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  • He has a Scottish Accent you bunch of spastics. Until you enter a talent show, win it, and get a record deal, stfu.

  • @DerrickRosa1996 he sings t like he does because the songs about getting your heart broken which is what's he's doing, anyone with the slightest bit of brains and musical knowledge would see that.

  • Best cover Ive ever heard, gives me chills..

  • he certainly is "special"

  • 1:53 is me fav..she cant even look like fuck...this like god....

  • this a fuck awful version!

  • This shit is so stupid WTF he sounds like he came from a retart skool(boces)

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  • Makes you think Mr. Brightside is actually a good song.

  • This is so bad it's hilarious!

  • okay, he can play his instrument, but his voice sounds like shit...

  • Is this what passes as talent these days? This guy can't even hold a fucking note.

  • I always play this version when I cover the song now :) Good Stuff :)

  • This sham really is tome shteam!! H'on Tommy :)

  • never liked mr brightside till i heard this guy what a talent at least he can play a instrument or 2 and fukin good ...

  • excellent. what a talented guy. all the haters, can you play different instruments? can you write your own songs? no, thought not

  • What the fuck is this disgusting voice? Seriously? This is good?

  • remember watching this on tv : O

  • can someone do me the favoure of telling me im not going crazy and thats his voice is crap and im not going deff lol :)

    Hes horrible wtf.............. I need to enter coz i have a chance at winning after this vid.....

  • should definatley make a come back !

  • It's nice they give people with these sort of conditions a chance to perform. Thumbs up if you've been affected by a mental condition! :) x

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  • @00MrMaverick00 he's on the limmy show as an extra. pretty sad :( he was so good

  • This ok. NOT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL!

  • he sounds like a dying cat.

  • @MDSV47 Fucking horrible comment.

  • this cover is just absolutely amazing, it sounds like a completely different song

  • quality mate !!

  • I don't think it's better than The Killers, simply because i adore the killers but my god is this an amazing version!! absolutely amazing!!!

  • beautiful

  • tommy where are you why aree you not touring again?????

  • if you want to listen to the best cover of this song you should check out ortopilot.he's the best musician on tinternet

  • too fast i think but stiil very beautiful

  • BETTER THAN ORIGINAL END OF! amazingggggg :)

  • when i was younger i always thought he had some sort of mental problem...a few years later i realise it's just his accent.

  • @crumpet00 how many hate mails have you got from uptight glaswegians?

  • anyone have the sheet music for this???

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  • Jxd549 u just stick to Justin beiber then u clearly don't know raw talent when you hear it . Tell u what the x factor repeats are on soon Fuc off and watch them u muppet

  • holy shitting fuck. the album they're bringing out is overproduced bollocks just like the rest of the pop world. He's not the best song writer, he can't sing and he's not amazing technically on any instrument. why do you think we love it so much guys?! because it's raw. Don't spoil it, just release it like this. Just him singing out his heart and soul. I could listen to this all year and not get bored. thank fuck for something real...

  • Added to the CV: Reducing Alex James to tears.

  • what happened to tommy reilley where did he go ?

  • @sk8sheff he has started to write his third album after touring the UK in september, sadly his two previous albums have not meet the success that they deserve.

  • Cor!!!!! It was amazing. AFH?

  • raw, pure, jaw-dropping talent. this kid...

  • it's good. but not as good as some people here are making it out to be. his delivery is so inconsistent and really off putting when the rushes through the lyrics

  • alex james' face at the end just secures the fact that yes, what you've just hear WAS incredible

  • If you think you're the next big thing and could give Tommy Reilly a run for his money - Live and Unsigned 2011 is for you!

    Live and Unsigned is the UK's biggest unsigned music competition and is open to all different types of genres. Auditions for the 2011 competition begin in January.

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  • love this..

  • Greets from Germany, i realy love how that cover blew me away

    I hate the fact that i only came through this video because of a "unlucky" fact:

    That's UMG blocking songs of the Killers down here in Germany

    But i gotta admit it: they did me a favour, this person, I never even shortly heard of before is GREAT!

  • 2:52 Is Alex James crying?

