How do I learn what the Viva tour was like?

Taz1853 · 06-07-2012, 02:05 PM

I've always been a fan of coldplay, but I never followed them like I do now. I never watched a Viva era concert and I just want to know what it was like, how it felt and all.

The MX tour is odd, too shiny and bright and, while enjoyable, doesn't have that feeling the Viva album does...

paradise117 · 06-07-2012, 04:10 PM

I have the same exact question!!!! I just began folowing them in 2011 so I'm not sure what it was like in the viva era.

Tash · 06-07-2012, 04:21 PM

You can watch Coldplay @ MTV World Stage or you can build a time machine.

HesterJulia#42 · 06-07-2012, 04:42 PM

^

kittybitty · 06-07-2012, 05:18 PM

That World Stage show doesn't do it justice. I count going to see the Viva tour one of the best days of my life (after my wedding day, of course!)

howyousawtheworld · 06-07-2012, 05:41 PM

I find it absolutely unbelievable for a band as big as Coldplay and in this day and age (youtube, hundreds of tv channels etc) that there has never been a full version of a gig from the Viva tour out there.

Went to see the Viva La Vida Tour in December 2008 (I haven't been to an MX concert and am unlikely to go to one because they only came to Scotland once back in December) and it was far less gimmicky and colourful and shiny than the MX tour. Perhaps it even scaled back a bit with regards to the Twisted Logic tour. There was hardly any lasers or anything and no multi colour colour schemes all over the place. There was definitely a "retro" feel about it what with the mock army like suits and old televisions on stage. But the music was fantastic. It's quite something for a band to perform all but on or two songs from the album in one show. To me it showed how good they felt the Viva La Vida songs were and they were right because in live form, as well as on record, it was fantastic. I can't really compare it with the MX Tour (although it looks like that tour has escalated Coldplay into the "U2 league") but as a body of songs I was delighted and honoured to view Coldplay from that era. Viva La Vida for me, is 10 times the album Mylo Xyloto is and based on that alone I feel that if given to view one of the shows from Viva La Vida tour or MX Tour then I'd take the Viva Tour all the time even though I think Coldplay have become even better as a live act in the MX era.

Tash · 06-07-2012, 05:46 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by kittybitty;5348424
That World Stage show doesn't do it justice. I count going to see the Viva tour one of the best days of my life (after my wedding day, of course!)

I don't think she knows how to build a time machine so I guess it's the next best option

Coeurli · 06-07-2012, 05:47 PM

There's also a multicam video of a show in Melbourne, I believe. The quality is pretty good.
But, yeah, the time machine would probably be more useful

fakfak · 06-07-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Coeurli;5348452
There's also a multicam video of a show in Melbourne, I believe. The quality is pretty good.
But, yeah, the time machine would probably be more useful

The quality of the Melbourne show is the best non pro shot concert footage I've ever seen. Bar none.

Honestly, though, I don't think the Viva tour was really all that different from what they're doing with their shows now, or even what they did before. I know that seems to be a minority viewpoint on this thread, but I've been going to the band's gigs since 2002, and they tend to reuse the same live gimmicks once they've developed them (and I'm not saying that in a bad way). Confetti, lasers, balloons, playing in the crowd, it was all there. I'm not sure what people mean when they say there was "less" of that before TBH. (though to be fair, so far, I've only seen the festival version of the current show.)

James. · 06-07-2012, 05:58 PM

I think I've seen a multi-cam of the first show of the Latin American leg of the tour (Argentina I think it was) which was pretty decent. It was uploaded in parts, but I'm pretty sure the whole concert is there. The quality is OK, and it has I think the only filmed performance of Don Quixote (Spanish Rain)

Here is the first part:

Coldplay Live Argentina 2010 full show completo Life in Technicolor Violet Hill part 1/14 - YouTube

Arantza · 06-07-2012, 08:08 PM

I haven't gone to a MX show, so my opinion is only based on video/pictures.
Even if they did have all the ballons/lasers/confetti/c-stage it does seem different

. Right now everything seems to be over the top, with lots of bright colours, with an in-your-face kind of lighting and effects.

