“singing a very black song”

Ha. I love it!!

Nice!

Damn, Damn, Damn!

I don’t wanna hear this song for another 20 years…please…

He sang the hell outta that Sam Cooke, im over here jammin’, lol!

oh my f#cking God…HIS AS CAN SING!!!..go hed whiteboy!!!!!

HaHa…I’m about to be there with ya Coko!

Nice voice but I hope everyone doesn’t start making this song an anthem that they sing to showcase their voice. He was ok I’ve heard better.I love the song but come on now. I’m getting tired of it. Man Youtube and Myspace are making celebs out of straight web videos. Dang let me go and get a camera. LMAO

You mean in this day and age people are still getting all giddy over white people co-opting our music? Will the new Elvis please step forward.

Liked Sam Cooke better than Holliday. He can sing though!

damn good rendition of Sam Cooke’s song!!!

Is this a sign of the apocolypse? … Just asking. If it is, I’mma need to know so I can start packing.

That Sam Cooke he was singin is the song…he can sing though.

he is funny.. and have a nice voice

ONE OF MY BIGGEST PEEVES IS WHEN PEOPLE SING A SONG AND DON’T EMOTE THE SONG. I DON’T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE SING A SONG JUST TO SING IT WHEN THE SONG WAS CREATED AND INSPIRED FROM A CERTIAN EMOTION. IF YOU SING DONNY HATHAWAY, DON’T SING IT LIKE A FUN SONG B/C IT’S NOT. THAT MAN EXPERIENCED A LOT OF PAIN AND THAT ‘S WHERE HE PULLED IT FROM.

“AND I AM TELLING YOU” IS COMING FROM A WOMAN WHO NOT ONLY IS BEING ABANDONED BY HER FREINDS BUT BY THE MAN SHE’S LOVED FOR YEARS. IN ADDITION TO JUST FINDING OUT SHE IS CARRYING HIS CHILD. THAT’S WHY IT’S SUCH A STRONG SONG. THIS DUDE CAN SING BUT HE IS LAMING THE SONG UP A LOT. HE’S SINGING IT LIKE A FREAKIN LOVE SONG. THAT IS SOO WACK TO ME. THAT’S WHY MARY J. BLIGE IS SO CONNECTED TO HER FANS. BECAUSE SHE HAS FEELINGS BEHIND HER MUSIC. WHETHER IT’S LOVE, PAIN OR DISAPPOINTMENT, IT’S THERE.

EVEN GOSPEL MUSIC HAS THAT EMOTION. COME ON PEOPLE, LET’S NOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS.

I wanna hear him sing “Holding Back the Years” by Simply Red. I could see him sanging the piss out of that!

I like his rendition of “and I’m Telling You”.

He’s not even really trying to “blow”, but he just sings the song very effortly and understated.

He Did a really great interpretation.

Now, When he did his version of “A Change is going to Come” You could realy hear his Amazing Vocal Qualities !!

Fantastic Range !

He’s the the NEXT American Idol !

Now I think he sounded great singing “J.Holiday’s” song, he put his own spin on it…nice job.

He sounded slightly alright “Sam Cook’s” song, I love me some Sam and this guy can’t compare with sam, none the less he did ok.

AND it kills me that people black and white, are always throwing the race card in crap! Music is music…it all depends on where you grow up and what kind of music you were raised around!

I guess the people in here think he should sing some country music just because he is white, give me a damn break!

There was this white boy that sung the same song on 106 & Park and he sounded much better. You can see his videos on youtube too. I forgot his name though. anybody remember it?

GET A RECORD DEAL. dude can sing

You see how influential black people are? If you watch T.V shows such as American Idol and X Factor you can see it when the white people try sing all soulful and shit. Most of them just look like and sound like fools tho. Black people should be proud.

How do I put my picture up? Does anyone know?

GOLIANO: Thank you! Everybody wanna be Black but don’t nobody wanna BE Black.

