When the animated bluebird appeared, I pissed my pants!!

What a HORROR!

The comments are hilarious.

the bluebird is at 2:15. It was nearly impossible to sit through it that long.

Is that Dom DeLuise?

And it's MY rainbow, bitches!

OK, from now on, whenever anyone says "As gay as..." the only acceptable answer will be "Robert Rees and that damned bluebird."

And he so completely fucks up the ending. "If happy little bluebirds fly beyond MY rainbow, SOMEDAY SO WILL I!" --while the music ends two seconds before he does.

The self-satisfied smile is sooo...what's the word? Help me think of it....

He looks and sings exactly like Judy Garland!

smug??

I actually kind of expected him to take off into the air at the end.

Chris Klein's father?

Wait, wait! There's more!

That lesbian has a deep voice. I bet she know Chaz Bono.

And then there's this tribute sung to Patrick Swayze pictures (including one as an angel). Recorded, apparently, in an echo chamber.

i love r11

His YouTube handle is "BeefSteer."

His tribute to Judy Garland is a totally massacred version of "Someone to Watch over Me."

But easily the worst is this wretched rendition of "Evergreen," with bizarre animation from what looks like "The Sims":

He looks like he just smelled cookies.

jus grate! jus lyke mama!

He wasn't this gay on CHEERS.

After Over the Rainbow, I started watching Evergreen but had to turn it off after 20 seconds.

He is that weird combination of fascinating, hilarious and repulsive.

"Wonderful to hear you again, Bob, and thank you for sharing your talent with us.  This is a heart-tugging video we will treasure. We will miss you next weekend at the fan get-together in Fairmount, but we will all listen to your Evergreen video together. We send out love."

A comment on Evergreen by an obviously deaf and blind fan.

Two thumbs up! Stuck right in my ears.

He's no Susan Boyle. He LOOKS like Susan Boyle but he's no Susan Boyle. I can forgive the looks, the cheesy animation, but I can not forgive the voice. He's not very good, and clearly not even close to how good he thinks he is.... EPIC FAIL.

The pain, THE PAIN...

This is why they hate us.

My favorite part is from 2:35 on

LOL @ R6 and R11

Thank you! Thank you, Liza, tha--

Liza? Where did everybody go?

Cream of Wheat's ready.

We all know what gayvoice is, but is there a word for "gaysingingvoice"?

There's got to be a better term than that.

At first I thought he was singing into an electric shaver, but then they panned out (or he leaned back) it became clear he was singing into his remote control.

Something tells me this is the distraught queen who started the Stonewall riot after Judy died

the way he cups that electric shaver/microphone...like he is a 'serious' chantuese. oh lordy! and those far off glances, the ironic smiles...I'd love to see his community theatre resume.

[quote]He looks like he just smelled cookies.

Cookies? Hell, he looks like he just smelled an entire bakery.

"You are absolutely sensational!  I feel as though I was right next to you as you sang! You are truly extraordinary! A real talent!"

Good lord, I can't imagine being right there next to him without slapping him.

A true DL cautionary tale.

Is that a parody of something? Is that guy serious? Please, he cannot be serious~ Oh, this is why they hate us and this is why I hate him! LOL

Is he singing into a Norelco?

Well I just love him....he's CAMP!%0D %0D And I think that instead of that boring message box for Prime Time.....his video's should play on a continuous loop.%0D %0D

Some ha-wear over the rainbow...%0D %0D He has to be from Ohio.

Someone please post that video to 4chan. I need to see them bombard him with comments and remixes.

"Way above my chimney tops?"

smooches

I think he stinks

I can hear the spinning from Ferncliff all the way in Florida.

This is pastiche. I will accept no other explanation.

Jealous, bitches?

Just for Halloween!

You know what? I think he sucks brontosaurus balls too but give him credit for being himself without apology. A guy with no critical judgment and a lot of chutzpah but happily singing away nonetheless.

a Halloween bump!

Who is he, what is he? Where does he come from? I think he's the cause of all of this! I think he's evil ... EVIL!"

Thanks for the bump, dead-thread-bumping troll.

I adore this twisted old fruit.

I'll bet he has dainty clippity cloppity feet.

You bitches are so tired. This guy has found a way to make tasteless camp seem so fresh and joyful again. I LOVE IT!

I can't believe I missed this thread when it first went up. I am crying of laughter as I type, reading these comments and watching/listening to him. The butchered lyrics! The awful animation! The far-off glances!

And here is his version of Smile. It becomes particularly expressive at 2 minutes.

More more more!

I love it like I like rubbing my gums when they're sore. More please.

It's like Al Franken's older, supergay brother thinks he can sing.

Old Mary River.

He writes those comments himself, right?

