Don’t be fooled by the inevitable differences in orchestration: while the instruments and energy and other aspects are different, the _chord progression_ is _identical_: the only difference is that Constantin moves further down the “circle” than Coldplay does.
There. Case closed. Satriani should be ashamed of himself (so should Coldplay, by the way, for settling for such banal, commercially driven tripe as the song “Viva la Vida” after producing something as inspiring as XX-XY–but I digress).
Nobody “owns” the circle of fifths any more than they “own,” say, the most common jazz or blues progressions. Get over it, Satriani: Coldplay is successful because they are (when they’re not selling out) great musicians rather than plagiarists.
There. Case closed. Satriani should be ashamed of himself (so should Coldplay, by the way, for settling for such banal, commercially driven tripe as the song “Viva la Vida” after producing something as inspiring as XX-XY–but I digress).
Nobody “owns” the circle of fifths any more than they “own,” say, the most common jazz or blues progressions. Get over it, Satriani: Coldplay is successful because they are (when they’re not selling out) great musicians rather than plagiarists.