Hmmmm, Why isn’t he on American Idol?
The men this year is horrible

He did a really good job

This is nothing. He was ok at least. There is this guy named Von on youtube that has him beat, Check him out.

Von on youtube that has him beat, Check him out. He was on BET

omg this video is sooo annoying. i understand he wants to sing it a different way but he sounds retarded rushing stuff together & crap

im sorry but when he sang that Sam Cooke song it was so very annoying because he ruined the song with all them got damn runs if you hear sAm cooke’s version it is very smooth and soothing this dude tried to freakin hard with all the runs throughout the song and i hate when people do that because the song then loses it’s emotion…….PEACE

I wish men would change the appropiate words to make the song fit them . It was first sang by a women . Common sense would dictate u change afew words being a man and all !!!!!

if he went on american idol they would find something wrong with him like they did jennifer and Tamara gray and countlless others

^^^ he could be gay so why would he change the words.

i think he sounded good though he had a cold. even some professionals can’t sing while being sick. i’ve only heard some ppl (aguilera, mariah, whitney) sing while sick and kill it at the same time. good job to him

@ 18 i agree with you. i hate when ppl tell me that i’m whitewashed just b/c i listen to rock, country, techno, etc. along with hip hop and r&b. black ppl already forgot that we were the originators of rock music and we let white ppl tell us it’s “white music” as well when it’s not. it’s a shame

not bad but this “singing a very black song”…. see thats that dumb shit! people should really be more cognizant of how they word shit

Will say can say he can sing but not getting all giddy over it i can sing my ass off to but not putting up on the net. I commend him for having the courage to post it though but definitly not my cup of tea.

Interesting…

WOW HE CAN REALLY SING I LUV IT

he also singed listen

There is another white boy singing this song and he was ten times better than this white boy, he shits all over this white boy to be exact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW898PqcTTE

yall should post this!

Come on you guys let’s not use the race card for every damn thing. It’s just a song, it ain’t like he’s singing ‘We Shall Overcome’ or something.

But Whiteboy need to tryout for Idol. He kind of on the hefty side but hey Ruben won. Plus Idol is making so much money they can set him up with a gastric bypass surgery. He’ll be big at the beginning but by the finale he will be a whole new person.

He’s alright…not the best though.

I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET A MINT THAT HE WILL BE BELTING THIS OUT IN DRAG IN A GAY CLUB IN ABOUT WEEK.

This white dude sucks A$$, I know Sam Cooke is rolling over in his grave.

hes really good. puts timberfake to shame lol
sam cooke change gone come is a classic! thats my tune

Man why is some ppl just HATING! WHETHER OR NOT IF HE SUNG A BLACK/WHITE SONG. THE BOY CAN SING!!! SO GET OVER IT ALREADY. YALL CAN GO HEAD SOMEWHERE ELSE WITH THAT BLACK POWER ISH.

Damn #15, theres no need 2 turn everything into i science! lol. maybe the boy doesn’t have that excact same ‘pain’ in his life…let him just sing the song and stop over analysing it. its wholly unecessary:)

Lets not get too carried away with criticism. It is what it is….he has a great voice and he wasnt even trying that hard. He has a soulful voice, he did a GREAT JOB….I enjoyed it!!!!

actually he did a pretty good job.he got some vocals!

NOT BUYING IT……some reason, it looks as if he’s lipsinging really well…..NOT BUYING….NEXT!!!!

WOWO THIS WHITE BWOY CAN SANNNGGGG… IM REALLY FEELING HIS CONTROL AND FLOW OF THE SONG..GREAT CONTROL..REALLY..BUT HE COULD OF AT LEAST GOT UP TO PERFORM THAT SONG…BUT HIS VOICE WAS WICKED!!!

GOOD JOB WHITE BOY!

lol @ “singing a very black song”…wow

wow..impressed

he did a good job. =D

@ #37…I agree he’s way better than the dude posted

he tried. im tired of white folks makin money off black music.

ole boy did that Sam Cooke

Man CL yall really need to to post tha otha white boy that #37 was talkin’ bout’ his a$$ can blow!!! I mean blow!!!! This otha boy ain’t even close to him…

Black people copying white folks… here we go again w/ the same old song.

