Von Smith - I (Who Have Nothing) - Upright Cabaret

[Lelagallo]

yikes

[schmingus24]

he is very talented, but this is a ripoff of the performance from Smokey Joe's Cafe. A bit unoriginal and uninspired. But so far as a emulation, well done.

[Robenss]

1:58 i love you too lol

[kristenschanel]

i sawww your mom and i live in kansas mo

[estuaria02]

Cooolll

[micciloi]

adam lambert have already been performing in upright cabaret

[marQuemusic]

nice voice. matt lucich on drums? got soul baby!

[drMRFC]

To mi się nie podobało.

[singers333]

I just love your voice sooooooo much!

[ealfaro19]

Love the change at 1:56

[SecillianOEspanol]

He can sing high but he looses all the power in his voice, and singing high is not equivalent to talent. Nothing special, except his ability to sing high....in my most humble opinion his overall voice sounds mediocre, and the dude needs to chill out …way too much drama going on in the act.

[blktrekie29]

@SecillianOEspanol His voice is naturally high. He also has the ability to belt really high and go into his whistle register. He has a 5-octave vocal range. This performance, however, I will admit is not his best. If you wanna hear him belt high, you should check out "I'm not telling you..." that he does from Dreamgirls. You can hear his whistle register in a cover song originally done by Christina Aguilera called "Walk Away."

[cbrown6660]

@IdolReady you are right. I appreciate your very respectful, clear and valid comment. I should not have been so aggressive in my assessment of Mr. Smith. You are also correct, if I don't like it I shouldn't watch it and with a little more than 2 thousand views not many others are watching it either. So I shouldn't ruin it for those that do enjoy this kind of thing. So, I apologize.

[Pillah3009]

Fantastic.

[kuroiyuki2]

tell Adam Lambert to see what he does to his fans.

[feeltheheath]

um...this appears to be von's rendition of victor's version that he did in the original broadway cast of smokey joe's cafe. according to that style, von's voice and character are pretty brilliant. i don't think it should necessarily be compared to adam lambert unless you're claiming that adam stole from victor. they all have extremely high voices, which is great, but they didn't steal their vocal cords from each other

to von: keep it up. i like your voice, and i don't just mean the cords. :)

[thetubkins]

LMAO AT 3:23. He has a question!

[aussieboy3000]

He could have sung the shit out of this song, instead he over-sang it to shit...

[LeoLaredoMusic]

I've loved his voice ever sin e I was introduced to it years ago. But he has the same problem now that he did then. He doesn't do the same rendition of a song that he first came up with brilliantly. He's always changing and trying to go higher and it just doesn't work. Hopefully, experience and wisdom will help rein him in a lil bit. Still love him though...always will.

[mitchamon28]

wew Idol ^_^

[thetubkins]

I love the guy that had to turn down his mic!

[michaelwilliam]

Just because you can doesn't mean you should. OMG this is awful.

[stam9998]

Sometimes less is more.

He needs to sing this straight. (no pun intended)

[VONxSMITH]

@ jberke and myklstarr: Von is nothing like Adam. Adam doesn't have blonde hair or nearly as much vocal range as Von. If anything, Von Smith is trying to be completely his own person and something no one has ever seen. and he is succeeding at it. i'm pretty sure he's already a good enough singer so he doesn't need to copy off anyone else because he is already original and naturally talented. its just my opinion, though.

[cbrown6660]

@VONxSMITH as far as the range, they are both basically the same. Adam doesn't use the whistle range/falsetto though. Here's the thing with Von, in my opinion, YES his instrument is amazing but he has NO musical taste. In fact, listening to him butcher songs is just horrible. He is a perfect example of a person with a great voice that doesn't know how to sing. As "good" as he is, he couldn't even sing "Cessa di piu resistere" a song that only uses 75% of his range... Learn some restraint.

[halaluani]

@cbrown6660 It's his age. He'll learn.

[IdolReady]

@cbrown6660 I so disagree... music is completely interpretation and if that is how he wants to sing the song and that's how he feels it should be sung, then he should sing it like that... if you don't like it that's fine but I happen to love this performance even if he is over-doing it in my opinion as well.... but like I said, just because I would never have chosen to sing it this way does not mean it is wrong either... to each their own I say... the performance is amazing

[Screengems1]

Von is incredibly talented. This was so good. Im just so happy to hear a new song from one of my favorite singers! :) Such a blessing thank you.

[glitters4adam]

Thanks for the Von video! I love him hes great! :)

[tallrob11]

omg this is so pwerful! i love it!!!! so much emotion!!!!  i would love to be friends with him! what a cool guy!

[mymixedtape05]

damn. i loved it!

[MsSwwood]

I remember during the AI auditions thinking why did they put this guy thru? My opinion hasn't changed.

[myklstarr]

I'm thinking they didn't put him through on American Idol because his style is similar to Adam's. NOT the same, but similar.

[Billydude9]

I see a lot of Adam Lambert in him and a touch of Sam Harris.

[myklstarr]

More Sam than Adam.

[cortneyjo]

i see no comparison to Adam. do you say wannabe cause they both have an incredible range? i do think its weird that both Adam and Von were on Idol the same year. and Von can riff like no other, I am a huge ADAM fan but have been following Von for years, and i have never heard Adam riff like this Von can. It this performance and many others. !! thanks for posting!!!

[jberke]

@cortneyjo The first thing I thought when I saw this was wow he can sing, but then the second thought was, he's changing his act a bit to sound more like Adam. Not necessarily a bad idea, but somewhat obvious. He used to have that crooner sort of thing going, now motorcycle jacket, high falsettos and manic riffs? Either way, it was fantastic.

[cortneyjo]

well, i have only been following Von probably since '05.. and i do remember the crooner thing, but i think the first thing i heard him sing was over the rainbow where he belted a High G at the end. why i fell in love with him for cause of his major range and ability to sing everything.. i mean he sang a Kristen Chenowith song :) .. I think i am still pissed for his idol treatment. :( but yes. he is fantastic!!

[forestnj]

Thanks for sharing this powerful performance.

[1994yahoo]

adam wannabe