It seems highly implausible that Chris Martin and his Coldplay cronies could be responsible for lifting so much as a contraband wheatgrass smoothie, but that hasn't stopped certain people from making accusations.
Brooklyn-based band Creaky Boards accused Martin and Coldplay of grand theft musical, claiming that Coldplay's single 'Viva La Vida' is a rip-off of their song, 'The Songs I Didn't Write' (irony much?)
E! Online reports:
Creaky Boards singer Andrew Hoepfner posted a
YouTube video that combines both "Viva la Vida" and "The Songs I Didn't
Write" with text in which he claims he and his band thought they saw
Martin in the audience when the Creaky Boards played the CMJ festival
in October 2007.
"We were flattered when we thought we spotted Chris Martin in the
crowd that night. He seemed pretty into it!...Maybe TOO into it,"
writes Hoepfner.
A rep for Coldplay denied the accusations, telling the Guardian that
Coldplay cut a demo for "Viva la Vida" in March 2007 and that Martin
couldn't possibly have been at the CMJ show because he was in London
recording.
Ah, alibis. So inconvenient. In an email to E! News, Hoepfner elaborated:
"Soon after the video blew up, I received a call from Coldplay's
manager. They were really nice about the whole thing and explained
about their whereabouts and old demos. I guess the song similarities
are just a coincidence...great minds think alike?
"Anyway, I must have been mistaken about seeing Chris at the show
because all British people look the same. I lived in London for six
weeks and I seriously thought every third person on the corner was
Coldplay."
Wow, he backed off fast, didn't he? What do you wanna bet that that 'really nice about the whole thing' phone call was really a 'back off or you'll never play a gig in this town again' phone call?
Judge for yourself:
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