screw the tabloids and all that crap. anyone that can write and compose music that is this endearing can't be what they make him out to be. he keeps people like me hopeful, no matter how bad things get.
I have super small hands, adult sized gloves are always too big for me :(
Everybody notices how miniature my girlish hands are, but somehow I still get this just fine, so I wonder whether its more down to have a certain amount of strength and bend in your thumb, rather than having large hands. I use the exact same guitar as he does in the video too, so neck size plays no part.
Bloomin heck I only commented on this 5 days ago and I'm here sitting in an unknown pub in shrewsbury, uk, with WI-FI, watching it again from my favourites on my lap top!
If he was to pass away tomorrow just imagine the change in peoples opinions about John, the utter despair from lovers of his music all around the GLOBE.
This Guy is superb. I mean ''beyoneblues'' is right, these songs cannot be equalled. Of course we have personal preference and this may not be your thing (and that is fine and great) but at least you have to understand talent when it is right infront of you....
@SilentlyintheShadows Yeah, you are right to love him, he is stunning. I kept on harping on about him to a mate Jay a while back how good JM is and he just told me to shut up about him.
So as it turned out I went to work (he chilled at mine with a beer and a smoke), listened to all the albums on his own, in his own time without any interuptions and he made his own conclusion.
sometimes I feel like his songs can never be equaled...like he found the fountain of youth, only it's the fountain of universal songs, and he's not telling anyone where it is
It's about the different relationships you have in life. Breakups, get togethers, hookups, endings, and beginnings and how it all continually rotates throughout your life. The backbone is repeated in he end, he hopes that the more love he gives the more he receives despite everything else.
Falling asleep to this song only assures you're gonna wake up with a smile! It's one of the most comfortable songs i've ever heard, both lyrically and musically it's just so complete it hurts my brains xD!
@kaneoheGrown your so right,, I have to use my fingers for the top E string with his chord progressions and he uses his super size thumb. I have really big hands but John must have hands like dinner plates! There are chord progressions in his songs which really do require hands the size of new Zealand! Nice to see people commenting nicely for once about class music (and yes I am very biased and this is only my opinion, NOT MY FACT). I am entitled to opinions but not facts!
@kaneoheGrown glad to know that I am not the only one who can't do the 13x101210x (the second chord) the book calls it Fadd2. It is physically impossible for me, and it totally bums me out as this is one of my favorite songs. I have been playing it without the thumb on the 13th fret... but it is such a light bass song that you can notice... Can anyone give me some pointers for an alternative way to play this?
@thedesignbystephen; @kaneoheGrown This song took me the LONGEST to reach that chord. Just keep practicing daily and you'll have it. I have short fingers and The Hendrix chord was tough for a long time too; as well as songs like "Edge of Desire", or the police - "Every breathe" or songs with a stretch. BUT they WILL come with daily practice and then you'll be a stretch MASTER! Good luck
@abolocks Thanks for the encouragement, I have been practicing and now I have a three fret stretch of the thumb at mid neck, but I am still working on the 4 fret stretch at the 12th fret, almost there!
is it just me or does he say "i believe my lifes gonna BE, the love i give return to me" at the end haha instead of SEE like it normally does...and well, actually makes sense with
Yeah man... large monkey hands.... i'd wish that too lol, but if you practice your probably gonna be ale to do it, and no shit: it might hurt in the beginning but after a while it wont :)
I got into mayer through his blues in continuum but i realized how good he makes pop sound. He surely raises the bar for pop music as far as musicality goes.
@callyjohnwell The music isn't really what I'd call "pop" though. It has catchy melodies like pop but pop is forever changing. The Black Eyed Peas are classed as "pop" and so is Lady Gaga. They're nothing like Mayer. I think Mayer creates an absolutely astonishing coalition of pop, rock, blues and jazz which is why he's one of my favourite musicians on the planet. You can't call him any straight genre, really.
@callyjohnwell Yeah you got on the best path in discovering Mayers music. He's a gifted blues musician but he opted to stop "introducing" blues to the mainstream. That's a shame in my opinion, he was very inovating in doing it. And this last album he wanted to change his style so badly that it lost all the depth except for Edge of Desire. Continuum is still is masterpiece, but Covered in Rain, Why Georgia, Wheel, Clarity, Man on the side.. What a great artist. My favourite at least.
Why hello there, IWC Big Pilot on John's wrist. We meet again.
