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The X Factory

9/11/2010

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I was in Dublin over the weekend, so when Rebecca Ferguson sang Make You Feel My Love on Saturday's X Factor, I was raising a glass to James on his birthday in Peploe's - or maybe it was Shanahan's.

Make You Feel My Love is a Bob song for people who don't like Bob. The lyrics are glib; the melody is schmaltzy; and the whole is even less than the sum of its parts.

I hate it.

But then I was sent this YouTube link. Rebecca Ferguson performs it superbly. She makes it a better song than it really is. She sings it better than Adele. And yeh, better than Bob.

Last time I said that, Jimi had just released All Along the Watchtower.

Check it out below - X Factor don't allow embedding but you should be able to scroll to the clip once you've clicked on play.

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James Johnston
15/11/2010 01:35:30

Now, would it be fair to say she was the "peoples" choice?

** Not actually sure how one types in an Irish accent.. 'to be unsure.

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