Coldplay Conundrum

So I'm mostly going to be in the US of A around late July; will be there for some time, and that's left me in an irritatingly difficult position. You see, right about that time, my current favourite band, and one of my top 3 of all time, is gonna be touring there. Now, the issue is this - should I go ahead and indulge myself in something I've always wanted to do, at a time when the focus is on saving whatever little money I can? Or should I be all 'sensible' about it, skip it 'this one time' since "they'll always come back again"? And then there's the other issue - who do I go with? Company matters, man, and I'm flying alone. Well, that actually depends on where I attend the concert. Looking at the dates, it seems like I can only go for one of the shows in California. That's possible without going out of the way because I can just fly Pacific and land at SF.

You see, I'm not really a concert guy. As in I haven't been to too many (though I would've liked to). The only 2 concerts I've been for were both Bryan Adams in Mumbai (Bryan Adams = God, remember?). And I want to go for this one only because it's Coldplay. In fact, I still think I'm just rambling on and dreaming about this coz it'll never really work out. I don't think I'll be able to take a decision on it very soon. And when I do, even if I decide to go, my luck tells me it'll be all sold out by then.

Oh, bummer.

Back to you, Bryan

Bryan Adams is God to me. It's true.

Bryan's music heals me like nothing else does. It worked first about 9-10 years back, when I was still in school. That's when I first heard his music and fell in love with it. It wasn't funny the way he had a song for every, and I mean every damn 'situation' in my life. Over time, I started listening to him only when I felt low. His slow ballads were my poison. And they worked like a magic potion. His music would make me feel sorry for myself, it would make me cry. And then magically, only in a few hours I literally forgot that I was depressed. I'm not kidding. The guy's a genius.

Today, after years, I felt like listening to Bryan Adams again. Today, after years, he made this cold rock of a heart gulp its own blood and cry. Today, Bryan Adams became God all over again.

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This is the song that got me all teary-eyed today. I'll Always Be Right There - from the album MTV Unplugged - his best by far. It seemed so apt today.

I'll Always Be Right There by Bryan Adams