Gareth Pearson - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) - Solo Acoustic Guitar

[tommy7004]

my brothers name is Gareth :D

[JoshTong]

Does anyone notice how most of his recorded videos are played standing? I don't know about you, but standing is way tougher than sitting still during a recording.

[Scarlett4Zanzibar]

WOW! This is GRRREAT! :) :) Great recording! :) Thanks for posting this.

[francescofdi]

unbelievable .,. GREAT!

[ib422000]

34 people without enough brains to realize how, publicly, they admitted their stupidity.

[ib422000]

Nice guy, wonderful guitarist.

[aharagao]

Really good

I just hope that this guy is as nice person than he is on guitar! So, the world is better with him

[JuniorNasty]

Who the fuck dislikes this?! Seriously! I am thinking of quiting guitar after watching this, lol!

[calln777]

I love you...

[PAIDIA1]

WOW..my friend this is AMAZING...My King would be so Proud..

[jAcKsOnLOoVer]

Michael Would Be SO Proud....

[jAcKsOnLOoVer]

I LOVE YOU!

[reubenpaulblake1]

@rozzerbob - Jealous!!!! I love Tommy!!

[dberkeley1]

wow wow wow!

[yinyangthang]

BRILLIANT!

[kjpearson6067]

sick bra

[niruna30]

this is great :D

[yourin100]

頼む、誰かこのスコアをくれ。

[TheShower82]

fuck it, anybody wanna buy my guitars? i fuckin quit

[niruna30]

@TheShower82 lol i feel the same way 

[BlackKlitschkofan]

God bless you, you are a talent, more than a talöent, you are going to be a legend and may God guiide you and use you to touch many lives. Michael would have been very proud, you did great justice to this beautiful song

[jayfbradley]

!!!

[malvizouri]

what's the name for this style of playing guitar?

[allansouri]

@malvizouri fingerpicking and i think blues? :P

[yinyangthang]

@malvizouri Awesome.

[yozzer56]

I saw Gareth back in December in Liverpool, 3 days before my band were due to play this at our 2nd year performance exam. Needless to say, we played it much better...in my dreams!! I seriously considered telling my fellow band members there would be no point in doing it because this version existed. He even moonwalked while playing it, what a smooth criminal he is! First time I heard him was that night, supporting Tommy Emmanuel, and I will keep an eye out for the next time he is in Liverpool :D

[jirisoltis]

Haha, Take Five ending !

[spasman]

More class than MJ himself.

[tobto1]

yes! good job

[DawnAnn7]

Nice job! I really enjoyed this. Loved watching the facial expressions! :)

[MrRobimike]

Was Great in Dublin also really enjoyed Gareth playing and the duet with Tommy Emmanuel was superb

[MrBowsmith]

Wow!

[VeGGeNtE89]

best cover evah!

[Varrik88]

Bloody excellent! I wonder if Gareth secretly would prefer to own a Chapman Stick =P

[meddle89]

Saw him in Cork on Sunday. He's brilliant! Duet with Tommy Emmanuel was deadly stuff!

[TheMadHaxor]

Van helen would be proud

[EversoleKid]

crystal clear like a crystal palace! Hey you, keep on playin' like this, you're on an excellent way! Very individual, well done, a cool swing and all this played in a sympathetic way!

[europeanbamf]

that ending is incredible

[rozzerbob]

Saw this guy last night in Liverpool opening for Tommy Emmanuel (and playing with him later on). He was excellent, go and see him

[BuschMarco]

I'm shocked with your technic, absolutely amazing. Congratulations.

[Tygenja]

dude... wow

[fannypeter1959]

nice super :-)

[jerzset2]

Smh @ haters..itz common sense there more than1 on guitar itz acoustic..he ran a solo n put a light where itz spoze to be when haterz cold holdin a shaky cigarette lol no light 4u hater

[jerzset2]

Hey i like how u handle the strings..much respect...

[neilkaiser123]

this is real music ..

[bkyella]

This guy live has so much energy. He moonwalks and throws MJ kicks etc... Go see him if you can.

[Rey27GoldDragon]

u sure u are a human?

[MindGoingNumb]

That's funny I was listening to this and I'm like "this sounds familiar...Oh ya! lol"

[MrSpinny27]

34 people clearly dont know Billie Jean

[rcast321]

that must of been so hard learning how to isolate your thumb to play bass and the rest of your fingers to play to melody! AMAZING!!! :DD

[joshuanaconda]

where can I find this tab ? .. cheers !

[TristanKA262]

@joshuanaconda You can buy it on their site.

[19Karin60]

This is awesome!! But your danceshow what I´ve seen by this song yesterday live was more than amazing!!! Pitty that I don´t see that in this clip!!

[comeonthenfightme]

fucking amazed

[NadzBuster]

i didnt think that this song could be played on guitar.. total MIND FUCK.

great job.

[jroberts24]

wow you would think just by listening that there were 3 guitars playing. simply amazing! got s sub from me! very good!

[dylan96unearth]

I think my brain just went into shock :O Wow, This deserves as much views as drifting or something like that. Mind Blown.