DonMichael 6 days ago
what was that face? @2:32 Hah. I just love this guy :)
Bora2135 2 weeks ago
1 person doesn't know what real music is
DancerMichaelJackson 3 months ago
John Mayer always gives some extra to his live performances. Love it how he always gives another twist to his songs when he plays them live.
psvth3b3st 5 months ago
Is that guitar legally 18?
mayerfan09 6 months ago 4
john mayer changed my life.
dom23ds 7 months ago
did he play a wrong note at 3:59?
jogabola 10 months ago
@jogabola Yes. But even that sounded "called for" ;)
trancered 9 months ago
@jogabola no thats just the note he decided to play ha :P it still is technically in the same key. just from a different scale
pinkfloyder111 5 months ago
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jogabola 10 months ago
You can't dislike this !
justfavoritevids 10 months ago
he's always wearing my favorite number, 44 :)
live4491 10 months ago
screw the tabloids and all that crap. anyone that can write and compose music that is this endearing can't be what they make him out to be. he keeps people like me hopeful, no matter how bad things get.
donnydude21 1 year ago
/watch?v=YkTu8Sp50Rw
cofree22 1 year ago
one of his best songs I believe and the playing just makes it even more soulful
fedegiby 1 year ago
I have super small hands, adult sized gloves are always too big for me :(
Everybody notices how miniature my girlish hands are, but somehow I still get this just fine, so I wonder whether its more down to have a certain amount of strength and bend in your thumb, rather than having large hands. I use the exact same guitar as he does in the video too, so neck size plays no part.
StockholmSyndrome08 1 year ago
His face when he sings... no... just no.
marusia949 1 year ago
Bloomin heck I only commented on this 5 days ago and I'm here sitting in an unknown pub in shrewsbury, uk, with WI-FI, watching it again from my favourites on my lap top!
BluesMastery 1 year ago
@SilentlyintheShadows Gotta love old banana fingers!
If he was to pass away tomorrow just imagine the change in peoples opinions about John, the utter despair from lovers of his music all around the GLOBE.
This Guy is superb. I mean ''beyoneblues'' is right, these songs cannot be equalled. Of course we have personal preference and this may not be your thing (and that is fine and great) but at least you have to understand talent when it is right infront of you....
BluesMastery 1 year ago
@BluesMastery I love John Mayer. And, looking at this, he looks like his electric guitar is super cut-away, too.
SilentlyintheShadows 1 year ago
@SilentlyintheShadows Yeah, you are right to love him, he is stunning. I kept on harping on about him to a mate Jay a while back how good JM is and he just told me to shut up about him.
So as it turned out I went to work (he chilled at mine with a beer and a smoke), listened to all the albums on his own, in his own time without any interuptions and he made his own conclusion.
He said 'This Mayer Guy is Fuck!n Ace!
BluesMastery 1 year ago
daggum. You've gotta have superstretch hands to do that.
SilentlyintheShadows 1 year ago
..wish he would play more solos like this these days
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guiSLG 1 year ago
wierdest facial expressions...like this guy and this whole album....
psjeev1 1 year ago
sometimes I feel like his songs can never be equaled...like he found the fountain of youth, only it's the fountain of universal songs, and he's not telling anyone where it is
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2:50 ON- BEST
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publicamenity9 1 year ago
he feels it. and this feels the listener.
this is why hes so special.
TwieTobi 1 year ago 4
@TwieTobi da schau ich so durch youtube und entdecke dich. lustig (:
du hast recht mit dem was du schreibst.
FwieFender 1 year ago
can somebody just tell me briefly what's ths song's all about?
ecahwahab 2 years ago
It's about the different relationships you have in life. Breakups, get togethers, hookups, endings, and beginnings and how it all continually rotates throughout your life. The backbone is repeated in he end, he hopes that the more love he gives the more he receives despite everything else.
Tylertbon 1 year ago 4
pause at 3:46 its hilarious!
AsianWayng 2 years ago 2
Was this in 2003?
I think it is.
AnonymousWhitePerson 2 years ago 2
4:05 nearly made me cry. "you can find me baby...if you ever want to give. I'll be around the bend" :(
nebulae87 2 years ago 4
Falling asleep to this song only assures you're gonna wake up with a smile! It's one of the most comfortable songs i've ever heard, both lyrically and musically it's just so complete it hurts my brains xD!
oliverandm 2 years ago
Aahh the melody is so catchy!
And the solo is awesome.... Just like the solo in come back to bed from max sessions
jorihaar 2 years ago 3
he has gorilla hands. its physically impossible for me to play this song. my hands are too small
kaneoheGrown 2 years ago 51
I was about to write the same thing :(
fc7alibi 2 years ago 4
Use your last finger. :)
johnontheside 2 years ago 4
@kaneoheGrown
Stick with it. I have tiny girly hands (I'm a man) and I was able to get it. :) He does have Gorilla hands, though.
ericmcast 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown bar the 10th and it'll stop you from moving your thumb from 10-13
123bitterbro123 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown your so right,, I have to use my fingers for the top E string with his chord progressions and he uses his super size thumb. I have really big hands but John must have hands like dinner plates! There are chord progressions in his songs which really do require hands the size of new Zealand! Nice to see people commenting nicely for once about class music (and yes I am very biased and this is only my opinion, NOT MY FACT). I am entitled to opinions but not facts!