First off, I’m discouraged and disenheartened by MOST music today.. rap is not thought provoking or feel good music in the manner in which it was in the early 80s-90s…everybody wants to be hard when they’ve worn a shackle a day in their lives…

I truly believe that black people are wasting the rights that were fought so hard for and died for by our ancestors, in the vain of Dr. King and Malcolm X… They are probably rolling in their graves. We appear to take everything for granted…

Being intelligent isn’t black… intelligence is for the white folks… it’s time to stop settling for welfare scraps and barely getting by… it’s time to stop perpetrating and blaming or attributing everything to race… honestly it’s not about that …and if anybody is failing else or leaving us behind …it’s US… it’s time to get real and jump off this race bit… yes we have a long way to go, but the really hard battles were fought for us… the least we can do is go to school and not act like fools or at least try to get an education… I don’t care what he sings… he has a talent, give it up for him.. but also give up all this race talk, b/c it’s pointless, none of us have been slaves or had a water hose turned on us in Birmingham… our struggles are not so much their struggles (the struggles of our ancestors/struggles w/ whites)… man can’t stop you…believe in a higher power… or just believe in yourself or both… but stand accountable and save the “dramatics” thx ddub

Damn black people are so amused by white meritocracy. Guy from the group SOLO KILL A Change Gonna Come, Terrence Trent Darby Kill it, please they both suck

i hate how people twist shit on this site and turn it into something that it wasn’t even meant to be.it clearly shows her ignorant people are.what did this have to do with racism?im really amazed because i dont understand it.HOW IS HE TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OFF BLACK PEOPLE?am i not reading something that you all read?now if this was a black man singing these songs, half of these comments would be different.

@37, yeah! KC stand up! haha

This dude is good. I know some of ya’ll couldnt do half the runs this dude was doing!

He held down the Sam Cooke song. But the And I Am Telling You wasnt good!

#37 I agree.

Why oh why does it always have to come down to white people stealing black people’s music. The young man likes to sing, and he so happens to like to sing Jennifer Holiday and Same Cooke. SO WHAT. I thought music was supposed universal. Because he’s white does that mean all he’s allowed to sing Barry Manilow? Give it a rest

yall go to hell. white or black if they can sang they can sang. dang….. the boy was good. this is the best i’ve heard, it’s softer and different.

yes he can sing, just not this song. No one, let me reiterate, no one, gives this song the life and soul that jennifer holliday does.

Woah…black or white. you sang the sam cooke song excellently. you didnt sing the hell out of it like a lot of people. more props to you.

He did his thang.

wtf???

NOT FEELIN DIS SHIT AT ALL! HE NEED TO SIT HIS CLAY AIKEN/AARON CARTER SOUNDIN ASS DOWN PRESTO!!!

@ #4 Yea that song alittle over done. I don’t blame you…lol

I actually like it… it was prety good

LOL@ “Singing a very black song”

What is singing black or singing white? yet I don’t hear many of u saying anything about Eminem crazy non rappin azz. If the boy can sing, he can sing and sing what the fugg he wants to sing. I like white music and I’m black and I absolutely hate rap music and I’m still black. Same folks that’s talkin about this white guy singin r the same ones that luv Robin Thicke, now does that shyt makes any sense?

His voice is beautiful. His runs are so effortless. “A Change is Gonna Come” is my jam too as well.

I like the dude 4 real. He got something.

I would TOTALLY buy his record. He’s really, really talented.

WOWWWWWW. that’s some shit right there; go white boy!

WHAT THE F*CK IS A ‘VERY BLACK SONG’ !?! F*CKING GAY WHITE CRACKER.

