Blake Lewis - Virtual Insanity

[hooliganmarty]

I like this performance!

[poet279]

He fucking sucks.

[idoltyler06]

Why all the hate. He had a couple bum notes, but otherwise it was great. And Blake is sexy.

[RealMissOregon]

he screwed the song :/

[fargu1to]

daamn he's justin timberlake!

[sandman123ify]

Part 1:29 is AMAZING!!! :DDD

[sandman123ify]

Part 1:19 IS AMAZING!!!! :DDD

[ddrummmerkick]

not bad, but not good

[Scout322]

he has done better

[WazziGltd]

i thought he was having a stroke at 1:30

[valkier]

Shame I can only dislike once.

[valkier]

Who the fuck is this faggot trying to sing a Jamiroquai classic. If you are going to sell your soul to American Idol... you are ONLY allowed to sing pop shit. NEW RULE.

[txlastrebel]

queer faggot

[nel0]

he's just a pussy.

[14pedroteixeira]

@nel0 hey man he does more things with the body than you with all body

[MeSezSo]

this guy sucks. he doesnt have the sassy black passionate singing like Jamiroquai

[evansawesomevideos17]

@MeSezSo Hmm, that's odd, because Jamiroquai's singer is very white, and british.

[HarryHachet666]

simon _has_ a point! the scatting/beatboxing is fenomenal and out of this world!!! its a great song and that.. but the singing isnt! listen to the orignial and you will get it!

[jacere15]

Obviously the kid has talent if he made it to the top 16. Obviously the rest of america liked him

[kkeelan]

Doucher with an average voice. Congratulations.

Also a lacking sense of rhythm.

[Gzus70]

this guy is a huge pile of shit

[jwilliamsoh]

@Gzus70 Question why? Why is he a pile of shit? That is a HUGE statement to make

[Gzus70]

@jwilliamsoh you're a huge pile of shit as well for not knowing why

[jwilliamsoh]

@Gzus70 WOW I actually gave you a thumbs up on that one. I am a huge piece of shit.... You are probably one of the smartest people I know; honestly. I mean think about it. You don't know me, don't know what I stand for, yet you have determined that I am a huge piece of shit!  My hat is off to you.

[WachTheRainFall]

just saying the style he is singing isnt "rap" if u knew anything about the person who you decided to listen to singing you would know hes a beat boxer and incorpporates it into his songs, his signature in a way if you will. rap is not beat boxing, thats all. xD

[JimonesimaLady]

Este muchacho es super afinado y encima carismático. Mucha envidia hay en algunos comentarios.. No comparen con JK.

[jwilliamsoh]

@JimonesimaLady what?

[kooljsl]

how does Randy a music producer, not know Jamiroquai is a band and not a person?

[txlastrebel]

@kooljsl because he's a stupid nigger

[actor123456789]

what sweatshirt is that?

[Galsinger29]

jay kay has a way better hat than this one...

[XavierTheLast]

fake&gay. nothing else to say.

[noeleon]

Just because you can sing, doesn't mean you should. Killed it.

[gjvb]

@noeleon WHAT?!

[shupershanto]

The song... it's AWESOME!!! But the guy it's a a shame for music... I hate that rap style!!!!

[oveggi]

muy malo

[MrZulkarnine]

this guy is suck... even i can sing this song better than you

[xiujung]

he had just did his style..

[aidanivesdavis]

Jamiroquai is my favorite band, my favorite artist. He killed it.

[SquirrelsforLunch]

this. guy. sucks.

[gilakia]

Jay Kay is a great singer, with a strong background in Jazz. Of course this guy can't do it! He's only doing POP.

Randy Jackson don't know shit,.

[CanMik0710]

god, that was bad! 

[hotdrumchick]

I bet Jay saw this and thought, "Why is this fool butchering my song?"

[UltraMagnus3786]

simon was right about the tuning. the middle section with the beatboxing/scatting was hot tho

[DeathsRetribution]

Hes terrible. if he tried to do jamiroquai justice, then he failed miserably.

[vstarr89]

It's funny...when I saw Blake perform this song years ago on Idol I had no clue who Jamiroquai was. Now years later, being a huge fan of the band, I appreciate Blake's ability to stand out by covering a song from such an eclectic band like Jamiroquai. And Simon was on something when he said Blake sounded like a copycat of the original singer. No one can sound just like Jay if they tried, he's too distinctive.

[heart2art]

But let's hear more jamiroquai in America!!

[heart2art]

he's flat on so many notes.

[Theshamham]

HAHAHAHAHA

simon is so right in his critique its not even funny.

[Kolchl]

this is so american i think i might puke.

