Guitarist Joe Satriani's copyright lawsuit against Coldplay has been settled today. Satriani sued the soft rockers, claiming mega-hit "Viva La Vida" ripped off his song "If I Could Fly".
Of course the terms have been kept private, but we all know that if Coldplay had won then their publicist would make sure that wasn't the case.
Coldplay has regularly been accused of deriving their sound from the work of other artists. Their second album was so obviously a watered down version of Radiohead's The Bends that the band called it A Rush of Blood to the Head (the bends is a term used in deepsea diving when you come to the surface too quickly and get... a rush of blood to the head)
I've never been a big fan of Coldplay ever since I saw fratties pretend to rock to them. But, for better or worse, they're one of the only arena bands of this generation and we're stuck with 'em. I frankly can't blame Coldplay. They know they need to come out with great songs, and they know they're incapable of creating them entirely themselves, so why not bum a few notes here and there? Besides, it's not like people are lining up to hear/see/buy Joe Satriani.
Hear the comparison for yourself:
- tb
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