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  • i was going to like this video... but you have 666 likes and i thought that was funny... so i didn't :P

  • awesome man!!!

  • awesome!!<3

  • Good cover but the drums are way too much. I'm not one too criticize song interpretations, I just feel it was way to up beat.. Definitely no need for 16th notes on the hi-hat, and the snare fill ins. Great job though.

  • fuckkkk this is the best cover!!!!!!!!!!! congrats boys!!

  • There's something fantasmagoricle about a drummer n bassist gettin off inside the bars!! Very lovely!!

  • can't tell between u and brandon boyd who's more handsome

  • The best one so far I think.

  • get rid of the drummer..

  • musics too fast the singer is way too up his own arse dude

  • amazing .. love it

  • got a sick drummer there... take it place!!! GRATZ.

  • Just the better version, congratulations!!! :)

  • The world doesn't need anymore Jonas brothers.. N please leave incubus songs alone. Peace!

  • that was horrible.

  • the singer is adorable :3

  • good job! nice video

  • who won??

  • holy shit, i was fucking impressed as hell.

    so much it activated a subscribe reflex in my mind. and so i did.

  • ok, so ive just seenur paramore cover song...and was mega impressed. Best paramore cover of any song i have seen so far. Now incubus??? Damn ..you guys now what you have done right? lets see how this goes.

  • @caprenoctumEOL nope i disagree, sucks to hear songs from incubus recomp like this. its like a sound of a balloon popped but with no air, i mean no sole or charisma and without experimented trinocular notes. but u can play other songs like from maroon5 somthig like that, much better. anywaysssss, nice try.

  • yaaa way too much on the drumming jesus.

  • The drums were just too much. It ruined it.

  • There is absolutely no way they did this purely from sheets. They had to have listened to the song at least once. This is why they didn't win the contest. They broke the rules.

    This is not to say that this cover isn't fabulous, because it is. But it is definitely a cover and not an interpretation from sheet music alone.

  • You are so awesome!

    And so hot!

    And so talented!

    And so hot!

    And I'm a boy!

  • I wanted this cover to win the contest! :(

  • Absolutely excellent cover - great vocals and the arrangement is perfect. Love it!

  • Great job guys. Love the take on a amazing song...

  • Wow.. theres a lot of you misunderstanding this.. this is not... NOT a cover, this is their interp. of the song before it was released.. theyve done this from sheets!! Very well done guys!

  • the drums don't have the same groove feel as the original... none the less, good cover!

  • It's like listening the Jonas Brothers doing a cover of an Incubus song... GAY

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  • you guy powerful!

  • don't get excited. you don't have shit on incubus. don't quit your day job, unless your day job is trying to be as good as incubus. nice effort.

  • liked the first line. drums changed the song.

  • stop changing the song....dooshbag

  • I just like how solid the drummer is

  • fake and gay

  • sure its good but your gettig tooo much props and profit nothinggg and probablyy never will be as good as brandon PERIOD

  • This is one good cover. Definitely my favourite among others. Good job! =D

  • This earned a subscription :D

  • i'm in love with the lead singer !!! you all did an amazing job !!! :) 

  • YOU ARE GOOD!! thumbs up so that they can see :)

  • Love the drumming! x

  • good job

  • Your voice sounds like Brandons. Really cool...

  • YOU ARE THE BEST !

  • Drums are better in this cover than the Incubus cut...

  • YES

  • you guys are the bomb!

    good job!!!

  • Fav.

  • Woah the bass rythm is really cool :D

    Good Job Joe ^^

  • nice edition !

  • Well Done!!!!!

  • My very favorite.

  • By far the best I've heard!!!

  • I'm inspired by your video and so... I made a cover myself for the cover contest Malaysia. Dont mind telling me how is it and vote for me as well? Appreciate it! :D

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  • I love this cover, but the drummer needs to calm down a bit.

  • nice

    

  • Awesome dude props! you look like you crawled out of teen disney's butthole though. either way good job lol

  • tell your drummer to chill the f out, man. You guys are awesome but he ruined it!

  • .. DAVID u did a good job,,ol so ur band m8 dr ol co0l!

    bt dir s no bttr dan BRANDON BOYD!!!

  • ..nice one bro!

  • Nice voice, but the drums are not good, to loud, too fast... and guitar.... well...

  • This is awesome, really well done.

  • good cover, though these guys definitely heard the actual song before it was released, kinda defeats the purpose of the "sheet music contest" haha, theres nothing easier than copying. none the less good job

  • this video has a "Eulogy" presentation

  • I really like what you guys did with the song, and I think so far it's my favorite of the covers. Out of all the ones I've seen, this one seems like the only one that took the music and really went somewhere new with it while keeping to the original theme of the song. Love the drums and especially the harmonizing of the vocals. Good work!

