[Free For All Friday]

I went for a 3 hour walk with trainers that seemed to shrink the longer I wore them....bad times. I'm sure tomorrow the pain will be even worse. Anywho, it's that that time again: Free For All Friday. Go nuts! Or Don't! You're free to do what you want to do! You've got to live your life, Do what you want to do....

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• Try not to get too perverted-this site still needs to basically be "safe for work".
• If somebody starts a controversial subject, try keeping it civil when dealing with it. If things get out of hand please flag the conversation.
• It would be nice if it stuck to music, but it's not a requirement! So talk about news, current events, how you're getting your hair done next time you hit the hairdresser! Whateves, really!
• No nasty comments aimed at other users.

Inappropriate hugs to all y'all (hi fives to the underagers), and wishing you an awesome weekend!

Ellie Goulding whispers Along To "I Need Your Love" and "Burn" @ 2014 Brit Awards

Ellie, Ellie, Ellie Goulding. You are my imaginary friend, but I can't condone your live vocals at the 2014 Brit Awards. The airy tone I like. In fact it's something I really enjoy about your impish voice. What isn't great is how weak and ghostly the overall quality of your voice sounded during this I Need Your Love/Burn medley.

It's clear that you can project, because the little exclamations that dotted the performance had some substance to them. It just seems that weight doesn't carry into the falsetto-y type singing that most of this performance consisted of. I think doing this might also be contributing to the problem.

I'll tell you what, though: the drum playing and grinding was getting a lot of guys (and a few girls) hot and bothered on Twitter yesterday. What relevance that has to anything I've written, who knows! Just thought it was worth mentioning.....

Katy Perry Turns Neon Cleopatra For 2014 Brit Performance

Katy Perry has been all up in that dress up box (again) for her 2014 Brit Award showing of Dark Horse.

Whereas her Grammy performance (of the same song) saw her turning to the occult for inspiration, this time the Diva went old school, and I mean REALLY old school, with an Egyptian style ensemble. If you thought the current site layout was bright and brash, just check out the neon/ luminescent colours Katy teamed the theme with to bring the production into the 21st century.

I'm not even going to speak on the vocals, as it's pretty much standard Katy Perry realness, but she did once again deliver on the visuals! I suppose we can't have it all...

[Watch] Beyonce Takes "XO" to The 2014 Brit Awards

I think Beyonce has spoilt me with her exceptional past performances. She has set the bar so high (for herself) that anything less than perfection leaves me slightly underwhelmed. Case in point, her rendition of XO at the 2014 Brit Awards.

Beyonce reportedly only touched down in the UK today, so lord knows she wouldn't have had much time to put this showing together. It actually goes some way to explaining why she chose to go down the Mariah Carey route- ie tight dress and not doing much on stage BAR singing.  However, with so little else going on, I was expecting the vocals to be as flawless as Bey herself was (and boy did she look FLAW-LESS).

Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Particularly noticeable was the problem she was having with her head voice at the end, potentially hinting at issues with her stamina or breathing. But overall, the voice just didn't soar as it usually does, with it constantly feeling that Bey was being careful with how high she took her voice.

Even still, Yonce managed to sing better than 99% of the Divas out there- and that was on a "bad" day!

Lady Gaga Gives A Stonking Performance Of "Artpop" @ The Tonight Show

Is this the beginning of the fresh push for ARTPOP that Lady Gaga promised her fans for the new year? If so, consider me being thoroughly here for it!

Taking the title track to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the singer delivered the song in textbook Gaga fashion: starting the track with only a piano, and then building upon it with further instrumentation as the song progressed.

The beginning was a beautiful take on the electropop song, with Gaga sounding theatrical and stunning. Even when the production stepped-up, the performance remained controlled and tight, marking a change to the chaotic feel this campaign has had thus far. Hopefully we'll see more of this from the Diva this year.

Gaga, you get a gold star from me for this performance; wear it with pride!

[Cover] Adele Sings Lady Antebellum's "I Need You Now"

It feels as if Adele has been off the scene for a millennium. She was only brought back to the forefront of my consciousness after bagging a Grammy at this year's awards for her James Bond theme song, Skyfall.

So hankering for some more Adele, I went on a YouTube bender, consuming videos featuring the singer in an almost undignified way. It was during this binge that I found the following video, taken in 2010, and it's been on constant replay since.

Take a listen to Adele (and Darius Rucker) covering Lady Antebellum's I Need You Now at the 2010 CMT Artists Of The Year.

Kylie Minogue Releases Album Sampler For "Kiss Me Once"

Kylie Minogue has released an album teaser for her next LP Kiss Me Once, which is due March 14.

Despite signing to Roc Nation, it doesn't look like the new album has Kylie changing lanes for an urban one- like most expected. Instead, the album sounds to be pretty accurately represented by its lead single Into The Blue, being electro-pop in genre and heavy on the synths. The tracks that immediately caught my attention, after previewing these 50 second teasers, were Million Miles, If Only, Beautiful and Fine, but I'm sure the list will expand when I hear the songs in their fullness.

I can't see Ms. Minogue winning any new fans with Kiss Me Once, but that's no concern of mine. I'm just happy to hear that the album, though not groundbreaking, is still sounding solid.