Is Coldplay's new alubm: VIVA LA VIDA a concept album?!


Question: Is Coldplay's new alubm: VIVA LA VIDA a concept album!?
i have a feeling it is!.!.!.i just got it so i haven't' been able to sit down and really REALLY LISTEN TO the songs like listen to the lyrics and instruments!. i just heard it!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


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I believe it is!. I saw an interview with Chris Martin Saturday night and he explained the concept of the album!. It's right there in the long title: Viva la Vida (Spanish for Long Live Life) or Death and All His Friends!. People have a decision: everyone senses what's wrong with the world (evil, hunger, pain, sorrow) and they can either let the resulting cynicism and despair drown them or they can be an optimist and fight for the good (liberty, love, peace)!. The final song includes these lyrics:

'No, I don't want to battle from beginning to end
I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge
I don't want to follow Death and all of his friends'

The album's protagonist (Martin himself!?) declaring he won't be led down a road of despair and pain - he will choose to love life!.

The album also has fierce political lyrics!. For example, in the single "Violet Hill":

'When the future's architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You'd better lie low'

[The Bush administration!? Those hungry for war!.!.!.]

'And a fox became God'

[A swipe at FOX News, which obscures the facts with a Republican, pro-Bush bias and helped them achieve power]

'Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And a cross was held aloft'

[Religion as the main ingredient of modern war!. American Christians, Israel and the Jews, the Muslims of the Mideast]

Definitely an interesting album! Coldplay is my favorite band, second only to Radiohead!. This is by far their most exotic and sophisticated release to date!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

i actually just bought there new album all the songs are good but not as good as the ones in the past!. i think its a good cdWww@Enter-QA@Com

I agree pretty much with Paperbag up there!. You can't deny where Chris Martin is coming from!. I am going to see them in November! Woo!Www@Enter-QA@Com

i love their music but dont care for the message behind their lyrics!. my favorite band, and the new cd is great, but still no ParachutesWww@Enter-QA@Com

they are some of the few stupid bands of britpop that try to impress people with stupid titles and lyrics, instrumentally, the suckWww@Enter-QA@Com



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