The Voice Season 8

[Tom22]

It was quite a show.

I liked the "urban girl" take on Kelly' Clarkson's "Stronger" .. I bought the character and emotion with a "who's that girl" singing it.

I really liked Sawyer again and he managed to bring a fresh take to Imagine to also fit a different personalty/state of mind of a character approaching the words which is no easy feat...
... I like the way he starts understated then lets the glow of his voice fill out notes as he digs into the song. I love that Sawyer can put a lot of breath behind notes when he gets going without ever coming across as yelling or shouting etc.

I've got some of the same issues with the HOTR cover as Haley's cover of that song made worse by Kimberly yelling it a bit in my estimation (but her voice is pretty good in that way she's emphatic even if I think it's should be handled closer to a sailor's song)

I haven't quite got my head around what "girl crush" means but it Meghan has a warm and powerful sound to her voice and she had a full and rich with many emotions alternating throughout the song in ways I bought (if I only understood what she clearly had meaning behing haha.. I like it because I KNOW she's got an understanding of her own behind every phrase as she sings it (whether it's connected with the lyrics or not is still ok with me.. just need to listen to it more to go the same places she is).

I think its great though... blaming myself on that one Haha.

What is really special about the show was that you had 12 strong performers with voices on the level of Top 3 idols... the depth is impressive.

One thing though... I'm not sure any of the songs are something I'd buy....which is probably all personal preference but it is unusual that I can approve of the quality so much while lacking something else. For a contrary example, I enjoy Heejun Han's My Life (from a few years ago on Idol) which is really sung terribly other than the "I want to be that guy" aspect of it that makes it make me feel good listening to.

Joshua Davis has such a beautiful voice and I think he's singing earnestly but between the type of folk song (as apposed to a good old whaling folk song haha) and something else.. I'm still waiting for something he'll sing that I can connect to and savor his voice at the same time.