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  • Here's my input, Satriani is awesome and Coldplay sucks :)

  • Coldplay may have stole this melody, but they present another few orchestra instruments.

  • Los fans de coldplay son unos maricas copiones

  • Rush of Blood to the Head... Last great Coldplay album.

  • I always thought Coldplay sucked ass - this just goes to further substantiate my opinion.

  • I jus wanna punch all you, theyre both fuckin amazing.

  • @Chickyrock54 keep on speakin the truth if people dont like it thats there problem

  • wtf is this bullshit... fuck coldplay

  • like a very old song. And for everyone who's just putting down Coldplay and saying they're so bad, have you even HEARD some of there other stuff. The whole album is great and even if you don't like it you don't have to get all pissed just because it's more popular than the particular music your into.

  • This is one of the dumbest arguments I've come across. Why does this even matter. Yah the songs sound similar, but a guy named giovanni battista pergolesi who died nearly two hundred years ago write a song that has the same melody. That's right, nearly TWO HUNDRED years ago.its NOT joes own original song. It's a very popular melody that's been around for literally hundreds of years. Y'all are a bunch of people clogging up YouTube with stupid comments just to put down a great song that sounds l

  • Damn Coldplay idiot

  • I dont care who copied who this mashup is cool sounding

  • Satch Is god!

  • are the two songs playing at once? Thats pretty uncanny.

  • what a fu**ing poor copy...

  • I can't stand viva la vida, and neither this fuckin group. fuck simple people!

  • Joe Satriani ftw.

  • Satch should pay coldplay for polishing up this boring cold turkey elevator wank music...even if they did rip him off

  • @justinwiggy Eat a dick.

  • @patrickdelehanty Bumder stuff not my bag, Pattycake. I don't have an issue with you being a homo though. If you are comfortable with it, good for you!

  • @justinwiggy you are an effing moron, crawl back under your rock

  • @switch625music I'm not biting little man...try elsewhere

  • @justinwiggy little man huh? ow. You obviosly have no musical taste to be liking coldplay. Go back to your backstreet boys cd and leave the real music alone

  • @switch625music Oh...you know my favourite band, The Backstreet Boys! Can we be friends?

  • im on satch's side cold play fans can suck it

  • SATCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • I do not understand this conflict. Really, I don't get it. Should we argue because of music? WHY DON'T YOU CAUSE WARS ON REMIXES AND COVERS? Coldplay did the great job. It isn't a kind of shame or profanation, while most covers and remixes are. What the....?!

  • le parole mica le ha messe joe le hanno messe i Coldplay :P

  • so bad XD

  • magikarp really is the best pokemon

  • I don't think joe would have bothered taking action if he wasn't bloody sure that they had ripped him off.

  • That was: "Frances Limon" Enanitos Verdes (argentina) 2002, luego "If I could fly" Joe Satriani 2004, finalmente "Viva la Vida" Coldplay 2008

  • Honestly they didn't rip off the song. It's nothing more than inspiration at the most if it isn't coincidence. Theres hardly any similarities, especially once Aatriani takes a shit all over a guitar from 1:21 to the end of the song. All in all, Coldplay is much better at writing songs. After all, "Good artists copy, great artists steal." -Picasso

  • @poof308 What? you say that coldplay writes beter songs than Satch?Satch is not a musiciat...he's a composer,a modern time Beethoven......and you don't really need words to be a legend.....and Satriani does not take shit on his guitar.....hes having sex with it (haters will hate) xD

  • @dyazRO Oh come on, I'm not hating. I just prefer Coldplay to Satriani. Its not against him or anything, it all comes down to the type of music I like. And both artists are composers and musicians. Considering the fact that people of Beethoven's time listened to that music for the same reason we listen to ours, it doesn't matter if it has words or not. It's all your own opinion. Both artists have great talent and great creativity. I just think Coldplay didn't copy the work.

