I heard the other day that Coldplay is being sued by three artists all claiming that one of Coldplay’s hits ripped off one of their songs. They (allegedly) ripped off Joe Satriani, The Creaky Boards, and the-artist-who-was-when-he-wrote-the-song-but-is-now-formerly-known-as Cat Stevens. In other words, four artists from arguably different genres wrote the same frickin’ song. Sorry: “allegedly” wrote…
How does this turn out well for any of these people? Have any of them thought this through?
Leaving aside the tabloid-fodder aspect, I think far worse is the implication that there are so few original musical ideas left that Brit-pop megastars, guitar heroes, ’70s folkies, and bands named The Creaky Boards are left copping each other’s chord progressions. I mean, there couldn’t be any other explanation.
Could there?
In tribute to the demise of originality, herewith I present a contender for the cover of our next record (assuming we make another one). Apologies in advance to Prefab Sprout fans.