This guy has an very easy and effortless voice… I wouldn’t compare him to Von because for one, Von was performing for a crowd and this guy is just at home singing to a webcam. He arranged those songs so well…check out his Youtube page! Apparently he’s British and he has a deep love for gospel and soul music (Patti Labelle, Cece Winans, Karen Clark, Shirley Caesar, Celine Dion to name a few)..and he’s only 20!
He’s got some serious raw talent…I say big thumbs up; he blew me away..imagine what he can do when he *really* puts the effort in.

i agree with 9 Goliano, if youre going to showcase someone from youtube, pick someone who can actually sing pls. NEXT!

He has a nice voice. I looked him up on YouTube and he sings other songs. Check him out singing “Listen.” He sounds pretty good.

Oh, I typed in “and i am telling you i’m not going” and TOO many people are trying to sing that song…many gays, a few vids of J Holiday herself, Frenchie from AI, whites, blacks, kids, etc. This song is the new National Anthem!

I’m with fungirl, it was lacking

Yeah, Seen him on The View. He’s very talented. Hope to see him get a record deal and who knows……he can be the next Jennifer H. (Lol, just saying)

uuuuuuuuup Wrong white guy! Lol, Did bother watching the clips.

I like his voice much better than the other guy. The one who is being asked to come to 106th and The View.

Okay I just looked at the second clip and why is he singing like a bored kid in chior class?! Looking at the ground, like he’s waiting for it all to be over quick. He has a voice……but very little passion!

this whiteboy is a monster he needs a record deal his facial grimace needs work but the vocals are masterful and please alow him to show his talent i understand its a quote quote black song but still the same its a song that he impressively did well and he deserves props such as any other good singer color should not have anything to do with talent

Wow, it’s VERY DISHEARTENING reading this board where “black people” are showing their A$$es. I won’t even call it ignorance because WE ALL KNOW BETTER!

I mean I expect to go on AOL message boards and see them filled with racism and hate any time a black person is highlighted for any reason, good or bad, but the fact you can’t give your opinion on this without bringing up race is ridiculous.

This dude is just trying to display his talent and is showing a greater appreciation of Black Music and Culture probably more than 50% of you on this board!I’ve been in this world long enough to realize that as Black people, we do have problems, but at this point….90% of it is US!

Nice!

That boy can sing…he missed a few words but oh well. Why does EVERYTING have to be about black and white. DAMN..IT’S A YOUTUBE VIDEO CALM THE HELL DOWN.

He should be on AMERICAN IDOL because the contestants this year suck.

THAT DUDE VON SMITH OR WATEVA HIS NAME IS KILLED IT

You better git it boy! lol

Yeah Von is from Lees Summit, MO (Kansas City outskirts) and he has been all in the news here..He has got a record deal now I believe..He should have been on AI this year too because the boys just dont have it..This dude sounded pretty good. I cannot say what is good or not because I could only dream of having a voice like some of these people so there is no room for hate out of my mouth..

whatever.

He should be on American Idol than the no talent people they have on there now. I like the surprise of it you know. Looking at him you would never think he could sing at all but what a surprising voice.

This guy can sing, maybe i should start making my video’s public on youtube…hmmm…Something to think about..He has a beautiful voice..

Gotta agree with #37, that guy is awesome!

Am i the only on unimpressed by this? Also, why do people with webcames always keep a nasty ass house? His room looks like two tornadoes were swing-dancing in it!

he sings listen 2! lol

“Everybody wanna be a nigga but Don’t wanna be nigga” by the great Paul Mooney. lol j/k. That dude did a good job and he really wasn’t even trying.

dude was jammin’

Haters will be EVERYWHERE!

Dude can sing. He isnt the best no. And neither is this Von dude. He can sing his ass off, and better than this dude above, but Von isnt the best either.

Nonetheless, Von is very gifted. Both are.

And another thing, yall wouldn’t find it as annoying if a black person said something about white people, majority of yall would sit back and laugh at it. So why is it that we gotta sit here in 2007 and still be pissed about the old days? Let it go man. Yes I am aware that racism will always be there, but to get closer and closer to getting over it, starts with us.