She sings in the key of Flat.

I hate you OP for making me listen to this...I will have nightmares now...

The only thing that would have made that video better was if he would have been wearing a caftan and turban.

I love how they use the "echo" effect at all the wrong places.

It's like he's singing while sitting in a sitz bath with an electric mixer hooked up to it and the bubbles tickling or irritating his piles determines his facials expressions at any given moment.

In all seriousness, I have to ask, "Is this for real or is it a joke?" I can't tell. Even the comments seem like a joke but it's hard to believe they are all in on the same joke.

I think we finally found Mama!!!

He sounds like a country chanteuse in a piano bar trying to channel Judy Garland. I lasted the opening two lines:

"Somewherrrrrrre Overrr The Raaainbooow"

Horrrific!

I like circles.

Here's Robert's website. I'm sure some of you would gladly break his heart for the sheer joy of making another one of our own feel terrible.

He's an Ed Wood fan! He can't be all bad (or all serious).

He obviously expected a lot of bad reviews. He set comments for "waiting for approval" only.

I have a feeling he might be a bit "special".

Arrest that bitch for aggravated melodrama. Oh Jesus, he can't be serious. Some people have balls.

Ashhh, I've shaaid before, "It'shhh been done.

Will he plant his own tree?

I like blue.

Can we all chip in to get him one of these?

His Elvis is the best.

He's not quite Darlene Edwards quality, but he's close.

His goatee has tickled many a man-thigh.

"If I cahhhn't halp falling in love...again!"

Damn, I love the artistic liberties he takes with the lyrics!

If you don't know the words to Over The Rainbow do not attempt to sing OTR. Over MY Rainbow?! Really????

r81/r80, Miss/Mr Thing HAS THE LYRICS on the screen in front of her...you can see it in the reflections in his glasses. He actually squints at one point to read them, then resumes while backphrasing.

Are there any listings for cabaret engagements? He'd be a natural in New York.

Good God!

There is no age limit on "The X Factor," no? Imagine this guy audtioning in front of Miss Cowell.

"Unchained Melody." Wondrously wretched from the first syllable.

"Robert's song choice is simply unique. Almost all compelling and often derived from a revealing, dramatic or "grand" background. Forget that hectic mood...just stand still or sit back for a moment and enjoy his song."

Oh YOU!

All he needs are some earrings and a caftan.

I just know he's singing to a captive audience... of pre-teen boys shackled to his Queen Anne settee.

He's the re-incarnation of Florence Foster Jenkins!

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Thank you R91 for bumping this. I missed it the first few times around. Too damn funny.

I hate goatees. No, they don't make your double chin disappear, fellas. They just make your mouth look like a giant pussy.

This man is a scientific amalgam of the top 50 DL users (not in Primetime!) set to music. It's uncanny!

I'm torn.

On the one hand, he appears to be as flaming as a mo can possibly be.

On the other hand, not even the eldest eldergay could have taste that ATROCIOUS.

[quote] All he needs are some earrings and a caftan.

Believe me, she's wearing them in her mind.

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That's a mouse, not a remote control.

This is every fiftysomething gay man with bad hair, bad clothes and bad breath in EVERY bar that I've ever seen.

He is always sitting near the door, offering a kind word and a drink to potential new friends. But they run from him scared, as if they are on fire, when he begins to sing. Or when he tells them about his Barbie collection. Or that he saw Dinah Shore in concert 27 times.

Love Grandpa scratching his ass on "evergreen"

You know he thinks that avatar in Evergreen looks like him. But who is the blonde chick? Is he STRAIGHT?

While granny picks her nose

He should date the Double Dream Hands eldergay.

Agree, r93.

He did a wonderful job, you guys are being idiots.

Interesting that all the comments on the videos - which all sing his praises of course - seem strangely similar. Methinks either he or his 85 year old Mom penned them all.

I think it's lovely. He seems so content as he sings to a room full of his imaginary friends.

I think we've all done that, r107.

But most of us have enough sense NOT to post it on youtube. It stays where it belongs - in our imagination.

God, that bluebird scared me! I almost romneyed.

So, this guy is actually being serious? It's so over the top and funny, I can't really tell what his intent is.

Damn! I at first misread this as Roger Rees.

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Dear God..... there are no words

Last night when I heard you sing live at the piano bar...you never mentioned you had a new video coming out on YouTube. What a delightful surprise! What a wonderful suggestion! "Evergreen" is a beautiful song...sung with such heart as only you can with your velvety voice. The graphics by Robert are perfect and heartwarming! I know your audience from last night would give you the same accolades, and say, "Bravo!"

There's no way around it. The guy fucking sucks.

bump in tribute to Liberace

never ever gets tired. I hope he is a happy guy...

