Texasluvsjonny

Jonny and Chrissy in Love in Japan :awesome:

Disappointed chrissy didn't answer my Q&A question. Its ok cuz we all already know the answer.

I twit nagged them til they put it up. :p

Is that a pistol in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me :sneaky:

Just cut right to the chase. Jonny who do you love more, Chrissy or that woman you supposively married? :rolleyes: You don't have to answer cuz we all know the truth. :snobby:

awww yeah! :laugh3:

YES! The rise of the sausage! :D *goes to find the Chris' toilet roll thread and the No Goldbag lady zone.......ahhh the crazy times. :lol:

*marks day on calendar that I beat Tash to posting something. :p

Roadie #42 - Blog #169 2 May 2012 11:41 pm #42 and the P45 microphone <?xml:namespace prefix = fb ns = "http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" /><fb:like class=" fb_edge_widget_with_comment fb_iframe_widget" layout="button_count" href="http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=942" show_faces="false" font="arial" colorscheme="dark"><IFRAME style="WIDTH: 90px; HEIGHT: 21px" id=f3623fd13666148 class=fb_ltr title="Like this content on Facebook." src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?api_key=129327423749926&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D5%23cb%3Df11d5b5ef68b05f%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.coldplay.com%252Ff20fa8a8c41b0f%26domain%3Dwww.coldplay.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&colorscheme=dark&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coldplay.com%2Fnewsdetail.php%3Fid%3D942&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90" frameBorder=0 allowTransparency name=f10eb6b07c45cc8 scrolling=no></IFRAME></fb:like> Sometimes, you’re just better off not knowing. I was in the van after the second San Jose show, thinking to myself what a great time the fellas appeared to be having onstage lately. I couldn’t help but wonder why that was? Are the new songs more energetic, more celebratory? Have the crowd reactions been stronger? Maybe it’s the fact that after six months of promo, actually playing the songs to huge crowds is like a massive shot in the arm? After all, small rooms full of just a few crew and TV cameras can feel a little vibe-less and flat when compared with 15,000 folks making their feelings very much known. But as I say, ultimately it doesn’t matter why. The fellas are clearly having a properly great time - and the shows have been total belters as a result. San Jose were a pretty damn loud crowd. Perhaps it’s been like this every night and I just spent more time with my earpieces out, taking it all in. They’re most definitely in the zone right now. There have been tinkerings, though with some possible setlist additions in soundchecks. One of the Viva album tracks that only got a rare live outing has had a workout. I really hope it makes it back into the setlist, it’s one of my all time favourite Coldplay live tracks (particularly the ending when Jonny goes off into full on guitar hero territory). They also played around with something from a long way back. It’s all a sign of a band very much alive and enjoying themselves. The possibilities keep appearing left and right for great additions, but the set right now is so killer that it’s tough to work out where to make substitutions. I’d call that a good problem to have… Whilst I’m talking of day to day work, I don’t think I’ve mentioned my very exciting new microphone. Now, all of the “backline” crew, who look after the band’s instruments during the show have in-ear monitors (a radio receiver with little in-ear headphones moulded to fit their ear exactly). Woodsy, keeper of the medieval monitor underworld has constructed an elaborate system of microphones that lets us all shout up if there’s a problem or a request and everyone (including the soundcrew) hear it. There’s also a mic next to Will’s drumkit (separate to his vocal mic) that is routed only to his drumtech Bash's ears and to mine for song cues. Communication from the band to the crew helps in all manner of situations (Chris shouts to Will that he wants to drop a song and do something else and Will can tell the crew, via Bash or I, immediately) We’ve had all of this for some time now and it’s become absolutely invaluably helpful as the show has got more complex. Fast communication can make all the difference between a tiny problem and a huge one. It also just makes everything easier. Above all though, the “shout system” is the best source of entertainment for the roadie community since the self-stocking beer fridge. This is never more evident than in the final minutes before showtime, when the adrenaline starts to kick in and the comms system becomes a comedy free for all. Usually it descends (like any group of five year olds given walkie talkies for the first time) into a combination of insults and seeing who can crack the most inappropriate gag. Once the show proper is running, it’s all business. Too much chatter is a pain for everyone and breaks concentration. Long soundcheck jams though, are a time when the shout system heats up and becomes a hotbed of nonsense chatter. There has even been threats of a Karaoke competition on the shout system in soundchecks when Chris usually doesn’t sing, in an effort to preserve his voice. The biggest nightmare then, is that the mics would be mis-routed and end up in the band’s in-ear monitors, not just ours. Apart from the fact that most of the chatter is humour at its most puerile, it would also be massively distracting for a band in mid-flow. It was very much with this in mind then, that when we discussed the fact that none of us could ever talk to the band and make them aware of a problem, there was a *lot* of wary caution. It was decided that I should get a mic that could talk directly to Will should the need ever arise in a show. This mic became immediately referred to in emails as “The P45 mic”. (P45 being the form that your employer fills out in the UK when they fire you!) Obviously, I was going to have to be very, *very* careful to make sure I didn’t mix my two mics up. Wisecracking roadie banter into Will’s ears while he’s trying to propel the show from the back mightn’t lead to instant dismissal, but it’s definitely to be avoided at all costs. Imagine my delight then, when I arrived for the first day of rehearsals weeks ago and found that Radio Rocket Scientist Ali Viles had already gone to great lengths with a spraycan to help me differentiate my “shout mic” from my “P45”. Before I head off for the Hollywood Bowl, I shouldn’t forget to mention this wonderful outfit that someone wore to one of the San Jose shows. There was quite a lot of debate amongst the crew as to whether it was a wolf, a lion or a tiger. (It even went as far as a very confused radio call overheard backstage claiming that “there is a bear in the audience”.) Whatever (and more importantly WHYever) the outfit had come to be at a Coldplay show, they looked to be having a great time - they even wore their wristband - and they had some great moves to boot. Never a dull moment… R42

