Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Bastille

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My kid's elementary school choir sang both of these songs last night. They're both pretty horrible songs in my opinion, although Ive got to say they were both greatly improved by the angelic voices of the fifth graders.

My kid said that Pompeii was the overwhelming favorite of his classmates and almost, but not quite, on a level with Gangnam Style from a few years ago. He was quite surprised that I had never heard it and also that the Coldplay song had also been inescapably popular in it's time.

Viva la Vida made it higher in the charts. Pompeii has more YouTube views.

Anyway, which one of them is better?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Coldplay - Viva La Vida	9
Bastille - Pompeii	0

― how's life, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link

Coldplay are much better than Bastille.

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 28 May 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 29 May 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link

They continue to rule the world.

― Mark G, Friday, 29 May 2015 05:59 (eight years ago) link

How am I gonna be an optimist about this poll result?

― how's life, Friday, 29 May 2015 08:27 (eight years ago) link

i didn't notice this poll but i would have thrown "pompeii" a bone. i always found "viva la vida" slightly irritating, only somewhat b/c it was force-fed into public consciousness thru an apple commercial.

― dyl, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link

that bastille song makes me want to die

― akm, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link

that and so much other corporate shouty 'alternative' hits post-arcade fire: of monsters and men also comes to mind. is there a term for this stuff? it is all that is on the radio.

― akm, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link

imagine dragons

― akm, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link

walk the moon. shoot the bunny. hide the mermaid. all of them.

― akm, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link

that geronimo song

― akm, Friday, 29 May 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link

that and so much other corporate shouty 'alternative' hits post-arcade fire: of monsters and men also comes to mind. is there a term for this stuff? it is all that is on the radio.
― akm, Friday, May 29, 2015 4:58 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Someone on here coined "campfire stomp" recently. Not enough of an expert to determine if this adheres to the rubric.

― how's life, Friday, 29 May 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link

three years pass...

had a realization this week that "pompeii" is basically a 2010s reinvention of the classic adam and the ants sound... the doubled drum accents, the "ehh-ohh" stuff, the little splashes of twanged-up morricone/pirroni guitar... no wonder i've always liked it so much.

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Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Bastille - Pompeii

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