  • @poof308 Yeah I know....I also say about Metallica that they lack of soul especially Kirk Hammet but mainly because I hate metal.........I see your point.....and yes you are somehow right....theres no obligation for people to love a certain singer....they love what they want.....but I still think that Coldplay copeid Satch....Joe would never be an asshole and sue Coldplay if he wasn't 100% sure about the fact that they copied him...IMO

  • I want to ruuuule the world,

    I*'m gonna start by being a hack

  • I like coldplay better. But thats just me I guess. I don't care if they ripped off songs I still like coldplay

  • There are a few little parts even, but you don't even hear it. So it's bullshit.

  • I say they do the song together from now on

  • I don't know if you will believe, but I always imagined if both songs could had the same composer.

  • Coldplay actually admitted the tune of Satriani sneaked into their heads. Foul play, who knows.. But both partys came to an mutual understanding so there wasnt a lawsuit.

  • Both songs are great! There are some similarities but it isn't enough to justify any bad blood between anyone. Also damn Digital Devil Saga, whenever I hear a good song with electric guitar in it I think of that game. =)

  • best song combination in the world!

  • Coldplay is amazing band. Those song aren`t the same.

  • plagio de plagio, es frances limon de los enanitos verdes

  • @IceBlueRedRose i agree they should

  • I'm the biggest fan of Satriani, but let's be impartial, the resemblance of the two songs is obviously a coincidence, there are thousands of songs more similar than these two...also there are millions of songs composed in the history of music and of course it is expected be a lot of similarities...

    I bet Cold Play members didn't even know Satriani's song (pop artists have bad taste)...

    Satriani was certainly high when he opened this lawsuit...

  • is this the best you can do? There are tonnes of song with that type of progession and feel.....no one owns a monopoly on progressions.....each song has a diffrent feel and sound over all, that all the matters.

  • @wxyzxdll Have to agree with you, even though I'm a Satriani fan, you are damn right.

  • Pretty disappointing, my respect for Coldplay has slightly diminished...I wasn't really a big fan of their Viva La Vida album though..compared to the others it's mediocre at best.

  • That may be work. They should play together this song :) Heard great!

  • Satriani QQ

  • This actually sounds really good XD

  • Didn't If I could fly come out in like the 2004? O.o and didn't viva la vida come out like, in 2008? o.O so coldplay fans have no argument. The satchinator came out with his song first, and made it perfectly. So blah.

    oh, and magikarp does totally own. 

  • @cheeseman1777 Do you know  "Frances Limon " By "Enanios verdes"? Joe and Coldplay copy the same progressions of notes xD and Frances Limon come out in 2002

    xd so... joe and coldplay fans have no arguments , just a coincidence :)

  • @cheeseman1777 Yup, and it tok Joe 10 years to write the song so coldplay was still in middle school stealing other things at the same time lol

  • @switch625music Go listen to Jen ai' Marre by Alizee, and tell me who is the real plagiarist.

  • @NickyWColeman I assume you are talking about another Joe song because this one was released in 04. One year after the Alizee song, BUT it took 10 years for Joe to complete the song so if you do the math, That would be 94, 9ine years before her release.

  • lol coldplay fans vs satch fans xD

  • @TheGreatCheeseHead There were Coldplay fans after that?

    PD: Joe = Hotplay

  • Give me Lyrics everytime - but why doesn't Joe just tour with them? Musicians are suposed to work together...It would bring down the house.

  • coldplay is 10000000000000000000000 times better than joe striani

  • BULLL SHIITTTTTTT

  • @11kopitar Are you sure you put enough zeroes on that, lol. Seriously, I hope you are kidding - Satriani as an individual has more talent than all members of Coldplay combined. The comparison is so pointless it's actually silly.

  • @11kopitar Nah

  • you raised the pitch of Viva la vida, it starts a half step lower.

    and who cares, its not like this Joe guys owns the chord progression. If we didn't allow people to use similar chord progressions, we'd only have like 50 songs.

    It's like criticizing Picasso for using the color yellow in his paintings because Leonardo Da Vinci did. It's baseless. Just enjoy music.

