With or Without You - U2 (John Allred Acoustic Looping Cover)

[MrJessicasage]

this is better than the original, and that is one of my favorite songs. woww <3

[IslandLinus]

This is a real awesome version... truly inspiring. Thanks.

[steveisler]

A Beautiful Contrast of Mind Altering Euphoria, Entising the InterSanctum of Music and ARTISTRY, thus Bringing Forth, and Inspiring the Talents within your Self. (That said, This is one AWESOME Video) Thanx for Posting

[SweetSnakeBzz]

Great cover !

[luieu2]

Brilliant !

[thecastillo24]

@benalexmusica Just kiddin its called an Ebow i think

[uvtrecord1011]

@thecastillo24 Yeah its an E bow for better usage of one watch This Will Destroy You a song called Threads it will change your life

[benalexmusica]

You are so freakin talented!! I feel so blessed to have played with you!

What is the magnet thingy your using to get your strings to vibrate at the beginning of the video?

Keep it up, praying for you!

- Ben Moore (one of the twins)

[thecastillo24]

@benalexmusica It is called a melodica



[panicsugarcane]

iwas wondering what the heck he was doing when he screamed into his guitar.. hahaha

[imyours512]

I have got to say.... i wish my husband was just at least a tiny bit this talented! Allred is AMAZING!! and oh so adorable.

[talleyguitars]

i got to see him live tonight!!!!!!

[sc4rh34rt]

oh my god. he makes me cry. thank you allred. :D

[willguitarup]

Beautifull!!!

[xrYsomYga]

absolutely great performance.

[nokiannie]

I realy like your voice and and your a good guitar player ..Awesome

[10eyeball1986]

Very good. Very unique ideas. Only glitch was your delay pedal. Your pedal's timing was slightly off but that is really hard to get that perfect when you're live. Other than that, props dude and i hope to see you one day. That is really good

[56kahuna]

i like how it plays it then records it. Then when he hits the guitar for the beat and sings into it. My sister has been to every concert. I have listen to him since he was in his band.

[oodava]

That is some impressive talent right there! Great job!

[abyucougar]

Hey awesome performance last night at Mountain View, I was impressed.

[bangmepoolie]

this is AMAZING.

[summerharrington]

and so fine haha

[vjsnazz]

Anyone know the tuning he uses?

[moosey62]

Very good!

[pamelapoleh]

i love it !

[maddikwa]

better than original :D

[umhewow]

Well I see this dude at the gym in provo almost everyday. Should i be enticed to get his autograph?

[upsykimsy]

PLEASE come to England... Please? stumbled across you by pure accident, and kinda fallen in love with your voice.

[nicolekeate]

mr. allred you are AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigfootlives123]

my play button must be EXHAUSTED. (: (: (:

[cmike057]

q buena cancion

[LadyBulletproof]

WOW O__O

[simonev17]

i love his music, so sweet and suttle :)

[simonev17]

i love his mucis, so sweet and suttle

cute and adorable.

[curbanisium]

love when you sing into the guitar and how u put it all together

[ASSASS77]

wow....good job...thats soooo wierd because before i even heard this i always thought that shadow of the day would fit with this song!

[eminemassault]

i cud turn gay for John..... :-|

[toyolla86]

saw you guys at byu this weekend (9/2010) soooo sick. i was blown away. and im quite critical. flawless lead singer.

[Drumkeeper93]

Wow!! This is awesome. You are one creative dude. I can't wait till the radio decides to put some good talent on the radio.

[godzkitchen81]

Good stuff and cute too!!

[mawii0choupi]

I LOVE (l)

[jop9026]

talented and handsome!

[mtandcd]

i hugged him and it was amazing. My favorite artist of all time

[adrjsh79]

Take a walk Bono....this is the best version of this song ever performed. Loved seeing you live John! You are an amazing artist!

[91musicmaniac]

amazing !!!!! simply amazing !!!!!! love his covers !!!! Insane way of putting music together !!!!

