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  • waitt,,she's alot better than me,,lol

  • HOW OLD IS SHE??? :x

  • ooo not good

  • I love Florence, she has a powerful voice. That's obvious. Her voice is very different from Beyonce's. We kind of have to compare since she is going a cover of her song. I personally enjoy Florence more than Beyonce, but this song she could have made it her own, instead of trying to go by Beyonce's pace. I like her raw, slow, brisk steps to each note. Not this, sounds like she can't wait to finish...

  • I love Florence and machines but I really don't like this!!! :/

  • People saying that Beyonce is 'autotuned'... listen to Beyonce singing Halo live at Glastonbury. No autotuning, and she sang it at the end of an hour-and-a-bit set, whilst walking down the front of the crowd. And it creams all over this shocker of a cover.

  • how can i listen to beyonce after this !! this is way better!!

  • This is utterly woeful. She sounds like she's being forced to sing at knifepoint. My dog successfully hits more notes when he growls in his sleep.

  • @mjsayles She is a REAL singer, they do exist.

  • @BarackEmbalmer She might be real, but 'singer' is stretching it a bit. Seriously, listen to this again. Imagine the notes she's meant to hit, and compare to what she actually does. Some of them are so far off it's untrue. Wailing 'passionately' is no substitute for getting a note every now and then if you're a 'singer'...

  • i love florence, but seriously: WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!?

  • They sing in different genre ffs stop comparing them already!

  • I saw this and thought this would be interesting -- i liked it, i love Florence's voice and I love Beyonce's - this song for her was okay :)

  • It's official... I LOVE HER VOICE, it's beautiful.

  • Her voice has so much vibrato I can imagine it'd be hard to control at times. She has a beautiful raw voice and sings some of the most incredible songs ever. This is out of Florence's comfort zone, because Florence tends to sing songs that have more depth and rawness to them. But this wasn't bad at all! It's not easy to compare to amazing powerhouse singers like Beyoncé and Florence. They both sing different styles, but they are both equally incredible!

  • @rgbmode Wait, you really think "Free Fallin' " is by John Mayer, and isn't by Tom Petty? At best, John Mayer covered the song, it's not his song; it's originally by Tom Petty. Google it.

  • I think Florence's voice is too distinctly raw (And I mean in that in the best way, because it's something I love about her voice) for this song.

  • Completely different from Bey, both amazing!

  • This is amazing, i love this! :] I love it loads !!

  • more powerful than bonce..

  • Not a patch on Beyonce.

  • Love to hear Beyonce cover a Fatm song. Like you got the love??? Be so over produced it would not be funny.

  • So many bad notes :\

  • i can't inspire :S

    Beyonce ofcourse:D

  • @Sean none, but nor would I want to - I have my profession already :) and you?

  • If u dont like it then get off and let the lovers comment on it !!!

  • My god this is just terrible! Her voice is like a buzz saw that swiped a battery pack and escaped to the wild... She is always so loud and flat - voice too powerful for this song? Lies! Pmsl she just can't sing!

  • @jamesmason2623 and how many albums have u sold worldwide recently :)?

  • @jamesmason2623 well im glad you pissed yourself laughing, you can can go and listen to your 'tuneful' music while you clear up your pants.

  • @jamesmason2623

    No, she can sing, she just doesn't have the right type of singing voice for this kind of song. She's amazing when she sings songs that work for her voice, like any of her own songs...

  • If this anyone but Florence she would be getting a LOT of nasty comments because this is pretty damn awful.

  • Her voice is too powerful for this stuff (but in good way)!

  • sounds special...

  • With that rendition she would be voted out immediately at "The Voice"!

  • @KETTYKISH no good unique musician has a chance at those karaoke-shows.

  • It's pretty, but I prefer the original version of the song, and I love it when Florence does her own thing. Her style is so unique and she does what she does with a perfection that makes me love her music style. If she'd have made it more her own thing as a cover it would've sounded a bit better, I think. Just my opinion though. :3

  • can someone tell me what FaTM stands for??? confused :/

  • @sweetsanity19 Florence and The Machine >.>

  • @sweetsanity19 Florence + The Machine

  • @sweetsanity19 Florence and the machine.

