i heard that he actually won and said to give it to the other guy because he was going to sing with queen . adam is a great person and deserves our respect .
Adam was just so different from everyone else on Idol that season. His song choices and style were just on another level. This man was born to be a star!
Im kind glad he didn't win (although I wanted him to win) because most boys and girls who win shows like this gain the money and cd record and we never heard of them. The people who don't win shows like this have more success and are more heard than the one who did. Don't get me wrong I think he was the one who deserved to win but then maybe we wasn't such we'll know like he is now :)
Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood certainly have done well...both winners...but not always Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert, while not winning have done very well....now only the Voice is left for singers to try and get a career..with the internet and you tube you can do it that way so the shows lost audiences and faded away..Adam was one of a kind..he just knew what songs to do, and how to perform them..looked so easy for him...still does...
@@serendipitous671 That's the way it goes. The AI winner seldom comes out on top. Adam is so talented. I love listening to him sing. He doesn't just sing. He puts his heart into it.
I feel the same way. No other, version not even the original artist's version tops it, or ever could. Adam sings it with so much feeling & depth that it brings me to tears .
I threw my bottle of beer at the TV when he was not announced the winner on idol i was furious. But now he is paying tribute to the legendary Freddie Mercury singing lead for the incredible band QUEEN and also doing so much more. ADAM LAMBERT IS THE GREASTEST THERE EVER WAS ON IDOL! 👏😍👑
This performance is so good no words can do it justice. I'm stunned every time I see it. His facial expressions and delivery are second to none. No one on American Idol has come close to his talent before or since he appeared. I'm still in awe at his polished training and vocal ability.
When you are making these statements I truly hope that you are saying Second To None simply on the show. Because the original by Tears for Fears is by far a superior singing of the song. That being said I am not taking away from this man's performance. I'm just saying that it does not compare to the original. 2:19
Its Sept 2019 and I am still completely mesmerized by Adams haunting performances of Mad World. So happy for the success he has had with Queen for the last 8 years. Him being the runner up was a total joke,..HE WAS THE WINNER!,.. but it kept him from getting locked into Idol's contract and as soon as he was freed from the show, Queen tapped him to be their front man. Karma kicked in!
Absolutely. Never saw American Idol but I saw him with QUEEN in February in New Zealand and I was blown away. Since then I've been fascinated, and as mesmerized as you are by this performance - and many others.
I can listen to this song Over And Over Again I absolutely am of Adam Lambert fan right from the beginning when he first opened his mouth on American idol
I've watched / listened to Adam's performance of Mad World numerous times and it still gives me chills every single time. Adam has an amazing talent and I was shocked when he didn't win that season of AI.
I swear I get this song stuck in my head and at least once a day I get on You Tube and watch Adams performance I love the way he slowed the tempo down and he put so much emotion into the song. I don't think that since Freddie Mercury passed that Queen could have found a better front man for their group. He is quite the showman
I absolutely adore Adam Lambert!! In my estimation they're is NOTHING he can't sing!! He makes everthing he sings sound amazing!! He's so talente! A SUPERSTAR!! I called him to win his season on American Idol. He didn't but it didn't matter as he rose to fame anyway. Actually it may have helped him to not win. He's my American Idol!! 🎤🎼🎶❤❤❤
He is a true artist. He sang it without vocal gymnastics . Perfect pitch. The stage , the fog, his costume takes the listener on a journey. And that one high crazy note. Wow, tasty little tease. Well done ! He has longevity . Not like the screaming, yelling, belting contestants today. They will be very forgettable .
Adam. I have loved you every since Idol. Your talent is so pure and beautiful. This is coming from a 66 yr old woman who us straight, bean married 46 years. I just know talent when I see it. Good luck with your career sweetheart
I followed Adam through the whole season and every performance was more amazing than the last one. he sings with so much passion and feeling and love he's just the greatest thing that ever came out of American Idol and still going strong.
I stopped watching this show after he came second. He gave us the best season and was by far was the best performer and singer this show has highlighted.
+Marita A. Hansen American idol wants to make money - if adam would have won we would never hear from the guy they gave the win to. same with clay - they gave him 2nd place and ruben the win. if they gave it to clay we would never heard from ruben. its about the $$$
The fact that I remember this very performance from 11 years ago because of how good it was and just remembering Simon give him a standing O. The judges now stand for every dang song .
