You've probably heard by now that, as of yesterday, there are now four groups claiming Coldplay plagiarized them, the latest being Yusuf Islam, who says 'Viva La Vida' swipes part of his 1973 song 'Foreigner Suite.' Here is a new interview with Will Champion online today, courtesy of Hampton Roads (Virginia) ahead of Coldplay's show on May 20th at the Verizion Amphitheater in Virginia Beach...
Malcolm: So I read that there was yet another plagiarism accusation to come out yesterday. I read that you guys aren't commenting on it, but do you care to now?
Will: I don't know...in general, we're very...It's tough when people accuse you of stealing something when you know that you didn't. So, we accept that it's part of the territory and know it is only for some reason, God only knows why, the successful songs that seem to be the ones that are accused of being stolen. So you go figure it out. (Laughs.)
Malcolm: That can be kind of subjective too right? I mean, you can take a whole lot of songs and say, 'Hey that's the drum or melody from such and such.'
Will: Yeah I mean I think if everyone...there are elements of our music that I've heard in other people's music but it's kind of...I don't know. It's interesting but a very difficult thing to define. How can you...there are only eight notes in an octave and no one owns them. And there are probably about 12,000 songs that feature the exact same chord progression. I think it lies on an intent to steal, which we certainly have never done and never would. So it's unfortunate but it's the way people are. That's that. We're confident we haven't done anything wrong.
Read more on this at the Coldplay forum here onwards. The full interview will hopefully be online soon.
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