Kotaro Oshio - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawlence (PV)

[forbiddenXsanctuary]

i think sungha jung should cover this

[artonelicoAT3]

i need 21 bullets

[schnisha95]

i usually don't really like accoustic guitar... i always prefer classical or flamenco, but this is such a huge a exception...

[CareakaKaya88]

i have never seen anyone play a guitar like this before O_O awesome =D

[b3autifulable]

can i get the guitar tab i really want to play this song.

[Lukkysama]

@skeletalwreck Are you saying that playing fast means playing without soul, or Andy is playing without soul?

[skeletalwreck]

@Lukkysama By posting my comment I was simply complimenting this performance and in no way wanted to enter into yet another endless youtube debate on musical opinions. Of course you can play with speed and with soul - all too often, speed replaces feeling though - particularly in modern playing. Anyways, I was simply saying that this song shows you can be relatively simplistic and still be very moving and impressionable with your playing.

[Lukkysama]

@skeletalwreck I understand. I didn't want to debate either, just asking.

[skeletalwreck]

I'd personally rather have this than Andy McKee any day. I'll always rate soul higher than I'll rate speed.

[whouston33wh]

@skeletalwreck

*facepalm*

[skeletalwreck]

@whouston33wh Is it possible to "facepalm" a "facepalm" ?

[whouston33wh]

@skeletalwreck

Are you kidding me? You obviously have never seen Andy Mckee live. The reason Andy is so popular is not because of his speed, rather it's because he can write a stellar song that speaks to people. Don't downplay a great artist just because he is more popular than Kotaro Oshio (who by the way is a fantastic artist). I feel bad that you feel that way

[skeletalwreck]

@whouston33wh Thanks for the listening advice Whouston33wh. I will take that into consideration and try to be more educated in my opinions. Thanks man.

[TheThunderdan7000]

@skeletalwreck What the hell? Did you just politely accept criticism in a youtube comment? For God's sake man be careful, you're gonna break the internet!

[bm2272]

@TheThunderdan7000 LoL

[Terran156]

@TheThunderdan7000 Some humanity in this world is restored.

[DevilBoyDoc]

you rock, your git work is so beautiful my friend

[YelloWhiteFlowers]

i swear everything sounds better on guitar!

[eatth]

I am...just awed.

I never knew the guitar could create so many sounds and once. Its like he knows the guitar inside and out.

Why can't mine do this?

[AndyMrSong]

@eatth keep practicing, then you can do like him. i am learning a song by him, named wings, you are the hero. That one is amazing!

[sansdeity420]

my soul for the ability to play this well. devil, show yourself

[roundtr1p]

Is this his song? Im sure Ive heard this before, like on Final Fantasy 10 i think?

[AndyMrSong]

@roundtr1p this is a song from a movie, not Final Fantasy

[HellviewPopulation96]

Holy shit...That was amazing!

[fraggrenade001]

Why cant my guitar do this?

[CarolineXYNG]

I love you@!!!!!!

[eliierz]

Damt dude!! awesome!

[zaicesaridi]

The things you could do with a guitar, apart from bashing someone's with it he he

[kappaman431]

For years i've listened to this. 14 years old seems so far away now!

[karrot101]

beautiful just beautiful

[wangmsater]

Why isn't this dude on TV?!? With skills like that, he could get famous real fast.

Watch out music industry, someone with real talent is coming your way!

[FermentedBeancurd92]

@wangmsater he might be on tv in japan. in american though? nah.

[Xolin11]

@wangmsater He has been in the industry for years.

[Kotakai]

You and Antoine Dufour are my idols.

[DieKaiserin13]

美しい ※♥※ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ※ ♥ ♫.•:*¨♥¨*:•.♫ ♥ ※ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ※♥※

[DieKaiserin13]

美しい 

[sparklnkitty]

すご！でも Lawrence です。R

[zodiaccl]

very perfect

I love it.

[STEAMWORKER]

Creativeness at its best.

[toranuguitars]

１０年くらい前だったか、大阪のラジオから彼の戦メリが流れてき­たときの衝撃は忘れられない。大慌てで電車に乗ってCDを買いに­走った（当時は神戸では彼のCDがまだ売られていなかった）

本当にすばらしいアレンジだと思います

[animestar2394]

This is beyond talent D: <3

[kotarolouco]

Queria ver cantando!

[deanmichaelcook]

love it :))) reminds me of August Rush 

[pinocchiorain]

*extremely impressed* O.O

[mypuppy4U]

the real guitar tapper! *.*

[apando408]

does anyone know what tuning hes in?

