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Loud bass piercing the soul. The fellowship of the fans in a crowd. Feeling the raw passion of the performer. Thousands of voices singing in unison. Putting your hands up in the air ridiculously and jumping up and down to your favorite song. Screaming on the top of your lungs.

To me, that is what watching a live band is like in person. Most of the time, you would think that the music on a cd and what is played live would somewhat be the same. But for a good band, this is so far from the case. Some things can never be replicated in a cd.

I am fortunate enough to have watched all three of my favorite bands in person: Coldplay, Maroon 5, and John Mayer. This is my second time seeing Coldplay while the others I have only seen once. For this concert, I got floor tickets, 19 rows away from the front stage.

I have to say that this experience compared my first Coldplay concert was very different. Last time, we were way up the nose bleeders, and the entertainment quality seemed to be a lot better. The first concert seemed a lot more splashy with some really well choreographed events (balloons coming down from the ceiling and popping with gold graffiti). At the time X&Y was my favorite album

This time around, I would have to say that the splashy quality of the concert went way down. I’m not sure if it was intentional or maybe because the Forum doesn’t support an environment like the first concert.

Regardless, I think this concert was all about one thing.. the music.

Coldplay started off pretty much playing their entire new Viva La Vida cd. The first thing that struck me while singing along with the crowd was that most of their songs lacked a ‘karaoke feel’.

When seeing Maroon 5, I remember singing almost the entire time. Pretty much all of their songs are karaoke friendly.

In this concert, I didn’t know a lot of the lyrics. But it really didn’t matter. When you feel the music pulsating through your body, you know you are feeling it.

Something I’ve always wondered is ‘how do concerts affect me?’ Some things in life are pretty clear, like if you reading certain books you can achieve a degree of self-realization.

But a concert I think allows unbridled expression. For about 2 hours you don’t care what other people are thinking of you and how dorky you look jumping up and down. At the end of the day, it’s all about the love and the music.

And maybe to make this world a better place, that’s something we need more of.

Shandiz and I went to Francos in Cypress for some Italian food.

Shearwater opening

Us really happy in the floor section, row 19

Chris Martin REALLY close.

And of course the obligatory video.

Tuesday is better than Monday..

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