Who Says I Can't Get Stoned - John Mayer Live at Hotel Cafe

[Benjamin2405]

hahaha that was me on the phone

[someuncoolguy]

That was my friends phone! It was on the speaker and it vibrated off and fell down to John's legs then he picked it up and talked to my friend Ben. It was awesome!

[EpiphoneArchtopLover]

Seeing John play a rickenbacker is a rarity :)

[hale2100]

i love that everyone shuts up the moment he starts playing. great crowd!

[mchelleperez]

Hotel Cafe is in Hollywood not West Hollywood.... just saying LOL. Great Video BTW!!! Luv the acoustics on this version :)

[Kale3193]

well at leased get the song name right if your such a big fan

[IfearGuitars]

I just tryed to lern this song but... Can't just get how he's doing that...

[deangtrs]

@IfearGuitars learn the right hand technique and it's not that hard. there's videos how to on here.

[IfearGuitars]

@deangtrs hehe, i know. just haven't had the time to learn the picking pattern, and i still find it kinda hard.

[pharoah246]

Lol Love the whistle in substitute for the Piano! Great show!

[srvalfaro]

is that a rickenbacker?

[CherryBurstLesPaul]

@srvalfaro Nah, it's an Duesenberg Doublecat. They're similar in appearance, though

[matthewhayes4894]

@srvalfaro I was just gonna ask that, it looks like it and i want one

[sportsdudes4life]

its called who says not the rest but great video

[TheEclectic]

I was there. I'm partial to the electric guitar version of this song because of it I think.

[McBrideAidy]

you are soooo lucky dude, i'm from ireland and he never comes here so i flew to LA and NY last year just to see him.. you're soo lucky to get to see him at such an intimate venue..

[TheEclectic]

Yeah I really was. It was only $5 dollars and I think there were maybe 40 or 50 of us in there. He took pictures and signed autographs with everyone afterward. He is a really cool guy, laid back, talked with anyone about anything. It was refreshing to see someone that famous be THAT down to earth.

[aguafinatv]

yeah, how kool is he. You wont get that from no blk entertainer.

[TheEclectic]

What the hell are you talking about agua?

[Rivera3011]

"I want to be inside you"! 0:07. I think.

[shepardh1]

I LOVE libertarian love songs!

[Kzoo7MI]

Good Job John Mayer, this guy's going places i think

[ola826]

Best version on youtube because of his "I DID" comment!

[Stavsuddas]

I saw this video a couple of weeks ago and from then on, every time i listen to who says i sing just that:)

[subnoizesouljas]

he sounds great live!

[WhiskeyTango12]

man for 5 bucks i would be shouting out random shit too haha, what a great musician.

[blaint09]

wanna be inside you lmao. how akward. i cant believe you got to see him for only $5!!! I have to pay almost 100

[byttner]

hahaha telephone rings awesome

[EvaGoN]

hmm john is using a rickenbacker.. surprising!

[JohnMayer07]

it's a Duesenberg.

[alexmusicgraffity]

Blows my mind how good he is!..listen to my cover 2!...LUCK!!!

[theoutstander]

Damn!  5 bucks? That's crazy.

[seensean]

man you gota love an artist who can reply to a smart ase comment like that haha such a good whistle and the face that he got stoned and planed a trip to japan alone is great who says he cant... fuckin champ

[snowguy54]

wow he makes one guitar sound like a band! he's amazing! and wtf, 5 dollars??!!! where is this hotel cafe???

[zosoandbadcompanyman]

stoned blue rock and roll sure helped US through

[swiftsidd]

what did the person in the audience say?

[sjin93]

assuming your talking about the beginning?

the girl said "i wanna be inside you"

[ZedOblique]

the title is just Who Says by the way

[honkiemarge]

good call :)

[ssertrof]

doesnt matter if i even go... i did

haha love him

[IchFeierBisZumUnfall]

5 DOLLARS? I'd pay 100! JEALOUSY :D

[kennyg03]

this song is really good man, has so much melody for just one man and one guitar = )

[redsox1002003]

5 bucks!?! what a bargain! lucky you!

[TheseOpenRoads]

lol the song has been out for like a week and you already ripped it off.

[xPaulWilsonsMusicx]

Brilliant song, i've just multitracked a version of this tune. Would you like to check it out and leave me some feedback please ? :) cheers

[oliverandm]

It is very similar to stop this train, but you can still hear the difference, and at some points is far from stop this train

[someuncoolguy]

Ben Biggs! I know that guy!

