21, 201214 yr This is such a lovely read. I love it how his thoughts go all over the place! A great look inside of the head of a 25 year old very adorble man! I wish they would do this now on coldplay.com...
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