Nope, sounds nothing alike.

That’s a real stretch there “Creaky Beards”. Why don’t you spend more time writing and less time making YouTube videos? Weak.

I hope YouTube takes your video down, so you don’t get any more free press out of this.

And there’s their 15 minutes

Not even close. What crybabies you are Creaky Boards – someone should call the whaaaambulance and have them bring you a whaaaamburger and some french cries.

I think they sound exactly alike except for maybe 2 notes.

Very similar… I knew they weren’t that good.

sweet ’stache

if anything i think that those creaky board guys are trying to be coldplay in the first place…being that viva sounds almost exactly like every other coldplay song in existence.

I thought it sounded vaguely like a new Stereophonics song, already released, lol.

Its a very simple chord progression, its been used hundreds of times. These guys just want more hits on their MySpace.

sounds like the colplay fans here are bitter. its not surprising coldplay pretty much has one song that they perform 13 different times. I’m not surprised Chris MArtin would need to bum melodies off of musicians who are actually talented

sounds like the colplay fans here are bitter. its not surprising coldplay pretty much has one song that they perform 13 different ways. I’m not surprised Chris MArtin would need to bum melodies off of musicians who are actually talented

If you look at the notes as steps in a major scale for the first few bars they are pretty damn close:

Creaky -
333 3 2 4 2222 1 >7 1 3

Cold -
333 3 4 2 2222 1 3> 5 6

and that level of similarity continues… I think if the Creaky Boards had an early copywrite and could prove that Chris has heard there song prior to writing his they would have a case in court.

I think rather than court, chris martin and andrew should sword fight. Or joust. I propose that Medieval Times start appealing to a new demographic… One that involves Chris Martin and Andrew. Settle it like men. Winner gets the melody. And gwen paltrow.

I think rather than court, chris martin and andrew should sword fight. Or joust. I propose that Medieval Times start appealing to a new demographic… One that involves Chris Martin and Andrew. Settle it like men. Winner gets the melody. And gwen paltrow.

Nice publicity stunt. Does it hold any ground? Not really.

Well they sound really alike.

You know Garett makes a good comparison. This may hold up in court.

I think the Creaky Boards may have have a case

Tough break Coldplay fans. Especially since it’s a good song

CREAKY BOARDS FTW!

Viva la Vida sounds more like “Speed of Sound” and “Clocks” than this.

It’s probably a coincidence.

theres a difference

hmmm this is really weird…it seems like a lot of people now are copying music these days.

although the “creaky boards” song is good, i think coldplay’s is much better and more my type of music..and the music is a bit similar but not close enough

Help, I’m having an 80’s flashback…it’s Huey Lewis vs. Ray Parker all over again!…

Oh yeah,beaucoup points for the porn ’stache! Rock on!

I think it’s crystal clear- Creaky Boards have a much better sense of humor.

And I can tell ya, they’re way more fun live.

Mind you, Chris Martin is veggie, so he gets points from me for that. =)

i heard andrew hoepfner is dating mandy moore.

Happens all the time, if it’s true it’s called inspiration if it’s not it’s called coincidence. Either way it’s still a rubbish song from a talentless bands, cold play that is,. The other one, well we’ll never hear them again, I hope.

Coldplay are douchebags AND are theives. Awesome, at least their music doesn’t suck…OH WAIT

They just want to be famous and get their band out there. LAME.

You can tell who really knows something about music based on the comments. The song is very similar. The chord progression is the same, it’s just that the octave changes between bars are different which is what people are paying attention to more than anything. Rhythmically the songs are the same. Coldplay HAD to switch up certain key elements in regards to the instrumental or it would be direct plagiarism which they don’t want. Now who came up with it first, that’s something only hard evidence can prove.

you know what.

f*ck both of them.

f*ck people who steal others work.

and again. f*ck both of them.

dudes i dont wanna be mean n say thier desperetly tryin to get attention…but even if it is true … that song could be enjoied only in coldplays “version”
the’r an awesome band n theres evidence that they can make good music & videos themselfs

Wow, coldplay definitely jacked it. There almost the same. Coldplay’s is better but they cheated. Its kind of a big deal, no different then Barry bonds. He cheated and got better too. Yet that seemed to be a bigger deal

this andrew is messed up nobody gives a shit about your little gradge band who no one has herd of a will never make it big and i geronte COLDPLAY has neverherd of you eather any way coldplay’s song is sooooooooo mush better then your song about you having no friends in your room the whole day

I’m a music producer and writer myself, I will say the two songs are very similar. However, in this day and age it is very hard to “steal” a melody. The number of songs that have been created are countless, and I’m sure there are many other songs way before coldplay that sounded similar too.

