[23-Jul-2012] Coldplay @ Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

[TraceOddity]

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Originally Posted by Coeurli;5373217
"2004 standout single The Scientist"




2004 ????!!!!!

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Yeah, clearly this guy knows enough about the band to offer an expert opinion,lol. I figured I'd post it for the sake of interest, but obviously he's seeing something that isn't there.

Probably a hipster that's bitter that the world discovered his little secret,lol.

[Coeurli]

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Originally Posted by TracieMorgan;5373220
Yeah, clearly this guy knows enough about the band to offer an expert opinion,lol. I figured I'd post it for the sake of interest, but obviously he's seeing something that isn't there.

Probably a hipster that's bitter that the world discovered his little secret,lol.

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Oh, you were definitely right to post it, it's good to have opinions from all sides. But that mistake kinda makes...him way less credible

[TraceOddity]

Coldplay concert: One grand mutual exchange of love


Pawel Dwulit/TORONTO STAR
Lead singer of Coldplay Chris Martin sings on stage as confetti rains down around him during a performance at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, July 23, 2012.

Ah, why struggle against it?

I’ve been so desperate to find something original to say about Coldplay’s Monday-night gig at the Air Canada Centre that I’ve resorted, since getting home nearly three hours ago, to thumbing through a dictionary of literary quotations set on “love” in search of what professional journalists such as me call a “lede.”

This is the best I could come up with. I’ve absolutely no business invoking Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound in relation to the work of Chris Martin — absolutely no business at all, and may the deluge of justifiable hate-Tweets thusly accumulate in kind — but I still believe the following verse applies to what Martin et al. are up to on their current Mylo Xyloto tour:

All love is sweet,

Given or returned. Common as light is

Love,

And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

They who inspire it are most fortunate,

As I am now; but those who feel it most

Are happier still.

Coldplay at the ACC on Monday night was an ultraviolet-lit, confetti-spewing arena-rock love machine. If you didn’t feel like loving it and being believably loved in return going in, there were enough high- and low-tech distractions — sawing lasers, bounding beach balls, inflatable glowing objects scattered hither and thither in the stands and thousands of dollars’ worth of blinking LED bracelets handed out to patrons on their way into the venue — operating in service of one grand, mutual exchange of love that you had to allow yourself to succumb to the larger process or risk feeling less than human.

My bracelet didn’t work, for the record, but why should a single, doubting, maybe-karmic wardrobe malfunction detract from the overall, undeniable spiritual elevation of some 20,000 other doting fans? From up-jackin’ openers “Hurts Like Heaven” and “In My Place” through such knowingly “whoa-ooh-ooah”-ing, throng-acknowledged soccer-pitch keepers as “Yellow,” “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” and “Paradise” to surrender-or-die encore must-haves as “Clocks,” “Fix You” and “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” — and that damned “Fix You” knocks me to my knees as swiftly and as capably as any power ballad I’ve encountered during my 37 years on this planet — the British quartet worked as hard as it could to make you feel like this was, as front man Martin put it early in the evening, “the best concert we’ve ever played in our lives.”

Every single tune was delivered full at full, everybody-in throttle, as Martin bounded up and down the neon-lit proscenium like the world’s most tireless summer-camp facilitator. Every available space in the script or opportunity for an impromptu hometown slant in the lyric sheet was given over to letting Toronto know how much Coldplay appreciated — and loved — its Toronto fans for being a part of this monstrous explosion of fannish love for Coldplay and the appreciative love-in-return that Coldplay felt for its Toronto fans.

It was an ebullient, on-your-feet, eruptive kinda night out from start to finish, and that’s a tough bill of goods to sell believably on a city-by-city basis when your touring itinerary is set out in front of you for well in excess of a single calendar year. I’ve no idea how these four likeable blokes translate the Everyman-ish OK-ness of what they do together into proper tent-revival mania every time they come to town, but they do it very well. And that’s perfectly . . . OK.

Source: http://www.toronto.com/article/73894...change-of-love

[TraceOddity]

Nice to find a review that was just the opposite of the last one. See, Jon? People DO believe the band is sincere, despite playing the same songs over and over again. And I can tell you from experience that if you love the songs you play, you never get tired of them.

[xJNB94X]

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Originally Posted by TracieMorgan;5373247
Coldplay concert: One grand mutual exchange of love


Pawel Dwulit/TORONTO STAR
Lead singer of Coldplay Chris Martin sings on stage as confetti rains down around him during a performance at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, July 23, 2012.

Ah, why struggle against it?

I’ve been so desperate to find something original to say about Coldplay’s Monday-night gig at the Air Canada Centre that I’ve resorted, since getting home nearly three hours ago, to thumbing through a dictionary of literary quotations set on “love” in search of what professional journalists such as me call a “lede.”

