Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani? Let's Do the Music Theory: PART 2

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Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for music plagiarism for the Verse section of their song, "Viva La Vida," - claiming that the Chorus of his 2005 song, "If I Could Fly," has the same; melody, harmony & rhythm.

Satriani's Lawsuit states, "substantial original portions," of his 2005 instrumental piece, "If I Could Fly," were copied. The copyright infringement suit was filed in Los Angeles federal court on December 4. Satriani has asked for:

1). A Jury trial.
2). Damages.
3). Profits from Viva La Vida.

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[trdi]

@ckh1901 Obscure? LOL, you have no idea what you are talking about. It is highly improbable to copy the whole song so closely, which is why Coldplay paid the money. They knew they were caught and it was game over.

[metallicakixtotalass]

@ZEGO24x That you use a glib term like "(c)rap" shows how biased you are against rap in the first place. I love Satriani and instrumental music, but sampling has an entirely different purpose than plagiarism. It's acknowledged that rap artists use the samples as backing tracks - he/she isn't taking credit, and even if that isn't explicit, the purpose is to "cut and paste" a piece of a song to make something new out of it. Coldplay claimed Satriani's music as their completely original work.

[eplecider]

Sir.. I am referring to your first video that sent me here.. Don't you mean a bVI and a bVII and bIII ? Was the teaching at Musicians Institue different in 92 than that of the current system? Sincerely Niatsirk

[Ramhams1337]

@trdi they wasnt near to copy the whole song? the copy 1/6 of the choros? thats long from the whole song

[MaidenDio252]

@covertsniperr96 Who's the douche the artist who's trying honestly to make music and make a living. Or the "artist" who are to lazy to come up with their own music so they copy from someone else. "Decent band" my ass.

[DarkMoonCreations]

That kind of progression must have been used a million times since the early 20th century. Basically a ii-V-I-vi with a IV chord acting as a substitute for the ii chord. How common. No plagiarism here. And besides, the melodies sound similar, i'll give you that. Yet i've heard WAY more similar melodies shared by two songs, and nobody seemed to even notice these.

[roguemofo8]

this is what happens when musicians lose creativity

[leapsplashafrog]

Very interesting Andrew. I do enjoy your musical theory dissections particularly of minor keys which I'm trying to understand. Keep it up thanks

[covertsniperr96]

I love how bands are copying each other all the time with no big deal being made out of it and then Coldplay, one of the few remaining decent bands out there, allegedly plagiarize joe douchirani and get crucified. Does that make any sense?

[esurette]

These are very good videos. Thank you.

[a1works00]

that's a shame ... but you know .. they're British ....

[xTheWorldNeedsAHerox]

Do one on Death's Spirit Crusher being ripped off by GAY7X in Unholy Confessions.