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Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani
David_Dovey:
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--- Quote from: Jeans on 07 Dec 2008, 19:24 ---the two songs could have been a collaborative effort by Coldplay and Satriani.
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Apocalypse
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You mean... A-rock-alypse?
--- Quote from: KickThatBathProf on 07 Dec 2008, 19:22 ---The entire chord progression was the same
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The entire chord progression is very common.
I honestly don't think this is a winnable case. At best Satriani can look to get some publicity. Which may in fact be what this entire thing is all about.
Johnny C:
What I find amusing about this is that Martin & co. basically just picked the wrong key to play the song in. If they'd gone one semitone higher or lower, nobody would have noticed.
If you think that this is plagiarism then you are deluded. I'm not just saying this because the chord progression is pretty standard. The entire lawsuit hinges on the assumption that at least one member of Coldplay is a massive Joe Satriani fan. This member of Coldplay owns a copy of Surfing With The Alien and really likes the song in question. At some point he was listening to it and said to himself, "Yes, a Coldplay song lurks within this." Presumably he then drank a glass of cold milk or opened up Windows Solitaire or whatever you do with your time when you're a member of Coldplay.
It's a freak coincidence. Sorry.
David_Dovey:
If I Could Fly isn't on Surfing With the Alien man geeeeez.
David_Dovey:
A collaboration between Coldplay and Joe Satriani would almost be as bad as a collaboration between, say, Fallout Boy and John Mayer.
David_Dovey:
What that already happened
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