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PrintableTyphoonTip said: It was a lazy cover that COMPLETELY missed the point both musically and lyrically. He turned a classic tune into nonsensical lifeless muzak.
It showed a complete lack of respect for the source material. 
FAIL. Oh, the haters are in the house... LOL.. Shut up already, damn. | |
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madcapxtc said: That's probably y that guy from Radiohead said it was "hilarious", the poor thing must b sooooo jealeous loooool!
how could anyone think that it's better than the original. that's gotta be one of the worst covers i've heard him do. prince's vocal sounds awful - almost like he can't sing. and what the fuck is he saying during the chorus. just a bad cover. why the hell did he even do it in the first place. is he really a fan of the song? he could have done any other radiohead song but he chooses "creep"? he's not a fan. he was just being a fake ass trying to appeal to a certain audience. that is no reason to cover someone else's material. you should do it because you feel inspired to do it - if you're a true artist that is. Note: i'm not saying that prince is not a true artist! and i know this isn't always the case with him. at least when he did "all along the watchtower/best of you" there was emotion in it. that performance was solid. the performance of "creep" is just tired and uninspired. that falsetto thing that he does is so ridiculous. come on people lay off the purple rock and listen objectively for a second. [Edited 4/1/09 4:10am] | |
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Its much duller and with Prince half mumbling lyrics that aren't his own how can anyone see this as an improvement? | |
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madcapxtc said: That's probably y that guy from Radiohead said it was "hilarious", the poor thing must b sooooo jealeous loooool!
In what way? I was really excited about listening to it, but it was like someone getting up to sing a song at Karaoke and forgetting his glasses. Great guitar playing of course, but otherwise disappointing. | |
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pepper7 said: TyphoonTip said: It was a lazy cover that COMPLETELY missed the point both musically and lyrically. He turned a classic tune into nonsensical lifeless muzak.
It showed a complete lack of respect for the source material.
FAIL. Oh, the haters are in the house... LOL.. It is actually possible to be critical and not be a 'hater'. 'Hater!'; you guys need to invest in a dictionary, or @ least master google. Oh, & LOL. | |
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don't hate the hater, hate the game! it's time for a new direction / it's time for jazz to die | |
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I love the version he did yet my wife prefers the original. She thinks the original has a sexier voice. Personally I like it played slower like Prince did. He does add a certain ethereal quality that wasn't present in the original. And nor was it meant it meant to be I guess.
Let's be happy we have both. | |
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You wanna here Creep played live. Radiohead have to be the LOUDEST band in the world. When that guitar kicks in it's fucking mindblowing. Wrenches your guts about and makes your balls shiver. | |
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Really dont understand these negative comments, like the vocals are so bad....you even listened to it? That's some great falsetto there..dont see radiohead doing that..also the solo is better than any Radiohead solo out there...but like I said before, no reason really to compare....they're both good in their own way.... --- Where am I? ---
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Wall said: tuffghost said: I'm a big Radiohead fan, but I'd have to agree that Prince's version of Creep is much better than the original. Radiohead is incredible, but I think Creep is possibly their most generic, lackluster song and I know they're aware of that. Prince definitely kicked the intensity up a notch with his version.
The song is from Pablo Honey and fits in just fine for a band still finding their voice. Any number of songs on that album are more generic and lackluster than Creep. What they're aware of is that the song became overplayed and as they matured as artists and wrote more challenging compositions, it was best left in the past. Which makes Prince covering it all the more hilarious -- it's like he just discovered it even after the band that wrote it had long since distanced themselves from it. It would be akin to Radiohead covering When Doves Cry and playing it off as if it were some novel song. But Prince does do the song justice in one sense: The original is sung from the p.o.v. of a young, shy, insecure male who's probably listened to too much Cure. His insecurity breeds the self-loathing term Creep. Now, imagine a 50 year old man having those same adolescent emotions. He truly would be a Creep. Probably the kind of guy you'd find trying to write lyrics using slang familiar to the under 20 crowd and dating women a generation or two younger than himself. I dig your take on the song, but I think you're overanalyzing this way too much. It was a one-off cover of a song, not a profound personal statement. | |
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It was a lazy cover that COMPLETELY missed the point both musically and lyrically. He turned a classic tune into nonsensical lifeless muzak.
