John Mayer - Clarity / Lost (Coldplay Cover) @ Nokia Theater 12-6-08

[Carlotinha0311]

i think this sounds amazing... he did a great job as usually :)

[hampson1]

listen to it from the album and then complain. its incredible when it is recorded with something more than a £30 camera..

[BrunchOnYourLap]

surprisingly disappointing.

[alvaritooooooooo]

What kind of sample/drumbeat box device is he using? I'd like to use something like that for solo shows!

[Saramore13]

It's funny you say he can't sing but I've heard Chris Martin and he ain't so great either.

[123Nickkiii]

He messed a great song up soo bad. >:l

[musicfreak3606]

Don't even try a Coldplay song. Sorry John, you blew this one.

[myworld93]

far out this is awesome...

[michelrsps]

song = ruined

[palmster56]

Coldplay are fucking shite.

[coldplayandoasis]

@palmster56 so why is jhon mayer coverung them? you fucking sucker

[palmster56]

@coldplayandoasis Cause John Mayer is a fan of Coldplay. I'm not, hence why I think they're shite. SUCKER.

[nick0122092]

go fuck urself. fucking ruined the fucking song

[flannelman18]

if you guys had been there...you'd have seen how drunk he was. it was kinda embarrassing. still a god though

[poc005]

commenting on youtube videos should be illegal. Unless you say something funny like poop

[emcal3]

omg john mayer. just stick to playing the guitar. leave coldplay's masterpiece alone. you ruin it with that stupid nasal crap and playing with your voice. it just makes you look like a loser.

[XOSHIL1]

What the fucking hell is that bitch doing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nick0122092]

@XOSHIL1 i

[djinn085]

omg...idiot! Leave this holy song alone! AND STOP SINGING SO GODDAMN NASAL! Raaahhh! This really pisses me off :( John takes away the whole magic thats in this song

[ThaPietjah]

oke no one can cover a coldplay song! The Songs from coldplay only has one voice and thats the voice of Chris Martin!

[minhdiszles]

His singing isn't as good as usual because the song 'lost' that is being backtracked is in a higher key than Clarity by like 2 whole steps that's why theres a capo, and he didn't feel like transcribing it. Either way I think it was still brilliant. John mayer and chris martin are geniuses

[Southwind1989]

John mayer + Coldplay = Awesomeness,

[oldham42]

I think if he did 'Lost!' in the studio, it would sound really good, cause he could use protools to help some of the higher notes sound better. But live, his voice is a bit iffy on them. Still good effort, though.

[sandihume]

he destroyed it. fact.

[boyplu]

Good effort here but his voice is just off for this song, altogether it's a crappy cover...

[clambake444]

Wouldn't we try to play and sing these great songs if we could?

[Lancification]

It seems improvised. And for that reason. Top Job!! This guy is a real musician!! I like the Jay-Z rap in the background too.

[RosaParks312353]

A. The vocals on this song are fine. The sound QUALITY sucks because this is recorded on what seems to be a digital camera B. Who really gives a shit if he's adjusting. It's his right as a musician to take risks and use songs he likes in his own way and C. If you don't think this song fits his voice it's probably because HE DOESN'T SING IT. Of course he's not gonna sound like Coldplay. If you think the song doesn't fit his voice it's probably because it's not supposed to.

[RosaParks312353]

I really don't understand the argument here. I mean he's not saying "Oh damn let me go show up Coldplay by singing their song." He just came up with the idea for mixing one of their songs that he liked with his. No biggie. John Mayer sounds like John Mayer. Chris Martin sound like Chris Martin. Blah blah fucking blah big kids. Get over it.

[Kueck10893]

Artists covering other artists FTW! I think I'm starting to overuse that term... What is that anyway...? "For the win?"

Seriously though. John Mayer creates such good music, such good vibes, he's a very proficient guitar player, and he's basically taken blues and jazz chords and put them into great music that's very easy to access. That's a lot to take on. But he's done it.

[jstringer50]

haha how about having a tech turn your effects on and fuck with your gear while your playing so you dont have to stop strumming to turn around every few seconds

[rickymulyadi]

very bad vocals.. sorry john, u suck for this song..