Bad choice of words, but Im sure he didnt mean anything by it.

Hi my name is ashley, im the singer in this video, and thanks for showing it, i cant believe how much fucking controversy this video has caused on this site. first of all, yeas im white, but ive grown up listening to shirley ceasar, lauryn hill, the clark sisters etc….not to mention the generic whitney, mary J blige, jill scott, chaka etc…. and newly, Fantasia, kiki sheard etc…. i am from the UK, which is why, in answer to some peoples questions, i havent auditioned for American idol, which i love, shout out to Fantasia, Vonsell, Kelly, Paris Bennett…cant remember any others, some cool ones this year also.
anyways, getting off point, if anyone was to read my channel on youtube.com, they would see the type of music i love, and its soul, motown, gospel, r&b etc…. and i hate the whole race issue, but in contradiction, i will say, as a personal prefrence, i prefer black vocalists, cus’ generally, their better that white people, and im generalising, not being racist. weve got barbra streisand, madonna (shit) and elvis, to your Stevie wonder, Aretha and ella, and i could go on forever. i have about 2000 cd’s and i think ive got about 20 white people, anastacia, pink, joan osbourne, umm, im struggling, celine dion, peggy lee. cant think of any others. Its just the type of music im into, how can you complare white british gospel singers, to Karen Clark Sheard. you fucking cant. black gospel is ammmmmmmazing! power house voices, and i feel a fucking dick having to say all this, but ive felt, although most of the comments about my vid were cool, thanks very much by the way, some were dissing, for me trying to make money off the back of hard working, pain stricken black families, and im like, WHAT?3&^%?…… I JUST LOVE THE SONG!!! i sang it quite shit actually, ive got a cold, and in no way shape or form does it compare to Sam Cookes…..and i never said it did, and on the same level, my ‘and im telling you, im not going’ is shiote too, i go flat in the end, what the fuck is that. ???? but anyways, i will get better, and i think this site is brill, and im just a heavy white guy, from the uk, who loves black music, i could name 5000 people i love, gospel, soul r&b (the first cd i baught was killing me softly, lauryn hill, when i was like 10 i think, changed my life, trying to learn the riffs (runs, in the US) at the end…….anyways, who cares, im just babbling, but keep enjoying, or slagging me off, lol, all comments are constructive, apart from ‘another white boy can shit on my head at this song’ which sounds fucking horrable, no thanks. anyways, just incase you think this isnt actually white boy in his kitchen singing black songs, and you think its someone else, this is my hotmail address, leyash@hotmail.co.uk, and its on youtube too, its all fun. thanks for shout out, p.s, i listen to Karen Clark sheard every day, im learning my ‘runs’ from a good teacher. and ‘tonex’ - fucking awesome, makes me sound shit. goodbye!

Well frankly, what can I say. This guy sings has more notes inside him than a safe at the federal reserve bank in New York. What a beautiful emodiment of soul, and tasteful character.

We need to stop bringing the whole “making money” thing off of this. If he was making money, he would be selling this, not putting it on youtube. This guy idolises the music that african americans have been producing for many years, he is paying kudos to everything they have achieved.

Give him a break, and let him do what he loves.

This stuff is ridiculous. Cant you stick to one note. It sounds like a fairground ride exploded in my face.

Frankly this entire realm of music is a waste of air.

You guys should hear some of the middle eastern sumi music and then you’ll know what music is. This is running up and down a blues scale like a child on an escalator. Next!

i got up to 3:07 and couldn’t take anymore.

it sucked
it lacked emotion

he was trying to emulate, instead of put his own spin on it.

i want thht 1 min of my life back.

He is black isnt he, or is that just me watching it with a ‘black’ eye, that one of ‘you people’ gave me for asking a polite question on the subway last week.
- what a race!

son def. got some sugar in his tank lol

Not bad, but nothing to cry over. “A very black song” though?!? Easy with the generalizations buddy!!!

