"Creep": Classic Or Dud

if you can imagine my disappointment at seeing an indie band i had never heard of instead of ghostface killa, you can imagine my disappointment in seeing that this is not a tlc thread.

I'd forgotten Radiohead had done "Creep" as well; that's a bit of testamemt to them, I'd say. I'm starting to block loads of "The Bends" from my mind as well. ;) What's more, I'd say they've all but forgotten the song themselves, too. Not just because they haven't played it in years, but the bombast is gone from their recent slower-tempo songs. That's one of the most striking things about listening to "Amnesiac"; you expect the bombast, the clichéd build, and, and -- what's this? -- restraint. Lovely.

Revisionist attitude to "Creep" - mentioned elsewhere - casts it as tongue-in-cheek or outrageously exploitative appeal to core market. I don't see this myself (possibly the latter). I do know I still dislike it with absolute intensity - this and mediocre follow-ups pretty much turned me off Radiohead completely for - checks watch - seven years. Quite a song.

(OK Computer didn't help.)

TLC's "Creep" meanwhile isn't as good as it felt at the time, unlike "Waterfalls". But it's close.

The Afghan Whigs' "Creep" is well-meaning but ultimately Should Not Be. The whole Greg Dulli soul man thing was always a bit of a weak link.

When "Creep" (TLC) came out, I was amazed at how much better it was than their previous material. I instantly fell in love and was somewhat disappointed when I discovered that the album itself was patchy. (I didn't realize that TLC are the living embodiment of the patchy album at the time.)

I have never heard 'Creep' by 'TLC'. Who are 'TLC'?

Anyway, I went to see the Pablo Honey tour in Philadephia (I probablly wouldn't have gone except the tix were free) and the show was alright, nothing special. Everyone stood around waiting for "Creep". When they played it and the moment everyone was waiting for came, they didn't have had the one dude's "chugga" guitar turned up very loud at all and you could hardly hear it. I think people left the show feeling cheated.

tlc = 'the lloyd cole,' a side project of his. i'm surprised that you haven't heard of it. he did cover versions of contemporary rock hits in the inimitable lloyd cole fashion, thus the name 'the lloyd cole.'

As for TLC, Creep may be my favorite single by them. I rate it higher than Waterfalls. Waterfalls is good, but awfully preachy like an after-school special; Creep's charms are more dirty and seductive, both musically and lyrically.

I have a sneaking suspicion that "The Lloyd Cole" is out of the same book as Jamie Ashley and Sarah Hutchings. Am I right?

Oh, and BTW, *of course* the TLC song is better. Shouldn't be hard to grasp.

No fucking contest. ;-)

So fucking SICK OF THIS SONG, whether it's at karaoke nights or in bars. I have heard it somewhere every night this week.

This doodoo stain of a song should be retroactively unwritten.

A total clunking smelly dud. Rock ordinaire.

The TLC Creep is, of course, terrific.

Where does the STP "Creep" figure into this

Half the song it used to be

I was going to post that I'd be perfectly happy with never hearing this song again, but then I thought that under the exact circumstances (circumstances TBD) I might want to. Or at least wouldn't immediately switch it off.

This was really good once: the weird cover that was used in the first trailer for The Social Network (but not in the film).

I liked it in The Scent of Green Papaya, I think.

The weirdest usage of it was in this terrible musical parody of Hunger Games called Hungry that was done in my town.

The playwright isn't a musician so she decided to cherrypick existing songs and throw them into the show, with actors singing live over karaoke tracks. Stuff like "Red Solo Cup", "Kung Fu Fighting".

So because it's a parody, they changed The Reaping to the Creeping in the story, just so they could have some burly Uncle Fester look alike sing "Creep". People were eating it up, while a few of us were staring longingly at the Exit sign

I liked it in /The Scent of Green Papaya/, I think.

That first trailer I mentioned is still up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4

I remember they had a second one in circulation by the time the film came out.

we all know about radiohead getting sued by the hollies for ripping off "the air i breathe," but check this out (the chord progression in general but specifically the line at 1:19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvkVuE__DEw

Sund4r can give the specifics but isn't be that a different chord progression with the main link being that it's arpeggiated and he says "I'm a creep"?

Feel like the Hollies song was closer

i mean the help yourself song also came out a year after the hollies song. i just think it's a fun alternative (pun intended) theory

the chord progression is similar but only through the first three chords, also they stay on each chord half as long as the hollies/radiohead

Lana Del Rey - "Get Free" I didn't know about until now, since I don't really know much about her, but listening now, it's ridiculous that she didn't lose that one if Radiohead had to give the Hollies credits.