Levon (Elton John) by 13 year old Griffin McMahon

[TheLastDovahkin]

Fantastic dude! I was expecting some mediocre performance, but you have honored Elton John and his song.

[MrBigHog]

nice job dude!

[Sameu37]

Wow, beautiful beyond words.

[swimmer4uk]

@Sameu37 no, elton's is beautiful beyond words. this is a kid covering it. get it right

[RadBuff]

WOW! Awesome!

[HandShock]

Phrasing is off, a little off tune singing, gets the words wrong, (Alvin Tostig had a son today)..but it's okay...good. I mean, I really like it - but it makes you appreciate Elton's singing alot more.

[CatboxDesign]

Wow.... Amazing.... I think you should check if Elton was touring near your town 9 months or so before you were born...lol

[apavlyak]

very amazing. your piano playing is very spot on. kudos

[xZeChNox]

i covered this song too but apparently mine sucks because no one ever watches it not even my own family

[melondog7]

I could have been this guy... for a yellow bubbled Devon White... this was nuts to me... I thought this might go 150... but this is insane

[horrorfan1930]

Oh my god!!! That's amazing!! YOu have an amazing voice!!!

[bobmac1973]

nice job on a legendary song

[beingshar]

Hey Slick! (Skillet) get a friggin' life! A little fruit? Why do you even bother ;D!! The kid does a great job - jealous Slickster??? Hey you can post a video too.... ahhhhhhhhh.....poooooooooooor baby Slickster :-(

[beingshar]

Hey Slick! (Skillet) get a friggin' life. A little fruit? Why do you even bother ;D!! The kid does a great job - jealous slickster??? ahhhhhhhhh.....poooooooooooor baby :-(

[beingshar]

Hey Slick! (Skillet) get a friggin' life. A little fruit? Why do you even bother ;D!!The kid does a great job - jealous slickster????????????? ahhhhhhhhh

[iheartunotreally]

I love your piano playing. So goooooooood.

[GilesBoganski542]

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[mennastar]

Sooo good! :)

[natobaden]

you are already ahead of 95% of those who would like to be as good as you great job !!!!

[sebi2205]

got a nervous twitch of the neck?

just kidding, of course. the performance is quite good actually.

[SuperBoomtown]

@slickskillet123

[frankinal]

Good job for a 13 year old.

[FinalWarning666]

dont mumble

[doulos737]

Great job! Press on toward your goals... You can do it!... :)

[ke3wh]

No an easy song, and sounded good.

[SmokeBojangles]

Good job kid!

[thelivingfire]

it was ok but not great at all

[ComicalOverdose]

wow that was great !!!!! keep it up i wanna see more!

[TheAgentTunaghost]

98% of song covers on Youtube are terrible. You my friend are definitely part of the 2% that aren't. :)

[chase4609]

Your Good.

[aaronfromhastings]

I recommend you lower your mic and bring it back towards you - you must have your head lower when you sing. Not criticising. I think you are excellent. I can never sing "Jesus blows up balloons all day" without laughing. Seriously this is one of the hardest Elton songs to do.

[monicasuetannehill]

WOW!!!!

[Noellenc]

OMG You are so good. This is one of my favorite songs because my brother sang it and I'd never head him sing before. Such a powerful song! I am linking this to my mom, she will love it, too.

[sprinwin]

Thanks Noelle...Yes, I do like this very much. GM', Your piano skills are amazing. Levon has always been a favorite song and your version is excellent. Great Job!!! Where'd you place in the competition?

[joc868]

wow.... what a voice for a 13 year old... just wow

[MSNBabez]

Dangg. This is extremly good... Especially for a 13 year oldd....!! Bravo!! Good luckk in the futuree!!

:))

[lavevaiselle]

Wow!You're my favorite! i want you at my futur weeding :D!

[shellk30]

i saw you do hallelujah a couple of weeks ago, and i was impressed..then i typed in "elton covers" and you popped up...you are a talented kid..keep playing!

[megsk8r]

wow, 13? incredible.

good luck, hope he makes it big =)

[zoolander102]

would like to hear more from you? post some

[isaisselin]

a pleasant surprise

my commendations sir

[brianepeck]

What a great cover! I hope you're doing something great with your talent.

[ilovesheckler23]

that was so amazing

[heatherhopps]

Holy cow...I haven't seen talent like that from ANY 13 year old. Great job Griffin!

[MissP1234]

wow thats good. 13??? really???

check out my version!!