[Henry124]

Gareth Pearson makes Sungha Jun looks like a kid... again.

[markoati]

Phenomenon

[Khawar010]

Dude you too damn good with the guitar! very nice.

[iseankimi]

3:20 - 3:26 nothing less than amazing.

[Ulysses447]

3:43 o.e Had the volume at full blast. Good solo by the way. You're amazing! :D

[eamonn1983]

He picks up on every little nuance in the original and incorporates it seamlessly into the arrangement. Just brilliant.

[forerunnerful]

man you good............wow

[MrSpinny27]

Get the fuck out man!!!.... Your version is absolutely disgusting!! I dont even want to play the guitar any more after watching you... Hands down the best version I've seen!! Get some!!

[Landigio]

@MrSpinny27 Trololololol

[MANdrew257]

I did it i can play from 0:00 - 0:09

[TheBobnalyd]

I told ya.

[ZacAlsop]

Who needs a voice when you can play like this!?

[MilamberOfTheEmpire]

i cant stop watching this man....... its F@*£$ng amazing, is this all really just YOU, one man on One Guitar???????????

[puttings]

1:47 "Fuck yeah I just pulled this off"

[jzbigdaddynewman]

Tab??



[JamesFritch42]

What kind of guitar is that (what brand and model)? please i must know!

[LordJogaBonito]

I prefer this version to the Sugha Jung's one

[MilamberOfTheEmpire]

rubbish



[netram669]

@MilamberOfTheEmpire

You should put in the bin then, litterbugs are bad

[deathbyaccident]

@MilamberOfTheEmpire obvious troll lol.

[Dasenism]

That is stunning!

[nmdeal]

NICE

[itspeterhanson]

'take five' nice touch.

[bensaccount123]

anyone know what tune his guitar is in??

[Henkka2801]

@bensaccount123 suppose the guitar is at standart tuning with capo at 2nd fret, so openstringtuning is Fis,B,E,A,Cis,Fis

[GreenMachineHigh]

Wow man, you made me sweat watching this! Nicce!

[street8487]

Holy shit your good,

[siamobevutie]

marry me

[kokkoleouf]

Brilliant

[ElectricTurkey1]

TABS. NOW

[Bluesmachine100]

How good is this? Now if you excuse me, I'm off to Amazon to part with some cash.

[MrJbaker7]

Great playing...Jack Baker NYC

[Zamasue]

I love how his face expresses what his hands are doing.

Absolutely brilliant performance.

[BlackCyraxCO]

What else is left to say? this crazy guy just said everything with his amazing atomic guitar! :O

[BriannaAndJessicaa11]

I've met him, He is so down to earth and amazing!

[henkarars]

why dont youtub e just remove the comment thing for good.. people are just asking for thumbs ups.. and mention justin bieber on every clip.......

[Dorothea4321]

Why are top comments ALWAYS about the Biebs? I mean SERIOUSLY!

[brastrap27]

@Dorothea4321 See what you did there? Stop it, and it'll go away...

[Kamda]

Un-freaking-believable.

[kaputasri]

Mind blowing performance and arrangement. Throughout the entire piece i could here M.J singing. It was as if he was inside your guitar singing the song.

[tibike94]

Now thats realy amazing ... doin bass and keeping it god damn constant .. and playing the melodies on it ... man u sure u play with two hands ?

[jkman10]

@tibike94  This guy also plays with his monstrous cock.

[Henkka2801]

haha really nice ending!

[rawflepotato]

1:02 is so insanely impossible to play

[hugenoodles]

he covered this in a show in philadelphia with craig dandrea dufour and the guy with the raiden hat.... whats his name.... :D

[13mdark]

@hugenoodles ewan dobson

[mungogubbins]

GP- I'd spend more time listening to Segio Altamura than Michael Jackson if I were you ;)

[nikyo1]

the next tommy emmanuel!!!! congrats!!!! amazing.

[luksnarto]

good

[bkyella]

THis guy is great live. Look him up and go if you can.

[franckynamy]

justin bieber make 33 acount to hate this ;p

[Jasperguitar]

@franckynamy Please don't name that guy in video's like this. Thank you (:

[curseddevil1]

MONSTEEEEERRR !!

[vespamtcn1]

TUyệt vời

[Jumboloydefelix]

in general i dont like the covers of this song, but this one was amazing

[BodomU]

WHO THE FUCK DOESN'T LOVE THIS. This is the best fingerpicking style guitarist I ever seen. 33 people are absolute morons.

[samsotto]

Hey guys, i got a fairly important question regarding buying the transcription for this. Do I need Guitar pro to view the tab or anything similar to it? please help!

[fluffyblonddoink]

@samsotto No mate, not at all you get three files per tune. 1 orginal recording, 2 PDF tab/manuscript, 3 a midi file. You can import the midi file into Guitar pro which will then generate a score for the midi file, however this will not automatically show the right finger positions as stated in the PDF. Simply you do not need to have Guitar pro the tab is in pdf.

[samsotto]

@fluffyblonddoink Thanks so much, mate!

[tugsly]

like tommy emmanuel much? sounds f'king great

[SuperDonharry]

33 people are tone-deaf!!