  • @nick0523 It's not the chord progression that people are making the big deal over. It's the fact that the vocal melody in "Viva la Vida" is almost identical to the lead guitar in "If I could fly". I know that similar melodies are bound to happen, but it's almost TOO similar.

  • If i could fly is a lot better than coldplay remix

  • This video proves Chris' voice is far better then the guitars

  • @MegapPlayer How does it prove anything? Number one, Joe Satriani wrote this music. There shouldn't even be vocals over it to begin with. Number two, I am QUITE confident Satriani is a better musician than everyone in Coldplay combined. Coming from a true musician's standpoint (having been trained in classical music) and also just by ear, Satriani is better. Bottom line.

  • @StKMindStorM Who cares you are trained in classical music . And did I say anything about the bald . I said Chris' voice is far better then the guitar's . Learn reading first and then reply .

  • @MegapPlayer I addressed what you said, and I supported my comment. YOU learn to read before you get defensive. It's your OPINION if the vocals sound better than the guitar; it doesn't prove anything. The main point to me is, there shouldn't even be vocals over it; Coldplay stole the song.

  • could pay to Joe

  • could pay to Joe

  • I like the twist between the 2 songs.. I think they should sell it on Itounes!

  • well joe successfully sued them and it is an obvious plagarism (to me) the money went to charity so it all turned out good

  • @baudelaire42 actually, the case was dropped from court after it was settled outside of court.

  • @supergiff8 ah well the money went to charity and thats all that matters

  • Viva could Fly Vida!!

  • moreover BORING 

  • i believe Coldplay/Joe whoever listen to the song before the song was already ON then he/them unconciously played on the record, human nature can't blame it but you can certainly sue it... if it comes to me both versions suck as much as their players

  • I don't want to get in an argument here, so I'm saying this one comment, nothing more. To all those comments where people say "even the tempo, etc., is the same, so that's evidence of plagiarism," when they mashed the songs together, they edited the songs, including key and tempo. What they did is misleading. Just because in this version the key and tempo are the same doesn't mean in real life they are. You know, this is the whole "Under Pressure" and "Ice Ice Baby" thing all over again. Just w

  • @waitekid101 Actually the tempo is the exact same.. look up both songs and compare.. right about 136bpm..

  • @waitekid101 Key is the same actually but the Satriani one is a little slower. Notes in melody are identical when looked at on sheet music.

  • I think they would both sound good together. Rape me.

  • Regardless, the songs sound sick in conjunction

  • copycat,..

  • what's the big deal here ? ofcourse joe satriani is the most famous guitarist on this planet and he inspire coldplay lol whats the fight ? :p

  • @chasrar they've made a load of money from this song that has large parts the same as Satch's song. Its plagiarism, that's the big deal ;)

  • Joe will be playing in a cocktail lounge in a few years.....

  • @rezzman99 no fucking way

  • nada a ver hehehehe

  • This Snorlax is fast asleep.

  • Well... you kinda made your point. They are similar no doubt. But the key of Viva La Vida is raised quite a bit here.

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  • Magikarp is the greatest pokemon ever.

  • Least coldplay has good taste

  • My mom said I could become anything I wanted if I tried, so I became pancakes.

  • @VinnieLepore i luv this reply ... lol ... use REAL maple syrup to make them taste better.... :)

  • Why can't we all just get along and combine these two great songs because they're just too great...

  • Ha, nice job combining two great songs, independently composed seems to me.

    Similarities feed the mouth of non creative souls

  • yes they did!!!! ... 

  • yeah the melody is the same, but the character of the song and chord progressions are different. chords make a huge difference to how a song feels

  • Chris Martin vs Lord Voldermort

  • Haha coldplay and satch should play together live and play those songs lol

  • Magikarp is the greatest pokemon ever.

  • ...Even the same tempo, you can run both at the same time and just feets.... amazing (plagiarism) xD

  • Magikarp is the greatest pokemon ever....psych

  • i like both songs :P

  • Coldplay should've just asked Joe to play a guitar solo for Viva La Vida. At least that way, Joe would still be credited.

