Sunday, August 31, 2014

Pentatonix with Lindsey Stirling

OK, you all know how much I dig Pentatonix.  They are always doing something new and different, and their videos are really unique, e.g. their amazing medley of Daft Punk tunes ... see my earlier post.  

A while ago they teamed up with the gifted violinist, Lindsey Stirling to produce a terrific video cover performance of "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons.  As you can see from the Wikipedia quote below, the performance won the Response of the Year in the You Tube Music awards.  Anyway, I won't keep you any longer.  Check it out on You Tube right here.
She performs a variety of music styles, from classical to pop and hip-hop to electronic dance music. Aside from original work, her discography contains covers of songs by other musicians and various soundtracks.[6][7] Stirling is also a YouTube sensation: her music video "Crystallize" finished as the eighth-most watched video of 2012,[8] and her cover version of "Radioactive" with Pentatonix won Response of the Year in the first YouTube Music Awards in 2013.[9] Lindsey has also sold more than 1 million singles worldwide[10] and on May 2014 her second studio album Shatter Me peaked #2 at the Billboard 200. Her YouTube channel had, as of June 2014, more than five million subscribers and 675 million total views.
I'm totally a sucker for Pentatonix and Lindsey is as hot as her talent.

By the way, if you want hear the original version from Imagine Dragons, check it out right here.  Guess what, I like the Pentatonix version more than than the original.

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