As a writer, you will find inspiration everywhere. It’s what you do with the melody that makes the song stand out. a producer adding one vocal link, or string track can make the difference between a hit song and a non hit song.

The point is, if a band in New York couldn’t get the song out there in a years time, then there must have been problems with it.

In addition, the topic of the songs are different, the production is different, The arrangements are different, and the melody is different. Thousands of songs have “unique” chord progressions..but they all have been done before..you can’t copywrite that.

In addition to all of that, copy right laws protect you mainly from people literary stealing your song as there own…not the “idea” of the song.

What both bands need to do, is except that there songs sound different, and let it go from there! in the end the better song will win..

its not an even battle. Coldplay will have everything this band will never get…not that thats right..

And I love Coldplay, but every real music major (or player) knows that they can’t play worth crap. There song writing is interesting, and thats why they kick. They have a style that doesnt freak people out like this new york band does! I don’t think it will hold up in court!
They have no case. It’s art!

p.s. Coldplay gets saved in the studio! not on stage!

I think Cold Play purely by luck made this song up and performed it. No one would even try to copy a “well known” piece that everyone knows and try to make it their own. GO COLD PLAY! I LOVE VIVA LA VIDA!

I think Cold Play purely by luck made this song up and performed it. No one would even try to copy a “well known” piece that everyone knows and try to make it their own. GO COLD PLAY! I LOVE VIVA LA VIDA!

Coldplay is one of the worst bands to rear it’s ugly head in years. A dime store radiohead at best. The same thing occurred when Nirvana (another horrible band) ripped off Killing Joke’s song “eighties” for “Come as You Are”. I think Coldplay is busted.

coldplay are so bad i hate them they cant even make good music wooo for pink floyd true musicians

listen to the song “If I could fly” from Joe Satriani. That’s where coldplay stole it from I’m sure.

“Viva La Vida” IS a rip off. But not from that indie band.
The melody, chord progression and even beat are those of “If I Could Fly” by Joe Satriani.

Chris Martin stole the name Coldplay from another band at his uni when they got signed, doesnt suprise me that this has come about.

Frank Zappa saya ‘a good artist is a tasteful thief’

unless your chris martin, then your just a tit.

Every song sounds like another song. I’m sure this isn’t the first time someone has claimed their work was ripped off by another band…

I can see the similarity, here. But “stealings” such as this happen all the time, mostly in the from of inspiration. The lyrics ARE different, and the chord proggression is not the same, although it is very similar. This is legal, its called creative license.

I doubt that this case would make it in court, but I do understand the anger that the Creaky Boards may feel over Coldplay’s success.

As well, the attacks about all of Coldplay’s songs are true, but it is the same with many other bands out there, so it is hard to criticize a band about the similar sound of their music, escpecially if its from the same album.

Although I do enjoy Coldplay’s song, I am also a fan of indie music and do give credit to the Creaky Boards, for it is a very catchy song (that is, if what they say about them writing it is true).

The two songs really don’t sound that much alike. I think Satriani’s song is closer to the Coldplay tune. But, let’s face it: there is very little unique or original stuff in modern music as EVERY player “borrows” bits and pieces of other players’ work and uses them to craft slightly different (or very different) songs. This is how most songs are written and it is also why it will all be up to lawyers and and jury to decide.

As a friend told me, every pop tune is really just “The Banana Splits” theme song with different lyrics. Sure, he may have been really stoned at the time, but it’s pretty much true. Test it and see.

Coldplay fans make me laugh, blindly defending their band. Look at it from a musical and impartial perspective. The songs ARE very similar. Was it plagiarism? That remains to be seen.

The reality is that if they if they changed, bettered it, added their own twist it is makes no difference. The only argument is they wrote their song without hearing the Creaky Beards version. The chords repeat and that is Plagiarism if they heard the song. That is the bottom line. Nobody said it hasn’t been done before, but if you are going to use someone elses original music you need to pay the first for the right.

That melody is barely similar… similar does not win a copyright infringement lawsuit. That guitar virtuoso guy has a much better case.

They rhythm pattern of the verse is a traditional Latin clave pattern – it’s been in use for centuries.

