Genesia said:

The thought of Xtina screeching 1999 makes me barf.

She screeched through it just fine.

xpertluva said:

RRA said:

From EW.com, the apparent songs and who'll do them.

Christina Aquilera: "1999"
Adam Levine: "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
Cee Lo Green: "Little Red Corvette"
Blake Shelton: "Kiss"

As usual, nothing post '86, I see.

For real,

RRA said:

RodeoSchro said:

dandeeland said:

The video clip has been removed from NBC the voice website. Is this Prince's doing by threatening to sue? Just curious

You didn't miss anything, although there were some tasty guitar and keyboard licks on "1999".

And props to Adam Levine for trying "I Wanna Be Your Lover" but dude was several notes off.

I agree. That part had me wincing a bit, but it's the thought that counts, right?

I think it was decent. Adam was good but Cee-lo stole the show. I also have been watching the show and it is just what the name says, straight to the point.

Liked Adam the most

peacenlovealways said:

The guy from Maroon 5 sounds almost like Prince...he's the best one...the others suck.

U hit it on the nose:lol: I can't watch the show cus of the damn host carson Daly,he sucks the most!!

I liked it, and I bet that medley will introduce Prince to a lot of younger viewers. That episode of The Voice got huge overnight ratings, in fact.

I liked Blake Shelton's version of "Kiss" - cause he is the only one who really changed up the style of a song (I think Prince probably liked it. I wish they had played one of his newer songs, too, though.

The best way to watch The Voice, if you want to skip all the sappy backstories, is to DVR it or watch clips of it on Hulu. The Blind Auditions are really cool - but the backstories and interviewing are not.

NeonCraxx said:

I didn't think it was that great.

Yeah I didn't like it either. They can try... but they'll never be as good as the real thing.

johnart said:

Genesia said:

The thought of Xtina screeching 1999 makes me barf.

She screeched through it just fine.

She doesn't screech. She gurgles a gutteral roar.

I do not care for her voice at all.

Love how Cee-Lo Green borrowed Prince's costume from the W2A Tour! It was good. I don't expect any tribute to be better than the original artist. But it was a good effort.

Whenever these shows do Prince songs, I get excited. If anything it's only helping put Prince's music out there

I was impressed with Maroon 5's instrumental cover of Purple Rain when I was at their concert, but Adam disappointed me with "I wanna be your lover". His voice is only good for his own songs =(

the prince medley now on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ahJwund4F8

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FunkySideEffects said:

NeonCraxx said:

I didn't think it was that great.

Yeah I didn't like it either. They can try... but they'll never be as good as the real thing.

Ain't nobody trying to be the real thing. It was simply a tribute and it was respect to Prince. I liked it myself. I wasn't crazy about Blake's version of Kiss, but at the same time I guess it was cool to have his own country stamp on it.

UncleGrandpa said:

I lived through that and was impressed. As brief as it was, they did very well on songs that are almost older than they are. It must be because those songs still belong to WB or Universal they were able to get the rights. I'll give them a three out five stars, but I'm not going to watch the show because I suffer from apathy.

In an interview on Jimmy Fallon's show a couple days ago, Adam Levine thanked Prince for giving them clearance to the songs - so it sounds like they ran it by Prince himself, not just WB. Adam also said that Prince rarely grants clearance to his songs, so they were grateful.

and of course, no sign of these songs on the itunes 200

Saw it, was pretty nonplused. The truncated group versions didn't help. Much prefer a solo effort by Ceelo. Don't even get me started on that countryfied version of Kiss, scary bad.

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