If Adam competed today, he would win. He was the total package, talented, amazing vocals, and gushing with creativity. America wasn't ready for him, but after years and years of a talent drought, someone with his talent would be welcomed.
Adam won: Adam Lambert has 4 multi-platinum albums, 2 of them in first place on billboard, 3 sold out world tours, a grammy nomination, he has sung before an audience of 500 million in China, he has won 40 world awards, he is the best singer in the world, a fashion icon, a defender of human rights. Adam is the frontman of Queen, with them he has made 6 tours with 218 shows totally sold in 42 countries before 4 million people, a # 1 album in various countries, a documentary that is the # 6 most watched movie on Netflix in the world, winner of the best band in rock in the world. So Adam Lambert is a winner his solo and with Queen shows sell out in minutes. He do in october a residency in Las Vegas that sold in a few hours. Adam next proyect is producing,directing and writing a rock musical and a new rock album. They just sold 36 concerts in Europe literally in minutes.
Truly the most gifted male artist… the best singer in this century. He has a serious gift. He also knows instinctively how to use it. The best tone in any register on the planet today.
Never thought about him not winning that way, thank you! Adam with Queen brings there playbook too a younger audience. His version of Who Wants to Live Forever after the Orlando Florida tragedy is memorable & extremely re-watchable!
Been watching Idol since the early 2000s, and when I first saw Adam Lambert on Idol- I fell in love with him! Everything about Adam like his talented voice, his style, and his looks! I had a huge crush on Adam! Surprised he didn’t win Idol!
He was just on another level. Far supposed anyone then, anyone now! i STILL go back to this! what student didn’t feel this?! Lost, scared, all of it! we ALL did!He nailed this song better than anyone! i never watched this show before, heard it in the background of a friends home and INSTANTLY fell in love. i haven’t seen ANYONE come close to him! Ever! until this day!
This performance made me fall in love with him. He killed it. I've loved this song from the original Tears for Fears, til now. Adam Lambert is a gift to everyone who listens to his voice.
I will never EVER forget how I felt watching him on Idol. Utterly riveting in every performance .. I couldn't breathe, he was that mindblowing. If we moved the 2009 competition forward a decade, I bet he'd win.
He is so amazing because he can sing a song like this and then go to the opposite end of the spectrum and do the Queen songs. He didn't win the show but he is an absolute star and is incredible.
I don't think most people realize just how difficult it is for a singer to move while you're singing something slow like this (without having your voice quaver or break). Going down a set of stairs even more so! No words. I remember seeing Janet Jackson do this, too. This is still prevalent in theater work, stage musicals because that's where the concentration of talent is among singers. You'll rarely see it on TV, in film, or streaming.
I too remember this performance. That moment, I fell in love with his talent and knew that he would make it in the music industry. The best that American Idol ever had.
***** Honestly, what did you just say? Queen is a legend of music, and i'm a huge adam fan (glambert) but I can't let it slip that U seem to think such things of Queen.
I promise I did too. I hate when things like that happen. Like ugh I watched the whole damn season for this crap?!! (*throws remote at television in disgust*)
I also quit watching...he was so far ahead of everyone else...he had me from the first note and just kept getting more and more spectacular...and he did prove that second best definitely has its benefits...lol! Not only is his voice incredibly beautiful but his heart and soul as well! I love you Adam...
My favorite of all his brillant performances. He drew me in. We all knew then that this was a rare star quality and boy has he proven everyone right who saw that.
By FAR the best cover of this song by anyone. Even better than the original. Both of his Mad World performances are my go to's on You Tube. He should have WON that season hands down.
We all wanted him to win, but 2and place was the best thing for his career! You do Not want to get stuck with that horrible contract the winners have. Queen had already spoke for him before the finale.
as amazing as this version is I am going to have to disagree with your statement that it is better than Tears for Fears. And I'm not simply saying this because Tears for Fears did it first. It's just a better version. I'm a huge fan of nine inch nails. But, Johnny Cash did a far superior version of Hurt. As a matter of fact I never really cared for Nine Inch Nails Hurt.
He may not have won the battle but he definitely won the war. What a legend.
YEP---BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM ...
i heard that he actually won and said to give it to the other guy because he was going to sing with queen . adam is a great person and deserves our respect .
Adam was just so different from everyone else on Idol that season. His song choices and style were just on another level. This man was born to be a star!
That was the problem. No one knew how to take Adam and what BOX to put him in because there is NO BOX.
