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"Viva la Vida" (/ ˈ v iː v ə l ə ˈ v iː d ə /, Spanish: [ˈbiβa la ˈβiða]; Spanish for 'long live life' or 'live life') [4] [5] [6] is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).
"Live"; as in "Vive la France !", Vive la République !, Vive la Résistance !, Vive le Canada !, or Vive le Québec libre ! (long live free Quebec, a sovereigntist slogan famously used by French President Charles de Gaulle in 1967 in Montreal). Unlike viva (Italian and Spanish) or vivat (Latin), it cannot be used alone; it needs a complement.
"Viva la vida" is a Spanish phrase, translated to English as "long live life". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Lyrically, the album contains references to love, life, death and war. Recording sessions for the album took place from November 2006 to April 2008 and featured production by Jon Hopkins , Rik Simpson , Markus Dravs , and Brian Eno .
rumba la rumba la rumba la. Y a las tropas invasoras, rumba la rumba la rumba la Buena paliza les dio, ¡Ay Carmela! ¡Ay Carmela! Buena paliza les dio, ¡Ay Carmela! ¡Ay Carmela! El furor de los traidores, rumba la rumba la rumba la. El furor de los traidores, rumba la rumba la rumba la. Lo descarga su aviación, ¡Ay Carmela! ¡Ay Carmela!
Viva la revolución (Spanish), or Vive la révolution (French), translated as "long live the revolution", refers primarily to: The French Revolution (1789–1799) The Cuban Revolution (1953–1959)
The use of these terms has increased in non-Latin nations recently; for example, a common greeting regarding the Anglophone city of Las Vegas is "Viva Las Vegas!"One reason may be that West Germanic languages do not have a good equivalent of the term; the closest equivalent may be Heil in German, which has Nazi-tainted connotations, or Hail or Wassail in English.
It is also likely that the group takes its name from The Wild Geese, the Irish who left Ireland following the Treaty of Limerick, since it was the Wild Geese serving France who finally broke the back of the English army at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The manga Dragon Ball features the Ginyu Force, elite mercenaries hired by Freeza.
Translation Notes vacate et scire: be still and know. Motto of the University of Sussex: vade ad formicam: go to the ant: From the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" [2] vade mecum: go with me: A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around, especially a ...