Best right hand in the biz...what I wouldn't give just to have a couple of years just interviewing & studying his right hand. I hope when he is like BB King old he will teach at Berklee or Juliard...just on his right hand techinque. It's a study unto itself.
Eric Johnson is far superior to clapton, but a big reason why is because EJ had so many people to build off. Clapton had very few blues lead guitarists of that caliber before him. EJ had clapton, SRV Hendrix, Wes Montomery, Chet Atkins, etc...He built off what these greats did, and took guitar virtousity to another stratosphere
Peace. I just think they're from different ends of the spectrum, you know? They each have their own style, and their own way they do the whole music thing. Bottom line: they're both really great musicians. I think you've brought up a great point there.
Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. Clapton, I will always respect, but EJ is in a whole other class.A much more technical and advanced player, that sings pretty good too.
You have to remember that Phil Keaggy, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin are still alive. The last time I saw Keaggy he was far from dead!
Some classic '80's hairdo's there, Kyle Brock's is the best haha. MrDeppness calling Eric Johnson, God is an understatement. I doubt even god can get tones like that out of a guitar.
I think it's about safe to say here the phrase "Eric is God" applies. But I really have to say something about Tommy Taylor's hair. For the love of sanity, what were you thinking man!????
rofl laser tag?!! both EJ's hair and the drummer's hair are ridiculous! Haha if he weren't so damn sick at guitar I would think he was weird. this is so 80's i have trouble taking it seriously.
lol, EJ is awesome. He's my favorite guitarist. He has awesome chops, godly tone, and he posesses a beautiful mastery over the fretboard, he truly is the 'perfect' guiatist. His playing makes it very easy for me to look past his ridiculous hair cut. If you dig this, check out the live at Austin City Limits version, it blows this away.
You're such a putz, and you keep showing up all over the place with your ludicrous opinions and recommendations. Enough already with your esoteric, especially feckless bullcrap.
Orbit91, I don't play the guitar. My fingers are practically spastic, but my ears work just fine. And my ears tell me that Govan and Eklundh are utterly bereft of musical talent.
Mike stop bitchin' and do your homework man. Read up on him, and more importantly, listen to him & watch him play some more. Trust me man you'll become a believer...
Ha! Yeah - that's Tommy Taylor. He is awesome, but that is the funniest friggin expression! I saw EJ in manhattan last year & Tommy (and even Kyle!) were touring with him. Tommy started messing around playing zztop's grange, and EJ looked at him & said "you want to?" and they played the whole tune. It was a sweet show...
its a pretty cool vid, i think. i love ej though, he's the man. hes the best player hands down, you can hear every note he's playing which makes him a very clean player and thats what alot of guitar players today lack. he's the man!! :)
yeh, but this is in early days of music videos. personally, i'm glad there's no welsh-pretending-to-be-american with a fringe and a hypocrisy singing his troubles to us like in videos nowadays, so i think it's ok.
EJ is my favorite Guitarist but the only thing cool about this video is seeing his hand position when he plays certain licks. Aside from that it's very very dated...
bassrabbit9 asked, "Anyone know where to find a live vid of this song?"
Yes -- in my Favorites list. :-) And that one (in my Faves) is also available on the Austin City Limits live DVD available on Eric's Web site. It is utterly amazing.
Ooops ... strike that. I just checked my Faves list and both Zap and Cliffs of Dover (from the Austin City Limits live show) have mysteriously disappeared. What the heck? *puzzled*
I read here awhile back that the ACL clips had been pulled by YouTube due to Eric objecting to copyrighted material being posted here. I put both Zap and Cliffs in my faves several weeks ago, but apparently they've been yanked off the 'air' again. I guess ....
Oh, well. You can (and should) still get the DVD.
Slight correction. I think it's more a matter of the Austin City Limits dweebs objecting rather than Eric. Followers of Eric know that ACL has been rather Nazi-ish about making his old shows available. It took bloody forever for the DVD to be released, and they still won't release the footage from the first ACL show Eric did in '86. :-(
Actually, it wasn't me who was posting them (I never have). I just saw 'em one day and saved copies to my Favorites so I could refer other fans to them (like you!). But then they just mysteriously disappeared last week.
And I've read comments in some EJ threads here that YouTube has been removing them whenever they see 'em.
The G3 stuff is okay but doesn't compare to the Austin City Limits shows. Don't mean to hound you about the DVD, but it really is amazing and blows the G3 stuff away.
