Carrie Underwood - George Michael's "Praying for Time" (live @ Idols Give Back 2008) video free download


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Duration: 03:55
Uploaded: 2009/05/23

I prefer this live performance over the Original. Love the new arrangement & Carrie's voice is just gorgeous and perfectly fits the ingenious lyric (hat off to George Michael's writing skill)

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Comments

8 years ago

rolybling

To add to the screeching vocals she also fucked up the lyrics on the second verse.

9 years ago

kell490

She has a nice voice but nothing like George when he sings it.

9 years ago

grabba73

dam she is good, she did soooo awesome and I am old school so if ANY one says crap about it, it is the meaning about the song not comparison about George being better. LISTEN to it. I cried again, its dam good.

9 years ago

CurumoTheGreat

There are some songs that should never be sung by some artists... it's like they were not meant to sing them. I mean, Carry is great and all but... I just didn't feel anything with this rendition, which is a shame because this is such a powerful and sad song.

9 years ago

Lyndale Oliver-Musto

This is not a terrible performance. If you hadn't heard George's version first, you might really like this. She IS having to push a bit to hard on the power notes but she dropped the early key change which would have made it SO much easier for her. I still prefer his version though. I don't feel sung AT like some people said but I feel sung TO. When George Michael sings it, I feel like I am having some sort of out-of-body experience where I am watching a man trying to sort out the jumble that's in his head about a world he is helpless to change. Just my opinion though. I couldn't sing it better than her and I'd never hope to be even half the artist he is so, hey, just enjoy the music and be grateful we can hear it.

9 years ago

thomas schmitz

NOTE TO carrie underwood, but no one can touch the original.. she (like way too many female and male singers today!) sings loud and then louder... singing, great fantastic singing is NOT ABOUT HOW LOUD ONE CAN SING, VOCAL GYMNASTICS, ETCETERA IT'S about telling the story of the song with your voice! and she can't do this.. GEORGE MICHAEL HAD THE RIGHT EMOTION AND VOICE TO SING THIS SONG AND TELL IT'S STORY!.. underwood unfortunately is singing AT the audience NOT TO the audience, THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE!,... it's NOT about her and her voice, it's about the song and it's meaning.. this song and it's lyrics are PROFOUND AND POWERFUL and the way she sings it with her voice the song's meaning gets UTTERLY blurred.. the listener can't tell the difference of this meaningful song from any other!.. underwood let's face it is/was helped by the fact she is pretty and blonde, a younger faith hill, and media publicity push.. i've never thought her voice was anything unique or special myself....

9 years ago

wayne hydes

George Michael owns this song..she has a good voice, but george michael has a very special voice...

9 years ago

Vanessa Sudhaus

I agree, this is George Michaels song.....his version still gives me goose bumps...

9 years ago

Floyd J.

I think George gave it more heart and feeling. Meant to be a quieter song I think. The power should be in the words....not the voice necessarily. 

10 years ago

John Banter

While Carrie is extrmely talented, I'm sure she would completely agree not to judge her against someone to the likes of George Michael. Maybe in another 30 years, but I'm sorry her voice does not (YET) hold a candle to the character of George's voice. 

10 years ago

Steve Carver

This was the best American Idol episode. Carry gave me goose bumps with this song , and Ann Lennox song was awesome to this night.

10 years ago

Bryan Garten

I love that cute little face... and that voice! My God that voice! lol I LOVE YOU CAREBEAR :-)

10 years ago

debphs5270

Love Carrie and her voice!

10 years ago

Krishnan Chatterjee

Actually I must agree with the nay sayers. This is a song where the singer says "look at me, I'm crying" - not "look at me, I'm singing".

10 years ago

Melia Lee

CHECK OUT MY VERSION OF "PRAYING FOR TIME" AND TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS THINK!!!!!!! THANKS

10 years ago

kellyclarksonismygod

This is so beautiful...

11 years ago

Chris201076

How can people call this screaming?! Her voice is resonant. Resonance is the holy grail of singing. Stupid ears.

11 years ago

snidelywhiplash

I love the original, but I love this too. Different takes on the same song can be equally good, and they're both powerful in their own ways.

11 years ago

55cabgirl

She sound good not everybody can sing this ol Georgie kills this song!

11 years ago

Gianmaria Framarin

Piano and strings make this song sound so much like Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song", a thing I had always thought about "Praying for Time", and now I can appreciate live. .-)

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