  • disappointing that tommy hasn't really done much since he won this.....i really hoped he would be able to break through, this cover is unbelievable music isn't and shouldn't be about perfect pitch tone and composition it should be about soul and passion clearly not everybody understands that !

  • @wiigzee272181 trust me he will it takes time to get it all sorted,songs etc

  • @VikingsWD22 if you really think this guy sounds british, you need to go over your accents and dialects. hes obviously a scot.

    PS: The Killers are british, retard.

  • @purduekyle the killers are American signed by a British record company

  • a fellow scot :D <3 love him... hes so cute :D

  • sertiously wtf this is obviously just liked because hes prettending to be all weir an quirky and deep, if his voice was on sumthing shit like britains got talent or pop idol he be laughed off but cause this faggy fuckign show is run by a bunch of scene indie posing nme pricks hes "brilliant"

  • @whitestripe100

    Just because the people who actually like a wider range of music than the shitty, auto-tuned, fed to the masses bullshit that you listen to doesn't mean they are faggy or pretentious it just means they enjoy a variation and unique sounds that can be more emotional and heart felt than a perfectly sung song!

    If you look at some of the greatest artists in the world they may not sing in perfect key but they're difference is what resonates with everyone!

  • Imagine if his voice was "good" (personally I think it's far more than good already)though; if all the imperfections, the wobbliness and the uniqueness were taken out of it then it would be much worse; those are the things which give it's meloncholy, emotional sound, and quite frankly, it's incredible. A studio version would ruin it.

    With every single listen I get a little shiver up my spine.

  • TOMMY REILLY COVERING A KILLERS?! This is the best combination ever in the whole world <3

  • oh my god!!! TOMMY REILLY IS DOING A COVER TO THE KILLERS?! This must be the best combination ever in the world. Both my faveroite... oh btw hes SO talented. Loveeeeeeee <3

  • i personally dont see whats good with this, to me it sounds like a drunk guy singing on his way home knowing the words but not the melody. Just my opinion,

  • i personally dont see whats good with this, to me it sounds like a drunk guy singing on his way home knowing the words but not the melody. Just my opinion,

  • @rdbabes hahahahaha yes! i agree. like it was decent cuz i'm assuming he's british but that's really what it sounds like lmao

  • I dont get how he won?

    He is a pretty good song writer but he can't sing for bollocks, and for a solo artists, you need to have a good voice. Name one solo artist who can't sing? *cherol cole doesn't count! :P

  • @MrAaronWomball Bob Dylan cant sing 4 toffee! I think that from the polished and over produced pop world where everyone's voice is automatically put in tune, everyone is finding this raw talent incredibly refreshing. I was in tears the first time I heard this. It's like Kings Of Leon - Milk.

    This guy embodies the passion of music. Can also be compared to Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill. Raw, passionate and IMHO much better than fake ass computerised bollocks which has lost/sold it's soul!

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  • He has a new album coming out soon and just watched an acoustic version of his new single, Take me away for the night - toatlly brilliant. Can't wait to see him supporting Justin Currie in Edinburgh and then with The Procalimers in Stirling.

  • Murders the original..I do a better version on Singstar!!

  • i dont see what everyone else see's in this, it sounds more retarded than emotional

  • God, he looks like he's in pain when he sings :S

    Very good though :) <3

  • he is so amazing. im in love with him!

  • Maybe the vocal talent here isn't exactly pefect, but the raw emotion in the song is enough to give me goosebumps! Aside from the gorgeous keyboard work.

    But then again, a shy scot does it for me everytime :)

  • i have to agree with azazael09 and BorisThe13lade - this guy can't sing

  • @TheOlliepike

    His songs aren't so much about the quality of the playing/singing but rather the feeling and general experience of them.

  • @BenPote noooo its got no feeling at all, i know what im talking about

  • IMO hes masacred this song. im not really seeing what everyone else is seeing in this guy. what am i missing?!

  • he's got a bit of raw talent, as apposed to the auto-tuned, generic shit that is considered 'quality music' these days.

  • @BorisThe13lade dude. seriously? weak.

  • Tommy Reilly is a hero wat a voice... he can gimme a call anytime :)

  • alrite mate do u even know what u are sayin. you obviously do not like music. this is a masterpiece and his voice is fantastic, you knobhead

  • Trust me I know music.

