radio 1 live lounge. volume 3 .

yah so true. The cover of eminem's lose yourself is idd really great. It's quite hard to take someone else's song and not copy them but make the song your own.

But it's also rare to find truly gifted singers. There are tons of high profile artists that just bite the biscuit when they have to do it live. But then there are a rare few that just have such absolute control over their voices that's it's simply impossible not to watch them in awe.

One of such performances is Katherine McPhee on American Idol (yah yah I know, commercial crap blah but that's not the point). She did one of the most amazing performances I've seen on that show. It may not be your cup of tea, but what she did in this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAg9C0OQr8c ) performance is absolutely so fucking incredible. Mind the things that make this hard. 1. She has to start by herself without music and thus has to take a pitch without anything to refer to. 2. When the music comes in, she has to start together with the music so if she is off in pitch on that moment you would hear it right away and 3. She's sitting down on the ground the entire song which makes controlling your breath, which ofcourse is very important in singing, much harder.

Truly one gifted woman. Don't like her music much but damnit she has talent.

Radiohead is my work music, I'd go for My Iron Lung as first choice, but Creep is awesome too. That acoustic version is great!