NATURAL BORN STAR-- EVEN MY MOM HAD THE HOTS FOR HIM AND SHE WAS 84 AT THE TIME--LOL
Empressoftheflames I agree hole heartedly
Empressoftheflames yes!! Adam is phenomenal!!
HE STILL LOST THO
He should have won that season.
#johnwolf yes he definitely should have won!
Im kind glad he didn't win (although I wanted him to win) because most boys and girls who win shows like this gain the money and cd record and we never heard of them. The people who don't win shows like this have more success and are more heard than the one who did. Don't get me wrong I think he was the one who deserved to win but then maybe we wasn't such we'll know like he is now :)
Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood certainly have done well...both winners...but not always Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert, while not winning have done very well....now only the Voice is left for singers to try and get a career..with the internet and you tube you can do it that way so the shows lost audiences and faded away..Adam was one of a kind..he just knew what songs to do, and how to perform them..looked so easy for him...still does...
But he is the true winner because he is now successful and doing something he enjoys.
Jax Blueman and you noticed that those votes show up at the end
Adam Lambert was literally one of the greatest singers on American Idol that I’ve ever seen. I honesty thought in his season he was unstoppable.
put him in any season and he's unstoppable
Get chills each time I watch and listen
Agreed!
I can never forget this one. Gave me goosebumps. He was clearly a star.
He IS a star. He's very successful even though he didn't win American Idol.
I’m seeing this seven years later and like the first time, this performance just gave me goosebumps!!!
Understatement.
@@serendipitous671 That's the way it goes. The AI winner seldom comes out on top. Adam is so talented. I love listening to him sing. He doesn't just sing. He puts his heart into it.
Same here. Unforgettable. I paid and downloaded it and played it over and over!
So beautifully haunting to this day in 2024.❤❤
very true!
1:13 something about the way he sang, "I was very nervous," was so perfect to me holy shit it sounded so awesome
You're right- Inflection perfect
. Freaking great song too.
the mole on v's nose I GAVE ME SO MANY FEELS TOO
And then at 1:30. I LOVE it when artists take little liberties like that and make them spectacular 😊
Here I am 11 years later, loving this every bit as much as when I first heard Adam perform this!!!
Me too
Same
Have you heard the original?
2023 y sigo viendolo a él brillar
Best performance AI ever had!
I am 69 and followed him from day one on American Idol. Loved him back then and still to this day. His amazing talent is beyond words!
Adam should have won. One of the best voices I have ever heard.
He was phenomenal on Idol. But he was better off not winning. He would’ve been stuck on their contract and it would have hindered his career
He did win. Look at his success by not winning the competition and being free to go his own way.
one of the best versions of MAD WORLD
THE BEST EVER!! LAMBERT Outlaw
I feel the same way. No other, version not even the original artist's version tops it, or ever could. Adam sings it with so much feeling & depth that it brings me to tears .
Yes him 1st then Gary Jules, then Tears for Fears.
THE best version.
@@nicorizzo5402 Yes I think so too. He is so awesome here.
This was hands-down the best performance ever on AI. No one ever came close to this.
Kelly Clarkson: Hold my beer
David Pittman AGREED💙
Uh what about David Cook with "Billie Jean." That was pretty amazing. I knew David would win after that one. Did you not watch season 7?
Agree totally. That range of voice is something really special and hard, a born gift.
Even though I’m a huge Kelly Clarkson fan I have to agree with you on this one ☝🏻
He was and still is the best ❤
I listen to this song even after all the years that have passed. Adam Lambert stirs my emotions.
yes!!!
Different level, intelligence awareness, and more, just can’t be quantified, I’m just moved
Is it me or could you listen to it over and over
I can too
Ive liesten to this so many times-- dam, he has such charisma
His version is so much better than Tears for Fears version.
He sang the Gary Jules cover.
I too could listen to him all day
This performance still gives me chills. He was amazing. A true gift to us all.
Amen 🙏
A true giftnto us all
Agreed!
Looking back on seeing this when I was a kid, I think this performance changed me. Incredible song.
And true.
I love this comment
Ridiculous. Simply amazing.
I threw my bottle of beer at the TV when he was not announced the winner on idol i was furious. But now he is paying tribute to the legendary Freddie Mercury singing lead for the incredible band QUEEN and also doing so much more. ADAM LAMBERT IS THE GREASTEST THERE EVER WAS ON IDOL! 👏😍👑
best singer ever on American idol
You are correct.