  • @NeoSoftwarePWNXORZ that woulda been epic satch is hands down the best instrumental player to have picked up a guitar

  • @jongo2011 please look into jazz fusion before you make such absolute statements... I could easily say Al Di Meola is hands down the best instrumental player to have picked up the guitar and it would be closer to the truth.

  • @NeoSoftwarePWNXORZ But Coldplay wouldn't have got that much dough, though they would have gotten more than they did if they did that because they had to pay Satriani

  • @NeoSoftwarePWNXORZ Satch wrote 'If I could fly' before coldplay. There is nothing wrong with taking a cord progression and using it as a foundation to a song, but if your song ends up sound pretty damn close to another song don't use it. Song writing 101

  • i think this sounds pretty good

  • Oh cmon guys this remix sounds pretty cool jaja

  • in order of appearance: Cat Setevens (Foreigner Suite 1972), Enanitos Verdes (Frances Limon 2002), Joe Satriani (If i could fly 2004), Coldplay ('Viva la Vida 2008), who wrote it first??? all songs has a very basic lick, is just a progresion on scale, but Satch do it better!! greetings.

  • I like to call this mix, "Coldplay mans the fuck up"

  • They should play together.. and end of the story ;D

    both are awesome..

  • Magikarp is the greatest pokemon ever

  • @bobmyers1 I disagree, but thumbs up anyway

  • Coldplay made his song listenable

    and you noticed that Joe is just purely jealous?

  • @father042 LOL Obvious Troll is obvious...

  • @father042

    Ehhh, no. Both songs are great, and Coldplay had an out-of-court settlement. Pretty much proved themselves "guilty as hell" in law terms.

  • @Uberado I know I sound really really thick but I can't tell the difference how are they guilty as hell?

  • Ok let's be honest now, Joe Satriani is a great guitar player and composer.

    And the fact is that ''Is There Love in Space?'' came out in 2004 and ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' in 2008.

    But music exist as long as men can remember and if you compose by the rules of the Harmony there is a limited amount of possibilities for music without modulations. So don't you think all of those have already been used throughout all those years?

  • @RideTheRoses Limited amount of possibilities?

    You sure don't listen much music.

  • @RideTheRoses

    I don't think every thing that's possible with music is even close to having been done.

    How music works has not changed but times have changed, and as a result new musical discoveries are made. The setting of your environment and the time period in which you live will affect the kind of music you create.

    I mean, it's not as if they had Techno music during the the classical era.

  • I dunno man...the vocal melody is pretty much an exact duplicate of Satch's guitar line.

    Seems pretty obvious to me.

    I hope ol' Joe paid his mortgage or put a kid through college with the money from the settlement.

    Fucking Coldplay - pretentious, vapid nothings biting off the legacy of a dedicated musician.

    Douchebags.

  • @MostAncientOne and Satriani ripped it off from Cat Stevens - Foreigner Suite.

  • I hate Coldplay. Thumbs up if you too.

  • its a badass mash up

  • go satch!

  • A positive to be made out of this is that Satriani's song will be introduced to an audience who might not heard it.If anything I think Coldplay should give him the credit by getting him to release a version of LaVida with him playing his alongside as his guitar playing is outstanding.

  • Coldplay should have copied Surfing With the Alien.

  • coldpalys gay

  • Simply hilarious. I'm a fan of both artists, but Satch has got delusions of grandeur if thinks Coldplay play stole this line from him. He must play around 50 of these different solo melodies on each album - it's pure chance. One of them was going to sound like something by somebody. Plus, do you really think they'd be listening to this for ideas? I very much doubt it. More importantly, why has Glenn Frey remained so quiet about Lady Gaga stealing "You belong to the City" melody fro Poker Face?

  • @edwardpeach

    Coldplay agreed to an out of court settlement - That fact alone means "guilty as sin" for all purposes.

  • @OtherRealmer actually it might not, its just a cheap way to get something swept under the carpet which avoids a long, drawn out court case that could end up being presided over by a judge that hasnt a clue what music is ...

