Did Coldplay steal this song? What do you think?
Posted June 18th, 2008 by Oliver CheslerFiled Under: Uncategorized, music, political
A guy named Andrew from the band Creaky Boards is making a claim that Coldplay ripped off his song. The song was then used in an iTunes commercial. This video has subtitles that explains the controversy.
So what do you think?
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June 18th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Not even close. I’m no Coldplay fan but I just don’t hear a similarity. It stands to reason that with so many pop artists writing songs in the same key now for going on sixty years or more, there’s going to be a lot of this kind of thing.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I’m not buying it.
These guys need to watch the Pachelbel Rant:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
June 18th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Really, this guy thinks he has a point? I’d say that if anything, he’s ripping off Chris Martin’s vocal style..
Oh, and that mustache makes him look like a pedophile. Hipster doofus.
June 18th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
I don’t hear it either. There’s a slight similarity, but there’s no way that they stole that song. I write songs that sound similar to other bands, but I think everyone does that. Writing songs in other styles is a big part of developing your music. Also, I think it’s bull that Chris Martin was at their concert. It just seems like a made up story.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I actually DO hear the similarities. The note progression is the same and that of course leads to harmony/melody progression being the same. That said, there are only 8 whole notes (OK 7) from the C key to the C key… there is no way that similarities can be avoided.
Tough call on this one.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:26 am
both songs are good.
too bad its hard for a smaller artist to get up and get rich. oh well.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:26 am
shit… i make minimal techno… so its not like this is a new fucking thing… get over it.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:11 am
This is not at all uncommon in pop music, or other genres for that matter. Check out this mashup of another Coldplay song played on top of a Sum 41 tune.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v65ZRUljVGc
Purely coincidence IMO. I bet this happens all the time in Jazz/Blues as well.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:04 am
well if thats the case, sigur ros ripped me off a few years ago. when i made up a 3 note melody in my dorm room, and then later, it showed up on their record! i thought the icelandic were supposed to be humble!!!! the nerve!!!!!!!!!!
this guy is full of it. his melody sounds like an old 60’s pop standard. whos ripping off whom?
with that all said, many artists have said that they draw more than inspiration from those the like. im sure both musical acts would fancy one another….
June 20th, 2008 at 4:15 am
I think it’s highly possible Chris Martin was there and heard this song then basically nicked it. He was the first one to cry about not wanting to put out rubbish because the band were under pressure to produce another album. He must seek inspiration from somewhere. I do hear the similarities big time but I think cold play have done enough to cover their tracks in a musical sense. It was just the IDEA they were after, we’ve all been there with writers block at some stage. If I were creaky boards I’d take this as a complement really nothing else you can do. I heard about fat boy slim also scouring the net for young , unsigned talented producers posting demos of tracks etc and basically nick parts and use them , obviously changing enough to fit his style and distinguish them from the original. This is the sampling society music is now though really, u don’t think much about using samples in your music that have been created by someone else , or presets in a synth. So is sampling an IDEA in a creative sense wrong? I don’t know but if the pressure was on you to come up with the goods and you’d reached stalemate what would you do?
June 20th, 2008 at 6:46 am
the facts state martin wasnt at the show. the song was recorded before theirs.. creaky boards needs to understand that there is very little to see here…. also to the ears of a musician, these songs dont sound similar at all.
June 25th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
as has been stated, the real problem is that the coldplay song has a generic form and a generic melody, as does the creaky boards song. they are but two of thousands, so get over it.