Free Falling (Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers) Cover Gareth Rhodes/axl77

[edmund6565]

great work :) can you give us chords?

[dgb111]

Dude, you are great but really......time to get a new schtick. Covering these old fogies tunes will take you exactly nowhere. Dig up some obscure stuff. Classic rock is so dead.

[axl77]

@dgb111 I disagree, covering classic rock has been nothing but a great experience. There's still a huge crowd out there for the likes of Guns N Roses, Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam etc. That said, i do enjoy covering more obscure stuff. I love Soul Asylums work.

[dgb111]

@axl77 Key words - will take you exactly nowhere. Be a waste if you don´t figure out that you are actually a hell of a lot better than some of the groups you are covering. Been playing a long time myself and I started with no bloody talent to speak of but I practiced (and continue) everyday. If I had started with your voice and abilities I´d be living in Hollywood by now and be banging a supermodel. Just saying.  Write some serious tunes of your own.

[dgb111]

@axl77 Key words - will take you exactly nowhere. I´ve been playing for years, practiced everyday but I wasn´t born with a voice or much talent so I had to struggle. If I had your talent I´d be living in Hollywood and bangin a supermodel. Just saying. Write your own tunes. Do it now. Cheers.

[ryan9600]

Really good vocals. Is that a Crafter rose tattoo design ? Ive got the same guitar different colour.

[rider2themax]

good job man

[Gitt69]

Great version!

[zanderp07]

nice version man...what guitar is that? sounds good !

[nomingonyourtoes]

Very good, but you might wanna tune up your guitar. :D

It's slightly out of tune.

[nfrantnik]

excellent !!!

[theugene]

wow u doesnt like this crazy. great cover. just uploaded my own version of FF. love this song. how do get so meny views? oh and love the hum at the end of the first verse

[chelslooove]

THANK YOU FOR COVERING TOM PETTY'S INSTEAD OF JOHN MAYER <3

[epiclol72]

originally, i had only listened to your guns n roses covers, but i've come to find out, all of your other band covers are just as great!

[lawver90]

is the actual way petty play it in standard tuning with a capo on the first fret

[pivotmastaa]

dude best version on youtube by far!

i though i was the only person that didnt use a capo on this...

[anatnavarro]

great!love your voice and the way you play,love your style.love it!

[2ballswaxed]

you have phenomenal pitch bro! this is the same key i sing it in!

[waytiingx]

wow youre voice is pretty good

[IrritationXi]

awesome man..

im free falling ♫

[mbelanger81]

WTF..... If you need to get on a label holla at me..... You've got some serious talent dude.....

[b45aa]

great cover what guitar is that?

[Xxmediarocker23xX]

Dude your great

[untouchableKIP]

Oh chum that was a piece of art!! Greetings from austria!!!

[PatMeruseye]

This is fuckin' great duuuude!

You deserve the pole position on youtubesearch.

Pleaze check out my songs/covers as well and leave me ur opinion.

Thanx

Pat

[GetSynyster]

Yes, he's very right. I thought you were Keith Urban for the first little bit, I like you both! Good job, sir.

[Calibabe6221]

AMERICAN IDOL!!! :) good job!! btw i love ur guitar!!!

[chrizmaster]

what an AAAWWEEESOME!!!! cover. you should have a recording deal mate, I would buy ur cd's

[vjaspers0608]

Great man very good!

greetings from germany !

[wakeupstupid]

i almost like ur version better than tom petty's. lol...where's ur record contract, i'm not kidding dude!! i'm buying ALL ur albums bro.

[ExtraFeatures]

You're incredible!

[sasukra13]

i just watched a bunch of covers of this song that sucked, yours is the first one i liked, your awesome!

[harriswa]

wow this is really good.i really didnt expect this.you are very talented

[giggityquagmirefan]

why r u not famous?

[Jmcnamee81]

That was amazing man the best Tom petty cover I have ever heard in a long time. U give axl a run 4 his money man that was incredible

[ayotollah]

You should join the american idol and start a career singing ;)

[Peonattack]

One of the best on YT.

[sillywillykitty]

u sound so awesome!!! i love your voice!!!!

[sillywillykitty]

u sound so amazing!!!

[RevivetheFlowerPower]

is your guitar in standard tuning?? or do i just not get the chords??

[MTK4000]

@RevivetheFlowerPower I believe he's playing a half step down from the original.

[HaleyMary]

this sounds close, if I didn't know any better, I would have thought it was the real thing.

[EVLGTR]

This is WAY BETTER than Tom Petty....Hahahaha

[djpuppy28]

I have watched about 5 vids so far. They are all great. I get the sense that you pick songs that mean something to you, Because you arent just singing them. you feel them and it shows in the vids. Keep it up. Im a fan

[jennyfunderar]

You are really great!