I'm planning on getting the Austin DVD, and I just realized that my G3 VID doesn't have Zap, only the CD. Bizarre! What did the vid guy have against this amazing tune?! I'd love to post a Zap bass vid, I love Roscoe's turn here.
Right, no "Zap" on the G3 vid. My guess is they had to divvy up the available time on the disc equally amongst Eric, Steve and Joe, and so only a few songs from each made the cut.
BTW, I wouldn't bet my life on this, but I don't think the bass player in this vid is Roscoe. I think it might be a guy named Reggie Witty. Roscoe played on the studio track, but this doesn't look like him. It's definitely not Kyle Brock either. Maybe someone who knows what Reggie looks like can confirm or deny.
Love it. This vid is sooo 80's. Eric Johnson is a favorite artist of mine. Love the Tones album but I always though Venus Isle was the high point for me.
In 1932, a little girl named Suzie was walking down the hall of an old hotel. A crazy man killed her by stabbing her in the back of the head and throwing her body in an elevator. While he closed the elevator doors he said the words "BAKUDA BAKUDA". Now that you have read this message, her dead body will appear in your bedroom every night you go to bed. Unless you do this:
theledzeppguy said, "A song for Frank Zappa! cool."
I doubt if this song has any connection to Frank Zappa (inspiration or otherwise). I think some people assume that just 'cuz it's called "Zap," but I've never heard Eric say it's for or inspired by him. And the style isn't even remotely Zappa-ish.
I also doubt if Eric would have been a Zappa fan, just due to the latter's perpetually immature crude language & lyrics. If I'm wrong, someone please feel free to reference the connection.
some of these guys only know eric johnson for his *cliffs of dover* song. they don't really know him like a true EJ fan should lol. kinda like me i guess :P I know him for stuff that he has done that no one has even heard of.
Hey, this was the original 1978 video right? Then why the hell can't I buy it on DVD? EJ should have a whole double-disc set full of videos like this by now. The man's a genius!
zap definitely, his tone is so much better and plus, Ej is on a whole nother level. not doubting satchraini, just saying that ej is the freaking man with the tone! :)
I first saw Eric play this in a small club in 1978. It's one of those songs that translates better live. It was probably the most incredible thing I ever saw, he improvises way out live on this one. Just a mind blower!!
when this man plays, i quiver. not only that but i imagine the laughing children in a time when colors only matter when it's gone today but here manana. hacienda sus cuando dos esquire!!!!! y yo madre es biatches?
The first time I saw Eric Johnson was 20 years ago in Charlotte, N.C. at the 4808 rock club over on 7th St.(long,long time since closed). I immediately went out and bought the 'Tones' album the next day. I wore the cassette tape out after a few months. One of the best live shows of my life.
I know -- another brilliant decision by the director/producer/whatever of this video. *rolls eyes* Presumably some suit dweeb decided that an MTV audience wouldn't have the attention span to listen to a bass solo so they edited it out.
You just know Eric must have seen the final cut of this video and cringed: "Laser tag ... no bass solo ... cheesy effects ... God, I hope this doesn't come back to haunt us later in our careers." *laugh*
If anyone ever wondered why so many bands hate doing music videos, and complain about being made to look silly in some dumb director's "concept" or lame idea, this is why. *laugh*
I can hear Eric now: "Ummm ... you wanna have us playing the song in the middle of a laser tag game? Really? Laser tag? You're joking, right? No? You're not? Gee, ummm, I dunno. Won't we look ridiculous? Do you know anything about us or our music? No?"
Then the sound of sighing and reluctant acquiescence.
drummer rocks, erick rocks, srv(kidding) rocks
furifafu 3 years ago
aaahhh the 80's lol eric johnsons a beast dude hahah
moporama 3 years ago
man ej's tone is crazy, so thick and warms. he is so clean to, you can hear every singe note he plays, even on those fast runs. HE'S THE MAN!!!!! :)
ejfan1 3 years ago
ahahha drummer in beggining
rhcpjohn444 3 years ago
eric johnson has a taste for sci fi :D
TheDude1015 3 years ago
Well its called "zap"
ibanezbloke 3 years ago
ej owns :D got his signature
izukarn 3 years ago
i like the song...especially the chorus part..nice!!
gtrfreak2914messiah 3 years ago
Hahaha, the drummer rocks hard XD
clockwise13 3 years ago
Wow..never knew this existed!
