John Mayer - My Stupid Mouth - 6/30/2001

[FarahCutiePrincess99]

I was born on 6/30/2001

[gdsoccer11]

I don't understand why he doesn't sing the "So, I feign the attitude" bit on the album or live anymore. It's probably my favorite part of the song.

[Antongmusic]

Any who knows what kind of Martin guitar he's playing on this clip? What nr the guitar is?

[pantera6]

@Antongmusic its drednought of some kind

[reej]

@Antongmusic martin 00045

[truewealth50]

Rushed.....but its his train-ride:)

[RyanHigaftw]

@donutroll82 Dont fill him with bullshit lol. This was before ANY of his signature guitars were made. :) And btw, it's a dreadnought.. Doesnt even look close to an Omjm

[donutroll82]

@CMSpida

Its called the OMJM by Martin. It runs about $3200

[CMSpida]

any one know what martin that is

[mspaigedy]

Why wasn't I there? ):

:P

[MichaelDamaniMusic]

i like the slow version better, but still amazing

[mmt567]

this song is so adorable! i love him so much :)

[aidanmckay4]

Pimp!

[kriblerz1]

i dunno if u guys realize it but.. his singing has changed... like i noticed in his previous albums.. starting from try, his voice has been improving...

[orangeroomstudios]

@kriblerz1 He mentions that in a recent interview which I think you can find here on YT. His voice in the earlier stuff was really breathy, but in Battle Studies its much clearer and powerful. Plus the way his melodies has evolved a lot too.

[TheRomanDomo]

@kriblerz1 He has taken vocal lessons

[FullArmorAlchemist]

who 4 people would dislike this video?

[hersheykissie12]

@bmac22390

First, i accidentally clicked "flag for spam" on your comment instead of reply! sorry!

and i heard it! Funny guy.

[hersheykissie12]

AHHHH why is he so AMAZING? Instant adrenaline rush at those first chords!!! It's because he's so... into it!

SO amazing that at this time he (probably) had no idea how...well, famous he would be nine years later! (for his music of course :D )

[Bmac22390]

did anyone else notice that in the first few seconds of this a phone starts ringing and immediately john tries to mimc the ring on guitar?

cuz i did

[ItsCall911]

@Bmac22390 Nice oberservation! I never noticed that.

[anzarasif93]

I'm so covering this.

[mamboogirly]

"i said to much again..." :s

AWSOME, its like me, i say too much everitime

[ArjenFortuin]

i was wondering.. and wondering.. how he got certain notes emphasized while strumming... okay, you can emphasize notes while strumming, but not as much as here.. but then i actually stopped listening and looked at the video.. and i saw the bassist next to john.

Doh. No wonder I heard those extra notes. =P

[jmguitar83]

he uses D'Addario strings

[WahTakVong]

We need more artist like him...

[soratms71]

does anyone by any chance knows what strings he uses? O.o

[jwdubs]

@soratms71 ernie balls i belive

[dougsusername]

what guitar is he playing here

[catcherinred]

His Martin signature

[newerdeep]

didn't have his signature series yet.

[catcherinred]

@newerdeep ya it was the first run of the model. If you look at the "no such thing" video, you can see the signature marking on the neck

[nkjoshw]

made out of wood. :)

[therichardchannel]

He's playing the Dave Matthews signature Martin. His own signature Martin came much later than this video.

[keenkwest2003]

I just figured it out about John and why he lasts. He doesn't talk about the fads, just timeless topics. Just genius, cuz 30 yrs ago or 30 yrs in the future, his music is relevant. Love, fighting, war, peace and resolve is all relevant. Nice upload

[growl3391]

hey I found this guy who plays this song with a close camera angle on his hands. it makes it pretty easy to learn. his username is mayertabsdotcom.

[levinze]

sorry guys, but there's another guy who is playing the bass^^...

[gochad]

John is still the intelligent, sophisticated man he has always been,

[rogerramjett]

Hahahahahaha...

[sbhuiyan]

John Mayer is the kid next door who used his talents to make it big. At the start of his career he was so down to earth. His clothes were not with the trend or flashy. I really miss the old John.

[regelemihai]

He's not that much of a conformist now either. He still wears his flashy sneekers and ordinary T shirts on stage.

There's also the age difference. While a 22 year old singer can sport a more casual look, a 32 year old with torn jeans and a baseball cap is a bit rediculous.