[jewelfewel]

i don't think he has the right voice for Lost. good cover nonetheless

[dimestoreprofitband]

his singing technique in this is completely wrong... I like john mayer alot but if your shoulders raise when youre taking a breath to sing, youre not using your diaphram...a professional should know that, and I know that he has a vocal coach now...he has had one since continuum

[thejoenessexperiment]

who cares if it's technically right. what it comes down to is if people think you sound good.

[kylej88]

so your saying john mayer doesnt know diaphragmatic technique? the most basic of basic vocal rules? Fuck off! your a shit critic! maybe its just an easier way for him to produce his own sound. I'm sure when he wants to be powerful he'll use more diaphragm, and you really don't see much rich mixed voice from john, so no joke.. Fuck off

[Danklin24]

Ok I'm a big John Mayer fan but this is fucking terrible. This is one song he can't and shouldn't sing. Sorry John.

[kylej88]

John mayer doesnt care, do you think he puts ANY effort in putting these songs together? he does these for fills. notice how he doesnt look prepared throughout the ENTIRE song adjusting the nobs and improvising on the guitar. And he does a decent job at it, your opinion is vague and obviously not a 'big john mayer fan' if you dont like his voice.

[Danklin24]

I'm actually a very big John Mayer fan. I like this voice in most of his songs. This however isnt one of his songs and in MY opinion it doesnt suit his voice. If in your mind that means im not a huge Mayer fan because i dont like every single thing the guy does, then so be it. He's turning around to adjust the knobs because he has a effects/ drum machine you dink. He's turning the effects on/off. What does him looking unprepared have to do with his voice and how it fits or doesnt fit the song?

[kylej88]

Your saying that he shouldn't perform the song when it doesn't matter from the little effort he puts into it. And he IS adjusting for effects which exactly proves my point cause he's looking for one that will suit what hes playing. I can point out 3 obvious areas in this clip where he doesn't look prepared at all and is just having fun with it. including his first entry in the guitar where it didnt have a quite good unison.

[JordanPerrier]

little bit of No Hook in between lol

[blizzfool]

this may have just pushed me over the liking john mayer line. i think i like him now

[segufta]

this is amazing

[lookoutitscaleb]

only in the last 40 years of pop have people decided that covers or borrowing a chord progression/melody is a rip off. it used to be a compliment to the original composer. Usually its not even the writer that gets offended its the record label. Give the original artist credit and fly that's all that should matter.

[bell3361]

i don't like it cover .coldplay is good

[paigerocks884]

I WANT THIS ON DVD

[DreadfulSolemnity]

That girl at 0:40 is beautiful.

[jewelfewel]

@DreadfulSolemnity riiiiiiiiight

[PaolinoChannel91bao]

chris martin much better

[AdamTesta]

no doubt

[karazakaton]

no lights poxleitner is the best

[jessandkelly]

no you sound like a dumb ass...john mayer covers a lot of songs and makes it his own. just because people covers songs doesnt mean they are trying to be better than the origional writer. and nothing john mayer does is crappy. we love him and if you just took the stick out of your ass and listened to the song it is brilliant.

[Neptunade]

@jessandkelly Actually, person, it isn't brilliant, but it IS the best he could do at the time.

[ddavinn]

i think you are.. :)

[alexrempel12390]

Personally. I don't like this concert. It's.. not that fantastic. I don't like loop'ed performances.

[paigerocks884]

maybe not this one but i love the enter concert

[ruiconti]

its a goddamn cover, its not meant to be better than coldplay, also the lost rythm changed to match with clarity's. though the sound's terrible and u barely hear the guitar

[museIKplox]

check out his cover of kid a

it's pretty sweet imo

[CarterBeaufordisGOD]

John mayer covers Kid A???

(Greatest album ever)

[museIKplox]

just the song though

[rhodygirl33]

Beautiful mix of the two songs!  Miss you M.

[pomum88]

I hate it! He sings with his nose!!

I generally like his music, but this is not a good song for him.

[bntice]

its the quality of the sound he doesnt usually sound this nosey i have a feeling its not him its the sound

[RedHohner]

Chris Martin of Coldplay has a nasally voice but it is still good sounding...

[puppycheeks93]

no he doesnt...

