Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - live 1990

[rapidkid28]

guitar hero sucks play learn a real guitar then you will get pussy

[Nocrob1]

@rapidkid28 if you play guitar to get pussy, you are more miserable than any guitar hero player

[rapidkid28]

@Nocrob1 professional guitar players get a lot of pussy are u retarded? u obviously are a no life gamer

[Nocrob1]

@rapidkid28 They get pussy because they play, but they don't play to get pussy. It's sad to see an instrument as a tool to find a girlfriend or whatever.

[natanguitarfull]

cara o erick realmente arrepia nesse video

[2k2r2l2e]

Fake! 

[creatorofworld]

Comment about meeting 240p again, we meet again...

[DingusMalingus696969]

His mullet makes this performance even better then it already is.

[SusYangYang]

i love that little jump he does whenever he hits a high note lol

[ScottNicholasSimpson]

I love about two fifths in, it suddenly went all Bach orientated. Absolutely sensual!

[feliponbombom]

This song is HARD as FUCK !!!!

[sheenzengumi]

240p we meet again!

[hoverboard000]

349 people wish they could play guitar like him.

[abhishekdsl]

i close my eyes and feel like i am melting when i listen to this. Thanx Eric!

[StephenFinsel]

Saw him play this at Myskin's tavern in Charleston SC with his band before 90, RIP Bill Maddox, excellent drummer!

[TheGreatestShow199]

i fucking hate guitar hero!!!!

[maikson2]

@TheGreatestShow199 Thanks for the tip, i was worried that id give you the wrong birthday present. 3 nights without sleeping just thinking about it... Now, seriously, no one gives a single fuck if you don't like GH, this is a music video, not a guitar hero gampley.

[saculsheet]

FUZZ FACE!!!!! wow

[doyadoyawannadome]

Those are some messed up chords he's doing at the beginning. Beautiful though

[JosieLaSa]

5:50 <3

[bskr182]

how can u dislike this? its a sound of a angel..

[alakey1]

super mega recontra vergas ese wey es supper chingon

[bortbortbort]

My butt smells and I have a big butt and I like to kiss my own butt. -Eric Johnson

[1843rick]

@bortbortbort You need therapy

[paulinator100]

omg, how can someone actually dislike this, hes absolutely brilliant, im tryin to learn this but it will probably take a couple of months or years lol, theres so much for me to learn

[kitsoboy1]

pfiuuuu , ok he's human...... at 7:03 he hits a wrong note :)

[Magnus8120]

Sweet baby jesus....10 minutes... how do his finger-tips still exist?

[ChroniquesDeReadDick]

Is there a happiest song ? lol

[ZakkoWyldeo95]

Every time I hear this solo i instantly pick up my guitar and start shredding :D Eric Johnson 4 EVER!

[josh18230]

I wonder how many views this had before gh iii.

[SurfersGlory]

@josh18230 this guy probably put it up because of gh3 lol, because gh3 came out in 07

[djonnyboy]

The drummer and the bassist does not play as well as i were hoping they would do.

[JulioxDiaz]

Holy Shit!!! :@ !!! :OO

[link4265]

@dpshtintolrnt1 Playing live is more nerve-wracking than playing in a studio.

[thebigbigshown]

ORGASM! 03:07

[ghmasterjj]

guitar hero sent me

get at me haters

[Leoneltego]

me parece que eric es un virtuoso de la guitarra junto con otros grnades

[cbyss1]

Awesome guitar player!Too underated!

[Stratmater]

look! 344 people are drummers lol

[jaykanamoor]

@Stratmater I'm a drummer and I liked... DO YOUR MATH

[Stratmater]

@jaykanamoor my math says your a dumb ass

[jaykanamoor]

@Stratmater because I can play mos of the metallica songs n drums without flaws?

[SamPaxton3]

@Stratmater

you're* a dumbass

don't you think that before insulting someone's intelligence you should sound smart yourself?

[jaffinnegan]

Imagine if the Drummer fucked up after that intro...

[dpshtintolrnt1]

Why is the tempo always kicked up so high when he plays this live? Everytime I've seen him perform it. Weird. You would think he would need to slow it down live if anything. Still badass. The intro stuff reminds me alot of what David Gilmore does in preludes to his songs.

