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Cat Stevens: Coldplay Stole My Song (Yusuf Islam Accuses Chris Martin of 'Vida La Vida' Theft)
New Music Express ^
| May 4, 2009
Posted on 05/04/2009 10:41:31 AM PDT by lewisglad
Cat Stevens has said that he believes that Coldplay's hit 'Viva La Vida' is a take-off of his own song, 'Foreigner Suite'.
Coldplay recently denied accusations by guitarist Joe Satriani, who claims that the band ripped him off for the song – but Stevens has since told The Sun that it's he who the band had been taking inspiration from.
"There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani," he said. "But, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the [1973 song] 'Foreigner Suite', it is!"
Stevens did not suggest that he would take legal action against the band.
In 2003 The Flaming Lips agreed to split royalties for their song 'Fight Test' with Stevens after it was deemed to be similar to his 1970 hit 'Father And Son'
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: catstephens; catstevens; crazy; idiot; nutcase
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:41:31 AM PDT
by
lewisglad
To: Slings and Arrows
Joe Satriani ripped off Cat Stevens?
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:42:17 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
To: a fool in paradise
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:42:29 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
To: lewisglad
Isn’t this like the tenth act that thinks Coldplay ripped off this song?
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:42:45 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: lewisglad
I thought he was going by Yusuf Islam these days.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:43:13 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: dfwgator
Has Blind Lemon Jefferson chimed in yet?
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:43:21 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(IRONY - we know more about the First Dog's historical papers than we do of President Barack.)
To: lewisglad
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:44:02 AM PDT
by
fullchroma
(right-wing radical in pearls and lipstick)
To: lewisglad
LOL. This radical muslim, who agreed with the death edict against Rusdhie, is complaining? No sympathy from me. I threw his music out long ago.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:44:24 AM PDT
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State for business, Red State at heart.........2012--can't come soon enough.)
To: dfwgator
To: BlueStateBlues
LOL! Coldplay are creeps as Chris Martin is married to Gweneth. Cat was born a Christian. His music was pretty decent but he also did that Peace Train crap.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:47:16 AM PDT
by
Frantzie
("Remember when Bush was President & Americans had jobs?")
To: lewisglad
I thought we dropped a smart dog on him.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:48:06 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join the Constitution Party)
To: lewisglad
Bwahahaha!!! But there’s no copyright laws in shariah “law”, camel-humper!
To: ConorMacNessa
“I thought he was going by Yusuf Islam these days.”
His press agent advises against that while attempting to appeal to complex nuances of the 21st century.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:49:26 AM PDT
by
incredulous joe
("Barack Obama; Our Neville Chamberlain for the New Millennium")
To: a fool in paradise
Has he declared Jihad yet?
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:50:09 AM PDT
by
Holicheese
(He stopped the War on Terror and started a War on Patriotism!)
To: lainie; PennsylvaniaMom; Extremely Extreme Extremist; Tax-chick; TexasCajun; sarasota; ...
To: a fool in paradise
James Carville is also suing Joe Satriani for using him as the inspiration for the cd “Surfing With The Alien.”
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:52:57 AM PDT
by
earlJam
To: lewisglad
I'll Kill You!
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:53:56 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: earlJam
I don’t get how they sound the same. What am I missing?
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:54:11 AM PDT
by
LibertyThug
("Equal rights for all, special privileges for none." Jefferson)
To: lewisglad
maybe he can get an ayatollah to put a fatwah on his @$$.
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posted on
05/04/2009 10:54:33 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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