One Man Plays Bohemian Rhapsody - Newton Faulkner Live

[Derekmf23]

there aren't tight enough underwear in the world to make you sing like Freddie Mercury.

[AlainBradette]

AWSOME for a solo Great guitar work! great dinamics, and nice voice.

[nat00ben06]

Yea this is a song that would be challeging to even attempt it, of course his voice can't hit the Mercury notes.....maybe to much ganja, lol!

[etg2010]

I think this guy's a very talented singer. I'd like to hear him in a more normal setting, where he's not trying to do so much at once.

[ecvitootoria]

BOTOU PRA FUDER!

[Miked4d69]

damn gingers...pretending they have souls....makes me sick!

[mrrusss]

You can't do this in front of my store. Move along please.

[wildevil]

lol I think he's having so much fun with the song. Freddy sang it with so much passion and power but here its like a tribute but really not. I think he knows the magnitude of the song and he replicates the music so well with just one guitar and that itself is genius. His vocal variations are also evident here and its really difficult to sing to so many different keys that he might as well be holding a hand puppet during his performances. I'm not a big fan but I say he's a really great singer.

[gruenweissvfl]

nearly 700 dislikes? for this??

[clarkshapedbox]

you can hear people singing the guitar solo!

[leonheart41]

he changed the key

[goosey77ski]

what a knob jockey

[ozeiaoliveirainacio1]

hahahahahaaha mto bom!!!

[daviddara333]

but will it blend?

[sandman8649]

@daviddara333

ahaha

[pj6867]

one word..unbelievable.

[citywalk100]

that was crunchy man

[druadanlachdanantron]

lame.....

[monteiroj1]

AWESOME, DUDE! I fucking love this song and I had never heard an acoustic version of it... It's really nice! Your voice sounds delicious!

[PockyMonsterEatYou]

God! Why have I not seen him yet! My life feels empty now D:

[BertDVG]

Fucking awesome voice

[cobrastomas]

wow that was someting

[theskyking619]

BISMILLAH nooo!

[weezerpleaser18]

Top notch! Freddie's smiling up there!

[MrUnicycle123]

Saw this at Cambridge Folk Festival 2011 :) Amazing!

[vichogran355]

just like dave mustaine says one time: "Playing acoustic guitar is like having sex with clothes on you kniow how to do it but is much harder""

[cratemaster92]

would be heaps better if the audience would SHUT UP!!!!! :P

[jimbobmillscafc]

The most overrated song in history performed brilliantly by a modern day genius. Is their a song he can't cover, usually bettering the original?

[PCgeekist]

@jimbobmillscafc It's good, but nothing can top the original.

[tzatziki10]

@jimbobmillscafc fuck you

[jimbobmillscafc]

@tzatziki10 Are you 12? If you want to disagree, fair enough. At least be adult enough to put forward an opinion and not just try to insult me. What's your next one going to be 'my dad is bigger than your dad'?

[frank5mith]

@jimbobmillscafc one minor set-back. WRITING IT!!!

[AUsernameFORU]

The awkward moment when he doesn't say 'Bismillah' but instead says 'we will not'...:/

[TheXpozaaaH]

Greatest musician on Earth.

[Drewbag49]

Newton Faulkner is the best best singer ever, i love him!!!!!!!

[TheZappawizard]

excellent performance, but can I get a dislike button for that mess on his head?

[waggietoo]

wagner sings a cappelle, take a look

[liamoisin1]

He's brilliant live!!!

[clownpit]

if you actualy disliked this your a fuck wit id like to see you try to do it

[LiamE69]

How did 'bismillah' turn into 'we will not' in a cod german accent?

[ricercadore]

@LiamE69 You're right man ;)

[comet752]

Don't think he sang the right melody that best suites this kind of arrangement during the opera part, but other than that amazing voice, and to be playing guitar like that while singing like that is impossible.

[ja1212az]

menudo máquina.

