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  • what's that pigeon doing up there?????

  • Fantastic

  • How can people just walk by? What are they? Fucking robots?

  • I'd like to hear from a person who would be considered an expert at playing the violin. My question is, how talented is Mr Johnson regarding his ability to play the violin?

  • What song is he playin

  • @TypicalPete Bitter sweet symphony

  • @TypicalPete The song is called Orange From his album Ultraviolet

  • 7 minutes and 11 seconds of my life very well spent, thank you for this video!

    The best regards from Portugal. :)

  • he got kick out of the city .... how sad is that ...

  • The guy plays beautiful.

  • hahahaha

    THIS IS QUITE NICE SLOVAKIAN CITY !

    Just cities with slavic origin saved their historical centres. Cities built by Celts or Anglo-Saxons have destroyed them in past.

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  • I think we must clone him 3 times to create the best electric quartet ever!

  • PIIIIIIIGEEEEEEEOOOOOOOONNNNNN­NN

    

  • wow...

  • where can i listen the studio version of this PERFECT SONG??????????

    .... I LOVE IT ITS FULL OF EMOTION...

  • love chester its got such a nice atmosphere

  • Back in 2002 I was visiting Chester and I had the fortune of coming across Ed busking, and bought one of his CDs. Unfortunately it got lost in a move some years ago. I loved that CD :/ But anyway, I still maintain that he is the best busker I've heard/seen to this day.

  • Why turn this into a religious debate, enjoy the music and save the other stuff for an appropriate forum.

  • It's things like this that make my cynicism falter.

  • is this disney land or does eurpoe really look like this lol?

  • @chiken070707 Yes, some towns in England look like that place.

  • This made me smile for the first time this week ( :

  • Im throwing my money to the screen but nothing happens...

  • What century is this from? lol

  • im going to have to buy an electric violin now. it sounds amazing and the power that it has is absolutely remarkable.

  • One only die's when they lose their Purity, their Soul, and above all, their Hope, for Hope guides all. In times of Peace, War, Desperation, and Fear, Hope rises above all Human Characteristics, it makes Humans... I randomly thought of this entire thing just from listening to this music, beauty =3

  • @vladic1212 behind all the beauty in this world is a loving God and this music is a small but wonderful testament to that truth

  • @PrayforVocations333 how is Ed's music in any way related to god, did god write it, no, did god influence it, no, beauty is not down to god at all, heres something that will suprise you, god isnt real, hes part of a story told a couple thousand years ago or so, if god is real he will prove it right ? wheres the proof ?

  • @srimera if you can't see the beauty of God in music like this, as well as all around you, then you are blinded by pride. The fact that you got so upset by a comment that wasn't even directed at you speaks fathoms of your character. Grow up my friend. I'll add you in my prayers tonight that at the very least, you might learn how to be cordial with those you disagree with instead of a pompous ass. God Bless.

  • @PrayforVocations333 i see the beauty of music in music, not god at all, i see the thought and concentration put into the piece of music by the person who wrote it, for you to say its god is a joke, so gods beauty is in hitler eh ? he was a cracker of a guy, but it was gods plan right ? your the pompous ass lol, if you want we can further explore the non existance of god, but you may not like it, and please dont pray for me, i dont want to see you waste brain power praying to a non existant god

  • @srimera then you prove in yourself what I already claimed. That you are blind. And Hitler is a bit extreme to use as an example of anything but Hitler doesn't disprove God. It proves the dangers of what might happen (on an extreme level) to those who live without God or worse, think themselves above God. Praying has never once hurt anyone so I'm going to pray for you anyways. There is more to life than you and your prideful disposition of ridiculing that which you don't understand

  • @PrayforVocations333 hitler was extreme in his views, but if the christians are right, he was part of gods plan all the same as any other person, thats kinda fucked up if you ask me, no one can be above god because god is non existant, do you belive in hobbits? dragons? zombies?, no, but you belive in god ? and you say i dont understand lol, the "bible, is flawed, your only way out of it is saying its gods will, thats like saying, "to be honest mate, we have no fuckin clue".want to carry on ?

  • @srimera its your standing that has the claim we have no fuckin clue. Those of faith know what we believe. All you have are theories/speculation. Like everything in the universe just happened by chance. If you look at something as chaotic yet structured like the human body, and tell me it was all chance then you're the one that is at a loss my friend. The Bible is important to every christian but it isn't "all" Christ taught which is why we have the Catholic Church ;-) God Bless!