Love the solo,love the drummer gurning and why is SRV playing the bass?
seebiscit 3 years ago
Its not srv in the vid. he was already dead when this video was filmed. and why should srv play bass?
turboneger 3 years ago
Haha, no I was jokin':)I know it's not actually SRV.He's just got the whole SRV hat thing goin on:PThanks for uploading the vid man!
seebiscit 3 years ago 2
this video is really cheesey and eric has the hugest mullet in this.
julianjett 3 years ago
Best right hand in the biz...what I wouldn't give just to have a couple of years just interviewing & studying his right hand. I hope when he is like BB King old he will teach at Berklee or Juliard...just on his right hand techinque. It's a study unto itself.
talpajam 3 years ago
Man you sure are kissing some ass. He is great though
caleb11583 3 years ago
Some of the faces the drummer pulls are excellent!!
milkyBK370 3 years ago
Bill Murray on drums. lol
Great song though.
milkyBK370 3 years ago
haha xD
Rebellen007 3 years ago
This is some sort of joke? The hair dos and hat makes them look like 'A flock of seagulls'
Dasifter 3 years ago
It is not joke. The legend you see is Eric Johnson. All legends from the 80s have crazy hair.
philipp1157 3 years ago
i love eric johnson, please peeps, keep that a sceret!
cats4ever8980 3 years ago
no cuss words please.
cats4ever8980 3 years ago
haha is that bass player supposed to be SRV?
MusicGuyy 3 years ago
really looks like him lol
TheEcumenator 3 years ago
If you were a musician in Austin in 1985-1992, you had the SRV look in your closet, and it made an appearance from time to time.
xj14y 3 years ago
Oh, and can't forget the bolo. I've still got a few running around, and I never stepped foot onstage, unless it was to help a buddy load equipment.
xj14y 3 years ago
only EJ can rock a mullet and still rock your ass off lol
JoeMooreXperience 3 years ago
also on 1:41 the drummer makes me laugh too! any1 else? you should see it
cats4ever8980 3 years ago
0:09 the drummer makes me just saying lol and laughting! anyone else?
cats4ever8980 3 years ago
Eric Johnson is far superior to clapton, but a big reason why is because EJ had so many people to build off. Clapton had very few blues lead guitarists of that caliber before him. EJ had clapton, SRV Hendrix, Wes Montomery, Chet Atkins, etc...He built off what these greats did, and took guitar virtousity to another stratosphere
broncosshredder 3 years ago 4
I know they had to cut it for the video, but I wish they could have left in Roscoe Beck's amazing bass solo from the song.
auzndm1 3 years ago
i think eric johnson is hot! *slams hands over mouth* did i just say that out loud? ooooppppssss! i like cliffs of dover by him too! anyone else?
cats4ever8980 3 years ago
Uuugggghhh... yeeeeeeeahhhh... the Cliffs of Dover part. That song is BEAST!
randomfox713 3 years ago 3
the drummer's face at the beginning made me laugh
MrIbanez87 3 years ago 4
same lol
DanEwins 3 years ago 2
haha i rewound it like 3 times
minorthreat141 3 years ago
Eric was also influenced by Eric Clapton, who is favorite guitarist. E.J. is second only to him.
randomfox713 3 years ago
While its true ej was influenced by clapton, I have seen Clapton 4 times and EJ more times than I could ever count. EJ has taken it to a higher level.
Clapton plays blues. Ej plays blues, jazz, steel, country fusion and his chording is another story in itself.
Don't get me wrong, I love slowhand too, but most of what EJ does Clapton can't touch.
peace.
jesdome 3 years ago 4
Peace. I just think they're from different ends of the spectrum, you know? They each have their own style, and their own way they do the whole music thing. Bottom line: they're both really great musicians. I think you've brought up a great point there.
randomfox713 3 years ago
Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. Clapton, I will always respect, but EJ is in a whole other class.A much more technical and advanced player, that sings pretty good too.
litzi32 3 years ago 2
I'm guessing you're talking to jesdome. The real truth is I don't know who I like better. They are both tied as my favorite guitarists.
randomfox713 3 years ago
Bassist looks like Stevie Ray.. Haha
Nice song
rgseries320 3 years ago 11
thats exactly what i was thinkin!lol srv had a big influence on eric so maybe he eanted to express it or something.
bottles1998 3 years ago
yeah
rgseries320 3 years ago
Such an 80's video. Awsome guitar player...
