Round Six: Alex61 v Gilad (687 views)

[Steve]

This is Alex61 v Gilad in Round Six of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:00 BST Time November 28 to vote. November 29 is the Results Day.

This is the Alt-Team Round! If you picked three singers, use any two, the other doesn't matter. If you picked two, you must use both but you have the chance for a 0.5 bonus if you sweep.

The categories for Round Six are:
1. Best Sustained High Note(s): A passage wherein any sustained high note - relative to the singer - is sung.
2. Best Vocal Cover: A performance of a song originally by another artist. The point here is not really to compare the two versions, but the cover itself to be impressive enough to stand on its own.

The contestants are free to post their clips, voting commences as soon as they have.

Vote here.

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[Gilad]

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{Best Sustained High Notes - Adam Lambert}
(1:30 - 1:48, 2:15 - 2:33) Adam Lambert's famous American Idol performance of "A Change Is Gonna Come", with a sustained E5 and C#5. I kinda wanna let this clip speak for itself. Denying this gorgeous man's incredible singing abilities would simply be foolish at this point.

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{Best Cover - Matt Bellamy}

(1:23 until the end) Pretty much whenever a popular music publication polls its audience on their favorite covers, Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" finds its way on the list. And it's easy to see why. Bellamy and the boys, in true British fashion, made this 60s musical number their own with a twist of fun hard-rock and dystopia. And of course, Matt Bellamy's versatile, dynamic and truly unique vocals hold it all together.

[Alex61]

Slim pickings this time, it seems...

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{Best Sustained High Note}
THIS CLIP (2:23 to 2:51) from "Kisses of Fire" - Agnetha holds a mighty sustained C5 here.

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{Best Vocal Cover}
THIS CLIP (1:01 - 2:58, skipping 1:30 - 1:44 as it's instrumental) from Kate Pierson coving "Venus". Going a bit left-field here - Kate obviously has quite a quirky voice but here she shows she's actually a talented singer, belting up to G5 and sustaining some decent head voice highs. Also worth noting - she's nearly 70 here!