  • so your saying everything in the universe was created by god ? but god came into existance 2000 years, maybe a bit more, yet its been proven that the universe has taken about 13,750 million years to evolve to its current state, its a big diffence is that, i think the guy who imagined up god got it wrong, maybe through lack of knowledge, i mean if god was real he would have known this right ? thats a huge hole in your god theory right there lol

  • @PrayforVocations333 as for the human body, lets look at fossil records, one thing sticks out, evolution, life as we know it started out as single celled organisms, taking billions of years to evolve into intelligent life, well not that intelligent, some of us still belive in god..... but you get my point, why does he make physically and mentally disables babies, thats just fuckin sick mate, what about murderes, pedos, rapists, muslims, why did he make those ?

  • @srimera free will my friend. all of us are capable of murder yet we're not all murderers. If we all were rapists and murderers then God wouldn't be just but that's not the case. And why are some people born with physical or mental diminishing? Why are some people atheist when the signs of God are in everything all around us? Just because someone is born different from you doesn't mean that they are any less loved than God. You're seeing the world through judgemental eyes

  • @srimera God doesn't prioritize people's value in terms of their physical capabilities or whether or not they are mentally diminished. You can fill that emptiness in your life with all the material things you want, but you'll always be missing something. That something is God and though you're too prideful and arrogant now to consider it, I pray, in time that you'll understand this and make yourself right by Christ. You are a child of God and God loves you my friend. That is a fact.

  • @srimera did you ever think that he has proven it? maybe your very existence is proof? The cosmological constant is 10^53, that is the number of things that MUST stay constant in order for life to occur. To argue that God isn't real and is a story is more laughable than thinking there MIGHT be a God. Your body is so complex and so ordered that for it to have just happened is idiotic. What argument do you use to support your opinion? nothing.

  • @Music13Vampire therefore your opinion must logically and necessarily end with you. To me what you just said equals me saying this "i like the color purple." You see? it's just an opinion that you stated. If you disagree with someone that is fine but if i were you i'd come up with reasons why you don't agree instead of just spouting the opinion someone has poured into your little brain and indoctrinated you with.

  • @Music13Vampire my body is complex because of god, really, so it wasnt hundreds of millions of years of evolution ? wow, its clear now, god must exist !! your a muppet, and the story of god is more laughable, its as flawed as the story of santa, 4 billion people can see it clearly, but you cant, so, my friend, god proved nothing, where did he mention evolution ? what about the 4 billion year gap in the bible ? exactly, no one told me god wasnt real, i found out for myself, but thanks anyway :D

  • Ive played Violin for about 5 1/2 years, and cant play anything as wonderful as this piece of gold we also call music =3

  • Such wonderful music...it soared right to my heart! Thank you Ed for sharing your gift...and thanks for taping this Cognaut, and making a million over people so happy....

  • U guys sure this is on earth? :O

  • yep, i'd cry like a baby right in the middle of the street.

  • I like the top comments more the last time I watched this one hundred times.

  • woahh thats amazing

  • if anyone has the sheet music for this, i need it.

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  • Does Ed Alleyne-Johnson have his own you tube channel or website where he has all his songs posted so you can listen to them?

  • Where does Ed Alleyne-Johnson live? Is Chester his home city?

  • @sanfranciscobay I believe he lives in Liverpool which is only about 15 miles from Chester. Check his background out on Myspace. To see him a long time go have a look at him on Youtube on Mal Pope Series 1 Prog 3 part 1b

  • I live here ^^ and I've seen him and my college is on the other side of the river dee yay

  • Like I'd this made you cry :')

  • 2:28 when the distortion kicked in...... indescribable

    the whole performance sounded like pure zen. just so amazing and inspirational to say the least

  • 1:00-1:30 EPIC

    Much better than the studio record....

  • 1:50 Don't record the freakin' pigeon!! Get back to the AWESOME VIOLINIST!!!

  • how many strings is that? 6? That's impressive.

  • @wakeboarder199 Five, he designed and built his own 5-string electric violin

  • @kabicekj noo, he didnt, its known for electric violin's, ive been trying to figure out the music but he plays a lot of low F's so its hard for me to do.. :$

  • @ohdontyoudare oh yes he did, check him out when he was young on Youtube on "Mal Pope Series 1 Prog 3 part 1b"

  • Very wonderful!

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  • He's an amazing violin player! And he's my uncle!!

  • @beaubeaugabe no he is my uncle!!!

  • Saw this guy busking in Oxford and Chester. Pure talent, amazing.

