| | I reflect a little back on my live concert experience last month with Coldplay. I know most people see a concert as merely a entertaining show. You sit down on a nice comfortable chair, listen to some nice songs, wave your hands a little, watch the bright lights and then leave. This is not how I go to concerts.
One may find my approach a strange mix of my passion for my faith and my passion for music. Musical worship in church cannot be claimed to be just singing some nice songs. It is a personal experience. One can completely be lost in the moment of worship God. This may very much also lie in the fact that music, in its deepest and true form, is no mere entertainment. It has the power to stir up the emotions and elevate the spirit. That is the power of music and I am embrace it whole heartedly.
So with Coldplay's concert, I decide I was not going to just sit down and watch a show. I wanted to be part of it. I allowed myself to be completely be lost in it. From the moment the band started playing, I was up on my feet and my hands were never at my side. Each song was different channel for different emotions. Jumping, feet stomping, screaming, shouting, crying out, hands punching, hands waving. Frankly, I was on a high. And I did not need alcohol or drugs for it. Music serves me just fine. Such was a similar experience for when I attended Linkin Park and U2's concerts too. The audience, the band and the music become one singular entity.
I still could not believe there were people standing beside me, just casually swaying to the music. I'm sorry, hot Singaporean chick next to me with your middle age gwailo boyfriend, it just would not have worked out between us. Call me when you have truly discovered the joys of music.
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