White Dude sings cover of "Reasons" by Earth Wind and Fire on Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater. en.wikipedia.or... en.wikipedia.or...
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@0706trell7 жыл бұрын
The funny part about this performance was the guy was not only amazing but I also realize the singer Ashanti before she rose to stardom was an audience member in the crowd.
@jkayparker999 Жыл бұрын
Yes I noticed her too lol 😆
@stylisticsbluemagic591010 жыл бұрын
white or black don't matter to me...its all about the voice...#1 in my book, the man can sing...
@tonygrant59949 жыл бұрын
well of course he can sing, but whither he was white or black shouldnt matter, but we as african amreican people we expect so much from any one that sings a song by a iconic established falsetto singer such as Philip Bailey of earth wind and fire fame it would of been the same thing if he were to sing a song by the Legendary Eddie Kendrick of the Temptations, becuse the late mr.kendrick had established himself as a falsetto icon and we arent use to hearing an artist (white) doing a song by a voice that generally would be covered, by a african amreican, also it wasnt just blacks that were not pleased with his performance, there were whites that said he couldve done better, but iam speaking cultrually and not race wise
@jamesharry15504 жыл бұрын
some in the audience dislike his talent
@thomaslee25583 жыл бұрын
Let’s be honest tho lots weren’t feeling it because he was white
@gracestarks96702 жыл бұрын
Okp
@willelikim6 жыл бұрын
God has given this man a gift and I AM SO HAPPY FOR HIM VERY NICE VOICE
@ladyofwisdom26 жыл бұрын
Wow,this soulful brotha killed it!! What an incredible voice&range! I see u Ashanti😚😙😊😊
@ladijae18 жыл бұрын
To even attempt to sing this song you got to be good!!! That he is!!!
@taratheus92146 жыл бұрын
Ladi Jae..U r so right cause that's a hard song to sing even for a female and he did an awesome job!
@rodjerdankist11252 жыл бұрын
@@taratheus9214 it's not that hard.
@taratheus92142 жыл бұрын
@@rodjerdankist1125 True and it's not the easy either.
@DaisyAnnabelle653 жыл бұрын
Yes He can sing! Philip Bailey probably called him to say hey man your really good!
@mpg64746 жыл бұрын
One of the best covers I’ve seen on reasons let alone a white guy doing it. The man got skills.
@davegeisler78022 жыл бұрын
You did Phil Bailey 🤩 proud , blue eyed soul brother 🔥🔥🔥
@dantean3 жыл бұрын
A shame to see some of the audience sitting there, arms folded, thinking whatever it is they were thinking about white boy showing the love for our culture. On another note: most of the crowd respond correctly, reminding me of the way Italian audiences respond when they hear great opera singers hitting notes that seem almost supernatural. Of course--just like Apollo audiences--they will let you know when they're disappointed. BIG TIME! This brother did NOT disappoint!
@katiejo10957 ай бұрын
My favorite song off that album. Young girl was in ❤.
@chaney10710 жыл бұрын
But did y'all see Ashanti in the audience though lol
@Lea-vh5bi3 жыл бұрын
Yes, she looks almost the same now!
@mishkahdavids-vaggie29553 жыл бұрын
Looks like Bobby Brown 2 seats away from her?
@daleburton59042 жыл бұрын
Nope
@tjizzle123862 ай бұрын
1:01
@ThePassionOfTheMarc7 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it first aired. I remember the audience booing him when he told them what song he was going to sing. I also remember going to work the next day and every black dude I worked with couldn't stop talking about it. This is awesome. Thanks for the upload. I think about this all the time :D
@h.cleveland61247 жыл бұрын
thats what I LOVED about watching the Apollo when I was a kid. You had to EARN the audience, you couldn't expect it (except he kids which is totally fine).
@ThePassionOfTheMarc7 жыл бұрын
I agree. I remember for more amazing talent on Showtime at the Apollo than the people who won on American Idol. I've seen better losers on American Idol than the people who've won.
@geminibon111 жыл бұрын
Im from the OLD SCHOOL and any time a singer has you SWAYIN to the music there GOOD,,,
@fil46486 жыл бұрын
I don't get how women are attracted to men with low pitched voices, but at the same time this high pitched singing is considered sexy. Can an evolutionary biologist untangle this for me?
