Gentlemen Don't (Gabe Bondoc Cover) - AJ Rafael

[yeeitsgabbie]

You guyz should sing this TOGETHER! WOW! 2 of the Best!

[vellysia]

i'm so loving this cover. I asked AJ to sing this at his concert in Jakarta, too bad he said this song was not on the list. :( But it's okay. AJ Rocked Jakarta! Come back soon. I can't wait to see you again Mr. Rafael. :)

[thousandshdarts222]

when AJ covered gabe's songs sounds better xD same with gabe xD

[Kchenjaq]

This was the first Gabe Bondoc song I heard. Still love it. (:

[christinethele]

i love the piano!

[klumbzy]

the piano gives me shivers. i absolutely love gabe and i love that you covered his song. it's amazing. you're both amazing

[kinno5]

thumbs up if youre still watching this in 2012

[greeniedee]

@kinno5 No, I'm watching this in 1887 with my freagin iStone xD

[yizliawijaya]

AJ!!! You're doing a really good job! I love the original one and love this even more!

[938608]

are you gay??

[MzForever012]

@938608 are you kidding me? NO hes not!!

[TheSubwaysurfer]

Reeks of pure awesomeness...you're not just singing with emotion, it's passion.

[itzSAnDrA1]

Pro piano skills!! love it! ♥

[gummiebaerrs]

Oh not even fair. It sounds 10x more gorgeous on a piano. haha

[helenniiee]

i honestly come back to this song over and over again

[riczenlee01]

Gentlemen Don't :DD

[leilanihanaike]

I personally prefer Gabe's but I ALWAYS like the originals better. AJ is an amazing singer and he totally did this song justice. I am more used to Gabe but I look forward to watching more of AJ's videos.

[novelino]

how can someone dislike this?? I was in heaven for 6:05 minutes..

[maximeNGG]

Funny how I feel loved everytime I watch this vid. Great cover! :">

[siuannebby]

i love his V O I C E ! only guys with a voice catche my attention <3

your one of a kind AJ ;)

[blahdabong]

oh nice an asian playing piano

[WondersNassiri]

@blahdabong He's not a black man rapping? Oh good, there are too many of those in America

[alvin08]

Agh! I seriously wish I could just copy your talent on piano. I'd do what happened in Space Jam but instead of a basketball I'll get a keyboard and it'll copy it instead of take it. Lol.

[sittieamina]

how amazing you played the piano!:) You & Gabe should make a music together. :D Srsly! :)

[WheresMyKey]

What chords family is he using?

[VicRoseMusic]

@WheresMyKey I think Jefferson

[freaaaakazoid]

your amazing!! x

[xCuTeShiTz]

did it better than gabe, jus saying.

[gabbyx3sarchie]

god damn, aj.



[Vi2009]

Really interesting and powerful in its own way, like it a lot! :)

Please would you a look the Rehab/Amy Winehouse cover on my page? Promise you will enjoy also, and if you do maybe we can box for box :)

[Charell17]

Will You Marry Me!!! I love your playing and your voice and Im single lol

[nappy808boy]

idk i like aj's voice better

[aaronjoshuareyes]

damn bro!! i love this rendition.

[eveaay]

YOU AND GABE SHOULD BE LIKE BFFS<3 lololol

[dhakjd]

AJ RAFAEL CAN YOU PLZ DO COVERS ON ANY OF MY SONGS THAT I MADE PLZ?! UR SO AWSOME MAN UR MY INSPIRATION NO LIE BRO PLZ?

[koolerbeans]

two years later and this video still gives me chills. *sigH*

[smirkbomber]

Can you please post up the Details in the Fabric cover with you and Gabe again? I love that video.

[heraldhm1]

that cool

[THzBoiiJeReMY]

Is there a tutorial for this piano version?

[GuyWhoGoesToYuTube]

Truly my inspriation!

[bayabaj]

why doesn't a cover of both of them or a medley they're singing together, ecxist yet ?????? don't get it !!! >.< Gabe and AJ inspire me like nobody else :)

[seul0212]

i love your music feeling.. >3

[DaveDFFA]

oh my god run at 3:03 AHHH

[domidomineek]

Gentlemen don't kiss and tell. <33333 asdfgjkl; omgg

[098AnimePrincess]

aj that was such a beautiful cover..i no this is old now but danggg <3

[bobisawesome1234]

this song never gets old...and is it really true what they say? aj and gabe are not friends?!?!? :0 tht sucks

[allstars617]

WILL SOMEONE TELL US WHY AJ AND GABE ARENT FRIENDS ANYMORE? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

[ssaammyy2244]

I need to learn how to riff like you!

