OCEAN - John Butler - 2012 Studio Version

This special re-recording was captured in 'The Compound', John Butler's studio in his hometown of Fremantle Western Australia in February 2012. Having performed the track to a worldwide audience over the past 12 years, 'Ocean' is today available FREE as an MP3, grab your copy here: www.johnbutlertrio.com/ocean
Filmed & Edited by: Roly Skender www.frankensound.com.au/
Audio Recorded & Mastered by: Robin Mai
Graphics by: Fuzzhoven
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This special re-recording was captured in 'The Compound', his studio in his hometown of Fremantle Western Australia in February 2012. Having performed the track to a worldwide audience over the past 12 years, 'Ocean' is today available FREE as an MP3, grab your copy here: www.johnbutlertrio.com/ocean
"OCEAN is a very interesting aspect of my life. It is part of my DNA. It conveys all things I can't put into words.
Life, loss, love, spirit. As I evolve so too does 'Ocean'. The song was first recorded as part of my first album/cassette,
"Searching For Heritage", which I sold when I busked, then for my first self-titled studio album 12 years ago -- "John Butler (1998)".
The song has been watched online incredibly over 25 million times in various formats, nearly always live, be it from MusicMax Sessions or from one of the many festivals I have had the pleasure to play. I'd like to thank you for your continued support over all these years; it means so much to me. I would like to thank you by offering this first studio recording of 'Ocean' in over a decade as a free download.
I recorded it in my favourite studio, The Compound here in Fremantle Western Australia, a studio you helped me build.
This marks just another fleeting moment in a career that is very much ongoing.
I look forward to bringing you many new songs and albums into the future and continuing this amazing journey with you ALL.
THANK YOU,
J.B"

[@LaylatheBoxerDog]

who's listening "Still" in 2024?

[@infinitiinfiniti9623]

Is there a better guitar video, nope so ima return to this of courseeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@vancebrainard8470]

Pretty little lady I met working at a bakery had this song tatted on her. Yew!! Beautiful gal but even better song after getting backstory and listening.

[@-Ardaigh]

me

[@jennybeam7226]

🙋💓🙋

[@SuperRoss121]

Definitely not me

[@chrstiaan722]

I honestly thought i would never be able to play this. And here we are...5 years later and i was right.

[@feynstein1004]

Lmao mate

[@ricardoaudaz1918]

Kkkkkkk

[@dr05guitar]

:))

[@chrstiaan722]

lynnie helmsh kzbin.info/www/bejne/enfWpKiIf7Kpe6s busy looking at the tutorial now😂😂

[@synthejayzer]

​@@chrstiaan722 I made an beat sheet you might like for the RH LH part @1:40 drive.google.com/file/d/16NfmsyfssLfUwnwFYAwwxgF2FgTx89X_/view?usp=sharing

[@TheCriglerShow]

Every couple years I come back to this video to get lost in the magic.

[@SaidHousnane]

Me too

[@flobbingdonkey]

I came here after hearing that Taylor Swift was voted the 8th best guitarist of the last 20 years. I came here to remind myself that lists are just lists. And class, talent and beauty speak for themselves.

[@bedsidevenue5324]

Thank you for taking the time to remind not just yourself, but for all musicians and society as a whole. Stay beautiful, my friend ❤️

[@user-vz7xf5vf6j]

Taylor who? Don’t swiftly give me the name of her tailor please I beg you.

[@cobra93179]

That poll was a complete joke. Brad paisley belongs in the top 5 at least…Pretty sure that Australian kid Taj Farrant would blow %80 of the people that made that list out of the water, and he’s only 14!

[@DeneSydney]

Cool brother

[@ajmillan9839]

Lmfao no fucking way miss 4 chords got that

[@markkerry22mk]

this guy is the reason i bought a 12 string. subsequently this guy is the reason i sold my 12 string .

[@marksignor306]

....understood,same here.....

[@jeremyacton4569]

A 12 string is a big challenge. I have one and it is very daunting.

[@superbowl3r]

actually it got 11 strings

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

Ironic comment

[@mszigetihu]

@@superbowl3r You must be fun at parties

[@hopeful9991]

My husband used to listen to this so often, I couldn't stand it anymore. Now he died very suddenly 2 months ago and I listen to this again while crying for the love of my life. I remember how my handsome man worked while hearing this and now I love this song, too. I miss my best friend 😢

[@indayulcha]

I am pulling out a chair and listening this with you. I am with you in this. You are not alone. Let's celebrate life! Shalom! Shalom! 💐

[@mememe753]

feeling the love you shared sending love 😘

[@wanderirivers8151]

[@MWDPond]

Wow. I read this and just started ugly crying. God speed. You’re doing a great job. Keep fighting.

[@hanginlaundry360]

Blessings on you! You will see him again!

[@user-vz7xf5vf6j]

I’m listening with my grown son George. I’m 73 and George is 29 and growing into the most fabulous wonderful man. We play each other our music. George chose this.

[@jasonbishop991]

george kicks ass

[@MattAngiono]

@@user-vz7xf5vf6j knows his stuff! Hope he plays an instrument! I picked up a guitar in my 30s and can more or less play this song. It's etched in my soul now

[@scottboyce4664]

It's 2024 and I never get tired of hearing this. An absolute masterpiece of music.❤

[@jasonmurray4726]

Best I've heard, as well as seen, for a long time.