[rogerramjett]

See Buffett, Jimmy.

[regelemihai]

Explain? :P

[rogerramjett]

Jimmy Buffett is in his late 50's or 60's and he still dresses like a slob in a baseball cap!

[dougsusername]

@sbhuiyan yeah he started out like this but he grew up a lot. went through the celebrity ringer and has lived a lot so the music is expected grow although he doesn't really like playing poppy stuff it's what the label wants.

[therichardchannel]

What pedal did he step on at the beginning to make his sound more loud and crunchier?? Anybody know?

[jerwin096]

at first the video was just picking up the acoustic sound while he was tuning his guitar and when he turned off the tuner the signal starts running the sound system again. giving it the volume boost and the crunch is just distortion from the camera

[ruipsoa]

he doesn't use any pedal in his acoustic songs...

[aggiepunk09]

he turned the amp on?

[baller1211]

playing the guitar smashed is fun

[rogerramjett]

Not for your audience.

[baller1211]

clapton rocked when he was on drugs

[rogerramjett]

So did Oasis!

[big10zin]

on my birthday :D

[TelecasterDanny]

do john smoke .. ? (;

[rogerramjett]

Cigs? No. The Whacky Tabacci? Yep.

[SelandKel]

I miss these days.  I miss this John. I miss the un-douche John Mayer.

[rogerramjett]

Agreed - I love the newer music, too but I'm tired of him showing up to concerts stoned, drunk, or high (always happens in West Palm Beach!).

[MarieMandela]

really, does he sometimes show up like that?

i didn't knew..

[rogerramjett]

West Palm is always the last stop on the tour and the last 2 times he's been on dope and probably something a bit more on the most recent trip. He's the man as a musician and songwriter but he was real sloppy and kind of a mess the last time he was here...

[Levidamanguitar]

Really? Ive always known him to be a bit of a drinker but never any heavy drugs. I seen it quoted many times that he says he doesn't do drugs. I know he rely heavily on anti anxiety medicine but that's about it. I really hope he isnt falling into drugs, cause he has always seemed like a clean act. Reply back if you know more.

[rogerramjett]

I can't speak for anything other than what I've seen but most recently he was wiping his nose throughout the show, clearly on something, and his playing was clearly sloppy.

The time before that his eyes were completely bloodshot and he was clearly stoned (trust me - it was obvious).

[Levidamanguitar]

WoW, that sucks. I really hope it doesnt stay that way. I saw him live last year it was an amazing concert with no signs of alcohol or drug use. Hopefully its just a temporary thing.

[rogerramjett]

I'm not saying he has a drug problem - I'm just saying he was high the 2nd last time I saw him and on something a bit more serious the last time I saw him. West Palm Beach is always the last stop of the tour, so he's already partying before he ever reaches the stage...

[iplayguitar420]

haha you were at the last show last summer ! it was amazing didnt he make a comment about them all being drunk that night ?

[rogerramjett]

He mentioned something to that effect...

[TheFlipE]

"who says i can't get stoned?" haha

[Devinnlovesyou]

<3 john mayerr

[harrisbuild]

i cant hear the extra lyrics.. can someone tell me what they are? after 1st chorus? thanks :D

[peaceloovehopefaith]

i love him!

but i don't think his guitar sounds as good as it has.

i think he should have mic'ed it

the amp doesn't make it sound as pure

in where the light is his acoustic is mic'ed (or however you would spell that) and it sounds so amazing.

[namdlefhtes]

Yeah, but the quality of the equipment has certainly changed since 2001, as has his budget.

[push911forme]

John Mayer is the shit! I'm brand new to guitar and have always loved his stuff, not that I'm trying to learn it, I had a HUGE respect for this guy's abilities. Big ups!

[MikeColbert08]

he has such a connection with his guitar and fingers and voice... its so amusing to watch!!!

[iliketennis79]

love him

[loudog18]

no, the guitar is not the omjm. The omjm didn't come out until later during his career. This guitar is the Martin HD-28.

[paratrooper130]

your all wrong its a dave matthews signature model...look at the signiture at the fret

[onason1]

what tuning is this

[golferboy11]

Standard

[KenMcAwesome]

I've never liked Mayer as a musician but as a guitar player, he has exceptional skill. You can't tell from these girly, DMB-esque pop songs how great of a guitar player he is. It makes me a bit sad when, at music festivals, he busts out in SRV/Clapton-sounding solos and everyone in the audience..girls mostly, just think "ooo he's so hot and his songs are sweet".he's never really appreciated. I wish he wrote more songs that showed off his amazing guitar abilities. Bad writer, amazing musical mind

[rogerramjett]

Dude - that's a typical music-snob attitude. "Continuum" is one of the greatest R&B albums ever made because Mayer did what not even SRV could: make a mainstream album without compromising the music.

