Marc Martel singing Nessun Dorma at the Covenant Awards 2009

[sparkers70]

Hate to be negative but I have to agree, as AWESOME as Marc's vocals are, the band sounds like they're trying to play a scottish funeral dirge in the fog.

[barbtylor]

You are Absolutely AWESOME!!!

[ClubPenguinVideo2009]

yes his somebody to love video led me here thumbs up

[boredperson778]

Marc :D

Instrumentals :(

[luckystar007]

Thumbs up if you are a Downhere fan who knew who Marc was before the Queen Extravaganza!

[TheFalcosJeanny]

Such bad Band! Never check what singer does....

[DILLONSONG]

@itsthemex07

lol potential? his is the best version EVER!!!

[jimyauto]

bella la voz de este cuate queen deberia de contratarlo

[marriusmal]

'the band sucks but he did a great job overall !! it's not easy to sing pavarotti !! bravo marc !

[thenewmiLONNIEum]

Great job maintaining control and not letting the dynamics of the song and the emotion of the lyrics take over. Too many people who try to sing this song mess up the final verse.

[Daybreak1223]

Awesome - God Bless!

[wilsoncl1964]

Eric Adams, from Manowar, does a much better job with this.

[MsAerosensa]

Love the song, like the voice, absolutely HATE the orchestra!

[notekidds]

Practice this up again and sing it with a string orchestra.

[vikmed83]

orrible..and the orchestra sucks

[AlbertoFinotti]

He did something for the Salvation Army? Fuck I thought he was my hero..

[maxedebby]

Stay Fred Mercury' s cover. Nessun dorma is not for your voice my dear. Pavarotti is the only one who can singer this music that's it!

[Beecels]

@maxedebby

Ignorant fuckwit

[kebnabi]

@maxedebby I think Andrea Bocelli is quite good as well.

[vbobkovsky]

@maxedebby you just mad

[riotjavelin]

@maxedebby Yeah right, go and sing better than him then! Smartass!

[Totto87]

@maxedebby Shame he's dead though. Marc doesn't do a bad job at this though. He has a good vibrato, but lacking a little bit of depth, so I agree to a point.

[maxedebby]

@Totto87 ok i agree with you too

[HawkLeer]

Second only to the legend Pavarotti himself. Bravo, sir.

[Calagamberr0]

WTF out of tune orchestra for a fucking nessun dorma? DIE

[loguelfo]

no no no no no no no no

[bonezzididi]

non so se peggio lui o l'orchestra.... meglio quando imita freddy mercury

[diamondstandard14]

The band sounds great!

[lamusik63]

Let him sing " Gethsemane" from JCS. 

[notekidds]

It looks like his bass guitarist on cornet!

[creatingculture]

@notekidds It is, He is quite a player! You should see them in concert!

[JAZOF]

Wow!! Is there something he cant sing!!! 

[defacer1980]

4 SEC DELAY :s

[rumblefox40]

THis is the kind of music you are best at, so beautifull!!

[mattymojo911]

The band butchered that.

[valnuke]

WOW THIS BAND SUCKS

[jaredandloni2]

@valnuke agreed!

[pegitforme]

Needs to practice his lip singing!

[Dedicednu]

@pegitforme Either that, or he's awesome at Japanese anime!

[iMrJ0nes]

@pegitforme The video and audio are out of sync. Thats actually him singing. You can find the recording he did at his home here; /watch?v=jlsprPFVXHA

[jerichomutant]

I think the band was so baaaaad that it affected Marc's performance, and yet he still pulled it out of the gutter with sheer will power and talent. Way to go Marc, you are extremely talented and brilliant. Rock on !!!! Or, Opera On I should say ; )

[Thesyndicate11111]

You rock Mark, glad for your sudden (if late) notoriety.

[1stmaxvinus]

out of synch. please reupload.

[scarryassclown]

THUMBS UP if his SOMEBODY TO LOVE audition led you here after seeing bunch of his other vids. ;)

[amoom0]

@scarryassclown Thumbs down to the comment I'm replying to if you're sick of seeing people ask for thumbs up. Give scarryassclown a different finger up.

[edenambalaj]

@scarryassclown Exactly that's what I am doing right now :)

[spaztastic90210]

this is crazy, how is he just becoming famous?