Truth.
Best song ever on American Idol
Yes.. top 5 performance for sure
This performance is so good no words can do it justice. I'm stunned every time I see it. His facial expressions and delivery are second to none. No one on American Idol has come close to his talent before or since he appeared. I'm still in awe at his polished training and vocal ability.
We’ll said!
When you are making these statements I truly hope that you are saying Second To None simply on the show. Because the original by Tears for Fears is by far a superior singing of the song.
That being said I am not taking away from this man's performance. I'm just saying that it does not compare to the original. 2:19
100 percent!
Great comment
Something that will never be forgotten the best singer on A I the best
Lambert with the dreamy guy liner and intense stare and that fking voice 😍
In my opinion he won this season of Idol!!
He is an amazing performer. I am 66 yrs old & absolutely loved this performance. Still watch this video !!
Are you still alive?
💕AdamLambert💞
I'm 66, too, and still just as entranced in 2023 as I was watching it live on T.V. 11 years ago.
Best contestant ever on Idol.
.....He is my favorite artist!!
Adam is my new addiction!!! His entire soul is poured into this song and it’s amazingly beautiful!!!
He was already the biggest and best star . The best voice!!!
I remember watching this performance and thinking to myself this beautiful human is something special
I love this song mad world
Its Sept 2019 and I am still completely mesmerized by Adams haunting performances of Mad World. So happy for the success he has had with Queen for the last 8 years. Him being the runner up was a total joke,..HE WAS THE WINNER!,.. but it kept him from getting locked into Idol's contract and as soon as he was freed from the show, Queen tapped him to be their front man. Karma kicked in!
Absolutely. Never saw American Idol but I saw him with QUEEN in February in New Zealand and I was blown away. Since then I've been fascinated, and as mesmerized as you are by this performance - and many others.
Great comment. I totally agree.
It’s August 2021 and I too am completely still mesmerized by this performance. I always watch it now and then
Thats why he disnt qin. So he could go out in the world and be adam. Hednhave been locked inside american idol for years
it's documented on Queen and Adam Lambert's NETFLIX movie, he wanted to win.
Haven’t watched idol in years, will always remember this
Adam is my dream person to meet & talk music.🎶 I cried when he sang this song live.🌹🌹🌹
If there ever was perfection, he is it.
Wow. He took that song to a whole other level.
Freakin STAR!!! I can listen to him sing all day!!! Knew hed be a star from his first audition! Cant wait for the Queen Tour!!!!
He had a dream, he knew what he wanted!!! His dream has come true!!! You made it!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍.....
Respect this guy since day 1 ❤🥺🙏🍀
The Year You Were Born night a Tears For Fears song, 1982. His best performance for me cson 9 of A.I.👍❤😊
Such a magnificent song for Adam to sing! He is the best Idol Contestants ever!
I can listen to this song Over And Over Again I absolutely am of Adam Lambert fan right from the beginning when he first opened his mouth on American idol
I've watched / listened to Adam's performance of Mad World numerous times and it still gives me chills every single time. Adam has an amazing talent and I was shocked when he didn't win that season of AI.
I swear I get this song stuck in my head and at least once a day I get on You Tube and watch Adams performance I love the way he slowed the tempo down and he put so much emotion into the song. I don't think that since Freddie Mercury passed that Queen could have found a better front man for their group. He is quite the showman
Adam is so Top 🔥 Tier was then and is now ❤
Dudes pipes are out this world🤌🖤
Singer for Queen that says it all.
I saw him for the first time on American idol and just knew he would go to the top his voice out of this world
A star was being born🥰
What a zeitgeist of talent. Its like a klieg light follows him around everywhere - not just on stage.
Still banging this in 2023 at 29 years old when times get tough no word of a lie this performance helps so for that thanks Adam
I get it
All of a sudden this phenomenally extraordinary voice appeared. A voice like no other…..Adam Lambert.🎤🎶🔥♥️
I absolutely adore Adam Lambert!! In my estimation they're is NOTHING he can't sing!! He makes everthing he sings sound amazing!! He's so talente! A SUPERSTAR!! I called him to win his season on American Idol. He didn't but it didn't matter as he rose to fame anyway. Actually it may have helped him to not win. He's my American Idol!! 🎤🎼🎶❤❤❤
He looks like Dream of the Endless! The song just seals the deal
Down the Adam Lambert CZcams rabbit hole and comments are at 999. Adam is a phenomenon...and this is the 1000th comment 😬😂
Hauntingly beautiful 😭😭😭😭😭
One of the best singers love love love
He is a true artist. He sang it without vocal gymnastics . Perfect pitch. The stage , the fog, his costume takes the listener on a journey. And that one high crazy note. Wow, tasty little tease. Well done ! He has longevity . Not like the screaming, yelling, belting contestants today. They will be very forgettable .
