"Viva La Vida" of "If I could fly"?

[sunshinegurl:))]

Didnt somebody else sue coldplay awhile back for the same reason?

[mike_camuglia2000]

the beginning of the riff does sound very close...but it's probably just a coincidence more than anything. i guarantee coldplay doesn't listen to joe satriani. very few people do.

[djmonsta200883]

Having heard both, I think its just a coincidence. There are only so many different notes you can play in so many different orders. Pretty much all music sounRAB similar to another peice of music.

[webmaster0014]

I think that Argentine band I just posted the video of should sue Satriani. It would make things so much more entertaining.

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Yeah they fell asleep while listening to X & Y and he whacked his head. Adam Ant is also ready with the costume plagarising lawsuit as we speak.

[cutsup]

Appearantly, they're both predated by yet another version of "that song" by Enanitos Verdes.

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The tone-deaf idiot who made this vid decided to overlap them now and then in this vid which is obviously not a good idea since they're not all played in the same key and tempo, but some parts are okay for comparisons.

[lilchikka2005]

Yeah but it turned out to be a coincidence and was probably nothing more than a brilliant PR move by an obscure indie band. Anyway I can safely say I don't care.

[kathleen O]

I thought the original tune was by Cat Stevens...

[lover_chick93]

Hey - I once randomly hummed that generic succession of notes back in '82.
I'm rich.

[MonetA]

Bloody hell stop making threaRAB about this people.