  • passion not profit... though in a world focused on money, i prefer those who work out of pure love for it and want... over those who just want something as worthless as money :j ^_^ beautiful sound like this inspire faith in me in life

  • I would die if I didn't like this video.

  • Honestly i think Ed plays so much better live, i think that's shown in that cheeky grin he gives in this video. he looks up see's the camera and has a look that seems to say "you like that? well watch this!" he embodies the spirit that many "artists" seem to have lost these days.

  • that was extraordinary...

  • Heavenly

  • amazing anyway you look at it and drunk just makes it look better

    

  • Amazing!

    

  • Recorded with a potato.

  • why is the most talent always on the street

  • @GVPunks Because people with real talent don't do it for money. =)

  • @GVPunks because in the streets is pure, on tv is just for money and reputation

  • @GVPunks Probably why the best workers are self employed. They can't take the bureaucracy and leave the mainstream, going off on their own, even if it means a more difficult path. They do it for their freedom.

  • @GVPunks Because it's their hobby and they just do it for themselfves?

  • Chester is wonderfull!

  • Arther awesome !

  • What a boss such a talented soul

  • For those that are wondering, the name of the song is Orange.

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  • 2:55 that little girl is in love

  • It's like the cameraman has A.D.D..

  • @AmadeausGrimm "Wow what a great violi- PIDGEON"

  • @AmadeausGrimm so what?

  • @AmadeausGrimm couse real talent can't be learned in school

  • The time, when I`m listening this song is one of the best in my life. Greetings from Poland

  • Its people like this that make earth a great place to be sometimes <3

  • Electric violin coolest thing ever

  • Oh my god, this almost made me cry.... Awesome, i`m blown away!

  • That was awesome!

  • i was thinkin how fuckin awesome that was until i was interupted by wanky shots of chester, for me the vid would have been better just keepin it raw rather than forced arty. that dude rocks tho

  • Dude you are amazing!!! Freaken awesome job!! Hopefully I'll get to meet you soon!

  • classic

    

  • WOW!!!

    

  • If only the 1% had even 1% of this talent.

    Sociopathic greed is not talent.

  • absolutely wonderful, what talent

  • this it's awesome !!! so mutch heart in your  violin .Love:X

  • very cool

  • See this is why I want one i'm super glad that I know how to play the violin so I can play real music when I get an electric violin job well done job well done

  • real music

  • Good... but can he play Smoke on the Water?

  • @nitickets Shit man a drunk retard on vic's can play smoke on the water.

  • When he hit the distortion pedal @ 2:29 my jaw literally dropped. I know what he is doing and it is no mistake why it sounds as rich as it does. He is hitting the harmonics and over tones on the string. Right at 2:31-32 you can hear the overtone jump an octave and squeal. He is pulling those squeals out of that thing like I have never heard. it is reminiscent of Uli Roths tone... just freakin SCREAMING. It is a shame he turned it down... it was so AWESOME!!

  • @captainfarktard shut up, we can tell from the video...

  • @adaammmk

    Problem?

  • @captainfarktard Yeah actually, stop being a pretentious cunt. No one gives a shit about your first comment; we can hear it all in the video and don't need you to transcribe it for us like you're some kind of musical god. Peace.

  • @adaammmk

    Don't you have anything better to do than insult people that you don't know on the internet?

  • @captainfarktard Don't you have anything better to do than write about stuff you don't know about on the internet?

  • If you wanted more tips , you need a haircut , my hippy-man !

  • thats great =)

  • F**king awesome!!

  • Genius!!! Id buy the sheet music to this genius piece.

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  • TAKE ALL OF MY MONIES

    AND ALL OF MY PARENTS' MONIES

    AND ALL OF MY SISTER'S MONIES

    AND ALL OF MY BOYFRIEND'S MONIES

    TAKE IT ALL

    I LOVE YOU MR. STREET PERFORMER.

  • I got to meet Ed today in Chester and bought his latest CD off him! It was so awesome to see him playing! =D

  • This sounds epic, romantic, peaceful and it gives you a whole kind of emotions its awesom

  • bet he got so much pussy that day

  • 151 people were born deaf.

  • @hybok not funny.

  • Nice city too! :)

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  • Excellent job! I'd like to buy an electric violin! :)

  • its not that good

  • @charlie021092 It's not incredible, but it's impressive that he did all that in one take without any really noticeable mistakes.

