"They were sitting / they were sitting in the strawberry swing / every moment was so precious"
Yes...its been over week since my last post. Virtually slap me for my neglect, you know i deserve it. But now i'm here, i'm back and i have a new post for you! Well, actually I have 3...here goes!
Last wednesday, a small 4-piece band (you might now have even heard of them) arrived in sunny Cape Town and put on a little show for the people of the city in the football (don't you DARE say soccer, that's for Americans. Plus, its wrong) stadium. Oh, I might also add that they're called COLDPLAY. Heard of them? Yeah, didn't think so. Just to fill you in, the band consists of lead vocalist Chris Martin (think Gwyneth Paltrow, kids Apple and Moses. eish), guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion, and bassist Guy Berryman (representing for us Scottish folk, he's a local lad from Kirkcaldy!).
So anyway, on wednesday I scooted off with pals Amy and Alice, hopped on the bus to town, and finally arrived at Greenpoint. We hung around outside and grabbed a bite to eat at Steers (or was it Wimpy? can't believe i can't remember, we stood in the queue for over 20 mins). We sat on the pavement by the road and munched our way through R30 of junk food, feeling like homeless students. Its was fab.
Getting to the golden circle (yeah, we went big) was a bit of a mission. First, we got in the wrong queue and ended up waiting with all the chaps who had seated tickets. When we found the right queue and eventually got inside, we had to run the ENTIRE length of the stadium to finally get to the entrance to golden circle! As we walked down (whilst the support band was playing) the whole crowd started cheering. I like to think that they were cheering for us, and they may well have been, because the band playing - the Parlotones - was beyond lame (don't deny it!).
The crowd went carrrrrrrraaaaaaazzzzzzzy when Coldplay arrived, and boy were we in for a treat. Their set was flawless - it flowed brilliantly, and although it was almost 2 hours, they could've gone on playing all night. A few highlights - paper butterflies falling from the ceiling, mexican phone wave around the whole stadium, giant beach balls bouncing amongst the chaps standing on the ground, and Chris Martin explaining that the reason they hadn't been to South Africa in 12 years was because "that was how long it takes to get a visa". Being an international student, i know EXACTLY what he means. But he might have been exaggerating just a wee bit...
Check out the video for one of my favourite songs of theirs, 'Strawberry Swing':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb9X5jMofEo&ob=av2e
chap.
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