Julian Smith - BGT Final 2009 - Britain's Got Talent

[Greekindian69]

And of course, THIS Julian Smith is a black guy.Racist Coffee makes that so ironic.

[thm149]

Can anyone tell me what happened to him after BGT. Thanks very much.

[xXDrummer96Xx]

wheres teh jellyfish sandwhich

[LoveN64AndGCGames]

@xXDrummer96Xx

its jelly-fish

if you eat a real jelly fish sandwhich YOU WILL DIE

[frostgothic]

i like amanda's tits very much

[agelacoco]

I think he's a really tallentive man & he does not take the sacsaphone out of his mouth not even one seconde

[brewrats000]

He deserves the third spot. :D

[eclipsexz]

aahh

is the somewere

[eclipsexz]

es the pet shop boys the song????

[SergeCWazukie]

omg so much passion! i hope to god he gets somewhere with what he has its BEAUTIFUL

[kyle5619456]

Yazzarh let someone else speak. he didnt just have talent he also had a likability factor which is why he did so well

[popmusicno1fan]

lovely :)

[bangkid94]

dissssss isss the beeesssst

[mlisdy]

love ya!! everyboduy have just jelous of you!!

[eddieman2004]

well overated ..sems like a nice chap ..but seriously you pick up one of these players in most music colleges

[oneworldonerace]

@eddieman2004 there's always some wanker that has to cut down people for having a go, mate drive off a fucking cliff you knob

[iluvme4never]

@eddieman2004 I'd have to agree with you. Almost all universities have a few players like this. Even some high schools have these kinds of players. He definitely seems like a nice guy, but there are better musicians out there that don't get enough credit either.

[efdede]

No use if being abusive

[abzs2k]

also note that he plays the sax out of the side of his mouth (a mal-technique that Kenny G uses), which isn't proper sax technique. The mouthpiece should be centered to the mouth. That said, Lester Young used to play with his saxophone tilted sideways (just watch his youtube videos), but then again, Lester Young was ridiculously good.

[efdede]

No use being abusive to someone that knows probably alot more of making music then you do

[abzs2k]

I'm not being abusive. I'm just saying what I see. If he's been playing for 40 years and that's the best he's got, then somethings gone very wrong. I've been playing for 2 years and I could outperform that in a minute.

[Demonsword2008]

ya gimp lol hes got emotion and talent ur just jelous

[abzs2k]

No offense, but you wouldn't know talent if it came and slapped you in the face, if you think he's good. Seriously do a youtube search for "soprano sax" and you'll find hundreds of amateurs if not more, that are way better than him.

[Demonsword2008]

haha no offense mate but i know bitter sad idiots who say someone isn't talented :S when they clearly are ..... moron!!!!

[abzs2k]

none taken. But if that is the case, then I must be a real sucker for punishment for putting all those talented musicians in my favourites.

[abzs2k]

Please tell me how he's different to any Kenny G wannabe who've posted videos on youtube. I hate sob stories getting through on a talent competition. Talent should be about talent. Playing set notes on a soprano sax isn't talent. Jazz musicians improvising, now that's talent.

[Yazzarh]

Oh dear me abzs2k, you've summed up my opinion to a T.

One thing that I've come to dislike about EVERYTHING now on BGT is that it's all just imitation. As you said thien - I want to see improvisation, and GOOD improvisation at that.

So really - either an absolutely perfect rendition of an extremely difficult technical piece, or you improvise. Simple as that, IMO

[davidelson011]

i love listenning to this he is amazing i think diversity deserved to win but no reason he shouldn't of come 2nd

[barnsleybastard1994]

fuk off inbred cunt

[inkax69]

Este homem tem muito talento e merece que alguem pegue nesse talento e faça dele uma estrela :DD

[keeffe2387]

This guy, is very talented, very humble, a wife and a kiddie, he deserves some fame

[wg390]

Obviously he is not the best for this kind of competition, but one of the most talented and coolest guy in this show. Love it

[escortmk112]

look in the mirror ,you will see a BIGGER TWAT. He has more talent than you will ever dream of haveing and if you dream that then you better wake up and apologize to a man that realy has got some

[sofiebatan]

u idiot! dont watch him if u dont like him. ur just jealous cuz u dont have any talent.hes a very nice man with talent.what do u have? ur just good on criticising.

[tunderman09]

i think this guy should meet A.R.RAHMAN.....this guy is very talented....

[jasonhall930]

i kno this aint important but i have them jeans!!

btw he is so talented! and cool i wanted him to win from day 1!!

[1992tam2009]

if he gets a contract nd gets a cd out i will definitely but it

[OverRoller]

BUT IT WHAT????!

[1992tam2009]

Meant to say buy it

[redsky246]

kulmum wot da shit you chattin boy does ya mom know you been on her pc again now get to bed school 2moro

[mal334455]

to polite...well mannered.and talented and to much of a nice guy to be a celebrity

[delazzuro]

Absolutely brilliant!!.......Kulmum your a TWAT!!!