[demonjdean]

still haven't been able to see you live yet john. i'm looking forward to when i get the opportunity. please don't sell out

[s1w2e3e4t]

I love you! you are an amazing and very talented artist!

[iamearthbornami]

nice*****

[degofassilem]

this is 3/4 one song and 1/4 another song.....

[zdizzlefoshizzle69]

PERFECT!! Way better than the original.

[Pat3232]

Holy Ish....boy Im sure glad you live in SLC...I see you all the time

[linneamae]

BRILLANT......WOW!!!!!

[jackmehoff117]

I have always hated covers of this song, because it's my favorite song....yet this is unbelievably beautiful, I wish you could know how much this perfromance means to me, thank you so much! and keep up the creative, amaizing work!

[xmyfireflyx]

This is even better watching it live! Absolutely amazing!

[musicalAJ8128]

Why does it look like he is not really playing his guita r ? Just curious. He does have a nice voice though.

[mikeytdan87]

@musicalAJ8128 He records little melodies as he plays then loops them as he plays other melodies.

[thecastillo24]

This guy has got true passion for what he does....Look him up on itunes.....Get his music....you will not regret it.

[aleeda12]

i saw this bro live, he's amazing

[switchkforlife]

holy crap. amazing.

[disintegration37]

who doesnt love nature.....

i kinda of hate that dude since he murdered neil young.....neil young shouldve been there to slap a bitch.

[Bacdawg]

dude... wow last night was amazing, i was the one who said PLAY MEDLEy haha and u said it was too long, that guy after took way too freakin long haha you should've stayed up there and played it haha, i gotta see you play that song... haha dude you give me the chills keep rockin man :D

[garritj]

Totally agree... should have pushed your set to an hour and bypassed that washed up old guy.

John - get set! Where can I get a album?

[natyagreda]

awesome.......

[thecastillo24]

for the 3rd loop he's usin some sorta magnet as a sustainer hmmm?

[UncleWayne58]

It's called an eBow.. 75-100.00 dollars in the stores. Learning to use it?? Another story

[thecastillo24]

yes i discovered the ebow shortly after posting that comment. I'd really like to attempt to use one.

[Bond007negative]

Dang Gina!!!

[StatingPanic]

Seen him live! He's way good :)

[Dragoona333]

holy eff.

this is amazing

i think i fell in love x____x;

[pinguiiiiin]

perfect. love this <3

[SeaMermaid24]

Wow, this kid is amazing! Very entertaining to listen to... And watch!

[SlipKnoTtater]

hes gonna be performing at my school, its gonna be so cool!

[Uniinvited]

nice shoes.

[THEDANEMaster]

RADIO!!! i love that song!!!

[kylanini]

can somebody please post his song "radio"??? i just wanna hear it again. NOW! haha he is so flippin amazing!!!!!!!!!

[kylanini]

i love this.

[Bond007negative]

Just saw him live tonight and he is amazing:)

[ethan8220]

i love the linkin park thrown in there

[LDSRobinson]

Probably better at Eastern Utah tonight.

[bookwrm91]

he was so good at Snow College the other night!

[ReadingRaven019]

he's playing at my school! cool!

[alexxxbeezy]

My favorite u2 song being played by such a beautiful, amazing, talented musician! Love you John! <333333

[meganf98]

Absolutely beautiful.

[blonde9494]

this is AMAZING!

[ucokcokicoke]

It's fuckin' awesome

[tavokun87]

=O

INCREIBLE!

[jordanleighgriffin]

I get to watch him open for Blink 182 & Taking Back Sunday in a week! WOO!

[kungfulew28]

I've never seen nothing like this.. It's just brilliant!

[MrMrCkk]

why is alred so amazing !!

[MichaelbrownSUD]

Heck yeah that was awesome!

[xmhsspiritbabex]

amazing john! as per usual...

[falcner]

does anyone know what loop station he uses?

[rockinhamburger]

Awesome, dude!

