Adam Levine is having a tough week - He didn't exactly shine as the host of Saturday Night Live this weekend...maybe he was thrown off of his game after reading Billboard's interview with Prince where the puple one voiced his disinterest in Maroon 5's cover of his 1986 classic 'Kiss':

I do pay performance royalties on others' songs I perform live, but I'm not recording these songs and putting them up for sale. Why do we need to hear another cover of a song someone else did? Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.


You be the judge: How does Maroon 5's 'Kiss' treatment hold up against the original?



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Source: Billboard.com + NME.com