[jkshoujk]

@apando408 Low to High: D A D G A C

[LoveWithTidus]

its hecka nice wen he tap tat guitar! =] sound good.

[OKHK1978]

神だ・・・・

[ipoodaily]

shamwow

[s2008171]

So strong, god damn his strong, expert... Nice style

[latonglalat]

andy mckee vs kotaro oshio?

who win?

[tuiso]

@latonglalat in the world of the musicians, there should be no winners. I prefer Kotaro Oshio though

[whouston33wh]

@latonglalat

Neither Andy or Kotaro would win. They would join forces and take dominion over the musical world!

[FermentedBeancurd92]

my word...that is splendid. he is good

[Gu1kub]

เพราะฉิบหาย มึงเทพว้ะ เหี้ ย

ควย ญี่ปุ่น

[boselik]

Spettacolare!!!!Complimenti.

[toot236ify]

nice!! so cool!!!

[Racipbaroricy]

I´ve watch Kotaro Oshio and He´s the greatest fingerstyle , Sungha Jung is also one

[tuiso]

@Racipbaroricy I wouldn't call Sungha Jung an artist since he can only cover, at least for the time being. Although he made effort to compose some songs, those songs is affected A LOT by the songs he covered. so I think we shouldn't compare him to Kotaro Oshio. =)

[Racipbaroricy]

@tuiso Eye: Fingerstyle I call as a type of play the guitarr, Watch sungha at his 9 years old is amazing, I dont compare Sungha whit kotaro is just to wrong.

There´s lot of kids or people who cover their songs but no one as Sungha, Thats why hes good at the fingerstyle not as a compositator,

2. Kotaro Oshio has a lot of songs traslated to the guitarr, he also copy a few songs

3: youre right, theres no comparation between Kotaro and Sungha

We all know Kotaro is the... the choseen one xD

[tuiso]

@Racipbaroricy Just want to say: Rearrange and copy are different, and it's a big difference, reallyyy big!

[Racipbaroricy]

@tuiso I´m totally agree whit that :D

I have a hard time trying to cover some songs, Rearrange its a far step from me xD

[lsn0101]

rape me

[slipherdragon]

@lsn0101 Where do you live? LOL.

[Qayzar]

This tune is strange: for it makes me recall a time that never was. It's as if I was in a different life with different values in a society that made sense. Yet every time I try to grasp the mist...it fades...I am left standing in a world that I see as alien and treats me as a stranger. Yet the melody that gave both rift and grace draws me back, until I am again holding mist.

[Johnnyxtsunami]

@Qayzar Dude...thats deep

[daletidy]

@Qayzar Thats a beautiful concept, I feel the same way a lot of the time

[Qayzar]

@daletidy That's cool. What each person has the ability to do is talk in their own way! Kotaro Oshio uses music, I use words, so the question is, in what way do you talk?

[daletidy]

@Qayzar With my camera, daletidy.com

[Sh0nin]

@Qayzar Kind of like an idealized nostalgia, right? Personally, it takes me to cold and lonely autumn street on the cusp of winter, oddly comforted by the contrast between lifelessness and the vibrant colours of the leaves, a frigid wind carrying them away like crackling little vagabonds. Truly gorgeous music like this is the fuel for dreams.

[Qayzar]

@Sh0nin Yes. I can picture those words with my youth, when I saw a swarm of stag beetles in the setting you describe.

[benjani99]

2.16 is the coolest shit!

[ChillXionger]

♫You are AMAZING all the way!

[Thricemaster]

how does he get that amazing tone!!

[NumanFanlfc]

Jesus i just went all goose pimples dude u r sh*t hot m8

nice cover :-)

[dragoon9794]

i wish there was an easier version..

[eddiejmobbs]

there's a game called earthbound or mother (in japan) that this song terribly sounds like it's making an aCOUSTIC RIP OFF OF. woops

[jkshoujk]

@eddiejmobbs This is a cover of the song "Forbidden Colours" composed by Ryuchi Sakamoto in 1983. Earthbound is a game released in 1994, 11 years after this song was composed. Please do some research before you make such assumptions.

[11maplefreak11]

Wow...I think I just had an emotional outburst from his playing...

This is so awespiring, amazing, and just plain epicness

[Wheelchairavenger]

Waow! a beautiful version!

