John Mayer - My Sweet Lord (George Harrison cover)

[edcerino]

E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T-!

[PatricknAdam]

Too bad the singers didn't start singing 'Hare Krishnaaa' it woulda' been great!

[BludySkinz]

I hate it when he sings that way like he tries to imitate some black blues guy

[hermitmcdermitt999]

Sorry, but this cover sucks!

[pyurmassacur]

What the HELL is wrong with the crowd? John's like "It's called my sweet lord" and about two people react. I would have just about lost my shit if I was there.

[JerichoDitch2]

John Mayer has talent but he's a little too impressed with himself for my liking.... I'm not a fan, it seems he's his own biggest fan as it is

[tehUnabonger]

Jesus taught vedic religion.. e.g. christianity recycled krishna conciousness/hinduism.. most religions have.. just as hinduism/krisna conciousness is just recycled sun worship from egypt.

think of krishna as a blue jesus, and you pretty much know the whole story. virgin birth, yada yada. it's all the time.

btw, truthteller is a troll, ignore him and report his posts as spam.. replying to him just gives him something to read and respond to.

[hosford1019]

Nice job....

[iamvegito]

@TruthTeller878

He's singing to Krishna.  Jesus was Christ conscious just as Krishna was. Both are God. As are you, mind.

Hare Krishna.

[TruthTeller878]

@iamvegito. Krishna is another name for Lucifer (the Devil). Please research this shocking fact.

"And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, (the evil beast) whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." ~HOLY BIBLE Revelations 13:7-8~

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[wighto73]

@TruthTeller878 get a life u r the tru luckifer, let the earth enjoy peace and love as it naturally occurs. You my sir are a weed upon earth trying to supplant your negative, shameful and judgemental thrath upon the good and evil on this earth. I say good luck to turning the bad to good, but leave us good to enjoy our loving music in peace, f.. off u deceiver!

[iamvegito]

@TruthTeller878

No, it's not. "Christ" and "Krishna" have been proven to have a similar root word in the ancient Indo-European language.  Is Christ Lucifer, then?

[adamz003]

@subg88 Jesus - Krishna. In fact, Krishna, your fictional god is just that, fiction.

[starky2k]

Check out Yim Yames version of 'My Sweet Lord'.... Johnny ain't bad, but Yim does is like George wrote it specifically for him to sing.

[degree7]

I don't know what's wrong with you guys, this was a REALLY good cover.

Speaking as a non John Mayer fan, honestly.

[carolineairoline]

...he probably omitted the "Hare Krishna" because he doesn't believe in Krishna. It's a cover..I don't think that covers are meant to be exact copies of the original. artists should put their own spin. I bet you if the song had been written about Jesus, and he decided not to sing the part that mentions Jesus's name, none of you would call him out on it. instead, you would respect his personal beliefs.

[MarkPMus]

@carolineairoline Ah, but the song WAS written about Jesus - a brief bit of research will show that the original was written as a way to amalgamate gospel singing and the maha-mantra (Hare Krsna). Krsna devotees regard Jesus as an incarnation of God, as they believe Krsna is. Hallelujah is similar in meaning to the mantra, so John Mayer (whom I adore) did sort of sing the HK bit. God is God, regardless of the religion one practises, and that was George's intention when he wrote the song.

[carolineairoline]

@MarkPMus yes yes I agree completely, but I don't think John Mayer does, or he would have sang the Hare Krishna.

[subg88]

@MarkPMus

Krishna devotees don't believe Jesus was an incarnation of God like Krishna, they believe there is one god, Krishna, and that Jesus was an avatar of Krishna.

[iamvegito]

@subg88

Speak for yourself.

[subg88]

@iamvegito

Whatever, dude. A fact is a fact. It is a central tenant of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, of which Harrison was a devotee, that there is one god Krishna, of whom there have been many avatars including Jesus. ISOKC differs from hinduism in this way, the belief in one god, Krishna.

[PeterOnoLennon]

he doesnt have the voice for this song as mentioned by bluebeardic

[Deltidsharmonisk]

Sunny California version, weird.

[oceanplurra]

Leaving out the "Hare Krishna" part is almost offensive to all what George Harrison stood for. He was an enlightend being that know God has many names and that theres only one divine reality behind the material world, despite the difference in the interpretation of the spiritual dimensions

[OropherThranduil]

Nobody plays slide like george did.

but the cover is okay, he shouldn't have deleted the hare krishna, but overall it's allright.

[Antonovich74]

@OropherThranduil clapton played the slide on the original

[OropherThranduil]

@Antonovich74

no, it was George.

eric played on the album, als did other guitarísts, but the slide is played by george.

[bigrossofscotland]

capo on 2nd fret...

[playmovingpictures]

bella, bravo john your the king

[TheMrMarilyn]

Yeah...is oKAY but there really is somethin dreadfully 'lacking' with this rendition...i think it's a melange of 'feeling' and well,dare i say it (hell YES i'll say it,LoL!!) a certain 'spiritual' paucity that just aint there!!It's one thing to revere a track/someones work etc...but a WHOLE other 'ballgame' when it comes to showing you love something/some track by doin a 'tribute' version yourself,as you'd better be able to translate that admiration you feel,otherwise it comes out like this:DIRE

[anewamericanclassic]

Did a good job, but a little slow.

[Hendrik0027]

I agree with the comments that his voice lacks the feeling of yearning that George Harrison puts into the song. John Mayer is playing the song because he likes the song as many people do, while George Harrison wrote and sings it with real conviction because he feels a strong yearning to be closer to the lord.

[GuitarEd48]

Great cover version .

[orionpax1981]

Omitted the "Hare Krishna", negates the whole meaning of the song, totally wrecked it.

[MusicalFreakies]

nice cover :]

[paperjoex2]

it's like a mellowed out version, eh.

[Jeanpablovenegas]

buenisimo

[bluebeardic]

Not bad.. But lacks  the yearning in the voice like in the original when he sings "I really wanna see you" ..

Not a bad cover though

[haz4510]

@bluebeardic He's not trying to sound exactly like George, that would be wrong. I think he really does the song justice as it's a very risky song to cover. It just works. Amazing performance.

[HeatherBoo916]

@bluebeardic

I agree, when George sang it, you felt it, he meant it with everything in him. Still, Mayer did a pretty good job. One of the better covers imo.

[mugthepriest]

totally destroyed the song...nth beats the harrison version..but good try though..

[jtm101583]

I like his version of this song! I wish he would record a studio version of it & have his record company release it as a single.

[Qasum93]

awesome version! where is this from?

[aguyfromharlem]

keeps cutting to the emo kid...lol

[PeterZeeke]

where did you get this from!?