Lauve

:flutterby: Je vais a Londres le 14 si tout va bien (on a les places) :dance: :flutterby: :dance:

thanks Carla :kiss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0s4NnMo54c

oops I cant find the media tags on this forum :embarassed:

so nice these few seconds on film. pity the batteries went out. thanks Carla.

I already voted, but now I would like to vote for :flutterby: "Now my feet wont touch the ground " :flutterby: its so Strawberry Swinggy and translates my mood right now soooooooooo well

Peace to your soul Otto.

So now, well I'd like to give you my version of THE encounter, forgive me for a somewhat selective memory lol. At the concert, Carla and Chavi were front row of course, I was seated at the rear not too high up, right across from the accoustic set:). I loved the concert, and that is not saying much. I'll try and do a proper review of that some time soonish. The amazing thing is that this was my first Coldplay concert. I am protected from above I guess. Always have been, or else I wouldn’t even be here to tell the tale lol So we meet afterwards with the girls at the appointed spot and go together to the artist's door where we had previously seen some movements. Immediately C&C remark that the german vans are still parked. A security guy tells us : everyone has left, since Antwerp is so nearby, they went home for the night (???) We thank him politely (although probly Carla told him she didn’t believe him lol), we look at each other, and "No way" this doesn't make sense. I didn’t' look at the time, it was probably around 11H30 pm. We start waiting :whistle: Some interesting people come and go : Miller (our Roadie 42) in a hurry, so we just yell thank you - Vicky, who decorated the Bakery and painted the beautiful guitars, same thing she just smile and says thanks (see Chavi's picture on this thread somewhere)- then Pete of Oxfam (sounds like a title lol) who is the organizer of voluntary teams, he is too cute, we talk a lot with him.. We ask him if he would be so kind as to keep us updated about who is inside. Or maybe it was him who offered. :nice: Then we see Reno the bassplayer of Albert Hammond Jr.. The girls are fans of Guy, and of bassplayers in general, so they talk to him quite a bit. So much so that he comes back later with setlists ! (see Chavi's pictures) And then, the security guy who was seeing us still hanging around in spite of the chilly rain comes out and says : " I believe he is still inside " With that, we knew for sure it was Chris :dance: After another 1/2 hour and some details I cant recall (I was busy moving around, trying to keep the cold from creeping up me legs lol) the girls were cold and thirsty too. We realize someone is coming out, we get ready (it was around 01H30 maybe). And there he is, with his Obama shirt, a black jumper loosely slung on the shoulder, his small sports bag hanging at his side. Some friends with him, maybe Albert, I did not even see them, my eyes were stuck on him. Immediately when he sees us he says : "Oh no !" and walks towards us asking for a marquer pen to sign the cd covers and leaflets C&C are presenting him gently. He looked so moved that we had waited like that. He begins the signing and I say " you sing beautifully, tonight, is your cold better ?" and him with his smile "oh yes yes thanks". Then he says "thank you for waitin like that in the cold" and me "yes we are cold but we are very happy". While he is signing for my girlfriends, I ask him whether he wants to sign my t-shirt "because it's all I have " lol (not so well prepared, except for the cap and shawl this girl).And I am opening the coat, lifting my jumper and pulling the t-shirt down with one hand. He takes the hem of the shirt to straighten it and signs me. For this, he asks my name. I say Laurence really the french way with a nasal, looking him right in the eyes, convinced he wanted to know my name. One second in his eyes. The illusion that we are close. He looks at me without talking, a very deep look, meaning "you can do better that that" an air of softmannered authority, imposing. I had forgotten this for 3 days, repressed it kind of. I answer by closing my eyes, open them again right away, I had understood that the french name did not allow him to sign proper, and that no he did not really want to know me, just to know how to sign lol! So I say Lauren, which I use in UK. He spells patiently "L-A ?" And I " Oh yeah L-A-U-R-E-N. Strenght Reserve Control he has. His glance is enough to make you understand. In case one did not know, a brillant mind. Well fit with enormous heart and soul too. Someone (me? I wasn’t shivering!) let the cap of the pen fall on the ground. He squats down, picks it up ! It nearly blew my mind :sunny: Soon the girls (you know the stalkers without border :D) have their picture taken. Me last. When I feel his arm around my shoulder, I became very calm, nearly solemn, and I said slowly "thank you very much". I thought I could feel his heart radiating. When I think about it I still feel it. I would have liked to say "We need Coldplay for this century " but of course my reason was frozen. I was not thinking. I was busy feeling. I do hope our thank-yous carried more than words. :heart: Carla Chavi Lauren Chris Then he climbs into the van, turning back to wave and say thank you a few times. The windows are painted black, once the doors are shut, we can's see him anymore. Yet he did knock twice on the car panels to say goodbye while we are waving. All along, he had this very soft voice for us, and a little smile, even a couple of times his big smile. Chavi & Carla talked to him about Obama, I remember vaguely, and told him they would be at Antwerp, and please say hello to the others for us. The next day he waved at them twice from the podium, he had recognized them. I believe he stayed late at Rotterdam to work on this letter about Prospekt's March. Will, Jon and Guy had done a runner.

