Just couple of days ago, I twittered about one of my favourite songs – Gary Jules’ version of Mad World.
Tonight, I was haunted by Adam Lambert’s rendition of it on American Idol. It was a simple, slightly different, not overly-the-top(nor flamboyant by Adam’s standard), and… just hypnotising.
“Look right through me.. look right through me..”
“The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I ever had…”
“No one knew me.. no one knew me…” and, at this part, the insecurity pours out.
I remember being hypnotised by Phantom of the Opera in London, and there is something just so… I don’t know, captivating about his performance that I keep looping it to just watch him sing.
And knowing how his lifestyle preference is under intense scrutiny, I wonder if it is his story he is telling.
And “I can’t make you love me” is also one of the lovely songs I adore, and sang by a contestant I cannot quite connect with, though I have to admit it was quite a notable performance.
“Don’t patronise… don’t patronise…”
And here, Adam with his very… hypnotising cover of one of my favourite songs. A little strange, a little psychopathic, a little warped, a little insecure, a little afraid and… yet like an amazingly addictive like a drug.
