nohwrah

i'm still digesting everything, to be honest. i can't believe it's over already - i'd been looking forward to this for months and months. i kind of have to agree with what most people have said already. there was something missing - i can't quite put my finger on what it was. this was the sixth time i've seen them play and they're still the best live band out there - i don't think anything can compete, ever - but i didn't leave feeling as euphoric as i did the other times. to be honest, what bothered me most was that i was in the front row (right in front of jonny, with clear view of the drums) and i was surrounded by people who didn't even know the titles of the songs. as a result, i was the only one that was belting out the songs together with the band. i suppose that's what usually makes a concert great, for me, when the crowd just loses itself in the music and sings and dances the entire time the band is playing. that didn't happen this time (and i do think the people standing next to me were kind of annoyed with how loudly and off key i was singing along). i don't think this can be blamed entirely on the band, although chris didn't talk to us as much as i remember him doing other times (though props to the man for always saying something in dutch, whatever silly word it is, at least he puts in an effort), but i suppose it's also the newer generation of fans and perhaps the more casual fans that started coming to the shows. i think the performance itself was brilliant, though. whatever songs they played, they played them flawlessly and i'm always happy when will gets a chance to sing, because i think his voice is just amazing. i did miss a couple of songs that i had hoped they would play - life is for living, for one, and another handful of songs that i knew they were never going to play simply because they're too old. "up in flames" was perhaps the low point of the night for me, as it is the low point of the album for me, as well - i just don't really like the song. i'd much rather they'd played "up with the birds" or even "u.f.o." - but i suppose you can't have everything. "politik" keeps blowing me away, even after having heard it a million times, maybe. it was never my favourite song off AROBTTH and it never will be, but hearing it live is just something different entirely. same thing with "charlie brown", by the way. i love it the way it is on the album, but whenever they play it live, the song just gets to me and judging from the reaction of the crowd around me (this was the only time anyone was dancing), i'm not the only one. the xylobands were awesome. it was spectacular to see, all these lights flashing along to the music. brilliant move on the band's part. i loved the show, i don't think i'll ever be able to not love something coldplay has done, but i think out of all performances i've seen them do, this is the least impressive. i suppose what happened here was that the band knew too well what was coming, and a big part of the crowd (or at least the part that surrounded me) didn't know. and that's perhaps why the big fans felt like it missed a bit of spark? obviously, i have no idea what i'm talking about - and i'm also rubbish at writing coherent sentences, so just ignore what i've said :)