It's a Mad World

This week's American Idol performance by Adam Lambert - which got cut off on my dvr recording and I had to come to the web site after knowing who gets eliminated this week to see it - was another master. When we hit the Top 10 I called Adam Lambert as the Idol. Alexis Grace was my top pick up until that point, she made such amazing changes and was so hip, I thought she would pull it off.

Anyway, hearing later what Lambert sang this week and not remembering who originally sang the song, my husband did remember that it was a Tears for Fears song but thought that someone else had redone it in the last few years. So I hit the iTunes store to see the artists for this song title. Then I had to go to YouTube to see who Michael Andrews was.

Now hearing this version I know I have heard this song a lot actually. It's so skillfully done that I would never have guessed its original artist and connected it to an 80s pop band. The video here is quite good, also.

I was happy to see that Lambert also took this song to a whole new place. So there are three great versions of this song now available for my listening pleasure.