[TiagoZeroVideos]

fuck you Martel, go back to your planet, awesome singing like just cant be human hahaha

[Yoshimur4]

A tutti gli italiani invasati... non ve la tirate troppo... si è sentito di molto peggio fatto cosiddetti "professionisti studiati con pedigree" su palcoscenici blasonati, la barcaccia docet. E quanto a sminuire la capacità di coprire l'estensione vocale di Freddie Mercury e/o limitarsi a copiarlo come dite voi (parliamo di 4 ottave includendo il falsetto) beh...

[Yoshimur4]

@Yoshimur4 Montserrat Caballé disse di Freddie Mercury: "La sua tecnica era impressionante. Non aveva alcun problema di tempo, cantava con un senso del ritmo incisivo, scivolando da una tonalità all'altra senza alcuno sforzo. Aveva grande musicalità. Il suo fraseggio poteva essere sottile, delicato e dolce o più energico e deciso. Era in grado di trovare il giusto timbro, la giusta sfumatura espressiva per ogni parola"

[chichiechibubu]

@Yoshimur4 Sono perfettamente d'accordo!

[ARMOR1997]

forse e' meglio che faccia la copia di Freddie Mercury, maaaaa la banda da dove viene fuori?

[51Selina]

Non scherziamo! Sarà anche bravo, ma si limiti a rifare Freddie Mercury! La lirica non è nelle sue corde.. vocali.

[martaiuola]

@51Selina ma meno male che Puccini non può sentire... quest'aria è la più stuprata in assoluto e la gente che ne sa poco e niente basta che sente due acuti ed impazzisce. Mah che ignoranza.

[davlak2]

@51Selina concordo al 1000% !!! :)

[dadagomesful]

sem sincronia áudio e vídeo...

[Tinirtythere]

The audio and video are off track, but totally enjoyed listening to it.

[faloverdade]

You are great... keep singing!

[suagrandezza]

have to admit it, he's a spooky freddie mercury, he's awesome and his wonderful voice make him able to sing well along also this song, but definitely not. Lirica's not for him. Please don't joke with caruso, del monaco and pavarotti. It's not another match, it's another sport.

[CrAzYKRemO]

@suagrandezza

Nicely said.

Great voice but no match for the great opera singers.

Still awsome work and keep on surprising us please.

Cheers

[Melbeatle]

@CrAzYKRemO I agree!! He has a great and beautiful voice, but not for opera. He can sing it very nice, but he needs some "power", he dosn't have. Like Pavarotti, or Krauss, etc.

[jerichomutant]

He has such a liquid voice.........gooey and rich. LOVE it.

[jerichomutant]

He has such a liquid voice.........gooey and rich. LOVE it.

[savmoy]

Another great voice from Montreal! WOW!

[pablolee84]

New Star from Canada, Buble is nothing compared with his voice, this is the apology of Canada for Bieber!

[isaveu]

Why does he not have his own Youtube channel :(

[leahbethm]

@isaveu He does for his band. Do a YouTube search for: TheBandDownhere

[1Zaitsev1]

@isaveu user/cramletram

[meowzeenha]

@isaveu he does have it, its cramletram (his name from backwards)

[rendros88]

Glad to see he's getting the attention he deserves after his recent QueenExtravaganza audition.

[fearbabyriffs]

Wow. I saw a couple of his videos and I am a fan.

[tenli8]

transposed down a whole step... hmmmm... stick to Queen buddy

[michaelbeairst]

Holy shit. Marc is Canadian?!

...SOMETHING GOOD came from our country recently?!?!

[FranziniG]

Uh, no offense to the brass section there but I've heard high school bands play better than that. WTF? that should have been performed with a huge well trained/skilled orchestra. Like London philharmonic or something. Geeze, that guy needs to be a little more selective with who he sings with. I bet that brass section plays a mean "oh when the saints go marching in" but opera, they should never try that again.

[johsy]

From Bohemian Rhapsody to Nessun Dorma WOW! AMAZING!

[popguck]

Does anyone know that he is a born Canadian?

[astrelsa]

Amazing performance! But yes, the sound is badly out of sync with the video.

[ClackJam]

is it just me or is everyones video extremely out of sync ?

[javapathologist]

@ClackJam Yeah, by many seconds... :(

[ElmosLively]

Mark Martel, your are a star! You have a great gift...don't waste it.

[alexjalaff]

What a bunch of retarded instrumentalists, tore up a beautiful peice. Sing along with a better band Marc !

