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As long-time readers and admirers of My Old Kentucky Blog, we were distressed to receive a tip in our inbox, claiming the site lifted significant portions of the Wikipedia entry on Radiohead's "Creep", without giving any credit to the fine, fine nerds who work on Wikipedia. After checking it out, it looks like MOKB jacked not just a few little facts or figures, but entire paragraph-length passages (again, without crediting Wiki). What the hell's wrong with you kids? How hard is it to write 800 original words about Radiohead? That's the only band you ever talk about.

UPDATE: MOKB posted a note this evening: "It appears I am facing expulsion from Blog U. I've lost my scholarship for sure and am likely to end up down the street at the local Junior Blog college. I apologize to all parties involved for the heinous plagerization of Wikipedia on my Term Blog Post Paper."

No worries, MOKB. As we noted in the intro, you're one of our favorites. MOKB also notes that Gerard vs. Bear had this "story" hours before we did, but frankly, we were too busy making Clay Aiken jokes to notice. Now that we mention it, can we all just get back to making Clay Aiken jokes? It's what we're best at.

Click through to find three examples of suspiciously close "Creep" critiques.

EXAMPLE 1
From Wikipedia's "Creep" entry, last modified Sept. 22, 2006:

"Creep" was the first single (not counting the Drill EP) from the English rock band Radiohead, and a track on their 1993 debut album Pablo Honey. When it was first given limited release in September 1992, Radio 1 found it too depressing, and so after being aired only twice, it was taken off the station's playlist, but it subsequently became the band's biggest hit.

From today's MOKB post on "Creep":

Creep is widely considered the song that launched Radiohead into the world music spotlight. It was their first single from their 1993 album Pablo Honey. When it was first given limited release in September 1992, Radio 1 found it too depressing, and so after being aired only twice, it was taken off the station's playlist.

EXAMPLE 2

From Wiki:

The single is generally credited with catapulting the band to world-wide renown. In late March 1993 they flew to Israel for their first taste of fame following its success there as a result of heavy airplay on Galei Tzahal, and late in May they flew to the USA for more success— a San Francisco radio station had picked it up, and little by little "Creep" had permeated the nation's airwaves.

From MOKB:

In late March 1993 they flew to Israel for their first taste of fame following its success there as a result of heavy airplay on Galei Tzahal, and late in May they flew to the USA as a San Francisco radio station had picked it up, and little by little "Creep permeated the nation's airwaves. It did not become a in the UK until September of that year almost a year after it's official release.

EXAMPLE 3

From Wiki:

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.

From MOKB:

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.

There's not enough bold-faced fonts in the world for that last paragraph.

Creep (song) [Wikipedia]
MOKB Covers Project Redux: Creep [My Old Kentucky Blog]