November 6, 2011
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Coldplay - Postcards from Far Away

Just got off of the phone with my parents, sisters and nephew, who were all at an airport in VA heading back to NY and MN home from my cousins wedding and heard this playing in my head. 

I got the pleasure of seeing Coldplay perform live in their hometown of London, England, a few years ago. When Chris Martin rolled out his upright piano and played this composition, I almost cried. They broke out into “yellow” and the entire stadium sang along while hundreds of yellow balloons were released from nets in the top of the stadium. At the end of the performance Chris made the entire crowd sing it acapella as an “audition” for Simon Cowell. Chilling experience.