Theft progression from newest to oldest: Coldplay's "Vida La Viva->The Songs I Didn't Write by Creaky Boards-> If I Could Fly by Joe Satriani->Frances Limon by Enanites Verdes->Ding Dong Song by Gunther->J'en al Marre by Alizee->Hearts by Marty Balin->Love/Heaven by Cat Steven->Dirty Diaper Blues by Baby Cheeks. Which seems fitting because the whole thing stinks.
the singer from creaky boards was not implying that coldplay had ripped off his song completely. he was showing how a song so similar to his received much more acclaim simply because it had coldplay's name to it
ummm how am i fucking retarded? you're retarded!! Douce!!! my facts are as accurate and spot on as a gay persons chances of getting aids (Which is almost positively so)!! So fuck off!! Creeky Boards had no claim whatsoever and im totally going to do the same thing next time coldplay releases an album!! and just so we are clear...U R A Wanker!!
@plaidguitar18 1. I'm not siding with anyone, but if I were a known & famous artist and have no particular melody in mind I'd rather copy a song that is unknown & "crappy" (let's be fair, that song of theirs was good).
2. The lyrics yes, but not the melody & composition. When they were writing that, Creaky Boards released the song.
3. Just because it's indie it's shitty. Just because it's not popular it's shitty. WOW! Guessing you think only mainstream musicians are talented 1s.
god i hate when these people do this crap like saying that both songs have oh my god and rule the world and neither of them do exept coldplay says rule the world
"They've sold okay." Um, no. They're one of the most popular bands in the world and in this country. Extremely talented. Great band, and they're great live.
"Music Plagiarism" is a very overused term that, considering artistic expression, shouldn't even be touched on in this particular case. Everyone who knows anything about music knows that there are only so many possible progressions for any set of chords and just because the melody of two songs sound similar does not mean you can throw these allogations around. If it was this easy, the entire rap industry would be a shitstorm of lawsuits.
a lot of songs have ALMOST the same chord progressions so it wouldn't be a surprise if someone had a similar melody with someone else. If someone from whatever country had the same melody with "whoever" band and they found each other out, probably the same thing would happen. Another thing is if someone COPIED THE MELODY of ITSY BITSY SPIDER or SESAME STREET's SONGS, how come NOBODY FILED A COMPLAINT?
Uhh because it's a children s program and I don't see many 6 year olds running around blaming Sesame Street of plagiarism. Besides it was probably intentional so little kids would remember it better.
i think its just coincidence that it sounds similar. i mean there are only a limited amount of chord progressions out there in the world. just like one of the listeners said, there aren't an infinite amount of notes out there so its bound to happen that musicians will have similar chord progressions.
i mean just look up "THE AXIS OF AWESOME 4 CHORDS". most of them end up having the same melodies because of the chord progression.
I still think this coldplay, pornstar moustache fronted band, "Creaky Boards", and Joe Satch, fiasco is all a just a coincidence.
Adema and seether both have songs that sound similar. Adema has a song called "Promises" that came out around the time "Fine Again" did by seether that are kinda similar. Once again, I say coincidence.
And how sweet it would be to hear any song that this man did not write!
Now that i think of it..I wrote a song that i think Bob Dylan perhaps may have stolen a melody from..i wrote it only a week ago but lets be honest the odds of Dylan travelling 35 years into the future to steal a melody from one of my songs is just as likely as Chris Martins thinkin hey..you know that band Squeky board? me niether well i think i might go ahead and use one of their melodies to write a song of my own with it!
actually, no. creaky boards did come out with The Songs I Didn't Write way before Viva La Vida. Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly came out before both, and sounds exactly like Viva La Vida.
funny thing that no one says is that coldplay also totaly changed his sound using drums and violins and chorus's to sound exactly like canadian band Arcarde Fire.
coldplay cites arcade fire as their biggest influence on viva la vida. chris martin is a huge fan, there is a youtube video of him at one of their shows singing along... coldplay is also giving arcade fire a lot of publicity in interviews and i'm sure getting them a lot of new fans. which is great, they are an awesome band.
My my, first they are accused of stealing creaky boards verse and then they are accused of stealing Satriani's chorus!! One time I can believe it is a bit chancy, but now that I heard it all together, it sounds like they have copied and pasted two songs together. But hey, I still think what they did, stolen or not, was better and catchier than either Creaky or Satriani, and I dont even like Coldplay. Great song and they deserve credit for advancing the ideas to a catchier tune.
I don't think Chris Martin copied the song...I just think he is such an unoriginal melody writer that it is inevitable that there would be similar sounding songs out there. If he should be sued for anything, it should be for writing boring crap that's obviosly been done before.
but there are many, many, many ways to arrange those three notes in a rythm, over different chords, at a certain tempo, etc. So the possibility of two songs being very similar is much smaller than you make it out to be.
Could this be a coincidence? Sure. But it's not as simple as sharing the same notes in a melody.
sounds pretty similar, but isn't impossible that coincidence plays a part, especially since coldplay has a similar driving beat so synonymous with music trends nowadays.
I don't care if you like Coldplay, I don't care if you believe Coldplay stole it or not (I personally don't), you still can't deny the similarities between the two songs unless you're deaf.
Dkizzy, how can you steal a time signature and a tempo? Most songs on the radio are in the same time signature, 4/4. It's like saying that, since they are both songs, they both are played on musical instruments, and both are music, that they are the same song. No offense, but there's no sense to your argument.
Man, do you guys have tin ears?? The melodies are different. The keys are different too. How are these the same songs??? I'm not a fan of Coldplay, but I do like their song. The Creaky Board song just flat out sucks. I hate it. I do believe Coldplay owes Satriani royalties. Those songs are very similar.
does anybody know that the whole music industry is based off of similar ideas. Jazz is all about using other licks from other songs. I dont see why this is a big deal, there are certain notes in a scale that sound good, so many people can stumble upon the same thing. Do you know how many songs share the same damn cord progression? And on top of that to say that these two songs are similar is pretty far fetched. Its like one lick thats similar. Dumb ass
you SUCK at radio. cut up the fucking clip. play each part without talking over it but explain beforehand what the audience is going to hear. have a strong opinion on it. tease the listeners when they call. you turned something that could have been interesting and made it boring and shitty. radio 101 dude.
