I think the reason I fell in love with this video was because of the sheer honesty and openness of it. Not even concerned at all with the microphone or the dogs barking in the background or the very slight imperfections in the guitar chords. While I can appreciate a polished piece of music, there's just so much of it that it's nice to hear emotion for a change. For what it's worth, this might have been THE video that really got me into playing music, and that really means a lot to me.
14 years ago I heard the voice of an angel, and since then my soul remembers that moment. Even if I am not worthy to enter heaven, I can say that I have been to paradise even though I have not entered it.
I remember watching this literarily 7 years ago, it spoke to me then and hearing it now just brings me back in time, to everything that my life consisted of then!
Hey Lyssa, i really do hope you read this comment. i think this old style with the bad camera mic, just you and your guitar, made this very special to me. this was the first video i watched from you, and to be honest i fell in love. i've watched it again, 7 years later and i know exactly why that happened back then. please, please upload some videos just like this again. i really like the background-noise from the mic and just everything in this video. also, this *way less makeup* style. you're so unbelievable gorgeous, you don't even know. i still love all this. this is personal, filled with love and just with you. this is exactly what all of us want. just YOU again. that cute little you. still love that old you. i'm glad i found you on youtube.
BRO!!! I’ve been searching for this video for like 5 years! I used to watch this in my room at night before I went to sleep. It got me through some tough times. Thank you for not ever deleting this 😭
That may be, no... That IS the best version of that song I have ever heard on my life! Oh My Dear Sweet Lord!!! You, are nothing short of completely amazing.. I'm floored.
Im so disappointed I have to come back 6years ago to feel true emotion in her voice, now I cant even recognize when she sings with all the unatural things she adds in her voice. What a pity.
its funny you say that cause I'm one of the few that still actually do LIVE videos. only difference now is that I use a mic for better quality when I record. So not quite sure what you mean haha. But thanks for still watching :)
I want to give some support to the concept that Melissa is expressing. I just watched “You don’t know-live”, while good, I’m not feeling the connection and emotion that I felt in these early videos.
I think a lot of it has to do with the songs she's covering. A lot of her covers haven't been featuring "emotionally connecting" songs. She definitely doesn't add anything to her voice though.
Copy & Paste itzagiven People are confusing higher production value (a more professional sound) with loss of emotion. They think bedroom laptop computer recordings are "real" and therefore better. But whether the singer is recording at Abbey Road Studios or in her bedroom on her iPhone, it's still the same singer using the same voice with the same emotion. Do you want to hear an album of 10 songs that was recorded in a bedroom on a smart phone? PS: The person who complained initially should try putting on a pair of nice headphones and compare the sound of this video with a more recent, professionally recorded one. Or run the songs through stereo speakers.
you have such a beautiful voice :) i watched this the day that i found out my aunt who was very close to me had passed away from cancer and hearing you sing that song really did help me because that was one of my aunts favorite songs and you singing it just made me happy...so thank you... your voice very beautiful.
I remember this, when I saw it for the first time I fell in love with your voice and with you. But you were like an impossible love when I was little, I want you to know that I hope you continue doing what you love, having a great life and being happy. This video is on my "like" list
I remember watching this back in 2009! I didn't know any english then, but loved your voice from the start. I've come back to this video maybe 3-4 times over the years, and it just takes me back to a totally different time and the feeling of that time and place in the past. It's amazing and it brings me joy! Please don't ever take this down! :)
woooooooooow u killed it......i have listened to a couple of hallelujah covers n to be sincere this is the best so far......its full of emotions i feel like crying right now..goooooo girl
Hi, I think the spirit you conveyed in this video surpasses any of your fears of musicianship. You have captured what 20 years of playing rarely captures. It's the feel, the spirit, the magic of the moment that matters. Great victory for you, Don't change a thing. Just keep at it. You have what you need now just a little fine tuning. Wonderful performance. Joyful. I'm sure your friend was brought to tears, I was.
I am sitting in bed 12:05 decided to click on this video... I am crying, I threw my hands up in the air and started crying! Thank you for posting this on RUclips! I am overcome with joy! Hallelujah to the world! And god bless the soldiers! :')
your such an insperational person and doing it for the solider really made me think that your an amazing girl. This video made cry right from the start
i just got out of a relationship, and this was our favorite song, i just want to thank you so much because me and her have been together for 8 months and i love her deeply and this song rminded me why i did, you have a beautiful voice and continue with your singing cause you'll make it in this world, i do know you but still i just want to thank you so much :)
This touched my heart this song is close to my heart i literally cried my brothers in the army and he lives in kasas so i never get to see him and everyday he fights for my country i love the way u sung it and it touched my heart very closely
i just wanted to say that i cant stop listening to this cover. i play guitar and sing too. and i can only dream to be as good as you someday. ive listened to just about all your covers and your like my idol. your amazing. i dont know where you are in your music now but i hope the best for you. -marissa
Your are amazing good job...I'm an army veteran and it ment a lot to know your doing this for the troop that requested it...very touching...keep up the good work
Thanks for this song..I sung this song at my friends funeral so this song means alot to me..He passed away on Dec25,2011..If you wanna know more feel free to ask me..
