Rip them up and shoot them out the confetti cannons into the crowd during their performance. :P

 

That is a FANTASTIC idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

God how great would it be if people at the Grammys had signs that said "FUCK OFF SATRIANI!!!" And they caught that on Camera. What a piece of SHIT he is. Hey Satriani sorry your song SUCKED BALLS and you didn't make SHIT off of it. Stop blaming Coldplay for there talent.

 

EXACTLY how i feel! :dozey:.

 

satriani's a douche. someone should seriously punch him in the face and tell him to stop trying to make money off of other people's talent, since has none.

someone should seriously punch him in the face.

 

I REALLY feel like doing that :angry:

I think his whole master plan with the camera crew is to get Chris all riled up and do something he'll regret, then they'll be served AND everyone will think he's an asshole (which we know he isn't). I think if, worse case senario, Satriani's plan is followed through, Chris should take the papers very gently and be as sweet as can be for the cameras. Thanking them for their time and to have a wonderful day. Because honestly, who's gonna wanna see that "exclusive video"?

I think his whole master plan with the camera crew is to get Chris all riled up and do something he'll regret, then they'll be served AND everyone will think he's an asshole (which we know he isn't). I think if, worse case senario, Satriani's plan is followed through, Chris should take the papers very gently and be as sweet as can be for the cameras. Thanking them for their time and to have a wonderful day. Because honestly, who's gonna wanna see that "exclusive video"?

 

Yep thats what I think he should do too....I'm sure Chris's lawyers are advising him to do the same.

i would warn brian eno...he might get legal papers soon for look slightly like him!!!!!!

Plus do you know how many artists at the Grammy's LOVE Coldplay... Jay Z, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Kanye the list goes on and on. Everyone wants to collaborate with them. I think they will get a lot LOVE from other artist. Who's going to look like a DOUCHE......SATRIANI!

I REALLY feel like doing that :angry:

 

 

don't we all. don't we all. :dozey::angry:!

I just don't get how Satriani doesn't realize how bad this publicity stunt makes him look... the whole serving at the Grammy's with cameras etc is more Paris Hilton than professional musician.

 

It's just sad that he feels he has to stoop so low to get himself in the papers. And filming it is just pathetic - it isn't going to help him in court so it is pointless, other than to try to get more cash and publicity from releasing it to the media. Sad and unprofessional.

+100000000000

He's killing his case all by himself... :laugh3:

i would warn brian eno...he might get legal papers soon for look slightly like him!!!!!!

 

I would also warn Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo, Sadtriani might sue him for looking like HIM also!

THey really should play VLV at the awards:laugh3:

With legal paper confetti! Yay!

Have a listen to Coldplays 'Life in technicolor' and then listen to steve vai's 'Viv Woman'. Its a joke how similar they are.

I think coldplay have been digging out the 80's rock records and copying them. Maybe they think their fans are so young and ignorant that they would never notice

Have a listen to Coldplays 'Life in technicolor' and then listen to steve vai's 'Viv Woman'. Its a joke how similar they are.

I think coldplay have been digging out the 80's rock records and copying them. Maybe they think their fans are so young and ignorant that they would never notice

 

Maybe the first two notes have the same rhythm but the rest is no where close. nice try though.

Maybe the first two notes have the same rhythm but the rest is no where close. nice try though. Listen to anything YOU like (no matter what it is), then listen to anything else EVER recorded! EVERYTHING IS SIMILAR TO EVERYTHING ELSE! Unless you make up a completely new note or use a chord progression that has NEVER been used, then nothing will EVER made will ever be 100% original!

Don't bother trying to argue, that's what they come here for. They have so little going on in their own lives that they chose to sign up to a board of a band they hate and throw insults.

 

Me? Well I'm off to the pub to meet some FRIENDS...real people, it's a good job I have them because otherwise who knows what I could be up to...

 

Why I could signing up to the Oasis board and pointing out all the songs that sound similar to theirs. :surprised:

Coldplay Will NOT Be Served With Lawsuit At Grammys, Lawyer Says

 

 

Despite earlier reports, Joe Satriani's lawyer said he will not corner band at show.

 

Things have been relatively quiet on the Joe Satriani vs. Coldplay front since the guitarist filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the band in December, claiming that Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" was too similar to the melody of his instrumental "I Just Wanna Fly."

 

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that Satriani was so fed up with the band allegedly dodging his attempts to serve them with papers in the suit that, according to Fox News, he planned an ambush at this Sunday's Grammy awards, where the group is up for seven awards. Among the nominations are Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Viva la Vida," which is also up for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

 

Fox reported that Satriani and lawyer Howard King were planning to "fill the Grammys with servers ready to pounce on [Coldplay singer] Chris Martin and his fellow bandmates." There were also plans to send a fleet of photographers to document the event. But King told MTV News on Thursday (February 5) that there won't be any such drama after all.

 

"The members of Coldplay have retained a lawyer, who has agreed to accept service of the complaint on their behalf," King wrote in an e-mail. "Therefore, there will be no attempt to personally serve the band while they are in Los Angeles." But had they not retained that lawyer, King said he would have cornered the band, "either at the Grammys or any of the other events we knew they are planning to attend."

 

Satriani is seeking a jury trial in the dispute, as well as damages and "any and all profits" attributable to the alleged copyright infringement. Coldplay responded to the suit within a week of its filing, writing on their Web site, "With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write the song 'Viva la Vida.' We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavours."

 

A spokesperson for Coldplay could not be reached for comment at press time.

 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604368/20090205/coldplay.jhtml

Edit: Dammit Ian!

 

:P

Damn straight they won't cause drama at the show.

THANK GOD!!!

GOOD! that would just be so low on their part if they thought it was ok to disrupt them at the Grammy's like that!

I'm glad they got one of their lawyers take care of it, because it sounds like Satriani's lawyers were more than willing to stalk them during their entire stay in the US.... :dozey:

Trust Coldplay to avoid harrassment. At the end of the day if CP were not willing to negotiate what choice would Joe's lawyers have then corner them?

 

Shame tho, it would have been an intresting watch if they did.

Corner them with cameras? No choice but to do that? I think not.

 

Whether or not Joe and his lawyers ever intended to do that, they got themselves plenty of publicity which was the aim of this whole exercise.

 

They could have cornered them quietly, not gone to fox news, not threatened cameras, this was about nothing but publicity.

Despite earlier reports, Joe Satriani's lawyer said he will not corner band at show. This was after he saw a post on the coldplaying.com forum giving the bands idea to counter the pathetic PR stunt including ripping up the legal papers on live TV then using cannons to shoot them as confetti, the lawyer refuses to give even more embarrassment to Joe Satriani.

Desperate Attempt For A New Life of Some Sort

 

There is a similar chord progression at the beginning of the melody, but after that there is no more similarity at all. Since when does any musician own a chord progression? Joe Satriani is of yesterday, and I feel that he is attempting to get a newborn fame, and lots of money from a super successful band. I think it will be very immature for Satriani and his lawyers to interrupt the Grammy Awards with this piece of crap.