Demolish Nissan Pavilion...the Coldplay thread.

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
wow. i have never been to the Nissan Pavilion and I have never heard anything good about it.

i used to live in manassas and i still have never been there

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
I would go if Radiohead was playing. thats probably it though.

Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins - that's pretty much it for me as well.

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dude, i think the Pumpkins broke up….sorry to break the news.. ;)

Originally posted by sonickteam, forum nice guy:
dude, i think the Pumpkins broke up….sorry to break the news.. ;)

dude, reunion tour spring/summer 06.. ;)

Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:

Originally posted by you be betty:


last night we left at 4:30 from Bethesda, and arrived at around 8:15. Rilo Kiley, who i was there to see more than i was to see Coldplay, had been playing since 7:30ish; and we only caught about three or four of their songs. i almost cried.

As I recall, they came on late, and only played 8 songs, so you didn't miss a whole lot.

It's A Hit
I Never
Pull Me In Tighter
Does He Love You*
A Man/Me/Jim*
More Adventurous*
The Execution Of All Things
Portions For Foxes

The ones with astericks could be out of order. The people in the pit were mostly polite except for one kid who kept either yelling "You're dead, Matthews" or "Theme Song to Boy Meets World" at Blake or "Show us where babies feed!" at Jenny. I wanted to smack that bastard.

we drove into the pavilion as Does He Love You was finishing, and i almost started sobbing because Jenny sounded so beautiful (and of course any long-time RK fans like you or myself would get emotional and very overjoyed seeing them play such a huge venue–they have come so far in the last year or two and it's just amazing). then i ran up those ginormous-ass stairs as fast as i could go and just dove onto the lawn to catch the rest of their set. my friends and i were panting like crazy, but at least we caught the rest of the set. but you can definitely remove the asterisk from Does He Love You :cool:


i wish you would have smacked those guys. that whole band, in addition to being insanely talented are just some of the nicest and most humbling people you will ever encounter, and i love them all so very dearly. especially Boesel. i always seem to talk to him after shows.

the lawn folks weren't being that kind. when Jenny said something like "wow, thank you all so much…we're really not used to playing to crowds this big" some guy shouted out "YEAH, WE CAN TELL!" i yelled back something along the lines of "SHUT IT ASSFACE!" people were just talking during their entire set, but i guess that is to be expected. people are people. at the end of the show, Blake said something like "this is our last song" right before Portions and some other obnoxious guy was like "THANK GOD IT'S OVER" and then some other guy yelled back at him "HEY, SHUT UP! THAT'S MY BROTHER!" well it clearly wasn't Blake's brother but it was at least a nice gesture.

it makes me feel a little better to know that i didn't miss as much of their set as i thought i did, though…

There was something going on with traffic that day besides the show at Nissan. It was total insanity everywhere! I was on East West Hwy at Waverly and it took me 45 minutes just to get to Connecticut Ave., which is maybe only 1 mile away. All of Bethesda was a madhouse! Once I got up to the Capital Beltway, it was a bit better but traffic was still a bitch all the way home which is north of Baltimore. Now that definitely wasn't concert traffic, especially going north at between 5:00PM-7:30PM. Normally at about that time I can get home in about 1 1/2 hours, give or take 15 minutes. That day it took me 2 1/2 hours!

Traffic in the area is always most horrid on Friday, especially during the summer months…

And aren't we suppose to be driving less anyways ;)

Traffic here is going the way of LA very quickly where even on the weekend one can get mired in traffic jams. Went down to Richmond on Sunday outing and for no apparent reason other than volume,creeped through most of Prince William County. Of course VDOT could have easily open up the HOV lanes going north to help the situtation…

Coldplay sucks.

If you get to Nissan early and listen to the encore at your car, you shouldn't have problems.

Coldplay sucks.

I just recieved a link to complete a survey about the Coldplay concert at Nissan Pavilion… I recommend anyone that experienced the hell that is Nissan to enter your complaints… (the website is aptly named)… http://www.ourfansfirst.com/

Anyone know where one could find Coldplay's setlist from that night?

Square One
Politik
Yellow
Speed Of Sound
God Put A Smile On Your Face
Trouble
White Shadows
Everything's Not Lost
The Scientist
Til Kingdom Come
Ring of Fire
Green Eyes
Clocks
Talk

Encore-
Swallowed In The Sea
In My Place
Fix You

Thanks Snapp.