VaughnHolmes3189 3 years ago 4
Eric Johnson, Chris Duarte, and Sonny Landreth are three of the greatest guitarists out there today.
loveclevelandohio 3 years ago 2
You have to remember that Phil Keaggy, Al di Meola, Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin are still alive. The last time I saw Keaggy he was far from dead!
bigbadbob58 3 years ago
Great song
PabloMaffioli 3 years ago
photon was awesome and so was laser tag.
richiekotzen 3 years ago
he is god of guitar and he has blond hair blue eyes umm...
zoron656 3 years ago
what mean shereder
or wathever it write
aggguy666 3 years ago
suupeer!!!!!!zap!
lancewilsonryder93 3 years ago
What does the subtitles at 3:30 say??
BrayanFran 3 years ago
Never mind, it says:
"We have traveled over shores and seas of experience"
BrayanFran 3 years ago
Some classic '80's hairdo's there, Kyle Brock's is the best haha. MrDeppness calling Eric Johnson, God is an understatement. I doubt even god can get tones like that out of a guitar.
wwerkohbk 3 years ago
I think it's about safe to say here the phrase "Eric is God" applies. But I really have to say something about Tommy Taylor's hair. For the love of sanity, what were you thinking man!????
MrDeppness 3 years ago 4
SRV playin bass????/HHAHAHAHA
drstrangeluv840 3 years ago
I dont like the Music Video very much, but the song is awesome
Ninjamaggot8 3 years ago
EJ has always been my favorite out of SRV, Neal Schon, Phil Keaggy, and all my other favorites! GO EJ!!
tribro12 3 years ago
What's the drummer's name?
morrowind750 3 years ago
rofl laser tag?!! both EJ's hair and the drummer's hair are ridiculous! Haha if he weren't so damn sick at guitar I would think he was weird. this is so 80's i have trouble taking it seriously.
blahman178 3 years ago
they are having fun who said they are been serious here? look at the drummer face is he serious?
mikeanaro 3 years ago
lol, EJ is awesome. He's my favorite guitarist. He has awesome chops, godly tone, and he posesses a beautiful mastery over the fretboard, he truly is the 'perfect' guiatist. His playing makes it very easy for me to look past his ridiculous hair cut. If you dig this, check out the live at Austin City Limits version, it blows this away.
blahman178 3 years ago
Ha, if you like Mastery of the Fretboard, check out Guthrie Govan, Shawn Lane and Mattias Eklundh.
Orbit91 3 years ago
oh yeah, I'm aware of all three of them.
blahman178 3 years ago
You're such a putz, and you keep showing up all over the place with your ludicrous opinions and recommendations. Enough already with your esoteric, especially feckless bullcrap.
hungerinamerica 3 years ago
Wait a minute, this is coming from the person who insults Paul Gilbert.......on a Bumblefoot Video?
And wow, you're stalking me on YouTube now? You must be one bored person.
Also, stop throwing around big words especially in the wrong context, you just look like more of a pseudo-intellectual twit.
Orbit91 3 years ago
Orbit91, I don't play the guitar. My fingers are practically spastic, but my ears work just fine. And my ears tell me that Govan and Eklundh are utterly bereft of musical talent.
hungerinamerica 3 years ago
Then you need your ears checking, old man.
Govan's an incredibly versatile player, and Eklundh is too.
Orbit91 3 years ago
those are shredders, eklundh is a poor guy that makes weird noises, Govan is good but his songs sucks and Lane was awesome he was another god.
mikeanaro 3 years ago
Eklundh is a master of various Harmonics, and you need to listen to ALL of his stuff before you say something like that.
How can Govan's songs suck? He can play nearly every style, so your basically insulting nearly every genre.
And you're right about Lane.
Orbit91 3 years ago
master of harmonics? what is that? I saw a lot of him and those stupid harmonics sound like noises and nothing else.
Govan can play a lot of styles so what? he is the representation of universal music? If I dont like his style Im against all music?
You are saying no sense stuff he is just another shredder
mikeanaro 3 years ago
Neither of them are Shredders, you obviously have no clue about the Shred Genre.
