by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on May 4th, 2009

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Is the Coldplay song 'Vida La Vida' a ripoff of Cat Stevens' 'Foreigner Suite'?

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by Perryman on May 4th, 2009
This controversy goes back for over a year..

See the links:

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/06/19/2008-06-19_coldplay_in_songstealing_controversy_ove.html

Who copied Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FclrtPUqu...

Did Satriani copy Enanitos Verdes "Francis Limon":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4gaPHs9...

Or did Enanitos Verdes copy Cat Stevens' Love/Heaven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lWjg_xlV...

Yes they are all similar, but I like Coldplay a lot better.

Chris martin – that boy can sing.

I will be seeing Coldplay in concert in just a few weeks, cheap seats – but I was not going to miss them.
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by Someguy on May 4th, 2009
I thought it was ripped off from Joe Satriani.
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- They were taken to court over that, but I didn't hear about a judgement. Now Cat Stevens is claiming it's a copy of his older song.
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by vera city on May 4th, 2009
not even close, in my humble opinion
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by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on May 4th, 2009
Unless Cat Stevens' song was also about the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte... No!
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- Am I the only one who doesn't like Vida La Vida?
  Coldplay's two previous CDs were much better, IMHO.
  On another note: last week I saw the first hard rock band with a cellist :-) After their set, I told her she was my favorite rock cellist. Of course she said she was the only one. Band is Damage from Orange County, CA.
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  by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on May 5th, 2009
- I like Vida La Vida - I think it's very catchy. I don't always like Coldplay, though. Band sounds like fun - wow nice!
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