I haven't ever been able to find a cover of this song that I like, but you sang it so beautifully. I wish I could own this song by you and listen to it on my iPod!
i teared up during this. you put so much emotion into your songs, this was beautiful. that soldier must be really happy you sang this! good job! u rock
This was the first video of you that I've ever watched, you had just posted it, I loved it and I subscribed, I was 11 and you were one of the first channel I've ever subscribed to actually (even though I couldn't understand a thing in English haha) So yeah 6 years of following you it's pretty cool :) Love from France !
Hello Alyssa ... I stumbled by chance on one of your songs and was delighted by your voice and I could not help but hear them all ... congratulations ... you have a melodic voice and a face ... a very sweet embrace. See you soon :)
I remember discovering you a few years ago with this awesome song. I always looked up to you and right now I still notice that I'm probably as old as you were when you did this video. And I really can't understand why your videos don't get that much views anymore as they shouldd! I think that's not fair. You deserve way more!! Well, all I wanted to say is you're amazing and never stop singing!!
I love this song! I wish I could sing like that!! Sadly, I cannot, but you take that amazing voice and use it well, for me and everyone else who enjoys your beautiful singing.
you r amazing you have a very bright future ahead of you u actually got me teary and o wanna congratulate me i am proud of u your one of the best singers i have ever heard
i've been watching your videos since you first started making them, and i must say you've really inspired me to sing and learn the guitar. you're an amazing and talented singer and i'm really happy to see how far you've gone to pursue your dream as an artist. :)
I remember I listened to this everyday when I was like 12 crazy coming back YEARS later ! So happy to find you again. Gonna start keeping up ! 💞
same
Me too
I think the reason I fell in love with this video was because of the sheer honesty and openness of it. Not even concerned at all with the microphone or the dogs barking in the background or the very slight imperfections in the guitar chords. While I can appreciate a polished piece of music, there's just so much of it that it's nice to hear emotion for a change. For what it's worth, this might have been THE video that really got me into playing music, and that really means a lot to me.
so crazy. i used to watch her videos all the time. cant believe its been over 6 years
how you feel now?
How you feel now?
how you feel now?
9
try 13 years now :)
14 years ago I heard the voice of an angel, and since then my soul remembers that moment. Even if I am not worthy to enter heaven, I can say that I have been to paradise even though I have not entered it.
I always find myself back at this video.
Same here
Same here
I remember watching this literarily 7 years ago, it spoke to me then and hearing it now just brings me back in time, to everything that my life consisted of then!
I listened to this years ago. I can't believe I found it again
Not many people can give this song justice, but you are one that can. Beautiful voice.
Hey Lyssa,
i really do hope you read this comment.
i think this old style with the bad camera mic, just you and your guitar, made this very special to me.
this was the first video i watched from you, and to be honest i fell in love.
i've watched it again, 7 years later and i know exactly why that happened back then. please, please upload some videos just like this again. i really like the background-noise from the mic and just everything in this video.
also, this *way less makeup* style. you're so unbelievable gorgeous, you don't even know.
i still love all this. this is personal, filled with love and just with you. this is exactly what all of us want. just YOU again. that cute little you.
still love that old you. i'm glad i found you on youtube.
Why didn't i see this video earlier??? OMG YOU ARE AMAZING AND YOUR VOICE FITS PERFECT WITH THIS SONGGG...
chills all over my body 😮😮😮😮😮😮
BRO!!! I’ve been searching for this video for like 5 years! I used to watch this in my room at night before I went to sleep. It got me through some tough times. Thank you for not ever deleting this 😭
Brilliant..!
1:02 for song
Camizer tales ill wait ... its worth it
Well that's rude.
Please tell me I'm not crazy.... anyone else hear dogs barking in the background???? Very good btw
That may be, no... That IS the best version of that song I have ever heard on my life! Oh My Dear Sweet Lord!!! You, are nothing short of completely amazing.. I'm floored.
Im so disappointed I have to come back 6years ago to feel true emotion in her voice, now I cant even recognize when she sings with all the unatural things she adds in her voice. What a pity.
its funny you say that cause I'm one of the few that still actually do LIVE videos. only difference now is that I use a mic for better quality when I record. So not quite sure what you mean haha. But thanks for still watching :)
***** that was a personal feeling, I loved your voice on that video and now I cant even recognize it. Now if you say I'm wrong...well ok ;)
I want to give some support to the concept that Melissa is expressing. I just watched “You don’t know-live”, while good, I’m not feeling the connection and emotion that I felt in these early videos.