[kikkerboy79]

not his cup of tea

[casillamo]

I love this guy voice, but he is defenitly not trained to sing opera

[mitchellglaser]

He has a fine voice, but he is not operatically trained. He could actually hurt himself straining the way he did in this video. Still, what a gift he has! Take good care of your pipes, Marc, and they'll last you a lifetime.

[terrybeaton]

All things considered, it was a homerun. I agree though, if Opera was his goal, he would need much training. Nevertheless, a wonderful natural voice. Also, the song itself is so moving, you don't have to be Pavoratti to touch people with it.

[brownrhythms]

For the people hating. This a guy who most likely taught himself how to sing versus being formally trained. He is nowhere near trained enough to actually get a part in an opera. It's the Salvation Army band. It's not an actual symphony. Some people on here come across as people who would listen to a 7th grade school band and rip it needlessly apart. I was more annoyed with the lack of syncing up between the sound and video.

[suskistube]

being italian, I find he's one of the few foreign singers to pronounce this romanza almost properly (90% of it).

this piece has been slaughtered so many times here on Youtube that I had almost lost any hope to listen to a decent version

(too bad the band was pathetic)

[Perid0tStar]

@suskistube theres a very nice version of him singing this where its a little over 6 minutes because before he sings he talks about his vocal history and musical influences---its got like 117 thousand some odd views right now and if you search for marc martel nessun dorma it will come up. its very nice and his pronunciation is still spot-on

[nortrop1000]

patetic opera singer...

but amazing freddie mercury II

[billygadol]

@nortrop1000 You're a pathetic speller.

[brendant19]

Ok, this guys Queen covers were pretty good, but this is not something you "cover". This is a pretty shit rendition of this song.

[rasputinsghost]

great performance by the singer, the band is offfffffffff

[datsik]

Jesus the band was just amateur hour..

[plushaye]

I've been a downhere fan for about a month now (from Rock the River) and I have just been discovering their albums and music. I can't normally stand opera tho. This is the first time I heard marc sing this song and I'm picking my jaw up off the floor!! I'm used to him singing higher with his superb voice that I'm just shocked how well he sings in lower octaves. Sure Pavorotti could sing it better but marc never had any formal voice lessons!! Now that took guts. What a God-given gift he has.

[dtblitz55]

i'm with the tubeamp dude. there were pitch issues and noticible strain in some places. not that any live recording is ever truly perfect. marc has a fantastic tone and quality in his voice though.

[luckystar007]

The greatest singer who almost nobody seems to know about...for sure.

[Salix1980]

@luckystar007 In about a few months the whole world knows about him. I wish I heared of him before the Queen Extravaganza thing. He's amazing.

[RoopDaddy86]

@luckystar007  Well...that's no longer true now....

[USPSAman]

@luckystar007 yeah this right here is proof that it is so damn hard to make it in the music buisnes as good as this guy is he didnt have any national attention till the somebody to live competition

[centeredandtrue24]

Very classy, Mr. Martel (and company.) From Bohemian Rhapsody to Nessun Dorma...you continue surprising your audience. Here's to Downhere, from me...a Texan fan for life.

[25EvaJ]

I think the tuning was the band.

[666tubeamp]

I'd like it more if he were on key. Sorry, but I have perfect pitch, and this is off. I'm not saying I could do better - I'm just being objective.

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

no need to apologize, i'm sure you have a successful career in music

[666tubeamp]

In-demand teacher, first-call session player, Berklee honors grad an author of two books on music theory...so yes, I do, thanks.

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

and what is your name and website, good sir?

[audas]

@666tubeamp

The band is out - completely - ironic really.

[audas]

@666tubeamp

The band is out - completely - ironic really.

[audas]

@666tubeamp

The band sounds out (Uni grad, three bands, masters, four instruments).

[BOTVGH]

@666tubeamp

...except in-demand teachers, first-call session players Berkley honors grads, and authors of books on music theory don't put 666 in their username. Angsty teenagers who want to make a statement about badass and anti-religion they are do. Because everyone needs to know, you know. And you're so original for thinking of it. So either it's a pathetic image thing or you are a genuine Satanist (which is fine, and I apologize if that was the case all along).

[woutertron]

@666tubeamp I don't care if you have perfect pitch; there is no way you are a first-call session player with a personality like that.

[JohnnyJohnW]

@666tubeamp You are being a little bitch, I'm just being objective.

[jenjen2132]

Amazing!

[Marsha3232]

That was awesome - nice to see The Edmonton Temple Band!