As Coldplay veered into "Yellow" territory at its sold-out Pepsi Center show Sunday night, celebrating the song that started it all for the English quartet, the band seemed revitalized and strong and, most unexpectedly, understatedly simple.
Previously, the band has played this single awash in obnoxious yellow floodlights, but here they simply rocked it with a straightforward curl of the lip. No gimmicky yellow, no over- the-top trickery, no redundant eye-poking ... until the giant, canary-colored balloons dropped from the arena rafters.
Of course Coldplay, one of the most influential (and safe) rock bands today, has to play into the song's titular glum- rock color. First used as a marketing brand by the then-yellow-themed ABC network, it is an anthem for the band. And the 16,000-plus fans ate up the balloon drop - and everything else the band dished out.
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