Satriani Sues Coldplay

[Robstar]

I guess none of you write music. Because if you did ,you would know about the the fact that just as you are putting the finishing touches on your next great song you go somewhere and BAM! It smacks you in the face like an old pimp trying to get his money.
Your song , riff or chord progression done by someone else on the radio or web.
I happens all the time and then you have to throw away the whole thing and start new.
I respect Joe but it does not sound like he is suing it sounds like his lawyers are.
I have heard parts of his songs that sound like someone else.
As for me . i will be doing my next cd using only pentatonic scales that way i can sue the next guy who uses a pentatonic scale. I own them biatches!

[Batchimp RG]

Originally Posted by Robstar

I respect Joe but it does not sound like he is suing it sounds like his lawyers are.

Gotta disagree with you there, bro. I'd say Joe is the one driving this. Read what he says in the interviews it's clearly personal.

[Myst and rain]

Originally Posted by Robstar

I guess none of you write music. Because if you did ,you would know about the the fact that just as you are putting the finishing touches on your next great song you go somewhere and BAM! It smacks you in the face like an old pimp trying to get his money.
Your song , riff or chord progression done by someone else on the radio or web.
I happens all the time and then you have to throw away the whole thing and start new.

I write music and personally I never throw anything away when it sounds similar to something else. It's never 100% the same anyway. What I wrote is just as much original as anything else that sounds similar to whatever degree. The only difference is that someone else came up with certain parts earlier than me which doesn't mean anything. I mean it could easliy have been the other way around.

[ColinMmmmm]

I just read an interview with Satch where he comments on the whole thing. I see his point, and I've never liked Coldplay, so go Joe! He mentions not wanting to bring it to court and Coldplay ignoring him.

[Andy43]

I seriously doubt that a band from Britain would ever hear a song by an American guitar virtuoso that even I haven't heard before all of this. I'm not the biggest Satch fan, but it goes to show that Coldplay really would have went out of there way to find this song to steal. And they would have to be complete a**holes to go looking for a song to steal. Or maybe they are and their bad karma is coming back around to get them?

[Algiman]

Sounds to me like Coldplay behaved like asses, hence Satch going after them and for that I hope he wins. But, it is a really obvious melody so I'm sure there are loads of tracks out there that sound very similar. I doubt it was original to either of them.

[rockguitar4ever]

listen to both tracks ,Joe is absolutely correct, it is no coincidence whatsoever, hope you win Joe, its certainly a very interesting situation

[ColinMmmmm]

I kinda hope he gets enough money from them so they have to stop making music . . . but it's probably pretty unlikely.

[wilch]

Coincidences do happen.

But a note for note melody, with a note for note backing, at exactly the same tempo?

...that doesn't happen so much. Unless it's deliberate.


video here w/ both tracks overlaid at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I

[eviltwin]

I'm betting Satriani (or his label) weren't the only ones banging on Coldplay's door about plagiarism:

...let's add Creaky Boards (2007):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s

and Alizée (2003) to the mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnD5laDP8A0

Satch + Alizée + Coldplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6uWfLKrr-s


the fact that Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno was involved is a bit disconcerting, given his association with U2 (and Coldplay ripping off U2)

[Myst and rain]

I remembered this post from Wade:

Originally Posted by waylay00

"Revelation" has some pretty catchy lines (almosts sounds Coldplay-ish).

[akiragr8]

Originally Posted by eviltwin

I'm betting Satriani (or his label) weren't the only ones banging on Coldplay's door about plagiarism:

...let's add Creaky Boards (2007):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s

and Alizée (2003) to the mix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnD5laDP8A0

Satch + Alizée + Coldplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6uWfLKrr-s


the fact that Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno was involved is a bit disconcerting, given his association with U2 (and Coldplay ripping off U2)

they should just all sure eachother

[hall]

For those in the states, there's a syndicated morning radio show called "Bob and Tom" and they talked about this this morning. They also had a book author, Tim English maybe (??), who's written a book about copied songs. Anyway, one of them said Satch or his reps contacted Coldplay to make a "private" deal and it's not that they couldn't come to any agreement, they said Coldplay simply ignored them !

[6fingers]

I don't know if coldplay did it or not BUT what I know is some Satch songs have very simple chord progressions wich are very used in pop music.
Besides that so many songs have the same chord progression as U2-with or without you.
It'll be the end of pop music if musicians couldn't repeat chord progressions.
I know some people will say=hey but he's singing the same melody !
Yep but those notes Satch made over that chord progression are really obvious.
When you have a simple pop chord progression you'll notice that when playing scales over it easily you'll find the better notes wich fit there.
Only coldplay knows the truth.

[Batchimp RG]

I think he means: are you going to throw another wobbly?