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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-05 20:28:38
His name is Piet Arion. He's an Austrian teenager. Listen to him sing "I Dreamed a Dream":
http://youtu.be/KIyCoSoIDJg
I'm not saying it's good or it's bad--but promise me you'll listen through to the astonishing end.
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Posted by blaxx 2013-01-05 20:31:47
I'm not saying it's good or it's bad
Why wouldn't you? He's fantastic!
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-05 20:39:35
I know! Listen to his "What Kind of Fool Am I?"--it turned me into a fan.
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Posted by Dave19 2013-01-05 20:41:04
He is great but I think he autotuned his voice a bit.
He sings the wrong melody in the 2nd verse and he does go up in the 4th verse, but he sounds like he's struggling with the notes there. In the end he goes much higher without any trouble?
I love the melody changes at the end though! Well done.
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Posted by ucjrdude902 2013-01-05 21:07:21
It needed a smoke machine, some purple lights and mirrors and it would have been an 80's music video. I made it to 1:19.
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-05 21:11:35
Here's "What Kind of Fool":
http://youtu.be/z-GtXQMWGa0
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Posted by My Oh My 2013-01-06 03:19:15
I made it to 00:20.
Not because he was bad. Didn't hear enough to determine that just yet.
But I couldn't get past the female impersonating and unnecessary high pitch. Even women don't sing that daintily and that high. I might watch it when I'm in a better mood.
Sorry I let you down, Mr. Joey. :S
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Posted by CHOOKA2 2013-01-06 04:41:21
He needs a very strong manager/producer to stop him making a lot of foolish musical choices--What kind of fool am I-blew me away.Looked at some of his other songs-too many vocal gimmicks at the moment -even Cleo Laine didn't show off that much.But such a cutie-just wonder where a voice like that will end up.
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-06 06:44:19
I made it to 00:20.
That's the point. You have to watch through to 3:41 or you miss the point of watching at all.
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Posted by rosscoe(au) 2013-01-06 10:13:21
Those eyebrows, that voice. Ryan Murphy and Kurt from Glee have a lot to answer for.
As for the 3.41 mark, oy vey.
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Posted by ljay889 2013-01-06 10:48:15
Too much imitating of Mariah Carey. From the faces to the hand gestures. The "aren't I so cute and good faces?" are grating. He does have a shocking range though.
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-01-06 10:50:34
He dreamed a dream he was a giiiiiiirrrrrrrrl!
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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-01-06 10:53:30
LOL when he sings the line, turn my dreams to shame he's giving the air a hand job! <3.
But damn that whole performance was just atrocious.
But I needed a good laugh this morning and this definitely provided it.
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Posted by wonkit 2013-01-06 19:14:32
I'm sorry.UGH.
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-07 03:49:35
He can exist only because of Kurt on Glee. He is what Kurt on Glee should have become.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-01-07 06:24:21
I find him about as enjoyable as I find Kurt.
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Posted by ClapYo'Hands 2013-01-07 07:43:55
Wow. That was terrible.
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Posted by madbrian 2013-01-07 08:53:48
Mary Crawley called. She wants her eyebrows back.
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Posted by EponineAmneris 2013-01-07 09:10:47
Very interesting and unique. Thank you for sharing, PalJoey. You always have something new and intellegent to add to the board!
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Posted by South Fl Marc 2013-01-07 09:17:56
He has an amazing voice, but I could not stand his version of the song. I'm sorry I listened all the way through.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2013-01-07 10:41:05
My favorite part of the song is when he stopped singing.
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Posted by Wilmingtom 2013-01-07 10:49:55
Like many young artists, he seems to feel the need to show us every single note he has in every song he sings instead of considering what the song wants. Fierce voice though.
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Posted by hermajesty 2013-01-07 12:26:18
Amazing
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Posted by Marlothom 2013-01-07 12:40:32
One thing I did like about this, was the way he comes back after the instrumental, "I had a dream my life would be . . ." - probably not what the song "needs" in the context of the show, but as stand-alone, I had not heard that before. The uber high notes at the very end, however, not for moi.
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Posted by finebydesign 2013-01-07 12:54:56
Give me Susan Boyle any day!
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Posted by newintown 2013-01-07 13:09:23
If you like that sort of thing, I guess...
To me it appears to be a lot of sparkly plastic style minus any substance - artificiality without content. Those slapping gestures don't equal "feeling," nor do random ultra-high notes equal good singing.
But, if you like that sort of thing...
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-07 14:55:29
I don't usually, but there's something so odd and individualistic and weird and unusual and true-to-the-weirdness-that-is-himself about this kid that I end of sort-of respecting him for upholding his integrity.
And the more people dislike him, the more I feel like I like him.
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Posted by newintown 2013-01-07 15:11:47
I see what you mean, but, personally, I don't see anything more "individualistic" (individual?) or "weird" than we see from the other fey teens found on American Idol, The Voice, The X Factor, etc.
What he does, he definitely does to the extreme; but it's hardly anything that hasn't been seen before.
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Posted by jimmycurry01 2013-01-07 15:12:30
If Michael Jackson had given us a rendition of I Dreamed a Dream, this is what it would sound like. No thank you.
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-07 15:15:14
Actually, if Michael Jackson (at his Thriller best) had given us a rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream," it might have been phenomenal.
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Posted by jimmycurry01 2013-01-07 15:19:04
Maybe, but to some I am sure this kid is phenomenal, just not my cup of tea.
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Posted by PalJoey 2013-01-07 22:55:21
Now he's being bad-mouthed on the Off Topic Board.
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Posted by ljay889 2013-01-07 23:07:12
^ Where?
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2013-01-07 23:20:40
It wasn't me! I just said I don't think he's 13!
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Posted by ljay889 2013-01-15 13:42:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9IWAxSpgKA
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Posted by TheGingerBreadMan 2013-01-15 14:11:55
I'm sorry, but I made to 00:41. I couldn't take it anymore.
He Dreamed a Period (.)
Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-01-15 14:29:03
LOL @ PalJoey deleting the original thread title and reducing it to a period!!!
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Posted by tazber 2013-01-15 14:32:53
He Dreamed a Period (.)
Posted by iluvtheatertrash 2013-01-15 14:40:27
Wow... I normally agree with you, PalJoey, but that was excruciating. And I love "What Kind Of Fool Am I?". I agree with Jordan. The best part was when he stopped singing.
Kinda reminds me of that painful Broadway album Debbie Gibson put out.
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Posted by Jane2 2013-01-15 16:22:17
I have mixed thoughts. First, I think it's a beautiful voice. Second, is that a girl or a boy? third, what's with the headshot taking up most of the frame? (I guess it's a three-in-one video, audition for song, acting, and modeling).
A little too much histrionics.
But I'm going to listen to it again, I like the voice!
