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Discussion: (Winner Revealed) The Scientist : The Coldplay Rate
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Bye Viva La Vida??????
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bye bye.... Yellow!!
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Yellow
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8,5 Highest: 10 (Legofanyoda, Imarudeboy, Supreme Goddess, backtoback, Eric, Iputrecordson, Jomarr, ImJavingALongAssUsername)
Lowest: 5 (MusicTalker)
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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
Listened 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
Missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you'd gone there was never
Never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was a 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?
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The whole lyrics are a highlight tbh.
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we did quite a few different versions and went round the houses a bit and eventually settled on those treatments for it
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"It's about... you're not on the list. I was a naughty boy. It's always fascinated me that idea of finishing your life and then being analyzed on it. And this idea runs throughout most religions. That's why people blow up buildings. Because they think they're going to get lots of virgins. I always feel like saying, just join a band (laughs). That is the most frightening thing you could possibly say to somebody. Eternal damnation. I know about this stuff because I studied it. I was into it all. I know it. It's still mildly terrifying to me. And this is serious."
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Best line of the song tbh
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"It's a story about a king who's lost his kingdom, and all the album's artwork is based on the idea of revolutionaries and guerrillas. There's this slightly anti-authoritarian viewpoint that's crept into some of the lyrics and it's some of the pay-off between being surrounded by governments on one side, but also we're human beings with emotions and we're all going to die and the stupidity of what we have to put up with every day. Hence the album title."
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Viva la Vida has become Coldplay's highest-charting single. Fueled by high digital sales, the song peaked at the top spot of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's first number-one single and their second top ten on the Hot 100. It is the first song by a British group to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 since "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls in 1997, and it is the first song by a British rock band to top the chart since UB40's 1993 song "Can't Help Falling in Love". Although the song was initially successful in digital sales, after being released, it went on to become the band's highest-charting single in American radio, becoming their first top ten hit on the Hot 100 Airplay where it peaked at number eight.[29] It had also become the band's first number-one single on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Viva la Vida also became the first song to top both the Hot 100 and Modern Rock chart since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" in 2001 and 2002. On the Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, the song has become the band's first number one, as well as the first single on the Capitol Records label to ever top the chart.
The single was also successful in the United Kingdom. Although the song had been disqualified from the UK charts due to initially being available only by pre-ordering the album on iTunes, it became eligible to chart after the album was released. "Viva la Vida" hit number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Coldplay's first chart-topping single in the UK.
In Canada the single made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number four on the Canadian Hot 100 on the issue of 24 May making it Coldplay's highest debut there.
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The slayage
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With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write or have any influence on the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours.
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Drag him
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Czech Republic (IFPI)[77] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[84] 1
Polish Singles Chart[89] 1
Slovakia (IFPI)[91] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[94] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[95] 1
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[97] 1
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[98] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[99] 1
Australia (ARIA)[72] 2
Italy (FIMI)[83] 2
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[90] 2
European Hot 100 Singles[79] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[85] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[74] 4
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[76] 4
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)[100] 4
Germany (Media Control AG)[82] 5
Norway (VG-lista)[88] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[93] 5
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[73] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[75] 7
France (SNEP)[81] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[92] 7
Denmark (Tracklisten)[78] 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[80] 10
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[96] 12
New Zealand (RIANZ)[87] 16
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Smash
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YAS!! that overrated mess misses the top 5!!
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Viva La Vida got payed to the dust in this entire rate
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top 5 material
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Originally posted by theREALslimSHADY
bye bye.... Yellow!!
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Originally posted by I'm JAVIng Fun
Yellow
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Yall know damn well that VLV ***** on Yellow (sucess).
I mean:
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- 2Cellos performed an instrumental cover of "Viva la Vida" in their debut album "2Cellos".
- Weezer included their cover version of the song on the deluxe edition of their 2010 album Hurley.
- Electropop artist Joy Electric covered the song on the 2009 album Favorites at Play.
- Chris Mann sang the song for his quarter final performance during the second season of The Voice.
- Lady Gaga performed an acoustic version to the song on piano on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, changing some of the words in the lyrics.
- VV Brown covered the song for the first time on 6 January 2010, on French TV show Taratata.
- The Dirty Heads covered the song on YouTube's RAWsession.[65]
- The song was covered in 2008 by Japanese idol group SMAP, as a collaboration with Coldplay. They performed this song together (as Smaplay) on an episode of SMAP's television variety program, SMAP×SMAP. A famous portrait of the French Revolution appears near the end, suggesting the song's questionable meaning.[66]
- Boyce Avenue covered an acoustic version of the song on YouTube in 2009. [67]
- Matt Giraud covered the song during the eighth season of American Idol.
- Tim Urban covered the song during the ninth season of American Idol.
