Prince Does "Creep"
@teamfreak16 (43596)
Denver, Colorado
April 21, 2017 10:53pm CST
A few minutes ago, I came across this gem and thought I'd share.
Coachella (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival) is one of the biggest annual music festivals in the world, held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Started in 1999, It is currently held on consecutive three day weekends in April, with both weekends having identical lineups.
In 2008, the festival was headlined by Prince, who, during his set, played an eight minute version of Radiohead's "Creep," a song he had never played live before.
A video of the amazing performance (Prince's guitar play is phenomenal) made it's way to You Tube, only to be taken down. Radiohead vocalist Thom Yorke, however, asked that it be put back up.
And here it is, linked below. It's professional, not some guy in the crowd recording it on his phone.
Simply put, if you dig Prince, or Radiohead, this is a must see.
(Info verified by Wikipedia, Rolling Stone)
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
22 Apr 17
Wow that was incredible Scott.
I had never heard Prince do it.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
22 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 It is so moving really now that he is gone Scott.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
@TiarasOceanView - I know. It's still hard to believe.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
I hadn't either. Rolling Stone said he'd never played it live before.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
22 Apr 17
Awesome, right down the road from me. I never realized how many big bands play there. ACDC, Rancid played there last year. Not sure why, nothing but dirt out there. lol
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
22 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 Damn missed that also. What have I been thinking, but guess you need money to do those things. lol
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
Apparently Rage even got back together to play there.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
@crossbones27 - I'm sure it's not cheap. If I could afford it, I'd get out there for it.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
It's pretty good. Like I said, his guitar play is stellar.
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
22 Apr 17
Very very cool Prince covered alot of great songs at his live concerts maybe someday they will be readily available.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
That would be nice. An album of live covers would be cool.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
22 Apr 17
@teamfreak16 yeah I expect there will be alot of stuff released for Prince just like Michael Jackson.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
@chrissbergstrom - He had like, what, 3000 or so songs in his vault? You have to figure some will see the light of day.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Apr 17
I am so used to Radiohead that this cover took me aback. It plays mellower than Radiohead for the first half or so then he cranks up the guitar. I wonder what Radiohead thought.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
They must have liked it. Thom Yorke wanted it back up on You Tube.
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@teamfreak16 (43596)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
No worries. I can't win them all.
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