[axl77]

@jennyfunderar Thankyou so much, i really apreciate your comment. I love Tom Pettys work.

[jennyfunderar]

@axl77 Yes , he really is one of the best

[TheScrewed0ver]

this was fricken amasing

[blimycrikey]

Omg, this is amazing. I've finally found a decent cover. The John Mayer version is very bad. Finally someone who sang it properly :) x

[TomasWandahlMusic]

This cover is awesome! The guitarplay and your voice is perfect for this song. check my cover out, if oyu mind. its based on john mayers verison though. :P

[a13382]

i know u probly dont like country music but u look a lot like keith urban.AMAZING VOICE!!!!

[axl77]

@a13382 Thankyou so much. Im not really familiar with Keith Urban apart from the fact that he's with Nicole Kidman. Im sure hes very talented so thankyou for that :))

[jujums1]

jbdanielle20, he doesnt need American Idol. He needs a recording contract :)) You're amazing!

[jbdanielle20]

wow i love your voice. try american idol...youll go pretty far

[dippymoore13]

reminds me of keith urban fer some reason.

[johnnycomehome1]

man this guy is good. Keep up the good work Gareth!!  Just went and watched the Axl/Tom Petty version you mentioned. Axl really took the mood and direction of the song to a different place, awesome!

[Jasonbanert6]

wow

[frozenheartgirl]

beautiful

[etniesboi11]

Favorite cover man, I actually listened to this 5 times now xD

[DanielAdrianOchoa]

excellent job man. Check out my cover its different though

[AftershockRLSH]

u shud try this again wen ur dune with gnr

[AftershockRLSH]

amazing gareth

[LiebeIstLeise]

Its the best Cover of "Free Falling" i've ever seen.

Your voice is amazing !

[AftershockRLSH]

@LiebeIstLeise totally

[seanlap17]

check out my vid.. nice job man!

[tucktuck96]

damn thts good

[caligirley234]

Awesome. Love this song. You sang it well!

[lawver90]

sweet cover man id say one of the best

[elioinerte]

hey man

this is really awesome

the chords are: E / A9 and..... i could not see the other

greetings

[lawver90]

i think that last chord is a B chord of somesort

[elioinerte]

thanks man

[lawver90]

no problem man

[keswicklaw]

really good version good voice, Tom Pettys is the best and you nailed it,you did it the way it is supposed to be done 5 ******

[jenisbetteroffdead]

FINALLY, the good version! I really hate John Mayers. <3

[StevoRayVaughan]

@jenisbetteroffdead yeah, because you didn't really took the time to listen to it, you just heard it was different and you hated it... John Mayer's an awesome artist, and both Tom Petty and John Mayer's version are awesome, they just are different.. Take the time to watch the whole "Where The Light Is : Live in L.A." album, you'll see, he's awesome! And BTW, Gareth, best cover I've ever heard of Tom Petty's version! I've been watching some of your videos, and you're awesome!

[scarlettohara515]

great job!

[tricknsk8allday]

nice job dude, nice to see you covered the good version!

[axl77]

Thankyou so much. For me, Tom Pettys version is the best too.

[muditsethi]

which guitar do you have ??????

[tamsweeney]

I actually really like it, I don,t usually listen to Tom Petty covers but that was really very good. Thanks for that. Toni.

[rastamankev]

Really good man, this song is so good and you nailed it buddy !

[intiaboats]

It's pretty rare when a cover is better than the original. You nailed it!

[luiedalooper]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Doveboy411]

WHAT GUITAR DO YOU HAVE

[daph08mon]

you almost made me cry... 5 stars for you...

[G0c09]

I'm still amazed by how great you can make any song sound with just an acoustic guitar and your (amazing) voice! You rock big time :)

[Tmusic014]

dude, this is insane. great voice

[XOjordanXOkatrinaXO]

its one of my favorite songs and i think i might even like ur version more!!!!:)ur amazing!great job!:):)

[XOjordanXOkatrinaXO]

u have a beautiful voice!:):) i love ur voice on this song,its perfect!:)xo jordan

[axl77]

Thankyou very much. Thats very kind of you to say so. Its a song ive always loved so knowing someone approves of my version leaves me with a lot of satisfaction. Thankyou

[zekebullseye]

Nice voice

[axl77]

Thankyou so much, thats cool of you to say

[Tidinrw]

great one!!!!!

5***** from me!

[coffee489]

Very good and a favorite 5*****`s

[chuckytif]

I remember Axl with Tom Petty...Thanks !

[ConnorPayneMusic]

can you say boring?

[UnholyMasterOfMetal]

Maybe you should share your wisdom with Tom Petty instead?

[g0608540]

Dude you are so awesome i worship and look up to you! :) great job.

