super bad brad

[nishi]

perhaps this has been posted already. i've become slightly obsessed with this guy. frankly, i have never ever seen a white guy sing r&b with this level of commitment and heart.

here he is, on live at the apollo:


http://www.youtube.com/v/zGz2rXU4aAs

[nishi]

and then youtube also has a few clips from a 2003 documentary about him. it's hard for me to imagine someone with this kind of vocal flexibility.

so - from marvin gaye to lou rawls:

http://www.youtube.com/v/txNbqwg1KM0

[nishi]

this is a longer clip from the documentary, where he talks about what he does. he's a street performer only. he has sung with some regularity at different spots in greenwich village for the past 10 years or so.  he is, as far as i can tell, still living as a homeless person.

if you don't want to watch the whole documentary, you should at least go to about 6:30  in the video, where he covers michael jackson's "ben". if i remember correctly, michael recorded "ben" when he was about 14. i still cannot believe that a guy that sings like fucking lou rawls can sound like this. plus, he breaks my heart.

and i love the shocked black guy in the crowd. he can't believe it either.


http://www.youtube.com/v/jC4eao12PRc

[nishi]

here is another version of "let's get it on" - i think this is also from the documentary:


http://www.youtube.com/v/UQuLy4-g2OM


i love how completely unselfconscious he is about committing himself 100% to what he is singing, while still being an amazing performer.

[nishi]

and then - well. what you see is what you get.

http://www.youtube.com/v/_ejKxYBgGbY


and, as far as i can tell, that's his entire recorded oeuvre as it appears on the internet. 

[dots]

Wow.

Thanks for this...I really really like it.  It is refreshing.

[dazie]

He reminds me somewhat of Andrew Strong.  So much voice coming from such an unlikely source.

[ReBurn]

I wish I was just 1/10th as cool as him.

[nishi]

i'm sort of ridiculously obsessed with him. i watch his youtube videos a couple of times a day - just now i went a listened to him sing "ben" again. i think he is amazing.

[Dry then Catch]

perhaps this has been posted already. i've become slightly obsessed with this guy. frankly, i have never ever seen a white guy sing r&b with this level of commitment and heart.

here he is, on live at the apollo:

what about
Michael McDonald or  this guy

[nishi]

god. all i had to do was see his HAIR to get that song stuck in my head. the audio never even got started.

[dots]

I fell asleep to him singing Let's Get It On the other night.

I loved having that in my head all night. 

[Dry then Catch]

god. all i had to do was see his HAIR to get that song stuck in my head. the audio never even got started.

just seeing Reburn's name makes me think of neighborhood insurance rates and gutters in Mumbai. 

[nishi]

god. all i had to do was see his HAIR to get that song stuck in my head. the audio never even got started.

just seeing Reburn's name makes me think of neighborhood insurance rates and gutters in Mumbai. 

i love you even more than i love super bad brad. and that's saying something.

[ReBurn]

god. all i had to do was see his HAIR to get that song stuck in my head. the audio never even got started.

just seeing Reburn's name makes me think of neighborhood insurance rates and gutters in Mumbai. 

i love you even more than i love super bad brad. and that's saying something.

Speaking of neighborhood insurance rates, State Farm sent me a check for $67 because they're doing so well. Nice to know your insurance company is so flipping profitable.

[Dry then Catch]

god. all i had to do was see his HAIR to get that song stuck in my head. the audio never even got started.

just seeing Reburn's name makes me think of neighborhood insurance rates and gutters in Mumbai. 

i love you even more than i love super bad brad. and that's saying something.

our love transcends internet and brads!  its more like love for fresca