Last night, Coldplay won the Grammy award for their song “Viva La Vida.” This is the very same song that is the center of a lawsuit by guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani.

Satch claims that Coldplay’s tune is follows too closely with his 2004 song, “If I Could Fly.” In fact, there was some speculation that Satriani’s lawyers would actually serve papers to the British band at the Grammy Awards ceremony. That would have made for some interesting television!

Back when Satriani first made public his intention to pursue legal action against the band, Defamer linked to an interesting comparison of the two songs. See what you think on Defamer’s site…