[delawarecanoe2]

if i didnt see the video id swear tht was elton john himself

[cndcbarger]

WOW!!! That is amazing! I've never heard a better cover. You are amazing!  Simply breathtaking!! Elton would be SOOO proud!

[Cattwo12]

Hi Griffin, I gotta tell you that I think

Elton would genuinely love your version of levon. You're talent and skills of bringing your audience into the song. Thats what seperates the great from the average in live performing. I don't know if you have started composing yet, but I hope you do. You are certainly awesome for your age. Good Luck

buddy............

[ichiris]

got a youtube account to say,

this was completely awesome.

Your vocals are incredible.

A 13 year old? this is NUTS. I couldnt spell Elton John at 13.

[fdk06]

Best Elton cover I've heard.

[mka800]

Your vocals are fine. It's unproduced. If you were in a good recording studio, you'd sound awesome. Ignore idiots who don't know what they're talking about. This is a FINE performance. I'm 15 and a girl and I think you're cute.

[fishfingers9998]

Well done, man! Lots of confidence makes for great projection and I think you had the audiances attention, deservedly.

Cheers

[max18061]

Dude....awesome job tickleing those ivorys but the voice is a little hard to take...but if you work on it you might get it...it sounds like you're forcing it

[doofus0123]

for that matter, Elton sounds like he's forcing it too (and so did Bon Jovi when he covered it on Two Rooms) - it's a tough one to nail. and this guy nailed it.

[ichiris]

agreed.

[slinner166]

good stuff. this is a great cover of a fantastic song. It is very hard to play piano the way elton john plays and you did a very good job. you have a good voice for this kind of music too. I have a pretty strict musical taste, and I think you are really good

good job!

[mseastbay]

Surfwtw plays piano better than Elton John! :-) So if you have strict musical taste, maybe you'd like it!

[ashtonhayes88]

very good playing work on voice but elton is hard 2 sing

[horrorfan1930]

@ashtonhayes88 It's a COVER, it's not supposed to be perfect!!

[jdjustice72]

excellent work man!

[TheblackbirdsSC]

WOW!!!!!!!! awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[78special]

Very good stuff and very confident. From a professional Piano Player/singer who is much older. I thought it was great. If indeed you are 13 then you have a very bright future. You have only just begun this musical journey but you are off to an excellent start. If you want constructive critisism then I could only say watch the timing, and practise your falsetto. If you want to play Elton you need Falsetto.

[jintag]

Your piano playing is fantastic. Leave the volcals to someone else. You sound too forced and you need to learn the lyrics. A word of advice. If you are going to sing, make the song your own and do not try to mimick the great EJ. You will never succeed.

[jgleason19]

Griffin, dont listen to this asshole!! Keep doing what you are doing, and you sing every chance you get!! You will succeed!! He is 13 asshole, have some compastion!!

[raskonwk]

excellent, very talented young man, he can go very far, keep up the good work ! God Bless !

[pamReagan]

Good interpretation. You and Chris Aable should collaborate - he does keyboards and a lot of classic Elton John.

[cfmsweeny]

damn. he has a deep voice for 13.

good performance

[hagyspasher]

great respect! this performance just blews me away! what a voice & fantastic play! genious to see, how young people are playing elton's music!

[28xxresidentsofevil]

Good job!

[pshapiro]

i loved this.

[bellboii44]

good job (Y) thats a hard song to sing and play at the same time. Lots of respect

[FutureAbe]

woa talented kid, awesome

[rovelife]

Good, good. It's hard to play and sing at the same time. Even though he forgot/almost forgot the words in the middle of the performance, it's still a great show. Like it.

[iloveuga89]

this kid is good!

[BarrettTL]

he was really good but he should lower the mike so he doesnt have to strech so much to reach it.

[ClassicTVFan82]

"Levon" was named for Levon Helm, the drummer for The Band.

[redcurtain85]

Nigel Olson was(is) Elton John's drummer

[28xxresidentsofevil]

No, he means the band called "The Band". Look them up.

[rantaboutlife]

good job mate

[NEWGODS]

wow. you are really, really, good. ALMOST, but not just yet fantastic. keep up your excellent taste in music!

[jrandaz2]

great post tiny dancer

[rainysquirel]

dude you're good at singing the classics

[kristylee8]

great!

thanks for sharing this with us!

good luck!

[DOPPLERCB]

Pretty good!

[SirEltonJohn]

Great Version and great number...respect...

[AvrilLives4ever]

Holy HELL dude! You can SING and play the piano like an ANGEL!

Wow! KEEP IT UP!! Only 13? Damn!