"Crazy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va-QvaSpWL4

This is a video from the first season of The Voice.  The judges of this show, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguileria, Adam Levine, and Ce Lo Green came together to perform the hit song "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley which Ce Lo Green was a part of.  I like this version of the song because it blends 4 different singers together who each sing very different types of music.  It is a nice change to mix it up.  Even though they all sing very differently, blending their voices together worked.

Collin McLoughlin from The Voice

This is a video of a man named Collin McLoughlin doing an acoustic version of Adele's "Someone like you", Katy Perry's "The one that got away", and Rihanna's "We found love".  I first saw Collin on the show, The Voice.  I fell in love with his audition and have been following him ever since.  He started off on Adam Levine's team but Adam let him go and Blake Shelton stole him for his team so he is still on the show!  I think his voice is clean and refreshing.  He is definitely unique and I find his videos of him singing very calming.  I hope he makes it far!

The A-team

This is the official music video for Ed Sheeran's "The A-team".  Recently, this song has been all over the radio and is becoming more and more popular.  It has a good melody and the message of the song is very powerful.  The song describes the life of a troubled young girl who does whatever she can to survive.  The video for this song makes it even more powerful.  It describes that she is addicted to drugs. When it says that she's in class A-team, it is referring to her feeling when she is on the drugs. It also talks about her horrible appearance and that she sells her love to men for money.  The line it's too cold outside for angels to fly is referring to her wanting a different life.  I love this song for the melody and the meaning and think it is a good song for everyone to hear and watch the video.

4 Chords

The Axis of Awesome is an Australian musical comedy act. The band's members are Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis. They made this song called 4 Chords which consists of 36 popular songs.  The songs all use the same 4 chords and this band uses it as a form of humor.  They made this music video singing all of the songs which make one long song.  They dress up as the musicians and incorporate funny costumes as entertainment.  It's interesting to see which songs are actually similar.  I never realized it until I hear this song.

The X Factor

I was watching The X Factor a couple weeks ago and saw this 13 year old girl, Carly Rose Sonenclar, perform Nina Simone's "Feeling Good".  When she first came out and told the four judges what she was going to sing, you can see that they did not expect this to be a good performance because it is such a powerful song.  Once Carly Rose opened her mouth, the judges and everyone else was blown away.  She has such a wide range for only being 13 years old.  She sang the song perfectly and had such confidence while doing it.  Her performance was effortless.  She is definitely a natural star and I hope she continues to do well on the show.