[myxolydfly]

@dpshtintolrnt1 Trust me, a guitarist like Eric Johnson can play at a faster tempo and still do fast rhythmic guitar solos along with the band.

[HCspy]

i like the solo

[mattaroggen]

does ANYONE know the run from 3:16-3:21 PLEASE POST!!!

[axllovesslash]

@mattaroggen idk what it is, just a chromatic pattern where he changes positions though

[HFRockerMMT]

amzing



[pastore909]

EJ is really great

[Ignore14]

If anybody likes Eric Johnson's guitar playing, check out this other song by him,

/watch?v=UrfC0p18_cs

It is amazing music with great solo

[Ignore14]

not as good as lil wayne

[DaNiBeL16]

@Ignore14 I hope it's sarcasm... otherwise, go fuck yourself

[Snard111]

@Ignore14 yeah, hes better

[enos218]

Electricity changed music for ever...modernity is good.I am sure mozart would agree.

[KarbanTomas]

That ... was ... amazing. No words can describe the beauty of this music. I have never seen anything like this in my life. This man is the God.

[megajames3000]

HOW THE HELL DOES SOMEBODY IMPROVISE LIKE THAT. REALLY. WOW

[TheMusicalException]

@megajames3000 Supposedly Cliffs was originally an improv. EJ was jamming in the studio and it turned out well, so the just went "Meh, lets put it on Ah Via Musicom", not expecting it to be his biggest hit.

[Ignore14]

@TheMusicalException Eric Johnson was performing Cliffs years before the album even came together, he probably meant it to be on Ah Via Musicom the whole time.

[Carlosmamonasnaveia]

beautiful, it's simple beautiful solo

[TheSHACKTRACKS]

im so fuckiong stoned right now... and this is the most amazing thiong ever

[sublime88sublime]

that was fucking awesome

[ronnyboy6o]

Damn...If anyone was wondering what Mozart might have sounded like with an electrical guitar, here it is -- 3:00 - 5:46

[lickmetender]

wow this guy messed up so bad, doesn't sound anything like my guitar hero

my friend can play it better

[RossPointOh]

@lickmetender I sure hope that was sarcastic.

[DaniellunaRE]

The best solo for my / El mejor solo para mi

:D Eric Johnson

Saludos de Colombia

[HoningBroekNiel]

weird that you start playing guitar because of these songs,

but when you take your guitar and look to this video... you put it away in shame...

[StraitUpSuburbanite]

@HoningBroekNiel Or better yet, you play more to aspire towards getting to this level.

[Totofan09]

@HoningBroekNiel So soulful words, mate...wish the best for ya! We'll make it one day :D

[screechkid116]

@HoningBroekNiel i have a cover of this song. it's ok. but cliffs of dover makes me want to pick up my guitar, not put it down

[oman191091]

awesome !!

[eyezm]

With great mullet comes great responsibility...

[dingbat1410]

@eyezm hahaha

[brucebaker2711]

Allegedly the best guitar solo ever!

[DavidFrazier100]

seen eric many times,even way before this,he's fricken awesome,and he is a hell of a nice person as well...

[aniagniech]

..so wonderful....

[laauuurrrr]

This is Joe Bonamassa's favourite electric guitar solo.

[kewlarrow]

343 people should be thrown off the Cliffs of Dover.

[jheisonlopez0102]

nunca nieguen a este genio

[TheVoidSprocket]

I love how the audience isn't even really jamming to the thing. They just stand there stunned. Watching Eric Johnson play Cliffs of Dover is what it would be like to watch Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

[SugarMargot]

One of the best to ever touch the guitar, along with Carlos Santan, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Morello and Eddie Van Halen.

[babyblack98]

AMAZING!!!

[DoubledareTV]

Fuck this song to hell. It's brilliant, but god damnit, it's fucking impossible to play.

[BillyDeeee]

skip to 3:00

[OwnDutchers22]

@CedricFelix2009 Shut the fuxk up with your stupid tetris.

I don't give a fuck of you playing such a childish stupid ghame so don't distract me listening to this beautiful song Motherfucker

[Livingonthecheap]

Ellen Degeneres rocks!

