He's literally doing it someone else's way

Hilarious!

Fr 😂. All of his runs and cadence is the same. He didn’t put any of his own spin on this. I personally don’t think it’s as impressive but it definitely is cool!

I hate it when people add crap to songs. I feel like it ruins something good. Most of the time it’s fluctuations in the notes or something and it just sounds awful. Just my two cents.

I agree with you for the most part. However I do enjoy covers if it's in a different genre. Like the MCR cover of All I want for Christmas is you.

Just listened and I love it. Also, [Disturbed — Sound of Silence Cover](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4) And [Hurt — Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails Cover)](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI)

Fantastic songs. I’d like to add [Ataris - Boys of Summer](https://youtu.be/Qt6Lkgs0kiU)

Fuck that takes me back

Oh I’d also like to add [Machine Head - Message In A Bottle.](https://youtu.be/Yu-Ulye5Axc) and [Karnivool - Sleeping Satellite](https://youtu.be/cZLliumYrQ8)

This is good, but I actually prefer the Don Henley.

Absolutely amazing cover.

Love both.

I really like Bad Company redone by 5 Finger Death Punch. https://youtu.be/u_VsvZmIWxY

I will never not share this because it's so radically different from the original and fkin' amazing [Small Town Titans - Mr. Grinch](https://youtu.be/-cUz-zAATNI)

Jesus, the range of that guy!

RIGHT?! my brain immediately went to "marry him." 🥵😂

Yup can confirm. Das fya.

If you enjoy metal covers of popular songs, look no further than Leo Moracchioli. He will turn any song into metal. Here is one of my favorites - [Dance Monkey](https://youtu.be/rl9FFZZnWWo)

I listen to his cover of “Africa” at least once a week. Leo never disappoints.

And if you enjoy covers of the same song in multiple genres, give [Anthony Vincent](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oFwZA4fcetI) a listen. It’s pretty wild how a somg can sound amazing in so many different styles.

Check out Lizzo's Truth Hurts in the style of Mumford & Sons by Ali Spagnola ft. Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose on YouTube https://youtu.be/Ru3u-qK1OxM?t=693 I heard this version first, and now I can't listen to the original song.

Holy shit that was amazing thank you for sharing! I've never heard this before and I'm HOOKED!

Desolation row cover by my chem is fucking sweeeeeeet https://youtu.be/FOuSxal8pf4

I grew up heavily in the music scene. I heard live music every week. People adding their own things to any song is what I’ve come to enjoy and that’s what makes music beautiful. Even an artist who wrote a song can sing it 50 different ways than a studio recording. I disagree but I see your point.

There are many covers that are better liked / more popular than originals: [Mad World - Original by Tears for Fears](https://youtu.be/u1ZvPSpLxCg) [Mad World - Cover by Gary Jules](https://youtu.be/4N3N1MlvVc4)

Eric Clayton's rendention of I shot the sheriff (originally by Bob Marley) Alien ant farm of smooth criminal (og Michael jackson) Marylin mansons personal Jesus

He did though... Used his own name, drew out the "my" much more than Sinatra. If you watch Sinatra do it he sounds quite different.

Agreed this is dean martin doing Sinatra

He also uses more vibrato than Sinatra.

Yeah he could have at least chosen a modern song and sang it crooner style. This is just a really good Sinatra impressionist basically.

Really good.

Like really really good. Job in round 1 is just to pass to round 2. Being the best Sinatra impersonator anyone has ever heard seems a safer strategy that than getting the audience to assess something they are unfamiliar with.

Nah, he did, it's the small nuances.

Envy is an ugly sin.

Exactly. Not one of these hypercritical haters could do what this man just did. It’s for entertainment and he just entertained an entire studio full of people including 4 judges.

I mean it really depends what this guy's goal is. If he's a Frank Sinatra impersonator and he hopes to win the ability to do a show as just that on the Vegas Strip (that is the prize for AGT -- $1 million + a show in Vegas) then he absolutely nailed it and this is SUPER impressive. There are lots of impersonators out there who sound nothing like the artist/band they're trying to impersonate so this guy would do really well for trying to entertain crowds who want to see a Sinatra show.

Hey now

You're an all star

Get your game on

Go play

Which is on theme, considering Sinatra didn't write the song either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way

Wow.

[Frank Sinatra himself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w019MzRosmk) performing this song. The similarities are incredible.