[jed37jed]

yeah.. the power of acoustic.. cant play this on electric guitar.. i tried it

[XPensukeD]

I... didn't even know it was possible to play this song so beautifully on an acoustic guitar. "Runs back to get rusty old guitar from the attic"

[d52290]

The bass created from the guitar makes me like this more than the piano version xD

[SuperSl1ck]

It's like a Japanese Andy Mckee!! X-) Awesomeness

[maxaey]

สุดยอด!

ชอบครับ ! Finger Style แห่งดินแดนปลาดิบ !

[jealousyzabetch13]

this is fuckin amazing! <3 i wanna learn how to play this C:

[kikiholman]

fingers of IRON

[kjih03]

Holy cow......

[srexano7]

Brilliant...and so amazing bro....!!!!

[PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa]

#LOL "Mr. Lawlence " hahahah!!!!!!!

[jamietruman]

@PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa That is funny i have to say.But i will wait till i have learnt this tune b4 i start laughing.

[PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa]

@jamietruman u dont need to learn it to realise that the actual name is "merry christmas mr. lawrence"

[jamietruman]

@PinkSkiiTtLeZzYoanNa Good point Kotaro didn't write it so :DDDDDDD

[0InspiredSoul0]

@jamietruman he wrote the guitar cover o.o

[jamietruman]

@0InspiredSoul0

I was referring to who wrote the title on the uploaded vid "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawlence",not who wrote the tune or the cover. 0_o

[0InspiredSoul0]

@jamietruman okiedoke lol.

[pokkiedottie]

so beautiful. im almost crying. i usually favor the piano more than the guitar but this changed my mind about that. it changed my mind about music in all.

[cf88]

Well done! :)

[AnchoriteProductions]

Great arrangement; excellent playing! -Derek

[Goldfinga888]

excellent

[mrsbuddha1]

Ich habe noch nie gesehen, dass jemand so Gitarre spielt, toll...

[cerojase]

A dead note is kust a note that`s muted very heavily, which results in more of a clci sound than rather a note. )

using your fingertip (of lefthand, or whichever hand that ISN`T strumming...ie. the one of the fret/neck of guitar) to mute the string

[mikes852]

how come there are 18 dislikes. impossible!

[thestoningperson]

AWESOMENESS~~

[hamcock3]

どんな職でもそうだけど、音楽の場合は楽器を極めるほどその人の­性格が音にでると思う。

しかし、ほんとに綺麗な音をだすねぇ・・・

[StrawhatxLuffy]

the strumming kinda reminds me of a gu zheng.. yet it's completely different...

wow... this guy.. is awesome

[cerojase]

my god thats a lot of dead notes :S

[memorieslive]

@cerojase What is a dead note?

[iluvkoj]

beautiful!!!

[nirvana009jp]

bravo！

[DjSyche]

Absolutely wonderful

[bolivianjp]

2:18 awesome

[SiCrashandburnteam]

That was awesome. Excellent guitar work, and also a Great tune

[maximam2]

ทำได้ไงหว้า @-@

[moudounidemosite]

日本の星！！！！

[pistolero2007lv]

very nice......

[peepofree]

AwSOME!!

[chapmanyasuki1]

Good guitar play.

[tenglee2]

omg... :O

super genius!!! i like the guitar version the most! it sounds better and looks better lol. very nice covered.

[kongoldemon]

i envy his hitting style at the guitar...

it makes great echo effect on the background...

[Shirrow]

Excellent song!

"Mr. Lawlence" lol

[alexwonton]

LAWL

[wangmsater]

@Mixarenan

The lights are there for stylistic effect.

I'd rather care about the wonderful music, that's the main point of this video.

[Mixarenan]

music is nice nevertheless. agreed

the visual part is not nice. I know it's artistic and they wanted it to be shown like that, still ugly, my taste, my comment. etc

[mickytwoknives]

YOU CANT TAKE OUT WHAT GOD DID NOT PUT IN.....

mickytwoknives

[Atlantyda55]

SUPER Klang!

[ifCarlsbergMadeUsers]

Epiphany inducing

[daantjecool]

really beautiful

but i think i like the piano version just a little more

[delightfulanimefreak]

I've never seen anyone play like the way he does; very nice!

[lucadepu]

@delightfulanimefreak check out antoine dufour or andy mckee

[user24Jerricho]

@delightfulanimefreak look up RAT music "Andy McGee"

[jkshoujk]

@user24Jerricho Don't you mean CandyRat music, and Andy McKee? ...