They picked mine :wacko:

I felt the same a few years back but we finally got a decent owner who was committed to bringing the club back so hang in there.

:vuvuzela:

ahhh my ears! Tash... a little screaming girl warning please!

In San Francisco where they can live "openly" :P

I agree! He should take those pants off this second! Go ahead. I'm waiting.... :sneaky:

:fingersx:

Lore Police :policeman:

I'll bring bail money. :wacky:

I might have to fly to NYC so we can go see it togther. :wacko:

:laugh3: OMG they are showing the LCD movie at SXSW. Damnit I wanna see it sooooooooooo bad!

Original Nude with the organ not nearly a good as guitar based Nude. So much improved over 12 years. :lol:

OK you asked for it. Opening for REM Houston 1995 1. My Iron Lung 2. High and Dry 3. Planet Telex 4. Anyone Can Play Guitar 5. Just 6. Street Spirit 7. Creep 8. Fake Plastic Trees 9. The Bends Houston March 1998 1. Airbag 2. Talk Show Host 3. Karma Police 4. Exit Music 5. My Iron Lung 6. Planet Telex 7. Subterranean Homesick Alien 8. Lucky 9. No Suprises 10. Just 11. Climbing Up The Walls 12. Fake Plastic Trees 13. Pearly 14. Lurgee 15. Bones 16. Paranoid Android 17. Nice Dream 18. Banana Co 19. Street Spirit 20. The Bends 21. The Tourist Dallas March 1998 1. Airbag 2. Talk Show Host 3. Karma Police 4. Exit Music 5. My Iron Lung 6. Planet Telex 7. Bullet Proof..I Wish I Was 8. Nice Dream 9. Just 10. Paranoid Android 11. Climbing Up the Walls 12. Electioneering 13. No Surprises 14. Fake Plastic Trees 15. The Bends 16. Lucky 17. Nude 18. You 19. Bones 20. Street Spirit Houston June 2001 1. The National Anthem 2. Morning Bell 3. Lucky 4. My Iron Lung 5. Knives Out 6. Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box 7. Bones 8. Exit Music 9. No Surprises 10. Dollars & Cents 11. Karma Police 12. I Might Be Wrong 13. Pyramid Song 14. Paranoid Android 15. Idioteque 16. Everything In Its Right Place 17. You and Whose Army? 18. Street Spirit (Fade Out) 19. Climbing Up the Walls 20. How to Disappear Completely 21. Talk Show Host 22. The Bends Houston Oct 2003 1. 2+2=5 2. Sit Down. Stand Up 3. Where I End and You Begin 4. Backdrifts 5. Morning Bell 6. Lurgee 7. Scatterbrain 8. The National Anthem 9. Paranoid Android 10. Sail To The Moon 11. Go To Sleep 12. I Might Be Wrong 13. The Gloaming 14. Dollars & Cents 15. Idioteque 16. No Surprises 17. There There 18. You and Whose Army? 19. Just 20. A Wolf At The Door 21. Fake Plastic Trees 22. Karma Police 23. Everything In Its Right Place New Orleans 2003 1. The Gloaming 2. There There 3. 2 + 2 = 5 4. Where I End And You Begin 5. Exit Music 6. My Iron Lung 7. Myxomatosis 8. Paranoid Android 9. Sail To The Moon 10. Kid A 11. Knives Out 12. Climbing Up the Walls 13. Like Spinning Plates 14. Go To Sleep 15. Idioteque 16. Fake Plastic Trees 17. Sit Down. Stand Up. 18. You and Whose Army? 19. The National Anthem 20. A Punch Up At A Wedding 21. How to Disappear Completely 22. Airbag 23. Everything in Its Right Place Houston May 2008 1. 