Orbit91 3 years ago
okie dokie
mikeanaro 3 years ago
Mike stop bitchin' and do your homework man. Read up on him, and more importantly, listen to him & watch him play some more. Trust me man you'll become a believer...
cyainthefunnypapers 3 years ago
ha i love the face the drummer makes at the beginning :)
breenimania68 3 years ago 2
ROFL his hair too.
blahman178 3 years ago
Ha! Yeah - that's Tommy Taylor. He is awesome, but that is the funniest friggin expression! I saw EJ in manhattan last year & Tommy (and even Kyle!) were touring with him. Tommy started messing around playing zztop's grange, and EJ looked at him & said "you want to?" and they played the whole tune. It was a sweet show...
cyainthefunnypapers 3 years ago
before I watched this I thought that ES models were cool, AFTER watching this, I think they're awesome haha :D
RipFZ 3 years ago
amazing song its amazing how bad the video is..my dog can do better...e cant even draw!
Fredmelott 3 years ago
WOW!!! Amazing guitar solo!!! 1:40 - 2:50 Truly amazing
ShurikenGuitar 3 years ago
Even though that was originally a bass solo.........
ShurikenGuitar 3 years ago
crappy music video. GREAT song though!
heartless932ook 3 years ago 2
Ah the 80's. This song/video is what introduced me to EJ's music. Still a
favorite.
CadillacL 3 years ago
He's got the best dang tone around as well. he's the best!!!! :)
ejfan1 3 years ago
its a pretty cool vid, i think. i love ej though, he's the man. hes the best player hands down, you can hear every note he's playing which makes him a very clean player and thats what alot of guitar players today lack. he's the man!! :)
ejfan1 3 years ago
the video, so eighties it hurts.
the bass player reminds me of srv
mullets suck
flimflam0069 3 years ago
this music video is an atrocity
birdiejoehoaks 3 years ago
yeh, but this is in early days of music videos. personally, i'm glad there's no welsh-pretending-to-be-american with a fringe and a hypocrisy singing his troubles to us like in videos nowadays, so i think it's ok.
clabonkid 3 years ago
haha
i dont know...
eric johnson: brilliant musician, terrible 80's syndrome
birdiejoehoaks 3 years ago 2
That is an incredibly shameful hair-do EJ's got going on. You gotta love him though!
Kmh5494 3 years ago 2
Drummers...hairr.....
I will never sin again....
LINK22134 3 years ago 2
this song is better live. The video doesn't make sense.
DannyE5 3 years ago
Does anyohe remember Tommy's in Deep Ellem (Dallas)? I saw Eric there in let's say 1987-ish. Great show - same venue I saw Steve Morse.
tastreetman 3 years ago
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wow a nerdy video to go with a nerdy song
titenate 3 years ago
EJ is my favorite Guitarist but the only thing cool about this video is seeing his hand position when he plays certain licks. Aside from that it's very very dated...
D0nkeyPunch86 3 years ago
This is my favourite song from Eric! It's excellent from the first note til the last one! Killer solo! :D
balika33 3 years ago
wow... stevie ray vaughn is an exellent bass player too!
jose044 3 years ago
thats not stevie...
turboneger 3 years ago
think he was making a joke about the way the guy was dressed :)
sachary 3 years ago
LMAO
PaintSkate07 3 years ago
could someone post the austin live set?
kristolaos 3 years ago
I had no idea this existed, great video! 5*
jspen2 3 years ago
incredibly insane guitarist really!!!
jimdip21 3 years ago
shred73
maybe the hair was bad. But the music still ownz.
DavidJanssen13 3 years ago
Bit more reverb.
stellanblue 3 years ago
one of the most classic clips on here..the 80's hair is so bad ..insane player
shred73 3 years ago
At 00:49, is the bassist trying to look like Stevie Ray Vaughan?
Schbopo 3 years ago 2
Yea I noticed that. Song still rocks though.
bassgodtraining 3 years ago
His hair...the younger eric johnson hmmmm
Krumboltz 3 years ago
*LONG LIVE ERIC JOHNSON'S TONE!*
ejfan1 3 years ago
so clean, you can hear every single note! killer tone! LONG LICE ERIC JOHNSON'S TONE!!
ejfan1 3 years ago
YEAH!!! What the hell!!!
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
Sorry folks I didn't hit reply, and it posted these as new comments...
the context is that I'm pissed that the bass solo was cut out. Anyone know where to find a live vid of this song?
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
bassrabbit9 asked, "Anyone know where to find a live vid of this song?"
Yes -- in my Favorites list. :-) And that one (in my Faves) is also available on the Austin City Limits live DVD available on Eric's Web site. It is utterly amazing.
