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By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Viva la Vida (page 6/ 7) ------ performed by Coldplay I don't think it is a referance to anything | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/2/08 Any song with enough thought could be made to say anything (like Green day's bouldevard of broken dreams was given a anti-war message by it's music video, where it was just a song about his father's death years ago) While I'll admit it has a few religious references, they could just be allusions to other things, like the "I know Saint Peter will call my name" line is an allusion to death, likely not anything religious. If it is based on anything Religious/historical it seems the King Louis XVI idea is likely right, based on the lyrics. come on | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/1/08 Bush? Jesus? Talk about inserting your own viewpoints into a song. Not that you aren't entitled to do so, but honestly, I think people are being way too literal about Viva La Vida. To me, this is simply a dramatic tale of a former King. The sound of the music recalls the Revolutionary period. This is a King who regrets being a king, because the glory was great, but the downfall painful. As for the St. Peter reference, I think it just refers to a King's tendency to believe he is immortal, perhaps a denial of his weak old age. After all, in Europe, Kings were considered "divine" and beyond the restrictions of normal men. it's a reference to everyone | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/30/08 this song is a reference to everyone, and it's not as religious as everyone thinks. granted it makes religious references and such, it has a lot to do with people of today and whenever. viva la vida means "live the life", and the title in itself is ironic. everyone screws up in their life, we all feel the need to be "king of the world", take advantage of others, to get our point across. when that happens, we make mistakes along the way no matter how big or small and we come to realize that living the life we wanted, the ideal life when you feel invincible and in control, wasn't as worth it as you once thought. we all ask for forgiveness as well, and i think that's where the whole religious references play in because usually when things go bad... that's when everyone turns to God. they all look for that godly figure in their life because they think they will be cleansed of their sins and made into this whole person just because they prayed for god for the first time in about 20 or 30 years. St. Peter is the saint you pray to when you are asking for forgiveness, and the narrator knows St. Peter won't be calling his name because of all the mistakes and sins he's committed. all in all the song is about humans as a whole. we want to live the life and when we do, we screw up and ask for forgiveness. it's the normal human cycle. Viva la Vida - A song for Jesus | Reviewer: steve | 6/29/08 I guess we are all seeing something different in these lyrics, as we do in any great work of art. I read it as expressing the way Jesus was feeling in his moments before crucifiction. I used to rule the world - I controlled the seas (walked on water) and here I am now alone and enslaved, where are all my friends now? I used to roll the dice (gamble, didn't know what the outcome would be) I believe this to be a reference to the miracles and the reaction of the crowd when they came off. Those who didn't want to believe, couldn't accept were frightened by these miracles and the reaction of the people to them, lauding Jesus as the saviour, the NEW KING. The Jewish elders, the Roman leaders - all frightened by the power this man Jesus seemed to possess. One minute I held the key!! The people were all with me. That didn't last and here I am now imprisoned and waiting for death. I hear Jerusalem bells ringing and Roman Cavalry Choirs singing. Sworn enemies together celebrating the coming death of this one man. I could go on but you can see the rest for yourself if you follow this thread. There are pleas to his disciples: be my mirror.... References to those that should be on his side turning against him.....wanting his head on a silver plate like John the Baptist before him.. Puppet on a lonely string...God's chosen one..but what a task to be given (crucifiction - who'd want to take that job on?) I know Saint Peter WON'T call my name. A reference to Peter's denial 3 times. I know Saint Peter WILL call my name. A reference to being accepted into Heaven. I rest my case!!!!! VIVA LA VIDA, A RELIGIOUS CONVERSION EXPERIENCE | Reviewer: Janel | 6/27/08 Anyone who has had a religious convertion experience knows what this song is about. Long Live the King! The king of this world and all of the entrapments and shallow emptiness is dead but the King of Kings lives forever. He is hearing from God and his eyes and ears are open for the first time. And yes, St Peter will be calling him at the end of his days. All Hale King Jesus Brilliant lyrics | Reviewer: Rucker Durkee | 6/27/08 The songs lyrics are brilliant, it blows me away that some ones mind could think of a story like this, and at the same time put it in a song. I don't believe their will be a song written better than this in a very long time. you must read the other reveiws to figure out what is going on in this song, because i still do not completely understand. Ty for reading my reveiw "Wake up call for US" | Reviewer: neruda | 6/24/08 I completely agree. The song is metaphorical and to some degree allegorical. Bush at the end of his reign (and lets be honest - Bush behaved like an elected king for 7 years) reflecting back on the power he had and lost, the changed perceptions of him in the US and abroad as his lies - his mendacity - was uncovered, his own role as a puppet in his own administration, his grandiose and simultaneously greedy quest in Iraq (missionaries in foreign lands here being soldiers in the middle east), his deluded sense of himself as having been anointed by god to lead the US at that moment in history, and his belief (driven by his gut as he cant articulate a reason) that he is destined for heaven, personally beckoned by St. Peter and praised and lauded by cavalry choirs and Jerusalem bells. At a broader level it is about hubris and its consequences, about the vain and empty quest for power and glory. Best song ever | Reviewer: ColdplayFan | 6/25/08 I rekon, of all the songs coldplay has done this one is one of their best, Fix yu and the scientist are 2 of my favourties, but this one is fastly approaching number one!!! This song is awesome! Just thought Ide share my feelings on it! :) Wow | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/23/08 The guy was king who used rule the world and he was a good king but then he 'discovered that his castles stood upon pillars of sand' and decided to make some bad decisions. Then the people Turned him away because he had changed. Then he avanged himself by saying 'mirror sword and shield', meaning he needs to be aware of what he's doing. Brilliant! Wake up call for USA? | Reviewer: Anonymous | 6/11/08 The song itself is fantastic. After listening to it several times, however, I think it's a "friendly" jab at the US and our foreign policies. While it may hide behind a different historical reference,if you swap out the king for let's say, President Bush,the song becomes much more relevant and meaningful. It's a timely and accurate political commentary. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2    3    4    5    6    7