[Chrisisyummy]

umm....no he doesnt

Mayer on the other hand DOES have a nasal voice

[dizasterousn]

the problem is that each artist write songs that match their singing ability/method. John mayer obviously has a distinct way of singing, as does Chris Martin... So you're right.... he shouldn't sing coldplay songs...lol

[tuckerover9000]

I like it, its different and i think it went well with Clarity. He should consider expanding this song and doing it live with his full band

[hole4hand]

hes got good taste i like coldplay too

[swk41522]

i like it. obviously its gonna be different than the original, and i think coldplay sounds better than what he did here, but i admire how he is trying to mix it up. he has said in interviews all over that he hates doing the same thing and like to experiment. like what he did with the trio and stuff. wouldnt you get bored of singing the same songs over and over for years? i would def try and do the same that he is doing.

[sk8terchild97]

thank you its not suppose to be better then coldplays he just likes the song so he did a cover is that so bad dang

[GonzaStarchild]

jesus christ, people! doing a cover doesn't mean your version of the song has to be better! it's just a cover!

f*ck!

[7richie7]

this is fuckin terrible have to say, ruined a good song

[juniwilliams]

why do people like u always assume covers are supposed to be better. whne u sing a song in the bathroom are u trying to say ur better than the original version. Grow up man

[ForeverImmature]

i didnt know john was a fan of coldplay... i love him!

[japs209]

blah......not a fan of this cover at all. it took me 14 seconds to realize that he can't top the original. i respect mayer, but he should stick to his own stuff. his voice is so unique that it's almost impossible for him to cover a song cleanly. i love lost, i hate this. the only people who could EVER disagree with me here are mayer fanboys (and girls).

[mushroomsonguitar]

couldnt agree with u more

[SRVfan777]

The idea of a cover is to make your own and it isnt meant to be exactly the same as coldplay anyway

[jingwah]

its called a cover...dont trip, hes not trying to be better than coldplay..

[Sulphrous]

Another classic case of someone trying to circumvent the insignificance of their one opinion with the power of numbers that don't actually exist.  Why can't you just say "This is my opinion", why does it have to be "This is my opinion and EVERYONE agrees with me. So there." It's childish. Everyone's opinion is worth the same. This doesn't even have anything to do with the discussion, but I'm sick of people doing this.

[bntice]

also remeber this is horrible quality for rechording wait till a dvd or album from here comes out

[seeing879]

I'm a big Coldplay fan, but they need to use there head, when it comes to letting other acts cover there songs, most importantly who. This version is crappy and to allow John Mayer to cover this song what were they thinking?

[loversinjapan3]

ruined!!!!!!!!!!!

chris's voice is so clean and crispy and his is graspy and ew. sheesh he is better off singing his own songs.. please

[andrerik]

The problem was that he started it way to high. He could nail that song if he had just started it a key and a half lower.

[fortunatefool87]

I mean the guys just trying to do what any musician wants to do...experiment and have fun.

Yeah it was a bit rough but whatever...he's not an asshole for covering lost.

Its a cool idea....hes doing what every kid is doing learning that song-jamming on their guitar to it in their room.

[blizzfool]

i hate this guy before. and i hate him 20000 times more now. he anyone who's ever covered coldplay has destroyed them. accept for natasha bedingfield. she did the only cover of coldplay ever thats almost been as good as the real thing. this sucks.

[jkehinde02]

GARBAGE!!! He fucked up a truely freat song!!!!!

[siefxx]

he really sucks

[laneangeln08]

that was good

[hearUme89]

is it just me or does he sound like shit in this?

[DucStewie]

John Mayer SUCKS at singing Lost.

[americancarsarecrap]

I agree dude. I'm a huge Mayer fun but he's got nothing on Chris Martin singing Lost esp after seeing Chris belt it out live the other week.

[nickwelsh]

too bad his voice is outta whack. good cover though.

[weightlosstoday]

its interestin to hear it from mayr

[commntyblackman]

stick to your own stuff john

[chrismiuz]

then you should stick up to lady gaga man

[morsosky]

coldplay does this song fucking amazing!

[doggyd6]

yes they do!

[pantalones7]

i am a big fan of both - probably like mayer more since i play guitar. AND i would have loved to see this life, sick... but with that said, his voice is a bad match for this song, it doesn't convey the same feeling as chris martin's style.

[bubba1647]

i was there......................

[xTATiTNTx]

i like this

it's a pretty good song for john to cover.

and he looked hot doing it.

[JustMeProduction]

wow one of my fav singers singing one of my fav songs!

