Prince played Creep by Radiohead the other day, at the Coachella festival in Indio, California. The quality is not amazing, but it's a good experience. Feel it inside your body.
Nice..
Further investigation on the Billboard websites tells us that Prince has thrown a wobbly and is banning all footage of the song. Even Radiohead aren't allowed to see it. Beautiful! Check this out:
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."
This reminds me of one of the videos that The UK Showbiz Guy showed me which was a mockup of a potentially genuine situation. The video is made by David Chapelle and Charlie Murphy. Charlie is Eddie Murphy's brother and was obviously hanging around Eddie when he became the biggest star in America in the 80's. He (Charlie) has got loads of stories about the crazy incidents that occurred, living in this surreal environment. In particular, here is his rendition of when Prince decided to play basketball:
Hilarious.
Before I sign off here, it is important that everyone reads and understands this quote by Prince on what is means to be truly "cool."
Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is 'Is there anybody I'm afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I'd get nervous?' If not, then you're cool.
