John Butler - Treat Your Mama With Respect - 11/30/2007

[ShenayHudaverdi]

ive got that shirt :) this is what you call music!

[johnandertonwins]

i love watching videos with massive lag on...... not... i used to be able to put up with lag on video's then i took an arrow in the knee

[AnitaMarieStewart]

OMG! Amazing!

[phoenixgab]

WHAAAOOOOOOOOOO !!!

[madhav05]

WHOOOOO!!!

awesome intro!

[woro90]

Please does anyone know what tuning does he use? I'd like to try something like this on my flat-fretboard steel string acoustic (quite old and not very common instrument very well suited for slide playing) and I have played a little in the conventional position with standard tuning but I have no experience with the lap steel style.

[j3tkd]

@woro90 cgcgce

[korymaillet]

@woro90

For this song he uses this tuning DADDAD, it's a variation of open D

[gnargnarneps]

oi have that shirt

[irboone]

just saw xavier two weeks ago! john butler is next!

[pedro911212]

if you like john butler then you will like a guy called xavier rudd

theyre both great

[DLionel00]

You're right, they are !

[pedro911212]

quite similar but john has more energetic songs

[Hannibalde2de]

You ever been at a concert of Xavier Rudd? Most of his songs are uberenergetic, his energetic songs are just not so well known by the larger public.

[pedro911212]

i wish i could go to one but he hasnt been to ireland in ages

[liag877]

hell yeah! xavier. imagine him n jbt together. xavier on dig n harmonica and guitar, n jbt on slide n 12 string. would be insane.

[pedro911212]

i would pay alot for that gig

[maffusse]

thats a dobro wth a glass slide

[kresser90]

It is a Weissenborn guitar

[outboundliving]

And he's using a tone bar/ 'steel' not a slide

[comfortablynumb12345]

thats not a dobro or a glass slide

[seand00de]

wow whats that thing hes playing? and whats the thing he sliding on it?

[sickriz]

where did his nails go??

[mattmaxted]

johns the best ever

[Halifax888]

nobody plays better than john! its better you guyz out there try to get that...

[chokicou]

I think Ben Harper is as good at guitar as John, and they're friends

So, don't quarrel !

[TheChoada]

Ben Harper wanna be.

[helloagain36]

Why? Because he plays a weissenborn? Does that mean that Bob Brozman and Jerry Douglas are Ben Harper wannabes also? Ben Harper is not the only person on the planet that plays a weissy. I enjoy both Ben Harper's and John Butler's music and both musicians have styles that are very different. Open your ears and listen to the music before you make empty uneducated comments that make you look like an fool.

[hellojimmygooddaytoy]

i think you can go fuck urself

[TheChoada]

I really wish i could. Maby you can help me out on that one.

[hellojimmygooddaytoy]

yeah sure..whats ur home address/phone number

[TheChoada]

Really? My mom said i shouldnt give it out, but you seem nice. You arent an internet predator are you? Do you have a van and a basement? It puts the lotion on its skin!

[hellojimmygooddaytoy]

yeah i have a nice old comby van with blacked out windows...no need for a basement i live in the outback...nobody but me and you for miles

[jimwaltza]

your a fucking dick head.. you cant compare the two muscians u fucking dipshit

[TheChoada]

And you sir, are very well spoken. Your insightful comments cut me to the bone.

[artistdesigned]

I think Ben H. and John B. have been playing for the same amount of years. If you want to call John B. a Ben Harper wannabe your probably a fourth string frat boy bandwagon kook. Do your home work goon.

[TheChoada]

I really dont care enough to do research on this derivitave artist. His guitar style is very Harper and his lyrics smack of Chilli Peppers. He just dosent sound origional. Thats just my opinion, which is valid. Just as your opinion is valid. Try not to take it so personal guys. Grow the fuck up.

[valley84]

thats a good interpretation of JB my friend.. Ive been a fan for about 5 years and this is Johns later music style and yes it is just poppy but John Butler has open many roads in terms of style.. search take john butler or watch any of the ocean videos and in taht music you will the originality ofJB

[7StrangeFruits]

poppy ehhh some is but its not as poppy as people like Dallas Green (City and Colour) Mr.Butler has been putting alot of indian sounds into his music as of late just listen to 3:16 to about 3:40 you can't tell me thats poppy

[FatNation]

"of late" ? He has a song called Under An Indian Sky. He's been putting in indian sounds since the first songs he wrote.

[7StrangeFruits]

East Indian my friend not Native Indian. I am aware of "Under an Indian Sky" but I can't think of the tune, so if it has East Indian sounds in it I apologize

[nick3412andahalf]

that's amazing, the way he makes it sound like a sitar

[bounceonjumper]

Sorry for my ignorance... does anyone know what the black thingy on his finger is and why it's there? Is it just tape or something?

[unclejomofo]

maybe a temporary manicure cos he wears fake nails...

[bounceonjumper]

Yeah that was the best I came up with too.

Now I think about it, I seem to remember seeing that it was made of tape... he must have to wear it pretty tight. Ow.

[davefan25]

One of his nails was ripped off during a show so he taped a warped banjo pick to his finger until his nail grew in enough to get a fake nail put back on.

[bounceonjumper]

Again: Ow, only more so this time! Yeesh... X^(

[Neoworry]

Im gonna see this guy live in holland!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY :D

[rudeboyread]

thats a good place to see anybody , let alone a aworld class geezer like john !!

[THNDRZOID]

if 50 cent is 50 cents, john butler is 5 million dollars

[4strokeroostya]

awesome comment haha.. Butler has the most trippy style.

[kleidoscope]

ahh the beat he gives with his feet!!...awesome..

[sweetykarmadez]

Very good.

[fantasythinker]

what kind of lap steel is he using here?

[bal2501]

Weissenborn

[TheBuskingMan]

its a weissenborn copy not original.....

[bal2501]

So it's kind of a Weissenborn.

[TheBuskingMan]

indeed. Hey bal lol i run in to you every were on the internet lol

[fantasythinker]

this guys unbelievable. wicked awesome

[bryanblackfoot]

wicked bub

[bal2501]

Incredible accuracy and smooth playing

[frumpyfish]

bloody ace

[watamon666]

his right hand is god

[HFZARGOV]

his BOTH hands are god

[watamon666]

agreed

[quaphoto]

**swoon***  love it.

[Mook284]

Great video and an unusual version of this song - kinda a mix of bluegrass and Indian sitar sounds. John Butler is an amazing musician!

[dzzjj]

The beginning sounds oriental like the guitar.

[45ounce]

The best.