[HillsbradFoothills]

john mayer is awesome

[ryry70001]

The guitar is definately similar to stop this train

[PeterZeeke]

"I did"

[DMONEY821]

battle studies is going to be sick

[jonnycox001]

That whistle is epic! 2:30

[RubyTuesday93]

Does any one know what kind of guitar that is?

[dww0902]

Duesenberg DDC Double Cat

[benjarminjay]

from the D on the headstock, i'm guessing it's a duesenberg

[jmforlife83]

"youre doing great man"... that guy who said cracks me up// i love when john answers the phone.. wassup b diggs....

[danyboy78113]

5 dollars for this show??? My God, i would pay 50

[TheMikey1961]

I could have put a price on seeing this gig... Would love to have been there :-) John's coming to UK early next year... Can't wait :-)

[bowiehs]

GREAT SONG BY A GREAT ARTIST.

[EduardaSilveira]

LOL He's so cute!!

And I totally love this song! Can't wait for his new album :B

[kurtdyoung]

This is my new favorite song this week, hopefully it comes out on iTunes or something soon.

[musicislife7426]

It's a single coming from his new album Battle Studies coming out on November 17th

[kurtdyoung]

Thank you very much, sold!!

[GawdGood]

What does that person in the beginning say? I wanna be inside you?

[beastylink]

lol yea xD i laughed pretty hard =p

[ryanscott816]

yeah well, the girl yelled:

- "i wanna be inside you!" but in fact i think that she should've said:

- "i want you inside me"

[bigfoot799]

probably a transvestite

[bkdiver16]

Yeah. I dont know what he says back though.

[jmjunkie]

He says "I'm not thinking of a comeback to that, I'm just letting it swirl around in my head."

[ML1193]

that man is such an inspiration!

he's amazing

[ilikeicees]

wish this whistling part was on the actual track! aweswome

[quangkhoa86]

This song sounds a little bit like "Stop this train" in both chords and flicking technique. Very good song!

[jbnumba1]

They're both in the key of D and have sorta similar hammer on patterns as well

[SaladTaste]

Yeah they start off with the same chord shape.

[jmforlife83]

I love this song ... I live in NYC and i seen John Mayer around... hes a really cool guy but i have only seem him once... I really wanna meet him and jam with him sometime.. hahaha like that would ever happen.. it would be sweet though if it did.. I like how he is really humble and hes reallly a friend to everyone.. people that give him shit are just bitter and jelious

[DannyOLeary7]

great to see john sharing his talent at a low key event- for a guy of his talent he doesnt need to do it but he does for da fans, cool guy

[ryanscott816]

100% agreed

[sneijdertje10]

another legendary song by this legendary artist. cant wait til the album comes out in november!! him and michael buble are the only artists i respect enough to buy the cd instead of downloading. and also because its great to listen to it when ur old.

[Carrots1919]

LOVE IT HAWT STUFF!!!

[BlackieEC89]

John.....it somehow reminds me back to the Clapton / Cale album Road to E......

nice one

[guitarskater11]

Pretty sure john played on that album too

[Biggish1]

This is my page and I uploaded this video and I just have to say:

JM Fans are THE BEST fans in the world. We appreciate music, talent, and showmanship. Everytime I go to another JM show, not only do I meet great people but I get to see all my old JM Fan friends. You guys rock and this video is for you!!! Enjoy

[emlsjoberg]

thank you :)

actually i love that this song is going to be the first single, and i don't see why so many think that it shouldn't be :P just had to get that of my chest lol

[surfingers]

haha is this genuinely going to be called "who says i can't get stoned" on a JM album? haha what a god!

[Veyron1333]

no its going to be called "Who says"

[hookups]

the final of this song is great...very well produced. as for the choice in first single, it's what he 'felt closest to' at this point in time and couldn't step away from it.

the whistle breakdown, thats a piano interlude and it fits very well in the final cut.

[StreetWaveSurfing]

has anyone heard Oliver Burns Ukulele version of this song? I love it!

[tackam]

Can somebody transcribe the chord progression? I'm a noob, I need help. :)

[xHighallTimesx]

all i know is its in Bm . i see a g chord in there also .. srry dude but that should help you start if thats what your looking for again srry i couldnt help more

[tystratocaster]

i dont no theory but its in D, Bm is the penatonic scale behind the Dmaj scale so its in D, although you can do lead riffs in eithr Bm penatonic or D maj both sound great

[xHighallTimesx]

yeh dude i just started on theory mabye 6 monthes ago .. and im teaching it to myself . but i was like half right ,.,.,.the guy below me "Just Figured it out" and theres a g and bm chord in there .. I fancy myself more of a lead guitarist . wich is y threw the Bm ( pent scale is def what i meant) in there ,,just to start everyone off, just incase nobody could wait for people to tab it out ,.