But it's also a matter of taste, I prefer all the paintings and images they projected on the screen behind them to all the graffiti stuff they have going on right now

kittybitty · 06-07-2012, 08:52 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by Arantza;5348548
I haven't gone to a MX show, so my opinion is only based on video/pictures.
Even if they did have all the ballons/lasers/confetti/c-stage it does seem different . Right now everything seems to be over the top, with lots of bright colours, with an in-your-face kind of lighting and effects.

But it's also a matter of taste, I prefer all the paintings and images they projected on the screen behind them to all the graffiti stuff they have going on right now

I agree. And on a shallow note, the Viva outfits were hot.

TecHniCoLoR_MX · 06-07-2012, 09:28 PM

I always wanted to go to a Viva era show. The atmosphere would be amazing!

Drew42LP5 · 06-07-2012, 09:42 PM

An MX concert seems rushed, as soon as one song is over, the next one starts. On the Viva tour, the songs gently flowed into each other. That's what I miss from the Viva tour. I do love the bright colors of an MX concert, but I like Viva because it featured more songs and as I mentioned before the slow transitions into songs I liked.

paradise117 · 06-07-2012, 09:44 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by kittybitty;5348578
I agree. And on a shallow note, the Viva outfits were hot.

Ha Ha

Yes, yes they were!!!!

06-07-2012, 02:05 PM	#1
Taz1853 Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 233 Location: England Gender: Country: Chat posts: 1 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	How do I learn what the Viva tour was like? I've always been a fan of coldplay, but I never followed them like I do now. I never watched a Viva era concert and I just want to know what it was like, how it felt and all. The MX tour is odd, too shiny and bright and, while enjoyable, doesn't have that feeling the Viva album does...

06-07-2012, 04:21 PM	#3
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,467 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 234 Thanked 4,039 Times in 1,884 Posts	You can watch Coldplay @ MTV World Stage or you can build a time machine. __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

06-07-2012, 05:18 PM	#5
kittybitty Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,601 My Mood: Location: Home, home, where I wanted to Go Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 85 Thanked 122 Times in 96 Posts	That World Stage show doesn't do it justice. I count going to see the Viva tour one of the best days of my life (after my wedding day, of course!) __________________ Coldplay's gonna knock you out! )

06-07-2012, 05:46 PM	#7
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,467 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 234 Thanked 4,039 Times in 1,884 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by kittybitty;5348424 That World Stage show doesn't do it justice. I count going to see the Viva tour one of the best days of my life (after my wedding day, of course!) I don't think she knows how to build a time machine so I guess it's the next best option __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

06-07-2012, 05:47 PM	#8
Coeurli It's pronounced Curly Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 13,857 Location: 136 Low Street, The Little Apple. Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1,884 Thanked 1,494 Times in 849 Posts	There's also a multicam video of a show in Melbourne, I believe. The quality is pretty good. But, yeah, the time machine would probably be more useful __________________ A dazzled Coldplay fan. Also known as R Célly, or Nikola's PR. COLDPLAY: "Four very attractive young men playing the sexiest music ever created that will melt both your heart and your brain at the same time." "We're a punk band, you know that" - CM Stade de France, Paris, 2.09.2012 The night I had eye-sex twice with The Martin

06-07-2012, 04:10 PM	#2
paradise117 It's a Coldplay thing... Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 112 My Mood: Location: Florida Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 7 Thanked 22 Times in 13 Posts	I have the same exact question!!!! I just began folowing them in 2011 so I'm not sure what it was like in the viva era.