Ken5244 3 years ago
Ooops ... strike that. I just checked my Faves list and both Zap and Cliffs of Dover (from the Austin City Limits live show) have mysteriously disappeared. What the heck? *puzzled*
I read here awhile back that the ACL clips had been pulled by YouTube due to Eric objecting to copyrighted material being posted here. I put both Zap and Cliffs in my faves several weeks ago, but apparently they've been yanked off the 'air' again. I guess ....
Oh, well. You can (and should) still get the DVD.
Ken5244 3 years ago
Slight correction. I think it's more a matter of the Austin City Limits dweebs objecting rather than Eric. Followers of Eric know that ACL has been rather Nazi-ish about making his old shows available. It took bloody forever for the DVD to be released, and they still won't release the footage from the first ACL show Eric did in '86. :-(
Ken5244 3 years ago
I am quite crushed. But your faves are still fun!
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
You might search for them again here on a regular basis. They've been appearing, disappearing, reappearing, disappearing again, and so on for awhile.
Personally, I'd just get the DVD if I were you and eliminate the hassle. You might even be able to find a used copy on Amaz*n or eB*y. :-)
Ken5244 3 years ago
Thanks for trying to post them anyways. I've got the G3 version from '96, which is pretty cool.
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
Actually, it wasn't me who was posting them (I never have). I just saw 'em one day and saved copies to my Favorites so I could refer other fans to them (like you!). But then they just mysteriously disappeared last week.
And I've read comments in some EJ threads here that YouTube has been removing them whenever they see 'em.
The G3 stuff is okay but doesn't compare to the Austin City Limits shows. Don't mean to hound you about the DVD, but it really is amazing and blows the G3 stuff away.
Ken5244 3 years ago
I'm planning on getting the Austin DVD, and I just realized that my G3 VID doesn't have Zap, only the CD. Bizarre! What did the vid guy have against this amazing tune?! I'd love to post a Zap bass vid, I love Roscoe's turn here.
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
Right, no "Zap" on the G3 vid. My guess is they had to divvy up the available time on the disc equally amongst Eric, Steve and Joe, and so only a few songs from each made the cut.
BTW, I wouldn't bet my life on this, but I don't think the bass player in this vid is Roscoe. I think it might be a guy named Reggie Witty. Roscoe played on the studio track, but this doesn't look like him. It's definitely not Kyle Brock either. Maybe someone who knows what Reggie looks like can confirm or deny.
Ken5244 3 years ago
Love it. This vid is sooo 80's. Eric Johnson is a favorite artist of mine. Love the Tones album but I always though Venus Isle was the high point for me.
bassgodtraining 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure this version is from "Tones". Weird video, yet an amazing song! The solo is just mindblowing!
cosmobosh 3 years ago
No, there wasn't a bass solo in this one but there was an extended guitar solo. Both versions are amazing.
bassgodtraining 3 years ago
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In 1932, a little girl named Suzie was walking down the hall of an old hotel. A crazy man killed her by stabbing her in the back of the head and throwing her body in an elevator. While he closed the elevator doors he said the words "BAKUDA BAKUDA". Now that you have read this message, her dead body will appear in your bedroom every night you go to bed. Unless you do this:
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redecember 3 years ago
so what if her body appears in my bedroom? its like well so what there is a body there and its just lying there great goodnight im going to sleep
ectomy1235 3 years ago
LOL
Dinopaterno22 3 years ago
lol if u muz noe, i did not write the thingy so ask the person who wrote it...u wouldnt be so cocky if there really WAS a dead body
redecember 3 years ago
hahah yes true
ectomy1235 3 years ago
Great song but shite video. Ants
antsdick 3 years ago
Where's the bass solo?
Sai46 3 years ago
Outrageously, it was cut from this video! The bass solo is amazing.
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
A song for Frank Zappa! cool.
theledzeppguy 3 years ago
theledzeppguy said, "A song for Frank Zappa! cool."
I doubt if this song has any connection to Frank Zappa (inspiration or otherwise). I think some people assume that just 'cuz it's called "Zap," but I've never heard Eric say it's for or inspired by him. And the style isn't even remotely Zappa-ish.
I also doubt if Eric would have been a Zappa fan, just due to the latter's perpetually immature crude language & lyrics. If I'm wrong, someone please feel free to reference the connection.
Ken5244 3 years ago
the bass playr thought he was SRV what a bitch
wdyrsmn12 3 years ago
the audio in the vid version sounds differant than the album version. More chorus and reverb and other stuff...
