John Butler Trio-Ocean @ Jazz Fest

[chosen1Imcoming]

He reminds me of Linkin Park

[ck675]

@chosen1Imcoming ....how?



[chosen1Imcoming]

@ck675 i was being silly. this dude is awesome

[attica1010]

If anyone can get a tab for this please do and send me a link

PLEASE!!!

[john26051993]

he makes it unique every time he plays it!! BRILLIANT!!!!

[followthehighway]

the bit at 4:24 actually gives me chills. its so beautiful. the whole thing is. i just wish there was a clearer version of this set. i would be so happy

[mitchbarry94]

@followthehighway hey man,

your in luck there is a better recording of this set (audio only) he released jazzfest as an album & its really flash actually, if you want it send me your email & ill send it to you mate.

regards mitch.

[kauff]

the best about this song is watching john butler play it. the emotion he puts into it is amazing. too bad it was edited out for the best part....

[luckysmoki]

If you ask me "Do you know who are Jesus?"

I will reply to you: "Yes, this is John Butler!"

[josefking89]

jjjjjjjj xD i guess justin bieber saw this video...Only one dislike x'D

[jeybex]

gosh these stupid comments during the video.. but yet another nice version of ocean

[S00NERBB]

great video except for the stupid text comments, just shut up and let us watch John play!

[attica1010]

@SKRRBOI Is that really why he names it?, i meen it makes sense and all but for me, i always just assumed he called it ocean because well, this song just takes me away to a different place, a smoother calmer place, like a soft beach or ocean.. thats how i see it anyway

[riseNresist18]

@attica1010

The great thing about the wordless song is that we make it relate to whatever we feel at a first listen. No one can tell you your belief is wrong or less significant than another. If you have ears and a soul than this song should take you to another place. Seeing as it never sounds exactly the same live it is like the ocean in the sense that sometimes it is calm and soothing and then other times full of energy, movement and power. A symphony for any an ear. Absolute pure euphoria 8)

[attica1010]

Only thing wrong with this vid is quality, but hey when your watching something this great, that doesnt matter, AM I RIGHT?

[thestormlscoming]

lol nice idea, but i still wish you left the video at the end =/ 

but thanks for the upload

[BigCanOfBeans]

John Butler needs to release an album or box-set containing all of the versions of Ocean.

[krigabhun]

When John plays, the crowd listens.

[sparkyloco68]

if this song doesn't move you then my friend you've lost your soul.

[sparkyloco68]

if this song doesn't move you then my friend you've lost your soul

[DarkminiStoned]

he seems to play very fast on this video. that sound so great.

[TheReighnart]

Even sounds like he jazzed it up a little in the beginning. Haha.

[SKRRBOI]

he named it ocean because the ocean is different its never the same

and neather is that song

great song

[machoman50000]

i can play this

[jackzar121]

@machoman50000 i can play the 5 minute one that he did at max sessions, do you have a vid?

[huggy3ear]

is there a tab for this intro anywhere?

[lynyrdskynyrd4ever]

@huggy3ear at guitar pro.

[Pisolith]

Great feelings man , wish you the best !

[havak2tone]

pure awsomeness!!!!

[tommymc27]

Finely Channeled Passion Makes for some interesting and fun music, would n't you say?

[lemarmoude]

yeah

[Cavanaugh37]

he uses some kind of pedal and a stomp box

[Dariohoho1]

Can someone tell me what equipment he uses to get the kind of dreamy tone from the guitar? cuz I know its not just his guitar. for example: what sound he makes at 1:49

[SketchRazor]

I think he might have a pedal, it looked like he might have pressed down on something round that bit.

[tristan9981]

i dont know, but jeff lang does the same thing.... i wanna find out too, maybe some fucked up kind of chorus?

[globemc2]

Pretty sure he has an expression pedal hooked up to distort and volume or something.

[kmetvhribih]

sound to me he has a progressive distorsion pedal. you press harder, you get more distorsion. kindof like wahwah pedals ;)

[timodosukoi]

talent

[cooldaddy6567]

werd

[ncsugray90]

siunds kinda like a wah/flange idk, acoustics normally dont sound that good on distortion, but this definitely works for him if thats what he's doing

[BigCanOfBeans]

@Dariohoho1 emotion. that sound 1:49 is simply feedback. Plug yor guitar into an amp and at a certain volume, etc, and I think it's the G string that hums. John has just found a way to use it as an element for this.

[compares90]

grande!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[naxohenriquez]

I love this song

[6STRINGVIRGO]

HELLYEAH!!! mother fucker's amazing! fucking amazing!!!

[danclintongarnett]

haha. I can totally empathize! I get some goose bumps myself when the song builds toward the end. Amazing! And it definitely is a song that can be enjoyed whether one is down or in good spirits!

[eldamianos1980]

me too :)

[booner136]

i still remember the first time i heard this song two years ago. its one of those songs that you just cant believe. you can listen to it when your down in the dumps, or having the best day of your life and still get the powerful emotion outof it. i get the chills everytime it reaches the high point of the song. everytime

[kyleM5055]

do you want to know why we all like him so much (apart from the obvious talent and feeling?)

no matter how many different versions of the same song, or indeed the same version on a different stage etc, he always loves it as if it was the first time he played it right, other instrument players will know what i mean more so thatn the normal viewer, but its all relavent much love<3

[bugkillah]

this version resembles the furia sound festival one but this one is played faster and imo when played faster it looses a tad of it's magic

[Nickelbast]

I heard a lot of Ocean performances but this one had really something special, great concert, great festival, great city, RESPECT !!