[thewatcher1337]

It's hard to say who's truly the bad guy, as the line between right and wrong gets blurry more often than not, and it's even harder to say in human behavior what an Absolute right is. Both sides had their own reasons, so it's not up to outside perspective coming from us to say who's truly in the wrong.

Either way, both are promising, incredibly talented musicians, and neither really deserves any hate they receive for occurrences in their personal life that we don't have the right to judge :)

[nielle082095]

both of your versions are great! and both speaking and singing voices sexy :D

[DamaniMusic]

forget mainstream... i wanna be the next AJ Rafael!! :D

[Kegona]

I just looked over Jesse Barrera's, Jeremy Passion's and AJ Rafael's Tumblr posts regarding the situation about them with Gabe. They're not hating, it's just that Gabe completely shut these gentlemen out of his life. I'm not going to go into further detail since it's actually making me upset just to think that my idols aren't getting along too well. I hope things turn out well at the end.

[mexicanheroine4eva]

He is super cute

[louise123laureta]

i love the piano for this song

[shannn222]

You guys are both such amazing artists, and no matter what has ever happened between you two, you guys will always be two of my greatest inspirations. And I really hope you'll be friends one day again.

[CustodioRichmond]

i heard these 2 hate eachother now is it true?

[MiguelBorbonVids]

He looks like an igorot. But he's talented.

[dods31601]

hey you know whats crazy? I am watching tvb, an olddddd chinese series was on. and the beginning of this song sounds exactly like the melody that was being played in the movie!!!! took me two seconds to hear it and i was like, thats so familiar!!

[joeaguilar1231]

63 people are f***en retarted!!!!!!!!

[RCman]

wow. this was two years ago today. i actually use this video to try to get through painful workouts lol

[JDMFLiPBOi]

@RCman i feel ya man.

[iliamgillan]

At the beginning he said, he is a big musicial inspiration to me, then said this is the first song ive ever heard from him?, i love you both because your amazing but this didnt make sence lol

[ScarletNightmare]

@iliamgillan It was most likely the first one he heard by Gabe. I've listened to plenty of Gabe's songs. But Gentlemen Don't was the first one I heard by him, and will probably always be my favorite.

[drageken]

Where can I get the piano sheet for that song?? Pls. reply! =)

[10aridg]

for real, I really wish I knew what happened between AJ nd Gabe..But i guess that's none of our business nd if he wanted us to kno, he would tell us. *sigh* oh well.

[wippleandie]

I LOVE YOU!!!! and im a guy!!! HAHAHA

[mrjubert123456789]

can u giv us the piano sheet ????????????????



[daytonayouth]

thanks AJ :D

[Tonguinho]

wow .. this is fire bro ! betta play that piano !

[Avoidzor]

I don't want to sound mean or anything, but i like Gabe's version better.

He makes it seem like..special, you know? Like hes talking to a special somebody.

This sorta sounds like elevator music. haha. sorry :( good voice though!

[AcousticFlow14]

Nice snail trail

[jakedeving]

@ilajil, as much as I hate to admit it, I liked the rivalry/competition... but that soon became sour. I wish you guys would befriend each other, and mend wounds, because what you guys did together was magical. I want to believe that the both of you are above it... but it seems the damage has already been done.

...missing my phavorite filipinos...

[ReipubliKa]

@jakedeving can you explain me what happened between gabe & Aj?

[Tasnim16]

@jakedeving Sorry for being nosy but what happened between Gabe and AJ?

[CoreyMcCahon]

@xArchOn why do you think that?

[MusicPurifies]

Is this on itunes? xD

[robinortiz23]

why are they nor friends anymore???

[xArch0n]

I blame Cathy Nguyen for them not being friends anymore.

[JABUUTY671]

Lets finalize this.

Gabe Bondoc gets total credits for creating such great lyrics, and such a beautiful song. I love Gabe's version just as much as I love AJ's.

AJ gets credit for covering the song, and composing a piano instrumental for it.

What i'm saying is, they're equal, and opinion doesn't really matter because in the end, they're both top Youtube Musicians and Singer/Songwriters in general.

You know you agree with me.

[adorabledork89]

WOW~~ THIS WAS AMAZING, SIMPLYING BREATHE-TAKING...

