Originally Posted by
NightTrainLayne
G$ do you really think that they actually stole it?
I don't really care one way or the other, but it would really be surprising to me for a band with the notoriety/fame that Coldplay enjoys to actively go out and actually "steal" the melody for a song.
Maybe I'm naive, but I'm more apt to think that two decent musicians came up with the same chord progression on their own, but Satriani did it first.
Won't help Coldplay's case at all, they will still lose it, but I just don't see a band that big intentionally stealing stuff like that and putting it out there as the lead song for an album.