Was The Songs I Didn't Write the real thing or just a copy of the Coldplay original after all, did Chris Martin copy Creaky Boards or did Creaky Boards copy Coldplay question mark, etcetera. I know what you're thinking - old story - but worth bringing up because this particular story will go on and on, like Céline Dion's heart, forever and ever, amen. I hear nowadays people are trying to figure out whether Kelly Clarkson copied Beyoncé's "Halo" in her song "Already Gone"! This is worrisome to the extreme for reasons I will not go into right now. Actually I will: they're both written by the same guy and they're both crap. The point is, this nonsense has to stop, folks! In a way I understand why people get so worked up about these so called "controversies". I get it, I really do. It's like a whodunit type mystery where everyone gets to act the detective and bring forth arguments to prove who the victim and who the murderer is. ("well, you see, Creaky boards had a video dated a year before Viva La Vida where they play the song, ha!") I get it. But what I really wanna know is why the fuck should we care who-done-it? I mean, personally I think no one did - it was just a bloody accident because, you see, people have been writing songs for thousands of years and it's just stupid to expect that they will always come up with something new and original. The unfortunate thing in this particular case however is that this song, which isn't even that great (neither of the two) is the only thing people will think of when they think of Creaky Boards. Their last.fm page looks a little like this:
This is a damn shame. Creaky Boards might not be the greatest or the most original band in the world, but if you paid any attention to the actual music you'd find they actually have some solid, good songs. Which you should listen to and forget about The Songs I Didn't Write. Or Viva La Vida. Or Kelly Clarkson for that matter.
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