[CurtisThorpe]

Great Gareth!

Everyone should check out Adam Rafferty's version!! It's the bees knees!

[Salty0ldDog]

I like 0:01 - 4:11

[Apollos2014]

this is a well played tab. great job

[jmav]

I'm considering buying the tabs for this, but I'm afraid that he's making this look easy.

[fluffyblonddoink]

@jmav Buy it mate, play it slowly and count it will come to u!!!

[pear500]

3:20 O.O

[mavalasko]

Damn well LOVE 2:58 - 3:17 and the licks Gareth plays.

[jmav]

I love 2:18 - 2:35...just sounds so awesome.

[shakagenghis]

Kid, I've been playing twenty years and am no slouch, but this arrangement just boggles the mind. You are a complete savage, and are destined for greatness. This would take me a month to transcribe and months to nail like this if I ever could at all, and you just brew this stuff up. So impressive, I'm not worthy!

[MrWouterDijkstra]

Maton EBG 808 Artist, i got the TE version! A wonderful guitar!

He plays it great!

[omygodiducthat]

Fingerwork!



[STRUMMERBOY1975]

HA........ Excellent acousticccccccc ! :)

[barronfilm]

Is that steel string or nylon?

[noelmeehan]

@barronfilm steel obviously, that's a Maton ebg 808 artist

[rillloudmother]

i'm not hearing the bridge.

[superscience1]

its not sunghas version you idiots, its adam raffertys

[nrjlille]

Do you sell a tab for this song? It would be just amazing

[smqkn]

you guys realize sung ha is still a teenager right?

[CasD1806]

@smqkn Gareth isn't that old either

[TinyTeddyTran]

oh wow. and to think people used to tell me off for resting my pinkie on the face. guys fresh as.

[KosmoAntoninus]

Sungha is the Justin Bieber of acoustic guitars.

[ElizabethMJJ]

You are unbelievably Great! ! !

[RUSIKtyGDE]

ahuenno

[RUSIKtyGDE]

ahuenno

[ZxTartarusxZ]

I can play Sungha's version, but I can't play Gareth's version x_x

[TonyBellardi]

minkia.

[erdBAERtorte]

haha at the end there is a short insertion auf take five :D I like it ;-)

[dbspaceoditty]

@MatrixReality2011 japs are superior at everything besides skateboarding and US athletic sports...besides baseball.....

[666tabarnak]

That guy gave a private show in my friend's basement. I'll never forget that.

[the1battlefront]

intro = michael jackson?

[spiritmountainbtb]

CHECK IT OUT.......AWESOME INSTRUMENTAL OF BILLY JEAN!!!!

/watch?v=3nJ4hxX7aVI

[elliesmurfy]

this is so amazing!! i could listen to it every day! as well as all his others :)

[MarkWellerMusic]

meh it was alright but nothing amazing

[rhodium1233]

@MarkWellerMusic man, you must have seen some pretty amazing shit in your life to not be impressed by that

[franco12345lol]

O.O

e.e NICEEE

[CherrySayWhat]

This guy is a ridiculously good guitarist



[Phonyender]

he seems surprised that his guitar is making those sounds

[enjoitheworld416]

Lol his smile is like "man I am fuuuuuucking awesome"

[CREWSID4]

most amazing thing! just heard him live tonight..get this..his tuning is standard..capo on the second fret!! AMAZINGG

[BaileyAnnRyan]

I was at Anthology in SD and he was so amazing, and had so much passion for his work! <3 he was my favorite!

[bputubebp]

I was at the Anthology show in San Diego when he did this song as well. It was an amazing performance, I think he actually stole the show with it in my opinion. Ewan Dobson was my least favorite of the night, they should have had Gareth or Antoine headline it.

[snoopy6446]

OMG Gareth DESTROYED this song tonight in San Diego :) He has SOO much fun with this song and he really gets crowds going :) and a pleasure to talk with :) if you get the chance to meet him, just call him Billie :) hahahhaa

[melendezmusica]

I hate you! jajaja great cover, I really liked, congratulations you play very well! Greetings from Venezuela! I hope you visit my channel and subscribe: D



[thenetslug]

If this was in standard tuning I bet he wouldn't know shit from shine on how to play it.

[lttben]

@thenetslug did you really just say that? why not just sit there and enjoy this instead of getting all jealous and saying something negative because you can't play as well as he can... geez... like a bunch of crabs in a bucket

[stringz311]

Best Cover!!!!!

[jplanta95]

i started crying when i here it so so GOOD

[hitmanieves]

where the hell does the 2nd guitar comes from! amazing

[Shellseaker]

Damn good!!!!

[MooshieV]

Holy shirt! :D

[shurleyclayton27]

What the fuck just happened!? So goooooooooood.

[TheRockinPajamas]

Damn. Zac Effron's pretty damn good at guitar. Who knew?

[chesspro22k]

luke... i am ur father!!

[Trollingzone]

is it just me or this guy looks like dexter?

[MysTerYDeaDmaN]

@Trollingzone Haha dexter Morgan ?? .. Yeahhh ! very look like Dexter morgan ! xD