[MrBillyboyroge]

Heard better singers in my local pub on kareoke night

[WachTheRainFall]

@MrBillyboyroge makes sense since u must have been drunk to think that. <3 if u dont like the singer, why listen?

[MrBillyboyroge]

@WachTheRainFall I've got nothing against the singer, never heard of him to be honest. I came here due to the song being sung or should that be murdered? Not the easiest song too sing, but to give a fair and honest opinion now, I would say he started off poorly, faded in the middle and the less said about the end the better. A step too far

[gjvb]

@MrBillyboyroge really?!?!?! Really?!?!?! This guy sings like crazy man

[MrBillyboyroge]

@gjvb He's singing out of tune. If you can't hear that, then your ears must be broken. I don't know the dude and he might have had on 'off night' but in my opinion his performance was pretty poor. Try watching:

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity on Rosie O'Donnell

Gives you an insight into how this song should be performed live

[sclapione]

What an awful style, Metrosexual Chav  ?

[kabaretsin]

Hey Guys! Why are you hating this guy? I come from Poland and I don't understand this hating. I heard him first time and I think he is a good singer with realy goood voice.

[AeroAstro]

When I clicked on the thumbnail I thought I'd see some soulful black singer doing a great interpretation of the song.

Instead I get this shit.

[telblackwell1980]

that was terrible

[mastos]

This is not good.

[hatereligions]

the chick said my nigga wtf

[menamesjames]

Try Half The Man, you would probably fail

[sherbert500]

rubbish..........

[ilikeyou9050]

in your face simon

[Engineer245]

This is why Simmon is no longer in the USA. He is an idiot as far as to what American's like and will pay for. Glad he is gone ! ! !

[scareface4638]

fresh beat

[SpedeCO2]

Good voice but needs training.

Band is just... How could I say this.. They try too much, and basist dont play original bassline. Jamiroquai is awesome chord progression with awesome bassing.

This is.. mass rubbish with no funk.

[laurialinco]

man this dude sucks.... I love jamiroquai! man this was terrible.

[SxChampagne32]

@BLACKbarfGhost57 haha okay "blackbarfghost".

[Sparklette]

This was nice! He sounded good to me. I liked the Beatboxing to! :)

[MrEpicLink]

oh wow. Sadly i used to like this guy.

[angelatomate324]

@MrEpicLink why sadly?

[MrEpicLink]

@angelatomate324 not too good...



[tohruyukisprincess]

:(

[lnsouciance]

Better then any you bitches could do. I give the guy mad props!

[sclapione]

@lnsouciance If you're gonna cover someone who is smoove, you better be smoove

[kevster3000]

at least put the cap off or take a hat

[mlnmrttm]

virtual mediocrity is what you're singing!

[CJARCHIVES]

Did the judges really believe that (even at the time) we never heard of Jamiroquai? (Does Simon know anyone younger than Diane Warren?)

[punchmyself]

Ahhh, mediocrity.

[done35start]

I always wondered what would happen if justin bieber covered this song...

[Fairfaux]

@done35start

Let's try to keep these obscene idea tucked deep in and away from public ears.

[petitprince05]

He's not that bad... I don't get all the uber-negative comments. I liked it. :)

[godgunsncountry]

Anyone who tries to cover Jamiroquai will be shot, because they are guaranteed to fail and fail badly like this asshole.

[harpersneil]

Can someone tell this wanker that his hat is on sideways...

[borhap399]

@harpersneil haha yeah

[srwryusrw]

this is just a karaoke.

[lean046]

Fuck you, Blake Lewis!

[NeilCohen]

It's just one of few songs you can't cover.. like stairway to heaven.. swee child o'mine and more..

[stevenpsmitty]

blake needed a better band - that's all

[PartymusicNL]

vocal turntableism xD

[AlmachtigeDikke]

Meh, too bad.. This guy sux:)

[matthieu123ish]

he killed that song , thanks usa

[XavierTheLast]

erm... this guy crushed the climate of original version... in two words. HE SUCKS

[kanakanaka85]

People comparing the guy to Jay Kay are missing the boat. 1:45 to cover a 4-5 min. song live & did a damn good job. Simon was stupid to suggest it was a copy cat performance. Wasnt even close in anyway! It was an original & honest interpretation of the song. People talking sh!t bout his hat make me laugh. Have u seen some of the ridiculous hats Jay Kay wears? Apparently not. Some sorta Fooking indian feathers, tin man,top hat, buffalo man sh!t go hug a fooking tree Imma go eat a hamburger LOSERS

[sclapione]

@kanakanaka85 "It was an original & honest interpretation of the song." Oh come off it.

"Imma go eat a hamburger LOSERS" Are you 10 or something ?