It's proven Martin worked on it and demoed it 7 months prior to this Creaky Boards performance. You admit it's not an issue yet you're giving it more and more popularity and keeping the issue alive. Plus, you stupidly talk over the thing you want people to listen to. Just shut up and play some Top 40, idiot. And learn how to fucking read on air.
It's also proven that Satriani wrote the fucking song... Look it up. Everything lines up. They even ripped off the tempo... at least try to hide the theft in the background of your music, don't make it a blatant act.
Satriani did not write the song. He wrote a melodic song with no lyrics. Coldplay, if they did in fact plagerize, changed the song significantly AND wrote lyrics..Satriani did not write it..period. Also, this guy from creaky boareds sings on fucking bar of music similar to coldplays and suddenly the entire song was writen by HIM! this is absolutly ridiculous! If Satriani thinks it's his music, lets see if he can write music to match the rest of Coldplay's chart toping songs.
Satriani is way more talented than Coldplay. Learn to play an instrument and you will understand that. How many albums sold doesn't mean shit much of the time. Most people aren't musicians and therefore aren't as good at judging music. Simple music for simple minds.
So music has to be complex to be good? Usually if the vast majority of people like an artist and his music more than another, it typically means its better according to the majority's opinion. It doesn't matter on complexity or skill (which I think Coldplay still exceeds when compared to Satriani) but just plainly how good the song is. Music is either good or bad, just people have different tastes. Saying simple music for simple minds is being very close-minded (simple-minded).
Although I agree that music doesn't have to be complex to be good, you are WAY off base to think that the majority liking music makes it better. The music industry is SO much more corrupt that people want to believe. They bottle fed Brittany, Jessica and Taylor to you all and you nibbled it off of the rubber spoon. The vast majority of music listeners are sheep. They follow the flock, and the music industry is their shephard.
Learn to play an instrument ehh, so i guess 6 years of guitar doesnt count...hmmmmm you dont look stupid at all. uuu simple music for simple minds, betcha felt proud when you churned that one out..truly a jem. Try out Frusciante, Jeff Buckley, Hendrix, Mars Volta, INCUBUS...w.e man. Try and pay attention to the video when they say it was proven that Chris Martin was not in the crowd..and for God sakes, why would he be?
Are you seriously that dense? To think that writing an instrumental means it's not writing the music? Ever heard of classical music, idiot? He wrote the song. Coldplay stole the melody, tempo and even PITCH. They added the rest of the additional crap to hide the theft, but obviously they didn't do well enough. I hope the rest of the music industry isn't as ignorant about music as you appear to be. Theft is theft. Coldplay should burn.
Yep, burn in the millions they made. Coldplay is a better band collectively than Satriani is. Obviously being on the charts isnt what its all about cuz its about making the purest sounding music not necessarily alternative. But i have been a fan of coldplay for years and i dont give a shit what band does as long as the summation of their efforts is amazing music. Im not alternative myself and i do listen to alot of underground stuff.
Ironicly, if you had any sense of music, Satriani doesn't need any attention to get his music out there. either way. personally i dig the creaky boards more than coldplay.
Why can't we just end this here. Coldplay released the song and did good with it. All that satriani suing them will do is give him money which isnt necesarily due to him because coldplay is the one who marketed the song, wrote the lyrics and most of the riffs. Satriani should consider stoping the lawsuit and using this exposure to get his music out there if he belives it has the potential to reach Coldplay status. Ofcourse its not all about status, but it looks like Satriani thinks it is..
Europeans don't think all Americans are southerners. We have too many mixed cultures and are too close to our neighbours to think that. Then again, according to the 2006 National Geographic-Roper Survey of Geographic Literacy only 37% of the Americans between 18-24 can point out Iraq on a map (and that is after 3 years of warfare!!).
I'm quite sure most Americans wouldn't know the difference (or could point out on a map) between Greece, Sweden, Czech Republic and so on.
our educational system is very self centered when it comes to teaching about other countries. i dont think i was taught of very many foreign wars at all that we werent included in.
nonetheless i believe that the people included in that survey were widely selected unfairly due too a low education, and represented us unfairly.
plus americans can name most any state. the average state is roughly the size of a european country. my point? different continents can name more countries around them.
Thank you for just proving my point. Americans are self-centred because of a lacking educational system and an ignorance towards the rest of the world.
When it comes to the survey, I'm quite sure that a survey done by National Geographic would be correctly done.
Furthermore, naming a state and naming a country are different things. One is part of your culture while the other isn't. Geographical size isn't that important. What is more important is population and culture of the area.
that's not entirely true. state to state there are big cultural differences. if you don't believe me, look at how each state votes in elections. anyway, i mostly agree with you. that statistic is quite embarrassing.
i'm not defending this, but part of the reason world culture is not stressed in education here IS the geographical size of the country and isolation from foreign countries. a very large percentage of americans have/will never leave this country. it's not like europe.
Haha, the isolation from other countries is a poor excuse, I live in australia, our country is an island, as in, not a single land border with another, and we don't pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist.
Sure it's not as big, but there's no "reason" for the bad education other than an education system that's failing.
actually i don't claim it's an excuse at all. that's why i said "i'm not defending this". i'm telling you as someone who lives here and has gone through a state educational system the way it is.
you're not illuminating anything at all by telling us that our educational system is failing. we've known this for many years and haven't come up with any way to make kids care about school. it's not a problem you can take a wrench to.
i think the problem is that we were raised under the phrase of "america is the best country in the world." and people still say that today...how? i just dont get it.. we arent... and why do we have to be the best in the world? we should just try to be the best we can be, and that will be good for the world... anyway, i agree that education is our biggest problem.. stay our friend finland. (even for the sake of just some of us)
Coldplay is awesome I don't know how you can even compare the lyrics that poetically describe and beautifully sang NAPOLEON'S FALL to some random bedroom crap...wtf. I'm not a Coldplay fan, I just really love this song and I think CB is using this either to gain press coverage or just for the hell of it.