  • @sweetsanity19 FaTM = Florence and The Machine

  • definitelly not her song......

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  • I love Florence, I love Beyonce, but I don't love this rendition. Eeeek.

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  • She has a lovely voice, but this song is not for her. Yikes.

  • oh no.

  • this is the best. this song is constantly on repeat in my house. :)

  • i'm probably biased, but i love this.

    people who don't are probably biased the other way. everyone has an opinion.

  • HeeeelooooooooOooooooooooo OOO!!!! ! Wyjec pospolity xD 

  • Wow. Florence is amazing. She sings this song almost better than Beyonce.

  • ale wyje, ja pierdole

    

  • Perfect

  • Oh my God,people are so fuckin crazy

  • am sorry but this is awful singing -_-

  • @3milestogo am sorry but are you deaf? She has an amazing voice and that gets overshadowed by the wank that is disturbingly called pop music these days. She has an actual voice not some crappy Miley Cyrus/Justin Bieber/Lady Gaga Auto Tuned Shite. This song was recorded live not in a studio where they make crappy voices sound half decent

  • @jizzvolcano i don't like pop music of this generation's autotune crappy singers ( like the ones you've kindly mentioned). i like original voices only. but florence's cover was terrible. if you can't hear that, then you have serious music taste issues.

  • @3milestogo taste is largely subjective, suggesting there is something defective about people who like something you really don't is applying strict objective standards to something aesthetic and personal, which is illogical if you ask me.

  • @Archietrex No your retort is illogical. Stop trying to use big words if you cannot even string a sentence together. 

  • @Archietrex i totally agree with the relativity position that you are trying to make, but sometimes there is just some plain bad music if you ask me ;)

  • i'm from the same town as her and never heard or saw anything about her until she murdered candy staton's you've got the love but if you think she is original pretty much everyone in brighton dresses like this .

  • @telekenisis9 It's not the way she dresses, is her music, what it says and how different it is. I really don't care much about her dressing style, she has a beautiful and unique voice.

  • @MaIsabella05 well lots of plp do go on about her style i don't like her voice either in fact i just can't stand her , i know you do so i hope not to offend you but then again it's utube and everybody is entitled to their own opinion :)

  • Melhor que a Beyonce! o.O

  • shes 25!? she looks about 40.

  • THIS IS TERRIBLE!! WTF

    

  • I try to like her, but I just don't see the appeal of her voice. It either sounds like she's an angry about something or like someone's strangling her.

  • AMAZING VOICE!! If you're into MGMT check out THE BEST ACOUSTIC COVER OF ELECTRIC FEEL BY ADVENTURE BOOK!! I was amazed!!

  • This is shit

  • LOOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEE

  • Prefer Bey's version.

  • She is just amazng, Florence haschanged my life all thanks to her beautiful unique voice. and singing style !!

  • I really like Florence but this rendition... wasn't great she fluctuated her voice a little too much, Beyonce gets it just right on the single as well as live

  • I prefer Florence's style, so I like this QUITE a lot.

  • I wanna see Beyonce sing live Dog Days Are Over.

  • @mariashaki89 It wouldn't be off pitch.

  • @mariashaki89 wanna see beyonce singing live? search in youtube beyonce halo acoustic amazing ;)

  • @TutorialesAqua You missed my point. They are both amazing vocalists but completely different. Beyonce would sound bad if she sang a Florence song because that's not her style. Just what happened here. Everybody is used to listen to Halo by Beyonce that's why they don't like this version. That doesn't Florence can't sing; check her live performances and you'll be amazed.

  • @mariashaki89 AGREED!

  • @mariashaki89 <3 okay sorry i understand bad. i think the same, the girl don't have a bad voice, but this style it's not for her, i understand you<3

  • @mariashaki89 She couldnt hack it.

  • i don't like her wailing but am glad she's around to knock the shit out of jessie j & all that r&b rappy crap in the charts...

  • well, i dont care what anybody says, i think its quite nice ;) <3

  • I love florence and the machine so much, I think she was having a bad day singing this though :(

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  • oh god, bad picture though, bad picture...still love her

  • Amazing how so many people here are idiots. This is a GREAT performance!!!! her voice is so very unique. She took a shitty song and made it perfect.