^^ Hi Patricia, Carla put it in English on this thread, and in the meanwhile I have put it in French on the Zone.

when you get a light case of pneumonia from waiting outside before the concert, after the concert for Chris, and some time after that again for a train ... and yet nothing can bring your spirit down for the worth of it :sunny: :flutterby: :sunny:

Bon ,voila, ce soir je me suis rendue compte que j'avais omis un moment fugace et important dans mon récit de la rencontre avec Christopher Martin. Alors j'edite le poste, sachant que j'ai des témouines lol et que je n'invente pas. Ce vécu de quelques secondes vous paraitra peut-etre sans importance, voire a peine anecdotique. Certains comprendront peut-etre a quel point il est essentiel. Je veux pas faire mon interressante, mais vous etes bien d'accord que cela n'arrive pas tous les jours, de rencontrer Chris. Alors je préfere ne rien omettre.

bart, I would say, whatever you download save it in your "documents" in "my music", then depending on the format you can open it with mediaplayer or something else. If it says zip or rar at the end, instead of mp3, or avi (for videos) then you need to unzip it with a program like winzip or winrar, and then extract it to your "documents" does this help ?

All tied up but he is in no Trouble with us, we take goooood care of the gentleman ;)

Dont tell them where we hide him Chavi !

How can a president be allowed to cancel elections that are bound to replace him ? surely the constitution has foreseen that ! I hope so. Coldplay for president !

They are as generous as they want to be. And EMI has to just shut up and agree to whatever they want. Thank God. Coldplay had power over us and our hearts, now they have power. period. Thank God again for that. But this gets me a little lost about the Lost single EP with 4 tracks announced. Does anyone know what's becoming of it ? edit ^^ lmhorofl Kimchi sweet 2nd edit - so Lost single EP will be Lost ! Lost ? Lost + and Lost instrumental ?

J'ai failli oublier de vous créditer encore les filles, particulierement pour les poignées de papillons que tu m'as offert Chavi ! :kiss: Voici la place de quelques uns, en attendant de trouver un beau cadre : Merci merci (les autres je vais les enfiler sur un fil de lin pour faire un genre de petit rideau) !