[POLYERGUS1]

très original,étonnant,superbe!

[ICEWRX22JR]

allred is awesome :DDDD

[kristinann10]

i loveeee him (:

[freebird747flies]

all these allreds, blimey! and i grew up in britain the only one!. father was american, his name was roy. utah and the mormon church seems to tie in with my family history tho.x

[eh11canadian]

john, wanna say thanks for sticking with Utah! Everyone knows if you are talented and still in Utah, you don't care about a label. Ha ha. You got your head on straight!

[lexaanne]

@eh11canadian I completely agree i moved from Utah and miss his music so much... Allred is amazing...

[pikabat]

he is pretty much the only good thing about utah,

hah.

he is amazing. <3

[glycoboy]

that last scream in the mic was off tune a bit but every time i've seen it live he does it perfectly!!!!!

[camfan04]

Allred's a pretty common name, in Utah particularly. I'm an Allred too! This guy is amazing!! I have no idea if we're related, but it's possible because we're both from Utah. Didn't know there were any Allreds in Britain. That's pretty cool!! Nice to "meet" you!

[titanic484]

He's actually from Connecticut.

[freebird747flies]

is allred a common name in the u.s? my last name allred only 3 in britain and not related, allreds very talented people!!

[beauteefulbrunette]

i've seen this guy in concert about 158 times.

never fails to amaze me :]

[mattwatchesvids]

i found this guy by looking up my last name on facebook

also allred

and i think he's really good and now i started listening to him

unfortunately i live in Maryland so i'll probably never see him

:'(

[warnydog]

what a freakin amazing video! seriously. WAY talented!

[sexybunz22]

dude. hes amazingly skillful. and pretty cute:)amazing voice.

[seastrizzle]

does anyone know what its called that he picks up at :30?? and also do you need a certain kind of pick up to sing into the guitar like he does? and last question...what effect does he use on his vocals for the chorus??

[timmymoney]

I used to play in a band with this guy- very talented. He uses an e-bow which causes sound by the vibration of the strings which are reinforced with the pickup. Vocals sound like a compression/reverb/chorus mix, but i'm not sure.

[FunkiKikAssGirl]

pretty darn good =]

[sitsona]

I saw him perform this when opening for Secondhand Serenade back in June. Sadly when I saw him open for Yellowcard, his pedal board didn't show up :(

[beauteefulbrunette]

i was there when he opened for secondhand as well and i fell in love with him!

no pedal board?

pshhh....

was it still the bomb?

[sitsona]

totally still the bomb. with that kind of talent you don't need a pedal board

[andrewthedrummerboy]

oh, and he has an E-Bo!!

[Zdiggidy]

What equipment is he using?

[andrewthedrummerboy]

a looper and some other effect peddles. I met him last night and that's all I could see on that thing.

[likeajavelin]

I saw him open for summerset a while ago

Freakin amazing!

Love it.

[motrineo]

haha, incrediby good:):):)

[mikeyhansen9]

john i love this song!

live is the best!

[nightspringmusic]

way talented!!! love this version.

[lookitsnatebaldwin]

i am glad to see that you caught on to the linkin park rip off. I'm stoked to see your new music video, the greenlight team sure does rock.

[looves2dance]

He is sooo nice!! And way good!

[mxyw]

Really? I've met the guy 4 or 5 times and he's always been extremely nice.

[mxyw]

I've met the guy like 6 times and he's always been extremely nice.

[twilighter13]

Im scared, hes big and Im supposedly going to work with him recording a song,

..........Im really scared!

[99vincent99]

why would u be scared man

u should enjoy it

[acousticsummers]

ya i was talkin to him the other night at one of his shows, he's way cool and easy going, i'd love to get to work with him

[TwilightxIsxAwesome]

Absolutely amazing! :o

[acousticsummers]

i am totally gonna buy a loop pedal, cuz i already learned this song by ear, and then im gonna play it :)

[AutumnTearMusic]

Hey Quick question what is the last Chord he plays? I learned this song too! but i couldn't figure out what chord he uses at the end oh and when he starts singing and playing the first chord

[acousticsummers]

i just use power chords so i just play a d5 at the end

[roxylo2004]

....amazinggggg

[LiLMeGi32]

marry me :)

[kristinann10]

haha i love him :]

[BainBoy1]

what do the pedal things do?

