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For the longest time I secretly replayed the iTunes ad featuring Coldplay's song Viva la what-the-fuck-ever in my head because the chord progression, melody and arrangement amused my mind and I found it very pretty. I felt bad though, cause I really can't stand Coldplay. I'm far more of a Moby fan, ya know? I know a wanker when I see one. I mean, who writes a song about St. Peter thinking your awesome? The very height of wankery.
I went on a mighty long train of discovery on Youtube today.
First I found out that in 2007, a band called Creaky Boards did a song called "The Songs I Didn't Write." Kinda ironic.
Creaky Boards put out a video showing the similarities between their song and Viva La Vida. Now, I gotta say, "The Songs I Didn't Write" is definitely the superior song out of the two, because it actually *goes* somewhere. It's not the same four fucking chords repeated OVER and OVER again. It's inventive at least. I can dig that shit.
But I kept noticing that people were referencing Satriani. Now, I respect good ol' Joe, I'm down with his groove. I'm not a huge fan but I know talent when I see it. So I listen to his song that he was talking about suing over, "If I Could Fly." Now, I'd feel much better about listening to Satriani than I would Coldplay, but I'm not a huge 'guitar' band fan, I miss the vocals, being a vocalist myself.
Then I hit upon a video of Cat Stevens' song "Heaven", which sounded like the step before If I Could Fly. It all suddenly made sense to me and all was right with the world. It was like lining up a puzzle piece and dropping it in the last hole, or looking at those optical illusion drawings and from seeing a vase, suddenly seeing two faces in profile.
Of COURSE I liked this song, if Cat fucking Stevens wrote it. I dig that Muslim son of a bitch like nobody's business. Relief is hardly the word to begin to describe the elation I felt.
So fuck you Coldplay, I'm gonna listen to more Cat cause that man is awesome.
I went on a mighty long train of discovery on Youtube today.
First I found out that in 2007, a band called Creaky Boards did a song called "The Songs I Didn't Write." Kinda ironic.
Creaky Boards put out a video showing the similarities between their song and Viva La Vida. Now, I gotta say, "The Songs I Didn't Write" is definitely the superior song out of the two, because it actually *goes* somewhere. It's not the same four fucking chords repeated OVER and OVER again. It's inventive at least. I can dig that shit.
But I kept noticing that people were referencing Satriani. Now, I respect good ol' Joe, I'm down with his groove. I'm not a huge fan but I know talent when I see it. So I listen to his song that he was talking about suing over, "If I Could Fly." Now, I'd feel much better about listening to Satriani than I would Coldplay, but I'm not a huge 'guitar' band fan, I miss the vocals, being a vocalist myself.
Then I hit upon a video of Cat Stevens' song "Heaven", which sounded like the step before If I Could Fly. It all suddenly made sense to me and all was right with the world. It was like lining up a puzzle piece and dropping it in the last hole, or looking at those optical illusion drawings and from seeing a vase, suddenly seeing two faces in profile.
Of COURSE I liked this song, if Cat fucking Stevens wrote it. I dig that Muslim son of a bitch like nobody's business. Relief is hardly the word to begin to describe the elation I felt.
So fuck you Coldplay, I'm gonna listen to more Cat cause that man is awesome.
