Coldplay steal someone's song?

After watchin the 51st Grammy Awards, Coldplay seems to do well in winnin some awards for their latest album which includes the famous song Viva La Vida, then I recall a time where Joe Satriani accuse Coldplay of stealing his song "If I Could Fly".

Diggin' into YouTube I found a few clips to prove that, below is the video comparing those two songs, is it similar? you be the judge.


People sometimes can create music consciously or subconsciously similar so another artist, it's really hard to know they did it on purpose or not, only god knows, you can be sure that Coldplay fans will defend them by pointin' out that music around the world are copied and manipulated all the time, there's gonna be a point where a music inspires you, you love makin' music because you love music, nuff said. And yet with this controversy still in a limbo, did Coldplay steal Joe Satriani's song? They have a better question, did Joe Satriani steal Enanitos Verdes's song then?


You be the judge..