Comments on: Plagiarism? Chris Martin on Radiohead

By: Coldplay // Yellow | Rollo & Grady

Coldplay // Yellow | Rollo & Grady — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:23:52 +0000

[...] that long ago when I used to enjoy Coldplay’s music. I didn’t care that they ripped off Radiohead , Chris Martin married Gwyneth Paltrow or even The Garden State soundtrack. I think that X&Y [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:09:57 +0000

you can make the same notes 10 different places on guitar, bass, piano..until people start copyrighting notes, then maybe ill hear about music plagiarism.

By: Dan K.

Dan K. — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:03:50 +0000

good ad for Sebastian though his song is quiet good, however it has nothing to do with reckoner, it just sound similar…so what?

By: melmel

melmel — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:13:46 +0000

ive been listening to the two songs since ive heard about this, but i find no similarity. go fix your ears, chris.

By: Takatak

Takatak — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:15:09 +0000

Oh, some clarification - I meant to point out there isn’t more than a single 5-10 second snatch of the song (the ‘rising’ and ‘falling’ progression) that sounds like that other one…Neither song resembles each other in their entirety (Reckoner is way more complicated, time change wise) - and it seems unlikely that Radiohead (or any member of the band) made a concentrated effort to mimic someone else’s sound…I mean, come on. Also, give me ten minutes and I’ll have twenty more examples of this similar progression/dissonant/sad sound in other songs - it pretty much goes back to, well, the beginning of music.

By: Takatak

Takatak — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:02:22 +0000

Well, there are some very flimsy similarities…However, I’d venture to say that Reckoner doesn’t sound so…gay. Aah, but people should just get over it - anyone that’s listened to a lot of music or played an instrument in any sort of rudimentary fashion will recognize the chord progression as common place. Again, Radiohead have produced a superior song using a similar chord progression. The other one sounds like it should be used in a car commercial, or as the background music for some new network tv drama.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:50:14 +0000

Nah, the beat of the chords is the same, but otherwise this is pretty much BS, just someone trying to get some attention.

By: flom k norke

flom k norke — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:31:24 +0000

isnt chris martin dead yet? shame if he isnt

By: jooley

jooley — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:37:55 +0000

“La Ritournelle” sounds more like a rip-off of Supergrass and Travis.

By: bendsok

bendsok — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:56:26 +0000

I have to agree with most of the people commenting on this. I even listened to each piece over the other and I do not think the two songs are really that similar. The repeated guitar chords sound a small amount alike, but not really. Radiohead’s Reckoner is much more dynamic and not annoying unlike Sebastian Tellier’s song. To even bring this up as a credible story is an insult to the greatest band today and for the last 15 years. Radiohead have created music and sounds in the past that other bands could not of even fathomed before they did it, to doubt their talent and integrity is a grave mistake.