  • the busy drums is what makes this song not boring like the original...lol

  • mostly good, I enjoyed. my opinion, the drums in the verses are too busy... that works for the rest of the tune but not for the verses for me.... to me it makes the verses feel less natural. interesting touch with the breaks and key change and the extra harmony. : )

  • Listening to the new incubus album gives me too many different emotions, feels sad couse of the sad songs and melodies, feels sorry and sad a bit for the change of style of their music, feels nice couse of the music they make, feels bad to see Jose playing those simple things on drums im used to seing him play so great, feels bad to see no turntables on the two new music videos, i dont know maybe im wrong.. as for the cover i really loved it your the best cover i've heard in youtube, keep it up!

  • Good version. Vocalist 'posing' a bit too much but overall pretty good

  • OMG you guys are Big Time Rush right? XP sorry, just not diggin the Zack Effron vibe from the singer.

  • @mikeydp416 let's be honest, it is impossible to top Brandon Boyd, it boils down to how well the instrumentalists perform their parts.

  • this is fantastic.

  • Hands down the best version.

  • Anyone else thinks he looks like the kid from Hannah Montanna?

  • This is the first major change I have heard from the original I like it.

  • good job guys

  • Great job guys ! Loved it really ! Personally I had no time to make my own cover, but I'm really amazed, it's so interesting to hear so many different points of view around a single song...

  • Great version and the video editing is great.

  • Thumbs Up on the Cubase. Thats what i use. Cover is awesome too. curious to know if you use the alesis dm10s sounds or some vst to supply the tight set sounds. holla back plz. I use Cubase too and i love it when i see others use it.

  • the chorus gave me chills - great work

  • the chorus gave me chills - good job guys

  • honestly now that the incubus track is out, they didn't capture the energy and you guys probably have the best version on the internet right now. Also, i feel like they might have listened to what you did, and gone in that direction. Incubus' version sound like yours, just less energy and with out cool harmonies and key changes.

  • No thanks. Its to much like Incubus except not near as good. Its not creative at all. There are way better covers of this song. Nice effort though:)

  • singer is amazing. Going high is flawless.

  • I prefer this to the Incubus version. :/

  • cagaste toda la cancion con la base de la bateria. TODA.

  • stunned, amazing

  • i like this more than Incubus' version! awesome job :)

  • Well done guys. Your take on the song really reminded me of what I love about Incubus.

  • I hope you win! This is soooo Incubus. Good luck and let us know!

  • I like this more than the original lol

  • I'm afraid it might hurt your chances of winning if i say this, but I like this version a lot more than the original!! Sorry Incubus

  • yes your version is better than the original ! excepted about the drummer maybe ...

    good job !

  • You guys play it better than Incubus! Great job!

  • well done. By the way i like your markus miller signatur bass, great bass!

  • Just heard the original version... And this is way better.

  • Best cover yet.

  • So I just listened to the actual Incubus version and I have to say, I really like your version MUCH better. Their version just doesn't have the energy that this one does. I really like the key change at the end. Great stuff!

  • Solid Vocals, sick drumming. The drumming during the bridge sounds like the drumming from Incubus' "Sick Sad Little World". Fantastic. You guys really should make a run at the music biz. Start writing.

  • Wow, this one is nice. Love the drums!

  • Nice top C in the bridge!

  • you guys killed it! good work

  • This is the best one! It's upbeat unlike the others that are feature on Facebook even they sound go too. I hope you guys win. You sound a little like 311.

  • BEST VERSION!!!

  • I've watched this for about 58 times in total in the past 2 days, David. I hope it helped out.

  • Another phenomenal performance. You are magic!

  • you guys really r good. iv listened 2 your version over 30 times. it sounds so fluid and transitions really well. and MADDDDDDD props 2 your drummer, and 2 u david, keep it up! you have a very distinct voice. GOOD JOB GENTALMEN!

  • David simply Awesome

  • not a doubt in my mind that you guys will win! AMAZING JOB

  • This is amazing! You guys are so good. Good luck!

  • This great, hope you win, you very talented. Best! Amazing voice.

  • Your cover INSANE!! I feel stupid for even submitting our cover!! Haha. You guys fucking killed it bro!! You got the Renman giving positive comments AND Incubus putting you on their facebook!! I'm envious, a certain shade of green even!! Haha good job!! Aloha!!

  • Your cover was INSANE guys, I feel stupid for even submitting our cover haha!! Its all good though. You guys all fucking killed it man. You got the Renman leaving positive comments AND Incubus putting you on their facebook!! I'm a certain shade of green with envy!! Haha. Good job!! Aloha!!

  • If your cover was a booger, I'd pick it first. Freaking wonderful!

  • sick psychadelic room bro

  • All of you guys did a great job, I loved it. Also, I really feel like I have to say your drummer is fanfuckingtastic.

  • just posted it on my facebook for more votes..hope u guys win..its the greatest! ;)

  • Awesome broooooooooooos!