Explain to me how "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" or any number of songs on "Continuum" are bad writing!

That's the problem with music snobs - they think everyone who has a measure of mainstream success has "sold out" and stopped making "real music".

Don't be a hater!

[KenMcAwesome]

Lol hey man, didn't mean to come across as a snob haha. I more or less was calling upon someone to give me some good songs from Mayer. All I've heard is "Your Body is a Wonderland" and other poppy crap from him but I know there is better out there (and on the DMB comment, I love those guys, got the whole discography and saw em in concert--and they're pretty mainstream). I am anything but a Mayer scholar and I'll check out those songs you sent and like I said, as a guitar player, i revere the man

[PeterZeeke]

Try Try! or Where the Light Is

[nickheck]

pwned.

[heyman321]

Agreed. Mayer is acutally the best of both worlds. He can market himself as the person who girls like but also make badass albums and show off his amazing technicality.

He is able to make blues influenced albums but make it listenable to if you know what I mean. Sometimes Texas blues just gets incredibly boring. I'd rather much listen to Belief, Slow Dancing, and Vultures over and over than Texas Flood and Lenny.

[supern00b]

each to his own.

but in response to: "Mayer did what not even SRV could: make a mainstream album without compromising the music."

Mayer's entry into the mainstream was his pop roots....without those roots, where he could be right now is COMPLETELY up for grabs.

im a huge JM fan btw haha.

[andyrja10]

@supern00b first off john mayers musical roots arent pop he was originally into hair metal when he was a real younf teen much like any other 13 year old at that time but then he was handed a stevie ray vaughn album immediatly dove into blues music but after high school wen to berkle ended up in atlanta where he joined the singer/songwriter circuit and didnt want to waste time finding other guys he didnt know to play with

[andyrja10]

@supern00b so he started playin acousticly and thats where the pop stuff came in his roots are in the blues but he needed the pop stuff to get him to a place where he could start to play the blues and get it to people who normally wouldnt listen to it. it was actually a stroke of genious on his part on how to present this music to people i know have an apprcieation for the blues i never would have had without him

[LLT1130]

amen brotha.

anyone know what model of martin he is playing here?

[BryceShuster]

OMJM?

[rogerramjett]

didn't exist yet...

[loudog18]

it's a Martin hd28

[HalfBillion]

believe it or not, its actually a martin md3dm, the dave matthews signature

[PeterZeeke]

try Try! or Where The Light Is

[RARB1977]

yeah, you're being musically snobish :\

truth is you good and bad work in all styles of music

just listen to what you like and respect other ppls tastes :)

[BigBoiJC]

bad writer???? what is your malfunction? he's our James Taylor. I don't know if you've listened to his JM3 Try Live album. listen to it...you'll get just how awesome of a musician he is...and listen to Continuum as well...actually listen to them BOTH and then tell me you don't see it. then i will say you haven't gotten it my friend.

[rkalamdani]

he is quite the song writer actually and he is appreciated amongst musicians of all types. i admire his abilities as both a guitarist and song writer and i am a guitar player that plays progressive rock

[aetatissuae18]

actually, i know what you mean, but i've always kind of liked this song. the chords in the prechorus there are not ones you hear in most pop songs lol

[sdcinc]

It's kinda funny - at the end of this video it says "all rights reserved". If you read the Youtube contract we all agree to when we open an account, it explicitly says that once we post a video we have no rights to it - zero - zilch - none. Youtube owns every movie on their servers. They can do whatever they want with them - they can take the video of your daughter's birthday party or your wife in curlers - and use it in a national ad campaign or put it on the Super Bowl without compensation.

[smauro3]

that doesn't make sense. of course it's logical that, if you make it public, it's for anyone's use. but i think there should be some kind of compensation or at least a notice. maybe a letter where they ask you if it's ok. mind you i'm not speaking out of experience, i don't know if they already do that.

[RARB1977]

you have no rights as long as your just another doe...if you have millions, like media byz, you have rights. youtube has transformed from a great idea originally into a corporate owned business, and pro government agency. you have any idea how many people that speak against the system have been shutdown? look into it, you'll be amazed ;)

[hahadillonsface66]

lol this is kinda argues with his other song say

[JCNinATL]

I am the one who shot this series of videos at Tower Records. Video sharing technology and options have certainly matured since 2001, so I may end up posting some higher-res versions (if I can find the time). Anyone who wants to advise me on how best to do this, I'm all ears. I shot it on miniDV.

I didn't realize this footage had been posted to YouTube by others - it's good to see that people are enjoying it!

[abnuridd24]

why did you leave out tha bassits in like every vid

[aetatissuae18]

you can't really hear him anyway

[richardkmusic]

I get hit by a pang of nostalgia watching this...

[smoothplaying83]

in response to what guitar he is using here it is actually a hd-35, he used it before he switched to an om 28v and then he attained his current om 28 jm model

[rich2k4]

he actually used a dave matthews signiture martin before he switched to the OM's. this Guitar might actually be the DM3MD Martin

[heyman321]

Does anyone know how to play that extra part? Where he says "so i feign the attitude, take me or leave me"

[guitar0211]

its pretty much exactly the same as the bit that goes "how could i forget, mama said think before speaking"

[abnuridd24]

it's the same part as "how could i forget, mama said think before speaking...."

[paulyknapp]

The first time I saw John Mayer was at Gabe's in Iowa City. Now it's called The Picador. It was in 2001. The venue could hold around 300 people. And I think there were probably only 30 people there at most. Two years later he sold out Carver Hawkeye Arena. Crazy man. Crazy. But seeing him live in that small venue was awesome! That's why I check out a lot of up and coming bands when they come to town....cause you never know.

[donaldminnie]

Hey, does anyone know what guitar he used before he switched to the Martin OM28?

Cos that's not the OM.

Cheers,

Jack

[GuyMcpersonLol]

d-28

duh

[edsedlyn]

damn i love it when this man speaks of his insights!..my ultimate crush!

[Emmibubble]

ah i remember when he played small gigs in NY too, it was awesome. when he was promoting RFS he played in the city at small clubs about 7 times and they were all awesome. incredible musician, best out there today.

[jossielen]

Uma voz muito boa parabens adorei sua musica é muitoo boaa beijoo

[aerosmithfan123]

This is too cool, it would have been awesome to see him at small gigs before he got huge

[userbrode]

he still does in georgia

[rogerramjett]

It was a promo gig for "Room for Squares" at a Tower Records store in Atlanta. Anyone could show up!

[mayercraft]

What was this event and how did people get invited. I wish John were able to do stuff like this again. Poor guy. He's too popular to get away with this now. He is a LEGEND. Thanks for sharing!

[JohnVarde]

did he use a pedal???? and what kind of pedal Lol

[aerosmithfan123]

It looks like he was just using a tuning pedal because he plays for a second and it's not as loud but then he hits the pedal and you can hear the guitar playing through the speakers

[middeljohn]

I don't think it was the pedal. He's strumming on different parts of the guitar. If you strum over the hole you get a more deep sound, while if you strum close to the bridge you get that twangy sound. Look at where he strums and what sound he produces. I actually noticed the same thing when I was just watching it.

[gymnastchic1129]

I love his voice, I love his guitar, I love everything about this dude. I love this song. Awesome.

[MrBoum]

he's just a perfect combination of short snappy and clever lyrics with a great guitar knowledge and playing :) LEGEND!

[brainneeded]

i think the previous 4 statements sum up my sentiments quite well.

[SuuhvannahDuuuh]

any fan cant watch this and not be proud of him...

he deserves so much more credit than just dating jennifer anniston

[azimuth457]

Well with me, I didn't even know for a long time.

I just listen to his music, and I've been a fan because he writes very well, plays guitar very well, sings very well,

and does it all at once extremely well.

I mean, it can get really hard to sing and play what he does at the same time..he just makes it look easy.

(just wanted you to know some people give him the credit he deserves, not that you thought that everyone was like that...) I'll stop now.

[kidsetiawan]

Oh man..I love his music to death..That boy is a multi platinum artist now:)

he'd think that I must be crazy if I told him at that time if he will be that huge:)

[rogerramjett]

I love that there's only about 20 college kids sitting on the floor!

[JohnJohnLiu]

so long ago but still so awesome :D

[guitar4HimJIC]

so long ago...