I love how the DJ doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about! Anyways, sure the verse has some similarities, but I think it's bullshit. It's a cheap shot. The Creaky Boards guy isn't a good enough musician to break through, so he just claims plagiarism. Pathetic.
so yeah they're similar. but really i think CB is just mad that theres a band more popular than them who happen to have a similar melody in one song. sure music stealing happens all the time but really CB? stooping a leeel too low for attention
ye! can just imagine Chris dropping into a Creaky Boards gig! and how did he manage to be in London at the same time! CB are just so SAD!! the chorus is the key to Viva la Vida that's what makes genius!
I totally believe that they blatantly copied the CB track. Coldplay suck, they should take a good shower and change job. Could a band be more miserable-looking??
EVERYBODY IN MUSIC STEALS: this is the way how evolution in music is continuing. There are only 7 basic chords A B C D E F G, and the minor chords and the 7th chords. So what do you want. If you play in a band it is possible that some chord-sequences remain in the brains, like a catchy tune and later while rehearsing and playing they probably don't realise that someone else wrote that particular song earlier. A famous example is SPIRIT+TAURUS versus LED ZEPPELIN + STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Ok Viva La Vida is not about Chris Martin conquering Jerusalem its about its about kings losing there kingdoms.Also karma i dont think so this guy is clearly a hick!Because creaky boards song is not anything to brag about and Coldplays song is so beautiful and has so many complex sounds that you just have to listen to it more than once.So does creaky boards have a case on there hand i think NOT!
Creaky Boards are a joke coldplay managed to turn w/e creakyboards peaice of shit song into a itunes commercial creakyboards are bunch of bitches trying to get sum publicity
they sound alike, but if coldplay had it before obviously the plagiarism is from the creaky boards but they do sound alike at the beginning but who knows... there is plagiarism from thousands of artists
franchement le chant démare pareil c'est la meme ligne de mélodie, pour l'harmonie qui accompagne c'est pareil mais c'est quand meme plus fréquent, en ce qui concerne le chant pour moi pas de doute, c'est du plagiat
so basically there no way to know, and what does creaky floorboards expect to get out of this ? the song to be released in their name ? impossible. it's their bad luck that they don't have the fame and sucess of coldplay.
I really think that this was a case of the worst band trying to make a buck off the better band. The lyrics are dissimilar, the beat is different there is a slight similarity... but honestly, it's different. This sounds like creaky boards is trying to get some free publicity.
sounds like theres a bunch of dumb tools that like coldplay too much to notice that viva is stolen. Hey mancole they'd rip them off because... the boards aren't well known and its a good song. smarts. anywase the melody is very much the same. If you deny that your a meatsack. How come everyone gets so upset its hilarious its so obvious that chris martin er whoever he is stole it. Theres no question u meats.
Deep down we all know that coldplay most obviously did not "steal" the melody. If you were to listen to it, you would know that it has small similarities, but so do a lot of songs.
Watch the other video. He added stuff at the end. Coldplay introduced their song before Creaky fags even taught it to the band. Publicity seeking douche-bags.
The host of the radio said that coldplay is "relatively popular NEWER band that sold ok in America" OK HOST please do your research first before saying things like that... Because COLDPLAY is not new and they are not only doing OK in AMERICA they are doing VERY GOOD...
The talk show host in this clip has an annoying quality about him. I'm not sure if it is his voice or the fact that he interrupts the presentation of the evidence in this clip. Just as the songs get to their similar points the host decides to blab.
coldplay's too good for that. they showed a newsreel of this on their tour. ridiculous, people will belive what they want. i don't care i love them more than anything. :)
How are they too good? They're just people capable of anything. You're right, people will believe what they want to believe, and your last setence is exactly what you're saying. Following blindly...
Anyway, they stole from satch, atleast they picked someone worth stealing from.
If anyone watched the whole thing, it says at the end of the creaky boards vid that viva la vida was demoed before songs i didnt write... the only real plagiarism is the joe satriani song, if i could fly
All this stupid shit is just these faggots trying to get some extra publicity. Nice try. Your band fucking sucks. You'll never be famous. This stupid YouTube stunt you've tried to pull will be the extent of your fame. Go suck some dicks you fuckin homo's.
kk if you say that chris martin can't just walk into a concert and someone notice him then your dumb. Someone has already said that they spotted chris martin there and that person is going to say they saw him in court.
this isn't going to court because it was all made up. the only reason it can't be called slander against coldplay is because someone was smart enough to tell andrew to say they "thought" they saw chris martin instead of saying they "did" see him
this is such a lie do you think chris martin can just walk into concert and no one notice him. no way not gonna happen. but they do sound alike but all music most of the time sound alike
first of all to all those people who either slate coldplay or love them music is music if you like it or not some people prefer 50 cent others muse and some coldplay
as far as the song when i play viva la vida i use C D G EM chords a very very very widly used combination even if creek floorboards hadnt made this hole thing up to gain popularity for their band it would be perfectly reasonable for the two songs to have been similar all music is they use certain scales or patterns
I think the radio voice liked to cover the creaky boards music with his voice and not point out certain stuff. Very very biased. God I hate biased ass radio personalities.
darwin deez is d guitarist ???
lilpbabypimp2 1 year ago
oh god stop with the phony radio voice
how hard is it to go on the radio and talk in your normal voice?
BestNameEvar 1 year ago
Theft progression from newest to oldest: Coldplay's "Vida La Viva->The Songs I Didn't Write by Creaky Boards-> If I Could Fly by Joe Satriani->Frances Limon by Enanites Verdes->Ding Dong Song by Gunther->J'en al Marre by Alizee->Hearts by Marty Balin->Love/Heaven by Cat Steven->Dirty Diaper Blues by Baby Cheeks. Which seems fitting because the whole thing stinks.
orlock20 1 year ago
the singer from creaky boards was not implying that coldplay had ripped off his song completely. he was showing how a song so similar to his received much more acclaim simply because it had coldplay's name to it
feakesfeakes 1 year ago
Ok
#1 Creeky Boards sucks and Chris martin wouldn't copy something so crappy
#2 Viva la Vida was writen a year b4 this douchers stupid concert
#3 I think Ill write a shitty song and in a year or so when Chris Martin writes another album, ill claim plagiarism and go viral on youtube
plaidguitar18 2 years ago
OKay, your fucking retarded. Get your facts right...
