La canción De La Semana "VIVA LA VIDA" Coldplay

Junto con Radiohead, se trata de una de las bandas mas exitosas de los últimos años. A mi personalmente ni unos ni otros me parecen que representen todo lo que los críticos dicen de ellos. Periódicamente en el Reino Unido han ido apareciendo grupos de calidad (Oasis, The Smiths, The Cure, Keane,...) y Coldplay entraría en esa lista.

Pero la canción que me dispongo a destacar esta semana si me parece original... aunque según las malas lenguas podría ser de todo menos original. El guitarrista Joe Satriani ha demandado al grupo porque dice que "Viva la vida" es un plagio de su canción instrumental "If i could fly"... pero es que esta se parece extrañamente a "Love/Heaven" del cantante Cat Stevens, de 1973...

Sea como sea, "Viva la vida" me gusta realmente y a parte de los arreglos que me parecen muy buenos (utilizando incluso ese "timpani"), la letra me parece sensacional.

COLDPLAY

"Viva La Vida"

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning I sleep 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 and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a 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 go there was never

Never an honest word

And that was when I ruled the world

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 a 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

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

I hear Jerusalem bells a 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

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world