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  • The corpse's in that crowd made my freaking blood boil. HOW....HOW ON EARTH can people listen to this and not hear it as absolute perfection. The whole time I'm wondering why these guys are playing at a freakin pizzeria, while Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga are making millions. They deserved a standing ovation after that. Bravo!!!!

  • @acsdata Too right its all wrong eh, all there covers are great and ive never seen anything as good as this in British Pizza places, even the pizza ha ha

  • WTF is wrong with those people !!

    this is absolute brilliance ! I've seen your other covers too, you are amazing man !

    * 0 Dislikes ! :)

  • Your bassist needs to make up his mind as to which Baseball team he likes

  • Very very good. Fantastic singing, i love his voice. But why is the audience talking? Not very polite...

  • Test

  • what an absolutely pathetic applause for such a fantastic version. As a huge U2 fan I have to say I love this and there have been many inferior attempts

  • WOW.....fantastic....nothing more to say....

  • 4:43 "youtube is gonna be pissed" Haha

  • You fooking legend, what a tune... love your work!!

  • Hey please... make this song "0 Unlike" for ever.... please do not dislike this video if you really know what music actually is.... I posted it çause I know what music is......

  • Gentlemen, that was outstanding. The pizza-scarfing public didn't give you the props you deserve. Thanks for posting. A great U2 song beautifully done!

  • wow those people must be deaf no applause wtf???????

    this is an amazing cover you guyz are awesome!!!!

  • All i can say is that must be the best damn pizza EVER............."No Applause".

    The Vocals are just sensational,Some Talent ,This is Stunning.Thank you Mike.

  • epic

  • Wow you guys absolutely slayed this song and all you get is 1 person clapping at the end sad 1, your music should be global great voices

  • 2 words? LOVED IT

  • Have watched several of your covers and loved them all, esp. Rocket Man. It's absolutely criminal when people don't applaud, you deserve so much better.

  • Big moment of music !!!!!!!!

    you guys are excellent !!

  • Great cover of a great song, you guys are excellent.

  • You guys are SO FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! I listen and watch these vids all night on the weekends when I can't sleep. I have to come see you if I ever get to Utah. Let me know if you ever come to Fort Worth. If you do, I have several places that would love to have you play.

  • I just wanted to say as a fellow performer; you guys really ROCK!! I love this cover!! I'm completely blown away by the fact that the crowd response was virtually non-existent! WTF!!??

  • without a shadow of a doubt...you two are probably the most underrated musicians in youtube....one tree hill and all the other songs were done beautifully....plz make a band and do originals..i'm dying to listen to them

  • Fantastic cover - you're wasted playing in a Pizza Parlour...come over to London and play!!!

  • You guys are great. Do you ever get out to NYC?

  • Amazing pipes!! You two sound fantastic! Great U2 song and u definately did it justice. Well done!!

    I am a huge U2 fan and have seen and heard 1000's of u2 songs. My all time favorite live song is One Tree Hill performed during the Joshua Tree tour. Take a look for it if you havent already seen it. It still gives me goose bumps to this day..

  • thats deserved a bit more than the limp wristed clap that it received.

  • Savage, great job lads, really good, and must have been really hard crowd though :)

  • You are no Susan Boyle (compliment), but seeing a bearded guy trying to pull off one off "One Tree Hill" had me a bit scared. It is the best song in U2's impressive repertoire...and you did it more than justice. It was more than a guy (or two) doing a good job on a great song. It was the kind of cover I think would honor the band to see performed and the kind of cover I will revisit.

  • Beautiful. It's gutsy to cover a song done by such an iconic singer and you were both true to the song and made it your own. I also really loved how you built the song dynamically. All that beautiful music and it sounded like five people were in the audience talking away and then maybe two of them clapped tepidly when you finished--sigh, the life of a musician :-) The only criticism I have is that your bass player wears really ugly & offensive clothing. :-) I'll check out your web site.

  • Seriously. I felt so sorry for you there. That is an absolutely fantastic performance of this song at that audience could not even be bothered to clap. About 3 people clapped?!? They need to stop filling themselves with pizza and talking about what's been on tv for a second and just take a moment to applaud you on that superb performance!!!