This is the best I could come up with. I’ve absolutely no business invoking Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound in relation to the work of Chris Martin — absolutely no business at all, and may the deluge of justifiable hate-Tweets thusly accumulate in kind — but I still believe the following verse applies to what Martin et al. are up to on their current Mylo Xyloto tour:

All love is sweet,

Given or returned. Common as light is

Love,

And its familiar voice wearies not ever.

They who inspire it are most fortunate,

As I am now; but those who feel it most

Are happier still.

Coldplay at the ACC on Monday night was an ultraviolet-lit, confetti-spewing arena-rock love machine. If you didn’t feel like loving it and being believably loved in return going in, there were enough high- and low-tech distractions — sawing lasers, bounding beach balls, inflatable glowing objects scattered hither and thither in the stands and thousands of dollars’ worth of blinking LED bracelets handed out to patrons on their way into the venue — operating in service of one grand, mutual exchange of love that you had to allow yourself to succumb to the larger process or risk feeling less than human.

My bracelet didn’t work, for the record, but why should a single, doubting, maybe-karmic wardrobe malfunction detract from the overall, undeniable spiritual elevation of some 20,000 other doting fans? From up-jackin’ openers “Hurts Like Heaven” and “In My Place” through such knowingly “whoa-ooh-ooah”-ing, throng-acknowledged soccer-pitch keepers as “Yellow,” “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face” and “Paradise” to surrender-or-die encore must-haves as “Clocks,” “Fix You” and “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” — and that damned “Fix You” knocks me to my knees as swiftly and as capably as any power ballad I’ve encountered during my 37 years on this planet — the British quartet worked as hard as it could to make you feel like this was, as front man Martin put it early in the evening, “the best concert we’ve ever played in our lives.”

Every single tune was delivered full at full, everybody-in throttle, as Martin bounded up and down the neon-lit proscenium like the world’s most tireless summer-camp facilitator. Every available space in the script or opportunity for an impromptu hometown slant in the lyric sheet was given over to letting Toronto know how much Coldplay appreciated — and loved — its Toronto fans for being a part of this monstrous explosion of fannish love for Coldplay and the appreciative love-in-return that Coldplay felt for its Toronto fans.

It was an ebullient, on-your-feet, eruptive kinda night out from start to finish, and that’s a tough bill of goods to sell believably on a city-by-city basis when your touring itinerary is set out in front of you for well in excess of a single calendar year. I’ve no idea how these four likeable blokes translate the Everyman-ish OK-ness of what they do together into proper tent-revival mania every time they come to town, but they do it very well. And that’s perfectly . . . OK.

Source: http://www.toronto.com/article/73894...change-of-love

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What a great review Makes me feel happy

[TraceOddity]

My favorite of the four I posted.

[butterflygirl]

This was written in an update posted by a girls parents on Facebook who got to be one of the lucky ones to meet Chris at Sick Kids! It is a public page with 2500 followers from around the world, so I feel ok sharing it!


This morning we were told that Chris Martin of Coldplay would be visiting the hospital and meeting with teenagers in Marnie's Lounge at 5pm. Only one parent could go and Sinead was also allowed. We were sworn to secrecy. We couldn't even tell our nurse. I got to accompany the girls in. It was so exciting! It was a small group. Chris was chatty and happy. He had visited some kids in their rooms before coming to the Lounge. He answered some questions and ask some as well. He encouraged one 14 y/o boy who played guitar, wrote songs and had formed a band with a couple of friends.

"We'll see you at the Juno's in a few years." Chris told him.

"I hope so." The boy answered.

"No, you have to know. You have to believe you will be there."

Then he complemented Sinead on her pink hair and asked why she choose that colour. The fact that she did it because she saw it in Shopper's, with her friend, and they decided to just do it seemed like a good reason to him. Then he sang "Paradise", which always chokes me up these days. There was a group photo taken. We were not allowed to take our own pictures. On the way out everyone got a loot bag. It was a good one! Autographed picture, latest CD, a large book of coloured pictures of the band and stories, a nice sketch pad, pencil crayons, an iPod shuffle and some other things.

[xJNB94X]

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Originally Posted by butterflygirl;5374171
This was written in an update posted by a girls parents on Facebook who got to be one of the lucky ones to meet Chris at Sick Kids! It is a public page with 2500 followers from around the world, so I feel ok sharing it!


