Satisfying some deep-seated pop-cultural need, two traditions collided last night, as the cast of TV’s Glee covered Radiohead’s 20-year-old hit “Creep.” It’s the type of obvious-in-hindsight meeting that Nostradamus might have predicted, and the results are, well, predictable. “Creep” has been covered by everyone from Kelly Clarkson to Korn — SPIN ranked the 10 best versions — while Glee has previously tackled Hole’s “Celebrity Skin,” Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know,” and many other songs. Here, as the YouTube description helpfully explains, Rachel is questioning “whether she belongs here with Brody, who admits to being a ‘Creep.'” Played by Lea Michele and Dean Geyer, the two perform the song as an emotion-wracked duet, and when they sing the part about running, they run. So it’s about what you’d expect, but Lance Armstrong’s “Creep” “cover” is still very special.
Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ Gets the ‘Glee’ Treatment as Literal-Minded Duet