Jigsahh 1 year ago
ummm how am i fucking retarded? you're retarded!! Douce!!! my facts are as accurate and spot on as a gay persons chances of getting aids (Which is almost positively so)!! So fuck off!! Creeky Boards had no claim whatsoever and im totally going to do the same thing next time coldplay releases an album!! and just so we are clear...U R A Wanker!!
plaidguitar18 1 year ago
gay persons chance of getting aids isnt very likely.. so your not very accurate and spot on with your facts.
Jigsahh 1 year ago
@plaidguitar18 1. I'm not siding with anyone, but if I were a known & famous artist and have no particular melody in mind I'd rather copy a song that is unknown & "crappy" (let's be fair, that song of theirs was good).
2. The lyrics yes, but not the melody & composition. When they were writing that, Creaky Boards released the song.
3. Just because it's indie it's shitty. Just because it's not popular it's shitty. WOW! Guessing you think only mainstream musicians are talented 1s.
UpwardsFallings 2 weeks ago
I like the coldplay song better but these coincedences are hard to ignore.
greyfoxzero 2 years ago
It's not even close to Viva la Vida.
theluckynames 2 years ago
fuck you jared morris
chinesefiddler90 2 years ago
and one more thing chris martn was in London recording at the time and already demoed the song before the concert
venomvsspidey11 2 years ago
god i hate when these people do this crap like saying that both songs have oh my god and rule the world and neither of them do exept coldplay says rule the world
venomvsspidey11 2 years ago
they arnt even the same notes its stupid
venomvsspidey11 2 years ago
"They've sold okay." Um, no. They're one of the most popular bands in the world and in this country. Extremely talented. Great band, and they're great live.
sunshinedana26 2 years ago
sounds different to me
forshigity5000 2 years ago
"Music Plagiarism" is a very overused term that, considering artistic expression, shouldn't even be touched on in this particular case. Everyone who knows anything about music knows that there are only so many possible progressions for any set of chords and just because the melody of two songs sound similar does not mean you can throw these allogations around. If it was this easy, the entire rap industry would be a shitstorm of lawsuits.
gibsoncoca 2 years ago 7
a lot of songs have ALMOST the same chord progressions so it wouldn't be a surprise if someone had a similar melody with someone else. If someone from whatever country had the same melody with "whoever" band and they found each other out, probably the same thing would happen. Another thing is if someone COPIED THE MELODY of ITSY BITSY SPIDER or SESAME STREET's SONGS, how come NOBODY FILED A COMPLAINT?
drkprd 2 years ago
Uhh because it's a children s program and I don't see many 6 year olds running around blaming Sesame Street of plagiarism. Besides it was probably intentional so little kids would remember it better.
catmazing 2 years ago
my opinion its a small band (maybe big in america, but ive never heard of em) looking for a bit of publicity....
djfearnie 2 years ago 2
hahaha omg he referred to coldplay as being a new band lol theyve been out for years!!! i hope he means new to america
djfearnie 2 years ago
he is an asshole thats why.coldplay is one of the greatest in america and all over the world
akbisw 2 years ago
Pretty sure it was a joke...he also said they were sorta big...and then commented on how they sold 300,000 copies in 3 days.
donkeyy0 2 years ago
there is some similar tunes to this in eastern European and French country side music.
in Music there will be always similarity , it is something different from words and lyrics.
driberif1222 2 years ago
Creaky boards knew it was a coincidence. They just want some publicity off of this. I guarantee it.
CitizenNick 2 years ago
i agree, they are a small (and shit) band. they just wanted some publicity to get famous...
ajk321 2 years ago
i think its just coincidence that it sounds similar. i mean there are only a limited amount of chord progressions out there in the world. just like one of the listeners said, there aren't an infinite amount of notes out there so its bound to happen that musicians will have similar chord progressions.
i mean just look up "THE AXIS OF AWESOME 4 CHORDS". most of them end up having the same melodies because of the chord progression.
watch?v=qHBVnMf2t7w < link to AXIS OF AWESOME
nicotheninja 2 years ago
Creaky Boards, Joe Satriani, Cat Stevens... coldplay victims... thiefs!!!
Coldplay sucks! viva la vida es ABURRIDO!
viva la vida is boring...
DiscoZen 2 years ago
So NOW I know what that Coldplay song was about.
The crusades you say... I don't think I'd have ever gotten that.
Utikazoo 2 years ago 2
I think it's about Napolian not the crusades
cymrogwych 2 years ago
Why would it mention jerusalem bells and roman cavalry choirs if it were about Napoleon?!
TheNSizzle 2 years ago
they sound alike in the verses...thats about it.
prophefixz 2 years ago
A LOT alike
genericusername1 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
creaky boards are horrible & gay & a small band that suks
coldplay is awsome great and a huge band
songs i didnt rite has like 200 thousand views-most of them to see if the songs r similer
viva la vida has almost 42mil views cus coldpplay is awsome
majormcgee 2 years ago
So what you're saying is that, when Coldplay steals someone else's song, it suddenly becomes awesome?
TKDWolf 2 years ago
I still think this coldplay, pornstar moustache fronted band, "Creaky Boards", and Joe Satch, fiasco is all a just a coincidence.
Adema and seether both have songs that sound similar. Adema has a song called "Promises" that came out around the time "Fine Again" did by seether that are kinda similar. Once again, I say coincidence.
SteelBlueRage 2 years ago
And how sweet it would be to hear any song that this man did not write!
Now that i think of it..I wrote a song that i think Bob Dylan perhaps may have stolen a melody from..i wrote it only a week ago but lets be honest the odds of Dylan travelling 35 years into the future to steal a melody from one of my songs is just as likely as Chris Martins thinkin hey..you know that band Squeky board? me niether well i think i might go ahead and use one of their melodies to write a song of my own with it!
juststeve23 2 years ago
omg lol I agree completely
im2fast4u723 2 years ago
Creaky Boards' "version" (yeah, version...) sounds like hell, not good at all...
Bantersio 2 years ago 3
what the hell. coldplay wrote the song before the creaky borads
pocketmouse11 2 years ago
coldplay didn't rip off creaky boards. they both ripped off joe satriani. creaky boards just did a better job of disguising it.
ntwiles 3 years ago
i dont think so, i think the Creaky Boards song was just quickly wrote that song for publicity.
