Philosophy (Ben Folds Five cover)

[Jabonator]

Great job. Found you through your Bridge Over Troubled Water, after searching for others' take on it, since I just recorded my instrumental version. Wasn't expecting much, but the second you started to sing, I subscribed. You've got a great voice, and are talented on the keys, too. Keep at it. :)

[CincinnatiSkater]

good voice

[erospradog]

i wish he is gay :P [2]

[imxpnsv]

i wish he is a gay :P

[popnrocker]

That was so good!  I can only ever dream I'll be that good on the piano. That was just amazing. Great job!

[urielwirthful]

the only thing that would make this better would be if your voice were slightly louder than the music so we could make out your voice better. Otherwise you're good at piano.

[alex13isme]

its a cover, people... he can play it however fast or slow he wants

[cotoews]

@alex13isme tap your foot with the rhythm of the song. if your foot speeds up and slows down dramatically trying to stay with his rhythm, there's tempo issues. when this happens, he needs to slow down to keep the tempo relatively consistent. as a whole, you're pretty much right, he can play it however fast he wants, as long as his tempo is consistent. which it's not. otherwise, this is ridiculously good! and GREAT voice!

[emericaskater120]

Good voice

[sbretsch302]

I didn't think I was going to like this, but I did. Very much.

[veganmochi]

You have a fantastic voice. Dear, lord.

[mlew94]

you should do a tutorial

[Lizz1229]

gawd you sing really nice... sweet soft voice =)) But yeah too rushing :( Try to play more carefully and a bit slower, but very very nice!

[raynmikefosho11]

sloww downn bro.. still played shit out of it tho

[chatard3]

probably the most impressive on youtube ive ever seen

[fillXinXblankXstares]

Dude. This is the one song on piano I need to learn before I die. It seems so difficult! I'm giving it a shot this summer when I have more time to practice, but I'm not nearly as good as Ben or you!! Props on a great cover. I watched your "Boxing" cover too; it was really good. Keep it up!

[davedirk]

pretty damn good man! peace out!

[zwaite321]

That's impressive. I agree with the dynamic thing mentioned already and obviously rushing a little but it's all cool.

[paolothekeyboardguy]

sure is

but its a bit fast mate

otherwise its a bleedin good video

4 stars :D

[airsoftplayer8]

its sounds great and very nice vocals u hav a nice voice it is a little fast though

[kevcampbell77]

easily the best cover of ben folds that ive ever heard, and one of his toughest songs? really well done, man

[andyz82]

Super tough song but done very well. I think your voice is really good and fits Ben Fold's songs well.

[DerHellRazor]

Wow

[WOOTx100]

one of the best ben folds covers that actually do him justice. please do more! i love hearing your spin on them

[SchmuckoftheIrish]

you know, who cares if the end's messed up? It still sounded incredible!

[articuno4ever]

A little off at the end, but a good job overall.

[qotsajr]

absolutely awesome man

[BayerPatrick]

That is crazily good. Could you make a tutorial for that at a nice slow pace showing each hand. That was extremely amazing. Awesome job and keep up the good work.

[BroadwayPottergirl]

This is really amazing! Keep it up, you're very talented.

[BlueRidgeDixie]

You, Sir, are a very talented young man. Continue what you're doing, and maybe I'll be blessed to hear you on your own album.

[orderandnumber]

@BlueRidgeDixie Thanks partly to encouragement like yours, I recently released my first professionally recorded EP. You can find it on iTunes and CDBaby - it's called Worth Fighting For. Thanks so much for the support, and for listening.

[FueledByMaruchan]

Damn can you send me the Piano Sheets?

I'll give you my email if you respond.

[ChillBill849]

respect, man. good work

[anicca55]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

[Myth1027]

I was impressed, actually. Good job!

[garaloth]

A little at muddy at places but otherwise very good if not just a tad too fast.

And your voice is great! I would never have thought you would sound like that till you started singing.

[torged19]

do you think you can send me the sheet music for this, One angry dwarf, Jackson Cannery, and if you have it brick please???

[dtmccready]

OR you could pay for it all like I did. The least you could do is support the musicians you aspire to be...

[rcnkf]

your voice is amazing, and i would kill to be as good at piano as you.

[drillteamgirl]

WONDERFUL!

[Dnuts82]

forget all the speed comments, that's some bad-ass piano work bro,,, awesome awesome awesome!!!!

[carsonotto]

the singing is wayy good but why does everyone seem to rush this song sooo much dammnn i guess im gonna have to do a cover of it and play is slow and easy!!!!

[Jteether]

Ben rushes this song when he plays it live, or at least he did when he was younger. So I think it's cool when people play it fast.

[gimmesixx]

Can't believe how much you sound like him. 5/5

[sstamb]

you're rushing quite a bit (everyone does) slow down!

