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Post by dededom on Dec 22, 2006 21:09:49 GMT 10
I've been saying this for - ooo - months now! Damien's singing of Creep is one of my faves - both the version he did on Idol, and the acapella version he did on the radio after his win. When he sang it acapella on radio, Damien commented he sang it at his wedding! You can see the Idol version on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtVlR4XoIPs and www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB-6GNNlYZ0 and www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR0gCanQ4Ok(in case any get deleted) EDIT - see Radiohead clip - youtube.com/watch?v=r3d8QbY57QwThese are the original lyrics: Creep - Radiohead
When you were here before,
couldn't look you in the eye.
You're just like an angel,
your skin makes me cry.
You float like a feather,
in a beautiful world
I wish I was special,
you're so f**king special.
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here.
I don't care if it hurts,
I want to have control.
I want a perfect body,
I want a perfect soul.
I want you to notice,
when I'm not around.
You're so f**king special,
I wish I was special.
But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?.
I don't belong here
She's running out the door,
she's running,
she run, run, run, run, run.
Whatever makes you happy,
whatever you want.
You're so f**king special,
I wish I was special,
but I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.
What the hell am I doing here?
I don't belong here,
I don't belong here. And here are some other details - Released: February 1993 Found on: Pablo Honey & Creep single and reissue. Live version found on Pop is Dead single and acoustic version found on My Iron Lung EP. The big hit single. When it was first released, Radio 1 found it too depressing, and so after been aired only twice it was taken off the station's playlist. The song has been analyzed by many people. Thom Yorke explains the song saying that he wrote it while studying at Exeter University. It tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman he is attracted to, by following her around. In the end, he lacks the self-confidence to pull it off. Although he usually referred to the drunken student in the third person, with no little contempt, sometimes outright denying it was him, he sometimes admitted it was. The song is widely recognized for the two blasts of guitar noise that precede the chorus. |
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Post by shimmery on Dec 22, 2006 21:15:12 GMT 10
love it love it love it love it love it
one of my all time fav songs - both the Radiohead version and Damien's!!
And OMG I LOVE the 2 "blasts of guitar" preceding the chorus - like lightning slashing through the song - it's a modern MASTERPIECE!!!!!
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Post by hyperrune on Dec 22, 2006 21:15:45 GMT 10
I was just singing this song to myself, and then this thread popped up! You're psychic dede! You're librarian powers are frightening! I don't care much for the original. Then again, I'm biased because I heard it after Damien's version. The vocals just don't compare for me. And knowing he's singing it for Eileen gives me the major warm fuzzies!  |
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Post by houndsoflove on Dec 22, 2006 21:34:03 GMT 10
This is definately on of my top top Damien songs especially when he does the falsetto at the end oohhhhhhhhh.
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Post by sunshine on Dec 22, 2006 21:35:06 GMT 10
Damien's "Creep " on Idol was spine tingling! The great thing about 'The Winner's Journey' is that it reminds me of his earlier Idol performances, which were overshadowed by the later brilliance of 'Crying', 'Hallelujah' and 'Waiting On An Angel'. Damien is obviously a Radiohead fan, and he's got good taste!  |
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Post by morgaine on Dec 22, 2006 21:52:17 GMT 10
I loved this performance of D's...wonderful version of this song!! Would have loved to have heard the acapella version...
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Post by 12ktina on Dec 22, 2006 22:48:34 GMT 10
Thanks for posting the words Dede. I just listened to it again while I was reading the words and was reminded how well Damien managed to squeeze the essence out of a song in a shortened version. None of them felt untrue to the original! I love that song and the performance, what he was wearing, how he got so into the song, raising his arm behind his head at the end as if he didn't even remember where he was, if that makes sense! I think it had double meaning as a bit of a ironic comment to the judges. He was probably still smarting from their "bog ugly irish" comments and it was kind of a cool answer to that!  |
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Post by damienmad on Dec 22, 2006 23:13:41 GMT 10
Personally I don't like Radio Heads version, so slow or something. But I love Damiens, it is definately one of my favourites of his. The only thing is, he is definately NOT a creep   |
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Post by Smiley on Dec 23, 2006 10:33:03 GMT 10
This should have received a touchdown and I think if it had been anyone but Damien I think it would have got one. It was amazing!
Is there anywhere we can listen to the radio acoustic version?
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Post by gluttonmutton on Dec 23, 2006 11:24:32 GMT 10
Thank God the song had to be shortened because I'm not sure how he would have modified this lyric: "you're so f**king special"  But great performance by Damien. By far and away the most consistent performer in, I would say, 4 seasons of Idol. Every song was a winner (except for Celebration) but to be fair to Damien it wasn't nearly as bad as the many appalling performances perpetrated by past idol contestants - Emelia, Lauren Buckely, Laura Gissara just to name a few. Ughh. |
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Post by sunshine on Dec 23, 2006 12:57:56 GMT 10
Thank God the song had to be shortened because I'm not sure how he would have modified this lyric: "you're so f**king special" But great performance by Damien. By far and away the most consistent performer in, I would say, 4 seasons of Idol. Every song was a winner (except for Celebration) but to be fair to Damien it wasn't nearly as bad as the many appalling performances perpetrated by past idol contestants - Emelia, Lauren Buckely, Laura Gissara just to name a few. Ughh. 'Celebration' wasn't the worst performance this year: I can think of some real stinkers, mostly sung by that Lisa Mitchell chick or Ricky Muscat. And, some of Dean Geyer's stuff towards the end was woeful.  |
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Post by christyl on Dec 23, 2006 13:02:21 GMT 10
Agree. I thought Idol hit a new low with Lisa singing Blondie's Heart of Glass. I noted, though, how Marcia stopped Kyle and Mark for going after her with razor blades after it. Damien wasn't so lucky...they obviously figured he was a big boy and could look after himself!
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Post by Mi chiamano Kami on Dec 23, 2006 13:06:40 GMT 10
But great performance by Damien. By far and away the most consistent performer in, I would say, 4 seasons of Idol. Every song was a winner (except for Celebration) but to be fair to Damien it wasn't nearly as bad as the many appalling performances perpetrated by past idol contestants - Emelia, Lauren Buckely, Laura Gissara just to name a few. Ughh. It's true - if almost anyone other than Damien had done that version of Celebration the judges would have been fawning over the energy and vocals and whatnot. But I think we've all noticed that the judges judge performances differently depending on the standard of the performer to make them appear on a more level footing. I think Damien's performance of Creep was brilliantly timed. I think a lot of people thought maybe Damien could only do the ballads (although if we're to believe Mark, Creep was apparently a ballad...), and this coming after With Or Without You showed how his voice could be adapted to harder styles. And it also won him an audience of people who, no doubt, couldn't believe that anyone would try to pull off Radiohead on an Idol show. I know I nearly fell off my seat when I found out what he was going to do. And then he went on to more than do the song justice. And I think it will always crack me up to hear my mother singing along to a Radiohead song. |
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Post by gluttonmutton on Dec 23, 2006 13:22:11 GMT 10
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Couldn't agree with you more. How Ricky Muscat got to finish 5th is totally beyond me. I can only think of one decent performance of his that didn't make me cringe - his swing performance of 'I saw her standing there'. Every other performance of his was embarrassing. He must have been in the bottom 3 at least 5 times, and yet he kept surviving week after week, when someone infinitely more talented (ie. Bobby) got booted I think purely because of fan complacency.
And don't even get me started on Lisa Mitchell. *puke*
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Post by KrisLovesDamien on Dec 23, 2006 14:27:57 GMT 10
The high note at the end, Just brilliant!!!  |
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