TheGuitarPlayingMonk 2 years ago
actually, no. creaky boards did come out with The Songs I Didn't Write way before Viva La Vida. Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly came out before both, and sounds exactly like Viva La Vida.
ntwiles 2 years ago 2
funny thing that no one says is that coldplay also totaly changed his sound using drums and violins and chorus's to sound exactly like canadian band Arcarde Fire.
papiergache 3 years ago
coldplay cites arcade fire as their biggest influence on viva la vida. chris martin is a huge fan, there is a youtube video of him at one of their shows singing along... coldplay is also giving arcade fire a lot of publicity in interviews and i'm sure getting them a lot of new fans. which is great, they are an awesome band.
lakerspirate 2 years ago
are you kidding me? this is a joke... this is worse than radioheads creep, which they actually admitted they stole it.
steviekeyz 3 years ago
a shit load of mariachi bullshit bands were copied by joe then if this bullshit goes thru, check it out
drjay473 3 years ago
My my, first they are accused of stealing creaky boards verse and then they are accused of stealing Satriani's chorus!! One time I can believe it is a bit chancy, but now that I heard it all together, it sounds like they have copied and pasted two songs together. But hey, I still think what they did, stolen or not, was better and catchier than either Creaky or Satriani, and I dont even like Coldplay. Great song and they deserve credit for advancing the ideas to a catchier tune.
dalgiaservices 3 years ago
its not like coldplay cant pay for the lawsuit
greenkitty66 3 years ago
I don't think Chris Martin copied the song...I just think he is such an unoriginal melody writer that it is inevitable that there would be similar sounding songs out there. If he should be sued for anything, it should be for writing boring crap that's obviosly been done before.
jaredapuzzo 3 years ago
Exactly what I've been saying, the melody is 2 or 3 notes, there's only so many combinations of 3 notes you can make
drunkentitinajar 3 years ago
but there are many, many, many ways to arrange those three notes in a rythm, over different chords, at a certain tempo, etc. So the possibility of two songs being very similar is much smaller than you make it out to be.
Could this be a coincidence? Sure. But it's not as simple as sharing the same notes in a melody.
TKDWolf 2 years ago 6
sounds pretty similar, but isn't impossible that coincidence plays a part, especially since coldplay has a similar driving beat so synonymous with music trends nowadays.
sc583501 3 years ago
this doesnt sound anything alike
greenkitty66 3 years ago
I don't care if you like Coldplay, I don't care if you believe Coldplay stole it or not (I personally don't), you still can't deny the similarities between the two songs unless you're deaf.
mardgn81 3 years ago 2
every song on the face of the earth has something in common with another song somewhere else. Give us a break.
vanhuvakuru 3 years ago
And why are you telling ME this?
mardgn81 3 years ago
Joe Satriani already sued Coldplay. If Creaky Boards feel they created the song first then they should be sued as well.
elfmagnet101 3 years ago
It's probably tough as fuck to create something original in this day and age when pretty much everything important has already been written.
If Chris Martin was actually in the crowd, I'd be really suspicious.
Drevvo 3 years ago
Dkizzy, how can you steal a time signature and a tempo? Most songs on the radio are in the same time signature, 4/4. It's like saying that, since they are both songs, they both are played on musical instruments, and both are music, that they are the same song. No offense, but there's no sense to your argument.
keaneshaped25 3 years ago
Bad DJ
Flashback1110 3 years ago
coldplays version is more fast paced and uses different instruments so it's kinda hard to tell
tehcheeseitman 3 years ago
Is anyone else bumped by how jive this DJ is?
Worst DeeJay Ever.
payday0023 3 years ago 2
The joe satriani song, the tempo, the melody, the chord progression, and the time signature were completely stolen by coldplay
dkizzy84 3 years ago
the singer has a mustache. lol. love when he says that
connore3232 3 years ago
Man, do you guys have tin ears?? The melodies are different. The keys are different too. How are these the same songs??? I'm not a fan of Coldplay, but I do like their song. The Creaky Board song just flat out sucks. I hate it. I do believe Coldplay owes Satriani royalties. Those songs are very similar.
mililaniguy 3 years ago
Satriani started the whole goddamn melody anyway. Satriana made the melody, creaking boards ripped it, and coldplay ripped them.
rocksteady4life 3 years ago
does anybody know that the whole music industry is based off of similar ideas. Jazz is all about using other licks from other songs. I dont see why this is a big deal, there are certain notes in a scale that sound good, so many people can stumble upon the same thing. Do you know how many songs share the same damn cord progression? And on top of that to say that these two songs are similar is pretty far fetched. Its like one lick thats similar. Dumb ass
leftywitt 3 years ago
Cat Stevens' "Love/Heaven"
SaphPunk 3 years ago
its way too suspicious because not only one artist has called them out but TWO have..lightning never strikes twice in the same spot folks..
supertzarsabbath 3 years ago
satriani is the best, coldplay is a group of lazy mdfckas, and satrianis song is more old, so this two bands of shit copy it, fuck period
yullx 3 years ago
Cold play Sucks
proeyebry 3 years ago
haha he is reading the article from Wikepedia word from word!!! Its true check it out!!
Takeitoff08 3 years ago
"coldplay doing... ok... in the us?"
lol
petermichaelw 3 years ago
this guy really sucks
Gundamwingex 3 years ago
you SUCK at radio. cut up the fucking clip. play each part without talking over it but explain beforehand what the audience is going to hear. have a strong opinion on it. tease the listeners when they call. you turned something that could have been interesting and made it boring and shitty. radio 101 dude.
mixmastamarshymc 3 years ago 2
It's proven Martin worked on it and demoed it 7 months prior to this Creaky Boards performance. You admit it's not an issue yet you're giving it more and more popularity and keeping the issue alive. Plus, you stupidly talk over the thing you want people to listen to. Just shut up and play some Top 40, idiot. And learn how to fucking read on air.
mysheepbroke 3 years ago 2
It's also proven that Satriani wrote the fucking song... Look it up. Everything lines up. They even ripped off the tempo... at least try to hide the theft in the background of your music, don't make it a blatant act.
bantekiatgmaildotcom 3 years ago
Satriani did not write the song. He wrote a melodic song with no lyrics. Coldplay, if they did in fact plagerize, changed the song significantly AND wrote lyrics..Satriani did not write it..period. Also, this guy from creaky boareds sings on fucking bar of music similar to coldplays and suddenly the entire song was writen by HIM! this is absolutly ridiculous! If Satriani thinks it's his music, lets see if he can write music to match the rest of Coldplay's chart toping songs.