@Pateg710 жыл бұрын
He's good! Rocked it!
@arthurmilan374511 жыл бұрын
i was thinking about this show as i was listening to EWF. i saw it the night it first showed so decided to google it. can not believe i found it. steve harvey raged on him when he told him what he was gonna sing....when he was singing harvey was all like freaking out
@darleneblackmon7106 жыл бұрын
Dang....this guy nailed it!!!
@teammmx10 жыл бұрын
1:42 look at him in the middle of the screen lol he's so rude ... arms folded
@TRIPYXmusic Жыл бұрын
I agree
@zatoichione17757 жыл бұрын
yo this fool steve harvey had the best black dude wig hair I ever seen.He finally gave it up,his scalp must of sweat like crazy under that rug.
@dcaseng7 жыл бұрын
You can tell they want him to fail so bad, but he doesn't, and they begrudgingly acknowledge he did ok at the end.
@punisher86327 жыл бұрын
Amazing job, Very talented guy!!!
@kataravita923210 жыл бұрын
Look at Steves crazy hair hat and countrythat Kuntry suit - he's come WAAAAAAAAY up since then.
@samestuffdifferentday57128 жыл бұрын
yep Ashanti was a regular. they used to put camera on her alot.
@richardmbowman9 жыл бұрын
Jersey City hit that note.................and held it for a sec..
@BigMamou3676 жыл бұрын
You know everyone has that one white friend that can sing. But on another note i wish he sang the whole album. He was good.
@SheTwice3 жыл бұрын
I remember when this aired! Yes, White Chocolate DID that!!!!!! He sang his ass off!
@heroinmom1532 жыл бұрын
I saw this when it originally aired too! I was a kid. I remember being blown away
@537175410 жыл бұрын
why some of those brothers dissed him like that? I BET U HALF OF THEM DONT EVEN COME CLOSE TO THAT WHITE BOY
@arethamorgan66134 жыл бұрын
Simple answer, competition.
@MrMcGiblets13 жыл бұрын
Racism.
@jeremiahtray56213 жыл бұрын
@@MrMcGiblets1 Jealousy as well.
@metalmbabe69a592 жыл бұрын
It’s sad he can sing and got soul for sure love it
@henriettaparks42662 жыл бұрын
JEALOUSY!! AND ENVY!! GOES HAND ✋ IN HAND ✋!!❤❤ HE WAS,GREAT!!!
@Reekzilla9 жыл бұрын
I actually FeedBurner him singing that on tv. He won a few weeks in a row.like 94-95, either or
@edselljr Жыл бұрын
My go back to every night of music
@rosepotpori16536 жыл бұрын
no didn't notice Ashanti but what was extremely noticeable was the total disrespect to this wonderful talented guy... it's so sad &messed up after he had the guts to even perform at the Apollo &the nerve of the majority of jealous men sitting in the audience that just couldn't even muster up enough decency to show the respect this guy deserved...was just heartbreaking..now if the tables were turned then I'd be hearing oh they are racist...ya know fellows next time just pretend to have class even if the truth is you clearly don't..all the Chick's loved him & he was so good almost like the dramatics...&they were hot ....
@mariecooper37272 жыл бұрын
B b
@nikeblue18210 жыл бұрын
Wow. He. Did. Good. That's. a. Tough. Cloud it. Is. The. Apollo. Theatre.
@williamfore422310 жыл бұрын
that white boy blew the hell out of resons
@redavis65818 жыл бұрын
The guys face at 1:37 lol
@fuzzybutkus89703 ай бұрын
What’s Phillip Bailey 5 octaves,Ever see Acapella Soul do”Lions sleep tonite”. In NYC.Guy does this crazy falsetto and sings the low harmonies but sings as a tenor. It’s pretty impressive like this.
@shaylabrewer57 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this episode lol miss those days
@vmlksm99 ай бұрын
Awww look at little Ashanti ❤
@latanyagrover18849 жыл бұрын
Wow he murdered it nbs!!! haters need to stop it
@turnupthesun812 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of my dad. He would sing this song when he’d be drunk as shit… but he couldn’t hit the high notes. 😂😂
@StromLxrd62 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jujuman2311 жыл бұрын
He DID not get booed offstage. FOR the Apollo, that is enough. He was medium quality, not a standing ovation guy. The fact that they clapped along was enough. If you don't understand the scene you can't comprehend my comment. If a black man's voice would have cracked at the end like this guy's falsetto, HE would have been booed. I've seen a lot of Apollo.
