When Adele covered Bob Dylan’s Make You Feel My Love on her debut album 19, her interpretation was a sparse piano ballad that exuded tortured romantic longing. “The lyrics are just amazing and summed up exactly what I’d been trying to say in my songs,” Adele said then. “It’s about regretting not being with someone, and it’s beautiful.”
The heartbreak resonated. Originally released in October 2008, Adele’s take on Make You Feel My Love ended up a Top 5 UK hit two years later. But hers is hardly the only cover of the song to have had a lasting impact. First appearing on Dylan’s Grammy-winning 1997 album Time Out of Mind – newly rereleased with previously unheard material – Make You Feel My Love has been tackled by the likes of Billy Joel, Pink, Neil Diamond, Kelly Clarkson and Boy George. In the process it has become a rare recent entry in the Great American Songbook.
Watch Sydnie Christmas cover when she is at age of 16 below.
Sydnie Chrristmas on BGT
Sydnie captivated the judges and audience on Britain’s Got Talent with spellbinding performances of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’, ‘My Way’, and ‘Tomorrow’, the latter earning her the prestigious Golden Buzzer.
Amanda Holden described her as “spellbinding”, and Simon Cowell rated her performance “an 11 out of 10″. Following her experience on the show, Sydnie comments: “After 10 years of trying to make it in the West End and feeling like nothing was happening, I was very close to giving it all up. But I couldn’t, it means everything to me, and I am so glad I kept going.”