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I remember like it was burned into my brain..... 2003- I hadn't really been listening to much music for about 5 or 6 years because I was too busy having babies and cleaning up "the ick and the poo" ;).... ...I was getting my first real 'away from the kids' vacation with my sisters and mom..... .....A call from my husband on my way to dinner out and he mentions before hanging up that I really REALLY ought to listen to this band called Coldplay---he's heard some of their stuff and he's positive I'm going to love it.....yeah, um, whatever, if I have time sometime.... That very next day, I hear Clocks for the first time all the way through.........and that was it. ........Gone,Gone,Gone. Never to return to normal again...... ......Same feeling as discovering U2 when I was about 18. .......Same butterflies, same insatiable desire to listen to nothing else.......same urge to travel all over god's green earth to see'em live. Total Goner. 13 concerts, hours and hours standing in line to be right up close, creating my VIVA car and spending a shitload of dough... ....still a total goner. (Thank goodness I have a husband and kids who are into them as well so we have fun together.)

How about that newest song they've posted as "Not Coldplay, User Generated"?.... ......I think it's really kind of nice. And once again, it sounds quite a bit like Chris. That's probably 90 percent of why I like but nice anyway. (I am still in the 'some of this has got to be Chris' camp.) ....Anybody still with me?

Viva Jet? I'n sorry if I missed this claim, it's midnight after the illustrious Justin Beiber concert & I may have missed a grab of the Viva Jet. Mother may I?

OK Now that I heard the See You Soon cover by "James" who sounds A LOT like Chris, I'm rethinking the whole mess !! Heehee....Ah well, it's fun to wonder since all we can do is wait for #5.

Don't know if this partial song was posted before but I didn't see it until today. Is it just me who's going all apoplectic to hear ANY new stuff ???? I must be in withdrawals much more than I thought cuz I'm really excited.... Posted as '220 Miles Up':[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapoMl9mMVE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kapoMl9mMVE[/ame]

13 Live shows and 2 years of playing NOthing, I mean nothing but Coldplay on my Ipod..... It's Chris, It's Chris It's Chris......I know that voice like I know my kids' voices. IT IS CHRIS Does anyone know if The Angie weighed in on this debate yet? ....now what the hell is wrong with my siggy???

I love this, Congrats Craig!

Here's my new siggy....I might tweak it some more but I'm not very good at this stuff....it's too big now that I see it on a page...(the pic is from starfish beach in Bocas del Toro Panama.)

YaY Ang!!!! It's here! I don't know a damn thing about gueetars, but that baby is beautiful. (And I wish you'd spill on the name.)

Oh Lordy.....I'm am so sorry..............please forgive me.... ...................I can't believe I am saying this about my beloved Chrissy..... ............................. ..............I hope to never utter these words have these thoughts or feel anything like what I'm feeling now........EVER again............. ...............but if Chris doesn't look like a bag lady here I don't know who does....

Okay, I'm weighing in with my own 42 cowinkydinks.....I turned 42 on the day VLV came out. I was in a rain forest in Costa Rica and I was dying to get my hands on the album but no way. Instead of the album, I bought my Vivamobile on that same day, which wasn't easy because I was trying to bid on it with a satellite phone in the jungle....

I love hearing that, thanks for posting Prospektluis!

Thanks for the great review/ teaser Jen, I can't wait to get it!

Good evening...... and Goodnight.... ......

Benjamin....you should get someone to take a pic of you in front of it with the same pose .....then make a cool siggy or something.

I just hijacked this off a post from inengsol in the Guy thread...something about eyebrows or whatever........ but I knew the Chrissy girls would see right through it- to the real deal....

I'm thinkin it's gonna be a digital EP just in time for Xmas....and it's gonna be fabuloso.....

Oh Mich....you've gone and hurt my feelings. ;) I just got out of bed after playing the insomnia fix 'IPhone Scrabble' . Played Real Scrabble all Easter weekend with the fam as well. Now I feel like a bigger nerdwad than I already do on any given day. And PS...... there will be NO use of proper nouns on my Scrabble board, blasphemy :P ~K

I'm sorry, Phil is cute and all,....but that Sam looks 1000 % his daddy.....though Sammy does have a little more hair :D)

OMG I love the scrappy doo van w/ Viva on it.....I thought it was yours or your friend's.....Someone's got to come on here and tell us about it!! ....and you guys all look amazing in your jackets...yall did a GREAT job with them.

I think you are spot on right.:laugh3:

Your jacket is awesome & Chris doodled on it!!!!! I love it.