[PinoyyRussel]

stop comparing aj and gabe.. as gabe said they're equally amazing artists.. which is very true

[jumebuglet]

aj and gabe are frends get with it people

[kemiyoshida]

WHY ARE GABE AND AJ NOT FRIENDS???

[jasperkang]

@kemiyoshida they are

[moonfankz]

@kemiyoshida they are!

[famzoo2417]

@kemiyoshida they are friends..

[chulavista91]

@kemiyoshida they are..?

[SorryImUberlyAwesome]

@kemiyoshida but they are?..

[JBeatsProduction]

@kemiyoshida lol he said in the beginning by my good friend...

[BigO4256]

@JBeatsProduction supposedly they had a misunderstanding sometime after this

[justicelove09]

@BigO4256

yeah i think they did...kathy ngyuen dated gabe and now kathy and aj are bestfriends so yeh. something must've happened. i followed aj on twitter and he was a lil iffy when he mentions gabe. LOL

[xxjudzonxx]

@JBeatsProduction at the time they probably were good friends. .. this video was before the "incident"

[theyjustwannahavefun]

@xxjudzonxx what's the incident?

[Kegona]

@kemiyoshida In the beginning, he just said that he and Gabe are good friends ..

[pinoyxrs]

@Kegona This vid was like 2 years ago lol

[pinoyxrs]

@kemiyoshida DRAMA!

[dillonmuhman]

@kemiyoshida you idiot he says in the beginning its written by his good friend gabe bondoc

[OnlyInBoston]

@dillonmuhman actually apparently the two have split as friends for reasons in which I do not know or care to know. However I assume this video was made before that.

[ReipubliKa]

@dillonmuhman hum .. but they aren't anymore. and we just want to know why

[dotheimpossible1]

@kemiyoshida he says "my good friend Gabe Bondoc"

[staanleeykiim]

@dotheimpossible1 something happened that caused a big fight between them.

[davidkimXD]

@kemiyoshida honestly, even though it's impossible for us to know the whole story... judging from twitter and tumblr posts, Gabe Bondoc was a huge dick to aj, passion, and some other people u might know on youtube..

[joshracelis]

@kemiyoshida WHAT? false they are friends lol

[coolasianbrian]

@kemiyoshida wat happen?????

[MadelnChin0]

@kemiyoshida he said in the begining of the video that it was his friend duhhhhh

[miramilz]

@MadelnChin0 They aren't friends anymore. duhhhhh.

[TiffaniTherese]

Gabe and AJ's bromace ftw.

[renniel2010]

I think they actually still close friends.. Someone just spread this rumour and everyone just curious so they starter commenting.. Just enjoy music they both awesome artist .. No need to argue about it

[monkeybob13]

@renniel2010 i wish that was true :(

[OMGaustin1]

wait what happened between aj and gabe? o-o

[donkeykong123789]

Gabe Bondoc is definitely better. Gabe has the smoother voice and playing all those jazzy chords and stuff on the guitar is 3842703485x harder than playing it on the piano.. PLUS... AJ sang it on a crappy microphone. You can definitely tell the difference between the audio quality of the two videos. PLUS.. AJ looks like a druggie with those gauges and lip ring.

[Camil90]

@donkeykong123789 your stupid.

[zionJeon]

@donkeykong123789 do u know wat is a jazz chord? i dont think gabe bondoc can play piano lik aj...think gabe would be proud of aj for doin something he cant do...they're both good...and a piano is frikkin hard...just cuz u can do anything on the piano doesnt make it easy to play...plus...it's more expensive ^^

[cherryNerds]

@donkeykong123789 Honestly, i don't think Gabe Bondoc puts as much emotion into his songs as AJ does.

[monkeybob13]

@cherryNerds honestly i think you are mistaken

[monkeybob13]

@donkeykong123789 i agree with you totally that gabe bondoc is better....but piano is really hard haha

[IDAlecious]

i dont get it? did they get in a fight or what?

[ScotchW10]

@IDAlecious i think something happened when they got drunk, but its just a rumour.

[TXPRiNCEZZ09]

whaaatt..theyre not friends? thats so sad...

[bombboi22]

wow the whole vid is great, but 3:01-3:04 especially blow my mind

[neettim]

dammit! can someone reply to this comment!??!!?!

why aren't they friends?!!?!?!?! is it because of the 2 competitive covers?

[BeautifulxMeadow]

Huh why aren't they friends o_o!?

