I feel like such an insomniac

Cheryl Cole was today's special guest on the Live Lounge and, amongst talking about a few current issues pertinent to her career (not Ashley, for God's sake don't mention Ashley!) she belted out a cover of Fireflies



As part of our continued commitment to quality control we've "scoured" youtube for a video which minimises the presence of Fearne Cotton. A couple of things we feel are noteworthy with this performance.

1) This literally could not have been a better song choice. In so far as it's not vocally challenging (you may not have noticed, but Cheryl is not the world's greatest live vocalist).
2) There are points where Cheryl's vocal is actually verging upon beautiful. We're thinking principally of the first chorus and the start of the second verse where she pronounces "lightning bugs" with a definite geordie intonation, which pleases this North-Eastern reviewer, at least.
2a) The improv-ed "might get them out later" (referring to the dreams she has hitherto kept in a jar) is one of our top 10 pop moments of the year so far.
3) There are equally points when the whole thing very definitely ventures into the "pitchy" territory, as she was careful to explain, however, Nicola Roberts had taken her out and gotten her drunk earlier. Nicola should be ashamed. If we were in charge of the country, we'd put Nicola under house arrest except for when she was flogging make up or creating vocals for one of the three PROMISED Girls Aloud albums.

Above all, however, we weren't unimpressed. Cheryl is very definitely one of those artists that, if you had any sense, you'd limit to the "recorded" performance sphere unless she's lip-synching (convincingly!) and accompanied by a smalll nation's worth of backing dancers. What we'd ultimately conclude is that this performance would probably see her through to Boot Camp but she'd struggle when "the pressure is on".

Most worryingly, however, the COVER VERSION was streets ahead of her performance of HER OWN SONG!