Phone salesman blows Simon Cowell Away

[sygyzy]

There are "Britain's Got Talent" clips all over YouTube of people impressing Simon. What's the big deal? They had something similar here, in America. I can't place my finger on it...

 

[mezrah]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
There are "Britain's Got Talent" clips all over YouTube of people impressing Simon. What's the big deal? They had something similar here, in America. I can't place my finger on it...

haha...they have something on right now. It's judged by Piers from the British verision, as well as the Hoff and Sharon Osbourne.

 

[Aharami]

wow. im damn impressed. not only by his singing, but also because that's the best quality video ive seen on youtube

 

[GasX]

A Welshman with a beautiful singing voice is as cliche as saying black people can dance. Still, it is always cool watching the best moment of a person's life and she sure can sing!

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: theknight571
In the Detroit area there was a plumber that became a regular caller to one of the local radio shows, and he would sing "opera style" (my term )

He ended up with his own show, and performed with the local symphonies etc.

He was Fat Bob the Singing Plumber (aka Robert Taylor)

you mean the former tyrannical despot of Liberia? :shocked:

 

[b0mbrman]

Wonderful...wouldn't have seen that one coming

Brought tears to my eyes and I love when underdogs kick ass (In the only reality show I watch, Hell's Kitchen, I'm really pushing for Julia )

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
A Welshman with a beautiful singing voice is as cliche as saying black people can dance. Still, it is always cool watching the best moment of a person's life and he sure can sing!

lol...that's actually true! (btw...fixed typo for you)

 

[ColdFusion718]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: Jawo

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Christ, how many reposts of this are we going to get?

Umm....I searched: Opera, Simon Cowell, Paul Potts...and nothing relevant came up....

I think its an amazing video of what a guy can do.....

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2059674&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2060089&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2059602

LMAO get a life! Go get laid or something since you have so much free time. Oh wait, that would require having contact with others, nevermind.

 

[sygyzy]

I wanted to clarify that I wasn't taking anything away from this guy (who I found amazing) or anyone else. I was just saying that it's silly to make a post each time Simon says someone's a good singer. He's tough but not an idiot. I'll reiterate in saying that there are clips of talented people all over YouTube from that show.

 

[KDOG]

Dayum, I can't stand opera but theres' no ifs' ands' or buts' about it - that guy can sing.

 

[MrWizzard]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: Jawo

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Christ, how many reposts of this are we going to get?

Umm....I searched: Opera, Simon Cowell, Paul Potts...and nothing relevant came up....

I think its an amazing video of what a guy can do.....

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2059674&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2060089&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2059602

Give him a break JujuFish. People could attack your posting habits if they wanted too.

Something like this deserves to be reposted.

Thanks for posting this Jawo, it would have been sad to miss.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: tagej
He does need some dental work done, but he sure can sing

He's from the UK, what do you expect?

 

[Accipiter22]

WOW....I hope he gets to perform professionally somewhere

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
WOW....I hope he gets to perform professionally somewhere

He supposedly received 3 recording contract offers the same night the show aired.

 

[foghorn67]

I love Nessun Dorma. Wow.

 

[moshquerade]

Three cheers for the ugly duckling on his way to becoming the swan. Let's see... he needs better clothes, a better haircut, definitely needs his teeth fixed, and it doesn't matter if he loses weight or not cause opera singers are usually rotund. I don't even like opera, but you just see the guy and want to route for him. Hopefully he gains some confidence and the show changes his life for the better forever.

 

[Woofmeister]

Vincerò! Vincerò! translates as "I will win! I will win!"

That's pretty appropriate.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Three cheers for the ugly duckling on his way to becoming the swan. Let's see... he needs better clothes, a better haircut, definitely needs his teeth fixed, and it doesn't matter if he loses weight or not cause opera singers are usually rotund. I don't even like opera, but you just see the guy and want to route for him. Hopefully he gains some confidence and the show changes his life for the better forever.

Most definitely. I REALLY hope he wins, and this changes his life forever. You can see the passion that he has for this. I have watched it a few times, I've gotten goose bumps watching him.

It was funny to watch the sneered looks simon and pierce had at first. Then as he began to sing, you can see their expressions just changing, then they almost melted. It was great.

I do hope he does well, and his dreams do come true.

Some of the youtube discussions, people saying he's no professional, he is professional, who cares, the guy is wonderful. I hope he goes far.

My thought to the people that have sneered at him, "You get up there and sing Opera!" Not easy, regardless.

BRAVO!!!

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: ColdFusion718

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: Jawo

Originally posted by: JujuFish
Christ, how many reposts of this are we going to get?

Umm....I searched: Opera, Simon Cowell, Paul Potts...and nothing relevant came up....

I think its an amazing video of what a guy can do.....

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2059674&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2060089&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=38&threadid=2059602

LMAO get a life! Go get laid or something since you have so much free time. Oh wait, that would require having contact with others, nevermind.

It's called knowing how to search. Granted, that second link was horribly titled, but the OP should have easily been able to find the other two. I did with a search of "salesman" and "talent". I wish I had "so much free time."

Originally posted by: MrWizzard
Give him a break JujuFish. People could attack your posting habits if they wanted too.

Something like this deserves to be reposted.

Thanks for posting this Jawo, it would have been sad to miss.

Yeah, people could attack me for calling repost. All I ask is for people to search. I will give Jawo credit for doing so. He just didn't choose the right terms. My initial reaction was a bit aggressive, also.

Anyway, since I seem to have pissed several people off, I will apologize.

 

[LS20]

1. why did those mongoloids cheer in the middle of an opera performance?
2. why does a salesman not have confidence?
3. why did that girl call him a lump of coal?

 

[Arcex]

He actually has some professional schooling in opera, but he ran into a few health issues (3 in a row, which really sucks) and is trying to get back into singing after a long hiatus. Not quite as amazing as someone who's never done anything more than sing in the shower, but he still is top-notch IMO and deserves to win.

 

[CptObvious]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Three cheers for the ugly duckling on his way to becoming the swan. Let's see... he needs better clothes, a better haircut,

I personally don't see anything wrong with his clothes or his hair. He is dressed better than 90% of the people on the street

 

[ed21x]

that... was... beautiful...! :brokenheart:

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: LookingGlass

Originally posted by: moshquerade
Three cheers for the ugly duckling on his way to becoming the swan. Let's see... he needs better clothes, a better haircut, definitely needs his teeth fixed, and it doesn't matter if he loses weight or not cause opera singers are usually rotund. I don't even like opera, but you just see the guy and want to route for him. Hopefully he gains some confidence and the show changes his life for the better forever.

Most definitely. I REALLY hope he wins, and this changes his life forever. You can see the passion that he has for this. I have watched it a few times, I've gotten goose bumps watching him.

It was funny to watch the sneered looks simon and pierce had at first. Then as he began to sing, you can see their expressions just changing, then they almost melted. It was great.

I do hope he does well, and his dreams do come true.

Some of the youtube discussions, people saying he's no professional, he is professional, who cares, the guy is wonderful. I hope he goes far.

My thought to the people that have sneered at him, "You get up there and sing Opera!" Not easy, regardless.

BRAVO!!!

My thoughts exactly....I was so amazed when I saw it I wanted others to have the opportunity to see it. So what if its a repost...he's simply amazing!

Juju...chalk it up for the excellent search feature and I didnt feel that I had to search for every term that I could think of....just the most obvious to me.

 

[jadinolf]

Just saw it on FNC today. The guy is great.