Galkaaaaa 3 years ago
Satriani is way more talented than Coldplay. Learn to play an instrument and you will understand that. How many albums sold doesn't mean shit much of the time. Most people aren't musicians and therefore aren't as good at judging music. Simple music for simple minds.
squirttilithurts 3 years ago
So music has to be complex to be good? Usually if the vast majority of people like an artist and his music more than another, it typically means its better according to the majority's opinion. It doesn't matter on complexity or skill (which I think Coldplay still exceeds when compared to Satriani) but just plainly how good the song is. Music is either good or bad, just people have different tastes. Saying simple music for simple minds is being very close-minded (simple-minded).
poopwarrior8 3 years ago
Although I agree that music doesn't have to be complex to be good, you are WAY off base to think that the majority liking music makes it better. The music industry is SO much more corrupt that people want to believe. They bottle fed Brittany, Jessica and Taylor to you all and you nibbled it off of the rubber spoon. The vast majority of music listeners are sheep. They follow the flock, and the music industry is their shephard.
bantekiatgmaildotcom 3 years ago
Learn to play an instrument ehh, so i guess 6 years of guitar doesnt count...hmmmmm you dont look stupid at all. uuu simple music for simple minds, betcha felt proud when you churned that one out..truly a jem. Try out Frusciante, Jeff Buckley, Hendrix, Mars Volta, INCUBUS...w.e man. Try and pay attention to the video when they say it was proven that Chris Martin was not in the crowd..and for God sakes, why would he be?
Galkaaaaa 3 years ago
Are you seriously that dense? To think that writing an instrumental means it's not writing the music? Ever heard of classical music, idiot? He wrote the song. Coldplay stole the melody, tempo and even PITCH. They added the rest of the additional crap to hide the theft, but obviously they didn't do well enough. I hope the rest of the music industry isn't as ignorant about music as you appear to be. Theft is theft. Coldplay should burn.
bantekiatgmaildotcom 3 years ago
Yep, burn in the millions they made. Coldplay is a better band collectively than Satriani is. Obviously being on the charts isnt what its all about cuz its about making the purest sounding music not necessarily alternative. But i have been a fan of coldplay for years and i dont give a shit what band does as long as the summation of their efforts is amazing music. Im not alternative myself and i do listen to alot of underground stuff.
Galkaaaaa 3 years ago
Ironicly, if you had any sense of music, Satriani doesn't need any attention to get his music out there. either way. personally i dig the creaky boards more than coldplay.
Inlovewitharainbow 3 years ago
hmm doesnt need attention, that explains his overwhelming popularity and range of his music. Creaky boards are still a garage band
Galkaaaaa 3 years ago
i gotta say you can't compare the two, although coldplay has plenty of better music then viva la vida, and i think all these plagarism cases are b.s.
Metallicrazy 3 years ago
music is not about chart topping songs. mozart never topped the charts nor did frank sinatra, nor did cake or dr. dre.
coldplay may have stolen the song from both of them.
if you listen to how its sung the creaky boards sing it similarly to coldplay while the melody of the coldplay song practically IS the satrini song.
coldplays had a good run but i think theyve run out of steam.
resorting to stealing isnt that far fetched.
and satriani is a good musician, you should check out him out.
Inkswim 3 years ago 2
Why can't we just end this here. Coldplay released the song and did good with it. All that satriani suing them will do is give him money which isnt necesarily due to him because coldplay is the one who marketed the song, wrote the lyrics and most of the riffs. Satriani should consider stoping the lawsuit and using this exposure to get his music out there if he belives it has the potential to reach Coldplay status. Ofcourse its not all about status, but it looks like Satriani thinks it is..
Galkaaaaa 3 years ago
B O R I N G
CallBoxAbandoned 3 years ago
Chris Martin stated it was not plagiarism because
1. Could not have been him at Creaky Boards concert as was working in London that night.
2. The song was a work in progress for 7 months prior to that time.
3. Song was stolen from 2004 Joe Satriani song and not from Creaky Boards.
wulfgyr 3 years ago 7
Way to read off a piece of paper poorly
RONALDCOUSINS 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Fuck CB
moby6002 3 years ago
I like the way he has to explain what 'plagiarism' means...
Bancaer 3 years ago
Alizée!!!!!!!!!!!
romantrique 3 years ago 2
Coldplay, from Europe. Because it's just one big country.
littleChloe22 3 years ago 4
What do you expect from an American?
Sandolainen 3 years ago
Hey this guy doesn't represent all Americans, he's actually pretty stupid and appears to have absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
BiscuitsJoe 3 years ago
what do you mean?
are you ripping on the radio guy as an american or are you ripping on the bands for claiming plagiarism?
Inkswim 3 years ago
The radio guy as an American.
Sandolainen 3 years ago
that's not fair.
the united states is huge.
we have a lot of people.
and with a lot of people you get a lot of good and bad.
its like saying we all speak like we're from the southern states, which is the retarded accent foreigners associate us with.
we have so many accents it would be offensive to assume the majority has the retard accent out of all of them.
where are you from? somewhere in the uk?
or are you french?
seems like those two harbor the most incorrect idea of U.S.
Inkswim 3 years ago
I'm Finnish.
Europeans don't think all Americans are southerners. We have too many mixed cultures and are too close to our neighbours to think that. Then again, according to the 2006 National Geographic-Roper Survey of Geographic Literacy only 37% of the Americans between 18-24 can point out Iraq on a map (and that is after 3 years of warfare!!).
I'm quite sure most Americans wouldn't know the difference (or could point out on a map) between Greece, Sweden, Czech Republic and so on.