[tstorm81993]

you put such emotion into it. I love it.

This is one of my favorite vids to listen to lately. i go to it at least every day. lol

[departed371]

you sing it a hundred times better than axl, haha. nice guitar, loving the fretboard!

[cmorrow132]

Actually, axl didn't do this. It was Tom Petty.

[Justblackgold]

Axl Rose made a cover of the song for an awardshow...

[TheAustinWalls]

Pwnd

[MatthewH9]

great cover. finally someone who can acually play guitar and sing. props!

[Xmaxify]

I can't play guitar

[cdowner13]

you rock hardcore on every song you sing!!!!

[sprobola]

wow this is the most amazing cover of tom petty

[brunorockerr]

great cover for this great song .. 5 stars !

[Doused09]

Dude...... Amazin'!!

One of my all time favourite songs and that was a fantastic cover mate. Hats off to you..... Absolutely top drawer stuff!!

Lee (Doused)

[axl77]

Thanks Lee.Tom Petty has some really great songs.Ive learned a lot from playing his stuff.

[Foooman]

Such a simple song, yet so beautifully covered.

Never give up music man, you're amazing.

[SoonerToBe]

You my Friend, deserve to go Big!

When you get there let me know! Keep it up.

[rlisias]

haha I know those chords!!!! You're a real pro, dear friend:) Perfect!

[dmio2]

nicely done. great vocal.

[eddyoramirez]

i hope to see you any time soon on tv or touring around the world man, you deserve it i think

[CHCHOMP]

excellent gareth, is this the set up for your gigs then? :)

[axl77]

Yes it is.Its a really simple set up,no fuss,just two speakers,a mixing desk and a mic.Ive just got to get out there and make it happen now. Thanks so much :)

[marcovhv]

Bad ass man... bad ass... wow...

I was kinda wondering if you'd do this song. Absolutely awesome rendition!

[nils82]

Super as all your vids. thats guitar is even a piece of art. very nice one

[innerJAG]

good job on the chorus.

[xxxdarkmexxx]

my favorite Petty song! once again fantastic cover 5/5 for sure!

[axl77]

Thank you so much for that. I love Petty too. Hope to many more of his songs :)

[Malfunction69]

perfect song choice. faving

mark

[gogi682]

Love this Tom Petty song! Good job on it!

[bigj2344]

Epic win

[vanderhoof22]

gareth man. another one that kicked ass. I love tom petty and knew it would only be a matter of time before you did this song. it was incredible. axl and tom petty would be proud. me and my buds back in canada are still waitin for betth by kiss man. hopefully not to long

[AndreasBusshart]

Gareth man that was great you deserve all the stars and more.....peace...........♫Musi­c is Life♫ ♥♥♥♥♥ guitars...[Freddie]

[shawnmcnair1]

That was killer!

[bazzasmog]

well done bro, great choice of song

[LesPaulDude999]

great cover. i've always loved this song. 5*

[zacandtaylorrule]

Awesome job Gareth. I am a huge Tom Petty fan and I love this cover. Looking forward to some more Tom covers from you.

[BeWzOr]

Amazing! God job man, loved it! :)

[blackrosedduck]

That was amazing. No lie.. That is such a classic song.. I was a little iffy about how it would sound.. But its amazing

[healthyaddixion]

how is it you seem you cover all of my  favorite songs?? i agree with todd, youre always brilliant. come to america?

[statician1]

Another classic to cover mate, Stunning again, really good tone to your voice lad.

[toddmakesnoise]

i have yet to hear anything from you that was less than fantastic. and honestly i often like your version far more than the original. This is another case of that---you sing with such great passion.

what make and model of guitar is that? the pearl inlays on the soundboard are brilliant, and the inlays on the fretboard remind me of the Martin "tree of life" pattern.

[Maru2nd]

Gareth : ))) You are so great !!! I see you in the near future on the stage and you sing to thousends of people !!!! And I`m happy to know you : ))))

[GuitarLengends456]

awesome, i love this song 1000*s

[axl8GNR8forever]

This song is so great.

I saw this song live, but a long time ago.

It remember me on a good time :)

It's your day, you have done it great too.

[mossyx360]

Amazing as always.

[GohanDBZ]

Good job!

[tstorm81993]

OMG amazing Gareth! favorited it! you nail tom petty, I was so excited when I saw this in my subscription update box lol

keep em coming!

[brandybemyname]

this ROCKS. great job. you do tom petty more than justice. great cover

[mongoose081980]

Once again, a fantastic cover! I was going to say that you always pick songs that really suit your voice, however with the range of music you cover, I think it's just that your voice is pure quality and suits any song!

Just out of interest, any original stuff in the pipeline? I love the covers you do but I think with your talent then you could be an amazing artist in your own right.