[titanic484]

It records what he plays so he doesn't have to play all those parts it just keeps playing so he can play different things. Do you get what i'm saying?

[BainBoy1]

yeah. thanks so much!

[titanic484]

no problem...anytime.

[Lastkidspickedingym]

what effects is he using

[titanic484]

OMG! I LOVE this song! I listen to him live last night (6-11-08) at the Secondhand Serenade concert. It was so Awesome!!

[Kasee15]

dude. i agree. the concert was awesome last night. i fell in love with him.

[titanic484]

OMG! I fell in love with him to.

[Kasee15]

ya i met him too. so nice. and gorgeous. haha.

[titanic484]

You met him?!?! Lucky! I wanted to meet him so bad. My friends sister met him. I was so jealous. Maybe i'll get another chance one day and meet him.

[Kasee15]

i know! i want to go to just his concert ya know what i mean?

[titanic484]

Yeah! I know what you mean. Doesn't he live in Utah? I'm not sure. Did you get my other message?!

[Kasee15]

idk if he lives in utah. i will have to find out. i know he performed in st. george too. but in not sure. what did the other message say?

[titanic484]

I'll probably find out to. lol. I was just wondering if you lived in Utah?

[Kasee15]

o ya. i live in utah. do you?

[titanic484]

Yeah! I live in Sevier County? You?

[Kasee15]

i live in north utah county. really close to thanksgiving point actually.

[titanic484]

Oh! That's cool! I live in Richfield. Do you know where that is? You probaly do.

[Kasee15]

yeah i know where that is. i live in lehi. haha.

[titanic484]

Cool! So have you been to a Secondhand Serenade concert before?!

[Kasee15]

no. this was my first one. i just barely started listening to them like 2 weeks ago and memorized every single song. haha. so if you saw some blonde girl in a blue bandanna lip syncing every song, ya that was me.

[titanic484]

This was my first concert to. Nope, I didn't see you. Were you in the middle or off to the side. I was on the right side. I got a really good veiw of the John (lead singer). It was awesome. But then this really really tall guy came in front of me but I just moved over. So it was fine. But I don't think tall people should be in the front of small people. lol

[Kasee15]

i was like up frontish/middlish. ya there were these way tall guys in front of me 2. we asked them how tall they were and they said 6 5!! ah! but they blocked out the sun. haha so that was good. but then we just moved in front of them.

[titanic484]

That's cool! So did you get a really good? Except for when the guys were in front of you. lol. That's cool that you moved in front of him. I should have told my friends to do that with the guy in front of me. lol

[mxyw]

Hey, don't know if you guys already figured this out, but he's originally from Hartford CT, he's lived and done shows all over UT for the past four years and just barely moved back to CT yesterday. His last show in UT for a while was on Saturday, but he'll be back in August touring with a band called We Shot The Moon.

[titanic484]

Yeah! I figured it out. Thanks though!

[asubaseballgirl]

Amazing concert in Arizona! I loved watching you use the pedals to record pieces for the background. It is so neat! I was definitely in awe of your talent:)

[blackhawkwalters]

GEE, I found this guy by accident. Saw his live performance on video, I think it was at the Electric Theater. Which lead me to this video. All I can say is WHAT A GREAT JOB AND FANTASTIC MUSIC!!! Blackhawk Walters

[DarrenHunsaker]

By far the best cover ever of this song. Wow!! You're a stud!!

[AVEMTDJ]

JOHNNY ALLRED!!!! awesome!!!! really awesome...cant wait to get you out here...i might have a place for ya...dude is on vacation in mexico so when he gets back i will get you here!!!