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Cat Stevens: 'Coldplay stole my song!'

Cat Stevens has said that he believes that Coldplay's hit 'Viva La Vida' is a take-off of his own song, 'Foreigner Suite'. "There's been this argument about Coldplay stealing this melody from Joe Satriani," he said. "But, if you listen to i

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adyeli - 4 May 2009 9:01pm

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niller said:

Yeahr well it could have been worse.. ;-)

5 May 2009 4:39pm

Unsubscribed VIP said:

Yes he wishes !!

5 May 2009 9:04pm

ELObsessive said:

Well I'm a fan of Cat Stevens, and after reading this story have listened to Foreigner Suite... but have to say I really can't detect any real similarity between it and Viva La Vida. My goodness, if that's plagiarism, then Oasis really had better watch out ;-)

6 May 2009 12:22pm

Yorkie55 said:

Cat is entitled to his opinion.. I don't agree though!

6 May 2009 12:45pm

joodywoody said:

I didn't realise Cat Stevens still existed by that name.

6 May 2009 12:59pm

BatteredRose said:

lol@elobsessive! I thought satriani was claiming they'd ripped him off too!

8 May 2009 9:30am

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