I never saw a wildebeest sing before

Oh. My. Dear. Lord.

OP, MAN! that guy is the epitome of what I thought many of you fairies on DL are like. Reese and Tim Gunn,lisping sisters LOL!

I guess that's what attracts you, R121?

Oh look, the obese homophobic hausfrau at R121 is busting her sides with fits of giggles.

And yet, here she is. Lonely, among the "fairies" because she has no friends or family close enough to occupy the rest of her day.

I'm guessing he's from some tiny city/town somewhere, possibly the south, where he hangs out at the local gay piano/drag queen bar with a lot of other old gay guys, the town likely void of many other gay men.

He's very familiar to me because I grew up with this type of guy being my very first impression of what gay men were which is why I was so terrified of coming out when I was young. I didn't want to morph into that.

Hey, as long as he's happy, good for him. But yeah, it's a bit sad that he's sitting in a little closet singing to his imaginary audience. In the Over the Rainbow video, he really felt he WAS Judy at that most. He gives new meaning to MARY!

R123--doubt its female. Don't let your miso show.

Can't. Breathe. Am. Dying.

Looks like the uncle from childhood that you talk to your therapist about

He sings his very deep and romantic song originally sung by Barbara Streisand, "Evergreen" His animated video to this song is very deep and touching using animated computer people. I double dare you to check it out!

Now, is it just me or did anyone get the vibe that the bluebird was trying to get the hell out of there?

R124, click on his name ,and it will lead you to more information about him. Apparently he is from New Orleans. One of his other greatest hits are bottles of beer on the wall.Also, he has hair in the other stuff he sings in, maybe it's a rug.

R124, I think you have a point. YouTube is his very minor 15 minutes of fame. It's sad because it's evident this has been his dream to sing, and have some audience or some recognition. I guess if he is there doing his little thing,and it makes him happy, all power to him. He isn't harming anyone. I think it takes a lot of guts to sing in front of hundreds to thousands to dissect your sinning. I couldn't do it. Mr. Rees, your living out your dream, who cares! go for it!

R122, R123, R125, thank you for proving my point ABOUT SOME on here. I rest my case!I got your number LOL!

You wish you had my number. Please.

Is he singing into a beard trimmer?

R132 - it's either a beard trimmer or sheep shears.

This is R121. Yes I am a male ,and I was just kidding! Lighten up will ya?! On the contrary, I was on here when there was a thread ,which many of you showed your pictures of what you looked like.So many of you are hot studs! I'm serious! Also, the way some of you talk on here it's kind of rough like many of you guys seem so manly. I bet a lot of you hoties were in the military right? HOT. However, I really have to be truly honest. I'm not kidding but many of the guys who are on the DL Facebook page have long, long hair and beards, who wants to date a bearded lady?!! Some are cute though.

So OP for diverting the thread, now carry on.

cannot be lost

I have dearly missed the vocal stylizations of Robert Rees, so I have bumped the thread.

Precious. She's channeling Judy!

Is that a Comcast remote control in his hands?

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A little reminder of what we are all fighting for

Someone mentioned Florence Foster Jenkins a while back. Here is a documentary of her. It is quite good and she is quite hilarious. Apparently Meryl Streep is filming a movie about her right now.

Bump

Is this, like, real? Is this a spoof or does fat fuck really think he can sing?

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I'm surprised it's taken you all eight years to track to Mary down. He lives (or lived, don't know if he is alive or not) in Katy, TX. The website that was posted above has since been taken down, but this is what I found searching for him online.

The video in OP's post is cringy, but funny at moments. I had to shut it off after a minute. It got to be too much.

Did a more specific search just now and found out he's still alive. Born in 1952, so he's an official senior citizen in addition to being just old by DL standards. Should I post the White Pages link I found or is that against the rules?

Thanks for bumping this. That video never fails to make me laugh.

May as well add the mentioned "Someone to Watch Over Me."

The canny and subtle lyrics changes, the unusual introduction of the "choking sincerity" effect in the middle of innocuous lines, the inclusion of "her" in a manner reminiscent of a person vomiting: And he calls it a Garland Tribute.

It's pure Rees. The Reesiest Rees in all of Texass.

I simply do not want to live anymore.

Would've been a great scene in Waiting for Guffman.

If the camera had panned back, it would've revealed he was waist deep in cookies.

I'm so glad Noodles found a hobby after being banned from all Zabars.'

[quote]Something tells me this is the distraught queen who started the Stonewall riot after Judy died

No silly! That was started by a trans woman of color!

I'll plant MY own rainbow.

I think he's great!

[quote]When the animated bluebird appeared, I pissed my pants!!

Pics please.

I have been looking for this for years....could never find this clip.

LOLOL!