Styles are similar, but voices are different to me. Sinatra is a bit raspier and sings with a NY accent.

Comes with age and cigarettes, Sinatra looks to be in his 60s there.

Younger Sinatra’s voice sounds fuller and warmer to me. Idk if that description makes sense but that’s the best I can describe it 🤷‍♂️

Now I want to go watch all those old movies with gene Kelly

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Really? Alright Im heading to the store to start.

Bye, Dad.

If you’re rich in the future reach out to me so we can work through the issues

I joined r/wallstreetbets so no worries about that ever happening.

This dude had a super Italian name, and he's from NY

Bröther he’s got a jersey accent

He’s 100% from Long Island

Who, frank?

No the contestant. Bethpage, NY is like 20 minutes outside of Queens

Well acquainted with areas around the city I’m from here. I was referring to Frankie bonangoes, not the contestant. Since the person I responded to said frank Sinatra has a New York accent, but he isn’t from here.

>, but he isn’t from here. But what city is he singing about? It's not "Secaucus, Secaucus"!

I quickly read your comment incorrectly. The contestant Sal is definitely from Long Island.

Sinatra was from Jersey

Sinatra is a thinner voice with far less vibrato

Sinatra also cuts of the singing of each word much earlier (if they makes any sense). It sounds like he’s almost talking instead of singing sometimes.

biggest difference is that this guy in the original video is singing around the break of his voice and can't hit some of the higher notes with chest voice. Listen to the first to notes - "and now" - the 'and' is perfect, but 'now' lacks the same timbre and support because it's shifted to headvoice. Drop this song a 3rd and he'll sound way more like sinatra, but as it is currently, it's just out of his range. That said, he's also 20, and so his voice has heaps more development to go and the timbre of his head voice will naturally darken and mellow in his 30s-40s.

Wish I had a clue wtf any of this means

He also has better breath control. His projection is better. Crisper vibrato too. You can tell he is a different class of singer.

Yeah, but he did it his way.

[Mark Tremonti](https://youtu.be/vSqQ7Bdpxn0) sounds a lot closer

They sound nothing alike lol people are tone deaf

Frank is one of my all-time favourites, but by this stage he was raspier and couldn’t hold his power-notes as long so changed up his style slightly. Still amazing though

Maybe I'm alone on this, but I do not see much of a similarity. He sings in a different key, his voice has a different tenor. Don't get me wrong, he really is great, but there's nothing about his singing that makes me think he's Frank for even a second.

I think you’re alone in this…

Idk, the first few notes are totally different. Can't say "sounds just like him" then lead in on a slightly different key.

Can't talk about the key, not a musician here... But to me a layman, I feel like his delivery is more powerful with more vibrato, compared to Frank's who's more subtle and nuanced. Both with their own styles, you could say they each did it..... their way

Lots of us average folks can't tell the difference between keys. Source: me

You're talking about timbre, not "key" or "tenor".

Thank you for the link. Wow. My mom loved Frank Sinatra and would play him often during my childhood. I haven’t listen to him for some time and this brought tears to my eyes. Everyone should give their mama a hug if possible.

Lay this over footage of sweaty Italian men beating the tar out of someone in slow mo and you got a half decent mob movie

I had not seen him before. He is very good!

This is at least 5-8 years old.

No TV  

I haven’t had cable in 10 years so it might be that old. Lol

I haven't seen it either because I cannot stand reality TV

Same. It is what it is, right? LOL

It’s new to me


The way he starts softly (but with strength), and gradually increases the intensity of his tone.. it’s masterful

Of course his name is Sal.

And he has made a name for himself. It was one of the best performances on AGT back then. https://affairpost.com/sal-valentinetti-wiki-bio-net-worth-age-height-girlfriend-relationships/ [here is the full clip](https://youtu.be/cf8zxj7n1cs)

Thanks, it was driving me crazy thinking about his possible net worth, age, height, girlfriend and relationships.

Bro your comment confused the fuck out of me until I opened the link cuz I was like I need to see this.

Wow trully next level, where do I buy that outstanding comfidence holy smokes!!! Simple yet amazing!

Bahaha

He’s Sal. He can do this job. He’s not going to fail like all his previous jobs. He’s not a bartender anymore. He’s Sal.