[mynameisgolden]

wow. this is real good.

[supergooseberry]

your voice is exactly the same as ben's

[torged19]

I thought that too!!!!

[wildebeast512]

dude your voice is awesome

[asianboy1424]

hold crap! iv watched this video like 5 times and i still cant believe how amazing this guy is :P

great job! freekin amazing

[JuliaBaDulia123]

awesome!

and your voice sounds exactly like him hahaa

[edger83]

Wow. Thanks for this, you've really got it together, man. You play seriously, but you don't take yourself too seriously. Thank you.

[KitsuneKaiChan]

I like how everyone plays this song a little differently and adds a little of their own style into it. If you didn't do that, what's the point of playing it anyway? And by the way, your hands and voice were very independant of each other. I've seen a lot of covers for this song and some (actually, most) had a hard time getting both the chords and the vocals just right... And you pulled it off perfectly! I can tell you're very passionate about the piano and you really do love it. Keep it up!

[hatesbostonredsox]

wow you did that intro justice i'm impressed. that and the and solo is the only things i can't play.

[glitterglueishope]

We think we should get married.

[leni1472]

Amazing!!!!

Great Voice, great piano!!!

[rocknfenderguy]

Did you just rip out Ben Folds' vocal chords and shove them down your throat!? lol, holy crap, awesome, 5 stars.

[HoracioGo15]

pretty fast intro

[gibbs7770]

Easily the best cover of this song I have ever seen. Great job man.

[Kayninho]

OMG That was amazing man. You did a perfect job.

[shawnethegirl]

You are very talented. Playing Ben Folds can be tough, in general. I would recommend working on focusing on better dynamics. You have a tendency to play really heavy, and it covers up your vox unnecessarily so. Also play with a metronome or along with the song on the CD. It'll help your tempo issues. Thanks for the cover! Your voice is amazing.

[havocmangawip]

The tempo is all over the place... but it's in the right place. You're there. I feel it. Fabulous.

Ben would be proud!

[havocmangawip]

To add... in the UK on the top pops show, the announcer commented that they'd have to "re-tune the piano after Ben played it".

Love it!

[soundLIGHTradio]

a little too liberal with the tempo for my taste, but you make up for it with your divine vocal folds.

[osborneddotcom]

pretty good! all i'd say is pick a tempo, lol, but otherwise nice

[bmaestrini]

this is FAST!

[jaredman2393]

so good

[tezromania]

im most impressed with your vocal pitch. right on. :)

[Iamdindada]

Beast, bro. You are a magician.

[rezzacool]

where did you find music to this???

[towerdefense]

You sound very much like the man

[laxinthe303]

5 stars. Your voice and piano playing are DOPE.

[writethisdown7]

i wish i could hear your voice a little better over the piano, but this was still really good. you have a great voice and you did an amazing job with the piano.

[slapstik89]

lol not really anything wrong with the piano playing. everyone may knock an off note every now and, but that's all part of free style and making it your own. Great voice - and i'm always interested to see how people play the "too high" section and finish it off.

[Zeee224]

this is pretty awesome

[AnbuXSwordsman]

To be honest...

Work on the piano.

Having said that,

Your voice is absolutely outstanding.

A-MA-ZING

[jwixy1714]

i hope you get aids, your comment sucks, you are uneducated and i hope something bad happens to your family

[towerdefense]

LOL

[chyeahh7550]

the best song ever! ur awesome.

[crewsd]

Great! One of the few on Youtube who actually can sing in the upper registers and aren't just sadly trying to. :D

[pleasemallorie]

OH MY GOD

that was AMAZING

[BessReuben002]

why did ben folds 5 split up? u shud sing with ben folds!

[njcm4156]

i think they broke up cuz they started pissing ech other off. then they started saying piano rock sucks. and ben go tmad. i think thats the reason. could be worng

[yowassupbro2]

dude, why so fast? HUH?

[sandwichsally]

AWESOME!!!! Why do people awesome have to say something like "Very nice, but at 2:04 you messed up and do this and blah" Great job my friend!

[crazyvideoplace]

Holy shit... Holy Shit... You are fucking amazing. The vocals were fantastic, at first I thought you just pretended to sing with Ben Folds' version in the background. Really good piano playing, this is a difficult song and I can't play piano worth crap. But, at some part is too loud to hear the singing. Other than that... FUCKING INCREDIBLE!

[DarkDoveDonnor]

this is the best cover ive heard so far!!

plus its not all scratchy from bad sound quality. wut kinda camera do u use?

[pats600]

slow down! otherwise pretty good if you sure up some of those piano mistakes.

