Friday, December 5, 2008

Coldplagiarism Part II?

This is just weird. First some random band accuses Coldplay of plagiarism over their song 'Viva La Vida' and now Guitarist Joe Satriani is suing them- over the same song, claiming they ripped off one of his riffs.





I don't see it. There are similarities between the two, I think- it's fairly obvious if you listen to Satriani's piece and 'Viva La Vida' that there's some similarity- but to my ear, there's substantial difference between the two. We're not talking about the supposed difference between Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby' and David Bowie and Queen's riff from 'Under Pressure.' To me, it seems a bit more substantial than that.

But it's crazy that someone else is suing them over the exact same song.

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