what a great week! i've just had an awesome time these past few days, and it all reached a pinnacle last night.
weekend was spent camping in northern ontario...a lot of driving around, and a lot of sitting by the campfire with my 'buddies' and chatting, a lot of bbqing and eating breakfast out...as inactive as that sounds, it was really fun. the last day of camping, we went to the beach after dark and it was almost like the silence was deafening. the silhouette of trees against the dark sky, the stillness of the water in which reflected shadows of the sky and the woods...kind of indescribably beautiful.
so we come back from camping and it's time for the coldplay concert tuesday night. to be held at the air canada centre, with some loser opening band starting at 730pm. so a bunch of us (8 to be exact) waited around at a casey's closeby, and eventually went in to the acc around 8ish, when the band was still playing, with their strange stretchy pants (!) and long shaggy (from scooby doo) hair.
anyway, so coldplay comes on with a bang a little after 9, starting off with the first song in X&Y, square one. and the rest is history! it was a really well done concert...lighting and techy stuff were off the hook...you couldn't help but be mesmerized by the technology that accompanied each song. we had decent seats, but we really didn't need to see them because it was the music that mattered...and the music was big. the bits where they showed the band (sometimes the members separately, but all on one screen...which had a really cool effect) on the big screens, it was almost like you were watching tv, but it was happening right in front of you...was a slightly weird feeling...
chris martin's amazing...his ad-libbing in the songs, even his apologies abt the celine dion comment and the little goof up were unbelievably charming and made him more endearing. i've already written about how refreshing and cool i find his voice...but meh what the hell...i think he does a fabulous job singing...especially loved the fact that he ended with 'fix you' my favourite of the x&y album. all in all, it was a superb concert experience and the great company helped :o)
i'm almost tempted to run to montreal and catch tonight's show...
what a great week! i've just had an awesome time these past few days, and it all reached a pinnacle last night.
weekend was spent camping in northern ontario...a lot of driving around, and a lot of sitting by the campfire with my 'buddies' and chatting, a lot of bbqing and eating breakfast out...as inactive as that sounds, it was really fun. the last day of camping, we went to the beach after dark and it was almost like the silence was deafening. the silhouette of trees against the dark sky, the stillness of the water in which reflected shadows of the sky and the woods...kind of indescribably beautiful.
so we come back from camping and it's time for the coldplay concert tuesday night. to be held at the air canada centre, with some loser opening band starting at 730pm. so a bunch of us (8 to be exact) waited around at a casey's closeby, and eventually went in to the acc around 8ish, when the band was still playing, with their strange stretchy pants (!) and long shaggy (from scooby doo) hair.
anyway, so coldplay comes on with a bang a little after 9, starting off with the first song in X&Y, square one. and the rest is history! it was a really well done concert...lighting and techy stuff were off the hook...you couldn't help but be mesmerized by the technology that accompanied each song. we had decent seats, but we really didn't need to see them because it was the music that mattered...and the music was big. the bits where they showed the band (sometimes the members separately, but all on one screen...which had a really cool effect) on the big screens, it was almost like you were watching tv, but it was happening right in front of you...was a slightly weird feeling...
chris martin's amazing...his ad-libbing in the songs, even his apologies abt the celine dion comment and the little goof up were unbelievably charming and made him more endearing. i've already written about how refreshing and cool i find his voice...but meh what the hell...i think he does a fabulous job singing...especially loved the fact that he ended with 'fix you' my favourite of the x&y album. all in all, it was a superb concert experience and the great company helped :o)
i'm almost tempted to run to montreal and catch tonight's show...
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