What do you guys think about Prince's Creep Cover?
My feelings are mixed. I really don't care about how the song starts off but I love the guitar solos and how it progresses into something that no longer sounds like 'Creep'. Maybe I like it BECAUSE it doesn't sound like 'Creep' by the end. I have to add that I'm a Radiohead fan, but this song never held a special place in my heart.
what do you think?

Gheez, how many times can this one song come up as its own thread?

I Love it! I'd pay good money for an official release (excellent quality)of Prince and the gang at that festival. I am here, P. Where are you?


still. waiting.

i dont like how he changed the words.

even though i never heard of the song till he did it

it came across (too me) that he was too cool to sing those self loathing lyrics.
[Edited 3/23/10 20:09pm]

Nvncible1 said:

Covers do not suppose to be like the original song, still is not fair to compare a live rendition of a studio song from the band best know by calculated over-elaborated music.

Still, I love Prince version, the other version is like a typical alternative 90s cliche.

aarontj said:

....your rules are awesome

Prepare for another onslaught of 'Prince sings it much better than Radiohead'... Followed by a second helping of 'nobody sings a cover of Prince's songs better than Prince'

Agnieszka020 said:

its great
i mean the orginal is great to but its like twins, both beautiful yet different
without Prince i wouldnt have known the song or liked it the way i do

to me prince sings it much better than radiohead.....so l preferred his one than radiohead....

piccolo7 said:

erik319 said:

so, about that shower...

vivid said:

Filthy perve, I might be a minger for all you know...



I'm not, but still... haha

erik319 said:

I've banged a few mingers in my time

But something tells me you're not. you're gonna have to show yourself one of these days.

piccolo7 said:

i'm sorry but Prince's version was good but no way near the Radiohead version.

vivid said:

Sod it, today is the day, check out my profile, it's updated just for you


Er.. anyway, back to the topic..?

erik319 said:

right click, save as.

did you say 'knock one out Dude' cause, i think I just might. you can come down south anytime

vivid said:

You do know that I'm now gonna change it back to Mel "Bo Selecta" B, and everyone is gonna think you're insane...



And dragging things back on topic a little bit, if Prince has got a newfound appreciation for Radiohead, what other tracks would you like to hear him try out live in the future?

And dragging things back on topic a little bit, if Prince has got a newfound appreciation for Radiohead, what other tracks would you like to hear him try out live in the future?[/quote]


Electroneering by Radiohead

Electroneering by Radiohead[/quote]

Electioneering i mean..

Agnieszka020 said:

I'd love to hear him play 'Just'. Him playing guitar on that would be amazing.

erik319 said:

sheesh l get u for this (fishface)

bigd74 said:

ok heres one for u ....

I found it a bit embarrassing and awkward, to be honest. Contextually, it's completely nonsensical. The first chorus is a mess, vocally, and the change of tense in the lyrics is silly at best and asinine at worst. Musically, his takes on alternative rock always betray his classicist roots - which isn't his fault, of course. He is a classicist, the best in the world as we speak.
It still can't alter the fact that, like the aborted cunt Paul Hewson once said, Prince is perceived as a showbiz Christmas tree and the song Creep is a (pretty poor in the context of Radiohead's future work) over-egged and clumsy anthemic soundtrack to teenage angst. It doesn't mix.
If he'd sang the original lyrics, it might have been interesting and - something we all want from Prince - revealing. But all he showed by the lyric change was just how many layers of ego and self-importance he's wrapped himself in. i just want him to show himself, finally.

Number23 said:

bang on!..very well put, for me it was like Prince sings a modern classic song but fuck's it up with his Princeisms.

One of my all time favorite tracks....

I wont say his version is better..cause if youre a radiohead fan, im sure youd disagree. BUT, I enjoy his version a lot more!
Love the music, love the tone of his voice. LOVE LOVE LOVE the guitar playing!
Just seems more powerful than most of his work in recent years.

Number23 said:[quote]I found it a bit embarrassing and awkward, to be honest. Contextually, it's completely nonsensical. The first chorus is a mess, vocally, and the change of tense in the lyrics is silly at best and asinine at worst. Musically, his takes on alternative rock always betray his classicist roots - which isn't his fault, of course. He is a classicist, the best in the world as we speak.
It still can't alter the fact that, like the aborted cunt Paul Hewson once said, Prince is perceived as a showbiz Christmas tree and the song Creep is a (pretty poor in the context of Radiohead's future work) over-egged and clumsy anthemic soundtrack to teenage angst. It doesn't mix.
If he'd sang the original lyrics, it might have been interesting and - something we all want from Prince - revealing. But all he showed by the lyric change was just how many layers of ego and self-importance he's wrapped himself in. i just want him to show himself, finally.[/quote]


THATS WHAT I SAID

Agnieszka020 said:

it's very apropos.

erik319 said:

I'd hit it

piccolo7 said:

That is a special type of crack you're smoking there...