    Though that said coldplay are guilty as sin

  • I think this sounds bad ass

  • @Geetarhero93 yea if you take the coldplay song out of it

  • @ThizzinChampX24 Don't get me wrong I like Joe I'm just saying it sounds really good together the lyrics with the music is bad ass.

  • when u think about it this is wat rock needs a singer who has amazing writing skills and a good voice, and a guitar virtuoso and maybye rock will be cool again

  • Viva La Vida sucks. If I Could Fly is awesome. Viva If I Could Vida: pure epic?

  • It sounds so awesome together. Kinda depressing that it wasn't done together.

  • I know I sound like a n00b but, DOWNLOAD PL0X.

  • They should jam together hahaha I would if I was Satriani.

  • @mrcmxoner It's obvious you don't play music, and if you do, not very well at all. You're a moron, thats like hanging out with you girlfriend's ex boyfriend.

  • @RippedSupreme

    I'm a guitar teacher buddy I've been in music before you've been born, it's about music and fun not like politics or religion :)

  • Ok Joe Satrani wrote this song 1st. coldplay made notes lower and did "steal" the song.

  • i think they should colaborate together!! cus this song with both of them sounded pretty good.

  • Even though this song has been copied or not, they're all the best performances of mine.

  • What sucks is that it sounds good mashed up! I wish they would have gotten together to make this track. Well, I mean, it seems like it could theoretically sound good... I know that your goal wasn't to make a perfectly mastered version ;) I do like this better than either alone.

  • lolololololo so what can you say about this guy stevens XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD LMFAO and ALIZEEEE? WHO COPYED FROM WHO???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • I actually downloaded this. Everyone asked me to send them :D

  • wtf is this!? Satch plays on a way higher octave than this note! The singer vocalizes a lower octave. and the beat for both songs are ther same. and so is the rhythm

  • great another milli vanilli  hahahhahha

    this guys a teacher of metal gods! cold who......

    coldplay is soooo weak!!!!

  • theres some dude on youtube who goes through every aspect of it and its EXACTLY the same when it's picked apart

  • You also have to remember that people do remixes of songs all the time.

  • I agree with your argument, however coldplay just got to much influence on the song of Satriani, to the point that 90% of the melody comes from the Joe Satriani. Music in general is just "cycle", whether you belong to the emo, punk, metal, classical, reggae, rock, etc. The notes are there, the trick is how on how you compose the song, 30% - influence of music and the rest is originality. That is were the coldplay made a mistake, change the beat and put some lyrics and that it..

  • lt sounds like one whole song... Cooool

  • It would have been cool if instead if they had decided to do something like collaborate on a version... but that doesn't work when money is involved.

  • I see what you did there.

  • awesome song!

  • quelle bande d'enculés!

  • I like how the pictures are facing each other, and Satch actually looks like he's yelling at... whoever that Coldplay guy is.

    Sorry to Coldplay fans, but I don't care enough about them to learn their names.

    Anyway, I love Joe's music, and I find it appalling that anyone could copy him and try to get away with it. Especially after some of the quotes I've seen from them... Not cool guys... not cool at all.

  • @Shadow07Warrior1989 how can you be called 'Shadow Warrior' and find something this lame 'appalling'. its hardly an original riff is it, any fool could come up with that. u gonna copyright the chord of 'a' next?

    how can any court, in countries with problems like usa and Uk, have time to spend on such stupid utter bollox. they should fine satriani for being a time wasting money grabbing shite hawk.

  • @wyrda222 You really think that the name I use on youtube is supposed to mean something? Sad.

    Trying to relate the name I use on youtube to the situation presented in this video just shows how ignorant you truly are to what is going on.

    If you have a problem with the courts of the US, don't take them up with me just because I don't like what is going on in this video.

    I should fine you for wasting my time with your complete and utter bollox argument.

  • @Shadow07Warrior1989 u use the word 'appalling'! war's appalling. this is daft.