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Originally Posted by Kelli
Since you mentioned Coldplay I remember them getting sued for stealing the melody from this song and using it in Viva La Vida. If you listen you'll get it - about 50 seconds into it you could probably sing along with the guitar if you wanted to - "I used to ruuuuule the world...." As annoying as it is to hear an artist stealing from someone else's work, this one did allow me to find a really great song out of it. Here's If I Could Fly:
Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly - YouTube |
You left out the best part of that story: there's an even older song by the Argentine band Enanitos Verdes with the same melody. That either means Satriani stole the melody from
them or it's simply a somewhat obvious progression that more than one person could have come up with, which undermines his case against Coldplay.