Alex James cries at Mr Brightside Cover

[Maquiladora95]

Dreadful. Just dreadful.

[MrsManicure]

I thought he was crying because it was making his ears bleed. Oh.

[FretLegendSmithy]

am i the only one who thinks that bloke sounds like he's trying to squeeze out a shit while singing that song. horrible cover of an otherwise average song.

[nuttyboy13]

This is a terrible cover.

[elsylovesplacebo]

No please don't sing. Alex you are awesome.

[bmart1516]

Brandon Flowers just died of spontaneous combustion, then turned in his grave. Oh, lord, his cover sucked as much balls as Alexandra James.

[TheBassHeavy]

Brilliant!!

[ianwilson2007]

I feel sorry for people who listen to this and don't realise how great it is. Obviously Blur fans who want to hear Damon sing in his mockney chimney sweep voice. This is amazing and anyone who understands musical interpretation will know that. All the judges did.

[coltsuperocean10]

...this is a joke right? This is the John Shuttleworth of the 2010s!! Utter rubbish!!

[TheNylonStrings]

0.56

Cmon. You've got to be kidding. This IS a joke!

[mokmon]

Awwww, bless him.

I do remember watching it when it was on telly and I wasn't sure whether to like it or not. Still not sure. :D

[thearcticwombats]

ok wheres ashton kutcher

[thearcticwombats]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLL

[hoobool]

people that like mr brightside should check out queen bitch by bowie.it heavily influenced parts of the song

[34wurzel]

y u all listening then ?????????

[veljack]

i'm not being funny, but your all stupid ha ?

are you all expecting like.. adele and shit..

yes far enough he isn't smashing his voice out to exact notes and what not.

but in my oppinion he has purely made this song his own.

he adds emotion to it, thats what a true performance is about.

idiots.

[200mmb]

Be a man, not a Barbie doll Alex! What dross.

[Deadlydesperado]

Pity vote. The lad can't sing, not at all.

[gingafan12]

Maybe Alex was crying because that guy´s voice was making his ears hurt... who knows?

Oh, and I dont even want to imagine how the other contestants might have sound if he was "one of the best performances of the series", gosh...

[zephyr84]

i thought the judges' comments were meant to be sarcastic. wait, no they aren't? DEAR LORD.

[rocksinoo]

What show is that?

[pragmatismnotidealis]

crying... at the absolute destruction of that song

[natehoppus182]

I didn't mind like 90% of it, but his voice was just so whiny and overly dramatic at times almost...yikes.

[FrerardBigFan]

My ears have been raped

[MangoStarrx3]

|: .....It was...okay....i.....guess.....­.....

[FesterCrust]

his voice is pretty bad.. i dont like it at all

[01AlanBennett]

jesus, people who are obviously into Blur (is that why they're watching Alex James videos?) are pretty ignorant about musicianship (surprise). I hate the Killers, but this guy's done a really heartfelt rendition of the song, and has a really excellent voice. Still, each to their own I guess

[jarvizcocker]

@01AlanBennett lol maybe blur fans just aren't generally tone deaf.

[01AlanBennett]

@jarvizcocker "tone deaf"? Hate to spoil the argument with facts, but his voice was in tune. He has an unusual voice, but very good and affecting. I was looking forward to something terrible judging by the comments, but ended up seeing a really brilliant cover, so thanks for this video.

[Takaouto]

@01AlanBennett I reckon. There seems to be much hate in the comments for this poor man. Coming here as someone who hasn't actually heard the original, I thought he was awesome. /shotdown Now I don't even want to search for the original - I suspect I'll be epically disappointed that it doesn't live up to everyone's praise of it. XDDD

[catherinebrighteyesx]

@01AlanBennett You're saying everyone who is into blur are ignorant?!

[MurdocTheGorilla]

He's trying not to laugh

[TheEddster]

Seriously, I'm up for all this acoustic folk-y cover-y stuff but this is just...awful. I've done a better cover of Mr Brightside out of my arse.

[goodmusicrox]

i actually assumed at the start he'd be crying with laughter, not good :P

[markod2002]

Well shit that's why he did Nout after this shit show. The best band didn't even win, these 3 douches said something like "your amazing buy far the best band here but we don't think anyone else in the world will like you" ???? Dicks!!!