[VolpeRossauk]

Nice try he could do well if he wrote his own (wire what he can handle), the guy does have tallent but he does NOT have the talent to reach Jay kay ... jay kay is just next lvl JAMIROQUAI WINS. Simon was very right tbh lol . that fucker who says "its original he added skatting" Jay Kay does it all the time XD what a dumbass true say he knows Nothing of Jamiroquai

[deovision]

I didn't see anything there. And If you asked Randy who Jay Kay is, he would be "???"

[musicaYmusica]

dios mio cambienlo

[1thumpasaurus]

if randy actually knew anything about jamiroquai, he would know that IT IS A BAND, NOT A PERSON

[musicessexx]

@1thumpasaurus No...Jamiroquai is Jay Kay alone.

[harpersneil]

@1thumpasaurus Dead right. We all know Randy's a wanker though; you can't expect too much.

[jimrhcp95]

@1thumpasaurus I know! I just hate it when people think Jamiroquai is a person!

[damianson]

@1thumpasaurus how far did this kid make it in the end?

[mikeryt]

Singing= shit

Funk/Soul = missing

Fag = check

7 seconds of beatboxing was the ONLY good bit.

[Mefistoteles2007]

what a fag..and why he's dressed like that? worst cover ever of j.k... wanna slap the shit out of him

[4225449]

un asco al lado de jay kay, el canta con su corazon, no estos que cantan con la pinta! fuck off!!!!

[Mefistoteles2007]

@4225449 Además de eso piensa que está cantando rap o algo... que hijo de puta... VIVA EL FUNK!

[pharaon80000]

MDR !!! 1:18 He's A Very Great Singer x) Shit Men ! :D Suck It !

[titoortiz1006]

Well anyone who do not sing out off note can sing this with those Musicians and it will still be perfect . I mean they done all the hard work for him ....... otherwise there is only one Jamiroquai in this world ....... no one can realy copy his singing ........ thats how unique he is ....

[Rauh033]

the song was to high for his voice, he shouldve dropped the key n he was tryin to hard. i was dissapointed when i saw this, n he was off key at the end

[BlowBackBenny]

@Rauh033 haha he already dropped the key!

jay kay has a huge range

[HarmogeddonACappella]

@BlowBackBenny actually....I am playing the live version and Blake's version side by side...the key's, it's the same...

[Jacquelyn104]

that hat...and 1:08 (Lol)

[Sk8forfunitsfun]

@Jacquelyn104 i replayed that so much thank you for a good laugh

[Zlobivka]

He doesn't even understand the mood of the song. His performance was bizarre in a bad way.

[TheToeProject]

This is like banging my head against a brick wall for five minutes. First of all, if they don't do the bit at the start they could sing the whole bloody song. Second, it's mixed wrong. Third, his groove is really really bad. It's just sung... wrong.

[eMisark]

His dad looks very Scottish like Blake but his mom puzzles me. Where is she from? Is she even white?

[monroseroro]

Wow seine Stimme hat ja ne erschreckende Ähnlichkeit mit die von Max Mutzke :O Geil, gefällt mehr sehr gut :) Aber der Song ist nicht gerade toll für ihn, man hat immer Jay Kays Stimme im Ohr, und Blake singts zwar schön und auf seine eigene Weise, aber diesen Song kann glaub ich echt nur Jamiroquai 100%ig rüberbringen

[jrmhrpr]

nice hat fag.

[storytyme12]

I wish I could vote for him!! XD He's awesome, and he was singing my favorite song.

Great job. :)

~Salma

[ndabunka]

Awesome

[SandiByrd]

I thought that was bloody brilliant!

[bslz65]

take off that gay ass hat you wanker!

[gavjenxgavjenx]

he can sing a note but no conviction on his adlibs 7/10

[BritainBrooke27]

The Best (and last) season I ever watched.

[Eragarev]

Thank you, Simon. I agree.

[Cloress1]

"he's gotten me to where I am right now".... well if he was on an English speaking show he'd have been shot for being a fucking retard. "Gotten" ? have we gone Bavarian? no, because Americans would not understand that joke.

Lovely kid, though, just shows what mixed races can do.

[tempest777]

@Cloress1 I find your comment to be unnecessarily racist not to mention ignorant and self-indulgent. In 20 years the "mixed races" will completely outnumber whatever rectal sliver you emerged from...

[DylanGalvinMusic]

You know why American Idol is a problem? Not because of the people on it, but the fact that it makes every everyone sitting at home extremely hypercritical of musical performance. The only people who should judge are people who have done this. This not by any means a bad performance and I don't think most of you know how hard this kind of thing is.

[Fietsbeldeel1]

Oooooh, Jay Kay is Much much much much better!

