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Coldplay Accused of Plagiarism Again

Hollywood Grind — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:36:32 +0000

Chris Martin, and his band Coldplay are being accused of plagiarism for the third time. This claim comes from the 1970s artist Cat Stevens, who changed his name to Yusuf Islam when he became a Muslim. Yusuf claims:

"There’s been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani, but, if you listen to it, it’s mine! It’s the ’Foreigner Suite.’"

Last June, the New York act Creaky Boards alleged the song was close to their tune "The Songs I Didn’t Write."

A rep for Coldplay said about the new claim:

"We have not commented previously about the claims, and there will be no comment about this one."

Chris Martin recently told Rolling Stone:

"We’re definitely good, but I don’t think you can say we’re that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists."

Coldplay would probably be filing suit against anyone using their music, so if they borrowed from another artist, they should pay up.

Gary Barlow Performs with Cold Play

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:06:23 +0000

Gary Barlow, lead singer of Take That, performed the band’s single Back For Good with Chris Martin at the Coldplay War Child benefit in London on Wednesday after the Brit Awards.

It would have been amazing to have been there.

Coldplay – Life In Technicolor ii

Hollywood Grind — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:30:08 +0000

Here’s the new Coldplay video for their single Life In Technicolor ii.

This video is totally cool.

Coldplay Responds to Copyright Lawsuit

Hollywood Grind — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:55:21 +0000

In a statement released on Tuesday, Coldplay responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by guitarist Joe Satriani last week in federal court in Los Angeles. That lawsuit says the Grammy-nominated song contains "substantial, original portions" of his 2004 song, "If I Could Fly."

"With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations," read the statement. "If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song ’Viva La Vida.’ We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours."

In response to Coldplay’s statement, Satriani’s lawyer, Howard E. King, said Coldplay’s public reaction was dramatically different from how the guitarist’s claims were treated before the lawsuit was filed.

"We attempted to have a dialogue on this before we went public," King said. "We felt almost forced to file suit."

"As far as the ’coincidence,’ ultimately that’s for a jury to decide," he added.

King said it’s common for musicians to be influenced by other works and incorporate it into their own, sometimes a little too closely. But he said that the reaction is usually different when the similarities are pointed out.

"It doesn’t mean you don’t owe something to the original composer," he said.

Coldplay is one of the world’s top-selling pop acts, and their latest CD, "Viva La Vida," has sold nearly 2 million copies in the United States alone. It was nominated last week for seven Grammys, including album of the year and record of the year for the title track.

The bottom line is that Joe wants to get paid. There have been many case like this, for instance where rap songs used the exact melody from another song, and the jury did not pay the original artist.

Coldplay Sued for Copyright Infringement by Joe Satriani

Hollywood Grind — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:11:25 +0000

Joe Satriani sued Coldplay claiming copyright infringement. Joe says Viva la Vida uses an exact copy of his melody from his song If I Could Fly. Check out the video above and decide for yourself.

Coldplay Viva La Vida Music Video

Hollywood Grind — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:52:24 +0000

Coldplay released the music video to Viva La Vida. Um, it’s better than Ali Lohan’s homemade music video.

Coldplay Plagiarized Creakyboards Song

Hollywood Grind — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:51:08 +0000

Coldplay is the latest band to have plagiarized another band’s song. The band, Creakyboards, made this video to prove their claim.

Coldplay Screws Record Stores

Hollywood Grind — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:19:24 +0000

Cold Play has announced fans can buy their album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends at half the usual price with their buy one get one free offer on Internet downloads. Even if you buy one song, you’ll get a second song free off the album. Chris Martin has said:

“Buy one get one free, it comes from working in Kwik Save (British budget supermarket), I think. As I said before nobody buys albums any more, certainly no body buys full albums, and we’ve made an album that you have to have from start to finish.”

Cold Play is going to do whatever it takes to sell this album, whether it’s good or not. Record stores must feel really betrayed right now. It’s no wonder so many are going out of business. Why would anyone buy this album in a record store, when you can get it online at half the cost?

New Coldplay Violet Hill

Hollywood Grind — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:06:22 +0000

Violet Hill is Coldplay’s first single from their new album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. Sounds okay. Not as good as their older music. No wonder it’s available as a free download from their website. Nothing good comes free.

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