    Thank you Florence!!!

  • @arikkrol no no no, this song was perfect as it was, Florence is amazing, but Beyonce is better.

  • This ist just so embarassing OMG!!!!! GO AWAY!

  • i want to see beyonce singing one of Florence's song..

  • @ranspektor my thoughts exactly

  • She isn't beyonce!!! DUHHHHHH She is FaTM!!! She has her own style, just like Beyonce has hers. I love the both of them and think they are both amazing.

  • @angelwithinyoursoul she's actually just F ;)

  • I think this says more about the fact that we underestimate Beyonce's skill as an artist than the fact that Florence struggles with this..I think most singers would struggle with this, to be honest; it's a hard song to sing.

  • She always sounds bad if she is not on a studio recording. It was disappointing for me the first time I heard her off album. LIVE she NEVER has vocal control. No one else sees this? She has passion, but NO real skill.

  • i love florence with a strong and burning passion but this cover is just not enjoyable. too much belting.

  • @randiangela I think you underestimate her. Maybe singing with true passion and skill means having the guts to change the style. Based on her other performances, Florence knows exactly how to hit those notes. She just wants to express the longing, gripping feeling of love.

  • Okay everybody, she might've not done the best cover in the world, but you have to admit it's better than if Justin Bieber attempted it .___.

  • she is weird. I like Lana Del Rey more

  • yea i agree i love florrence and the machine this is just not a song for her style

  • This song is the ONLY reason my daughters even know the name beyonce, Florence is a wonderful singer with a even better voice.

  • I usually like FaTM but this is not good at all... bad choice... not only for wrong notes but it leaks of air and magic, too... unlike Beyonce version

  • for those of you who say she is bad, its her style of singing. maybe not this song but i bet most of you haven't listened to florence before. i agree she wasnt the best here but thats okay

  • This is terrible. I'm in shock that some of you actually think she sounds good. Her high notes are awful. I honestly do not comprehend how ANY of you enjoy this version. The ONLY reason I'm listening to it, is to show people how bad it is.

  • she's singing here so off the key it hurts my ears...

  • flo can sing anything, this a great version love this song not big into chart music but this song amazin bey version great as well

  • I saw Florence live in Glasgow in 2009 and she was absolutely AMAZING!!!! she is utterly brilliant live.

  • How can anyone say she can't sing live? Gave me shivers!

  • Fuck, idiots who spend all their time on youtube piss me off. If you don't like it, good for you. No one else cares!

  • What a voice!

  • i like this better!!! :)

    

  • I like this one better (sorry, florence haters!). Yup. She's way better.

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  • better thaat beyonce's in my opinion.

  • singing loudly =/= singing well. i do not understand how anyone could think this woman is a "good singer".. mediocre would be generous. sounds good in studio (many, many takes and good producers), but she is hopeless live. tragic.

  • @teacozy shut the literal fuck up. you have no idea what you're talking about. Florence is an amazing artist. Beyonce is not on artist. She is a vocalist. What Florence produces is pure art. Now get out of here before I go all fan girl on your ass.

  • @missemily775 did i say anything about art? no. she's an excellent songwriter. i said she was a shitty vocalist. and who said fucking anything about beyonce? learn to read you spaz.

  • @teacozy First of all, I know how to read. If I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to read the title of this video, or your comment. Secondly, I mentioned Beyonce because this was a cover of a Beyonce song. Duh. Thirdly, she is no where near a shitty vocalist. She is one of the most talented musicians in our generation. You're obviously just used to bad music.

  • @missemily775

    if you know how to read, why were you bringing up the whole vocalist vs. artist beyonce vs. florence argument when that had fuck all to do with what i said? haha. i was talking about florence. in general. not beyonce. so, completely irrelevant. do you know what singing flat is? because she does it live. always. and it's NOT a good thing. what does commenting on her ability to sing live, or lack there of, have to do with my taste in music? nothing.