  • This song was written in memory of a guy from new zealand who travelled with the band and tragically drowned , one tree hill is a Landmark in Auckland .

  • Wow ... come to me and you will get standing ovations :)

  • ha ha ive just played it with capo on 4 sounds great thank guys .

  • I was just blown away by how good that was , could you please tell me the chords with capo.

    shane

  • Hey when i first look at you two i thought this is going to be intresting ,

    but WOW i loved it guys brilliant cover of a great song .

    ( i think i had a susan boyle moment ) ah please check my songs

    thanks

    shane murray

  • @oakleymurray1 Trying to be flattered by being compared to Susan Boyle. Really, really trying.... :)

  • Wow this is amazing.

    Could somebody tell me what chords are played there?

    I see a capo on 3rd fret, but it;s hard to see the exact chords....

    help! ;]

  • You`re brilliant... just brilliant....thank you.

    I hope to get a chance to see you live at the pie in july :-)

    greetings from switzerland

  • Wow tough crowd. That was absolutely beautiful.

  • This song is great. When I was young I use to listen to this cassette every night to escape the bull s**t from my alcholic dad thanks for doing this song. It reminds me of who I am and where I came from.

  • Wow. Guys, that was amazing. Especially the vocals - that is a TOUGH song to sing! You guys need an agent!!  And a MUCH bigger crowd!

  • This is amazing.. Best cover of one tree hill ( my fav song of U2) ever heard...

  • what can I say, another song well covered!! Truly awesome!

  • Amazing Mike - you hit those high notes to perfection right at the end there. Has to be one of the most emotional endings to a song. Nice one.......

  • That was unreal. I have listened to U2 [at times exclusively] since I was 11 (1985) and this is 1 of my 4/5 all time favorites. Your performance was amazing. My eyes watered. And I would have been "pist" too ... I am speechless. This song will be played at my funeral one day and I may even use your version - given acoustic would be more appropriate. I think it is safe to say this is the single best acoustic version of this song in existence. Well done - cheers.

  • What a tough thing to do, playing these pubs/pizza joints-...

    You deserve applause and even a chick to run up an hug you! Best song from Joshua Tree imho and you did it more than justice...I'm sure the boys from Dub would be proud!

    Nice harmony, Bass man!

  • what a pathetic crowd, bar or stadium, that deserved more than a ripple of claps. great work guys! stunning and warming song!

  • gooood! very good!

    p.s love the yankess jersey!

  • Damn the audience are completely tone deaf !!!!

    Superb performance guys :-)

  • @GSB876 I think they have been made deaf by that woman shouting away at the top of her voice in the background..LOL!!!

  • @tommytwodogs ha ha possibly :-)

    This is one of my most fav songs by U2 and you guys did it more than justice - many thanks :-)

  • great performance guys! bravo!

  • absolutely amazing cover , this has always been one of my favourite u2 songs and the singer here nails it . brilliant .

  • absolutely amazing cover , this has always been one of my favourite u2 songs and the singer here nails it . brilliant .

  • I am sure I have commented on this before but if not, TOTAL RESPECT !!!!

  • that was great. I've been playing this one on my ukulele. Your voice soars!

  • WOOOW THAT'S THE BEST U2 COVER I EVER SEEN ON YOUTUBE =O

  • Dammit guys!! I've just commented on 'Fake plastic trees' telling you that I needed to go to bed, then I came across this video! I was in college when the Joshua Tree was released, and saw U2 twice on that tour (at Wembley and Cardiff). This song brings back so many memories for me, and you absolutely nail it ...btw why do women ALWAYS have to talk when musicians are playing? And as for the response of the crowd, come to my local pizzeria... I'm buying!

  • Espectacular cover!

  • your guitar is like your bitch

    it amazes me how no one claps after you finished the song

  • Subscribing right now!

  • I was actually at one of the concerts it was played at. They have only performed it live 40 times. You guys are the only ones that I've heard that does this song justice. Bravo boys! Keep the U2 songs coming.