@Transcendent-Economics-1016 жыл бұрын
^_^ I do think that may have been a somewhat unfair comment, though I have been wrong before. I personally didn't care for the tone of his voice, but he did a very decent job for what he was working with. I feel that if you are going to come on this stage and sing a quintessential ballad(originally sung by perhaps the 70s greatest falsetto), you have to sing it just as well or BETTER -- He did not do that. But he brought tremendous courage and was easy-on-the-eyes, which makes me respect his capacity to garner respectable attention from the ladies. But I, as a man, found it hard to admire his tone -- So I can certainly understand why many of the fellows in the audience did not applaud.
@MA3POLO4 жыл бұрын
Finally, someone comes with a truthful unbiased opinion.
@wooohaaa7712 жыл бұрын
I watched this live back in the day... and DAMN wouldn't have remembered THAT!!!
@HawaiiMclovin6912 жыл бұрын
the color filled right in as soon as he hit that high note haha
@reppin4bmore9 жыл бұрын
He killed it
@carlosfernandez298610 жыл бұрын
1:01 omg Ashanti is jammin!!
@Kamariya3312 жыл бұрын
@tiana1017 - she's right at 1:02 wearing a cream silk jacket clapping her hands and her hair is up. She's of course younger when this was filmed and of course before we knew her.
@carolynoliver26148 жыл бұрын
he sang that song, rip to the original Maurice he will never be forgotten
@shantorialaprade30917 жыл бұрын
boy u better sing.with your white chocolate self yessss honey
@jessmontes81299 жыл бұрын
Yup it's hard to accept the fact that this white dude can sing like this. lol! He killed it.
@rafaeldobard458210 жыл бұрын
Did anybody else notice Ashanti
@CelestialGatez6 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the SAME thing!
@rmaria22546 жыл бұрын
Yes, I saw her too
@JanetJJ.4 жыл бұрын
I was watching it on tv again and my dad and I said it looked just like her , I came to KZfaq and this just confirmed It
@s.rosesmith65253 жыл бұрын
Brothers do not cut 'White" dudes a break when they can really sing.
@queenthings2667 ай бұрын
I remember this!!!!!
@teresaharris22853 жыл бұрын
He killed it!!!!
@jkayparker999 Жыл бұрын
Ashanti in the audience yes I spotted her!!!
@rhondatyus952410 жыл бұрын
He killed it!!!!!!
@metalmbabe69a593 жыл бұрын
He can sing those high notes
@veronicaheyward30753 жыл бұрын
I hope that he got a contract
@elnoradarby2209 Жыл бұрын
Ok he did that 🔥
@bridgewatermelvin37226 жыл бұрын
Close Your Eyes And Open Your Ears. That Is All That Is Needed
@lenardbarries83618 жыл бұрын
He can sing.Philip Bailey sings the song not Maurice White.
@itsjemmabond8 жыл бұрын
That's true - Philip is the band's falsetto, not Maurice.
@EdnaHayes-wy8jl9 ай бұрын
Phenomenal ❤❤❤
@chelerra8 жыл бұрын
was that ashanti????
@samuelalfaro48418 жыл бұрын
Yea it was !!!
@Forgiveandfocusonyours8 жыл бұрын
that's what I said!!!!lmao
@roxanneworld117 жыл бұрын
chelerra you youngsters need to be turned on to some *real* old-school: Earth, Wind & Fire! Ashanti wasn't even a gleam in her mother's eye back then..she was still in pre-life baby heaven, haha!..and that brotha on the video could *sang!'* wake up! evolve! or you'll be left behind, kiddos..and *that's* a fact!
@moniquepulley83376 жыл бұрын
chelerra I peeped tht too!
@metalmbabe69a593 жыл бұрын
Looks kinda looks like her 😂
@pattawaay92437 жыл бұрын
He is doing an excellent job!!
@217champion6 жыл бұрын
Patta Waay I don't know his name.
@lee48lee688 жыл бұрын
That was good!