Sandolainen 3 years ago
our educational system is very self centered when it comes to teaching about other countries. i dont think i was taught of very many foreign wars at all that we werent included in.
nonetheless i believe that the people included in that survey were widely selected unfairly due too a low education, and represented us unfairly.
plus americans can name most any state. the average state is roughly the size of a european country. my point? different continents can name more countries around them.
Inkswim 3 years ago
Thank you for just proving my point. Americans are self-centred because of a lacking educational system and an ignorance towards the rest of the world.
When it comes to the survey, I'm quite sure that a survey done by National Geographic would be correctly done.
Furthermore, naming a state and naming a country are different things. One is part of your culture while the other isn't. Geographical size isn't that important. What is more important is population and culture of the area.
Sandolainen 3 years ago
that's not entirely true. state to state there are big cultural differences. if you don't believe me, look at how each state votes in elections. anyway, i mostly agree with you. that statistic is quite embarrassing.
i'm not defending this, but part of the reason world culture is not stressed in education here IS the geographical size of the country and isolation from foreign countries. a very large percentage of americans have/will never leave this country. it's not like europe.
iquizzle 3 years ago
Haha, the isolation from other countries is a poor excuse, I live in australia, our country is an island, as in, not a single land border with another, and we don't pretend the rest of the world doesn't exist.
Sure it's not as big, but there's no "reason" for the bad education other than an education system that's failing.
DrunkSpleen 3 years ago
actually i don't claim it's an excuse at all. that's why i said "i'm not defending this". i'm telling you as someone who lives here and has gone through a state educational system the way it is.
you're not illuminating anything at all by telling us that our educational system is failing. we've known this for many years and haven't come up with any way to make kids care about school. it's not a problem you can take a wrench to.
iquizzle 3 years ago
i think the problem is that we were raised under the phrase of "america is the best country in the world." and people still say that today...how? i just dont get it.. we arent... and why do we have to be the best in the world? we should just try to be the best we can be, and that will be good for the world... anyway, i agree that education is our biggest problem.. stay our friend finland. (even for the sake of just some of us)
imnothear 3 years ago
i bet they cant name all the canadian provencies/territories
greenkitty66 3 years ago
too bad they are both a copy of Joe Satriani's If I Could Fly
kjetil136 3 years ago 2
its plagiarism....who cares right! fact is Coldplays song is better...they always copycat.
simonenglish1 3 years ago
Coldplay is awesome I don't know how you can even compare the lyrics that poetically describe and beautifully sang NAPOLEON'S FALL to some random bedroom crap...wtf. I'm not a Coldplay fan, I just really love this song and I think CB is using this either to gain press coverage or just for the hell of it.
mortred009 3 years ago
Yawn. Coldplay sucks. Douche Martin, doubly so.
LeKryon 3 years ago 5
I love how the DJ doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about! Anyways, sure the verse has some similarities, but I think it's bullshit. It's a cheap shot. The Creaky Boards guy isn't a good enough musician to break through, so he just claims plagiarism. Pathetic.
johnnywalrus 3 years ago
so yeah they're similar. but really i think CB is just mad that theres a band more popular than them who happen to have a similar melody in one song. sure music stealing happens all the time but really CB? stooping a leeel too low for attention
iwaslikepfffft 3 years ago
smart caller, i agree
busessuck1 3 years ago
ye! can just imagine Chris dropping into a Creaky Boards gig! and how did he manage to be in London at the same time! CB are just so SAD!! the chorus is the key to Viva la Vida that's what makes genius!
tiredoldbag 3 years ago
Their both Ripped off from Joe Satriani-If I could fly.
xtuesdayxx 3 years ago 2
I totally believe that they blatantly copied the CB track. Coldplay suck, they should take a good shower and change job. Could a band be more miserable-looking??
lindapevere 3 years ago
How cares about what they look dude?
Rurisk1984 3 years ago
EVERYBODY IN MUSIC STEALS: this is the way how evolution in music is continuing. There are only 7 basic chords A B C D E F G, and the minor chords and the 7th chords. So what do you want. If you play in a band it is possible that some chord-sequences remain in the brains, like a catchy tune and later while rehearsing and playing they probably don't realise that someone else wrote that particular song earlier. A famous example is SPIRIT+TAURUS versus LED ZEPPELIN + STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
gitaardocphil55 3 years ago
dangergErBi the thing is they got permission by Kraftwerk to use the Computer Love rift in Talk.
Rascasseman 3 years ago
Colplay is used to this, same thing with kraftwerk´s "computer love"
dangergErBi 3 years ago
Jared Morris was reading this out of our British newspaper The Independent.
Rascasseman 3 years ago
u should be thanking ColdPlay for turning "your" peice of shit song into a itunes commercial and Viva La Vida sounds alot better too
cfull25 3 years ago
Ok Viva La Vida is not about Chris Martin conquering Jerusalem its about its about kings losing there kingdoms.Also karma i dont think so this guy is clearly a hick!Because creaky boards song is not anything to brag about and Coldplays song is so beautiful and has so many complex sounds that you just have to listen to it more than once.So does creaky boards have a case on there hand i think NOT!
hannahmontanachloe 3 years ago
Creaky Boards are a joke coldplay managed to turn w/e creakyboards peaice of shit song into a itunes commercial creakyboards are bunch of bitches trying to get sum publicity
cfull25 3 years ago
no shit, it's called an ingenious publicity move. I tip my hat to Creaky Boards.
figure8xoxoxo 3 years ago 2
Chris Martin attended a gig of creaky who?
Yeah sure... Hahahahaha!!!
Nice publicity for you guys hey!
A-holes!!
femkedw 3 years ago
they sound alike, but if coldplay had it before obviously the plagiarism is from the creaky boards but they do sound alike at the beginning but who knows... there is plagiarism from thousands of artists
crypteecalz 3 years ago
franchement le chant démare pareil c'est la meme ligne de mélodie, pour l'harmonie qui accompagne c'est pareil mais c'est quand meme plus fréquent, en ce qui concerne le chant pour moi pas de doute, c'est du plagiat
etn9944 3 years ago
oh common ..
alot of songs sound the same.
the first verse of single by new kids on the block ft. ne-yo sounds like via la vida too.
so who copied who ?