[PianoFan88]

You have a beautiful voice. Piano's not perfect, but clearly you're really into it. :)

[PianoFan88]

You have a beautiful voice. Piano's not perfect, but clearly you're really into it. :)

[zeek33]

the piano was way to loud,, you should deff. use a microphone next time or not play so loud, but it was really good vocals, and u should rerecord it using a mic

[missmichaela525]

hey... how's it going? i haven't talked to you in a while and i just really wanted to hear this today so i thought i'd leave you a comment and let you know you're on my mind. working on love song? i sure wish you were! :)

[undirdog64]

really good

[HairyManLegs]

wow this really is impressive finnaly a really great cover thank you so much.

[funkygiraffe]

First decent version I've been able to find thus far. Awesome work.

[bballfos10]

alot better than the other toolbags that sing this song

[thepianist67]

check out my version, i am getting the sheet music online soon

[jseldis]

I wish i could sing like you. You've got a great voice, really good.

But the piano's not brilliant...There were a few bits where it seemed like you were just hitting keys to fill the gaps that you didn't know (in the intreo really).

yeah, man, practice the piano more, but there's nothing i'd change about the vocals :)

[ninulya]

I'm really sorry. Shame on me. Not one out of 70, but one out of 200 (after watching your videos)

[ninulya]

wow you must be one out of 70 guys out there. excellent work

thannks for sharing

[danielhatchbgs]

good work

[kamikrazi123]

geezus i had the sheets for the song b4, i gave up on the intro...

[danielhatchbgs]

were'd you get them??

[pistachief]

Nice!

i mean... NICE!

[mtblax13]

fuckin right man...fucking right. amazing!

[BrianPassarell]

slow down mainnng but youre good

[berimbau26]

bloody hell. awesome

[maret21]

the ending wasn't messed up at all. awesome.

[poodleinmypie]

O nvm I guess you do have 1 of your own. I will have to check it out

[poodleinmypie]

soooo good.

come out with an album of your own plz :)

[bradrmattison]

I never comment on things. But I have too. You are remarkably talented. Get a mic.

[jkonczal]

i like some of the liberties you've taken with the song but you get a little over-ingenuitive with the piano part, which covers up the great vocals and lyrics too much.

[MoonRiver118]

You're extremely talented. I've seen some of your others and they're all really really great. You seriously amaze me.

[mrsdarcy26]

you're really good, you should try music of your own:)

[ambeb90]

wow. so so great. :) you're so great on the piano!

[EudoraCard9989]

again... great job... and sorry if I ask again, do you have the sheet music... or someone else?

[InsertBandNameHere]

great job! a few mistakes sure but its a lot better than i can do, ive been trying to learn this song for a long time now and i cat play it for the life of me!

[derek0660]

the intro was so/so

but the rest was really really good

and you have an awesome voice

[likeabutterfly9]

your voice is amazing too. seriously good work. can i copy these other guys by asking about sheet music for this?

would be muchly appraciated. ok, im gonna go and investigate your other stuff now. lolz

thanks xx

[zuzuzu7]

Yeah, this song looks really hard, I nearly cried when i saw the sheet music for it, lol.

You did really well though. You have a fabulous voice too.

[kito914]

ooo man your great... but i suggest investing in a mic so we can hear you sing with the piano

[pandaren00]

hoooly crap. that was pretty epic.lol

where did you get the sheet music for this?? cause i can't find it anywhere..

[melisybelisy31]

I love it. You're really cute too.

[ShanePanThePianoMan]

its weird

Ben's music doesn't sound hard but when i looked at his music i swear my penis like wen't inward

but yeah

fun music to takle

and i liked your cover

five star stuff easily

[yentihwv]

you should try a cover to "song for the dumped" that would be funny

[emoflipsan]

wow awesome job! im speechless, you are my hero lol

[apm5016]

definitely in the top 3 hardest Ben songs to play on piano...well done.

[orderandnumber]

Uncle Walter is harder. I can't play that song to save my life =)

[Sitius86]

agreed. this song is fairly hard as far as Ben's songs go. I find some of Ben's faster songs as necessarily his harder ones--this cover is very well done though, those high vocal notes are tough indeed.

[orderandnumber]

heh. if you want some high vocals check out my other stuff........

[trishafay]

you are amazing! both playing and singing! i can only play the intro of this song lol but i will learn the rest eventually. keep it up!!

[bucjason]

quite a few mistakes but who can blame you, that shit is hard as hell to play. Great job especially the singing which is spot on.

[orderandnumber]

mistakes kind of make this song; it HAS to be played aggressively in order to be effective, and with a lot of energy running it's very difficult to nail all the intricacies.

[moxsmom]

got to find a way to amplify that great voice

[lokn45]

i like your voice.

[bdgood04]

Great job man. How long have you been playing piano? This seems like such a tough intro to play. Good singing too! :)

[phaseless]

you're are really good

[xiaopaoofthebay]

Good Job! You made it look easy.

[orderandnumber]

this was first take, too =)