    Are all the people commenting on these videos his mates or something?... seems that way.

  • @azazael09 i suppose the judge who nearly had an emotional breakdown at the simple, unadulterated beauty of his performance was 'his mate' as well, right?

  • @kempygonzalez I think you should get a new set of ears if you think his voice is fantastic.

  • brilliant

  • Fantastic

  • The rawness of his voice is incredible, and the sadness in his voice better the fucking killers , over rated as shit.

  • I like it. At least he makes it his own, theres way to many people who cover songs who sing it and play it exactly has the orginal artist does. and really then whats the point if its nothing different?

  • That would be a copy, not a cover.

  • Um.. yeah too many people copy songs instead of making it there own when they cover them, in my opinion.

  • That's what I'm saying. When someone plays the exact way the origional is, they are coping it, not covering it. What Tommy does here is a cover, not a copy.

  • I think this cover is better than the orginal. Theres something beautiful about one man and an instrument alone. gives it More amotion rather the sythesysers the killers use. Also the pace of the song - it get progresively faster which is very unique rather than verse, chrus etc. Its a very unique cover, fair plays its just a scale but it works. The best songs are ussually the simplest ones. why over complicate it? I think its amazin anyways! ha

  • @joeyseph07 please don't say it's better than the original

  • @joeyseph07 You're a complete nonse, the man has no voice at all, try listening to thoe original acoustic version if you're so against synthesizers, but mate, there is a reason The Killlers are renowned world wide and he ain't. The man can't sing at a professional level, his vice is far too nasaly and he has very little energy or emotion in his performance other than nerves. Hip Parade should quite obviously have won.

  • @XCraigumsX i agree with u he cant sing but the thing that i love about him is that he songs areso believeable, everyone can relate to them in some way. he will never be world wide as a artist but i thng that most main stream artists can learn a thing or two from him.

  • @GlennAston92 See thats where I disagree with you. His songs aren't relatable, they're purposefully simple. Whilst many modern songs may seem ridiculous and unreliable a lot of the time there is an extremely relatable meaning hidden within the lyrics or in some sort of metaphor within the song, but people prefer people like tommy as it means they have to look no further so as to ascertain the meanings. For example take this song, it's about Brandon Flowers finding his girlfriend cheating on him.

  • @joeyseph07 , couldn't agree more ma man!!!!!

    love this cover and its well better than the killers version,1 man one instrument and its pure raw talent live, can't beat it.

    go on tommy reilly keep um comin,

    have you heard jackets and i domt like coffe at all??? , if not get them listened too m8 another two brilliant songs by tommy reilly!!!!

  • why the fuck did you just come on here to hate ? if u dont like it well u know what u can suck my friend.

  • @skitzey I came on here because i'd heard good things and wanted to see for myself.

    Then i expressed my opinion on what i'd heard. There's much better Brightside covers out there. And at least I expressed an opinion rather than resorted to petty insults...

  • well like ma old teachers used 2 say 2 me if u dont have anything positive to say dont say anything at all... no 1 here givs a fuck about ure opinion if its not positive or interesting.

  • "Noone gives a..."

    What would be the point of youtube comments if not to discuss the videos? It would be boring (ie uninteresting, as you put) if it were just lists of people saying "i luvz tom rly". I don't like this cover because i find it boring and overrated. I'd rather hoped by posting on youtube that people would argue its good points rather than asking me to "suck".

  • hahahahahaha fuck sake man stop yer winjin. aye i kinda agree with what ure saying but all you said was boring and over-rated. no reasons for why u said that makes it look like ure just hating for nae reason

  • Ok. He goes waaaaay too fast and kills the emotion of the song and it just sounds jittery. And his instrumental is just a scale. Yawn.

  • that i accept, i agree the instrumental is shit but the guys voice is unique and thats why i like it. didnt mean 2 stir beef but simply saying its shite with no reason whys kinda well shite lol. peace buddy

  • fair play =)

  • @MiniMorello suck a pony

  • Lolz at Alex James

  • Have you ever heard anyone take someone elses song and make it their own as well as this guy? Awesome and makes the spine tingle!

  • Hey! Alex Zane!! On the Zane!

  • He has a great voice shame he didnt make it hugeeeee

  • strange voice, but in a way its good.