- K'naan covered the song at Mod Club Theatre and at several of his live shows in 2009.[68]
- Westlife performed a one off version of the song in the O2 Blueroom in Dublin on 20 August 2010. Then performed again as part of their medley on their 2011 Gravity Tour.
- Solange Knowles performed the song live, including it on the setlist of her AOL Sessions to promote her second studio album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams.
- Taylor Swift performed an acoustic version of the song on the Simon Mayo Drivetime show for BBC Radio 2.
- One Direction performed the song on Week 1 of X Factor Series 7 Live Shows.
- Cher Lloyd sang a hip-hop version of the song during the bootcamp stage.
- Penn Masala covered the song, mixing it with "Jashn-e-Bahara" from Jodhaa Akbar on their album Panoramic.
- The cast of the U.S television show Glee will be covering the song in a future episode.[69]
- Jens Johansen wrote a notable SSATTB a capella arrangement for Vocal Line [70]
- English-Irish boy band The Wanted covered Coldplay in a medley of their songs during their 2012 tour in Europe, North America and Australia. The medley consisted of Viva la Vida, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Paradise and Fix You.
- he song was sampled for the Swizz Beatz song "That Oprah".
- Rapper Shawty Lo sampled this song for his song, "Roll The Dice", which is best known for ending his feud with T.I.
- New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys sampled the song during their joint tour.
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The IMPACT
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- Coldplay performed the song at the Closing Ceremony of London 2012 (the ceremony to mark the end of the Paralympic Games, and so also the end of the summer of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics).
- The song was performed simultaneously by amateur musicians across the U.K on 9 September 2012 as part of the Bandstand Marathon, the finale event of the London 2012 Festival.
- It was the last song played by Chris Moyles on his final BBC Radio 1 breakfast show on Friday 14 September 2012, the longest-running breakfast show in BBC Radio 1's history.
- Coldplay performed some of the song live in The Simpsons episode "Million Dollar Maybe".[71]
- The song was used in the official soundtrack for The Big Year
- The song was played to the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to wake them up on day two of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was played for crew member Douglas Hurley.
- The song was used as a fanfare to welcome the Singapore Armed Forces Parachute Team (better known as the Red Lions) during the National Day celebrations of 2011 in Singapore.
- The song was used by the People's Part of Freedom and Democracy of the Netherlands (VVD) when Party Leader and Prime Minister Mark Rutte walked on stage to present his acceptance speech after winning the 2012 parliamentary elections.
- The song also appears on NBA 2K13 as part of the game's soundtrack.
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ICONIC
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During the 2008/2009 season, the German football club Hamburg SV used "Viva la Vida" as their goal celebration song.
The song also became the anthem of Spanish football club FC Barcelona during the 2008–09 season. It turned out to be a season of unprecedented success for the Spanish club in 2009, as they won all six competitions they could possible be involved in, which no football club has managed before in history. The song was selected by the manager of the club, Josep Guardiola – himself a Coldplay fan – to help motivate and encourage his team. It is often played at the Camp Nou before the start of a Barcelona match. The song was also played during Pep Guardiola's farewell before his final match coaching Barcelona at the Nou Camp, a 4–0 victory against Espanyol on May 5, 2012.
The UEFA used "Viva la Vida" as the goal celebration song for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final and Europa League Final.
The National Hockey League's New York Rangers play "Viva la Vida" at Madison Square Garden after victories.
The song was used by the Vancouver Canucks in a tribute video during Markus Näslund's number retirement ceremony held in Vancouver's Rogers Arena. It was also used in Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals when the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup on Vancouver Ice.
This is the at-bat music of Scott Rolen, third baseman of the Cincinnati Reds.
The song was also used pre match during every 2008 Rugby League World Cup game before the two teams took to the field.
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ANTHEM of Our Generation
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Katy, did I get you mad with my name or what?
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Originally posted by I'm JAVIng Fun
Katy, did I get you mad with my name or what?
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Totally
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I now fear for where Clocks has placed
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i kniw VLV is their BIGGEST MASSIVEST hit, but tbh i wasnt expecting it below top 3!!! thats why i dint say its name... i m still shocked!!!
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i officially have no predictions for top 8!!
i mean in a rate where Hurts Like Heaven can place above VIVA LAAA VIVAAAA!!! Anything Could Happen!!!
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Originally posted by Katy V.!
Totally
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ImJavingALongAssUsername is a lot longer than I'm JAVIng Fun
you just gave yourself more work actually
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Next. I'm scared Shiver could go at any moment...
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I gave Hurts Like Heaven a 8.7 , it should be either next or made it to the top 6
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Now their 4th album is completely out.
Do we have another album eliminated next?
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Originally posted by I'm JAVIng Fun
I now fear for where Clocks has placed
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Originally posted by mitch323
Next. I'm scared Shiver could go at any moment...
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