I think a lot of it has to do with the songs she's covering. A lot of her covers haven't been featuring "emotionally connecting" songs. She definitely doesn't add anything to her voice though.
Copy & Paste itzagiven People are confusing higher production value (a more professional sound) with loss of emotion. They think bedroom laptop computer recordings are "real" and therefore better. But whether the singer is recording at Abbey Road Studios or in her bedroom on her iPhone, it's still the same singer using the same voice with the same emotion. Do you want to hear an album of 10 songs that was recorded in a bedroom on a smart phone? PS: The person who complained initially should try putting on a pair of nice headphones and compare the sound of this video with a more recent, professionally recorded one. Or run the songs through stereo speakers.
anyone in 2019?
She looks like Vanessa wtf
wow... I had this video saved in my favorites back in 2010 and 9 years later, look at you! love to see that you didn't quit on your passion!!
Who liked the video before watching it just because she's pretty? 😅
Lol its me😂
Her dog doesn't like
o god i thought she was Vanessa Huges hahahah
Haha Too
I hope the solider saw this because he'd be as mesmerised as I am right this moment... You are amazing.
Why cant people just sing, no one cares about some silly backstory. Put it in the comments.
Ezio Auditore no, but the beauty of it is I can voice my opinion on the matter and there's nothing you can do about that.
Even hear the dogs behind. Such a beautiful simplicity which disappeared nowadays...
you have such a beautiful voice :) i watched this the day that i found out my aunt who was very close to me had passed away from cancer and hearing you sing that song really did help me because that was one of my aunts favorite songs and you singing it just made me happy...so thank you... your voice very beautiful.
I love that her voice is so pure. She dosen't need any auto tune or anything!
Brought goosebumps to my skin with the very first line sung! Beautiful!
Way better than now. so much feelings in her voice!
I remember this, when I saw it for the first time I fell in love with your voice and with you. But you were like an impossible love when I was little, I want you to know that I hope you continue doing what you love, having a great life and being happy. This video is on my "like" list
I remember watching this back in 2009! I didn't know any english then, but loved your voice from the start. I've come back to this video maybe 3-4 times over the years, and it just takes me back to a totally different time and the feeling of that time and place in the past. It's amazing and it brings me joy! Please don't ever take this down! :)
This is my new favourite artist. My only regret is not finding her sooner
It’s wild that your videos are showing back up again. Used to listen all the time! Glad to see you’re still singing!
Listening to it for the billionth time ♥️♥️♥️♥️ I love herr 💚💚
Aaah, the sound in your voice makes it so heavenly ♥ It brings me peace!
woooooooooow u killed it......i have listened to a couple of hallelujah covers n to be sincere this is the best so far......its full of emotions i feel like crying right now..goooooo girl
Comin back to this video after a few years and I still get chills...
Hi, I think the spirit you conveyed in this video surpasses any of your fears of musicianship. You have captured what 20 years of playing rarely captures. It's the feel, the spirit, the magic of the moment that matters. Great victory for you, Don't change a thing. Just keep at it. You have what you need now just a little fine tuning. Wonderful performance. Joyful. I'm sure your friend was brought to tears, I was.
I enjoyed this; especially the chorus of dogs in the background was quite an added surprise, yet not distracting.....
As soon as you starting singing I had chills all down my arms
im also a soldier and this song also holds a special place in my heart
I am sitting in bed 12:05 decided to click on this video... I am crying, I threw my hands up in the air and started crying! Thank you for posting this on RUclips! I am overcome with joy! Hallelujah to the world! And god bless the soldiers! :')
even if you're not the "best" guitarist...no biggie. Always enjoy the way you're able to emote the feelings of the song. Sweet....
your such an insperational person and doing it for the solider really made me think that your an amazing girl. This video made cry right from the start
i just got out of a relationship, and this was our favorite song, i just want to thank you so much because me and her have been together for 8 months and i love her deeply and this song rminded me why i did, you have a beautiful voice and continue with your singing cause you'll make it in this world, i do know you but still i just want to thank you so much :)
12 years later I still love this
i love it how you close you eyes at some parts of the song. it shows real emotion :]
This touched my heart this song is close to my heart i literally cried my brothers in the army and he lives in kasas so i never get to see him and everyday he fights for my country i love the way u sung it and it touched my heart very closely
My dads in the army .... YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD VOICE I WISH I HAD THAT GOOD OF A VOICE
i just wanted to say that i cant stop listening to this cover. i play guitar and sing too. and i can only dream to be as good as you someday. ive listened to just about all your covers and your like my idol. your amazing. i dont know where you are in your music now but i hope the best for you. -marissa
Your are amazing good job...I'm an army veteran and it ment a lot to know your doing this for the troop that requested it...very touching...keep up the good work
I just can't stop listen it.. i'm in luv with your voice !