AWESOME!

XD

[backstreetchix97]

He messed up on the lyrics. It's suppose to be:

Just because I'm hurting (Mayer said losing)

Doesn't mean I'm hurt

Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve

No better and no worse.

[backstreetchix97]

Why the -3 thumbs down? I didn't say anything bad except that he messed up the lyrics....

[littleharv64]

who cares he is still amazing

[backstreetchix97]

It's not about who cares or not...I was just saying.

Geez, people are so negative these days. No wonder everything gets taken out of context and into something totally bigger...

[pasimioj]

close mayer...

[D1AM0NDDS]

Amazing...I sat front row, you can see me

this colab is soo good

[tyspax09]

its funny how jm guitar is raggin on john for covering a song when im alot of us play john mayers music on guitar so whats the difference

[201295ass]

fine, i'm a baddd person -_- this is nice, blah blah

[AsianWayng]

Pause at :31

Haha

[chris71388]

I am a big Coldplay fan. Big ups to John Mayer this is beautiful

[junckzproductions]

He wrote Clarity AFTER seeing Coldplay. This combination sounded great and there's no need to rip on him just for liking someone. I thought it sounded better thank Coldplays version. All because they had no emotion. With John, you can hear the emotions flowing out.

[SadiraLaveda77]

SORRY but you can't say COldplay has no EMOTION ok ...calm down now..but i wish i could smack you

[Chrisisyummy]

lol

i agree with u

[Pokerstud624]

Is it wrong for a musician to cover some music that influences them? I mean ppl really shouldnt leave pointless comments slashing john just because he covered a song (and did a damn fine job at it also.) Mayer is a music genius along with coldplay.

[mephisto03]

What a way to ruin a excellent song, he trying to act like a baby in jealousy that he can't sound as good of a singer?

[JMGuitar40]

This is awful. What a poser.

[JMGuitar40]

This is awful. What a poser.

[QuicksandLove]

He didn't change the lyrics...he incorporated his own. Learn the musician, first.

[201295ass]

BahLahLah, U stfu! coldplay r wayyy more better no matter what!! john mayer even changed this song's lyrics!! he suck!! i hate other artists singing other people's song!!

[grace2park]

you suck

[greenblade3]

killed it! how shit is this?

[SarahLeeAnn]

Jesus, I would make sweet, sweet love to this man.

[ajabair1]

I love this video because I luve JM and you can see me! I am in the bottom right you see a flash and then me around the 31,36, and 40 second mark :) My mom is trying to get my picture, u must have been right behind me.

[DrewEl2]

sounds like a retarded kid singing to me

[getwiththis]

I wasn't at this show, but I got to listen to the live stream and this whole thing made me smile.

[benjatheninja]

Haha thats cool i can see myself in your video

[donnydude21]

this was so sick to see live

[campbell4good]

I agree with magdizzle i wish i bought the DVD  best concert ive been to in a while loved it

[omgzzlauren]

this was so gooooood

[jmayerfan07]

I bet Chris Martin is watching this video on his iPhone and smiling while thinking to himself...."we need to collaborate a song together" :)

[BahLahLah]

I bet Chris Martin and his ego are watching this video on their iphone wondering how the fuck some kid from Georgia with a guitar and a drum machine is ten times more talented than them.

[jmayerfan07]

So whats your opinion on the whole Coldplay plagiarized scandal?

[grace2park]

coldplay is good in their own way too!

but john mayer definitely made it better :)

john mayer is from CT by the wayy

[joshrighton]

yeah and then chris and his ego will remember, oh wait "we wrote this song" and then remember how many other great songs he and his ego have written, and then remember that he and his ego also did a beautiful acoustic piano version of this song. and then not feel so bad.

john mayer is very talented and i love his music, but not because he can press play on a piano loop and drum machine and cover a coldplay song.

[cynicallyfit]

God. I met Chris Martin, and he's one of the humblest, quietest, shyest guys around. He was constantly making self-deprecating jokes and he was totally chill the whole time.

I'm a huge John Mayer fan (seriously, I'm obsessed) but I don't think it's fair to say what you said.

[SadiraLaveda77]

you missed a letter in your name..the L afte the B

[Magdizzle]

nice video!! glad you taped this.

[spazysuzanne]

i absolutely love this combination. So beautiful <3