[ja1212az]

menudo máquina.

[PBLero]

I love it.. Love his harsh voice. And his guitar playing, it sounds almost imperfect, which gives it a very special sound, that compliments his voice in a very positive manner.

[blahblaish]

Absolutely impressed by his talent. Definitely gonna seem him around for a long time to come.

[darthgabriel97]

I'm a huge fan of Freddie Mercury and Queen and i think it's good he's playing bohemian rhapsody live so my generation doesn't forget what real music is. Rock 4 life <3

[skillless]

This song is not meant for acoustic solo...

[JohnMalcolm]

@skillless and...........?

[onlywhenprovoked]

That was ok, although the second half was more like a comedy skit than a real attempt at the song. Too bad the crowd wouldn't shut up and let him alter the approach if he so desired.

The "one man plays" title is kind of absurd. Makes it sound like dude was playing drums with his feet and keyboards with his dick and bass with his ass. There's no one man band here, goofball.

[13expose13]

@onlywhenprovoked totally agree, what an over hyped piece of shit, any stand up comedian with a guitar could do it.

[jadepedrojr]

his good



[kuatiogui]

Queen would be proud of him...

[lenao29o11]

ok good try but it kinda feels like he has no respect of the song...like he's fooling around

[Joebergz94]

@lenao29o11 so you're claiming that queen didnt fool around? moron.

[lenao29o11]

@Joebergz94 so i m a moron because you have a different opinion...anyway happy new year !

[Joebergz94]

@lenao29o11 yes you are, and for that i hate you. happy new year! :D <3

[patticarmo]

Que porcaria kkkkkkkkk

[Synochra]

Close enough

[miriamaviv]

un véritable exploit !!! bravo à toi tout seul

[thesmiths1013]

amazing job, WELL Done



[imilkdude]

everytime he does deep voice it just reminds me of when he did sponge bob :D

[becauseimwells]

@imilkdude he did spongebob?!

[xXxEmOgIrLx]

it's amazing! try it you bastards!

[awrc64]

better than the original...

[Stelpa230894]

@awrc64 HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

[XxQmanxXP2B]

He's no Freddie Mercury but damn near close!

[SideburnsRule841]

Great cover :)

[powerpuffmjlover]

This is just like glee. Boring!

[18ken18]

This is AWESOME!

[ForshawMusic]

Until all you haters can play and sing that song like he does, then I suggest you get off your high horse and appreciate what an amazing musical talent he is.

This is such an enjoyable performance, stop picking it apart at every lyric!

Enjoy the music for what it is. Don't hate it for what it isn't.

[WowFrits]

BEHOLD proof that gingers doooooo hav souls!

[we1n88]

Very enjoyable cover. Long live the Queen.

[heyfriend631]

amazing this is great...........the fans fill in the backround...fucking love it ..ppl dont suck all the time ..hm

[JoseMielDJ]

Excellent!!!!!

[fernandomre]

this guy is good as simple as that



[ACoustaDC]

he is the offfspring of Bob Marley and Carrot top!

[LerwickRick]

Shame he didn't learn the lyrics first. Amazing voice though

[Synochra]

Cmon ppl its good for sure, but is it that special? I mean After beginning the galileo Part it wasnt even good anymore. :/

[weattack100]

hahahhaahhaahaah he said most of the words wrong X) HAHA

[andukr]

666 dislikes 0_0

[Synochra]

Great performance...but wtf was wrong with the bismillah-part???

[19cyberspace]

i agree with bible storm, true talent this guy has, hes ace

[dominik2609]

Really nice :)

[naamra]

We Will not? Bahahaah

[jimirbon]

damn hippies

[BibleStorm]

He got the lyrics so wrong. Didn't his friends think to tell him that before he started playing it live?

[Markengutten]

@BibleStorm who cares if the lyrics are wrong? this is so good, finally a real talent. Not the "wanna be" who think's their pro if they play the guitar and sing at the same time..

