Na ha!!!! Somebody got bitch slapped. LOL. I bet Genuwine is rolling on the floor laughing right now since Prince told him 2 sing his own songs and leave his alone. U would think he'd want 2 capture some of Radiohead's fan base with that cover. I know that's what happens with me. When I hear a good cover version, no matter what artist is doing it, I go looking 4 the original version or I look 4 original material by that artist. Either way, in the game of music, that cover version of "Creep" was supposed to get Prince fans to show interest in Radiohead's music, and Radiohead fans 2 show an interest in Prince's music. But who are we talking about here? Prince doesn't know how 2 play any game he didn't create.
We must be some strong willed and strong minded people. I love Prince, but he does not make it easy. The fact that I still love him after all the garbage I've had 2 sift through makes me belive that my personality and my belief system is a lot stronger than I thought it was. I'm starting 2 belive that Prince is good therapy 4 me... or maybe Prince just needs therapy :-D ~B On 5/31/08, Derek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [thebumpsquad] Radiohead asks Prince to unblock song > > http://prince.org/msg/7/272215/Radiohead-to-Prince-Unblock-our-song > > Radiohead to Prince: Unblock 'Creep' cover videos > By JAKE COYLE, AP Entertainment Writer > > After word spread that Prince covered Radiohead's "Creep" at > Coachella, 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 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." > > YouTube prohibits the posting of copyrighted material. If the site > receives a complaint from a copyright owner, it will in most cases > remove the video(s). Whether the same could be done for a company not > holding a copyright is less clear, but Yorke's argument would seem to > bear some credence according to YouTube's policies. YouTube, which is > owned by Google, declined to comment. > > Prince also did not immediately respond to a request for comment > Thursday. > > The dispute was an interesting twist in debates over digital > ownership, held between two major acts with differing views on music > and the Internet. Radiohead famously released their most recent > album, "In Rainbows," as a digital download with optional pricing. > They also have a channel on YouTube. > > When Prince performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival > in Indio, Calif., on April 26, he prohibited the standard arrangement > of allowing photographers to shoot near the stage during the first > three songs of his set. Instead, he had a camera crew filming his > performance. > > Prince, who founded NPG Records in 1993, has been innovative when it > comes to music distribution, too. He released his 1997 > album, "Crystal Ball," on the Internet and in 2006 was awarded a > lifetime achievement award by the Webbys. In 2007, he gave away > copies of his disc "Planet Earth" in a British Sunday newspaper. > > But the Purple One has also shut down his official Web site and in > September of last year said he would sue YouTube and eBay for not > filtering unauthorized content. > > Prince fans have organized to urge him to relent in his legal fights > to control images and photographs of himself. As of Thursday, the > most popular YouTube clip about Prince playing "Creep" is an > expletive-laden rant from Sam Conti Jr., who describes himself as > a "former Prince fan." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