BluesMastery 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown the dude is 6' 3" I'd be surprised if he didnt have massive hands.
jakedeving 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown glad to know that I am not the only one who can't do the 13x101210x (the second chord) the book calls it Fadd2. It is physically impossible for me, and it totally bums me out as this is one of my favorite songs. I have been playing it without the thumb on the 13th fret... but it is such a light bass song that you can notice... Can anyone give me some pointers for an alternative way to play this?
thedesignbystephen 1 year ago
@thedesignbystephen; @kaneoheGrown This song took me the LONGEST to reach that chord. Just keep practicing daily and you'll have it. I have short fingers and The Hendrix chord was tough for a long time too; as well as songs like "Edge of Desire", or the police - "Every breathe" or songs with a stretch. BUT they WILL come with daily practice and then you'll be a stretch MASTER! Good luck
abolocks 1 year ago
@abolocks Thanks for the encouragement, I have been practicing and now I have a three fret stretch of the thumb at mid neck, but I am still working on the 4 fret stretch at the 12th fret, almost there!
thedesignbystephen 1 year ago
@thedesignbystephen
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Richo18 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown just play the 8th fret on the A string, that's what I do, it's the same thing
mynameissol 1 year ago
@kaneoheGrown, capo the 5th fret. x0x033 x3x030 for the verse, freestyle with the f chord for the pre chorus. C Am G F for the chorus
bbsessions 11 months ago
My favorite John Mayer song. Beautiful lyrics, message, music, and solo.
ddferrer 2 years ago 13
Yeah, the solo from this song is amazing.
rynman47 2 years ago 5
love it!
nandaah09 2 years ago 7
is it just me or does he say "i believe my lifes gonna BE, the love i give return to me" at the end haha instead of SEE like it normally does...and well, actually makes sense with
wads629gb 2 years ago 5
This is one of my favorite songs of his. I don't like his voice much here for some reason but that solo was so beautiful.
SupernothingTK 2 years ago 4
my god u have to have monkey hands to play that ! looks at how far he stretches his thumb at :13 !
chaos8988 2 years ago
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I wish I had huge monkey hands. It would let me do that with my thumb on guitar.
heyman321 2 years ago
@heyman321
Yeah man... large monkey hands.... i'd wish that too lol, but if you practice your probably gonna be ale to do it, and no shit: it might hurt in the beginning but after a while it wont :)
oliverandm 2 years ago
his clean tones are just so amazing. it may seem thin at times, but it is so pleasing to the ear
masamiboi23 3 years ago 4
the two-rock amps and custom strats help, it'd be nice to have the best of the best equipment available...
kleinball 2 years ago
not to mention puree talent and skill.
dimeb135 2 years ago 3
just brilliant
julia1779 3 years ago
just brilliant
IhateJohnMayer 3 years ago
soooo good
bryanchaulk 3 years ago
just brilliant
vitor3000 3 years ago
My favorite John mayer song
bundy192000 3 years ago 3
Agreed.
"I believe, that my life's gonna see, the love I give, return to me" Those are absolutely religious lyrics for me!
dcjlove 3 years ago
religiuous is the word indeed
julia1779 3 years ago
love this song - live or album.
I got into mayer through his blues in continuum but i realized how good he makes pop sound. He surely raises the bar for pop music as far as musicality goes.
callyjohnwell 3 years ago 35
@callyjohnwell The music isn't really what I'd call "pop" though. It has catchy melodies like pop but pop is forever changing. The Black Eyed Peas are classed as "pop" and so is Lady Gaga. They're nothing like Mayer. I think Mayer creates an absolutely astonishing coalition of pop, rock, blues and jazz which is why he's one of my favourite musicians on the planet. You can't call him any straight genre, really.
spiffcorgi 1 year ago 3
@spiffcorgi its soull
ffallenaangel 1 year ago
@spiffcorgi you said it all :P
antony5linteau 10 months ago
@callyjohnwell Yeah you got on the best path in discovering Mayers music. He's a gifted blues musician but he opted to stop "introducing" blues to the mainstream. That's a shame in my opinion, he was very inovating in doing it. And this last album he wanted to change his style so badly that it lost all the depth except for Edge of Desire. Continuum is still is masterpiece, but Covered in Rain, Why Georgia, Wheel, Clarity, Man on the side.. What a great artist. My favourite at least.
afg22ify 9 months ago
just brilliant
soothuglifesmile 3 years ago
just brilliant
soothuglifesmile 3 years ago
just brilliant
probertn 4 years ago
when was this?
bmrfff 4 years ago