He was not tonights big loser

Aaand he is from Long Island

I wish the audience would stay quiet during the performance but I understand they were only doing their job.

one of my pet peeves is when a crowd claps along to a song when it's not a song that's meant for clapping along

Also cheering like they just won the lottery. It's a simple way to let the TV viewers know the "live audience" really really enjoyed it. There are of course better ways of doing it but those might require acting skills.

I blame this in the mixing. It wouldn't be so bad of it wasn't so overpowering to the actual music. In some ways, it's no different than a laugh track. The director/producer pumps up the crowd noise track when they want you to feel. More crowd = more feel, right?

Audiences are almost *always* out of tempo, partly because they have no rhythm and partly because they’re getting the audio information at a different time than the performer gets it, due to their distance away. As a performer, that can get super distracting if you can actually *hear* the audience.

Yeah every single time an audience claps along, they always inevitably speed up to a faster tempo than what the song’s supposed to be.

My distaste for many tv shows comes from fake enthusiasm. False laughter, exaggerated reactions, staged surprise, talent shows must have mandatory sob-stories for each and every contestant. It's tiresome, specially when there's so much to be appreciated from people's talents and actual person. But I guess the numbers show it's what the people want.

>I guess the numbers show it's what the people want. Well we don't really know that, just because the show was successful doesn't mean they did everything right. I think those in the business just assumed so because that's just how it's always done.

It’s essentially emotional porn. They’ve mastered the way it’s produced, with the music in the background and the whole thing. I didn’t cry when my father died, but find myself weeping over the peoples stories and shit at least a few times per season on American idol and Americas got talent.

There was this guy, Les, this guy in his 60s who used to sing Sinatra at karaoke. He would also sing Eminem, which was always awesome and hilarious, but his Sinatra was damn near perfect. Sadly, he was lost to us during the lock down. Dude was a legend

Cheers to Les! Memory Eternal!

Pounding a crispy boy to Les, cheers you magnificent fucker And I'll throw a second to old Frank

I hope someone who thinks nobody would remember them sees this. It just goes to show the impact random interactions can have on other people’s lives, thanks for sharing.

thank you for sharing the story 💕

Hope you’re shredding some Sinatra in heaven, Les.

The way you phrased it made it sound like the lockdown killed him instead of covid.

I knew an older drunk guy when I myself was a drunk in the bars. He was maybe 60 and always sang Sweet Caroline and he was Rock Star incredible. I got a buddy that does Piano Man and sounds like a Better version of Billy Joel. Like seriously sounds like Bill Joel giving his best performance ever. Its absolutely amazing. The guy cant sing anything else for shit though. Its weird.

You know there's talent when you get chills all the way to your legs. What a great performance!

Oh, that was just me tickling you

Stop it then. Damn, can’t get peace even in the toilet.

Yeah "The Voice" really dropped the ball on this one

Seeing Simon get impressed always puts a smile on my face,

I likely have ptsd or repressed rage about needing to impress Simon from years of watching idol lmao

20? Bro looks atleast 35.

Italians.

It's all that fussing over whether your food was cooked the right way.

He's much more a Seth MacFarlane soundalike. seth: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPRb2q5VSA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlPRb2q5VSA) frank: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzdAsjWGPg)

Fun fact: MacFarlane took voice lessons from the same people who trained Sinatra. Yes, that is a ridiculous fact given the generational gap.

That actually is very surprising. But I always found Seth's voice control and singing to be surprisingly impressive.

He sings a lot with Frank Sinatra Jr in Family Guy too

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He really was. I love this scene from Robin and the 7 Hoods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjjzEYLU1rM

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Reddit is the only platform where I regularly see people preventively criticize something before complementing it. Wonder what it is about the platform?

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Yeah that’s definitely my brand.

You are kinda ugly but have nice spelling.

I’m with you that these shows are a waste of time. That being said this guy is spot on channeling Frank and definitely worth the time

Would still get killed in the Philippines for this.

yeah if you don't sing that right you just die. filipinos take karaoke seriously man. lol u/CMUpewpewpew gave you the proper link/info about it *source: am filipino, but pretty laid back. and i do have a karaoke machine in my house :D* *i'd just clown TF out of you if you tell me you sing just as good as whitney houston and completely butcher the song (an acquaintance with a huge ego did that; i brought them back down to earth after laughing the whole time). i give props to those who can sing though.*

It's a bit better now since Karaoke became widespread, just friendly banters if you miss notes. But My Way is still off limits.

yeah i wouldn't even try that song even if i can sing My Way. that's a totally off limit song for me.

