Guitarist Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay

Coldplay is one of the best bands around. If anyone disagrees, don't listen to them! Viva La Vida is one of my favorite songs from Coldplay. Most of their songs are hits.

No one can proove Coldplay ever listened to Satriani's song. It's just similar, but not an exact copy. Hey, the Doors ripped off The 4 Seasons' C'mon Marianne intro for Touch Me, as The Scissor Sisters' did with the opening piano riff from December 1963 for their Don't Feel Like Dancing song. I think it's more of a complement than a rip-off.

satriani's song was written in 2004 and wasn't a pop hit and i'm sure coldplay just coincidentally wrote the same thing. as a songwriter i can say that the chord progression is common and the melody very natural to that progression, it is not odd that it happened twice (3 times counting new kids on the block "Single" --NeYo the composer) but business is business and it's a definite likeness. music is exact. of course there's no lyrics to deal with on sat's but a lawsuit is in store. However comments with words like stealing, copying, etc are stupid. Copyright will apply to the obvious, music, chord progression, melody and rhythm. no other songs should be involved-i feel the invention of an iphone app on it's way...could prevent this sort of thing.

Joe's gonna have to split the judgement with Creaky Boards, cause those song are very similar, too. And
you have to include them because of the song title."
The songs that I didn't write" Maybe Joe ripped them off?

The George Harrison wrote the song "My Sweet Lord", that was said to have used chords from a hit single from 1963 called "He's So Fine". And was litigated, an Harrison was guilty of plagiarism. The judge said it was "perfectly obvious . . . the two songs are virtually identical". And then he proceeded to award all the profits from George's album "all things must pass", What a crock a poop! Sorry Joe, no doe for you!

It couldn't possibly be that in the past they heard these songs and are implanted in their heads, but it doesn't mean when they wrote THIER OWN SONG that they were intentionally copying. Like one poster said their is a finite amount of music/songs and how they can sound. I am sure if I wrote music and lyrics that it would be strongly influenced by my love of music I heard all my life, but again that doesn't mean I am copying intentionally or not.

All of you make me laugh. Their bad, he's great; he's bad, their great! Take it for what it's worth. Either you like it or you don't. Is there a similarity, of course, does it really matter, NO.

Coldplay has got to be one of the most overrated bands in the last 10 years. They ain't squatt. Bring those arrogant turds down a notch.

Barbara's right--sometimes these thing ARE unintentional but I think this one's too close to be an accident.I've thrown out a number of songs over the years after realizing they sounded too muuch like some other song.The funniest thing was one time I wrote a new song & I was thinking boy it sure sounds familiar--turned out I had just rewritten one of my own songs with different lyrics but the same melody & almost the same chords!! Maybe I shoulda sued myself!! :-D

That's a pretty blatant rip-off & I hope Satriani prevails in his lawsuit.I also agree with the other poster who complained about Kid Rock ripping off both Skynyrd & Zevon on his recent tune & think they should be getting something back fro Kid's hit from that tune.There really is no integrity in music these days what with all the rap bands "sampling" bits from hits in the past etc.As a songwriter myself I know that when you write a song you need to be careful if you want to write something truly original.On the other hand many of today's bands don't care about being original & will do whatever it takes to make a hit.

single by the new kids on the block also has that same first line, same chord progressions, and only a slight deviation of melody at the end of the line...also a hit song and out at the same time as viva la vida...would think viva was written before single. single written by ne-yo and palow da don.

also spotlight is reminiscent of a stevie wonder song but i haven't put my finger on it yet...these things happen....usually unintentionally...i'm a songwriter and it's amazing when you screen your ideas and make sure they aren't already out there