Je vais essayer le petit compte-rendu de la rencontre unique et merveilleuse, c'est ma version, avec ce que ça implique de mémoire sélective lol : Carla et Chavi etaient au premier rang, moi dans les gradins pas trop haut mais assez loin quand meme, juste en face du set accoustic :) J'ai adoré le concert, CR des que je peux dans la rubrique a cet effet. L'extraordinaire de l'histoire c'est que c'était mon premier concert de Coldplay. J'ai une bonne étoile depuis toujours, sinon je serai meme pas la pour vous dire. lol. Donc on se retrouve avec les filles au point de rv prévu et on se dirige vers la sortie des artistes ou on avait remarqué des allées venues avant. Immédiatement, C & C observent que les van aux plaques allemandes sont encore la. Un gars de la securité nous dit : tout le monde est parti, comme Anvers est pas loin, ils sont rentrés pour la nuit a la maison (???). On dit merci, on se regarde, et No way c'est pas logique. Jai pas regardé l'heure mais ça devait etre 23H30 environ. On poirote. :whistle: Il y quelques allees venue interressantes, Miller (R42) mais pressé donc on lui a juste crié merci, Vicky - celle qui a peint la Bakery et les guitares, meme chose elle a souri en retour et dit merci (voir photo de Chavi ds le thread du concert), Pete d'Oxfam qui organise les equipes de volontaires, on lui a parlé, trop adorable.. On a demandé a Pete de nous tenir au courant s'il pensait que quelqu'un serait encore a l'interieur. Ou peut-etre c'est lui qui l'a proposé.:nice: Puis on a vu Reno le bassiste de Albert Hammon Jr. Les filles qui sont des fans de Guy et des bassistes en général, lui ont parlé assez longtemps. Il est meme revenu plus tard nous donner des setlists. Et la, le gars de la sécurité qui nous voyait toujours la malgré la pluie, nous dit "Je crois qu'il est encore a l'interieur " alors la on etait sures que c'etait Chris.:dance: Apres encore 1/2 heure et quelques details dont je me souviens pas bien (je me remuais pour arreter le froid de monter, mes jambes devenaient de bois mdr) on se prepare a accueillir la sortie de quelqu'un.(entre temps il était deja environ 01h30). Il était la, avec son t-shirt d'Obama, un pull noir jeté sur les épaules, son petit sac en bandouliere, quelques copains avec lui, peut-etre Albert,je les ai meme pas vu, tellement mon regard s'est arreté sur lui. Tout de suite il a dit "oh no" et s'est approché de nous, demandant un marqueur pour signer les pochettes que C & C lui présentaient gentiment. Il avait l'air presque désolé qu'on ait attendu comme ça. Il commence a signer , je lui dis : " tu chante super beau, ce soir, ton rhume va mieux ?" et lui " oh yes yes thanks" apres il dit " merci d'avoir attendu comme ça dans le froid " et moi " oui on a froid mais on est tres heureuse", pendant qu'il signe pour les filles, je lui demande s'il veut bien signer mon t-shirt parce que c'est tout que j'ai (pas préparée sauf pour le bonnet et l'écharpe mdr) , tout en ouvrant le manteau, soulevant le pull, et tirant le t-shirt d'une main. mdr. Il attrape le bas du t-shirt pour bien le tendre et me signe. Pour cela, il me demande d'abord mon prenom et moi je dis Laurence, bien a la française, en le regardant droit dans les yeux, persuadée qu'il veut connaitre mon prénom. Une seconde dans ses yeux. L'impression d'etre proches. Il me regarde sans parler, un regard profond, l'air de dire tu dois m'aider la, un air d'autorite douce ,son regard, imposant je crois que c'est pour ça que j'ai oublié , refoulé ce moment, pendant 3 jours. Je reponds en fermant les paupieres, puis les rouvrent tout de suite, j'avais compris que la prononciation francaise lui permettait pas d'ecrire son autographe et que ben non y voulais pas juste connaitre mon prenom (mdr) et je dis Lauren (comme pour les anglais). Il reprend, patiemment L-a ? moi : oh yeah L-a-u-r-e-n. strength reserve control vraiment . Et son regard suffit a te faire comprendre. Si on le savait pas deja, une grande intelligence. Et bien doublée d'un coeur et d'une ame. Je sais plus qui (moi?je tremblais a peine!) laisse tomber le capuchon du marqueur et il se baisse, le ramasse. J'ai failli exploser a l'intérieur.:sunny: Apres les filles prennent leur photo avec lui, moi en dernier. Quand je sens son bras autour de mon épaule, je suis devenue toute calme, presque serieuse, et j'ai dis assez bas " thank you very much". J'avais l'impression de sentir le rayonnement de son coeur. Quand j'y repense je le sens toujours. J'aurai voulu lui dire "On a besoin de Coldplay , pour guérir ce siecle" mais mon cerveau etait gelé, je ne pensais pas. Je ressentais. J'espere que les "merci" on transporté plus que des mots. :heart: Carla Chavi Laurence Chris Apres il est monté dans le van en se retournant pour nous sourire et dire merci, plusieurs fois. Les vitres etaient teintées de noir, une fois la porte refermée on le voyait plus, mais il cogné nettement 2 fois contre la carosserie, pour dire au revoir alors que l'on lui faisait au revoir de la main. Tout le long, il avait une voix tres douce, un petit sourire, et une fois ou deux son grand sourire, les filles lui ont parle de B. Obama, je me souviens vaguement, et lui ont dit qu'elle seraient a Anvers, et de saluer les autres de notre part. Il leur a fait signe depuis la scene 2 fois le lendemain soir, il les avait reconnues. Je crois qu'il était resté tard a Rotterdam pour regler cette lettre a propos de Prospekt's March. Will, Jon et Guy avaient fait un runner direct.

merci ma jolie :kiss:

Chavi mon appareil photo marche pas (avec cte bronchite chui pas sortie acheter des piles lol)\ Je te mets ici ce ke jai pu prendre ac ma veille webcam mais c pas lisible : Hello Lauren Love Chris Coldplay Programe : aujourd'hui Londres, preparation de l'emission de Jools Holland (Jools Holland setup), demain emission de J. H (Jools Holland show), Mercredi 8 oct emission T4. Le reste c les dates de retour a la maison des differentes equipes.

If I may Chavi, yes indeed he said Viva la Viva for the public's reactions. They all like to see the dancing and singing and cell phones etc. with it.

I have .. corrected the link above ;)

well when I want to know what's going on I click on "new posts" in the bar above. to save you some work, here the story starts : http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46663&page=8

Zaz go see thread on 03 oct Rotterdam ( I thought you knew, just have my heart so full :heart:) Dont be scared I am the ugly old one next to Chris lol

I have ... met Chris Martin