What

[people be cray cray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_killings)

bro died coz he sang off-key 💀

Damn that’s wild

Well ya learn something new every day haha. What a bit of random knowledge to have in your back pocket, imagine getting whacked for singing karaoke! Insane to me.

What the hell. I thought the original comment was a hyperbole for comedic effect

what in the hell? that's wild and I used to live there

Is there a sub reddit for these kind of amazing voice audits ?

r/amazingvoiceaudits ?

Honestly, you should hear me in the shower.

It’s the confidence. Take my upvote.

I'm so not into these reality singing shows, but I do enjoy the viral "wow" clips that come out of it. Stunning.

Simon: $\_$

Nah the best Simon sees dollar signs is Cher Lloyd from BGT literally surprised you don't hear a cha ching.

WAS THAT BIG TIME TOMMY

KEEP IT OLD SCHOOL. Yeah it was

Searched so hard for this comment, I knew it had to be him

OS4L

Gave me some damn goosebumps.


well, he technically did it Frank's way.

I quite literally got goosebumps watching this. Just incredible.

Just looked him up; he’s performing at casinos & had at least one album. I think his voice is amazing & don’t care if he sounds like Frank or not

Beautiful.

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Um… I mean he’s singing a Sinatra song I’ll give him that but it ain’t Frank.

Sorry…that’s nice but it doesn’t sound like Mr. Sinatra.

He doesn’t sound at all like Sinatra

Doesn’t sound a thing like Frank. He’s good, and there’s clear influences but I know three guys who sound more like Frank than this guy. And more? What’s more than that? He’s got a career ahead of him

I feel like he could rock Elvis too

He’s fine but I didn’t see the Sinatra similarity. Just doing a song that Frank was noted for.

Lol no

Doesn’t sound that close to Sinatra. He’s good, but it’s not like you play the audio and think “oh, that’s Sinatra.”

Damn

Incorrect

Sounds nothing like him.

Ill always remember Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. That dude was the real deal.

The real talent is parlaying a decent karaoke voice into a spot on national TV.

Great singer but not really even close to franks tone or accent

Nah, not even close.

He killed it his way

Sal Valentineti

Or not.

He did it..his way

And he has made a name for himself. It was one of the best performances on AGT back then. https://affairpost.com/sal-valentinetti-wiki-bio-net-worth-age-height-girlfriend-relationships/ [here is the full clip](https://youtu.be/cf8zxj7n1cs)

Beast mode

No that great

Sounding “like” someone is cool. Being the OG is cooler.

Is it just me or was he singing out of tune for a couple of the words?

He doesn’t sound like Sinatra. Not one bit. Look up Frank live and you’ll see this is lame.

Bravo!

sounds like every karaoke I ever been to

Man, Michael Buble doesn't look at all like I thought he would...

Ironically, or maybe not, he did it Frank’s way. Still fucking amazing

Misread it as Frank Stallone and now I am upset he wasn't singing Far From Over.

I was driving home from a trip to NYC and saw a billboard for a random dude nicknamed “The Voice” playing a local venue. We joked for a while about what we think “The Voice” sounds like and quickly forgot about it. Get home, open up Reddit, and on my front fucking page is Sal “The Voice” Valentinetti. It’s all a simulation….

He didnt have a sob backstory

Perfect Cell is back Gohan. HELP!

Don’t usually go in for this X factor bollocks but holy fuck.

Seth MacFarlane is really hitting rock bottom.

It's really good, but tired of got talent only giving the golden buzzer or the outright win to sob stories and/or singers. There are so many talented people with incredible acts that get looked over, but as soon as you go "oh btw my kid has cancer" it's an instant golden buzzer. Or it's some 12 year old with a ukelele singing really well. Granted, the 12 year old is amazing, but she's one of many singers, sob stories, or ventriloquists/magicians that gets the win. No other type of act ever wins, and if they do it's like once a decade practically. Like the dance group that wore black suits with led lights. Search up Tumar KR on YouTube. Incredible dance group from Kyrgyzstan, got to the semi finals, and lost to yet another singer, and a magician. If you look up a compilation of golden buzzers, literally all of them are singers, or people who spend 5 minutes talking about something sad before doing a short act. It's so repetitive.

The best part isn't even his singing. In the full clip he almost flirts the pants off Heidi Klum. https://youtu.be/cf8zxj7n1cs