06-07-2012, 04:42 PM	#4
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06-07-2012, 05:41 PM	#6
howyousawtheworld Coldplayer Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6,753 Location: Scotland Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 13 Thanked 52 Times in 31 Posts	I find it absolutely unbelievable for a band as big as Coldplay and in this day and age (youtube, hundreds of tv channels etc) that there has never been a full version of a gig from the Viva tour out there. Went to see the Viva La Vida Tour in December 2008 (I haven't been to an MX concert and am unlikely to go to one because they only came to Scotland once back in December) and it was far less gimmicky and colourful and shiny than the MX tour. Perhaps it even scaled back a bit with regards to the Twisted Logic tour. There was hardly any lasers or anything and no multi colour colour schemes all over the place. There was definitely a "retro" feel about it what with the mock army like suits and old televisions on stage. But the music was fantastic. It's quite something for a band to perform all but on or two songs from the album in one show. To me it showed how good they felt the Viva La Vida songs were and they were right because in live form, as well as on record, it was fantastic. I can't really compare it with the MX Tour (although it looks like that tour has escalated Coldplay into the "U2 league") but as a body of songs I was delighted and honoured to view Coldplay from that era. Viva La Vida for me, is 10 times the album Mylo Xyloto is and based on that alone I feel that if given to view one of the shows from Viva La Vida tour or MX Tour then I'd take the Viva Tour all the time even though I think Coldplay have become even better as a live act in the MX era.

06-07-2012, 05:56 PM	#9
fakfak Coldplayer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,914 My Mood: Location: Illinois Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 142 Thanked 94 Times in 79 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Coeurli;5348452 There's also a multicam video of a show in Melbourne, I believe. The quality is pretty good. But, yeah, the time machine would probably be more useful The quality of the Melbourne show is the best non pro shot concert footage I've ever seen. Bar none. Honestly, though, I don't think the Viva tour was really all that different from what they're doing with their shows now, or even what they did before. I know that seems to be a minority viewpoint on this thread, but I've been going to the band's gigs since 2002, and they tend to reuse the same live gimmicks once they've developed them (and I'm not saying that in a bad way). Confetti, lasers, balloons, playing in the crowd, it was all there. I'm not sure what people mean when they say there was "less" of that before TBH. (though to be fair, so far, I've only seen the festival version of the current show.)

06-07-2012, 08:08 PM	#11
Arantza Je me souviens Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,582 Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts	I haven't gone to a MX show, so my opinion is only based on video/pictures. Even if they did have all the ballons/lasers/confetti/c-stage it does seem different . Right now everything seems to be over the top, with lots of bright colours, with an in-your-face kind of lighting and effects. But it's also a matter of taste, I prefer all the paintings and images they projected on the screen behind them to all the graffiti stuff they have going on right now __________________ Una locura muy bizarra. We Like Strange 09032010

06-07-2012, 08:52 PM	#12
kittybitty Coldplayer Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,601 My Mood: Location: Home, home, where I wanted to Go Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 85 Thanked 122 Times in 96 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by Arantza;5348548 I haven't gone to a MX show, so my opinion is only based on video/pictures. Even if they did have all the ballons/lasers/confetti/c-stage it does seem different . Right now everything seems to be over the top, with lots of bright colours, with an in-your-face kind of lighting and effects. But it's also a matter of taste, I prefer all the paintings and images they projected on the screen behind them to all the graffiti stuff they have going on right now I agree. And on a shallow note, the Viva outfits were hot. __________________ Coldplay's gonna knock you out! )

06-07-2012, 09:28 PM	#13
TecHniCoLoR_MX Street lights will glow.. Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 3,423 My Mood: Location: Northern California Gender: Country: Chat posts: 22 Thanks given: 619 Thanked 357 Times in 293 Posts	I always wanted to go to a Viva era show. The atmosphere would be amazing! __________________ *4.28.12 San Jose*

06-07-2012, 09:42 PM	#14
Drew42LP5 Coldplayer Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 468 My Mood: Location: 42nd St. on Violet Hill Gender: Seen CP: 2 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: 42 Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 2 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts	An MX concert seems rushed, as soon as one song is over, the next one starts. On the Viva tour, the songs gently flowed into each other. That's what I miss from the Viva tour. I do love the bright colors of an MX concert, but I like Viva because it featured more songs and as I mentioned before the slow transitions into songs I liked.

06-07-2012, 09:44 PM	#15
paradise117 It's a Coldplay thing... Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 112 My Mood: Location: Florida Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 7 Thanked 22 Times in 13 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by kittybitty;5348578 I agree. And on a shallow note, the Viva outfits were hot. Ha Ha Yes, yes they were!!!!