More Adele's

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I think I am now officially Adele's fan as I wondered through you tube searching for this girl's live performances. I like watching a singer's (or a group's) live performances because I can see whether he/she/they can really sing or not lol. As for Adele, I am amazed at how terrific her live performances are. She was never off the key. She made wonderful improvisations on her own song. Sometimes, her live performances are better than the recorded version. I would like to share you three Adele's live performances that I love the most. Somehow, the three are in acoustics version:

Someone Like You
This song is about your "x". It's not about crying over your x, but keep on happy for your "x", cherishing the days with your "x". She performed it on Brits Awards 2011. She is so much into the song. Astonishing performance. 

Chasing Pavements
It's from her first album,  19. I love how she made improvisations in this song. Superb performance !!

Rolling in the Deep
Too bad the acoustic version cannot be embedded. You can youtube it !!! This one is also great though hahaha. This upbeat song shows that Adele can sing not only in slow tempo but also in faster tempo. 

this one is Rolling in the Deep's cover by John Legend, I can tell that I love both version haha

Long live SOUL musics !!!


Comments

  1. AzreenchanMay 16, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Aha!

    Beautiful voice for my soul ♥ ♥

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  2. Rizqi ArifuddinMay 16, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    I started the day by watching Chasing Pavement's live performance above :D

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