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FeedEast Bay guitarist Joe Satriani sues Coldplay over Viva la Vida
Brit rockers Coldplay sold a ton of copies of their most recent album, Viva la Vida, in 2008, apparantly to the chagrin of East Bay guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani. Satriani, who moved to Berkeley in the 1970s to record his well-reviewed catalogue of solo instrumental albums, and has taught guitar to famous players including Kirk Hammett (Metallica) and David Bryson (Counting Crows), sued Coldplay recently for copyright infringement, claiming that Viva la Vida's title track borrows from Satriani's 2004 song, "If I Could Fly". Here's an article about the lawsuit. And here's Coldplay's "Viva La Vida", and Satriani's "If I Could Fly" so you can judge for yourself. This is certainly not the first time such tiffs have occurred in rock music...consider the case of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Dani California" sounding like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Mary Jane's Last Dance"—which, to be fair, sounded a lot like the Jayhawks' "Waiting for the Sun".
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