Coldplay ripped melody from another song?

[StardogChampion]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUhFLiw6h6s

Definately some similar parts here and there, especially considering they thought they saw Chris Martin at one of their gigs.

 

[knut]

Coldplay made their crappy song somewhat better.

In all seriousness, it is pretty similar.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Haha, come on vaguely similar, Chris Martin doesn't need to go stealing songs, he's clutching at straws. And you would...considering the success of both bands.

I would take it more credibly if that youtube video wasn't 2 minutes of his song, then 30 seconds of Viva La Vida, to me it seems like a publicity platform.

Another big difference is that Viva La Vida doesn't suck like that song. I'm really enjoying this album so far, it's got a real atmosphere about it...a completely different Coldplay (Almost venturing into Sigur Ros territory).

 

[StardogChampion]

If the guy didn't sound like Chris Martin a little bit then I don't think much would have been made of it. They're not similar enough for them to sue.

But successful bands do "borrow" parts of other songs sometimes. Usually older bands like Pearl Jam (Given to Fly - Led Zep's Going To California) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California - Tom Petty's Mary Jane's Last Dance).

 

[Geogaddi]

There are only so many pop chord progressions that sound good, there's bound to be overlap. In all seriousness, that guy's moustache reminds me of zombieturtle.

 

[Dinkleberry]

Would be interesting to see a transcriptions of both songs before making a judgement (as well as full versions of the recordings).

Could identify just how much the songs do have in common. It'd be interesting to hear how this goes.

 

[Iron Kat]

In all seriousness, that guy's moustache reminds me of zombieturtle.

He actually remoinded me of Earl in My Name Is Earl!!! :cheese:

About the song, i agree with Hectic Glenn: you can hardly judge between them if hear a very tiny amount of the Coldplay song a nd most, or all, of the other band's song. There's just not enough there for you to sue over! And as it has already been stated, a lot of bands nick melodies now. There are so many songs that get playe on the radio that when they come I think they're going to be something else, a song that i actually like. That's my view.

 

[Azner]

If the guy didn't sound like Chris Martin a little bit then I don't think much would have been made of it. They're not similar enough for them to sue.

But successful bands do "borrow" parts of other songs sometimes. Usually older bands like Pearl Jam (Given to Fly - Led Zep's Going To California) and the Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California - Tom Petty's Mary Jane's Last Dance).

There was another by Pearl Jam or Nirvana that got exactly copied, in timing and chords (Maybe transposed) which was used in Nine Black Alps- Shot down.

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Its Pearl Jam - State Of Love And Trust, listen to them both though i believe there is another video of the exact same music.

 

[Shift]

Bands always use other bands ideas etc, its pretty common nowadays, frankly as long as you dont outright copy it then there is nothing wrong with it, its just using an influence for your style or work, but obvioulsy its much better to make songs that come from you alone.

For instance pretty much every one of Muse's piano songs are ripped off Sergei Rachmaninov pieces, and a quite a few of their over songs are ideas used from other bands for instance Falling Down in the Showbiz album is a very old jazz song, Hyper Music is pretty much the same riff of Rage Against the Machine's Snakecharmer, pretty much the entire Showbiz album oozed Radiohead influence.

Not to mention they implement Rage Against the Machine's Maggie's Farm riff and improvise it after Stockholm Syndrome or Map of the Problamatique, and pretty much all of Matt Bellamy's drop D riffs are heavily Rage influenced.

Just the way music works nowadays, although saying that Jimi Hendrix did cover after cover after cover during his time, his greatest song was a cover for crying out loud.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Nobody likes Coldplay.

 

[StardogChampion]

There was another by Pearl Jam or Nirvana that got exactly copied, in timing and chords (Maybe transposed) which was used in Nine Black Alps- Shot down.

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Its Pearl Jam - State Of Love And Trust, listen to them both though i believe there is another video of the exact same music.

Whaaaaat. State of Love and Trust is one of my favourite PJ songs. Listen to the studio version of it - it sounds even more like the Nine Black Alps version. They're too new to be borrowing stuff like that.

Here's one that isn't really a rip - the guitarist who created it for Temple of the Dog used it again for a PJ b-side. TotD version - PJ version.

 

[Yorick]

Nobody likes Coldplay.

I do. But in all fairness, no one likes me.

 

[stemot]

I like Coldplay's music, can't stand the front man in the band, does that count?

 

[Dalamari]

**** that guy and his cheesedick moustache

Either way, the song is rubbish