Viva la(wsuit) Vida
Coldplay released an album this year called Viva la Vida which has been a best seller and gets lots of airplay, both on the radio and in grocery stores and all over the place. They also have toured in order to promote this new album and the tour has been very successful. However, Coldplay has been sued this week for copyright infringement regarding the title song of the album, Viva la Vida. Guitarist Joe Satriani claims that the song is almost a carbon copy of his “If I Could Fly” that he recorded a couple years ago. I’ve heard both of them, and I can hear a strong similarity, but I don’t think it’s a carbon copy or anything. But it’s kind of hard to tell, since the songs are in such a different style. Anyway, keep an eye on this, because it’s interesting to see when this kind of thing happens.
