18 July 2006: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan

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18 July 2006

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Went to the 18th’s concert with my girlfriend. She doesn’t know much about Coldplay but said she loved it! One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. You can tell the group has great chemistry and really loves music. Chris was really energetic and showed his gratitude about being in Japan but I think 98% of the people didn’t understand when he spoke in English. I hope they come back soon! Will definitely go again!

Setlist:

Square One Politik Yellow Speed of Sound God Put a Smile What If Don’t Panic White Shadows The Scientist

Til Kingdom Come Ring of Fire Trouble Clocks Talk

Swallowed In The Sea In My Place Fix You

[Thanks raiankun]

After J got in from school he hurried up his homework, put the dog in his room and then we set off to Tokyo. M was already there on business so we’d meet up at Tokyo Station. My only rule was NOT to leave the Bullet train area. Okay, sure. I can do that.

Everything went smoothly, we get off the train and my phone rings. It’s M and he says he’ll be a little late. Forty-five minutes. Well, gee, J is hungry and so am I so we’re gonna grab a bite to eat, then meet you here. J and I head off to find some grub. We walk and walk and find something that looks good. We order. Mail on my phone. It’s M again. He’ll be here in fifteen minutes. Crap! Food thankfully comes out fast and we devour it, pay the check and head back to our meeting point. We find the meeting point. This is going great! No M though. Odd.

Phone rings. Where are you?

Um…There was much confusion and running around and phone calls back and forth and finally we discovered that I had left the Bullet train area…pushed my little tickets through and voila! Now we were totally on the wrong side of where we needed to be. Much runnng and stair climbing but we eventually made it to the Budokan unscathed, a bit wet, but on time.

The funny thing about the Budokan is that it is like oh-so-famous for bands and all but it wasn’t made to be a music hall. It is a martial arts arena. The sound is quite bad. M told me lots of times bands will write on their liner notes that the show was taped here but in reality they’ll record it in Nagoya or somewhere else, where the sound is better. It is also very tiny. From the pictures you can see we had nose bleed seats but still we could see quite good. Here is J and the stage before hand.

The place was packed and all those foreigners! I was surprised. We even had an English couple sitting right next to us. Another lovely thing about shows here is that you can drink. They sell beer and the like. So we all sat there drinking our Sapporo beers waiting for the show to start.

It did and it was great! I got chill bumps four times and cried thrice. Today I was reading over some other blogs of people who went and quite a few said they were crying as well. What is up with that??

It was so friggin’ good though. The audience went nuts and the band was tight, the sound actually fantastic and they played like all my favorite songs! Well, I wished they’d have played Green Eyes. Sigh… J wanted them to play “Spies” (from their first album) because it has such dorky lyrics. “Spies came out of the water…” Okay~~.

Chris spoke a little. Said, “Thanks for having us at such a hallowed place…” What IS it about super tall, super lanky Englishmen??!!!

It always rains when we go to the Budokan. This time though we had umbrellas. Here is a shot leaving, the sea of umbrellas and the Coldplay sign.

Also, I could have sworn I saw Ringo Starr milling around. I really did!

[Thanks KappanoHe]

Chris was incredible!

He danced like a drunker and kept ‘hitting’ the piano with his body rocking back and forth. He rolled on the floor and jumped down from the stage, running around and shouted out loud! Chris! Wanna FIX U!

Actually I don like Coldplay as much as before because I don really understand Chris’s words.But, except the lyrics, the music is still great and Chris is a funny and energetic performer without a doubt.

The live was somehow interesting.

I think I would have more fun if the 2 guys sitting besides me shake their bodies a bit or at least clapped their hands…

They sat still without a move and I really wanna kick them off the seats, ask them why they don simply wait for the DVD!?

Throughout the show I have my arse sticked to the chair for not so many people on my side chose to stand.

But when the band got encores, I could not restrain anymore! I stood up and shouted ‘Chris! Chris!’

He probably heard me screamed so he came to our side quite frequently He apologized for his lack of Japanese 2-3 times but I wondered who care… All of us love ye, love ya songs, love ye jumping around like a monkey~~

Chris, we love you anyway

[Thanks easier to lie]

Gave a great performance, but if I were to make two compliants, the sound mixing and acoustics at Budokan were terrible, with the vocals intermittently too soft or drowned by other instruments, and distorted as well. The other thing is, they only played for a little over an hour, and at 7,500 yen (about $65), that's just too short in my books. Having said that, Coldplay is a great band, and I hope they come back to Japan soon.

[Thanks Stuart]

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