Did Coldplay plagiarize Brooklyn's Creaky Boards?

I agree it's similar, but I don't think it's plagiarized either.

Whatever, they're both sh t so who cares

Yep, I'm sure Coldplay are big Creaky Boards fans and have been following their every move, waiting for just this opportunity.

it IS the same song. same melody, rhythm, vocals..everything. chris has ZERO real musical ability. he's a fake and colplay has been stealing riffs off other real bands for years and getting away with hit. they are total frauds.

emmaros e, to even say the entire song is excatly the same is quite dumb. It's obvious that you aren't a big fan of Coldplay. You tried to make the band come off as a bunch of a-holes, but unfortuately you look like the bigger douche.

the music sounds the same. do does the melody and Chris was at their show. he ripped them off.

F that, creaky boards ripped off coldplay - the rest of their songs are garbage! they got lucky and picked out a familiar melody over a standard chord progression.

That is stupid. They sound nothing alike. ok, so there is a very little amount of similarity, but Chris Martin was in london when this so called "gig" happened so how could that be? Plus, the song (Viva La Vida) was written in March 2007. If you ask me, the "Creaky Boards" are trying to get some sympathy and fans, which is not working because any Coldplay fan hates them for this gay scheme.

I seriously doubt Coldplay plagiarized, and even if they did, Viva La Vida sounds better. :p

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011305039

Nothing but a shameful publicity stunt. Both songs have an incredibly typical progression anyway. Hey Creaky Boards, try making it on the merits of your music, not by leeching onto one of the most popular bands in the world. You're a parasite, not an indie band!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZLCR_PwxRQ

If Coldplay stole this song from Creaky Boards then BOTH of these bands stole from guitarist Joe Satriani!! Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFw9DKu_I&feature=related

Coldplay stole the riff and progression from Satriani ... Hey Creaky Boards what DO YOU have to say for yourselves? YOU STEAL, TOO THEN!!

Viva La Vida is one of the best songs I have heard in a long time, and I cannot believe that this knobhead can possibly attempt this stupid failure of a publicity stunt based on a disaster and disgrace to music.

How about a big Who Cares? Both bands suck.

dude you are such a hater emmarose you have a lot of hatred until the day that you can write and sing and have as much fame as coldplay then talk i have never wrote in these blogs but when i saw your comment i just thought you were so ignorant that it was worth it

Andrew from Creaky Boards lied. Go to Daniel Bernsteins myspace blog and see for yourself. Daniel has proof that it is all made up. Andrew said it was done "just for a laugh" and he thought only his friends would see it. Sounds to me like it blew up bigger than he thought or could handle. He looked like a blubbering idiot in his G4 interview. He kept saying "ummmmmmmmmmm" and he kept looking up and to the left, true signs of a liar trying not to get caught. Andrew used a known band to his advantage. He also took advantage of the fact that most people can't think for themselves and will blindly follow the crowd without getting ALL the facts first! Viva La Ignorance

actually... when you look up and to the right that is lying... to the left and you're accessing your memory, to the right you're accessing your creativity... just a correction.

There's a lot of douche Coldplay fans here. The songs are similar.

As long as plagiarizing Coldplay (Radiohead light) does not get the Grammy from Radiohead (the real thing), I’m happy.

Majority of Coldplay fans are young idiots who doesn't respect originality. They think every new music they hear is the greatest since slice bread.

i hate you coldplay, i hate you i hate you. not only did you copy the best band ever, Radiohead, and p1ss off thom yorke, but you are also ripping off other people better than you. i hope they all f*cking die, no talent, no creativity pieces of sh1t

Yeah, the songs are scarily similar - much more credible than Satriani's claim, anyway. I'm not saying Coldplay 'stole' Creaky Boards tune, but it's a definite possibility. If they did, it certainly worked out well. Creaky Boards have dropped the suit, citing it as 'coincidence'....while fans (judging from comments here and elsewhere) either resolutely side with Coldplay or take the music snobbery route with the trite 'no one cares, they both suck' etc.

you all are a bunch of haters coldplay is 1 of the best bands ever go listen to deth metal u fools

Coldplay is garbage. It's just the truth. I'm sorry to break it to you guys.

Attendez!
Wait!
Radiohead do not need to do that man!

Is Coldplay a band?

Too much similiraties...

Now Cat Stevens has weigh in saying that all three artists has plagiarized his song too

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276364,00.html

I think Pete Townsend & Elvis Costello said it best years ago, "Musicians are the best thieves".

hey David Bowie called...he wants his bedazzler back:) bahahaha
COLDPLAY!!!:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))