[bindestreck]

you guys who thinks this is bad: you're TV show watching suckers who can't appreciate people that aren't singing great. Can't you feel how much emotion he puts in to this song? suckers.

[Chloeeeflux]

that boy haves disability or what?

[artificialflames1]

this is beautiful

[deathkampdrone]

seriously, alex must be drugging it to find this performance touching.

[bernardhgaskin]

OMG..... this is awful....

[pfkp]

Am I missing something? Made me cry ... because it was so awful. The chap can't sing, he brays. But I am concerned that others can describe this performance in glowing terms. Are we on different planets?

[rjbride]

All great bands have to have a weirdo bass player.Blur are a great band

[JakeFB09]

@rjbride flea for example

[gimely10]

HORRIBLE

[WakeYourDreamsSkate]

i actually like it, its different to the many other covers of this song and has his own spice to it, good enough for alex james, good enough for me :)

[blackdice23]

FUCKING PISH.

[tequieroardilla]

Tommy Reilly fuck up!! arse.

[tequieroardilla]

No entiendo... esa canción, independientemente de quien y como la versionen, es una reverenda mamada. Los killers son pésimos, mr. brightside es una oda al infantilismo pseudo indie, ultra comercial y sobreproducida. Por qué llora Alex?

Sies por esa rola, ha perdido mi respeto el muy guarro.

[bonzo]

yeah that did pretty much suck ass

[brownboy90]

CRAP!

[swoosie89]

wtff? are they playing with him? hes horrible.

[MexicanKittenFilms]

i thought he was so bollocks tbh

[ablurida]

my ears! my ears! THEY BURN!!!

The show really must be terrible if that was the best performance.

Alex was probably crying because this was music's funeral. Then he lied.

(the piano was worth listening to, though).

[Lovesrichey]

It's almost 5am. And I can't sleep, obviously I'm watching blur vids instead.....I actually haven't ever laughed so much at this time in the morning. The cover was awful, awful, awful.....and frickin hilarious.

[bubblepopelictric]

aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee alex

[LooshyXD]

This is a brilliant cover, maybe patchy in places, but truly inspirational. So different and moving.

[harrytheblurfan]

I absolutely shocking by an absolute shocking artist, there's not being a singer (like Bob Dylan) and then there's just having a disgusting voice like this guy. I can't believe he won, he can barely speak let along sing.

[angeloide8]

what it is the thing, the clothe in alex james neck ?? it's cool !

[JensJakob1]

This is amazing. I seriously got chills listening to it. Very touching! I can see why some people can't relate to it though.

[CoheedAtThe930]

he looks like dustin dollin....i love this version i was feelin it for sure

[ThatPaperGirl]

I'm sorry. Is this a joke? I'm sorry, but this is a joke right??

Is this the british form of Punkd?

Where's Ashton Kutcher!!?!

[Avatarded25]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. is this a joke or are they just deaf?

Is this some kind of punkd or something xD

Just horrible... Oh god Alex James, you're awesome xD

[drviz]

@Avatarded25 my thoughts exactly

[mirpj]

honestly! What a great cover!!!!!!! I really love it more that the original :P

[stephensloan2009]

sorry that was shocking...what are the judges talking about??

[jiminy80]

He looks like someone just nicked his cheese.

[VanHalen383]

@jiminy80 HAHAHAHAHA this is the best comment I've read all day!

[BraceletAccumulatrT2]

@jiminy80 That is genius!

[reallygonewhy]

Ok, what the hell is wrong with people who dont like this performance??? There is something hauntingly exquisite about this singer! Tommy Reilly is a legend!

[sergeantfan]

I agree, whoever doesn't like this just need to get a grip. A great cover

[libertine94x]

i thought it was awefull hahaa.

but bless alex for getting emotional

[TheValiance]

Tommy Reilly is incredible.

[passifleure]

who's the long-haired man speaking with alex james at the very end?

[carlosfarva]

His name's Alex Zane.

[DeSmurfen125]

I didn't like it!! but I LOVE ALEX!! <33

[martaczech]

1:51 -Alex at his best-LOL

[dita86]

i thought it was awful. He sounded like he was channeling james blunt while singing it.

[jarvizcocker]

only worse.

which makes alex's reaction priceless.