Whats this pop song ripping off Kraftwerks Computer Love?
Okay, I was listening to the wrong Kraftwerk song. The OP’s link goes to a song called Computer World, not Computer Love, or at least it does when I click on it. To make matters worse, that song also switches from verse to chorus and back at 0:31 and 0:47 (or close to those times). To make matters even worse, I somehow clicked on Computer World again (track 4 instead of track 5) on the BN.com link provided by the blogger, even though the track names there are in German, and the blogger clearly said to click on track 5! Thanks for your help. I was wondering if I was going crazy. Talk really doesn’t sound anything like Computer World!
By the way, there was no “ripping off” of said riff – Chris Martin wrote a letter to Kraftwerk and asked if he could use the melody, and they said yes. But yes, I thought the exact same thing when I first heard the song.
Arg, sorry for messing up the post, I originally thought the song was “Computer World” and then changed my mind but I guess I posted the wrong link. The Coldplay number is it. Apparently they did everything right, asking Kraftwerk if they could use it and giving them songwriting credits (which means royalties), and that makes me feel happy: big points to Coldplay for “do the right thing”. More people should do things like that. Sorry again for screwing it up, though I guess if I’d gotten the song right initially I wouldn’t have posed the question.
After listening to the song in question, I find it pretty forgettable 😀 but I still have positive feelings for Coldplay based on their good taste and ethical nature, just like I have positive feelings towards Pearl Jam for their principled stand against [spits] Ticketmaster, even though I am unable to remember their music for even a second after I hear it.