@vandross12 жыл бұрын
Did anyone catch his name trying to find more stuff from this brother 🤔
@classyLela11 жыл бұрын
Wow great voice
@022252712 жыл бұрын
Man that was hot and complimenting the original...Apollo was hating that time!
@murda_millz10027 жыл бұрын
My dude has some flavor!!!
@JA-hd5hj9 жыл бұрын
Oh he def did that!
@adrianpryor34989 жыл бұрын
Yes he did!!!!!
@deloresfelix5620 Жыл бұрын
Was really good
@ajewishchristianmuslim2 ай бұрын
1:03 why did i think that was ashanti 😂
@rodsapyta70597 жыл бұрын
Great job my young brother. O. G.1
@carloscoy72303 жыл бұрын
(U got soul )undercover brother
@tammyanderson21056 жыл бұрын
They know he know what he doing they wnt boo him off... he got it
@J14Irish Жыл бұрын
Music, the great unifier of people. Kids of different races and cultures should be made to listen to music together!
@isabelsdreams10 жыл бұрын
Daaaaaamn he can sing! Damn shame so many haters in the audience.
@evasans50432 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@manolapix8 жыл бұрын
Ashanti was in the audience.
@craigroseburgh93487 жыл бұрын
Great singing!
@tiana101712 жыл бұрын
@Kamariya33 oh yeah you're right that is her, she looks like her younger sister in this video lol
@ladydontekno12 жыл бұрын
I remember this guy winning amateur night several times, this must have been the night he lost... he never really got booed off though.
@217champion6 жыл бұрын
ladydontekno he must of never got the record deal he want it.
@dakarai4710 жыл бұрын
just cause people don't clap dosent make them haters.
@mjpeter396410 жыл бұрын
GEORGE DIRENZI singer from the band NIGHT MOVES. I had to look this cat up. Originally spelled his name "Durenzi" and "Derenzi " but found it by searching "george derenzi new jersey singer". He killed'em with this song and it isn't an easy song to sing. Won for only 2 weeks, huh? Shame, damn shame... NJ REPRESENTIN'
@sylviadaley30522 жыл бұрын
U R just GREAT⭐⭐⭐
@AlJosephShow11 жыл бұрын
Is that Ashanti at 1:02??
@valerielangley46272 жыл бұрын
Yes definitely Cool 👍🙏🏾
@edhernandez35357 жыл бұрын
got to give credit where credit is due this white boy can sing
@ziggy333996 жыл бұрын
Who IS this guy? Oh my...!!! SO wonderful. ❤️
@217champion6 жыл бұрын
Marian McAfee he must of never got a record deal.
@mariecooper37272 жыл бұрын
AMAZING..
@jmiller2979 жыл бұрын
He did the DAMN THANG!!!
@Kamariya3312 жыл бұрын
@GennyStayGutta - That is definitely her.
@KeithDiamond12237 жыл бұрын
HE OKAY BACK IN THE DAY IF PHILLIP GOT SICK AND COULD NOT SING THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED ME!
@euqniceuqnic10234 жыл бұрын
I remember this
@brenandemossita10008 жыл бұрын
they stood up
@Echelonthemyth Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else spot Ashanti as a young girl in the audience 1:02 your welcome!
@fabooo1991ooo12 жыл бұрын
wow nice voice
@angelamarie2222 жыл бұрын
Why the specification on the fact that he’s white? When did beautiful Vocals depend on what color you are?🤔.. talent is talent .
@sandrakennedy93903 жыл бұрын
He did his thang
@DaLibraTay7 жыл бұрын
Ashanti was there the night the Fugees Performed not sure if this is the same night
@EduardoGonzalez-vl2yk9 жыл бұрын
I didn't see haters between white and black. People don't have to clap or cheer to like the way he sang. Honestly people in the comments made it racial.
@lilmobop9 жыл бұрын
+Eduardo Gonzalez - this man did it... music is universal. if people don't get that then they simply are missing it.
@eyeamme7712 жыл бұрын
Actually, I don't know that song, but still understood it.
@adrianlowery6 жыл бұрын
DAMN! He a Beast...
@christinaariola-slaughter83512 жыл бұрын
Good just needed to slow it down a little bit but he did an awesome job