Hey Joe!

I'm Chelsea and I'm 16 years old. I have been listnening to your music since my mom was pregnant with me. =D My mom, Sheila (Bubbles), posted a blog about the whole Coldplay song rip off thing and I wanted you to see my response.

Here are my observations:

If you listen closely to Matt Bissonette's bass you will notice that he plays the notes long and (legato). If you listen to the cello playing in "Viva La Vida" the cello player plays the same notes Matt plays only more stacatto and an octave higher.

This next piece of info I heard may make everyone listen closer to Joe Satriani's song "If I Could Fly" and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida."

Less than a minute into Joe Satriani's song "If I Could Fly" Joe plays an amazing part (50 seconds into the song to be exact). If you listen to Chris Martin sing the first lyrics, "I used to rule the world. Seas would rise when I gave the word..." etc. Listen to Joe Satriani's guitar playing and sing the 1st 4 lines of the song, "Viva La Vida."

YES! THEY ARE THE SAME.

I don't want to say that Coldplay went and said together, "Hey! Let's steal this guy Joe Satriani's talent and make a song from it." I also don't doubt the similarities between the songs. It definitley should be known that if Coldplay did in fact take some things from Joe Satriani that Joe needs credit where credit is due.

VIVA LA JOE SATRIANI!

Andy Of UK, How does one get hold of such an item? you da man.

you obviously have inside info, Hmm>?

So does anyone else find St Joe's tunes make ya drive a little bit too fast?

Apologies GoldenGirl2, it appears that Mark Knopfler was raised in scotland until 9 when his family moved to Newcaste. conversations must've been fun between those two strong accents, och aye laddie, is wor gannin doon the toon.

"what is your conceptual continuity, the crux of the bisquit is the apostrophe." FZ

it really doesn't matter what any of us think or say about the JS vs that no nothing band. it is in the courts hands now. obviously joe thinks he was done wrong and that is all that matters. i will not be mad at any silly person that thinks that other band didn't plagerize him. there are too many things that make it too similar. obviously joe's label and lawyers agree. let it go. vanillia ice said the same things to avoid the law suit as well as many othere b4 this. it will all work out in the end.

gingerpants (what a name) ,no inside info , i just sometimes do a google and start on page 10 or 300. I think that that one was page 20ish.

The journalist who posted it , Kieran Maccarthy , i read is from uk and is living in LA. He says he's never heard of joe satriani. Did you see the link to the Coldplay & The Verve - Bitter sweet symphony that he links to. That was taken from the rollingm stones.

you ok Novjul, not sure if i'm reading blue moons post in proper context.

Blue_Moon--Yer right about Mark Knopfler bein born in Scotland (read it in a GuitarPlayer book).

He's a prolific songwriter and guitar genius in his own right. To bad, I have only one of his albums--Brothers In Arms. Unfortunately, some think he is rubbish!! I'm not naming anyone because he/she can speak for themselves. So many tastes in music!

Because of my luniness on this road, I would like to splain my visions of nude men. I read an article, "It's Different for Girls" in the Dec. 6/7 issue of the Financial Times (Life and Arts section, page 2). The differences between growing up male and growing up female are enough for one to take notice of where we have been and what we have become. Like Michael Stipe of R.E.M. sings in "Losing My Religion"--"I've said too much....I haven't said enough." Lifes ironies!! "That's me in the corner...."

Entertainment only. More plagurism stuff. Ignore if youv'e had enough.

It's past the TV watershed time here in Uk so here is the latest case against joe.

Debunking the Satriani-Coldplay myth

Full link to Guther song Gunther- Tweeny Weeny String Bikini

Maritime--Have you gone mad???

Smoking to get your lungs used to what? Black crud, crappy sludge? As far as I'm concerned you are slowly committing suicide, my friend!!

DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT! DON'T DO IT! MAN, I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE--I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE DIE FROM THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING AND IT AIN'T PRETTY MY FRIEND!

My Mother-in-law died a horrible death 4 months after Steve and I were married! How do you think I felt about that?

Joe, its my first ytime that post a message for you. I think that you are amazing !!!! I seen all your shows in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The last, in 2008, for me, was teh best that all shows taht all see and hear !!!!

thanks for give wonderfull moments, because you music are a reason for happy for me!!!

I study guitar, but wthen i hear you, i was a litle sad, because i comphrehend what difficult its for me play guitar at good level....... not imagine me play at incredible levels like you.

thanks for your betaful music !!!!!

Another reason why I love T2J: It's hard for trolls to keep up with things for more than a post or two. :-)

Anyway...here's a list of songs I used to try to turn on a co-worker to Satch. I think she listened to most of 'em, but I don't think it stuck. Oh well...

Friends
Baroque
Secret Prayer
Love Thing
Rubina
Banana Mango II
Memories
Flavor Crystal 7
Bamboo
I Believe
The Souls Of Distortion
Flying In A Blue Dream
Musterion

If Joe wins the lawsuit, damages will likely be paid retroactively. For him to have a shot at being awarded a Grammy (if the song even wins), though, he'd need to be suing for a songwriting credit...and I don't think he is.

I'm not sure why he's only seeking money...my guess would be if he wins in court, he'll be awarded a big enough percentage of the song's profits that it just won't be worth it for Coldplay to do anything with that song in the future. The Coldplay song would essentially disappear and the melody will be Joe's again, in If I Could Fly.

I don't know, though...

And THANK YOU for the PDFs of the court filing. I was going to try to dig those up but it looks like he beat me to it. Sweet...

Nice one, Marcelo. Welcome

I've been listening to Merry Axemas all weekend, lovely description in the CD liner of how each artist came up with each arrangement and why.

Al....I have thought about having a smoke (almost) every day since I quit. And there were days when I would have cracked under the pressure if someone would have waved one in my face. Nowadays my only vices are an occasional beer & whiskey......and an occasional "puff"...ahem...who said that?

Hi Joe!!!

Whaaat!!!!??? COLDPLAY steal you theme!!!???...Hell Mother Fuckers!!!

Do you know why they copy your theme? , because they dont have imagination, soul, creativity... and they are forced to steal you theme to obtain a lot of grammy or more popularity... ¬¬.

Dont worry joe and remember one thing: Your fans loves you !!!

You rules!!!, You are the guitar hero!!! You are the satch!!!

See ya!!!

Austin, glad u liked the vid! After I posted it & watched it again, I realised it was made at my son's Uni, (got the link from a pc mag) yay hey! He is doing graphic design, no films yet..!

Who notices a lot of new Joe fans here? WElcome everybody, come on in!*****

WOW