pepper7 said:

oh that song is so tired when u factor in the 60+ dates on the purple rain tour, the 20 odd dates of parade, x amount of times during sott tour, x amount of lovesexy dates, 51 nude tour dates, x amount of diamonds and pearls tour, x amount of act 1 and act 2 tours, gold experience perhaps less than 10 (THANK GOD), and so on and so on ..YEAH IT'S TIME THAT SONG GETS PUT OUT 2 PASTURE!!!

emesem said:

Totally agree.

LinnLM1 said:

lol, i have been flamed over that comment a few times, but ye are perfectly right about it

emesem said:

I must be misunderstanding you - you aren't saying Prince wouldn't let Elvis cover Pop Life are you? I mean that would be a ridiculous statement since Elvis died about 7 or 8 years before Pop Life was recorded.

thedoorkeeper said:

Costello

i wasn't familiar with creep lyrics b4 prince covered this song...the music tho is instantly recognisable & this is what makes it such a cool listen.
i really enjoyed his version, specially the shoooobeeedooooo's :shivers down my bod:

pepper7 said:

Cheeky sod

I only have net access at work, so tracking down those Prince rarities is a tough job alot of the time.

Prince's Creep lyrics (what I got):

...
...just like an angels
Skin makes you cry
I float like a feather
In this beautiful world
You wish you where special
So do I

You're a...
You're a liar
What are you doing here
You don't belong here

You don't care if it hurts
You just want to have control
You want a perfect body
You want a perfect soul
You want me notice
(yes you do)
When you're not around
I wish you were special
Cause I think you're special

Maybe I am just a...
...liar...
What are we doing here
We don't belong here

pepper7 said:

Which songs/lyrics in particular evidence Prince's self-loathing as a young man?

I think most of us do understand what Prince was saying when he sang the song - simplistic new age stuff - Just that some didn't think that it was an improvement on the original, quite the opposite.
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vivid said:

changing the lyrics of his own songs, when performed live, is evidence of that!

Vanity45 said:

wow...worse than I thought. What a butcher job.

sosgemini said:

Hee.

iloveannie said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Life

sosgemini said:

I wouldnt let elvis costello cover pop life either!



jeez are we all STILL discussing creep at coachella?

syble said:

As long as there are zombies that claim it was better than Radiohead's version, yes.

And dissing Costello...

L4OATheOriginal said:

i agree freddy, although i do enjoy listening
to P's version as well. you just can't top
radiohead at their own song

emilia1 said:

what gets me is that prince sounds like he's a asleep at the wheel while singing it ..then wakes up by SCREAMING the changed lyrics of the chorus

where as the original song is song in the same way and it builds up..

L4OATheOriginal said:

he did sound bored with the song and i didnt like
the lyrics change either, but what can ya do.

emilia1 said:

keep blasting the original version

emilia1 said:

Creep is a very average tune.

And Radiohead can be easily top at their own songs. Prince just gave the evidence. He turned this tune into an a melodic and poweful anthem.

Prince has some talent to turn crap tunes into brillant ones. Magic.
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You'll be all crying like fucking pussies when you have it on DVD especially the naysayers.

sarkozyiszeman said:

true but not in this case. that song was not crap

sarkozyiszeman said:

why do you have to label people with a different view point, naysayers?

sosgemini said:

Sorry I withdraw "naysayers" but I keep.. PUSSIES ! You'll be all crying like Babies when you listen to the live evrsion with an amazing sound (I know what I'm taqlking about btw hehe)

I still say NAY. Prince should stop doing covers and come up with some new material he himself would like to play.

sarkozyiszeman said:

im sorry that you feel you have to denigrate other people's personal taste to justify your own. while i may disagree with you and other's on the song i am not going to belittle you.

sarkozyiszeman said:

not really dude ..i don't need the visual 2 know that the show was nothing but average ..now if u told me the FULL aladdin show from ONA tour was being released, then we're talking ..or even a FULL aftershow would b on dvd then ur talking ..coachella was again..not all that

I liked the cover overall. Great guitar and it was interesting to hear his take on it but I wasn't keen on the lyrical changes (I knew he'd filter out the 'bad' words but I didn't think he'd rewrite the song)

But the original is better. Very few covers beat the original and that wasn't one of them imho. That having been said, I wouldn't mind hearing it live and his set is getting stale. I know he mixes it up but some weak songs keep being played - for example, knowing what he could play, hearing the opening of 'Lolita' is a downer for me.

radiohead.

sosgemini said:

I don't know why you are a mod. You never say anything good about Prince!!!