It showed a complete lack of respect for the source material. FAIL. Except for the fact that Prince doing that song is (arguably) the most memorable and talked about moment/performance is Coachella history. Talk about missing the point. Duh. "New Power slide...." |
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put it this way, i think princes coachella creep slaughtered radioheads coachella creep. [Edited 4/1/09 8:47am] This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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madcapxtc said: That's probably y that guy from Radiohead said it was "hilarious", the poor thing must b sooooo jealeous loooool!
Uh...no... | |
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WetDream said: put it this way, i think princes coachella creep slaughtered radioheads coachella creep.
[Edited 4/1/09 8:47am] Watch out now, folks are going to try to go after you for saying that here!  I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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purplecam said: WetDream said: put it this way, i think princes coachella creep slaughtered radioheads coachella creep. [Edited 4/1/09 8:47am] Watch out now, folks are going to try to go after you for saying that here! haha maybe, but i didn't say prince's rendition was better then Radioheads overall. This Post is produced, arranged, composed and performed by WetDream | |
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WetDream said: purplecam said: Watch out now, folks are going to try to go after you for saying that here! haha maybe, but i didn't say prince's rendition was better then Radioheads overall. Tis true!  I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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I much prefer Radiohead's. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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One or two covers played at an aftershow gig is ok …. But that’s enough for me,
I can’t think of one cover he has done that has not made me cringe …. They all pretty much suck to my ears | |
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johnny2000 said: One or two covers played at an aftershow gig is ok …. But that’s enough for me,
I can’t think of one cover he has done that has not made me cringe …. They all pretty much suck to my ears As I think back... Prince and company absolutely FREAKED The Beatles' "As My Guitar Gently Weeps  ," but with that exception, I may have to agree with you.  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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I saw it on youtube
great vocals | |
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Lammastide said: johnny2000 said: One or two covers played at an aftershow gig is ok …. But that’s enough for me,
I can’t think of one cover he has done that has not made me cringe …. They all pretty much suck to my ears As I think back... Prince and company absolutely FREAKED The Beatles' "As My Guitar Gently Weeps ," but with that exception, I may have to agree with you. He did play some fantastic guitar on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ ….. but that was more of a ‘guest guitar solo player’ with Tom Petty & Co. … I don’t really count that as Prince covering a song. | |
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Wall said: The fact that, out of all the incredible Radiohead songs to cover, Prince chose what is essentially an immature adolescent whine shows what a lack of discernment he has when it comes to popular music. A 50 year old singing the lyrics to Creep is nothing short of hilarious and half a kilometer beyond out of touch.
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DaveT said: ...am I the only Prince fan who hasnt had the pleasure of hearing this yet??
i havent heard it either dude lol | |
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DaveT said: ...am I the only Prince fan who hasnt had the pleasure of hearing this yet??
nope | |
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bjt57 said: DaveT said: ...am I the only Prince fan who hasnt had the pleasure of hearing this yet??
nope threep 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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stanleylieber said: don't hate the hater, hate the game!
You see, that's the explanation I've been after all this time! It all makes sense now. | |
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I side with those who don't think it was a good idea - there's a way to add something to a cover song and make it sound new, but Prince just takes a song and makes it sound like a Prince song. Case in point - I bought "The Best Of You" by the Foo Fighters, just to see how the original song sounds, and I like the original version much better. | |
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I now consider "Creep" a Prince song.  SO much better than the orginal! | |
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eaglebear4839 said: I side with those who don't think it was a good idea - there's a way to add something to a cover song and make it sound new, but Prince just takes a song and makes it sound like a Prince song. Case in point - I bought "The Best Of You" by the Foo Fighters, just to see how the original song sounds, and I like the original version much better.
There's a certain urgency to the song that Prince fails to capture, much like Radiohead's Creep. He does the same thing to Come Together and Let's Go - I'm sure he has fun performing these songs, and they may even mean something to him personally, but that's where it ends. | |
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It's Creep-Lite. I've heard him do better. | |
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