Aaron Lewis~Piano Man Cover Live @ Longmeadow High

[xXdEaThSeQuEnCeXx]

Billy Joel may the piano man, but Aaron Lewis is the cover man.....cuz god damn are his covers flawless

[LedZeppelin362]

what year?

[theballer04]

Every charity event I go to involves a mascot doing a slam dunk. Wish I had gone to this one, would have definitely donated.

[ocrazydrewo]

yeah why did you put your hand over the microphone. smooth!

[kimber40]

aaron lewis is god at acoustic

and his voice and the emotion he puts in his music

simply amazing

[JaCkMiChEaLs0n]

but what about the harmonica TT^TT

[travisshep152]

I'm not understanding why he doesn't make a solo acoustic cd with this cover on it... obviously everyone is dying to hear it... at least get a clean version on itunes..lol

[vicorly]

Sorry... you can't play Piano Man without a PIANO.

[bellers]

he just did....

[jlsparky7]

You can because they are both stringed instruments. You can play most metallica songs on a piano.

[rebelad]

burn lol

[nateguitarsoccer]

woah. what the hell happened at 1:15. completely ruined the quality

[Jediswordfighter]

He has a VOICE! damn

[Thrillos9]

awesome....but i need that piano!!!

[RJFerreiro]

I didn't like it. It's not technically 'bad,' I just almost always like original artists better...whether it's a choice between Billy Joel and Aaron Lewis, or between Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble...I tend to prefer originals. Maybe I'm just nostalgic and sentimental ;-)

[jmr12345678910]

this is perfect for his voice

[shadowfox392]

Is for Chorus teacher retireing?

[BornQueen]

No, as I said, it was a charity show for his old high school's music department.

[klunckmonkey]

Really great but the song is meant for piano. Otherwise it would be guitar man lol

[connor7711]

Krisg121...that comment was stupid.....your shit is wizzek...aaron lewis prbly gets more vagina than you have even seen watchin porn

[Krisg121]

that was distinctively average, like something on a cruise ship, a bit karaoke, no yellow tick this time, thanks for coming, come back next year, never give up, S.Cowell

[4toymachine4]

I'm not sure if I'd call that average... pretty good to me

[THEWRAITH1409]

I´ve watched this video so many times I´ve lost count!

[mrracicot]

This is probably one of the best covers i've ever heard...Aaron lewis' voice is...well awesome, and his mellow rythmic guitar playin', pretty hard to top

[edsup12]

Dude, this is the singer for Staind... he has one of the greatest voices ive ever heard. Billy Joel did write the song, but that doesn't mean he automatically sings it better than everybody. Its a very well written song though.

[Smolchy79]

THis guys good, but whoever said he sings it better than billy joel, the man who actually wrote the song is a dikhed.

[mrbrown242424]

ok hating on aaron stops rite now this man has more talent in one of his fingers than any of you can possibly dream of having why dont you go study up on him before you open your fucking mouths and start talkin shit about him

[younewt]

Average, voice not dynamic - he just belts

[BornQueen]

You are SOOO freaking tripping! That's all there is to say, really...

[younewt]

No I'm not

[BornQueen]

I'm sorry, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, because if you weren't tripping when you wrote that, you are either deaf, or worse. I'm certain Billy Joel himself would say Aaron's not only got one of the most dynamic voices he's ever heard, but that he sings his song waaaaay better than him. Mind you, this is coming from a woman that loves and has seen Billy umpteen times. Twice in one week somewhat recently, as a matter of fact.

[MikeB907]

@BornQueen ok, ill admit it was very very good, but i deffinitly wouldnt think billy joel would say he has one of the most "dynamic" voices hes ever heard, and DEFFINITLY not sings it better than him. billy joel is on a completely different level than this guy as well as a lot of other musicians. is he good? yes, im not disagreeing that. but dont compare a legend with this guy.

[kybur888]

ya bud your an idiot sorry. Aaron Lewis has the best voice in modern rock, no question. He has power, dynamics, sensativity, and he emotes better than anyone ive EVER seen (Trent Reznor may be the only exception...maybe). Don't even try to bring Aaron down. You don't like this one. Fine. Listen to his hundered other songs and hear the versatility in his amazing voice.

[younewt]

Oh I'm an idiot. Right. It makes sense now. I'm not trying to bring Mr Aaron down, his performance here does that, capital average

[MatisyahuBrimicomo]

lol ur ridiculous, lemme hear u sing like that

[TropicalMan5]

I went to Longmeadow High School back in the late 80s and early 90's...and I never knew the man, during or after. But I will say this: if I had a fantasy, it would be to play in a hard rock/heavy metal band.

[kinglee05]

if this were a better recording it would be awesome please do it again and post it to me

[BornQueen]

I have another one up of him doing this song on here, from another show. Just look through my vids for it ;)

[kinglee05]

this is how much i know didnt know he was famous

[Box151]

YES!! Clap clap.. lame.. stfu and let him sing..WOw.. Billy Joel is REALLY hard to sing.. no serious.. you try an do a laa dee dee do do lal al..

[bogger24]

any chords r tabs for this??

[bigbabyjesusicantwai]

its emo? wow, what a fruitcake, aaron would probably rock u in the jaw for saying that. i know i want to

[shyndown]

its funny how you say this is emo when you have a cover of third eye blind by P!ATD...

[apm5016]

only aaron lewis could make piano man emo.

[dirkflint]

"yes" haha

[daptoboyz]

good on him billy is the greatest singer/song writer ever...

[a9l5f]

I graduated from LHS in june of 06, man! Believe it or not, I jammed in that very auditorium (pretty much the same spot) with my buddy, Gregorich!! Whoever taped this knows how small that auditorium is : \ LHS 4evr. NIce job, Aaron!

[Distaind]

The true test of a rock musician is putting them on stage with nothing but an acoustic guitar and letting them belt out their songs. Aaron is, hands down, the best vocalist around today. Unfortunately, Staind doesn't gain the recognition they deserve... trendy emo bullshit is what fills the airwaves today.

[endofnew]

thanks great video

[viruszone]

haha Borqueen thats a good one and ptsd nothing is better then an original

[BornQueen]

Hey, leave Billy alone, Brian. I saw him twice this year. Of course, I've seen Aaron 9 times so far this year, and am going to see him 2-5 more times before the year's over. Hey, although I love Aaron singing this song, am I the only one that thinks it's just plain wrong that a man w/a guitar is singing "Piano Man?!?"

[airlinedev]

no it's not wrong :-) it just shows the talent that Aaron Lewis possesses being able to play such a great song originally created for piano on a guitar

[BornQueen]

That's not what I meant...have you actually listened to the words of this song??? LOL

[airlinedev]

lol no i just know it's aaron lewis

[BornQueen]

Okay...that's actually totally acceptable. LOL

[younewt]

Transferring a piano concert to guitar yes - an achievement, but a relatively simple pop song? This is not oh-my-god talent, far from it, and this level of output could be repeated by hundreds of thousands of hobbyist guitarists, and he doesn't do anything special with it anyway.

[BornQueen]

Although I disagree w/your opinion...seriously disagree, I felt the need to delete the next few posts of the person that disagreed w/you, and yourself, due to the vulgarity. I try to never delete any comments, even ones that disturb me, and/or for which I disagree with. However, I felt I could not allow the extremely vulgar verbal abuse that ensued.

[ptsd]

Better than billy Joel's original... At least Aaron sings it like he has some knackers....

[KEVRO]

Best vocalist award.

i swear staind should play at more vma's and shows like that..there so much better than transvestite emo bands such as panic at the disco and all those "bands"