Coldplay Concert

This past Saturday, Nelly and I headed over to the Continental Arena in the Meadowlands to take in a Coldplay concert there. We skipped the opening act because I needed a nap and got there with just enough time to buy a diet-pepsi and find out seats. Our seats, I must say, were something like a million miles from the stage.

Fortunately the lead singer of Coldplay is a very frenetic performer. His gyrations and spasms and other random acts of spontaneous energy were easily distinguishable even from our nose-bleed seats.

The show was actually spectacular. Sometimes the bass overpowered the rest of the music and drowned out the lyrics (no great loss). But even with that, the music was fantastic.

It took a little while for us to get into the vibe of the show. After three or four songs, the crowd was back into it and really going crazy. They did a bunch of hits as well as new stuff and tossed in a Johny Cash cover for good measure. They closed their set with "Speed of Sound" which brought the house down. Though how birds can "show you where it all began", I have no idea. And what were they doing in the underground in the first place?

The band went away for five minutes and then came back and performed a couple more songs. And then the crowds filed out. It's amazing how quickly 15,000 people can leave a place (Although getting out of the parking complex took a while.)

It was a really amazing concert. I hadn't been to a live concert like that in quite a while so it was pretty impressive. And I really enjoyed it. The perfect present for two people to share.