Satriani vs. Coldplay

[thespazing]

omg there are going to be some coincidences in songs... obviously everyone is attacking coldplay because they made a shitload of money on the song.

[juanluissurace]

I think that, first of all, we should get the exact definition of plagiarism in order to have some solid arguments to discuss with. Nevertheless, one can't deny the similarities between the three songs.

[hmmmmm12]

nope, satriana, sorry. you have the first 3 notes-ish, and that's it. let the guitar riff run, and it moves in a completely different direction than viva la vida

[runnersdialzero33]

We have 12 notes - it's only natural that after music being around for so long that things begin to sound similar by coincidence only, right down to both chord progressions AND melodies. The claims of "Give Satch his money!" etc. are fucking ridiculous. Sorry.

[jmurr92]

joe satriani sounds more like cat stevens song than coldplays

[thejimiething]

joe should pay cat

sucks coldplay had to pay joe



[thejimiething]

joe should pay cat

[freewolf124]

nope

[monchogk]

podrian hacer una gira juntos los tres total esta cancion la bordarian no? jajajajacreo que hay cosas mas importantes que esta ....pero lo mejor es que vo a grabar yo otra version parecida y colgarla jajaja total la melodia es popular jajaja de seguro que me forro ¡¡

[radomu1]

nah...

[retroslam]

cat stevens wrote it first

[Rifalltoo]

10 seconds? really? are people that buthurt? It's not that hard to have a coincidence.  And why did he wait till they had money on it? What a freekin jerk.

[magikooooo]

The progression doesn't count, what counts is the intention.... Coldplay - Satriani..... two parallel universes, but the notes are always 7.... Satriani is a great it doesn't need to clone nothing from Coldplay ..........

[haolejohn]

nah....not close enough for me. So many songs use similar progressions...the melody is 4 or 5 notes that are somewhat close.

[71KAZA1]

How many Copy Cats are there? Unreal!

Foreigner Suite 2 sounds the best!!

[atree496]

Foreigner suite is an awesome song.

[12design21]

They just landed on the same chord progression and used very similar groove, does that mean that now all the I-IV-V songs that run at 120bpm are the same?

[nachox392]

How do you know if your child is gay?

easy, he likes Coldplay

[necrolyptic]

@nachox392

lol, -40 year old virgin (:

[kellycisne18]

Satrani shouldn't get money. He should realize that there's nothing new under the sun's light. Like the beatles wisely said in one of their most famous song.There's nothing you can do that can't be done.

"Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.

Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game

It's easy"

If satrinis didn't copy cat stevens, then colplay didn't copy satrini's or anyone else for that matter.

[woodslover]

Stick up for coldplay if you're gay

[PicoRiveraCalifornia]

WTF? They don't sound alike. It sounds the same a little bit and then they go off their own ways.

[cr85rider199]

how do you know if your gay well you listen to coldplay and joe satriani's version sounds better

[cycosteve2006]

give satch his money!

[dandrewsrs]

YES. and cat steven should not even be part of this. Melody's are going to be alike but Satch definitely deserve the credit for the melody.

[hiyabuddy69]

coldplay are so gay

[toolea13]

are they?

[lovecutie108]

And so are you A-hole!!!

[ThatScot]

You wish they were gay - so you could ass rape them ;)

[ASteveVaiFan]

If they were gay it wouldn't be rape...

[rich1124]

@ASteveVaiFan yeah obviously gay people can't be raped

[rich1124]

also both bands suck dick

[ASteveVaiFan]

@rich1124 Well it's an entire culture based around sex...For every honest gay guy in a relationship there's 10 out there just jumping from person to person. Though I guess that's sadly the same for heterosexuals.