[ViniVicenzo]

What's the name of this song. By the way...he's a very great musician!!! Congratulations

[thomgray]

it's "Somewhere" from West Side Story

[DGlisoouz]

Love this Guy ... Just great .... DJ SKAFT DK

[emaemmaemily]

I enjoyed his performances.

A lot of people (non-reed players) don't seem to understand how hard it is to play the way he does. Not just to get that gorgeous tone he has, but the vibrato! It would have taken many years of practice and a great amount of talent to achieve the sound that he did.

I applaud him.

[BenMarro]

fuk off kulmum he is amazin and u will neva be at his standard so keep ya opinion 2 ya self if u r gonna tlk shit

[Goofy2242]

hes not bad at all! but id believe the joe jonas shit any time xd what a bunch of sissy fags

[kathy8757]

he plays that so cool its great and what a great guy

[Blongers1]

3rd - fuck me that was a surprise - my local busker shits on this guy

[sammylb1]

he was brilliant i dnt know how he can play for so long god!!!! xx

[vickybarrow]

this guy has me in tears every time i hear him play.

[stormer55]

i didnt think he would come 3rd he is good an all but i didnt think many people would vote for him STAVROS FTW

[footstink35]

I have heard this fella is already a professional, I guess that must have counted against him because he undoubtedly had the most talent.

[barokzzz]

make a cd bro, I'll be the one who will be first in line to buy your album

[Blongers1]

You cant be serious, why dont you just tape the music they play in your local shopping centre - this is completely souless.

[lostintimeline]

a great act i wish he won the contest.he reminded me of kenny g i really hope he make a cd with melodies like this one.well done bro

[33333wert]

I wish him more performances of his life and also more "most important nights" of his life ;-)))

[weebluealien]

Beautiful

[Myleso]

schmalz

[titchydean]

but then again if that is true what macdo47 says then simon cowell should of known that he has accually got somewhere lol

[topbluffa1]

lol wanna see what he should of played for a

GUARANTEED WIN.

type in"lost boys saxaphone scene"

lol now thats perfomance.

[klkat123123]

he is awesom i thought atleast he would of came 2nd

[macdo47]

Julian Smith - alias Joolz Gianni is already a recording artist. His tracks appear on the Classic Chillout album compilation series. He was offered a five album record deal after forming his own band in 1993. He has played alongside Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) and Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce). Acker Bilk, Diana Carroll and Ola Anabule have all featured with Jools. ITV say the competition has always been open to professionals! He has featured on three records for Simon Cowell.

[topbluffa1]

if what macdo4 says is true al this "iv never got anywhere" stuff is all crap.

[multipl3]

bollox

[rileysaplank]

If that's true why's he still working as a music tutor? The reason I know he's still working as a music tutor is because he tutors my sister.

[mrchange1951]

Then your sister is very fortunate. By the way what do you do beside trying to tear people down.

So he is a music tutor, means he gives back.

[joethehatter]

What song is this?

btw he's absolutely brilliant!!

[Wabbitoncrack1978]

somewhere from westside story

[lys20689]

That does not touch me

[azzaRONALDOFAN]

julian i thought u shud of won mate ur amazing im from birmingham myself and i love saxephone players

[PalaceMan888]

1 c0ver y0ur m0uth with y0ur hand

2 make a wish int0 it

3 cl0se y0ur hand {make it int0 a fist}

4 h0ld y0ur fist t0 y0ur heart f0r 5 sec.

5 send dis t0 3 m0re vide0s

6 t0m0rr0w will be y0ur best day ever

[gunsofsteel2005]

What authentic talent you have Julian....definitely something I'd buy on Itunes...Way to go Julian!!!...10 out of 10 from the USA buddy!!!

[peacekid]

why do so many of the musical performers do repeats of their auditions?

[wg390]

Diversity won but Julian is a MAN!

[tmengc]

He is as good as Kenny G.

If Julian has cd of his music i will surely buy it.

[bondroid]

I like him better than Kenny G.! : )

I'd buy it too!

[nathaniliffe26]

Amanda is FIT

[lphmoongazer]

Congratulations on 3rd place Julian. I voted for him & Shaheen & thought they both were the best. It was an amazingly good contest & coming 3rd is a great achievement tonight. Love Julian's beautiful music & the wonderful passion he puts into every note. Hope all his dreams finally come true. Good luck Julian. x

[270892Laura]

Amazing Final!!!!!!!!!!So talented! I wish I could play like that. Well done and Good Luck (but i don't think you will need it) Best Wishes xx

[jeffcomexpert]

What a beautiful performance. I just wish him all the very best in life. May God guides him all the way. Once again though you are not the winner we know for sure that you would reach your dreams. May we find your album very soon. All the best!!!!!

[Love00Mother00Earth]

Julian actually rocks, tbh. There are sooooo many people saying that what he does is barely a talent, and they're right. Playing what he does on the sax isn't that hard. BUT playing it with as much emotion and passion as he does, is. Proper amazment. Love you Julian :)

[Yazzarh]

And that, RIGHT there, is why I HATE all of the instrumental auditions on BGT.