[ectogasm]

Ole Mr. Butler is a cornball for sure but he can wail on that acoustic. Yes, 11 string, I forget the reasoning he had for it but it went something like he thought it sounded fuller without one of the strings. Wail on you cheesy fuck.

[APence4urThoughts]

its cuz the high G (the one he takes off) is the highest and its in the middle of the guitar. therefore he takes it off cuz he doesnt lik the sound of it

[RubyHawkeye237]

Really? Wasn't something like that the string broked en he didn't see the need to replace it 'cause he never used it?

At least that's what I've heard

[BigCanOfBeans]

@RubyHawkeye237 it break easily.

[zdskate21]

i hate the sound of the g octave for some reason it makes the whole guitar seem out of tune because its too high. i can see why he did because i did before i even heard of this guy.

[ninnaeus]

this was the first time i'd seen him. this song in particular made me a fan for life, the way the sky opened up when the climax of the song was happening... just a transformational performance!

[holzkopf1990]

i think without treads he looks better ;)

[straxjam]

i prefer the original version.

[turpinian]

there is no original. its different every time

[krzycho666]

Yep... I think you're right ;)

[tobias1990]

There is a studio version though. That's probably what he's talking about.

[Edjan031]

@turpinian

actually, there is an original, in the 1998 "John Butler" album,

he just plays it different every time.

[BigCanOfBeans]

@Edjan031 wouldn't there be a version of it on the Searching for Heritage tape?

[Edjan031]

@BigCanOfBeans

Hey, nope, I have that album, and there's no ocean in it (:

[BigCanOfBeans]

@Edjan031 Ah well. I've heard that the stuff on it is pretty epic. I want a copy of it, or just to hear it. I think it'd be an experience that i would enjoy :)

[Edjan031]

@BigCanOfBeans I think, that I'll upload the whole album then, It's not he best quality, it's 192Kbps, 'cause I think You know, that "Searching for Heritage" is cassette. So yeah, I'll upload the songs as soon as possible (:

[BigCanOfBeans]

@Edjan031 OMFG you are a legend!!! ::D Lol yeah, Cassettes do have that issue of poor quality - and considering it was done a while ago would do a bit of quality damaging lol. Meh, quality doesn't defeat the awesomeness of John Butler.

[Edjan031]

@BigCanOfBeans Haha! :D Thanks! :D

Yeah it was 1996, when He recorded the album.

There already are some of the songs on my channel, I'll upload the others soon ((:

[Edjan031]

@BigCanOfBeans

just uploaded all of the songs I had of the Searching For Heritage album, enjoy (:

There are 2 songs, I don't have the "Chicken" from side A, and the "Heh" from side B :)

[BigCanOfBeans]

@Edjan031 Omg you are the best. I am going to hug your channel when I get there to watch these videos.

[merotten]

looks way cooler without the dreads,,just saw him 2 nights ago at council bluffs ia,,,got my picture taken with him and what an awesome show he's the best

[HacoWhite]

he lost something. and im not talking about his hair. this sounds like one of these cheap ocean covers big time.

[tripleglz]

its his song so technically he can explore it in anyway

[Dunkelelf3]

dumbass.. this guy knew what he did in every way.. he plays that song in an other version.. and that because he want to play it in that way.. do u have only a minimum of an idea what that guy do on his guitar?? i play the guitar and i know what a kind of live is gone by while he only practising that harmonics.. and the covers are like that song couse someone covered THAT version and not the max sessions version..

[HacoWhite]

im a dumbass? im a fan of him for at least 5 years now. i know ocean and i can play it on guitar. ive got the original studio version of this song. i like it that hes playing it diffrent every time. but that means at the same time that hes changing the song. since he cut off his dreads he changed the whole flow of the song.

[THOODAI]

well no need to blame the cutting of his dreads for the way he performs. again, its his song so he can explore it and perform it the way he wants...the whole vibe to this song is that he performs it slightly different each time but it still emits a beautiful sound. its a different version of the song, but it still works.

[kerouac9991]

dude why brag about who's a bigger john butler fan, chill out.

[gryzul]

People I don't know why there is so much agressive behavior. Respect each other. Everybody can say what they want it's democratic page I think.

If you don't agree with someone say it but do it in cultural way.

If you don't agree with someone's

[gryzul]

sorry for that mistake.

[Arc73]

i wish people would stop bitching about his hair

[tuzi55]

fuck those dreads. he could perform naked and it still would astonish me!

[neilss1]

Still an astonishing muscision and my al time fave, but why did he loose the dreds lol cant wait for them to grow back!!

[tripleglz]

exactly keep the hair

[WLevy1]

oh God wasnt this an amazing set... and how at the end it started to rain and everyone just went crazy...

The glory of the 11 strings. My jaw was down the whole time.

[kalli199]

u mean 12 strings, right?

[StoneinFocus]

nope, its 11

[Rick69000]

he takes one off or something cos of the noise it makes he doesnt like, saw it on another vid. :)

[Masamuneblader]

It is a 12 string guitar however he removes both courses of the G string leaving him with 10 strings and no open 3rd between G and B.

[fartbomb79]

No he doesn't, he removes one G string. 11 in total-look it up.

[mitchbarry94]

@fartbomb79

i have the same model & it makes playing so much simpler.

otherwise when your picking down with your thumb your only hitting the high "g" which sounds like poo.

[WLevy1]

no no.... he plays with 11 strings. Look it up.

[wallaby08]

just great as always...