As a trusted and ultra-professional news-source, MusicRadar has tried its very best to stay completely neutral whilst reporting the ongoing lawsuit between Joe Satriani and Coldplay. But of course, being music-lovers, each MusicRadar staff member has their own opinion on the case, making for much debate in the office. Here, then, are the opinions of the team, aired in public for the first time.
What I do believe is any similarity is probably coincidence. When Coldplay used a riff from Kraftwerk's Computer Love on Talk (2005), they made sure they contacted the reclusive synth pioneers and cleared its use. I think if they'd knowingly lifted from If I Could Fly, they would have done the same with Satriani. Making trade fair, and all that...
Speaking from my own experience, I own both albums and had been familiar with If I Could Fly for years before my first listen to Coldplay's Viva La Vida – and on that listen, I didn't recall the Satch track at any point...
Read the full and frank views of the MusicRadar staff (and don't forget to vote for Coldplay in their poll!) at their website here
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