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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Can we have Thom Yorke knighted?

From the Guardian:

It may have seemed like an unusual artistic union: Prince covering Radiohead's angst-ridden classic Creep. But when fans, including Radiohead, flocked to YouTube for a glimpse of the Purple One's unique rendition of the song, they found the video, recorded by a fan at a music festival in California, had been taken down at the behest of Prince's litigious record label.

Radiohead's Thom Yorke said he was told of the performance by text message and thought it "hilarious". But when he was informed he could not see the song, for which his band owns the copyright, he was baffled.

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

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