Coldplay Accused of Plagiarism… Again!
May 5, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Music
It seems the song “Viva La Vida” is so good that everyone wants to claim it. This time, Cat Stevens, is alleging that Coldplay plagiarized his some “Foreigner Suite,” according to Britain’s Sun newspaper. “There’s been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it’s mine!” says Stevens. “It’s the ‘Foreigner Suite.’ “
image: Stephan Craneanscki
Guitarist, Joe Satriani, initiated legal action against Coldplay alleging the band stole the chords from his
2004 song “If I Could Fly” and then a New York-based group called Creaky Boards claimed the song was similar to their “The Songs I Didn’t Write” (ironic title, isn’t it?).
People reports that Coldplay had the following statement: “We have not commented previously about the claims, and there will be no comment about this one.”
Maybe the comment, Coldplay frontman, Chris Martin, made to Rolling Stone is most telling: “We’re definitely good, but I don’t think you can say we’re that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists.”
I am not exactly sure what that means but I’m beginning to wonder if Martin is truly a man of his word…