[drippingpp]

this has 672 million less views than Baby - Justin Beiber. What are we teaching our future generations

[Roxas1992a]

The Mozart of the guitar have name Eric Johnson

[CedricFelix2009]

/watch?v=8TOUqy-C3lE

a better cliffs of dover

[MrBac755]

My computer has learned to just default like the video, lol.

[Griffeours]

"Using your hands is soooo lame, I can play without them !" --> 9:23

[RedBlueQuinn]

Wow, the time counter stayed at 00:00 throughout the video and I couldn't pause it. Is he that epic that time stops for him?!

[MrBac755]

@RedBlueQuinn Pretty much, yeah :)

[Benjaminjams97]

Alright 240p. we need to talk...

[HCspy]

THIS SONG IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!!!!

[Megaanesthetist]

@tiger.- I think it's close! Lol. Satriani is less mechanical. Plays more from the heart to me. EJ is far more skilled. both are phenomenal!! When it comes to pouring his heart out through his guitar, blues greats aside, I have to say Gary Moore takes the cake.

[Megaanesthetist]

@pyjamas I've seen him live many times. He is mind-blowing to say the least but way too worried about stepping on pedals, tweaking knobs and gesturing to his tech and yelling at the soundman. It was funny at G3 in 1996 during the encore jam, whereas satch and vai were having a blast just wailing away and Johnson, wearing air-traffic controller headphones didn't interact with them. Kept yelling at the tech lol.

[tnyrb444b]

I repeatedly keep coming back to theis video because I Love the virtuosity.

But the director of this video should be shot,

I'd bet anytihng the director is NOT a guitar player.

[kmhjyellow]

@tnyrb444b Hey Guy, Don't blame the director, he'd saved the wonderful moment for us.

[HFRockerMMT]

@kmhjyellow he still did a sucky job

[alternateapple1]

@tnyrb444b You're so right

[gladsoe]

@tnyrb444b He´s probably a director :P

[scottgeshen]

@ Meganesthetist--he may not be the MOST emotional player, but he's not the LEAST...Satriani, anyone?

[roothweiler]

CHUCK NORRIS CAN DO ALL!!

[Scasmussenify]

How can anyone seriously dislike this? EJ is the Bomb!

[zqfmgbhoo]

I find this very easy to masturbate to.

[Megaanesthetist]

I adore EJ he is obviously a technical master and very melodic but he plays with very little emotion.

[TigerfjesFl0rte]

@Megaanesthetist Please explain to me why you mean that he plays with little emotion? :)

[pyjamasftw]

@Megaanesthetist

? Compared to other guitar players this feels pretty stuffed with emotions, no?

[IMSUPERFATable]

Truly and simply put... a masterpiece.

[hieronomy]

Can't improve on this ! Practice makes perfect .

[jraevis]

I fap to this every day.

[vspa22]

sounds a lot like Steve Morse, only knew Eric J. for his reputation, first time i hear his songs,

[beckyrooonio1]

@vspa22 and? what do you think??? i just love eric...have for yrs!!

[Bruciuschapmius]

Goodness Me. Every time I hear himself playing this it feels like my ears or having an orgasm.

[seegui1971]

@Bruciuschapmius That, sir, is called an eargasm

[germandude3]

man you guys are acting like eric johnson's freakin body guards. any thing that might seem insulting you freak out and explode

[DutchNewbJr]

0:09 - 0:13

i wnna learn that beautiful chords

[imseriouslythebest]

At 5:33 I'm pretty sure he used star power.

[SlugfireMich]

There is no wrong note at 7:02. Sure, it's not the same as the original, but it's not bad, just different. Have you guys never heard of artistic license? It means he can do whatever the hell he wants because he wrote the song and he's performing it. You can't prove he didn't intend to do that.

[ClassicRockMan31294]

This is my favorite Eric Johnson song.

[germandude3]

You're right he did play a wrong note at 7:02, but an extremely tiny mistake in his spectaculer career.

[germandude3]

341 people fell off the Cliffs of Dover

[TheFeedbackPuncher69]

@germandude3 fuck you bastard

[Davesimo1]

Wrong note at 7:02? or my ears are wrong...i'm not being pedantic (possibly) but it's bugging me the more i play the song...