Kathleen sarachinsky his voice is such a tease it gives me mental arousment
Yeah that's right baby!
You just summed up this performance perfectly!
Nailed it absolutely hate vocal gymnastics
Very well said.
Simply put the greatest performance on American Idol ever
God it’s been Years and to this day Adam singing this Song is one of the best Vocals I have ever heard.💕🐺
Greetings from MCGI💕
What an absolute icon
Best singer the show has ever had. Just an insane voice
Im still so mad to this day in 2021 that Adam didn't win this season when he was very clearly the obvious winner.
Omg he's amazing
Of all those that have covered this song his version is my favorite
When my wife watched the episode on American Idol when Adam sang Mad World, she was breathless, she forgot to breath, she thought it was so beautiful.
Adam. I have loved you every since Idol. Your talent is so pure and beautiful. This is coming from a 66 yr old woman who us straight, bean married 46 years. I just know talent when I see it. Good luck with your career sweetheart
He absolutely should have won,but wait he won in the end! SWEET
This is the song that did it for me....mesmerizing.....gave me goosebumps.
I followed Adam through the whole season and every performance was more amazing than the last one. he sings with so much passion and feeling and love he's just the greatest thing that ever came out of American Idol and still going strong.
After he didn't win his season, I just never felt the same about AI.
+Julie Fields
+Pat Lowman Same here -- I just pulled this up because it comes back to haunt me...Not sure I ever watched another full season.
I stopped watching this show after he came second. He gave us the best season and was by far was the best performer and singer this show has highlighted.
+Pat Lowman Same here. I feel he was totally robbed but he is so successful now, doesn't matter!
+Marita A. Hansen American idol wants to make money - if adam would have won we would never hear from the guy they gave the win to. same with clay - they gave him 2nd place and ruben the win. if they gave it to clay we would never heard from ruben. its about the $$$
The fact that I remember this very performance from 11 years ago because of how good it was and just remembering Simon give him a standing O. The judges now stand for every dang song .
This may not have been Adam Lambert’s song….. but it became His song. I have been haunted by it in ways that the original just couldn’t.
He's great, but there's nobody who's does it better than Gary Jules himself
Best pipes ever on a human. His musical choices and style will transcend. Touring with queen is a great start.
If Adam competed today, he would win. He was the total package, talented, amazing vocals, and gushing with creativity. America wasn't ready for him, but after years and years of a talent drought, someone with his talent would be welcomed.
Lucy Thomas & Angelina Jordan...
😂🤭☝️He did win.🤔Why does everybody think he lost?😳🤷♀️
Adam won:
Adam Lambert has 4 multi-platinum albums, 2 of them in first place on billboard, 3 sold out world tours, a grammy nomination, he has sung before an audience of 500 million in China, he has won 40 world awards, he is the best singer in the world, a fashion icon, a defender of human rights. Adam is the frontman of Queen, with them he has made 6 tours with 218 shows totally sold in 42 countries before 4 million people, a # 1 album in various countries, a documentary that is the # 6 most watched movie on Netflix in the world, winner of the best band in rock in the world. So Adam Lambert is a winner his solo and with Queen shows sell out in minutes. He do in october a residency in Las Vegas that sold in a few hours. Adam next proyect is producing,directing and writing a rock musical and a new rock album.
They just sold 36 concerts in Europe literally in minutes.
are you serious? The level of homophobia, specially in 🇺🇸 has gotten worse since a bunch of liars and crooks took over the political scene.
Plus, he was gorgeous!
I just listened to Adam again after many years. Greatness!
Truly the most gifted male artist… the best singer in this century. He has a serious gift. He also knows instinctively how to use it. The best tone in any register on the planet today.
Adam is the BEST singer who has EVER been on American Idol. Not dissing Carrie or Kelly.
In the long run, we already know who is the true winner.
Never thought about him not winning that way, thank you! Adam with Queen brings there playbook too a younger audience. His version of Who Wants to Live Forever after the Orlando Florida tragedy is memorable & extremely re-watchable!