15 Step 2. Bodysnatchers 3. Lucky 4. Morning Bell 5. Nude 6. Pyramid Song 7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 8. The Gloaming 9. The National Anthem 10. Faust Arp 11. Videotape 12. Optimistic 13. Where I End and You Begin 14. Reckoner 15. Everything In Its Right Place 16. All I Need 17. There There 18. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 19. House of Cards 20. Climbing Up the Walls 21. Planet Telex 22. Street Spirit 23. You and Whose Army? 24. Idioteque Dallas May 2008 1. All I Need 2. There There 3. 15 Step 4. Bangers and Mash 5. Nude 6. Pyramid Song 7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 8. The National Anthem 9. Dollars & Cents 10. Faust Arp 11. Videotape 12. A Wolf at the Door 13. Optimistic 14. Reckoner 15. Everything in Its Right Place 16. Idioteque 17. Bodysnatchers 18. Fake Plastic Trees 19. Jigsaw Falling Into Place 20. House of Cards 21. Exit Music 22. The Bends 23. You and Whose Army? 24. Paranoid Android Houston March 2012 1. Bloom. 2. Little By Little. 3. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi. 4. Morning Mr. Magpie. 5. The Gloaming. 6. 15 Step. 7. Codex. 8. Cut A Hole. 9. These Are My Twisted Words. 10. Airbag. 11. Identikit. 12. Lotus Flower. 13. There There. 14. Feral. 15. Idioteque. 16. Reckoner. 17. Separator. 18. All I Need. 19. Myxomatosis. 20. Everything In Its Right Place. 21. Give Up The Ghost. 22. Nude. 23. Paranoid Android. Dallas March 2012 1. Bloom 2. Little by Little 3. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 4. Morning Mr. Magpie 5. The Gloaming 6. The Daily Mail 7. Pyramid Song 8. The Amazing Sounds of Orgy 9. Karma Police 10. 15 Step 11. Staircase 12. Identikit 13. Lotus Flower 14. There There 15. Feral 16. Idioteque 17. Separator 18. Climbing Up the Walls 19. Bodysnatchers 20. Everything In Its Right Place 21. Give Up the Ghost 22. Skirting on the Surface 23. Reckoner 24. Paranoid Android Austin March 2012 1. Bloom 2. Little by Little 3. The Daily Mail 4. Morning Mr. Magpie 5. Myxomatosis 6. The Gloaming 7. Kid A 8. The National Anthem 9. Reckoner 10. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 11. Nude 12. Identikit 13. Lotus Flower 14. There There 15. Feral 16. Idioteque 17. Separator 18. These Are My Twisted Words 19. Bodysnatchers 20. Everything In Its Right Place 21. Give Up the Ghost 22. You and Whose Army? 23. Paranoid Android OK that was way too much typing!

The stuff on the right must have been stuff sound checked. The stuff on the left was the played live list. Maybe songs with * were songs that could be swapped out with stuff on the right side list.

I seen so many great ones. When they opened for REM The Bends had just come out so it was really great to see them so early in their career. And since I have seen them over all their records, well songs that get rarely played now, were played all the time then. Exit Music, Lucky, Just, The Tourist, Talk Show Host. I just love those songs. And back then I could actually get all those in a single show! I could post my set lists and make you drool. :p