  • I was actually at one of the concerts it was played at. They have only performed it live 40 times. You guys are the only ones that I've heard that does this song justice. Bravo boys! Keep the U2 songs coming.

  • Like it! Respect to ya from Liverpool, England!

  • Great cover all around dude...just awsome!

  • I'm not sure you'll hear a better version. 

  • great! and very precisely reproduced!

  • Well done.... one of my all time fave's.. you certainly did this song justice!

  • You seriously know how to kill a tune.....and I mean that in the best possible way!! This is a tip top cover!!!!! If you were playing in a bar near me I'd be there to watch you......and I'd applaud you also....great covers and I hope that at some time there are a few more added.....often tune in to listen to your covers whilst working.....p.s. have recommended you on to others!!!!

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  • GREAT !!!!!! greetings from holland :)

  • it is so wonderful! everything the guitar the voices the song!can you please send me the chords or the tab?

  • AMAZING!!! Great job!!!

    YANKEES SUCK THOUGH!!

    GO RANGERS!!!!

  • Great cover u have done a fantastic passionate version of one of many many u2 fan's favourite well done 10/10!!!!

  • I really want a pizzeria like that at my place, with all its stuff...

  • Incredible version of my favourite song....Back in 1986 I heard this for the first time (by U2) and it became a personal anthem for me and you boys made it come alive again... x

  • Simply brilliant!

    Should I be there to praise you...

    Sure Bono would aprove as well.

    Thanks for such a song.

  • All of your videos are great, but this one's my favorite. Killer vocals, great recording, nice playing. And a super song.

  • @RingoCalamity Mine, too!

  • Magic !!!

  • Outstanding version of my favorite U2 song....I look forward to discovering more of your music. Thanks for posting this....great sound and playing.

  • Sounds pretty good to me

  • this is such a great song I remember getting this cassette back in the 80's and I still love it to this day. Great cover of a great song thanks

  • I don't know whats up with the crowd at the Pie Pizzeria, but that was awesome! Come to Nova Scotia and you'll find applause!

  • mate, brilliant. i really want to play this. i dont suppose you could tell me what you pick for the intro?

  • From a massive u2 fan who is a professional musician fro Glasgow, Scotland that was brilliant. I was so dissapointed for you that the audience didn't seem to appreciate how good that was. If I ever find myself in Salt Lake City I'm coming to see you. Superb.

  • bassits keep brilliant harmony with acoustic guitar, I love this performance, thanks for sharing.

  • They have to be pissed, thats it !!! eitherthat or the Pizza is too good. Awesome awesome. I grew up in Dublin watching U2 growing up as well. I have always been a fan. But I have to say that is one hell of a cover. Cover is not the right word, it is a stand alone version of this song. When I want to learn how to do a new song I come to your site to see how you do it first. Thank You. Hope to see you play in the UK or Ireland some day!!!!!

  • Thats it !!! they are all pissed, They have to be, or the pizza is bloody good. Awesome, awesome cover !!! Very well done as usual !!!!!

  • I've been trawling through youtube acoustic clips over the past year, and this is the first comment I've made. A huge U2 fan and what I just watched was fantastic, the intro made the hairs on my arms stand up. Love the sound. By the way what guitar are you using?

  • @jimjam162 Great comment.  Thanks so much. Yeah, this song always gives me goosebumps. I love singing it. My guitar is a Martin DC-16RGTE Aura. My whole rig is outlined on my channel page.

  • Come on! Such a great quality and one clap at the end? Are they blind not to see the great quality of it?... Just with two instruments you did recreate the whole universe of this song. Great great cover! By the way, how do you heat your voice before stage? cause you reach pretty high notes?

  • Come on! Such a great quality and one clap at the end? Are they blind not to see the great quality of it?... Just with two instruments you did recreate the whole universe of this song. Great great cover! By the way, how do you heat your voice before stage? cause you reach pretty high notes?

  • i have watched alot of yer covers n i must say ye r fuckin unbelievable, shit hot ! would love 2 play like ye, could listen to ye all nite!fair play!

