Joe Satriani *IF I COULD FLY* & Coldplay *VIVA LA VIDA* Experimental Morph/Remix

1. These quotes were compiled directly from various websites.

2. The sole purpose of this video is to show that Joe Satriani did not sue Coldplay out of bad faith. He did what most of us would have done if we were in his shoes.

3. I did not originally create this musical mashup; what I did was cut out the last minute because it lingered a bit plus I felt fading-out immediately after the song's climax would make it sound better.

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[Ajax110]

Hypothesis: Chris Martin (Coldplay-singer) arrives in a shoe store. He heard the Satriani song without mentionning it conscious. Later that day he writes a song called Viva la Vida, every note fits perfect, and the song is very catchy to him the very first time. He just wrote the melody as if it was his melody.

I think it happened something like this. That the songs are similar no one can denie, but Coldplay are too big to risk plagiarism in my opinion.

[masskeeper]

I can't believe that douchebag actually said Satriany lacked originality....

[BujoySeth]

I wrote 1 minute solo, I wanted it to be very catchy, so I tried to be very melodic. 3days after recording the song, I heard the same melody as mine on some guitarist, I found out that it was the sample melody of the guitar contest I watched about a week before recording the solo, unconsciously, I copied the melody. The same thing could've happened here.

[olli2591]

Everyone read about it on wikipedia, isn't that hard. Seems like they both copied the song.

[elocrellim]

@Ajax110 No, they knowingly did it, knowing that the song would be huge. Bowie did the same thing in 1972 with "Starman". He stole it from "Somewhere over the Rainbow" and even said that he did. Anyways, if they didn't, why did they settle in court.... to the sum of money that HE wanted?

[ZachZachsq]

@Ajax110 There is a fair chance that that was the case however, Joe Satriani's music is not played in every shoe store, it is more something you would explicitly look for in music stores, on youtube or somewhere else. Furthermore, unintentionally copying someone else's work still doesnt make it lawfully yours.

Also AFCA ;)

[franciscomendonca8]

@Salmon0fKnowledge true.but most artists who use others melodies give the writer credit or make a tribute of some sort. instead coldplay were able to f*** up an incredible piece of art. Now that i think about it, the lyrics of viva la vida are just gibberish. Coincidence? i don't think so, they did'nt even make and effort to make it believable(they could have wrote real poetry instead of stringing random words and splash it on an already crafted melody)

[idkwhattonamemyself]

@Ajax110 Hyphothesis: Coldplay are a bunch of cynical dicks, and are smart enough to know that the public neither knows nor cares when they hear something the second time around. They hear satriani's song, like it, and literally re-write it in their own fashion and then sell it.

[tomaspepino]

mmm , then is ok :P

[Ajax110]

@tomaspepino

That's also a reason why I don't think it was plagiarism. Coldplay used a melody by Kraftwerk (Computer love by Kraftwerk turned into Talk by Coldplay). Coldplay asked permission to use the melody. Why wouldn't they ask permission to Joe Satriani?

[tomaspepino]

Satriani make covers on his life when he do covers he says first, this is a cover , not my music.

Coldplay doesnt, they just lied to us.

And there is the diference of a profesional musician and a comercial fake musician.

[philokiko]

could pay to Joe