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06-20-2008, 02:08 PM
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/allan_raibl...alikes-cr.html
"Recently Andrew Hoepfner, leader of an indie rock band from Brooklyn, Creaky Boards, noticed that his song, the now semi-ironically titled “The Songs I Didn’t Write,” was strikingly similar to Coldplay’s current number one hit, and ipod-ad staple “Viva La Vida.” Claiming he’d been ripped off by Chris Martin and company, he went to youtube and prepared a clip with both tracks side by side. He also claimed he saw someone he thought was Martin in the crowd at a show last year. "
The song in question: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7Dud5OEgRA
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06-20-2008, 03:04 PM
| | | | i dont think the guy has anything here. the verse of viva la vida is a pretty common progression, and there's probably a bunch of bands using it. over that progression, there's only so much you can do melodically, so its not shocking that the vocals sound similar. that, and the chorus of the two songs is unrelated.
its the equivalent of someone suing maroon 5 for 'sunday morning,' because it uses a ii-V7-I. cmon. people have been using ii-V7-I for decades.
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06-20-2008, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Martin "We are the world's worst—but most enthusiastic—plagiarists. We'll try and copy anyone." | At least they admit it. |
06-20-2008, 03:42 PM
|  | My favorite songs were never heard on the radio | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tulsa, OK | | | Yep. You can copyright a melody, but not a chord progression. Good luck with that one, dude. |
06-20-2008, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: montreal, qc, Canada | | | They also took a couple Kraftwerk melodies (from Computer Love) in their last big single. I think they claimed it was a tribute and credited Kraftwerk in their album. |
06-20-2008, 04:50 PM
| | I call shotgun! | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia MD USA | | | I don't think it sounds anything like it. What's with that dude's sketchy porn stache anyway?
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06-20-2008, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bos, MA | | | their song, "speed of sound," was...uh, inspired by kate bush's "running up that hill."
good song.
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06-20-2008, 07:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Augusta, GA & Saint Louis, MO | | | Not the same. I think somebody is looking for some free publicity.
This is kinda like when people thought the RHCP ripped of Tom Petty with "Dani California" and "Last Dane with Mary Jane"
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06-20-2008, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Yeah, I'd say it's somewhat similar, but by no means a direct ripoff.
We're only working with 12 notes here people.
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06-20-2008, 08:38 PM
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06-20-2008, 10:29 PM
|  | put a bird on it | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Minnesota | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Till Yeah, I'd say it's somewhat similar, but by no means a direct ripoff.
We're only working with 12 notes here people. | exactly--there are only so many ways that we can sequence them--there is bound to be copying, whether intentional or unintentional | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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