  • The BEST cover I heard among the others! Im very impressed! Hope u guys win this!

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  • really great cover - you guys are very talented - the best rendition of it that i heard :)

  • #WIN

  • you guys are so awesome!!! love it. check out my version if you get a chance?

    =D

    hana

  • @hanapestle Your version is my favorite!!! You are an awesome musician. Yea! Gotta get you some views asap. I am not sure if posting it as a response to mine would help?... but feel free/encouraged to. You are going to go far. David

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  • @DavidMichaelFrank aww, that is so sweet! thank you so much. i think you have a HUGE chance of winning...your version is just pure awesome. thanks again duder! =D

  • @hanapestle I've been following almost every version of this song and I like them, if you have time check Justin Jennings version is also really good.

  • wow, i hope that you guys will win! :) best cover definitely...

  • Easily my favorite of all the covers. Nice job guys!

  • First "Promises, Promises" cover that I actually approve of. Awesome job.

  • you will win this!

  • by far the best one. hope these guys win. better than incubus' even.

  • Love it!!!

  • I Hope you guys win. Awesome Job.

  • Good

    

  • messi can sing

  • I dig the drum beat guys, really tight. What kind of electric kit is that? The sound is very natural (sometimes V-Drums can sound really fake although the consistency and ease of use makes it so convenient).

  • @BrandonMDove Thanks Brandon. Really like your submission. As for the drums, It's just an Alesis USB kit. The software is Toontrack Superior Drummer, and it is great. Of course, we would have recorded acoustic if we had the time/space, however Superior has nicer drumsets, nicer rooms, and nicer mics then we could really have competed with. For rock music it totally does the trick, the only time I have little dynamic issues are much more sensitive styles of drumming, jazz/softer styles.

  • @DavidMichaelFrank Thanks a lot man, and yeah my bandmate and I live really far apart so we rely a lot on digital interfaces like that for demoing drums ( or demoing every instrument for that matter). We used to use a sweet Drum Refill he got for Reason from school, but recently we've been using Logic and EZ Drummer patches that do the trick.

  • nice cover man... I hope you win the competition! :D

  • Dear David, you are such an amazing singer and musician!!!!!!! ALL the musicians in this video are awesome. I have to say- OMG this is the BEST (by FAR, the best) cover I have heard of Promises, Promises. None of the other entries have even come close in my opinion. This version is so full of life, emotion, and just a feel-good feeling...every musical detail is incredible and you REALLY made my day with this! You absolutely rock dude! :) I hope you win! You deserve it! :) peace and love- Leah J

  • This is my favourite one!! In fact, I may like your version better than the Incubus one, hahaha. -Amazing-.

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  • Good things happen to good people with good attitude... hope you win

    -Fj- \m/

  • This was Fan-F#cking-Tastic!!!! Good job guys!

  • Impressive cover, it's perfectly coordinated and, dare I say, better than the original. You have a great voice as well. Best of luck to you, man!

  • do a cover of mgmt or something (=

  • congratulations.. you've just got yourself a new fan.

  • crazy awesome, congratulations u guyz, you may just win this shit.

  • Dude so freakin' awesome! Especially because you gave one hell of a twist to the song ;)

    Where do I vote?

  • Nice! Did the Words come with the sheet music?

  • I posted a comment earlier about how awesome this video is but it disappeared! So I'll say it again! This video is awesome...great job guys!

  • Great job guys!

  • YAY GOOD JOB!

  • I digg it ! Good job you guys and good luck!

  • I digg it ! Good job you guys and good luck!

  • This is a incredibly talented take on this track. FANTASTIC work guys!

  • This is a incredibly talented take on this track. FANTASTIC work guys!

  • Great cover guys, Everyone did a great job for sure. Personally I'm a little offended the drummer isn't playing what he recorded for the song in the video... But I guess for visual purposes he's close enough at times. For video purposes Its much easier to record the drummer while he's recording.

    The video editing is really nice as well.

  • @COOP3RDRUMM3R Thanks so much! About the drummer thing (and really all of them) everything was tracked live, full takes through the song on video. I sorta screwed up the syncing of Ben's video/audio, sort of a bummer, but can't fix it now.

  • @DavidMichaelFrank Oh well its too bad about that, but it doesn't really matter that much anyway, most people wouldn't notice anyway of course. But I'm definitely very impressed by the production as a whole. Very entertaining. I was hoping to get in on the incubus cover contest myself, but of course couldn't do it alone as just a drummer and my other musicians didn't want to jump on it like I did.

  • Was thinking about maybe entering this. Nope. You've won. >_>

  • guess you just gained another new subscriber. ;)

    keep up the good work & i hope you win!!

  • This was sooooo good! My favorite so far!

  • Thank Christ Incubus posted you guys..I couldnt stand if if that blonde bint got all the publicity. Im rooting for you guys, very talented men indeed. GOOD LUCK! <3 xx