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Posted in music on May 30, 2008
Radiohead To Prince: Unblock 'Creep' YouTube Vids
After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at the Coachella festival, the tens of thousands who couldn't be there ran to YouTube for a peek. Everyone was quickly denied -- even Radiohead.All videos of Prince's unique rendition of Radiohead's early hit were quickly taken down, leaving only a message that his label, NPG Records, had removed the clips, claiming a copyright violation. But the posted videos were shot by fans and, obviously, the song isn't Prince's.
In a recent interview, Thom Yorke said he heard about Prince's performance from a text message and thought it was "hilarious." Yorke laughed when his bandmate, guitarist Ed O'Brien, said the blocking had prevented even him from seeing Prince's version of their song.
"Really? He's blocked it?" asked Yorke, who figured it was their song to block or not. "Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment." Yorke added, "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song." [Billboard]
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Posted on May 30, 2008 12:21 PM
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Comments (27)
Totally strange on Prince's part but, then again, what else would you expect?
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 12:26 PM
that's so funny. prince is such a dramam queen.
Posted by Mandy | May 30, 2008 12:27 PM
Ha! Prince is so silly. This is just weird. Hmmm maybe this will lead to a Prince Radiohead collaboration, I can dream can't I?
Posted by Eric | May 30, 2008 12:31 PM
Prince .. the new Lars?
Posted by anonanon | May 30, 2008 12:42 PM
THIS CONVERSATION IS BLOCKED
- NPG RECORDS-
Posted by NPG RECORDS | May 30, 2008 12:42 PM
The song is mine now I rewrote it and made it better.I took out the word "fuck" and added a guitar solo from the heart. I have called EMI and they have removed the song it from all future releases of Pablo Honey.
Posted by Prince | May 30, 2008 12:46 PM
Prince arguably has a leg to stand on though when it comes to his right of publicity and potentially Sec. 1101 of the Copyright Act (though the later rights may belong solely to Radiohead...depends on whether his work could be viewed as derivative, which it probably could). What could happen though is that Radiohead could negotiate that rather than paying the reasonable royalty to have played the song, Prince must leave the video up. Prince wouldn't likely accept the deal though. Tough call.
Posted by Cory Greenwell | May 30, 2008 1:21 PM
I have copyrighted 23 positions in a one night stand
Posted by Prince | May 30, 2008 1:37 PM
Too bad there aren't more black people in Radiohead. They'd be funkier.
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 2:02 PM
if this song leaks again, lots of funky gender-bending bad hair lazy eyed babies will be made to it.
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 2:12 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FutZukovyAQ
Posted by Josh | May 30, 2008 2:13 PM
prince is a bitch
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 2:19 PM
Who cares.....it was a horrible cover and Prince can't even hit the note on that song like Thom can
Radiohead > Prince
Posted by Jonny Greenwood is the man | May 30, 2008 4:06 PM
pm to prince- fuck you!
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 4:09 PM
Block BV!
- Sheila E.
Posted by sv | May 30, 2008 4:17 PM
Too bad there's not more black people in Prince.
Judging by the creepy manboy naked picture from the cover of Lovesexy, he also had all the hair follicles on his body blocked, except for those on his chest.
Posted by anonimrod | May 30, 2008 4:18 PM
fuck Prince!
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 6:35 PM
Yeah, and I have complete audio and video, and not a one of you has it: go fuck yourselves, you corndog eating fucksticks :)
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 6:46 PM
do whatever you want, wear lingerie to a restaraunt, policeman got no gun, you don't got to run
Posted by Anonymous | May 30, 2008 10:45 PM
one time Tom Yorke jumped out of the restroom at Ah Di La and asked me if I had any "goofballs". Promptly I informed him tha tI was braiding a tail out of my ass hair. God bless Humble Pie.
Posted by AhEatMahPoo | May 30, 2008 11:38 PM
i <3 chicks with dicks
Posted by Anonymous | May 31, 2008 12:27 AM
prince is a creep for doing this.
Posted by Anonymous | May 31, 2008 2:54 AM
stories like this make me sad.
Posted by Anonymous | May 31, 2008 5:13 PM
prince is such a worthless twit.
He sings Radioheads song - without their permission - then claims copyright infringement?
Hello Pot, this is Kettle, you sure are black.
Posted by Anonymous | May 31, 2008 6:54 PM
"He sings Radioheads song - without their permission - then claims copyright infringement?"
You don't have to get a composer's permission to perform one of his or her songs live, you (or the venue you perform in) just have to pay the required fee.
Posted by Anonymous | June 2, 2008 7:29 AM
It's just prince revealing that he is no longer relevant, and no longer hip, and now is trying to cash in on radiohead's massive popularity.
He's been pathetic for years. a sexually confused, self centered, commercial for designer clothes, and phony aristocracy.
He was so cool once.
Like for five minutes in 1983.
Posted by Trust | September 3, 2008 1:58 AM
One of those "Dolls" bands. My money's on Dresden or Pussycat.
Posted by Lingerie | September 27, 2009 1:41 PM