[yetanotherdavid]

He was a little bit flat in parts. Cute, though.

[seansherk2]

Se paso este pibe 1::23 al final lo mejor de su performance¡¡¡ genial.....

[Pliskin937]

He kill this song !

[Gollumz]

I'm sorry to say this but sure he can sing, but he sound nothing compared to Jay.

[easchit]

FAIL.

[traviesalegre]

493 ignorantes que no saben apreciar el buen trabajo de alguien

[antoniosam]

Te falta entonación chaval sigue practicando has e FP nomás caballero.

[deonoxivar]

the fact that Blake chose to sing a Jamiroquai song in the first place is already a WIN for me.

[RATMfan92]

Goddamn i hate Simon.

[jasonbittencourt]

who was on drums?

[NeverMind368]

I don't even remember him singing this, props.

[OUTTAIDEAS88]

tough song to sing. Not bad--but not great either.

[RiseOfThePro]

yeah just put on a hoody and turn your hat sideways andpaula abdul will think its cool!

[macabrebunny]

awesome XD

[Nneka1963]

I think this was GREAT! He made it his own song!!! I'm sure JK would like it!!!;o)

PS. I didn't know that Jamiroquai was big in the States? O_o

[2fat2die]

baaad intonation

[MiaLarge]

Siralmas.

[KissdaKittyKat]

very nice. except for the hat.

[MrNathan791]

blake is pretty good. of course he can't touch jay kay,but then again blake do have to because he's unique being blake. and i'm sure when jay kay first came out that he was told something about copying someone also . great job blake.

[AllPrankCalls]

for all people hating on simon: whether he is negative or not, he is most of the time right, so show some respect

[Tressom]

good not great /= doesn't really need the beat-boxing though he does that pretty well. 

[Muusicca]

for those hating on simon, remember...he gets paid to be negative

[ij1889]

meh

[Muusicca]

@ij1889 I like that

[william9512]

jk still whoops his ass, but come on guys, hes still pretty good

[Joosaboy]

DAYUMMM!!!!!!!!!!!

[RomanSedlak]

not bad.

[vincentizghra]

the first second of the beatboxing was good, he started strong but then became a bit flat.

[vincentny0091]

fuck it , simon can't sing, can't play an instrument, can do shit to produce any acceptable sound of any kind but damn the guy has an ear.he was completely right on this call.perfect description of parts of the song he performed and how he did it.

[Shunli88]

terrible

[TheAleksMichel]

@Shunli88 what? its not terrible come on its good

[bubbly912]

@Shunli88 seriously? are u deaf? it's excellent..very catchy and original.

he is made it new and jamiriquai would be quite proud of his effort on this track.

go get some taste in music before you criticise stupidly

this guy is talented.

[Shunli88]

@bubbly912 Firstly lol, did not want to reply on people hating my comments. But let me explain myself clearly here. Ive been a fan of Jamiroquai for a long time. In my honest opinion i find this lad covering this song really terribly. His high notes aren't even nearly hitting the right points. Not to mention the beatboxing, i mean what is he trying to do there. Well i won't waste more words to his performance.

[Shunli88]

@Shunli88

(2)

And you trying to say that i've got a bad taste in music, well I can only assume you are a teenage girl which well yeah... =)

Have a look at my channel to see what 'my taste of music' looks/hears like before you dare to judge MY taste of music. Ive been judging his performance and not your poor listening skills.

[TheCaulfield1]

This song isn't easy to sing but he gave it his best - LIKED IT!!

[ChinChilla919]

i liked his version

[DelakroaBass]

btw. Good job Simon ;)

[DelakroaBass]

hm...jamiroquai is not apropriate for him...

i dont like this one... :/

sorry....

[VoiletDreams]

wow that was great really smooth voice love it love the beatbox too hehe

[dqken11]

This was kinda like karaoke

[HopelessDaydreamer55]

I don't get you haters. There isn't a damn thing wrong with this performance. Blake's talented. and y'all are tone deaf. sorry, but it's true.

[antoniojonino]

Hahahaha What A Shit Nobody (Maybe Michael Jackson R.i.P) Can sing Like jason Kay XD

[ssstainddd]

He butchered that song! Fuck American Idol... 

[ElectricRain0]

Maybe I wouldn't have hated Paula so much if she paid more attention. Dancing = not her job on American Idol. -_-

Guess that's why she's gone. lol

[hacksign20]

lot better than me but still such bad dancer/singer.

[TheCJHutchison]

Was he intentionally not hitting notes, or something?

[P3T3RYANG]

smooth falsetto nice!!

[DanteDevil2727]

I am I lifelong Jamiroquai fan and I thought it was pretty good.... :)

[88Sublime96]

Pretty good performance.