"Wow, you really liked Coldplay!"
"Sounds like it was a great show!"
I heard this throughout the week after running a pleasant review of the Coldplay show at the Post-Gazette Pavilion.
And yeah, it was totally, um, OK.
Coldplay puts on a lively show with fun visuals and no one doubts the four guys can play.
The thing is, I don't much like Coldplay and never listen to them. It's pretty but bland. Saturday afternoon I prepped for the show by trying to listen to the songs they would do, but quickly grew bored and moved on the main course: "The Bends" and "OK Computer."
I know, I know. Everyone's tired of hearing that Coldplay made millions by watering down Radiohead. But it's true. My wife Mary, who took the photos for the PG (like the one right there, never really got into Radiohead but holds certain Coldplay songs like "The Scientist" and "Clocks" near and dear, so this was a source of tension on the long drive out there. (Yeah, I shouldn't have said "It's Radiohead for Dummies.")
She just thinks I'm being a music snob (which I try really hard not to be -- I mean, listen to blink-182) and even got the big excited guy in the Penguins jersey next to us at the show to turn on me.
Even though the Pens were opening the Stanley Cup final against the Red Wings that night, he turned out to be one of the dudes there who wasn't dragged to the show by his wife (or girlfriend). In fact, I think it may have been the other way around.
I'm glad she didn't reveal my secret to the rest of the people in Section 7 who were jumping up and down. They may have pummeled me.
Would Coldplay fans do that?
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Posted
Jun 03 2009, 03:42 PM
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Scott Mervis