Life Is Beautiful- Coldplay Review

Coldplay has had a tradition of charity singles, and they'd like to keep that up. On October eighth, they played a new song live in San Diego(with a broadcast to Mexico) called Life Is Beautiful, to support victims of the recent earthquakes in Mexico. It hasn't been officially released(I don't know how they think they'll get profits from it to aid Mexico), but is easily available online. It features a mix of Chris Martin's energetic strumming of an acoustic guitar and some sort of bubbling keyboard(or guitar based on how occupied Johnny Buckland was during the clip) and sense of optimism that make it fit in perfectly with A Head Full of Dreams. Chris Martin seems to confuse Mexico with Spain by starting the song with an "ole" call and response with the crowd, but I don't know maybe it's Mexican, too. It's very triumphant and an excellent song to be played live, but in its current form I don't know if it could be released. It certainly has a good basis, and whether they cannibalized an old song for this purpose or slightly edited a song that didn't make it to A Head Full Of Dream, I don't know. Either way, its good, and for a good cause.

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  1. Hi, I'm Mexican. "Olé, olé, olé" is a common chant in some sport competitions throughout Latin America. It is not that common in Mexico nowadays but one can still hear it sometimes. The "Cielito Lindo" is the most usual chant.

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  2. "Olé olé olé" is the most common song in Argentinian stadiums: football, concerts, etc. That is the origin. From Argentina it goes to all Latin Anerican, and a lot of musicians copy the melody (Megadth, Paul McCartney, Queen, Rick Wakeman, etc etc)

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