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Vladimir Putin sings Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
03.23.2017
11:57 am
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Some evil genius took footage of Vladimir Putin singing Fats Domino’s “Blueberry Hill” and somehow edited it to look like Putin is instead singing Radiohead’s “Creep.” It’s very Lynchian, to say the least, and not just because Putin looks like he could be the sibling of Twin Peaks actor Michael J. Anderson, AKA the “Man from Another Place.”

Creepy? Yes, it’s kinda creepy.

I almost fell for it at first until I did some digging around the Internet to find the video’s provenance. Good shit. Savor it.

 
via Stereogum

Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.23.2017
11:57 am
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Radiohead’s ‘Creep,’ arranged for bass clarinets, is absolutely wonderful
09.22.2015
10:37 am
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I got a chuckle last night when I saw, in NME’s Facebook feed, a breezy listicle called “Ten Geeky Facts about ‘Creep,’” trumpeting the 23rd anniversary of Radiohead’s breakthrough single. Evidently, in this content-starved, clamor-for-attention-on-Facebook economy in which all music writing is now duking it out, we don’t even wait for actual milestones to occur before we look nostalgically back. But I enjoyed the piece’s trivia items well enough—have to give it props for nakedly confessing its geekiness in the title—so fine, I’ll bite, I’ll join in on NME’s 23rd anniversary celebration of “Creep.” I don’t even celebrate my own birthday unless my age ends in a 0 or a 5, but what the hell, right?

Item 8 could have been an article in itself—a great one, really—as it deals in cover versions of the song. There’ve been plenty of those, and they range from Dunning-Krugerishly overwrought versions by unworthy hard rock bands (lookin’ at you, Korn) to transcendentally wonderful non-rock performances. Among the latter is my absolute favorite version of the song, a digital file of unknown provenance which I surely scored in the mid-oughts heyday of MP3 sharity blogs, a rendition of the song by a quartet of bass clarinetists. In seeking out the artist, I learned that this has been a thing for awhile—composer Cornelius Boots created the arrangement all the way back in 1997 (HAPPY 18TH ANNIVERSARY!), and a version by Edmund Welles gained some YouTube popularity in 2008. I searched through Welles’ recorded oeuvre to see if his version was the one I’d happened upon, but I was unable to find a studio recording of it. There are, however, a few live performances to be found, of which this is the best:
 

Posted by Ron Kretsch
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09.22.2015
10:37 am
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‘You’re a Creep, Charlie Brown!’
01.19.2012
12:21 pm
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Good grief, Charlie Brown! Could your life get any bleaker? Once you hear Vega Choir’s cover of “Creep” set to visuals of Charlie Brown’s oh so very tragic life, you’ll see just just how bleak it can get. :’( 
 

Posted by Tara McGinley
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01.19.2012
12:21 pm
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Alex Heller’s Beautiful Film for Scala & Kolacny Brothers’ Version of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’
12.02.2010
03:09 pm
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This is kinda wow. Alex Heller‘s beautiful film of one lonely doll’s desperate attempt to be accepted by a group of Barbies, may not sound like a winner, but trust me it is.

It’s made from 1,554 images, shot on a Nikon D60, and bound together by the blissful sound of Belgium’s Scala & Kolacny Brothers - which, I might add, is an odd title for a choir of female singers, who are conducted and accompanied by two brothers, Stijn and Steven, and hence, no doubt, the name.

As for Ms. Heller, well her biog on Vimeo says:

Seventeen. Trapped in the suburbs. I root for the underdog.

Well, I root for you, Ms Heller. You’re talented and deserve all success.
 

 
With thanks to Seamus McGarvey
 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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12.02.2010
03:09 pm
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