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Radiohead's Thom Yorke: 'Prince's Cover Of 'Creep' Was Hilarious'

He asked for YouTube to unblock it...

  • by Jason Gregory
  • Friday, May 30, 2008
  • Photo by: Shirlaine Forrest
  • filed in: Indie
Radiohead's Thom Yorke: 'Prince's Cover Of 'Creep' Was Hilarious' Add to My Fav Bands List

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wants Prince to unblock his cover of the band’s song ‘Creep’ on the video-sharing website YouTube.

Currently, all videos of Prince’s rendition of the song, which he performed at the Coachella Festival in Los Angeles last month, were removed after his record label, NPG, claimed they violated copyright laws.

However, the videos posted were filmed by fans and the song isn’t by Prince.

Yorke, who recently called the cover “hilarious”, was surprised to hear that the song had been blocked.

"Really? He's blocked it? Surely we should block it. Hang on a moment." Yorke said. "Well, tell him to unblock it. It's our ... song."

In most cases, under YouTube regulations, if the website receives a complaint about a video it will take it down, reports the Associated Press.

Despite calls from fans, Prince and his affiliate companies have continued to operate strict guidelines about the singer’s material.

Last year, reports claimed that the signer had even threatened legal action against his own fans over the use of his material.

What do you think about the block? Should Prince be allowed to block someone else’s song? Let us know by posting a comment below...

You can see Prince performing the song in pictures below...
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  • Prince’s actions are becoming more and more disappointing. He needs to give over his lame self.

    ~ by El 5/30/2008

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  • i seen the video before it was blocked and i just gotta say it should remain so!!! prince ruined a classic radiohead song - ya ”creep” is a moody song but his rendition was so absolutely hideous and pathetic...it was like listenin to a cat being skinned alive!! i was totally mortified that the greatest band in the world was being humiliated by a has-been.

    ~ by alferalc 5/30/2008

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  • Prince is up his own backside! He think he’s so big he can name other peoples songs as his own! Hit back and show him that just because he did a few good songs a while ago, doesn’t mean all good songs are his! and he can’t get away with it!!!!

    ~ by Black Star 5/30/2008

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  • what a goof

    ~ by dheysah 6/26/2008

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