  • @foxfan1 oh charlie if yer get yer earholes from between yer boyfriends bollocks then ya could hear this man is class- and how do you know hes has misintepreted notes if his own tune, dont see any of your music on you tube dickrot

  • @jonnazz3 It's an electric violin. All he did was put some effects on it and loop it a bit. It sounds quite good, but it's not that impressive. He doesn't play particularly fast, nor does he play very emotionally. He didn't dance around much, so it wasn't visually pleasing. It was good, but not as great as everybody's making it out to be in the comments. Also, if the ones judging me can't even use proper grammar or make sense, then I don't think I've got too much to worry about

  • @foxfan1 Um music really isn't supposed to be visually appealing and playing violin isn't about playing like Niccolo Paganini all the time. And i think you should change your name to Mr. Violin Expert since you know so much. :P

  • @rljowers I'm just saying that it would have been nice for it to be visually appealing. I'm aware that music isn't about sounding like Paganini all the time, and this is very good (I feel like I'm repeating myself...) but it's not as amazing as everyone's making it out to be. I don't claim to be an expert on music, but I've been playing since I was a small child and I've got 5 instruments under my belt. Not to mention it's my opinion. I have a right to have an opinion and argue for it.

  • @foxfan1 Very true

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  • @foxfan1 You should have said "cant even use grammar correctly or properly. NOT-"proper grammar".

  • @jonnazz3 "proper grammar" is just as correct. Either way, it's way better than those comments from you before. No one cares about a slight mistake here and there unless they're trolling. When it's a huge mess of improper grammar and misspellings that just results in nonsense, then you need to properly use the English language.

  • @foxfan1 ya piece of shite chalie who prbs takes the charlie to function yer fuckin piece of shite

  • @jonnazz3 Also, my music isn't on youtube because I don't have any equipment to record with. The only thing I could use is a crappy old camera with a broken mic, so it kind of defeats the purpose.

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  • @rljowers Can you tell me when you got a PHD in the English and Music flower boy. You seem to know a lot about fuck all.

  • @jonnazz3 You don't need a phd in English to know to put together a decent sentence, you just need the 1st grade. But I can actually understand you this time good job. :)

  • @jonnazz3 Learn to use the English language before trying to bash someone with it. I believe in you!

  • after my daughters graduation at chester cathedral we wandered around to see if Ed was playing there and he played Orange for me- great day all round xxx

  • shut up and take my money !

  • He should be in the music industry.. how come he is performing in the streets? :O :O

  • @carlover49 Some people just love to share their passion for music. I'm thinking he's one of them, though he deserves so much recognition for this amazing work.

  • My gf works in a brewery and I've recommended to her that we visit York so we can take a beer tour and get alot of sampling done for out next holiday.

    I actually only mentioned it so I could have the chance to see this guy play live.

  • never knew hagrid was such a talented violinist..

  • the violin, the style he plays it, the location, the atmosphere, everything is perfect!

  • I don't care whether my neighbours like this or not, they are hearing it again... and again... and again XD

  • Don't stop believein'!

  • Love orange. Ed is amazing and inspiring. Truly a master at composition and feeling. Thank you for putting up this video. NEVER take it down. leave the inspiration up for the world to see. It is a gift beyond words.

  • yes its real. hes playing with a recording of himself.

  • This is  Awasome

  • ALL OF MY cents

  • Did he write that song?

  • I fell in love with eletric violins after watching this. I'm getting one for Christmas! Ive watched this about 10 times already! Shown all my friends! LOVE IT

  • @Cognaut - What type of camera did you use to record the show?

  • is this real?!

  • @androshunt87 yes

  • @androshunt87 if you are ever in Chester or York you might see him performing and you will see (and hear) it's for real!

  • is this a song of his? if so please let me know what its called.

  • @dudebro27 It's called "orange" and you can find it on his "ultra violet" album.

    This live version is much better though if you ask me.

  • @dudebro27 I think this is a mix of ORANGE and something

  • Unfortunately, if I ever passed this guy whilst he was busking. I would end up broke.

  • *_*

  • SIN DUDA MI VIOLINISTA FAVORITO :P

  • the "all" song , made my hairs raise

    thank you for this

    your an angel

    you truely are

  • saw him in york on the 27th august...i was amazed beyond belief.

  • all i can do is replay this over and over, what talent!! soo lucky i just picture myself playing the violin like that :)

  • added to favourites

  • wauw! what is the name of the violin player?? he is wicked! at that rock 2 classic solo at 2:38 the magic really starts :D

  • wauw! what is the name of the violin player?? he is wicked! at that rock 2 classic solo at 2:38 the magic really starts :D