# Guitarist Satriani sues Coldplay for plagiarism

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-plagiarism/475842>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-plagiarism/475842 "2008-12-05T13:56:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-plagiarism/475842/61 "2008-12-07T03:54:27Z")

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> [@Justin\_Bailey](#):
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> Not mad, angry. And you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.
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> Something about smashing.

Actually, he didn’t threaten smashing at first. In keeping with the times he threatened to sue. Him and his pack of lawyers. Oddly, the lawyers were scarier than the Hulk. We ended up settling out of court. Of course the negotiations were lengthy, mainly because we kept having to replace the tables. (Hulk NO LIKE! WANT MORE ROYALTIES! :::smash::: )

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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-satriani-sues-coldplay-for-plagiarism/475842/62 "2008-12-07T06:54:40Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> Coldplay is basically too musically safe and simplistic to justify their pretensions to artistry. Elitism has nothing to do with it. They think they’re important when they’re really very commercial and formulaic. To put it more simply, they themselves too seriously. They remind me of Dana Carvey’s famous “Chopping Broccoli” sketch on SNL. It’s fluff posing as art.

I think this is it. I listen to Coldplay on occasion. I actually own **X&Y** and I’ve been known to enjoy it. But listening to them is like eating a marshmallow. It’s fine while it lasts, but I’m left feeling hungry and unsatisfied in the end. Occasionally, they’re music is like a toasted marshmallow. A little bit darker, and a little bit better for it, but ultimately white fluff.

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