  • I Like the Unsigned Act, Better than the X Factor, Same Songs Every time with Some Crap Gay Lad Singing Like a Girl

  • Amazing..

  • i can;t even imagine how many times i've watched this, never gets boring, he';s amazing.

  • Stoke tomorrow night, can't wait, really hope he does this.

  • i love him soo much :o

    hes total goood (LL)

    cant wait to see him again (i)

    xXx

  • he's so cute

    Love him

  • If you want to audition for the UK's biggest original music competition go to the Live and Unsigned website, auditions start in January 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • luv this version ii saw him at the o2 academy in glasgow amazin

  • I LOVE HIM COS HE'S SOOOO REAL !!!

    I think Tommy's a lil bit like Mozart....both on a tightrope walk amongst genius and insanity

    PS: LAUREN LAVERNE LOOKED SO CUTE. Nice Makeup :)

  • i love him (:

    and he's stunnning <3

    great voice much better than the killers (:

  • so what?

    could you do it ya' clever cunt?

    that''s what makes it beautiful.

    it's a great take on a great song BECAUSE it's not karaoke.

  • this albumn is AWESOME. tommy has a personality just as amazing as his talent, met him after a gig!

    top top top top top musician!

  • glasvegas, camera obscura, ballboy, the delgados, belle and sebastian, and REAL independent labels, with passion and sincerity coldplay could never match.

    perhaps scotland should turn england into a cesspit of formulaic, chart fodder dross, and just get on with making art.

    you're the kind of self righteous arsehole that probably has a keane shrine in their bedroom.

    go away and drown in the thames.

  • angry scots make me laugh.....good cover....dont get his voice

  • Camera Obscura... i like it.... Ballboy, The Delgados.... nice... Belle & Sebastian? not heard of.... but GLASVEGAS.... EURGH. most hated band of all time, maybe... after Simple Plan.... whywhywhy did you have to go and ruin it by mentioning Glasvegas????

  • Love it, you can really his passion

  • it is better

  • Better than original!!!!!

  • this is beautiful.

  • Theres been a load of covers done of this song but this is the best cover version i have ever heard its fucking brilliant :D

    x x x

  • best cover of this song ever!!!

  • the reason he is awesome and the judges look so flabbergasted is because it took tommy just one week to learn to play the keyboard for this song! thats why he is amazing i cant wait till Sept for the album!!!UNREAL!!!!!!!!!!!:):):­):):):) 100/100

  • i love this with a passion. x

  • from northern ireland, killers best song is human but tommy reilly kicks mr brightsides ass. amazin cover..... tommy to be a legend.

    up gimme a call

    tune.......

  • brilliant !!!!!

  • Magiccccccccc!

  • Half way through i was not sure i liked it. Then at 52 the piano caught me .

  • Well done my friend. I love him.

    Tommy Reilly's peformances are just great :)

  • that my freind is how you cover the greatest song in the world brillaint absouletly brillaint love him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!1

  • its an aquired voice isnt it i think its sound some of my mates think its shit :P

  • why aint he big yet i want his album

  • shite

  • Im From Scotland, And I Think He's Amazing. Love His Accent Init =P

  • ...shot

  • Gave me chills. Amazing.

  • lol, this was as brilliant as it was shit...very unique

  • hes fukin awsome!!

  • tommy reilly legend fuck off you wankers who dont like him tommy if u ever read this please keep making music love you x

  • wow

  • Tommy didnt get a million pound record deal either lol he should have tho absolutly love him.he allways puts such feeling into sounds just wish more people would apprciate his talent!

  • loved it

  • at first i thought he was mentally challenged....lol but it was good in a different way.

  • there's a difference between 'mentally challenged' and 'MEANING IT'.

    could you do it?

    i doubt it very much.

  • huh? i said mentally challenged instead of retarded so i wouldnt offend anyone and then here you come....

  • this guy is absoltely shite!

  • fuck of i dont see you with a million pound record deal.. fool

  • thats because you havent seen me yet.....little do you know who i am... or where i am from.... "FOOL" shut your little mouth before i buy your house and crush it before your very eyes!

  • both of these comebacks sucked. lol

  • what comebacks? lol