  • Man right over these 'zombies' heads. What a great cover, top shelf vocals. Nice set list. Love to see you here in upstate N.Y.

  • Fantastic version of one of U2's best. Are you in standard tuning?

  • @hblide Yeah. Capoed on 4th, playing in G.

  • Absolutely stunning.

  • excellent

  • Awesome....simply awesome. I've seen a few different tab versions of this. Do you have to capo on the second or third fret? Also, I'm curious to learn what chords are you using? thanks!

  • @Scottinrichmond I'm capo'ed on the 4th fret, playing it in G (actually B). The studio version of the original is in C, so you'd capo the 5th fret to play it in C. But U2 never played it live in C, so I feel justified in lowering it a little, too. :) The chords I use are G, C, and F. Three chords and the truth.

  • Absolutely incredible ... you guys should come to Brisbane, Australia ... guaranteed some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. You guys are sensational. Gob-smacked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • best cover I have ever seen, anywhere, of any song!

    that crowd wouldn't be happy with a 50-piece symphony orchestra!

    they need their posteriors kicked!

  • I would have wished that those stupid bitches yapping in the background would have STFU.

    Otherwise awesome performance (except for the bitches ; )

  • A wonderful performance, I don't know that the crowd appreciated it because I'm not too sure if the song was that popular or well known in the U.S.

  • Cool as great live sound *****

  • Great vocals and a great song

  • wow u guys are absolutely great this on and behind blew eyes were mindblowing

  • Oh man, one clap!! You guys gotta get out of there! They don't appreciate you!

  • Excellent cover....people do appreciate good music even if there not in the same room as you guys. respect from Oz :-)

  • Excellent. Thanks.

  • You just completely blew me away!!!! Absolutely amazing guys!

  • This may quite simply be the best cover of any song I have ever heard.

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  • Someone shut that noisy bitch up in the back ground.

  • U2 would be proud! JC! this was awesome. What is the address for this duo!

  • agreed on the audience....wtf? it proves there is alot of great talent that never gets a BIG chance.

    you guys are great...

    an this pizza place sucks!!

    reminds me of a lyric from another U2 song, Stuck in a Moment and the lyric is one they worte for Michael Hutchence of INXS and the lyric is so perfect here...

    "The nights you filled with fireworks

    They left you with nothing."

  • Love to hear you do 'Bad', 'Grace', 'Running to Stand Still' from U2 and 'O Holy Night'.

  • Great voice and guitar. I'm using these clips as inspiration to play better, thanks.

  • just perfect, greetings from buenos aires

  • Hi mikemassedotcom,

    Good God, are you both wasted on these people? What an unappreciative audience!

    Would you ever try an acoustic version of Red Hill Town, or 'Bad'? I'm sure it could be done on acoustic guitar!

  • That was f-ing fabulous.

  • could be the best cover on the tube... wait it is. TALENT!

  • wow, it brought tears to my eyes and sent shivers down my spine. that was truly amazing boys, you guys went bar down on that one.

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  • superb mate, great cover!

    terrible audience, ignorance is bliss!

  • superb! one of my favourite u2 tracks.

  • awesome!

  • Very nice voice and a great job on a very moody song. Keep it up!

  • OH MY GOD AMAZING!!!!! I love you guys. World's dumbest audience

  • Great cover and what a awesome voice.

  • WOW! This song brings tears to my eyes every time....memories of a lost friend. I can't believe the crowd in this place??? Were they deaf? Absolutely amazing cover!! If I was in some random pizza joint and the live entertainment came up with this I would go nuts with applaud. Wish I was there. Thanks for the memory.

  • Yeah great, great cover. Singing and guitar as well. Apparently, Pie Pizzeria customers are pretty spoiled.

  • Increible, desde España muchas gracias por alegrarme la vida.

  • all i can say is 'WOW'

    i rarely like u2 covers and especially a song like one tree shouldn't be touched but this is fantastic, great voice and playing. wish i was there. greetz from holland

  • Precioso

  • great singer ! and... woaw it's a very very good cover !

  • I want to give 6 stars to this performance.

