^What?! :lol:
You said a minute ago it was the melody which was the whole point of the song, and THAT is the part which is exactly the same in the song tom linked.
I do see what you're saying- the Coldplay and Satriani tracks are more generally similar, but being generally similar isn't enough for a plagiarism case, imo.
yeah, that's what i mean (the last sentence you wrote). just the coldplay and satch ones sound extremely similar (to me, anyway), while the satch and Los Enanitos Verdes one just sounds kind of similar.
my point being that the entire chorus of the satch song is very, very similar, if not identical, to coldplay's verse/chorus (you can put them over each other!), while the Los Enanitos Verdes one only has the first line of the chorus similar to the satch lick, but then it goes into this whole other descending theme, which is an old trick from classical music (or even, say, the lead bit from parisienne walkways/still got the blues).
i dunno. it's subjective, i guess, but to me the coldplay one is too close for comfort, while satch's isn't. :lol:
pretty much what the first comment (by kickmydog1234) is saying, in other words (though i'd agree being in a different key doesn't matter).