[tystratocaster]

yeah im just like you, i play by ear, i made up "fingure formation" that i later found out were scales, its wierd, theory is really useful im just to lazy to learn completly

[johnmwzrgrndy]

Just figured it out..

Dsus2, Dsus2/G, Dsus2/F#, Em7, A, Bb°7, Bm7, E7, Dsus2/G, A, Dsus2

then when he goes.. "it's been a long time"

Dsus2/G, Dsus2/F#, A (x2) (he throws hammer on's and pull off's on that A)

Dsus2/G, Dsus2/F#, Bb°7, Bm7, Em7, A

That's pretty much it.. Good luck!

[tackam]

Thank you! This will be a good motivator to learn a couple more chords. :)

[DanC221]

should be an A#dim7th not a Bb because its the leading tone diminshed 7th of the B minor chord that follows (to be an arrogant prick for no reason) but awesome job on working out chords man :) (dont u love enharmonics)

[jmjunkie]

Great, awesome! Thanks for posting!!

That guitar looks funky, like neon, the way the light is hitting the neck!!

[64ccd]

Yeah, it's just too bad that he decided to record it acoustic since that really makes it feel like Stop This Train #2. It might have been really cool if he would gone electric, more like say "Heart of Life". The lyrics are luckily good enough for me not to care about the rest. Thanks for filming this by the way!

[samucalencar1]

stop this train #2

[CougarCracker]

You can hear that "stop this train" stuff in there. Not sure how you'd describe it musicaly, but thats what I hear. You know that guitar part? Me likey!!

[jdkjkjdkjdks]

yea, at the D chord, but the rest of 'em are different. he uses the same technique too, but i like it.

[gd1f]

yeah the guitar part follows a similar rhythm and groove to stop this train

[MikeMFMiller]

ya what both songs have strikingly in common is that "slam and strum at the same time" guitar playing style he uses. Heart of Life implements the same style too, i absolutely love the way it sounds, and John is a master at it

[rulo198999]

what does it says in 0.06??

[rachaelmarie]

"I wanna be inside you"

[FreeYourMind22]

John said this'll be his first single.

[BryceShuster]

what a nice song.

and since when does he play danelectros

[TwoBucksShy]

No idea. Appearantly the point of this show was to test the material. Looks like he was testing some guitar sounds too, or maybe just thought it fit best since there's no band.

I predict that we will see the strat come back when he tours for the new record. This song will probably be acoustic.. what do you think?

[BryceShuster]

yeah, i think he'll always stick to the strat.

ive seen him use les pauls and teles before as well as the es-335. but never a danelectro. just seemed different :P

sounded great none the less.

[spencejo]

it's a deusenberg not a danelectro

[spencejo]

i think it is anyway

[BryceShuster]

oh, it could be. i was just guessing. i didnt see what it said on the headstock. it just looked like one by the body style and the lipstick pickups

[bib404]

I hope he leaves it just like this! this song is so good.

[grindcorebabyxoxo]

is this really a new song for battle studies?

[ruipsoa]

5$?

i'd pay 100$ to see john playing, specialy in portugal...

[Biggish1]

I've paid up to $200.00 for 1 ticket so this was a great deal, especially in this (USA) economy

[Volcidion]

I love how people seem to appreciate this song on so many different levels.

Because of my personal experiences I really engage with it, and enjoy it on that level.

Because I love the melodic phrasing of the song I enjoy it.

Because there is an amusing element to it I can enjoy that too. Great song. Can't wait till the album comes out.

[Biggish1]

I totally agree

[culpritto]

the other nice song from the new album

[candy1806]

i love so much this man

[whtvrlo]

what is the woman saying in the beginning.. what if you...?

[CherryBurstLesPaul]

Well I thought she said: "I wanna be inside you!" but I could be wrong :P

[whtvrlo]

Ooh yeah ofcoursee, now I hear it... haha

[texbls]

post Purple Haze please

[Biggish1]

Didn't get there in time for PH, sorry

[Biggish1]

parking was $7 for valet but we parked on the side for free. LONG line though, but worth it

[MadmanAcrossTheWater]

how much was parking? i live in chino hills and i was trying to go to this but i only had $7 and thought parking would've fucked me in the face