kevingodley Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Grammy nominees Coldplay have been sued by rock guitarist Joe Satriani, who claims the band's song Viva La Vida uses one of his riffs. In court papers filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, he said the song used "substantial original portions" of his 2004 instrumental If I Could Fly. Satriani, 52, wants a jury trial and is seeking damages and "any and all profits" for the alleged plagiarism. Coldplay are shortlisted for seven Grammys, including song of the year. Viva La Vida is credited to the band's four members - singer Chris Martin, bass player Guy Berryman, guitarist Johnny Buckland and drummer Will Champion. The song's title was inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It appeared on the album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends - which was released in June and went to number one in 36 countries - and was also one of their hit singles. Satriani's track appears on his album Is There Love in Space? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766683.stm http://www.myspace.com/g3live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Everyone wants a bit of Coldplay, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I&feature=related Too bad too, I like that Coldplay song. Obvious ripoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaldad Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 good, coldplay sucks. fu*k em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 6 2008, 09:09 AM)good, coldplay sucks. fu*k em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 QUOTE (Steevo @ Dec 5 2008, 04:22 PM) QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 6 2008, 09:09 AM)good, coldplay sucks. fu*k em Aye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Oh my God, there's no question. Satriani should get full royalties! I can't stand Coldplay. Chris Martin is as "wimpy" as an "artist" can be. Pure spineless fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Usually I think these things are far-fetched, but damn! That can't be a coincidence. Go Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Whoops Just made a thread about this Didn't see this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MULTIPLIED REACTION Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Coldplay, the Raspberries of the 21st century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theworkingman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Same melody and chord progression. The melody/lyrics go EXACTLY with the guitar part. I'll admit I do enjoy some of Coldplay's music but this can't be a coincidence. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rocinante Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Are you trying to tell me that Coldplay's music isn't original and revolutionary? oh, wait.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 At first I thought he was suing them for sucking. Wow. That seems a bit too close, doesn;t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCFIELDS Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (metaldad @ Dec 5 2008, 02:09 PM) good, coldplay sucks. fu*k em exactly...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Quite odd that Coldplay would copy Joe Satriani. You'd think it'd be someone like U2 or The Verve. Could be a coincidence, but that youtube video doesn't help. Still, someone could have thought of that chord progression 30 years ago. Do we let him/her sue Coldplay/Joe Satriani? No one artist 'owns' a chord progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Dec 5 2008, 10:22 PM) Quite odd that Coldplay would copy Joe Satriani. You'd think it'd be someone like U2 or The Verve. Could be a coincidence, but that youtube video doesn't help. Still, someone could have thought of that chord progression 30 years ago. Do we let him/her sue Coldplay/Joe Satriani? No one artist 'owns' a chord progression. It's the melody, not the chord progression, that's at question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (ReRushed @ Dec 6 2008, 03:26 AM) QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Dec 5 2008, 10:22 PM) Quite odd that Coldplay would copy Joe Satriani. You'd think it'd be someone like U2 or The Verve. Could be a coincidence, but that youtube video doesn't help. Still, someone could have thought of that chord progression 30 years ago. Do we let him/her sue Coldplay/Joe Satriani? No one artist 'owns' a chord progression. It's the melody, not the chord progression, that's at question. Good point, my bad. Coldplay should count themselves lucky Johnny Buckland isn't skilled enough to play that on guitar ( ). Then the shit would have hit the fan. I'm still undecided on it. Surely there must have been so many other instances where bands have come up with a melody that has been similar to another artists, purely because there's so much music out there. I haven't heard the rest of Satriani's song, but is the rest of it similar to the rest of Viva La Vida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Aswell, there's already been a problem with this song by some other US band, and the melody to their songs sounds alot like Viva La Vida which, apparently, sounds like a Legend of Zelda tune. Has Satriani ripped off nintendo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Dec 5 2008, 10:35 PM) Aswell, there's already been a problem with this song by some other US band, and the melody to their songs sounds alot like Viva La Vida which, apparently, sounds like a Legend of Zelda tune. Has Satriani ripped off nintendo? It's probably going to go to court. Let the lawyers and musicologists decide. If George Harrison can be successfully sued, so can Coldplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog Kelly Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I am hoping Satch gets rich off this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spindrift82 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I can't understand all the Coldplay hate. They're one of the few current bands that deserves all their success. Absolute genius pop music. And as for them ripping off a song, all the best musicians have ripped off other artists. Even George Harrison stole a song and was involved in a lawsuit over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-0-0-1-0-0-1 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Dec 5 2008, 10:30 PM) I'm still undecided on it. Surely there must have been so many other instances where bands have come up with a melody that has been similar to another artists, purely because there's so much music out there. http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9160 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian Hunter Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Dec 6 2008, 07:06 AM) QUOTE (Mandalorian Hunter @ Dec 5 2008, 10:30 PM) I'm still undecided on it. Surely there must have been so many other instances where bands have come up with a melody that has been similar to another artists, purely because there's so much music out there. http://www.therushforum.com/index.php?showtopic=9160 My point exactly. Thanks for that! Another thing I've wondered about this, should Satriani really get full profits over the song? He didn't write the lyrics, and the rest of his song and the rest of Viva La Vida sound nothing like each other. Coldplay probably wrote the chord progression first before writing the melody to the song, so it'd be easy to string those notes together without hearing the riff before. I'd like to know why it took him 7 months to start this aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hey look another band ripped off Satriani's song: Guitar kicks in right away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 QUOTE (Spindrift82 @ Dec 6 2008, 03:08 PM)I can't understand all the Coldplay hate. They're one of the few current bands that deserves all their success. Absolute genius pop music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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