viva la vida

é o segundo single do quarto álbum de estúdio da banda de rock inglesa Coldplay, «Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends». Foi lançado em 7 de Maio de 2008 no iTunes para download digital.

Várias versões acústicas desta canção surgiram no YouTube

No dia 1 de Junho de 2008, a banda interpretou "Viva la Vida" no MTV Movie Awards 2008. Foram introduzidos por Edward Norton e Liv Tyler, actores de O Incrível Hulk.

Anton Corbijn — director do vídeo de Talk — foi quem dirigiu o vídeo para "Viva la Vida". Foi filmado nas praias holandesas. A banda teve a ideia de realizar um vídeo "inovador".

vídeos

videoclip original


letra
used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you know there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
(Ohhh)

It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries Wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)

Hear Jerusalem bells are ringings
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can not explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
(Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh)

Bohemian raphsody

para começar o blog, vou falar-vos de uma das músicas mais famosas dos Queen.
Esta música foi escrita por Freddie Mercury, gravada originalmente pelos Queen em 1975 para o álbum «A Night at the Opera». Esta canção possui uma estrutura musical incomum para a música popular, o que a faz ser considerada por muitos uma obra de rock progressivo. Não tem um refrão. Foi lançada como compacto e tornou-se um estrondoso sucesso comercial. Ela esteve em 4 álbuns dos Queen entre os 20 mais vendidos e teve um videoclip que ficou conhecido mundialmente, marcando a carreira da banda. Essa música foi cantada também por Elton John junto com Axl Rose no tributo a Freddie Mercury em 1992.
Todos os anos, é eleita a melhor canção de todos os tempos.

Vídeos
videoclip original


no tributo a freddie mercury


letra
Is this the real life, is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Mama oooh... Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come, sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama oooh (any way the wind blows)
I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening thing
Galileo (Galileo)
Galileo (Galileo)
Galileo figaro (Magnifico)
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go
Bismillah! No, we will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go, let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby, can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out, just gotta get right out of here

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows.