John Martyn - Couldnt Love you more (Live Rockpalast 1978)

[hai2410]

he appears to be in Bb Eb Bb Bb F C here in case anyone else was confused. Maybe he found it easier to sing it slightly lower live. I know I do!

[eamisagomey]

i love how he puts his lips on the guitar at 00:47 ,im a guitarist and i just noticed that i do that,to me i think its just comfortable, to john i think its a subconscious kiss

[Lilmisstory]

Aaaah just beautiful, John at his finest.. He has never ceased to amaze me with his musical skills.. What I love about this video, apart from the obvious, is the way he's in an utter trance and you can see him coming out of it at the end of the song... he opens his eyes and looks like he's thinking 'wha the feck am I doin here?!...' R.I.P John.. <3 Legend.

[eamisagomey]

@Lilmisstory a trance is the best way to describe it,perfect comment. im playng 20 years and i know i will never get near him for skill,he was one of the most naturally gifted musicians of our time,the fact that his voice is so perfect is a happy accident

[danjonesdj]

cuts like a knife

[bigman6190]

my god dude...Holy fuck

[ZamHelga]

No - as a fan .... I also could not love you more -- thank you John Martyn.....

[xena1154]

THANK`S TO YOUTUBE! THank`s to mertz123 for posting on youtube for john martyn etc.........

[snozbanger7]

prity

[twinlorna]

LOVE THIS.Thanks for posting.

[mczeppi]

Wish i Was Born During this era instead of a generation of Untalented Manufactured artist dominating the Music World! John was Truly amazing!

[DrDread]

I love this so much. If you want this rendition as an mp3:

rghost .net/5428110



[DrDread]

I would love to know if anyone who was present at this performance ever comes across this video.

[DrDread]

this is my favourite rendition of his of this song. What a performance. Raw, soulful.

[Kristopful]

Someone posted that there was nothing on YouTube of John Martyn untill he died. That is how sad the music industry has become. John would have just made an earthy Joke about it....."Now i'm dead and now i'm famous...stupid fuckers.!"

John had a hard as nails exterior...but his soul was so tender and soft. I miss the big guys soul.

[mertz123]

What the fuck is youtube? i put this video here because i think it's great yet i still think it belongs somewhere far more sacred than here...

[django1889]

@Kristopful there was stuff up fella, but none of the rockplaza stuff, which is his best gig you can get on DVD. though i find it easy to buy his albums now he's dead i was abit at pains to give him money when he was alive, been a wife beater and all...

[bangform]

the master on top form r.i.p curly haired boy

[241357]

Not easy to get hold of this DVD, but these uploads got me on a mission, and finally I got it! Definitely worth it!

[highjackflash]

Some soft acid, acrylic paints and cardboard at my old house with my ex-wife, and she pulls this out. Damn near killed me. I love love love this man and his music. And I thank you Ally for sharing a part of you with me once again.

[clikityclak]

Why cant the studio version be this good hahaha?

[TheKingOfSpain1]

One of thee most under-rated and amazing song writers / Folk musicians of all time. Without a doubt.

[NiggaWhatChannel]

of course 0 dislikes.how can someone dislike this?

[RonnieWestwood]

how did he die? that's a bloody shame.

[SandyGrey7]

One day John,.......one day.....

[number1darren]

only just heard this song for the 1st time! what a treat! i know i'm a long way behind the times with this but i think he's tuned Bb F Bb Bb F C? could be wrong they seem to be the open notes when he tunes at the beginning? amazing song either way!

[mcguigan54]

I think this may be my favorite clip on youtube, by anyone. Absolutely brilliant!

[Coldplayarn]

Crazy and nice Tuning!!!

[61550LizziE]

What a moving song ~ thank you for posting <3

[zainab126]

best version..just missing Danny on Bass

[jonnybrads]

Magical its like the world / time just stops when i listen to this i love it RIP JOHN

[laika288]

It doesn't matter which performance which I see of that song it gets me every time.

[NiggaWhatChannel]

shit,i'm sixteen years old...all my friends and same-age listen to elettronic shit or metal or rap.....and i can't understand how can they stay without this songs.

[Own13r]

ok my dad was his best friend and im not lieing here hes the funnyest man my dad ever meat once he had my dad lying in a gutting fucking laughing his head off. when my dad found out that he died he was fucking devastated so was i cuz my dad was and im 11...

[ashfordcrew]

BBC Ashes to Ashes has sent me here. Beautiful song.

Very sorry to hear he is not with us anymore.

[jantraj]

such a beautiful song.

[niallvan]

Blows my mind every time.

Real music.

[mazrio128]

Amazing is the only word to describe this masterpiece! RIP Johnny Boy.

[Moosefunk1]

Man.... I love this guy, what a shame it is that he passed. I try cycling through other guitar based music; folk/blues/rock and i see fantastic guitarists such as John Mayer who are undeniably good. But still i come back to John and he amazes me every time. 'Go'bless im' R.I.P Johnny Boy x

[lisdoobean]

Absolute brilliance

[neilvallance]

Beautiful song from a timeless album

[unfailingpromise]

truly beautiful sad melody and song

[houlinboi]

Thanks for expressing the indescribable John

[edenator]

Incredible.

R.I.P

[LyraBB]

Absolutely mindblowing. Thanks for this btilliant post!

[babaluci]

masterpiece and a sublime performance

[steelyman08]

That voice!! "How do you get to sing like that?" Some Muse of the highest order pierces your heart and makes it impossible for you to do otherwise (-:

Lovely post. Thanks.

[Thorsong4U]

Thanks for the reply Mertz .. and thanks again for the post {including the brilliant end bit}. One night when I'm feeling brave this week i'll have a crack at the tuning - but I'll have to sing it an octave {or maybe even two] down.

[Thorsong4U]

RIP.Can't believe you're gone, you genius. What a voice. Thank you Mertz 123- yes please post more. Can any technically minded people work out how many different mikes and pick-ups he had on that acoustic? Oh and what the tuning might be?..... Oh and one last thing, how do you get to sing like that!!

[mertz123]

well it looks like he has just the one electric guitar pickup. sounds like he has more than that. it may be bleeding into the vocal mic as the vocal mic seems quite sensitive.

the tuning is CFCCGD (enjoy coming back up to standard haha)

the last thing: heart.....

[OneBigRetard]

@mertz123

Heart and two opera singing parents!

[ficklampa1]

@Thorsong4U

but you can just as well play it in DGDDAE and have a shorter way back to standard.

and i think the album is in this key. right?

[AndPlus]

You've gotta love that stern German accent demanding "SOLID AIR", lol.

There's an audience recording availbale on Itunes of a gig in Nottingham where a drunkard in the crowd keeps on screaming for "May You Neveeaah!" with increasing levels of hysteria throughout the show. Quite funny, but it must have got a bit annoying for John when he had some many other great songs.

[TheUnknownPlayer]

I have the CD Live in Nottingham and even though JM is really on form i can't listen to it due to wanting to go back in time and punch that bloke!!

[Arcesius00]

Man, that voice of his is just phenomenal--quite possibly my favorite.

[Fr3derick]

Excellent!!!

Grandma mary

[gillenpantera]

this song made me cry its lovely

[dimefan88]

JUST COULDN'T LOVE HIM MORE

RIP BIG MAN

[TheUnknownPlayer]

all the right words but not in the right order. Still fantastic rendition of my favourite JM song.

[mertz123]

thats JM for you. you never know what your gona get. turns out the audience got something special this night

[gillenpantera]

thanks mate

[leon327]

Hey mertz123, could you please upload small hours from this concert. Im pretty sure its the song he's gonna play next.

[Macintoshmatty]

Thanks for posting. Superb rendition.

John Martyn gone but never forgotten

[gmatt112]

who ever put this up is an absolute legend! ;)

[dimefan88]

to right icouldn't love him more

[GWozzie3]

A rhythm and melody that melts me into tenderness. Gx

[buniluvr]

I recently heard an old interview of him on YouTube which said he put all of himself into his music which left little or nothing for this wife Beverly. Hearing this song - I get it!

Thank you for sharing!

cheers

julie

[ScooterNerd]

Absolute genius...I watched him go from a fresh faced kid to a growling old man and loved every variant.

[rujocat]

really cuts clean

[iainmcgeachy]

Brilliant! Thanks for this clip. John at his best-voice coming right from his balls upwards and his inimitable & unique guitar technique. The bit at the end-characteristic of John, taking the mickey out of the electric guitar hero image of the time. I think he was genuinely of 2 minds around this time in his life-wanting to go 'electric+band', but having a distaste for what usually passed as a 'band' around that time.

Thats why that last funny bit on the clip is interesting also-to me anyway.

[mertz123]

its deffinately my favorite. i was watching the end of this song and thought i must keep that bit it, its hilarious. what a character.

[musicisalright]

which song did he play afterwards?