EACYNC 3 years ago
so basically there no way to know, and what does creaky floorboards expect to get out of this ? the song to be released in their name ? impossible. it's their bad luck that they don't have the fame and sucess of coldplay.
EACYNC 3 years ago
they DO sound similar.
nycfemale2008 3 years ago
I really think that this was a case of the worst band trying to make a buck off the better band. The lyrics are dissimilar, the beat is different there is a slight similarity... but honestly, it's different. This sounds like creaky boards is trying to get some free publicity.
JamesDobry 3 years ago
sounds like theres a bunch of dumb tools that like coldplay too much to notice that viva is stolen. Hey mancole they'd rip them off because... the boards aren't well known and its a good song. smarts. anywase the melody is very much the same. If you deny that your a meatsack. How come everyone gets so upset its hilarious its so obvious that chris martin er whoever he is stole it. Theres no question u meats.
gingeekid 3 years ago
Easy with the hardcore disses there bro,
The meat diss almost made me cry 8-)
Deep down we all know that coldplay most obviously did not "steal" the melody. If you were to listen to it, you would know that it has small similarities, but so do a lot of songs.
The creaky boards are shit, anyway.
thedistrict3 3 years ago
Watch the other video. He added stuff at the end. Coldplay introduced their song before Creaky fags even taught it to the band. Publicity seeking douche-bags.
DocDizzle55 3 years ago
The host of the radio said that coldplay is "relatively popular NEWER band that sold ok in America" OK HOST please do your research first before saying things like that... Because COLDPLAY is not new and they are not only doing OK in AMERICA they are doing VERY GOOD...
gskowal 3 years ago
damn the radio host is ANNOYING. WE CAN READ THE SUBTITLES GODDAMNIT.
ironmanstarks36 3 years ago
ironmanstarks36.... you can't READ subtitles when listening to the radio
italianleprkon 3 years ago 3
why WOULD they rip them off? They're so big, they could write a million other songs.
mancole96 3 years ago
its not true guys. its a joke by creaky boards.
Novelist6369 3 years ago 2
Come on they're so similar how can you say its like copying afew notes?
acidheadx 3 years ago
This was just a really great way to get them lots of publicity.
MinaMcKay 3 years ago 3
The talk show host in this clip has an annoying quality about him. I'm not sure if it is his voice or the fact that he interrupts the presentation of the evidence in this clip. Just as the songs get to their similar points the host decides to blab.
mutualdisdain 3 years ago
It sounds much more similar to if i could fly by Joe Satriani than it does to that creaky boards song.
Skinsfan4life94 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Ok first off Coldplay is gay! and so is the song!
zvzzbzzdy 3 years ago
This is no more similar than Agadoo and Rhianna. :3
GottLoveLeathermouth 3 years ago
This is the equivalent of Led Zeppelin 'ripping off' "Taurus" by Spirit. Like, the first three notes - perhaps.
Exophorie 3 years ago
lol who cares if the singer has a moustache? And the Coldplay song sounds better, mostly because they have strings though.
kingkraft1 3 years ago
The only melody thats the same is the first measure. That's how retarded people are. 4 beats are the same...4 beats.
fabjtown 3 years ago
both songs suck anyway
dikkepomper 3 years ago
Hmmm... COULD be plagiarism.
However, they DEFINITELY copied the Joe Satriani song.
Meshuggah4521 3 years ago 2
you are right man!!!!
alabismo 3 years ago
That's what I was thinking.
PandaRay91 3 years ago
...and the creaky boards song isn't even THAT similar...
itsalyssaktb 3 years ago 3
coldplay's too good for that. they showed a newsreel of this on their tour. ridiculous, people will belive what they want. i don't care i love them more than anything. :)
itsalyssaktb 3 years ago
How are they too good? They're just people capable of anything. You're right, people will believe what they want to believe, and your last setence is exactly what you're saying. Following blindly...
Anyway, they stole from satch, atleast they picked someone worth stealing from.
ArtOfStealth 3 years ago
this DJ sucks
blink1031 3 years ago 3
Hello people! Coldplay wouldnt be in that guys audience! Nothing is stolen. Chris Martin would not do it.
Novelist6369 3 years ago
If anyone watched the whole thing, it says at the end of the creaky boards vid that viva la vida was demoed before songs i didnt write... the only real plagiarism is the joe satriani song, if i could fly
fuchalo 3 years ago
All this stupid shit is just these faggots trying to get some extra publicity. Nice try. Your band fucking sucks. You'll never be famous. This stupid YouTube stunt you've tried to pull will be the extent of your fame. Go suck some dicks you fuckin homo's.
Supercharged496 3 years ago
kk if you say that chris martin can't just walk into a concert and someone notice him then your dumb. Someone has already said that they spotted chris martin there and that person is going to say they saw him in court.
Richardnewmanseidlik 3 years ago
he wasn't there. andrew from creaky boards has already admitted it was just made up.
angel2008eyes 3 years ago 4
this isn't going to court because it was all made up. the only reason it can't be called slander against coldplay is because someone was smart enough to tell andrew to say they "thought" they saw chris martin instead of saying they "did" see him
angel2008eyes 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
i know of at least 3 other songs that sound the same
DoctorDoubleX 3 years ago
no matter if it's true I like creaky boards version more, it sounds great
powerkidd 3 years ago 2
i would have to agree with you.
ixceix 3 years ago
this is such a lie do you think chris martin can just walk into concert and no one notice him. no way not gonna happen. but they do sound alike but all music most of the time sound alike
Godwill3 3 years ago
first of all to all those people who either slate coldplay or love them music is music if you like it or not some people prefer 50 cent others muse and some coldplay
as far as the song when i play viva la vida i use C D G EM chords a very very very widly used combination even if creek floorboards hadnt made this hole thing up to gain popularity for their band it would be perfectly reasonable for the two songs to have been similar all music is they use certain scales or patterns
neobahamut90 3 years ago
I think the radio voice liked to cover the creaky boards music with his voice and not point out certain stuff. Very very biased. God I hate biased ass radio personalities.
ventrilospammer 3 years ago
Its not plagerism.
It's Coldplay's song.
littlebirl 3 years ago 2
uhmmmmmmmmmmmm UHMMMMMMMMMMM! copy or not both of the songs are awesomes!
avena36 3 years ago 2