[macshad09]

You have a killer voice and even more amazing piano skills. Keep singing!!

[BrandoMaximo]

why arent they friends anymore?

[ghofilena]

maybe for the new year, you guys can make up?

[HydieAndSteff]

Omg this video makes me wanna fall in love with you! Your voice, your piano skills, making it look so easy!

[lookwotisaid]

i'm reading distressing things on youtube...they're saying that two of the most awesome guys in the world are no longer friends...crap say it ain't so!... :(

[neettim]

@lookwotisaid why aren't they friends? what happened?

[neettim]

lol everyone is saying

Gabe Bondoc's cover: Just want you > Aj's: Just Want You Original

Aj's cover: gentlemen don't > Gabe Bondoc's: Gentlemen Don't Original

[monkeybob13]

@neettim everyone is wrong haha gabe bondoc kills on both...my opinion lol

[RAAY1990]

This version better than gabes right?

[reese1990drm1]

@RAAY1990 no

[RAAY1990]

@reese1990drm1 haha yes dude

[CrazyBoiStraceteli]

I would KłŁŁ for Piano tut. ^^

[ThePnoyBoy]

i think you guys will be friends again. cause one day music will bring friends together.Especcialy you and gabe. Just hope you guys turn out to be friends again... a good friend. thank you aj for doing what you do btw :D

[vielmane]

oh god. you both are awesome. i really do hope you make up soon. it's sad that a once tight friendship's gone. :((

[Tuba408Bass]

honestly, all these musicians from the BTVfam and more aren't getting noticed as much as they should.

[broadwaybaby194]

this is my alltime favorite :))

[lawlin168]

LOL typo at 0.28 :P

[somnambulistpiranha]

new favorite:)<3

[intoodeepnow]

Very good! Loved it!

[KangHyoJoon510]

aj! why does this video make you sad?

[dhs911230]

The song itself was amazing too. Great cover.

[paulzaz]

wow you're so talented... guitar, ukelele,piano& vocals? 

[asdfuygqebmxvngkqbjd]

Incredible cover, anyone know the chords?

[cdlavis]

your awesome man :D

so she hopped on the train, 3 in the afternoon don't know when shes coming back but I hope that its soon, see i never thought, never thought that i'd have to leave your side.

[Hellokittypinailover]

Dang! Aj is killing it on the Piano :p

[Preppybee]

omg u should make an instrumental to this haha im pretty sure a lot of people would sing this at weddings! haha omg if i could only play this song =(

[alikatey]

@ilajil i miss your Details in the Fabric cover by you and gabe as well

hope you guys become friends again :(

[leploopd]

@alikatey what? what happened?

[joehella]

@alikatey ??? What happened?

[dhs911230]

Keep your faith and do not falter please!

[jforemny22]

both you and gabe are an inspiration to me. thank you.

...live, laugh, love... :)

[TheAkiWithin]

57 people who dislike this are justin bieber fans. peace. :))

[Christy14823]

great

[ClownzODI]

can you pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee make a tutorial for the piano?

[davidsonghello]

I am extremely jealous of your piano skills haha

[saivangful]

wonderful covered! keep it up bro!

[ainghaniff]

I wish i can watch aj rafael and gabe bondoc live, someday

[ilajil]

damn looking at this video makes me sad

[reese1990drm1]

@ilajil its gonna be ok man pray or sumin!

[samjstone2k]

@ilajil Dang dude! That was amazing. And how come? You guys still friends or what?

& you should checkout me and my friend Tyler Shamy's rendition of your song "She Was Mine". I produced it using ProTools, and I promise you won't be let down if you listen to it! =]

-Sam

[steventhegreat21]

@ilajil whhhhhyyyyyyyy?????

[Project1oh8]

@ilajil Hoping you two can make up someday and bring a musical inspiration to our eyes again.

[asiangf101]

@ilajil why?? it makes me happy lol. it was an awesome vid =)

[2EC]

@asiangf101 It makes him sad because they are not friends anymore

[itzmichaelr]

@2EC what since when?? how'd you find out :[?

[2EC]

@itzmichaelr Well AJ has said it himself. A week ago or so there was this minor confrontation between the two on twitter.

[J4cetunes]

@ilajil :(

[Adamnnnn]

@ilajil Ikr reminds me of ur latest vid in the description of your kuya frank

[SuperPhoto1]

I can never hear this song enough



[charvius]

@ilajil Hey Aj, I was wondering if you have the sheet music or could make some for this song?