I’m not a Coldplay fan, but they did do a better job with it. The melody is one of those bland, “could’ve heard it anywhere” breeds.

They both suck.

worst mustache ever.

The songs do sound similar, but so do many songs. Coldplay can afford better lawyers, so what’s an indie band to do? Exactly what this one did: Post it on the Internet just so people know you wrote an original song. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Creaky Boards started getting some flak because people thought they ripped off a Coldplay song. Well… the Creaky Boards song is much better in my opinion, but maybe I just don’t get the infatuation with Coldplay. Coldplay is good background music that is radio safe for the whole family. But if you listen too hard, it’s just boring. So what about Joe Satriani. I HATE that style of guitar playing, but that’s just my personal issue. All three songs sound pretty similar, and Joe was the first to publish the tune, right? Does this mean he will sue CP and CB? I don’t know… they sound similar, but they aren’t the same songs. As far as I’m concerned they are all different. I think Queen and Bowie had a better case against Vanilla Ice.

Some musicians are virtuoso artists, and other musicians copy them. And yes, imitation can be the highest form of flattery, but not when it’s shameless plagiarism. Give credit where credit is due (when and where and how and who) or just wait around ’till you get sued too!!!

We all got it from the blues, we all cry the same.

just stop buying music and stop buying into POP anything.

oh… thats impossible.
shoot.

uh….

ok

Wharhol was right, again

some of coldplays fans must be deaf
those songs sound identical just about except for the words …

karma always slaps people in the ass eventually clearly not musical genuis just lazy copy

Hi, I have a brother who a musician too. he writes good songs. so what he do is publish the songs in the internet. or play them on the radio. Once an artwork displayed in public, you own the copyright of the work. Copyright is a worldwide Human Right. You have your copyright. you don’t need an expensive lawyer to defence your right. The law protects you. All you need to do is to show your evidence, i.e video footage or URL of internet site showing that you have played your first copy of your song in public on that specific date which was long before other artist does.
Good Luck!

Yo listen up. Coldplay is shit. No doubt about it. They suck. They copy. They suck at copying apparently. I had some respect for coldplay before I found out what goes on in the stupid music business. Coldplay….please get out of business for everyones good.

Ya, they’re alike, and Led Zeppelin ripped off every Blues artist and even stole Stairway to Heaven from a band named Spirit. Happens all the time – they all sue each other, they all make money, more people will buy it to get in on the contraversy. We’re the suckers.

Bad band that can’t make a dime trying to screw a successful band. This is truly a new and exciting accusation.

coldplay does copy songs, like “yellow” and now “viva la vida”. so bad

by the way, satch boogie, i think so too, they should just leave the music industry probably next time theyre gonna be fined and imprisoned…

i hope you guys know there are artists out there that use the same chord patterns that sound very similar the trick is to make it you own with the way you play it and intrments lyrics, ect. i play in a band piano bass guitar sitar drums pretty much everything ive played and it does get hard being original i like both the songs and im just throwing this out there but could it be coincidence that they both wrote the song and just used the same chord pattern? apparently this joe dude wrote it before both of them and i bet you can find it even before that joe guy. western music is only 12 steps to an octave and using a guitar to write it its easy to write the same music.

well thats my two sence
peace

This is absolutely ridiculous. There are so many pairs of songs that sound this similar. Just because a few parts sound a little bit alike means nothing.

What Coldplay should be getting crap for, however, is copying off themselves. They have a lot of songs that are way too similar-sounding.

Given that the overall sound for any given genre isn’t infinitely broad by definition, isn’t it fairly predictable that you’re going to run into the odd pair of songs that sound kind of similar? These two aren’t the same song by any means, so it’s nothing like a clear cut case of plagiarism. I used to write music, and came up with at least a couple of ideas that I later recognised in some form in released tracks, but I sincerely doubt that they copied me, since my stuff never made it off my PC..

They sound nothing alike! What a poor way to try to get publicity.

The songs sound nothing alike, Also like someone else said, What a bad excuse to try and get famous. Bad Lyrics on the Creaky Boards song anyways.

baaaahhh…I dont eat that…it sounds familiar at the beginning but then both songs take a different road…I know there are people who hate coldplay but pleaaase, be realistic…have you heard the lyrics and the percussion??

Hey, has anybody ever heard, “My Love” by Petula Clark. It’s different, yet somehow, in the smallest way, the same.

theres one BIG difference. Coldplay’s is 10x better.

