2014 file photo of Prince at the French Open in Paris
New Delhi:
There's no telling what the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince might or might not do. One minute he's pretending the world, such as it is, doesn't exist, the next, he's a shiny orange presence at the Grammys eclipsing stars less sparkly than he. Two of Prince's biggest bugbears are copyright (his own) and the Internet, often together - he routinely issues takedown notices to websites and temporarily suspended his Twitter and YouTube accounts last year.
So here's why you might have been seeing Prince's version of Radiohead hit Creep being shared on your Facebook news feed seven years after he covered the song at Coachella in 2008 - it's because Prince has now decided, in December 2015, that it's OK to put the song on YouTube where it might be watched, heard and enjoyed by one and all.
On December 8, he tweeted a link that contained the embedded version of his cover of Creep as posted on YouTube by a self-described Prince 'super fan' (with Radiohead's permission) - that's as near as a public endorsement as could be hoped for from the famously touchy musician.
Prince covered Radiohead's 1993 song at the Coachella festival in April 2008. He then had the video of his performance blocked on YouTube by means of a legal notice. In 2013, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said in an interview, "Well, tell him (Prince) to unblock it."
And now, seven years after that Coachella gig, Prince has decided it's OK for the lesser likes of you and me and everyone else with an Internet connection to press play, rinse and repeat.
Which you can do here:
So here's why you might have been seeing Prince's version of Radiohead hit Creep being shared on your Facebook news feed seven years after he covered the song at Coachella in 2008 - it's because Prince has now decided, in December 2015, that it's OK to put the song on YouTube where it might be watched, heard and enjoyed by one and all.
On December 8, he tweeted a link that contained the embedded version of his cover of Creep as posted on YouTube by a self-described Prince 'super fan' (with Radiohead's permission) - that's as near as a public endorsement as could be hoped for from the famously touchy musician.
PRINCE https://t.co/pltk41l7EH ... LIVE pic.twitter.com/Fva6UAUqGM
— Prince3EG (@Prince3EG) December 8, 2015Prince covered Radiohead's 1993 song at the Coachella festival in April 2008. He then had the video of his performance blocked on YouTube by means of a legal notice. In 2013, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke said in an interview, "Well, tell him (Prince) to unblock it."
And now, seven years after that Coachella gig, Prince has decided it's OK for the lesser likes of you and me and everyone else with an Internet connection to press play, rinse and repeat.
Which you can do here:
