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Are Coldplay Guilty of Plagiarism?
Coldplay are refuting claims that the melody from ‘Viva La Vida' was copied from a song by indie rockers the Creaky Boards. The Brooklyn-based band state that Coldplay ripped off the melody from their ironically, and perhaps prophetically, named track ‘The Songs I Didn't Write' and they've put together a video comparing the two to prove it. In the video, Creaky Board frontman Andrew Hoepfner also claims that Chris Martin was spotted in the crowd at one of their gigs in 2007. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine last year, Chris Martin has admitted to plagiarising many, if not most, of the songs he wrote.
"We're definitely good, but I don't think you can say we're that original," he notes. "I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists."
They're not the first British band to get in trouble for borrowing melodies. Coldplay's former label mates Radiohead settled out of court with 60s beat band The Hollies over their top ten hit ‘Creep'. Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood claimed the Radiohead song ‘Creep' followed a similar chord pattern to The Hollies' ‘The Air That I Breathe'. Hammond and Hazelwood now share a similar portion of the songwriting credits and royalties.
I see two songs that OCCASIONALLY sound similar. So I don't think Coldplay ripped them off. And my inner cynic says that Creaky Boards are making that stuff up about Chris Martin watching them. Or maybe they didn't lie and they're freaking out because they're paranoid. :D
Why would a major label band like coldplay copy a small, rather crap tbh indie band like the Creeky Boards?
Also, I know I'm biased as I'm a coldplay fan, but I dissagree that they are doign a "U2". My friends who aren't fans agree with me, even the ones who hate them.
It's just a publicity thing, and as someone has said before- there's no such thing as bad publicity... And that goes for either band.
The new Coldplay album is great, it grows on you the more you listen to it- I'm on the 64th listen and I brought it on Sunday (:
its pathetic...ive heard hundreds of songs sound much more similar to others, i mean really nearly the same tune completely with different lyrics and no one bats an eyelid!! this is just someone trying to get a bit of attention.....
'he stole my song'
'NO! he stole, my,song'
get a life!! next santa will be claiming royaltys on inventing the chords for 'jingle bells'
and as a brit i resent the quote 'They're not the first British band to get in trouble for borrowing melodies.' all bands of all nationalities do it
thanks for reading my input
I would be more concerned about that if I was hhim!!
its the melody that he's ripped, and its quite blatant.