  • Holy crap, that was amazing. One of the best acoustic covers I've seen. Yet, nobody clapped. Must be a red-neck hick joint where you guys landed this gig.

  • Youtube IS pissed!!! What the hell patrons of the Pie Pizzeria, Salt Lake City, Utah!!! A little appreciation for an awesome cover please... come OOONNNNNN

  • lol. You actually got the meaning of that statement at the end. :)

  • Right on!!! haha!

    MAN! some people wouldn't know

    real talent if it was right in front of them

    at the local pizza joint!

    oh wait, ...8P

    You guys are top~notch!

    Playing, vox/harms, ...

    Best cover version, bar NONE!!

    Thanks for the post, fellas!

    You RAWK!

  • Love the cover , Mike has a great voice and makes this the best cover I have seen of this U2 classic...keep it up

  • You guys rock...this is one hell of a cover...really...I was clapping in front of my pc! ^^

  • Stunning...you guys are amazing!!

  • Only thing I didn't like was the yankee outfit...

  • Great song..Great Rendition

  • You's are too good to be playing in a pizza joint and the customers must have a slice of pizza wedged in each ear not to appreciate what they were hearing live!!!!

    Unbelievably good. Great job.

  • Awesome vocals!!! Bono couldn`t perform better.

  • How does only 1 person clap ??

    Unbelievable. Great job !!

  • I for one do not know where you guys have been hiding all these years, but I wish I could come to Utah just to hear you guys live. Please, Please go on tour. You guys are really talented and you all need to believe that.

  • WOW, The best thing they served all night wasn't the pizza it was your talent! Very, Very Impressive! Those people all saw something really special.. However I doubt they really appreciated it. Thanks for posting!

  • simply stunning. 5 stars & subscribed! keep on working!

  • Love this. One of my favourite tracks, and one of the best covers I've heard. You have a subscriber for life. Good job, seriously

  • I agree with the previous comments concerning the lack of audience response. I don't think this venue is appreciative enough of you! I am really surprised that you aren't performing at livelier places. But, perhaps you are??? Best wishes to you!

  • Fantastically great cover - That must be the worst audience of all time. Keep up the great work - You guys are very talented.

  • If you listen carefully at the end, you hear me tell Jeff, "YouTube's gonna be pissed," meaning that I expected to get some comments about the lack of audience response. We've sort of grown used to it. Some nights we get more vocal crowds, but this wasn't one of them.

    Thanks for the comment!

  • Mike,

    Again, I am blown away by your videos. I have watched several and must say that you are as good as any that I have seen or heard. I am a huge U2 fan and have covered many songs myself, but love your versions.

    I do have a suggestion (request) for you which I think would suit your voice and guitar work very well: Guadalcanal Diary's Litany (Life Goes On). A great song from the early '80's? I would also love to hear some more U2 such as Bad or All I Want Is You.

  • another great song, another great job!

  • Another excellent one guys.  That audience does not deserve you. If we had a duo flat out nail a U2 track like that at the Grille, the place would go nuts!

  • They must have had a special that night on "lame" toppings and the patrons of the pie all ordered double.....

  • Very very cool cover,i just love this song well done guys

  • Mike & Jeff; this was awesome.

    GREAT song and performance!!

    *****

    :)

    Hilde

  • Great video. Fantastic singing! Great bass playing and very fluid guitar. Well done!

  • Whats wrong with the audience in these videos. They must be hearing what we hear. This is so bloody good if I am ever in the US again I will meake every efforty to go and hear you guys play. Congratulations !!!!!!!

  • Another great song by you two. Gotta love endings that trick the audience but you both handle it with a good sense of humor. Beautiful performance, guys.

  • It's great!

  • Fantastic job as per usual guys....

    You are right Jeff, youTube is a little 'pissed' at the muted applause for a great cover.

  • awesome job...

  • dude your covers are amazing, these are some of the best I've heard on youtube, I need to get over to Utah and see this stuff live someday. 5 stars like all the others

  • Great!

  • First comment. Awesome, awesome, awesome.

    5 stars. Please got to my channel Mike, rate me bro, need the feedback.

    Thanks

    Im a subscriber by the way.