Beautiful. This man has pipes for days. From the moment I heard him sing, I knew he was a Star.
Been watching Idol since the early 2000s, and when I first saw Adam Lambert on Idol- I fell in love with him! Everything about Adam like his talented voice, his style, and his looks! I had a huge crush on Adam! Surprised he didn’t win Idol!
This was just the beginning for him.
Who would ever imagine he would front for Queen one day!❤
He was just on another level. Far supposed anyone then, anyone now! i STILL go back to this! what student didn’t feel this?! Lost, scared, all of it! we ALL did!He nailed this song better than anyone! i never watched this show before, heard it in the background of a friends home and INSTANTLY fell in love. i haven’t seen ANYONE come close to him! Ever! until this day!
He is an immense talent.
I don't care how many times I hear this, I get chills every single time! Thank you Adam for making me want to "listen to music again"!
This performance made me fall in love with him. He killed it. I've loved this song from the original Tears for Fears, til now. Adam Lambert is a gift to everyone who listens to his voice.
I will never EVER forget how I felt watching him on Idol. Utterly riveting in every performance .. I couldn't breathe, he was that mindblowing. If we moved the 2009 competition forward a decade, I bet he'd win.
Great comment
He is so amazing because he can sing a song like this and then go to the opposite end of the spectrum and do the Queen songs. He didn't win the show but he is an absolute star and is incredible.
I don't think most people realize just how difficult it is for a singer to move while you're singing something slow like this (without having your voice quaver or break). Going down a set of stairs even more so! No words. I remember seeing Janet Jackson do this, too. This is still prevalent in theater work, stage musicals because that's where the concentration of talent is among singers. You'll rarely see it on TV, in film, or streaming.
I too remember this performance. That moment, I fell in love with his talent and knew that he would make it in the music industry. The best that American Idol ever had.
I'll never forget the night I saw this. What talent, what a beautiful face! Where is he?.
um he just finished a world tour with queen and he's releasing his 3rd album very soon..
oh. He's better than Queen. Queen had one or 2 hits. Adams voice is forever.. stalli
***** You've got to be kidding. You can't be that naive.
you shouldn't really compare them... they are both truly talented and different..
***** Honestly, what did you just say? Queen is a legend of music, and i'm a huge adam fan (glambert) but I can't let it slip that U seem to think such things of Queen.
Oh. My. Gosh. Amazing
Still a fabulous performance all these years later!
The moment Adam was TOO good to win American idol
Every time I heard Mad World playing from any sources, I will ALWAYS be reminded of THIS Adam Lambert performance.
Its the best version of that song he nailed it
I can't breathe when he sings, he literally
takes my breath, my heart beats fully to his sound, very gifted
Beyond!!!!
Yes!! I find myself holding my breath, completely focusing on him.
Nicole he is spellbinding
When he didn't win, I stopped watching. He could sing the phone book.
I promise I did too. I hate when things like that happen. Like ugh I watched the whole damn season for this crap?!! (*throws remote at television in disgust*)
Yeah, it just seemed so wrong for a guy like him not to win. Every week his performances just blew me away.
Me too! I had just had enough. It was the last straw.
I also quit watching...he was so far ahead of everyone else...he had me from the first note and just kept getting more and more spectacular...and he did prove that second best definitely has its benefits...lol! Not only is his voice incredibly beautiful but his heart and soul as well! I love you Adam...
So what, nowadays he is the only one to sing Freddy Mercury's songs and he was performing with Queen,
what do you want more
He is perfect as the frontman for Queen.
My favorite of all his brillant performances. He drew me in. We all knew then that this was a rare star quality and boy has he proven everyone right who saw that.
By FAR the best cover of this song by anyone. Even better than the original. Both of his Mad World performances are my go to's on You Tube. He should have WON that season hands down.
We all wanted him to win, but 2and place was the best thing for his career! You do Not want to get stuck with that horrible contract the winners have. Queen had already spoke for him before the finale.
@@debbiholley1121 it was rigged debbi
You’re high as a kite for this comment lol
as amazing as this version is I am going to have to disagree with your statement that it is better than Tears for Fears. And I'm not simply saying this because Tears for Fears did it first. It's just a better version. I'm a huge fan of nine inch nails. But, Johnny Cash did a far superior version of Hurt. As a matter of fact I never really cared for Nine Inch Nails Hurt.