Short story long...... I don't really know where to post his because it isn't really a concert review as much as a fangirl freakout report so I figured this is as good a place as any... When we arrived in Mexico City Kirsten and Angie were already at the hotel and they had texted that Will and Guy had just left the hotel. I thought damn, I have the worst luck....they'll probably hole up in the penthouse, take room service at every chance & I won't see any of them the whole time I'm here. I swear I'm never going to get an up-close and personal or pic with any of em and I am obviously NOT doing something right for good CP Karma!!! Well I was wrong. And it turned out to be a completely surreal experience. You know, to be following this band around for years now, wanting to, just for one eeeensy beeentsy second, to say "Hello, I'm a big fan yada,yada" to. ...And then you spend the entire weekend trying to avoid running smack-dab into them at every turn!!... and making a huge effort not to look a lot like the crazy stalker couple that you EXACTLY are!!! I don't know why the hotel was so empty at first but that was definitely a key factor in the 'WTF is GOING ON here!?!?" feeling. Getting to experience it all with Kirsten and Angie was excellent. It's very fun to be with people who share your insane enthusiasm and excitement for something so random. And it helped to get a boost of bravery from 2 expert stalkers when I wanted to chicken out. Fun, but exhausting, because we were sort of on high alert every time we left the room. As you've read from Angie's report, Jonny & Chloe & baby Violet came to breakfast every morning. Jonny And Chloe, (very pretty in real life) would play the trade off game other parents know too well, where you eat while your spouse follows your little one around the restaurant.....they just ran all over the courtyard paths with her doll-baby and she was so well behaved and adorable. Guy was indeed up first in the morning and then at the pool for much of the afternoon both days. It was once again weird because we passed Guy in his spa robe and fuzzy slippers (settle down Berrygirls) in the tiny hallway by the pool....and did that uncomfortable half-smile acknowledgment you do with strangers in close quarters. Then it was pretty much us and Guy and his bff's sunning by the pool for the afternoon.....On the second day Will came out to chat pool side with Guy, the girls and Dan for a bit- but he was in black pants and tee so, sorry Will fans, no bonus to report there. The pool area was tiny, and for a good potion of the first day nobody else was up there. Me & my hubbie, and Guy with Debs, Arlene, and is it E.J?. It was so weirdly intimate that I couldn't even look up when I went to get sunscreen -because I would have been right in his face. After that first day, when I got my fan pic with him in the courtyard, we had to make a specific effort not to make eye contact. It was hard at times....when we were the only people in a tiny hallway or in the elevator with them, not to just jump up & down screaming like the crazed fans we are! Even harder to stand right next to them at the buffet and not stare. It took alot of willpower and really, it was exhausting. On Saturday my hubbie & I were smooching in the elevator on the way back from breakfast & I had my back to the door. It opened and someone walked in.....before I even looked I said "Ha, busted" just to get a chuckle from who ever it was... and IT was Will. We introduced out selves and had a quick handshake and chat. My husband was pretty tripped out after that one, and to us he was definitely the most relaxed and "present" of the four. Unfortunately, it was just so quiet and close that it just seemed weird to ask for a picture you know... Finally, Sunday...for me the holy grail of my CP fandom. We waited for Chris to finish his lunch on the courtyard.....barefoot.....silly Chrissy..... and then made sure he was cool with a quick photo-op with Kirsten and Angie. He was kind & patient..... Though he did tease my husband for not being faster on the trigger of the iphone camera. Angie did such a good job with the Mini-Cooper. She got the whole sweet story out so perfectly. Chris was immediately engaged and seemed very touched. Having a daughter myself I know it is impossible to imagine the pain of Julie's loss and it was really bittersweet because I knew that Angie accomplished her mission and helped honor Ryan in a way her mom would love. On that final day we groveled and begged with the fancy schmantsy front desk for any kind of deal on a room for one more day, and the best they could do was $640.00 for the night! Sooooooo, off we went to a perfectly lovely and much cheaper place. And it was really kind of a relief. I felt like I had just been on a constant stream of adrenaline overload that I really thought I was going to get sick or something! At least I could have my breakfast and actually eat it without feeling nauseous and having to stare at the carpet every time I got up to the buffet. ( Though I stayed so hyped up I didn't really sleep till the second day back home.) Anyway, it was an awesome weekend to say the least, made even more great by getting to recount the whole damn thing here to people crazy enough to want to read about it. Here's my piccy with Kirsten & Jonny...yay!!!!!!

I'm just bummed you couldn't be there to take away a little of the Tampa sting. The guys were so nice....especially Will, whom I just couldn't pull the trigger on for a pic request. (Which I KNOW you Dianne, would have appreciated!) As soon as I get my little story together I'll post a few deets that kind of explains why no Will pic.

Ha!! Yall are being sweet but it's OK, I just had fun with the picspam anyway ....& Chris looks great with the Mini-Cooper and that's what matters!!!!