W-WHAT THE FUC-….BEYONCE,IS THAT YOU?!!

That was nice!!

I truly enjoyed hearing this young man sing. The Loop sure has changed. Keep up the great work kids!

WOW!!
thats all i..can really say.

Terrible rendition. Some YT on the view singing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRexSeidRF0

Damn I posted w/out seeing number 37. You must be deaf if you think all that yelling, screaming, and theatrics is singing. Its bullshit. Dude may have a decent voice but all that way over the top shit takes away from the song and the voice.

#103 Get ur terrorist ass outta here then. Go to sunniloop.com. You obviously dont understand and cant appreciate the nature of gospel, soul, and r&b so you dont need to be here. And yeah I know my comment was a little ignorant and racist but I dont give a…

Oh and I fuck with his rendition of A Change is gonna come.

O MY GOD, This site is full of ass holes who cant construct oppinions. this guy can Blow!! ive never seen a white guy sing like this EVER! and i havent seen a new black guy sing like this for a while, and this dude pisses over all the guys on this years american idol….thir shit. JUST STOP HATING, hes a brilliant singer, and for those who are saying he has overworked the song, check out his other videos, LISTEN is lovely, he really tones it down. id like to see white boy with Gospel choir, hes got the pipes to handle it. really good! im so impressed!

Are all of you deaf er somethin, cuz ive heard better white bois on youtube.com.

What’s Sad to me is that if he was black no one would give a shit..His voice is nice but its not amazing..because he’s white we give him extra points..lets be honest people..if he was a skinny little black boy..we would all say soo what!! it’s like justin Timberfake..dont get me wrong the dude can dance his ASS off and has a Cute voice..but their are so many other black people who dance and sang better..who never make it to mainstream beacause of their race. Its like We applaud white people for mimicking us, but dont support our own, to whom it comes naturally!! Think about it. The only SUPERSTAR mainstream black pop artists are Beyonce and Usher maybe ciara..everyone else is a star and household name but not Mainstream..get your mind right people

BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO STOP THINKING EVERYTHING A WHITE PERSON DOES IS GOOD. HE SOUNDS LIKE CRAP, JENNIFER HOLLIDAY IS NOT PROUD AND SAM COOKE DEFINITELY IS NOT…HE’S EMBARASSING, YOU CAN’T TOUCH A SAM COOKE SONG, HE COULDNT COMPETE WITH SAM COOKE ON HIS DEATH BED, BLACK PEOPLE WAKE UP AND GET SERIOUS IF HE WAS BLACK SINGING THE SONGS THE SAME WAY NO ONE WOULD BE PUTTING HIM ON THE SITE LIKE HE SOUNDS SO GREAT, HE SOUNDS LIKE A FAT WHITE FAGGOT, PERIOD DOT!

Dang he sang that Jennifer Holliday song!, although I don’t particularly like the way he sang the Sam Cooke song.

man dude can blow no doubt he goin far 4real

Can’t see what the big deal is about his voice, I think people get carried away when a white boy sings like this. Next black people will be calling him the next Luther.

why doean’t he audition for american idol - he should.

HIS RACE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY OF HIS VOICE. I LIKED HIS VERSION OF CHANGE IS GONNA COME. HE SANG THE SONG AND WASN’T STRAINING ACTUALLY HE WAS RATHER EFFORTLESS. PLEASE STOP THROWING OUT THE OVERUSED RACE CARD EVERYTIME SOMEONE WHO ISN’T BLCAK DOES SOMETHING THAT NARROWMINDED PEOPLE THINK THAT ONLY BLACKS DO WELL. DOES HE HAVE THE GREATEST VOICE NO BUT NEITHER DO JUSTIN USHER(CANT SING AT ALL) MARY J BLIGE AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE OUT WHO ARE SELLING MILLIONS OF ALBUMS. HE DOES HAVE GENUINE TALENT AND A POSSOBLE FUTURE IN MUSIC LET HIM SING WHAT HE LIKES TO SING IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT BUY IT.

