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Maroon 5's Frontman, Far From a Perfect 10
Contributed By: D. Styler
Created On: Thursday, 18 October 2007
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Adam Levine
Adam Levine of Maroon 5
Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine has the characteristics of a swoon-inducing Sensitive Guy, and he flaunted them all on Tuesday at Verizon Center: lanky, stubbled appearance; mushy, cliched lyrics ("I can't stop thinking about you," "Just give me one more chance to make it right"); and that oh-so-notorious falsetto.

Except that falsetto never really clicked live: Levine's voice always seemed just a hair flat and never quite powerful enough to fill the arena.

He tried to mask those weak vocals with his other trademark -- percussive lyric-spitting -- but even the fast-paced "Harder to Breathe" seemed thin despite the rush of words.

The biggest mistake a mediocre singer can make is to cover a song by a better singer, and Levine's misstep -- interjecting a verse of "In the Air Tonight" into the down-tempo "Secret" -- exposed by direct comparison the limpness of his tone and delivery.

There were a few moments where the band jelled -- one murmured verse of "The Sun" showed true sensitivity -- but mostly, with Levine's earnest sing-shouting, Maroon 5's pop-radio-friendly Sensitive Guy songs never really translated to the arena-rock setting.

Oddly, one stadium-show standard saved the band in the end: The loud singalong to "She Will Be Loved" thankfully drowned out Levine's crooning whine.


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