This morning we were told that Chris Martin of Coldplay would be visiting the hospital and meeting with teenagers in Marnie's Lounge at 5pm. Only one parent could go and Sinead was also allowed. We were sworn to secrecy. We couldn't even tell our nurse. I got to accompany the girls in. It was so exciting! It was a small group. Chris was chatty and happy. He had visited some kids in their rooms before coming to the Lounge. He answered some questions and ask some as well. He encouraged one 14 y/o boy who played guitar, wrote songs and had formed a band with a couple of friends.

"We'll see you at the Juno's in a few years." Chris told him.

"I hope so." The boy answered.

"No, you have to know. You have to believe you will be there."

Then he complemented Sinead on her pink hair and asked why she choose that colour. The fact that she did it because she saw it in Shopper's, with her friend, and they decided to just do it seemed like a good reason to him. Then he sang "Paradise", which always chokes me up these days. There was a group photo taken. We were not allowed to take our own pictures. On the way out everyone got a loot bag. It was a good one! Autographed picture, latest CD, a large book of coloured pictures of the band and stories, a nice sketch pad, pencil crayons, an iPod shuffle and some other things.

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That's beautiful

[music is paradise]

that is truly wonderful. and the fact that it went unpublicized makes it even more special for those kids. wow. am so glad I <3 Coldplay

[music is paradise]

or at least pubicized like in the Toronto Star or something. I had heard nothing of this until I read it here. shows what a great bunch of down-to-earth guys they are, and Chris' comment to the 14 year old boy regarding the Junos ... wow. shows he's a real sweetheart

[filiprasmusson]

What a great thing to do. Man, do I got respect for that awesome man.

[alexis16]

that's so awesome.

[butterflygirl]

He doesn't want it known. That is part of the beauty of it. I knew about it right away, but waited a week to post it. I knew Coldplayers would appreciate it. I love the interaction with the boy who was playing the guitar about the Junos.

[music is paradise]

well i won't tell anyone ... I don't know anyone personally who likes Coldplay (as much as I do anyway) so Chris' "secret" is safe. it really shows humility - sweet. as a "sorta new" Coldplay fan it's really nice to hear about. (tho I've enjoyed their songs for years - seeing them in concert on July 23 really made me a real fan). I work at a hospital (no I'm not a nurse). Chris' encouragement & positive comments to that 14 year old probably was just as good as medicine

[leahg]

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Originally Posted by mamgirl;5370116
All I can say is WOW what an amazing experience! I don't even know how to put it in words how much I loved that show. I even got choked up during Yellow. That's the song that started it all for me, and to have them singing it live in front of me, and then to hear the whole audience singing along and to be part of that; just wow.

I was a bit worried about my seats (section 118) because we were on the side, but it was a great view. Although I would have loved to have been closer...what's better than being in front on the floor?

We got there just before the show started as we really wanted to see Marina and the Diamonds. While we were waiting for the show to start I was watching up in the 300s because I had read the stories of people being upgraded. Sure enough, I spot a guy in black shirt and shorts, he kept popping up in each section, looking around, then he got in about 307 and he started talking to this couple. Then I saw them get up and follow him, and a while later they appeared down below me in the second row. Lucky buggers! I have to admit that while I was happy for them, I was a bit jealous. I was wondering if they were as big a fan as me, and that yes, my seats weren't in the nose bleed section, but I would LOVE to be moved to the floor. Why not me? Selfish I know.

Also, I had bought two seats in the same row, but not together and was worried how I was going to work that out as I was taking my 14 year old daughter and wanted us to sit together. But everyone was pretty cool about moving down one seat. Except this one guy who was a bit of a jerk about it. But he seemed to be a jerk in general. He kept drinking all night and getting louder and more obnoxious. He was so LOUD during Up in Flames that I almost told him to shut up.

But all those things aside it was a fantastic evening. I screamed with excitement the first time we all lit up. So cool. I sang, I danced, I cried. I just couldn't stop thinking "wow, that is actually Coldplay live and in person down there singing for me" (and thousands others) That was so worth every penny getting from Halifax to TO for one night. Can't wait to do it again, only wish I could have afforded both nights.

I haven't even looked at my pictures yet but if I have any decent ones I'll post them. My daughter took some videos too so we'll see how they turn out.

* I forgot to mention about the xyloband. After the show we went to the floor to collect some confetti, and on the way back up we found two xylobands on the floor. I brought them home figuring I could give them away on the xyloband thread. When I got home my youngest daughter really wanted one, so I let her have one, and as soon as she put it on it turned on! It was so weird! I had her put on the other ones, but they didn't turn on. The lights stayed on for about 8 hours before the batteries died.

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hey mamgirl - I flew in from Halifax for just the concert too! You aren't alone in your crazy Coldplay love! Concert was amazing - so worth it