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Coldplay mimicked Buckley, says Martin
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 19 December 2008
Chris Martin has admitted that Coldplay were trying to sound like Jeff Buckley on their 2000 single ‘Shiver’, even if they weren’t trying to sound like Joe Satriani on their 2008 single ‘Viva La Vida’.
Martin told Chris Moyles: “It’s a blatant Jeff Buckley attempt. Not quite as good, that’s what I think. We were 21 and he was very much a hero, and as with those things it tends to filter through”.
