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'
Hope they all sue each other into oblivion!
Time for you to face Mecca and stick your butt in the air, Cat.
I figure they must have ripped it off somewhere, because it’s
their only song i like.
I thought that music was the satanic work of the infidel?
ping
Yusif! Yusif! I thought you had given up on ‘materialism’ and your former life...
Why should you care even if they DID steal a riff or two?
aaaahhh, you STILL care about them there ROYALTIES huh???
So Cat Stevens invented the C-A-G-Bm riff. I listened to that song and it sounds NOTHING like Viva La Vida. Now when The Red Hot Chili Peppers basically reworded Tom Petty’s Mary Jane’s Last Dance with Dani California, I could understand the stink.
I liked his music at one time, but can’t help think of the Rusdhie edict which I hear his name or music. Peace Train? What a hypocrite.
More from the Coldplay - Satriani story.
I actually noticed the similarities in these two songs, but it wasn't a ripoff as much as an homage.
Seriously, a couple of the phrasings were sort of a tip of the hat to Father and Son, but there were not a lot of similarities beyond that. Fight Test was about a guy regretting pussying out of a confrontation.
Yeah I hear the similarity, but the Satriani song is an exact match to the Coldplay song.
Thanks again for the 360, I’m enjoying it right now.
Agree. With Coldplay, there's no there there.
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