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October 3, 2014 12:26 PM

Adam Levine shows that not only does he have moves like Jagger, but also the croons like Sinatra, as he dethrones the reigning champion on his home turf during Tuesday night's "Wheel of Musical Impressions" on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
posted by drlith (16 comments total)

I remember his Eddie Vedder being shockingly good.

Also, today I came across this, a set of terrible, creepy .GIFs from Maroon 5's latest terrible, creepy video, about which RAINN is not amused.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:51 PM on October 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

If he's such a good singer why is he in such a crap band?
posted by asockpuppet at 1:27 PM on October 3, 2014 [2 favorites]

I am not a hater but something about Adam Levine has made me strongly dislike him for a while now. This is good.
posted by headnsouth at 1:34 PM on October 3, 2014

He does a pretty good Prince as well.
posted by The Gooch at 1:37 PM on October 3, 2014

This is giving me a cognitive dissonance headache from the strain of disliking Adan Levine intensely but also finding this kinda charming.
posted by that's candlepin at 1:39 PM on October 3, 2014 [5 favorites]

I still think this guy is more amazing.
posted by desjardins at 2:01 PM on October 3, 2014

Tuesday night? This was September 3, yo.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 4:25 PM on October 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

His michael Jackson was crazy good especially for being so random.

Was it random? I know they say it was, but it felt pretty rehearsed to me. At the very least they selected artists that the performers knew they could do.
posted by willnot at 6:28 PM on October 3, 2014

If you need a palate cleanser, I recommend Levine's appearances in American Horror Story in which he suffers unspeakable horrors, then death. Next to Gwyneth Paltrow's death in Contagion, it's possibly the most satisfying onscreen celeb death I have seen.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:42 PM on October 3, 2014 [1 favorite]

it felt pretty rehearsed to me. At the very least they selected artists that the performers knew they could do.

Definitely. No doubt about it. Zero. Stars of this caliber won't risk being embarrassed on this kind of scale.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 6:43 PM on October 3, 2014

I dunno. He's a skinny little guy with a lot of tats and beady little eyes, but that voice of his is eerie and he sometimes has his moments.
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:29 PM on October 3, 2014

Am I missing something? Both of Levine's were at best style impressions; he didn't have their voices at all. His Sinatra was either an octave too high or too thin or something.
posted by aaronetc at 10:08 PM on October 3, 2014

I loathe his speaking and singing voice.

Something about him has always bugged me. He has this John Mayer-like narcissism about him. He's just annoying as hell for some reason.
posted by discopolo at 12:26 AM on October 4, 2014

But I also don't like Chris Martin or Coldplay. It must just be the whole skinny 40+ year old unwashed looking guys in dirty skinny jeans thing. Like, come on, just wash the pants already. Every time I see a picture I can almost smell how unwashed these guys probably are.
posted by discopolo at 12:32 AM on October 4, 2014

I'll admit it, I love Adam Levine and I have no shame about it. He's hot, has an amazing voice, and his friendship with Blake Shelton is awesome.
posted by aclevername at 10:00 PM on October 4, 2014

Please don't suggest Adam Levine's rendition of Purple Rain sounds anything remotely close to Prince in 1985 or 2010. Pretty please.
posted by Emor at 10:51 PM on October 4, 2014