  • @teacozy First of all, yeah, I do know what it means to sing flat considering I actually play in a jazz band. Secondly, no one is perfect live, but she's still really good. Thirdly, I'm not trying to be mouthy, its just the way I talk. Anyway, you're not "infuriating" me with these facts. Considering I don't know what "facts" you are referring to. I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on this one.

  • @missemily775 okay, well i'm a classically trained singer. live, she sings 3/5 notes flat. every performance. that's the fact i was referring to. i think you need to listen a little closer if you truly have a trained ear like you claim. i wanted to love her live performances, but i just can't. nobody is perfect, but she is a very poor live vocalist. sorry, but it's true. i'd never say she isn't talented, but she just can't sing live. you can disagree all you want to. haha

  • @teacozy Must be a proper shit vocalist considering shes earning millions and your here having an arguement on fucking Youtube. Get a fucking life and a fucking well paid job if your a classically trained singer. You dont have her talents and never will do dickweed.

  • @dna399 she's successful because she's a good songwriter and she's pretty. filthy rich parents definitely didn't hinder her either. with your logic britney spears must be an amazing vocalist too. BUT REGARDLESS, i'm a fan. girl puts together a good studio album. i'm not allowed to state my opinion unless i'm famous, though?

  • @dna399 ps. she's, you're, you're, never will. and what's with all the swearing? are you like 15 years old? makes you sound kinda dumb. unless of course you are kinda dumb, in which case.. carry on

  • haha.. "in which case.. carry on"

    like, seriously.

  • @missemily775 ps. the whole super mouthy, condescending fan thing isn't a good look by the way. and if you absolutely must do it, make sure you know what you're talking about. otherwise it's just tiresome. i'm a fan of hers, but i'm well aware of the fact that she can't sing live. i'm allowed to say that and still like her music, believe it or not. i'm sorry to infuriate you with all these facts. i think you'll be alright, though.

  • @missemily775 Florence is a dreaful artist who cannot sing live. It takes more than wearing kooky dresses , tottering around in heels and wrapping flowers around your mic stand to call yourself an artist. You actually have to be able to sing live, which Florence clearly cannot. She does not write 90 percent of her songs. They are all co wrote. Florence is pure fraud.

  • @bond007db9 i guess you`ve had the privilege of seeing her live then?

  • @dumpvavledave No not a privilege more an embarrasment. I saw her live at Glasto and she was dreadful. She could hardly hit any notes. She sounded like a drunken Karaoke singer.

  • her voice is shaking...sounds bad actually.still love her though

  • Her voice is intense!

  • richtig übel

  • Florence can sing anything! You can give her Baby Got Back, and she'll find a way to give it the Flo touch. Great cover!

  • Cuando la version es mejor que el original...

  • it is so RAW i love it.x.x.x.x.x.x.no 1 can sing like her,WOW,WOW,WOW...

  • Beyonce's version is stuck in our heads, that's why it sounds a little bit different at some parts. But hell, stop complaining about because it's beautiful in Florence's way.

  • sounds bad.

  • Bardzo podoba mi się głos Florence -jest piękny ale to wykonanie to jakaś masakra :(

  • i don't know what yall are complaining about, i actually love this cover!! Florence!! 

  • I love this cover!!

  • Her voice is definitely an acquired taste...

    I used to write her off to be slightly tone deaf, or at least very bad at composing songs in which she sings more than two different notes in, but I realize now that it's not that she's not hitting the notes, it's just the quality of her voice that makes her sound tone deaf.

    As I said... it's and acquired taste. (While I haven't acquired it, I do respect her as an artist; her music just doesn't suit my tastes.)

  • I'm so grateful that this video was the first thing that I heard from Florence. To be honest it wasn't a really good first impression but here I am now completely nuts about her music and it's my most listened artist so far.

  • I really like Florence and her music, but this is just..bad. She sounds so much better singing her own music.

  • I love it.

  • I like it.

  • Damn she looks haggard in that pic lol. Why on earth would you use that picture?

  • I think she was having a bad day...

  • Stop Complaining :|

  • i like it... 

  • I love her voice but this is bad..

  • Florence always sounds good! but I just love her in the songs where you can really hear her so amazingly powerful voice. and this wasn't one of those songs!