[kiramissoninja]

Only a ginger with dreadlocks can come close to the queen version.

[C4tZ]

young barney stinson covering freddie mercury's legendary song. this video is overflowing with awesomeness!

[2431346]

this is shit.

[MikeHunt861]

@2431346 So you can do better, can you? Oh, you can't? Thats probably because you are just another low life, spending his days wanking and telling people off on internet. Fucktard

[runswimsc]

well, done. but the guy needs to learn the actual lyrics

[Seelenfutter]

Ich find das toll. One man one schow

[energiesdurables]

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[TheArsong]

funny .. somewhere in the song i hear germans singing .. but what a show .. one man playing this song ,... extra ordinaire !!!!

[SLOWBURN420]

check out Jon Gomm passionflower, thats real talent

[Pakistexican88x]

3:15 Bismillah*

[lienniepiennie]

it's very good!!! but...the lyrics are incorrect.... But this is amazingggg!!!!

[donnellyseanelly]

shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave

[PI550FF123]

This man is just talent on legs..A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.!!!

[sanasta12]

655 people don't love their moms...shame on them

[ScottMcDonald27]

People giving it, 'Nice attempt', 'You can't beat Queen'.

Seriously folks, this guy has just held a crowd of thousands of people together with only his voice and a guitar. He, HIMSELF, has just aced one of the greatest songs of all time.

This man deserves so much respect for this tremendous effort. What a fucking performance.

[AlexandraRosalita]

@ScottMcDonald27 init

[sckurvee]

he was great until the opera part... I understand that he's just one man, but he visibly threw away all respect for the writer at the end... you could tell he "had to get through" the second half of the song... totally makes me lose faith that he understood the song at all. The audience doesn't know what this song is about.. they know it's from waynes world, but don't understand the anguish that inspired it. this guy's a fail.

[bonsey59]

@sckurvee that inspired it? they wrote it in the back of a van. on the way to a interview on a talk show. the thing that inspired it was dope

[Synochra]

@sckurvee Exactly my opinion. Just the fact taht he performs such a complex song doesn't make the performance good.

The beginning was really nice in my opinion, the rest was, well someone playing the song's chords and just singin the lyrics(not even right, look at the Bismillah-part for example).

[tapdeb1]

@ScottMcDonald27

That may be true, but he's not as good as Freddie Mercury, no one can beat him at this song.

[ScottMcDonald27]

@tapdeb1 At no point did I say he was 'as good as Freddy Mercury'. To compare Faulkner to Mercury, or this version to the original is simply stupid.

Both outstanding versions; if people believe that the original is 'unbeatable' that's fine, no one would dispute that. Just give Newton some credit for putting himself out there with such an astounding effort and arrangement of a classic song.

[PaqueretteDizzyDaisy]

nice attempt ;)

[godens34]

:)) probably 80% of the 1.5 mil views thought this guy would be playing more than one instrument to sing this song

[1PARAJarHeaD]

We all know "The Queen version" is unreachable. But I have to say, this is most talented Bohemian Rhapsody cover ever I've seen. Good Job.

[fliqueur]

hit 2:46 for part 2

[Brok3nC4rrot]

He could work on his enunciation. A lot of his consonants are quite indistinct.

[senalan1916]

@Brok3nC4rrot YOUR AN IDIOT



[madstu666]

that was freaking genious

[HypaChondriacMusic]

The appeal of this is meant to be that it's one man doing the whole song... which he does very, very well. Newton is a totally different type of singer than Freddie was, so everyone can stop saying 'zomg he cant sing it as well as originulz'.

[ChocolateHoneycomb]

@HypaChondriacMusic Newton Faulkner is an underappreciated genius and one day, I just know he's going to hit the big time. For real, he deserves to.

[Nirvana19Lithium]

Pretty good :)

[airsunlight]

great version!!:)

[askhatman]

great!

