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Yusuf Islam, Joe Satriani and Coldplay battle over Rachmaninoff theme....
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As I am presently interested in music rights issues because of a book I am writing it was quite ironic to discover this little gem today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/05/coldplay-yusuf-islam
The offending snippet of tune is based on the piano riffs some 5 minutes and 20 seconds into the song. The song in question is a very long folk/jazz opus full of acoustic guitars and Cat's snatchy vocal sighs that runs in at about 18 minutes in total. (Yusuf Islam is perhaps better known as Cat Stevens....)
"There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani," Islam told the Sun. "But, if you listen to it, it's mine! It's the Foreigner Suite. It is!"
However, Joe Satriani is suing the British band, claiming that the same melody (Viva La Vida) is really If I Could Fly, an instrumental recorded in 2004.
In my humble opinion, all of them need to listen to Rachmaninoff! (Or perhaps they did and then jazzed it up a bit!!!) Shame he is too dead to sue anyone....
Oh well....
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