[MrJerrelli]

@Davesimo1 yes he was off by a single fret for a single note at 7:02 OMFG Look at all the Angels in the sky! it is absofuckinglutely the end of the motherfuckin planet!!!!! so....you gonna figure it's time to stick a fork in him cause he is done? This is Eric Freaking Johnson man

[MrJerrelli]

...do you not get what that means? You have a real player in your face and watch him bust his ass for you, and you never pay him a dime for his labor, and then you want to piss and moan ( if you are a bitch with two sets of lips you can do both at the same time, try it, maybe it will save you some time?) about a note that was out of place in ten and a half minutes of work...wow man, you must be one of those socalist entitlement types, you deserve better right? Blow me!

[MiamiHurricaneBound]

5:36-5:42 WTF face.

[BandmasterPete]

I don't like EJ's Bieber hairstyle.

[MrJerrelli]

ROTFFLMAOLAB!!!!!! @BandmasterPete Truly I do not believe he gives a flying squrrel about your freaking opinion. Maybe his woman likes it, his hair does not do his work his fingers do. You worrying about hair so much scares me you do not like his you may love mine since it is probably longer than your womans...

[BandmasterPete]

@MrJerrelli Wut ya sayin!?!

[pompom234]

341 zombies have been here

[purpledude2]

You know you're good at guitar when people pay to watch you just jam for 6 minutes before the actual song.

[KrupaDrums]

341 tone deaf mutants.

[BryanGeeWay]

rifa me gustaria tocar como el creo q se la rifa mas q el slash la neta

[Josue2155555]

y yo que pensé que sabia tocar D:

[pepectm]

That bend at 4:51 it's the most powerfull bend i have ever heard from this guy

[chrisxcapone1]

the best way i can describe eric johnson's guitar playing is to compare it to a surfer... just riding a wave

[EkonEzung]

I'm in the video response ..yay ! :)

[Joesus5000]

This is amazing.

I did notice that the timing is way off in parts though.

[uziel6501]

I watvhed this and was like OOOOOH MY GOOOOOOOD!!! Bc my mind was blown from all this awsomenes

[iMhWtUr0204NOT]

i take craps to this song all the time. its cool too b/c my craps are normally 8-10minutes long and this is 10minutes long

[ATDFXN]

How did we go from music like this to...Lil' Wayne?

[ThomasDemko]

@ATDFXN MTV

[javierxrtd]

@ATDFXN who is Lil Wayne?

[serban031]

@javierxrtd better that you don't know

[meleahdm]

@serban031 i just told him/her but i didn't tell him/her about the jail, drugs, shooting, etc

[meleahdm]

@javierxrtd wat he is a rapper he is in ymcmb which stands for Young Money Cash Money Billionaire(s)

along with nicki minaj, drake, lil twist, tyga, lil chuckee

[jozef97]

Back when strats were original

[eingvector]

Eric we salut you

[Yearst]

He wrote this song years before it appeared on the album. Guitar Player Mag used to issue vinyl inserts, and sometime in Spring 1986 they included a live version of Cliffs taken from an Austin City Limits concert. It's so smokin the studio cut years later was not preferred! Either way, a rippin tune.

[nizzlepot]

beast

[rufridder]

Wow, I found only 1 mistake at 7:02

[KaasDano]

18181th like (:

[TheDutchPathFinder]

best part from: 00:00 to 10:27

[typicalmatt]

One of the few things Chuck Norris can't do.

[MinorScaleProphet]

@typicalmatt That IS Chuck Norris...he's wearing an Eric Johnson costume.

[roothweiler]

@typicalmatt if chuck see this, he r going to kick u to your house

[MrTrollslayer1996]

@roothweiler If the grammer nazis see your comment you are screwed

[j0em0f0]

@MrTrollslayer1996 If the spelling nazis see your comment you're screwed

[sorcererkevin]

@typicalmatt whit his foot ...

[carlopsca]

@typicalmatt i bet youre dead

[jacksonskateanddrum]

@typicalmatt with his feet*

[papasouzas1]

@typicalmatt Johnson is Chuck's cousin...

[RamonaLenoretl55]

hihi I am here to have fun

[kelvinmontana1]

Epic Johnson

[RichWrightFloyd19]

That dude is picking and grinning as my dad would say... Wish I could play that...

[SuperC2411]

this fuckiing goood!!!!

[stbojan]

masterpiece...

[Jukka1995]

Some day I can play this song...