[KamanjiTV]

The Queen version is unreachable...

[TheArsong]

@KamanjiTV ... from wich band ?

[Tfaaon]

@KamanjiTV of course , but he's doing it alone man . ;)

[RedSkin8008]

@KamanjiTV duh...

[Thegam3snitch]

@KamanjiTV

IThis version pretty high up thou, Almost reaches mercury;)

[xarepe1]

@KamanjiTV Give the man a break, he's singing and playing a song with over twenty different tracks of instruments and vocal choirs bearing only an acoustic guitar and his voice. Close enough.

[kaoschosen]

@KamanjiTV may be. but this is fairly close :D

[Petraschek1]

great job on guitar, and mostli vokal too. but some times he does not reach the right notes. but that's no problem, that's a very hard song and it's a great job.

[MyFictitiousLife]

2:45 gotta love the zoom :P

[xXxGaaraxXxKankuro]

Newton Faulkner is amazing! HIs voice is beautiful =)

[TehSoulZero]

my opinion... his voice just aint good to sing this... once again it's my opinion... if you gonna hate me for that i got 2 words for you... SUCK IT :D

[SlimSRB]

I made a profile on youtube, just to liked this song

[MrTiranis]

nunca habia visto este video, soy un gran fan de queen, pero me quito el sombreo

[shakigaga1]

piece of art good job

[DasHesslon]

He is a one-man-theater :D

awesome!

[jbcelis]

you might enjoy watching this too /watch?v=Esh9x8MC1e8

starts at 1:27

bohemian rhapsody version of our local singer

and a lady she is...hope it's worth your visit

PE♥CE...

[fikinka1]

he looks like young Barney Stinson...but very nice show ;-)

[boredofshiz]

@fikinka1 well he is legen.... wait for it..... keep waiting..... DARY!

[plutao]

a fine talent, but this cover show two things...a big singer...and that Queen are Imortal

[joshuajohnwestjosh]

damn this was AWESOME, very cool!!!

[usrock1]

that's what happened when you drink and smoke before singing.

[BruderSeth]

I don't like it

[MrLarex91]

i really2 like this guy singing this song....waaaaalaaaaa.....

[daaskapital1]

mig ayesa is better

[MrChocoDrop]

I think he's good. He's like a white Bob Marley :3

[heatperu13]

FUCKING RUINED IT.

[deadsillence21]

2:49 THIS IS SHIT! SOME ONE SHOOT THIS FUCKING HIPPY!

[controlfreak896]

@deadsillence21 THIS IS A MAN COMPENSATING FOR HIS INCREDIBLY SMALL PENIS. GIVE THIS MAN SOMEONE ELSE TO INSULT TO MAKE HIMSELF FEEL BETTER ABOUT HIS OWN LACKING AREAS.

That goes for everyone else too. Haters gonna fucking hate.

[pjohanson12]

It sounds like he learned this song while on shrooms...

[jedimindtrick1001]

AMAZING, simply amazing...

[ambassador028]

very gooood.. i like it.. :-)

[KyleGrieve1]

Total brilliance !



[JamesSheridanMusic]

sofa king amazing :O

[xXHidayaXx]

Amazing. Especially considering he's just using a guitar and his great voice!

[cdnsoldier1]

this is fucking shit. Some one shoot this fucking hippy

[RyanTF2]

@cdnsoldier1 ironic how loads of hippies/people with long hair in general listened to queen in the first place.

moron.

[deadsillence21]

@cdnsoldier1 your right.

[guydyon]

God, this makes my ears bleed... D:

[nisbahmumtaz909]

Meh, should have used bismillah, but yeah, he sounds good.

Maybe he couldn't pronounce it right? Arabic words do have a certain edge to them. I know the writing system, but wow, the grammar is some intense stuff.

[Inderption]

He sounds like a high pitched Eddie Vedder

[ikdre]

Mamaaaaa........ooowooowooo, i wil brush my hair