[theinevitable32]

@delightfulanimefreak you spiritual groove youll like it

[delightfulanimefreak]

@theinevitable32 heheh thank you :D

[tuiso]

@delightfulanimefreak too bad now Sungha copied his play-style!!!! =(( I feel a bit irritated with that somehow D= his music is still his music though

[delightfulanimefreak]

@tuiso true, as long as he can play it right. if he didn't, then that's really something to be irritated about ;D

[monkeyguitarist]

@tuiso

Sung Ha don't do only like Oshio, but he is also inspired by Ulli Boegershausen and many more. Just look at how many differents artists he covered and played with ! He made a fusion of all. Sung Ha can be percussive like Oshio, but also very classic in the fingerpicking. His last album is very eclectic.

[tuiso]

@monkeyguitarist You think Kotaro Oshio is percussive? I think you haven't listened to enough of his songs.

Sungha covered many, but is not necessarily affected by all the styles he tried.

On second thought, I have not REALLY listened to other guitarists so I cannot really comment about their styles affecting Sungha or not. However, I have seen the 'nail attack' technique used by Kotaro Oshio only.

Besides, if SH wants to be one of the best guitarists, he'll need to have his own unique style.

[daixchan]

damn pretty nice, very talented ｍ（．＿．）ｍアリガト

[ikbeninbalans01]

so beautiful!

[LarryZeRo00]

Wow I loved it

[ichigin1512]

such a sweet song...such a master piece too..listening to the first few parts makes me wanna cry

[mrjohnnyboy65]

you too, huh?

[setapartkid]

what tuning is he using?

[Xaederaz]

D A D G A C

[TAP7006]

I learned it a LOOOONNNGGG time ago and I wanna say it was something like drop B and the rest, a variation of DADGAD...a really weird one.

[eppomanta]

Cloud Nine ! Merci Kotaro Oshio... Merci Ryuiki Sakamoto...

[Minwingo]

The Original One is By Ryuichi Sakamoto Piano version,

I wonder if Ryuichi himself knows that Kotaro made a guitar version... Of course he knows.. In my opinion i like the Piano version, this version seems hard.

Plus it sounds better, my opinion but i'm not saying Kotaro sucks nor this piece. I just like Ryuichi Playing it better, try searching him on youtube.

[LtSteel123]

I thought it was fake the first time I watched it, but its real like most has said. Playing the way he does it looks hes making notes happen strumming, but he is actually using his left hand to do hammer ons and pull offs which also vibrate the strings. In certain angles you cant see his left had very well.

I love his style really complicated and challenging.

[evilren008]

yah... it sounds like drum some times.. crazy technique

[cronosfear]

why does no1 get curious and do a oshio kotaro search?? :P

His not a random guy, nor an amateur :D

info guys.. get it :)

[zimmermann10]

why so much delay?

[aFfoochen]

master piece

[Inahomi]

Cara... que espetáculo... A música é linda, mas ganhou vida com essa releitura. Menino, vc é o bicho!!!!

Amei, adorei...

Nahomi.

[whysoserious123456]

2:19 O_o

[kenny2923]

that was awesome. ta da da dam

[Horcruxist]

**slaps his guitar** it's not working :|

This guy is insanely talented. 5 stars. You win at guitar interpretation!

[chibibaka]

do a quick slap with one finger, pulling off the strings as fast as you can. It just takes some practice xD.

[sayokichan]

Love

[MONEYMANPMP13]

thats crazy its looks so fake but yet in still I love this version it gives off a great vibe

[coorokun555]

It's real dude. Guitars can really play like this. you flick the guitar and make drum beats. lol

[Bossdyt]

Magnifique version!! J'adore !

[bhive619]

aWesoome!

love this version :)

[kennnyxd22]

this guy is a beast one of the most talented man i seen

[MisterShinster]

"lawlence" lmao

[peskywinnets]

I keep coming back to this video (it's splendid), but never noticed that ...Merry Fwuckin Xmas Mr Lawlence" ...rofl

[tradguitarplaya]

Ths is making me cry!..............beautiful

[earthbenderzore15]

damn..im jealous...lol

awesome

[davethemacro]

I'm sure sakamoto enjoys this rendition too!

[shadowbillyphone]

He's truly the Japanese Acoustic God.

[medorioleonor]

shit.........this guy's phenomenal....

[jkshoujk]

2:00... the reverb on those few hits is incredible, fits perfectly, same with 2:19!

[newtaekwon]

peace..

[bolivianjp]

2:19 part was so cool! HE-IS-GREAT.

[solidus21]

It is VERY BEAUTIFUL

beautiful