Paul Potts - WOW, brought tears to my eyes

[radfringe]

Paul Potts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5W4t_CBzg&mode=related&search

He's a finalist on England's version of Idol. You may not be an opera fan, but this guy's voice will knock your socks off and bring tears to your eyes...

all I can say is Pavarotti - move over

[Tyler Durden]

1. Nessun Dorma ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes.

Potts: EVERYMAN fulfilling his dream. Bravissimo!

[matcom]

2. he won

and was on the Today Show yesterday. he is cutting an album starting this Saturday produced by Simon Cowell.

should be out in about a month.

[radfringe]

3. I already told my partner

I WANT HIS CD...

just thinking about his voice gets me tearing up

[steelemagnolia]

4. It blew me away the first time I saw it

...and still does. I love that song!

[hellbound-liberal]

5. Amazing! Simply breathtaking! Even if you don't like opera, his voice will affect you deeply

Here is another song that he sung that,IMO, is even better than the first. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oxTy7KIAaA

[lost-in-nj]

6. Isn't he amazing....

I want to see the clip where
he found out he won...
Haven't been able to find it...


lost

[commander bunnypants]

7. saw him on the Today show

mighty fine voice

CB

[UndertheOcean]

8. He has a fine voice , but fine voice does not a great tenor make...

Listen to youtube samples with Pavarotti and Domingo and compare.

what struck me is how weak his voice was , a below average tenor can easily fill up with his voice a T.V. studio .. WITHOUT A MIKE !

Sure , he will make some popular CD's that will appeal to opera naive listeners , but he's definitely not of Metropolitan or Covent Garden caliber.

[DS1]

9. Finalist?

He won last week

[jpgray]

10. I was moved by this video, but then I realized... he sucks

Technically, he has absolutely nothing on the really good tenors--his high notes are weak, off-key and straining. As for being moved, I later realized it was mostly the camera moves, the judge appraisal/response, the audience response, and of course the very dramatic Puccini aria. After watching the video, I went to read through the comments, and it turns out this guy is no amateur (though not a professional), since he has had master classes in Italy, has performed with the Royal Phil, done opera before in a lead role, etc. So after feeling very manipulated by the emotional trickery of talent show TV, and playing his version (audio-only) against versions by Mario Del Monaco, Pavarotti and Franco Corelli, I am secure in the idea that his best chance is to be a half-talent popster, somewhere around or below the order of Andrea Bocelli, for example.

It's a very emotional video, but the next Pavarotti this guy is not, nor will ever be. It's perfectly enjoyable for what it is, though!

[Burma Jones]

11. He's kind of like that Andrea Bocelli Guy

More Story than Ability. That having been said, he sings a little better than I.

[no name no slogan]

12. Wasn't he that genocidal dictator in Cambodia?

Oh wait, nevermind