He looks like he sings for burgers!!

@#44, CLEARLY I HAVE TO BE ANALYTICAL B/C TOO MANY TIMES WE SETTLE FOR MEDIOCRITY. YES, HE CAN SING. I DON’T THINK HE’S THE BEST THAT I ‘VE HEARD. I’M NOT IMPRESSED THAT HE’S WHITE AND KNOWS THE WORDS TO OR TUNE TO SONGS BY SAM COOKE OR FROM DREAMGIRLS. DREAMGIRLS WAS AN ICONIC BROADWAY PLAY THAT RAN FOR YEARS. SAM COOKE WAS AN AMAZING AMERICAN (not just Black) ICON.
SOOOO, YES, I WILL ANALYIZE AND STUDY THE THINGS BEHIND PEOPLES ACTIONS. ALSO, I’M NOT SAYING THAT HE HAD TO HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY OF THAT PAIN, MY POINT WAS THAT IF YOU ARE GONNA SING A SONG, SING IT. RESPECT IT. RESPECT IT’S STORY BEHIND IT. THE ROOT WORD FOR MUSIC IS “MUSE”. INSPIRATION IS WHAT MUSIC IS (or at least was) IF NOT, SING SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING EASY AND THOUGHTLESS LIKE A BEYONCE SONG. LOL. (I HAD TO. LOL) I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT MUSIC…..THAT’S WHY YOU GET AN EARFUL FROM ME.

P.S #95 -LMAO!!!!

You Have a Beautiful voice…
You should try American Idol, the men this year don’t need to be on there.

Dang that white boy can sing… He really should pursue that… I would by music from him!!!

He was aiight. Good but she blew it away for real!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioFOw28HwbE

He can sing but the Tourette-like twitches and facial expressions took away from his performance. And is it me or did he look confused at times?

@15 im saying.donny was going through depression but his voice was amazing

really theres is no best in this industry.everybody has their own sound (well some).nobody is shooting a gun to your head an listen to anything.its your choice.he was ok though.but a “very black white song?”.you wont hear lady t say some ish like that.

At first I wasn’t interested, but yes he can sing.

He was okay. I am a white girl from little old Ireland, and I have to say, black people can outsing white people any day.

I love black singers - my favourite is whitney. Black people have such incredibly powerful voices. I wish I could sing like whitney, mary etc.

My cd collection is made up of mainly black artists. When it comes to music, white people are nowhere near as talented as black people. its a fact.

i think that he blew that song up… very nice…. i have a question though,, how come i only see larger people singing that song????.. anyway…. it dont matter i love my larger people and he did tooooo goood.. he wasnt even straining to sing those notes…..KUDOS>>>

Hell Yea @ #124….I bet he be tryin to get a double whopper wit no fuckin money and break into song through the drive-thru!!!!

*cheers*

for all you idiots who keep saying “if he was black…”

if he was black, this video clip wouldn’t've been posted in the first place.

if he was black, we would all agree that he sucks. (some of you are saying he sounds good just b/c he’s white and sounds a lil more seasoned than the avg white signer)

if he was black, he would’ve done a much better rendition

let’s stop basing our arguments on probability, and instead focus on the truth of the matter: he IS white, and he DOES suck.

he’s trying to emulate something he can NEVER be, instead of putting his own spin to it. he sounds like he’s trying to hard; he’s not singing from the soul (for obvious reasons; and he’s extremely boring.

NEXT!

HE SOUNDED HORRIBLE. THE SONG WAS BLAND AND BORING. HE CHANGED THE KEY SO SEVERELY IT ENDED UP SOUNDING LIKE A WACK ASS KARAOKE SONG SANG OFF KEY, OFF TEMPO, AND SINGING THE WRONG WORDS AT LEAST ON TWO OCCASIONS.

