Joe Satriani is pissed… he claims Coldplay’s song “Viva La Vida” blatantly rips off his own song titled “If I Could Fly”. From NME.com:
Satriani says that the band used “substantial original portions” of his song on the near title track of the group’s latest album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’.
The guitarist is seeking a jury trial, and wants to be awarded “any and all profits” Coldplay have made from the song, reports BBC.
While I won’t deny that Satriani’s guitar line in the chorus and Coldplay’s chorus do have similarities, I doubt that Chris Martin and Co. would have knowingly “stolen” the riff without admitting to it. On their last record they went so far as to include Kraftwerk as co-writers on the song “Talk” because they sampled a guitar riff from them. Anyways, decide for yourself:
Coldplay - Viva La Vida:
Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly
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