The music the performers play is VERY easy, not difficult AT ALL to master - it's not talent at all. I played in a chamber orchestra for five years, at a non-professional level, and there would be an easy 5-6 people in the orchestra who would blow ANY of the instrumental players out of the water - and these players are 16/17, btw.

You say playing with emotion is hard? Seriously, give it a year and you're fine.

[scled1007]

I've met very few 16 to 17 year olds in both High school and college levels that have the tonal and pitch control as this guy. Not to mention the amount of emotion someone puts into a solo. You can be the best "technical" performer in the world and still sound bland if you don't add emotion.

[Yazzarh]

The term 'emotion' is one of the soppiest, useless, and -fake- terms that exist in music. Why? It's a relative term - emotion is interpreteted differently from person to person, but most importantly, it really means NOTHING for music. It's like trying to saying that someone "plays with 110%" instead of "100%" - it's completely and utterly stupid, makes no sense, and you're trying to put a positive quality where none exists.

[Yazzarh]

In fact - here's a better analogy. It's like trying to say that a magical necklace "allows you to jump" - in other words, it provides no real benefit.

Better terms to describe this quality would be "muscial experience" or "feeling" - and you know what?  Both of those qualities, whilst very reliant on natural talent, can be induced/created/enhanced by continued playing and greater experience.

Thus, 16/17 year olds could certainly display the same degree of 'emotion', as you call it, in...

[Yazzarh]

...in their playing as this guy does - and I've seen it.

I'll repeat again - a large amoutn fot eh players in my old SCHOOL orchestra could play with as much 'emotion' as this guy does - but they would be FAR more techincally proficient.

In terms of good tonal quality and pitch control - it's not hard to sustain/display either of these when you're only playing a couple of notes like this guy does. Sure, he can control his pitch and has good tonal quality - but these are BASIC...

[Yazzarh]

...characteristics, and things that musicians learn quite early on.

And anyway - i've SEEN 16/17 year olds who had similar or better tonal quality and pitch control, AND who could also play with as much 'emotion'.

What it boils down to is that YOU clearly don't have a lot of muscial experience if you think this guy is very good, or anymore talented than a decent high school musician.

Regardless - an orchestra will ALWAYS employ the more technically proficient player over the 'emotive' one.

[SilentBombr]

Got to hand it to you Yazzarh, what you are saying is true but people don't want to accept it. I don't play saxophone but this seems very basic and uninteresting to me.

[Yazzarh]

haha, just came back to my posts and noticed how many of them had been rated down (and hence) had their ratings purged.

Whilst i acknowledge that I perhaps didn't say what i meant in a particularly nice way - what i sais was reality, and it's great to see that there are at least some people out there (such as yourself) can see that.

Thanks for the support though - and, without meaning to belittle the player of this music - I agree that it's nothing too special.

[SilentBombr]

Yeah, I don't want to be harsh but he seems to be souless, unenergetic and just plain bland with what he plays. People go on about his emotion, but playing an instrument is mostly technique etc. and the listener adds their own feelings to it, and this guy was playing head-scratchingly basic stuff.... How hard is it to put emotion into one or two notes held for ages anyway, a good musician could communicate emotion through something complicated.

[Yazzarh]

Exactly my opinion - I don't really think I could've said it better myself. Emotion is what everyone has from birth, before they even START playing instruments - and thus, 'lots of emotion' in playing shouldn't be a measure of how good a plyer someone is.

Technique and proper handling of an instrument, however, is LEARNED, and most certainly can - and should - be used as an indicator of playing ability.

As you yourself said - there's really not that much to holding a note for a long time.

[Yazzarh]

Playing a technically demanding piece, however, whilst playing it accurately, in the style needed, with personal inflections AND whilst demonstrating flair and profiency for the instrument inside the constraints of the composer - is MUCH more difficult, and should be MUCH more highly celebrated.

[madasterlrd]

SilentBombr im not tryin to get u mad. but it sounds easy but theres alot ofstuff that you would notice of the top listning to it. lk dynamics and stuff

[tilz1990]

Yazzarh I totally agree. There are so many more talented saxophonists out there struggling to make it! He has a nice tone, but it's totally underwhelming.

[Yazzarh]

Glad to see that some people here actually have some sense of muscial understanding and know-how of exactly what instrumental playing.

Seriously, I'm starting to think that all I'll need to get through is just a mopey tune and a light brush-up on my old violin skills...

But yes - I agree. His performances are underwhelming, and reality is, if even HALF of the people who sat agape during his performance watched some REAL skill, they would retract their votes instantly - guarantee it.

[roby595]

i wish i had a saxophone store in London now, I bet the sales will skyrocket :) very nice!

[mickyates]

A star

[kluunileidi]

LOVELY! This is Somewhere from West side story

[mystique7777]

awesome!

[maltamafia]

whats this song?

[CHEWDwivTHEinCrowd]

''Somewhere'' originally from West Side Story I think, not sure.

THANK YOU, that was exceptional Julian, sooo talented & seems very genuine nice guy. Really agrees with Simon, hope's his talent takes him a very long way. First Class!

[wysejp]

beast