I never thought that I would be having my own blog! Shucks man.. to think that I was quite cynical about blogs! Now I'm having my own! All becos I wanna share my Coldplay experiences with everyone!
Attended Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night. It wasn't my first time attending a concert, but was the first English concert I attended, since the previous concerts were by Chinese artistes. The concerts I attended in the past were great because of fantastic artistes/musicians such as A-mei Zhang Hui Mei, Wang Lee Hom, Jay Chou and JJ Lin Junjie etc etc, but right now I think this was the best of all, albeit it was tooooo short..
It was my first rock concert ever, and it's so different from the previous concerts I attended. The stage was seriously just a platform with the drums set, keyboard, piano, and some guitars. No fanciful backdrops, just a rectangular platform. It started late, about 8.45pm. I entered the stadium at about 8, and there were still very little people. As time passed, the stadium filled up with people, and when the concert started, it was full house. Yes, the tickets were sold out, I think within a few days.
Also, there were no costume changes, unlike Chinese artistes who love to appear in different extravagant, & sometimes bizzare costumes. The 4 lads were in black throughout the whole show. However they did not forget the logo "Make Trade Fair" drawn on the back of the hands.
There was also minimal conversation made by the bandmates, and not a lot of interaction - was the Singapore audience not high enough? Ok Chris Martin did talk but I didn't understand him ahha..Save for one climax - Chris ran down from the stage, past the audiences seated at the sides, to the audience seated behind! He even stood amongst them and sang, allowing the lucky girls to hug him! That was rather unbelievable sight to me, because as far as I know, concerts in Singapore are so restricted as the security don't allow artistes to come off the stage. But I must say the situation is improving in Singapore. Because the whole stadium stoood up during the 3rd song, Yellow! I can't imagine this happening like 5 years ago - the security people would command people to sit down! Probably cos everyone's too high, there's nothing they can do haha..
Comparisions aside, I still think it was amazing, and super duper high and fantabulous, even after 24 hours. Never felt so high throughout a concert before. The only high moment was during Lee Hom's concert where everyone rushed to the front during encore. The rest of the concerts, lots of clapping & screaming & singing along. That was about it. For this, I actually stood up & moved! Rocked to the beat! ahha...& lots & lots of screaming & clapping, clapping to every song! Hands swollen already..
Chris Martin is another amazing performer. Why does this guy have so much energy? He runs, skips, hops, prances around,lies down on the floor and sing, teases his bandmates, and even does "yogalike stances"! I was in awe when he was on the piano stool and did a bridge backwards! His voice - strong, and had beautiful falsettos!
The music - so penetrating, hypnotising, haunting and heart-wrenching at times, especially Fix You, Swallowed in the Sea, The Scientist. Love the camaraderie of the baNd. Lots of mo4 qi4, & could tell that they were very close. Loved the interactions (hu4 dong4) between the members.
Loved the lighting effects as well! They were so important in the concert - created the right atmosphere at the right times. The strobing laser lights, the strong spotlights etc. Very beautiful!
Loved the big yellow balloons that floated about as well during Yellow. Beautiful sight, when they burst and gold confetti poured out.
The crowd was wonderful, although I hoped it could have been better. At times, Chris had to ask if everyone's ok. haha..But loved the moments when everyone cheered & screamed together, & especially singing in unison together, during Yellow, Scientist,Fix You, In My Place etc. So touching! =)
Gosh! My first post is long! Hope it didnt bore u to death! FYI, didn't manage to take any pics or record any videos..The pic above was taken from another site haha..but what happened that night is really as shown in the pic haha...
Lastly,found this on youtube. Nice "clips of the best"~!
ColdPlay Live - Singapore made by reneluis
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