Sunday, June 07, 2009

VIVA LA VIDA

Best. Concert. Ever.

For Mother's Day, one of my gifts from P was a ticket to Coldplay--a "date" with Chris Martin, if you will. :) My man is awesome, I know.

Anyway the show was tonight with Snow Patrol opening for them. They started off the night with a captivating energy. Most of the audience sang along to their familiar songs, and when they played "Chasing Cars," I replayed Grey's Anatomy's Season two finale--scene by scene, line by line--in my mind as I intently listened {which, on a bit of a tangent, is arguably the best episode ever...} It was a great moment.

However, none can compare to Coldplay. I've watched several of their shows on music tv, but seeing them live is altogether an emotional experience. They played for a solid 2 hours, performed every song I would have wanted them to except "Swallowed in the Sea" which I really didn't expect. My personal favorites were "In My Place," "Fix You," and of course "Yellow." Chris was humble, funny, personable, and they gave each audience member a free cd of live tracks.

Before the show, P took me out to eat at Sunset Grill in Hillsboro Village. It was so fun for us to get to go out and be datey lovey. Addison had a blast with her cuz at Jaydee and Bear's, so it was a pleasent evening for all of the fam.

4 comments:

L said...

color me sooooo jealous!!! we looooooovvvvveeed seeing Coldplay last fall...but oh my...i am so jealous you got to see Snow Patrol too!! i love them! what an awesome combo! glad you enjoyed it. :)

Tiffany Norris said...

Jealous! Several of my Bham friends saw them there...then I got to experience another round of envy when they came to Nashville! ha
Glad you had fun, though!

Ashley @ pure and lovely said...

ummm wow. pee in the pants, im so jealous. seriously. I LOVE snow patrol too! wowsa. HATE YOU. kidding. call me!

Patrick said...

It was the best concert I've ever seen--and that's coming from a guy who loves hard rock and seen a few concerts. It was so much fun Kris... let's do it again! I love you!