Did you catch this in the news? It looks like Coldplay is being accused, again, of ripping off a melody of another song. This time Joe Satriani is making the claim. His claim is that the chorus melody of his song "If I Could Fly" (his is an instrumental) is way too similar to the chorus of "Viva La Vida". I agree that it is real similar. But I wonder. There are a bazillion songs out there in the history of man. It is just a matter of time that some melodies are going to sync up and be similar. The odds favor that. Think of the blues. Wow, a lot of repeats in that genre. But in this case, I dunno. I would find it amusing that Chris Martin (or any of the guys in Coldplay)is big Joe Satriani fan. Joe is probably one of my favoritest guitarists of all time. I hope that this lawsuit isn't a stretch for him and give him bad publicity as a whiner. I think y'all know the Coldplay song. But I grabbed one of the You Tube videos with Joe's song (it is from 2004). It is just his "chorus" that you would listen for. You be the judge...
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I just saw that on Huffington Post. Here's a great YouTube video that compares the two songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I
I think Coldplay is very influenced by Satch. That explains all the solos in their songs.
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