HenriAaltomusic 3 years ago
some of these guys only know eric johnson for his *cliffs of dover* song. they don't really know him like a true EJ fan should lol. kinda like me i guess :P I know him for stuff that he has done that no one has even heard of.
ejfan1 3 years ago
well, hes a great guitar player, but this song is very boring...
PetieFr 3 years ago
Hey, this was the original 1978 video right? Then why the hell can't I buy it on DVD? EJ should have a whole double-disc set full of videos like this by now. The man's a genius!
MrDeppness 3 years ago
which do you think is better? Satch boogie or tis song?
riujithetechnician 3 years ago
Eric Johnson is on a whole other level!
MrDeppness 3 years ago
zap definitely, his tone is so much better and plus, Ej is on a whole nother level. not doubting satchraini, just saying that ej is the freaking man with the tone! :)
ejfan1 3 years ago
I first saw Eric play this in a small club in 1978. It's one of those songs that translates better live. It was probably the most incredible thing I ever saw, he improvises way out live on this one. Just a mind blower!!
intune1234 3 years ago
OMGSH! The bassist looks a little bit like Richie Sambora
Alphadown99 3 years ago
cliffs of doverrrr
HamNediaj 3 years ago
when this man plays, i quiver. not only that but i imagine the laughing children in a time when colors only matter when it's gone today but here manana. hacienda sus cuando dos esquire!!!!! y yo madre es biatches?
lenarush 3 years ago
Wierd music video?
asdfghbvxxxv 3 years ago
This looks like it was filmed at a Laser Tag. Great tune though.
XxArsenykxX 3 years ago
One of EJ's best tunes.
BeastAtGuitar 3 years ago
the drummer looks like the guy from Eraserhead
tommorellorules 3 years ago 2
True!!!
bassrabbit9 3 years ago
The first time I saw Eric Johnson was 20 years ago in Charlotte, N.C. at the 4808 rock club over on 7th St.(long,long time since closed). I immediately went out and bought the 'Tones' album the next day. I wore the cassette tape out after a few months. One of the best live shows of my life.
Mowac 3 years ago
they should have used one of their live zap videos, that would be far more better than this.
doristhebus 3 years ago
the drummer looks like tom hanks in ground hogs day
utoobwontletmesignin 3 years ago
Tom Hanks wasn't in Groundhogs Day... I wouldn't point it out, but it's one of my favorite movies. Do you mean 'Big' or something?
agentpissant42 3 years ago
The 'Burbs maybe...?
middlebit 3 years ago
good song dumb video
utoobwontletmesignin 3 years ago
forget the video concept... how about Tommy Taylor's hair?!
twanghang 3 years ago
I know -- another brilliant decision by the director/producer/whatever of this video. *rolls eyes* Presumably some suit dweeb decided that an MTV audience wouldn't have the attention span to listen to a bass solo so they edited it out.
You just know Eric must have seen the final cut of this video and cringed: "Laser tag ... no bass solo ... cheesy effects ... God, I hope this doesn't come back to haunt us later in our careers." *laugh*
Amazing song, ridiculous video.
Ken5244 3 years ago 2
amen!
utoobwontletmesignin 3 years ago
If anyone ever wondered why so many bands hate doing music videos, and complain about being made to look silly in some dumb director's "concept" or lame idea, this is why. *laugh*
I can hear Eric now: "Ummm ... you wanna have us playing the song in the middle of a laser tag game? Really? Laser tag? You're joking, right? No? You're not? Gee, ummm, I dunno. Won't we look ridiculous? Do you know anything about us or our music? No?"
Then the sound of sighing and reluctant acquiescence.
Ken5244 3 years ago 2
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Said it all.
insano2 3 years ago
i luv the drummers facial expression
ajjordan27 3 years ago
Dang what's with the mullets? whatever... still amazing
stevierayvaughangirl 3 years ago
It's called "1986".
jspartacus 3 years ago
It's called judgment lapse.
parthath 3 years ago
No, it's called "I'm too young to remember the '80s".
jspartacus 3 years ago
Judgment lapse, fo sho.
That's what the 80's were.
parthath 3 years ago
eric jonhson is a father of every guitars
alan007america 3 years ago
Cool Mullet
bencantona 3 years ago 2
Omg, this is such a 90's video.
Lol.
HVPinc 3 years ago
Older. I used to play this song to open my college radio show back in 1985. :)
delontra 3 years ago