THERE ARE A KAZILLION BLACK MEN IN THE CHURCHES, IN CLUBS OR JUST WALKING AROUND HIS JOB SINGING AND MOPPING THAT PUTS THAT TIRED FAT FAIRY TO SHAME.

Go head white boi!!!!. I think he should write his own songs (if possible). Then sing from his own heart. He has a great voice, so I think he could pull it off. Robin Thicke did.

hey 15..aka…Al Sharpton..settle down. geez. if i were white people id be so tired of that same old underground railroad mentality. stop crying wolf! let the whiteboy sing whatever the hell he wants. he’s even singing in his damn bathroom! what are you really worried about?

he is good . good voice

I didn’t detect not one hint of the British accent, that dude is from the United Kingdom…wonderful!

this site is full of fucking sad, racist, arseholes, it has nothing to do with music or any sort of culture. im shocked at how black people are treating this singer, he didnt put this song on youtube to be posted on this site, or be fucking cut up by any of you, gealous, talentless losers.
Id love to see how Oprah winfrey would react reading this website….i cant believe people are so racist in 2007. you deserve, as a race, all u get. im so ashamed as a human to even share this earth with such fucking racist, bullies. a website of arseholes.

P.S and for all those fucking uneducated, narrow minded bullies - Look at the Grammy awards, which give ‘you people’ most of its fucking awards, cus the Oscars certainly dont, the highest winning male is Stevie wonder, and highest winning female is aretha franklin, both legends in everyones eyes, not just black’s…and guess what, their both fucking fat asses….people still buy their records…. you idiots, i cant believe i feel the need to comment in a room full of such fucking twats.

NOT too impressed. His voice is very nice at best, but he does NOT capture the emotions behind the songs. JHud got all that acclaim, because when you hear her version, you don’t just hear the words and the music, you hear the pain and fear behind what she is saying. He’s okay, but…. whats with all the praise?

somebody get this boy on Idol! Paula will love him!

I don’t think you all read the post by Ashley - - Either that was someone posing as the singer, or that post (by Ashley) was actually this guy defending himself against all you haters!!!! Congrats man… Keep practicing and developing your talent. When you get a chance, come over to the US and go to the Gospel Music Workshop of America. I go almost every year - it would be an excellent place for you to network and meet people and get your voice in front of many thousands of people. Congrats.

That was hotttttttt!!!!

He has a nice voice, he should try American Idol. He sounds like Elliot Yamin to me though and i’m already in love with elliot “yamean”.

Ummmm he sounds horrible he was boring me with how he stretched the words just horrible.If he were on AI he would not last.

Hey Ashley, I’ll help you out with a few more great white artist. The best Janice Joplin,Ann Wilson of Heart,Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Pat Benatar,Stevie Nicks, Candy Givens of the great 70’s band Zephry, and MAMA Cass Elliott of the mama and Popas!!! I saw this funky white boy on the View and he blew me away he sang with the passion that some of you said he was missing. He could win American Idol hands down. This years american Idol sucks dick I wont even vote this year. I loved Bo and last years Elliott Yazmin!!! God somebody please vote Hindu boy off!!!

Sorry meant MAMAS AND PAPAS!!!

i think he did a great job making the song his but i would have liked to see him belt out the dreamgirl’s version of the song but he totally made it his own a pop like or even a country version of it but i can see that this kid has real talent but my suggestion would be that if you are singing a mega song like this one try to stay true to the genre of music that the song represnets thats major inportant that’s just my thoughts — overall he did a goodjob !!!!!!!!!!

Boy you did a awesome job, just don’t let it end here. You will make it big

Well, well, well I so glad to see so many jealous African Americans. Hopfully his talent will provoke the real talant that lay dorment in so many blacks. I’m not mad at him at all. Yes, strong deep black spirutal songs is what is needed to gain the soul of our people back and if it takes a white young man to raise the constiosness of our lost music than so be it. This boy has a lot of soul. With a little help and continued lessons he could fly many places. Thank You for the entertainment. FEW

You da bomb! Go out for american idol next season for sure!