Man I’m Depressed now. Coldplay was my favorite Band and now I don’t know what to think.
They don’t sound to similar but there is similarities.
Help I’t Can’t Be True

They’re definitely really similar, maybe not enough for a lawsuit. I think if I had written that song, I would have thought the same thing when Viva la Vida came out. but what do I know, I’m just a doctor.

A. It’s pop music. Everyone uses the same chord structures. If that is plagiarism, then all pop music for the past few decades has been stolen (with a few notable exceptions, of course).

B. The contour of the melody is drastically different excluding the first few pitches. What people primarily hear is the similarity of vocal timbre and vocal range, both of which Chris Martin is known for and this guy is mediocre.

C. And yes, worst mustache ever.

Wait, I thought they were playing the same song. No? LOL

Coldplay couldnt have copied this song could they are from New York and wouldnt have made it big, (cuase i havent even heard of them) Coldplay are from ENGLAND not America

why are you all sticking up for Coldplay?? this is the third artist that has made the same claim about the same song! Cat Stevens AND Joe Satriani are in the same boat as Creaky Boards. Now….are you going to discount their claims as well or listen to what they say because you’ve actually heard of them??
Listen to all three songs properly and if you still say you don’t hear the similarities then there’s something seriously wrong with you!

PROVE IT!!!! IS THERE ANY SHRED OF EVIDENCE ANYWHERE? DID ANYONE ELSE BUT THE BAND SEE CHRIS AT THE SHOW? CAN YOU PROVE THAT YOU ACTUALLY WROTE IT FIRST? GIVE ME A BREAK, PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS!

OMG. People. Listen. Why are all these people bagging on Coldplay? Couldn’t joe sue these people instead? or vice versa

OMG. People. Listen. Why are all these people bagging on Coldplay? Couldn’t joe sue these people instead? or vice versa

People need to stop getting on this bandwagon.

You could pick 100 songs at random and find a handful that sound similar to coldplay’s song in parts.

There are only so many notes, chords and people are bound to put something together and sounds slightly like someone’s work.

What we have here is a few artists who heard the smallest of similarities and wanted to cash in on the hundreds of millions that Viva has made and nothing more.

Of course you shouldn’t discount what these other artists are saying but you shouldn’t go as far to call it theft.

There are three songs I like by Coldplay: Talk, Clock and Viva la Vida…I should have known…same thing happen with Rhianna before I found out she stole FeFe Dobson style…stick with my gut feelings LOL!!!

That’s how people make music or really do anything anyway! A painter takes inspiration from someone else’s work, or could you complain paintings of a building is copying the work of an architect? Surely this guy would be happy that HIS SONG/melody was turned into a single which so many people have heard and it stemmed from this guy’s tune? I know I would…

i agree fully with karl, and it sounds nothing alike, JUST the begining and thats it

Lol, well Coldplay wrote their song before they allegedly saw yours,I don’t really think they are all that similar, because yours sucks, and theirs is pretty damn good, I’m going to see their concert on Monday.

bah ahahaah mother fucking idiots thinking coldplay sounds like this fuck you retareds duh duh duh look i am pretending to be you cause you dont know shit about music theory and if you do congratulations you dont know shit go back to school fuck tards AND TO THIS EXTRA SPECIAL RETARD

“sounds like the colplay fans here are bitter. its not surprising coldplay pretty much has one song that they perform 13 different times. I’m not surprised Chris MArtin would need to bum melodies off of musicians who are actually talented”

haha it has nothing to do with liking coldplay are not it seems to be more of the false accusations of idiots like yourselfs trying to fucking kick a good band down just because you like rap or fucking classic rock or whatever gay shit your into and think its copying some one all art is based off copying look at every television show oh damn wow that shit has already been made with a tweak but you still watch it cause your a tool and your opinion is weak so is mine but hell tell stupid fucks like you off is so worthe my mother fucking time

Obviously its a pretty common chord progression. Given all the music that has been written over the centuries, combined with the finite number of note/chord combinations, its not a shock to hear that more than one song can sound similar. If Motzart were alive, he would probably be making the same claim. Other than the first three chords, this Creaky song sounds nothing like Coldplay.

The intervalic similarities make it clear …If you know even a little about music…The combinations are not finite…Truly they are infinite..Somebody copped a riff from someone…I like Creaky Boards and Joe Satriani..As for limey wankers…well Off called and he wants to F@#K…
lates

So did they steal it from Joe Satriani?