It’s been awhile since I blogged about my favorite songs, and hey Coldplay’s Viva La Vida isn’t even my most favorite Coldplay song! Well it came up on my shuffle and I realize that I have developed a strong emotional connection with this song over the years. Although it’s not significant at all, I remember being in Japan in the summer of 2008 and singing this at Karaoke (I suppose it was surprising that they had this (and many other) English songs at karaoke, but that ended up being par on course after visiting other places in Japan).
Coldplay seems to be great at capturing my mood at a stage of life and this is another example. The lyrics evoke a mood of melancholy reminiscence which is a bit of a cheat because one will always look back and remember the good times. Now that this song is tied with a vacation time, even a trival one, it will always remind me of good times.
My Fave Songs is a recurring (albeit infrequent) feature on my blog about the songs in my iTunes playlist which I rate as 5 stars (well not in this case – this one is just a 4.5 star right now).
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