Thanks for this song..I sung this song at my friends funeral so this song means alot to me..He passed away on Dec25,2011..If you wanna know more feel free to ask me..
This song has been on my mind a lot lately. Very much enjoyed your cover, very nicely performed.
Exceptionnel depuis la France !!! Quelle voix !
You are incredible ! Just incredible .. Thank's for this beautiful moment.
Amo essa música!
Parabéns pela interpretação!❤️❤️❤️
amazing. If you had an album I would buy it and never stop listening to it.
Beautiful rendition. The best I've heard. Thank you for posting it.
I haven't ever been able to find a cover of this song that I like, but you sang it so beautifully. I wish I could own this song by you and listen to it on my iPod!
Absolutley beautiful, and you were so humble about it!
i teared up during this. you put so much emotion into your songs, this was beautiful. that soldier must be really happy you sang this! good job! u rock
i almost cried. this was my grandfathers favorite song. we played this at his funeral:'(
The dogs barking in the background made this song and her singing even more emotional. I guess that is what I meant to say.
ive never heard someone sing this song as well as you have. you are amazing
It's my favorite song, and with you it's just so gorgeous !
This was the first video of you that I've ever watched, you had just posted it, I loved it and I subscribed, I was 11 and you were one of the first channel I've ever subscribed to actually (even though I couldn't understand a thing in English haha)
So yeah 6 years of following you it's pretty cool :)
Love from France !
c'est juste magnifique =') j'en pleure. juste magique. cette voix me transporte vers d'autre monde. c'est juste incroyable
you almost made me cry when you were talking about the person who requested the song. amazing cover, you're SO talented! love you :) ♥
You have a beautiful voice. Wow I can not tell you awesome voice.
this is the best cover of this song i have ever heard. you are truly amazing.
This is amazing,My jaw literally dropped when I saw this video. Now I see why your dog was howling,He was saying more,more,your so good
You have a voice of an angel!
that sent chills up and down my spine... Amazing job girl!
I heard this song and expcted it to be like all the other covers and then you sang and i honestly wanted to cry.
U R AMAZINGG
I was frozen with goosebumps. This was amazing.
non sérieux tu as une merveilleuse voix franchement 1 album ou 2 ne te ferai aucun mal mes beaucoup de succès!
just had to tell you, i have listened to your version of this for a few years now, you got some pipes girl!!! totally got fans in NY!!!!
I love that she doesn't let her dog barking in the background mess her up. :)
Hello Alyssa ... I stumbled by chance on one of your songs and was delighted by your voice and I could not help but hear them all ... congratulations ... you have a melodic voice and a face ... a very sweet embrace. See you soon
:)
I remember discovering you a few years ago with this awesome song. I always looked up to you and right now I still notice that I'm probably as old as you were when you did this video.
And I really can't understand why your videos don't get that much views anymore as they shouldd! I think that's not fair. You deserve way more!!
Well, all I wanted to say is you're amazing and never stop singing!!
You have such a sweet voice! Thank you for sharing! BEAUTIFUL!!
Your voice is beyond beautiful .
I love this song! I wish I could sing like that!! Sadly, I cannot, but you take that amazing voice and use it well, for me and everyone else who enjoys your beautiful singing.
Man, I really love this. You have such great talent and I wish I could hear this in person or at least the full version ❤🙏
You have such an amazing voice!
Ahhh that gave me chills. That's one of my favorite songs and you sang it perfectly. Keep doing what you're doing Alyssa and never ever stop!
you r amazing you have a very bright future ahead of you u actually got me teary and o wanna congratulate me i am proud of u your one of the best singers i have ever heard
Great way to use your emotions and experiences to put into this performance
this is so beautiful
I watch your vids since the beginning of your channel
and now I feel like "omg this was 2009"
This song makes me melt ♡
The old and the new you,,both are great!!
lol, i say u & your doggie both possess great singing voices. u compliment each other!
i've been watching your videos since you first started making them, and i must say you've really inspired me to sing and learn the guitar. you're an amazing and talented singer and i'm really happy to see how far you've gone to pursue your dream as an artist. :)
beautiful, true and sincere execution
omg this girl is amazing!! i wish i could sing tht flawlessly and beautifuly wow im rlly impressed
God has blessed you with a voice of an angel.
wahooooooo is simply magic you listen to your voice is simply superb !!!!!!!!!!!!
salute too the soldier and her singing just wow I have no words just wow