Originally posted by Snapp:
Square One
Politik
Yellow
Speed Of Sound
God Put A Smile On Your Face
Trouble
White Shadows
Everything's Not Lost
The Scientist
Til Kingdom Come
Ring of Fire
Green Eyes
Clocks
Talk

Encore-
Swallowed In The Sea
In My Place
Fix You

not sure what it is bout these guys but every picture looks like they are constipated or their laxative just kicked in.
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trying too hard to act all serious n stuff. methinks there crap especially when i heard that whiny piano song of theirs im sure it makes all the girls wet but hey so does bon jovi. "next!"

as one poster has already mentioned…

I myself don't mind some of their stuff but I could never go to one of their shows, their music really enduces narcolepsy (puts me to sleep).

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
and i'm totally enjoying reading the new post writers concert reviews… bring on the snary comments! i'll bet he gets more than his fair share of hate mail. comparing Coldplay to Dave Matthews Band was just priceless.

he is cool of course until he trashes of my favs, then i'll toilet paper his house…

A friend just sent me this link: Pop Talk
Post comments/questions to J. Free

Originally posted by amnesiac:
A friend just sent me this link: Pop Talk
Post comments/questions to J. Free

i can't even imagine how tough it would be to be the full-time music critic at a major newspaper … knowing that most of the lowest-common-denominator stuff that sells out the arenas and amphitheatres sucks balls, but the majority of your readership likes those bands

so what are you supposed to do? find a music critic who actually likes those bands and whose tastes mesh with the average dumbass radio listener? do they exist?

i guess the broader question is: should a newspaper pop critic's tastes gibe with his readership's tastes? does that ever really happen?

I think it's hysterical how J Freedom answered the first question (I haven't even read past that yet).

Potomac, MD: We're sorry, and we don't mean to be rude, but your reviews lately have been absolutely terrible–most of all, a bit amateurish and unprofessional. First of all, REVIEW THE CONCERTS. Don't worry about tabloid gossip news–it is literallly irrelevant to the concert at hand. No one gives a damn if Gwyneth Paltrow goes to a Coldplay concert. No one. Who cares? What songs did the band play, how were they played, what was the essence of the show? And to say that Coldplay plays music for "dull people" is absolutely childish, amateurish, unprofessional, stupid–and offensive. A stupid comment like that does not belong in a review in the Washington Post. Gee, the sold-out crowd of 25,000 people–from their teens to middle-aged, it should be noted, which it wasn't–at Nissan Friday night must mean that there are a lot of "dull people" out there WHO REALLY LIKE COLDPLAY'S MUSIC. Also, please get past the tabloid stuff and stale jokes about the Rolling Stones–WHAT WAS THE CONCERT LIKE, WHAT SONGS DID THEY PLAY, HOW DID THEY PLAY THEM, GIVE THE DETAILS OF THE CONCERT.

Please–talk to Richard Harrington for some pointers. He's the best popular music writer the Post has ever had–and he's still in the newsroom!

J. Freedom du Lac: Thanks, Potomac. Please don't apologize for sharing your opinions. I certainly don't!
You're right - there are a lot of medium-level dull people out there who like Coldplay's music. "50,000,000 Coldplay Fans Can't Be Wrong," etc. Hey, Celine Dion is popular, too!
Look, I don't have anything against Coldplay fans. Some of my best friends are Coldplay fans I'm just saying: It's not the most interesting music out there.
As for the Stones: The concert was great. I do believe I said as much.
Thanks for the tip on Richard, who is a veritable pop-music encyclopedia. Reminds me that we're supposed to have lunch this week.


And later….

That wasn't a commentary on the popularity of Coldplay and DMB, per se. More of a riff on the middle-of-the-road quality of their muzak.

So when does the U2 bashing start? They sell a lot of records too.

I'm guessing Coldplay was just a warm up lap…

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
i guess the broader question is: should a newspaper pop critic's tastes gibe with his readership's tastes? does that ever really happen?

Music criticism has become too polite. just look at metacritic. All those albums, and only one (Alanis Morrisette) has a negative rating. Look at the film and DVD ratings and you see plenty of red.

So I'm all for music critics getting a little more…um…critical. At the same time, they probably should tread lightly on the fragile egos of the medium-level dull.

There is plenty of room to be critical without being Pitchfork-snarky also.

I hope someone asks him why he goes by the asinine moniker of "J. Freedom" rather than his given name of "Josh."

dont any musicians friggin play their instruments anymore?! no, i mean PLAY them, like they would when they r jammin in the garage. or when they were in band practice at skool. where r the zappa's? the steve vai's? dammit, i played the drums and know musicians and the crap i hear is not what muscians CAN do or want to do. that's the reall issue. reminds me zappa singing "…because anyone who would buy this record…nobody gives a fuck if this record has good musicians on it, b/c this is a stupid song"