[@MattAngiono]

@@scottboyce4664 it really is the 🐐

[@OddWhite]

This guy would make the best campfire buddy ever

[@jeromebedard5874]

hahaha ikr

😂😂😂

[@ThomashalvorChristensen]

+Jay Bedard ja camp fiere han spiller fantastisk dejlig melodi

[@nicholasfitzgerald585]

Ha! That made my day

[@CaliKid6523]

This guy should be living in a mansion

[@rachelbennett5438]

Still returning here 10 years later. Hits me right in the heart.

[@lucifergaming6560]

same here bro🥹☺️☺️☺️

[@CateB66]

Agree! Must be that we have the same surname which makes us appreciate brilliance! 😉 From watching him live, busking on the streets of Freo, his magic and talent is 1st rate!

[@theowlsarefun]

Such a beautiful song. I've been listening for about as long as you!

[@SanoDiMens]

This is a spell not a damn song, bro

[@RunwithSung]

Same!

[@BradNewton]

back here in Jan 2024. Still creates the same emotions... masterful.

[@devonboes2376]

Discovered this last year it's such a soulful performance. The remastered version is great as well.

[@burakkiziroglu2128]

it records 11 yrs ago. who cares it is a masterpiece

[@colleenquigley5491]

INDEED

[@colleenquigley5491]

It lulls me awake & it lulls me asleep. This piece is timeless. Oh, to be Mr. Butler...or his guitar.

[@pronojibchowdhury2033]

​@@colleenquigley5491O. l, 9

[@epistemologicaldespair68]

My friend and brother Dusty Wallace showed me this song in the parking lot of a hotel we were staying in for a ironworking job. I was 20 and he was 18 , both of us played guitar and were simply astounded at John’s prowess and awestruck by the beauty of the song . One month later I travelled back to Ohio with him and stayed for 3 weeks, Dusty gave me my first dose of LSD and it was this single most life changing experience event I’ve ever had, short of being born. Dusty sat with me as I rode the waves of bliss and as I sunk down to the depths of despair. He was there as i weeped over the revelations I was having about how badly I’ve treated people, about how I’ve ignored people who love me. 8 years later and I still have never bonded with another’s soul like we did that day. A few months after I returned home, into a life that no longer made sense to me and bore very little resemblance to who I was, Dusty died in a car accident, it’s hard to describe how broken I was. I had just started a new job and had about $100 to my name, but I loaded my car and made the 8 hour trip up to Ohio for his funeral. Right as I was walking out after talking with his parents, his dad ran after me and handed me a $100 bill. I still can’t make sense of this, he had no idea that I had a spent my literal last dollar to attend the funeral…it was very mystical. This song always takes me back to that time, it takes me back to that day with Dusty as my life changed forever, to me part of his soul lies within this song. I cry every time I hear it. Dusty my friend, I miss you, almost every step I’ve taken since you passed, I’ve taken with you in mind. I wish I could thank you for the impact you had on me, because of you I’m a more loving and empathic person, I can’t imagine my life if I had not met you . I will see you when I see you my dear friend.

[@redeye780]

Beautiful story man. Sorry for your loss and Thank you for sharing. It’s crazy how much LSD/Shrooms can forever change how you view life, even if it’s ever so slightly

[@agreyf]

You should write my friend. You have an affinity for words.

[@robm.4512]

I feel you, man. Lost my one and only really close friend Max, close in much the same way as you described your friend. He succumbed at the age of 36, quite unexpectedly, to undiagnosed cancer in the tissues around his heart. It broke me completely for a long long time. About two years later his mother phoned me, she’d found my number on the back of an envelope when she’d finally got the strength to start sorting through his stuff, it’d been in boxes in her garage since he’d died. She just talked, picked me up, put me on my feet, gave me strength and told me how to live again. How she knew just what to say and how she’d had the strength herself to worry about how I was doing I’ll never know. Since that day I’ve tried to live life in a way that I know Max would’ve been proud of, to be kinder than I’d have been otherwise, to be more forgiving like he was, to listen more and speak with more forethought as he did. Most of all to share the joy of being alive and to laugh at myself, as he did. That’s his legacy and what an amazing, enduring, gift it’s been. 🤝

[@bryanfry6406]

Amen 🙏 brother, amen.

[@lakshikarodrigo1636]

Wow

[@melodyplayground]

I tell everyone about Ocean, describing it as "a 12 minute guitar song where a man tells his entire life story without words" I am an avid acoustic guitarist, and this is my favorite instrumental song of all time. I want it played at my funeral. Thank you sincerely John for contributing to a musical world worth living in.

[@figuringitoutalive]

Beautiful description...! And yes. A beautiful sound to mark the end of one's life too. 🙏🏽💖💚🍀🌠

[@christinaboyce4363]

My daughter introduced me to this and thought it would be perfect for my wedding, I used it during the promenade to the pasture for vows and during the lantern launch at dusk . Very moving and so so masterfully done .. my soul weeps when I hear it it's a beautiful piece. Thank you

[@MISSINGYEARS]

Let everyday be your funeral

[@anima6035]

@@christinaboyce4363 beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@davidAnonsen]

I want it played at my funeral too😂

[@augustaimperatrix]

These 12 minutes made me forget everyone and everything around me.... wow

[@GeoffreyFonseca]

+Eva Meleena oh yeah

[@lancegoulden8322]

yah it's amazing isn't it :)

[@paolospalice7940]

+Eva Meleena i think the same as you! wow!!!!

[@324amit77]

+Eva Meleena that's what she said

[@steamboatsound1030]

+Eva Meleena How does someone even do that....

[@NamElessScrub]

This song saved me about 8 years ago, cheers yall.

[@user-cl5zy3dh3u]

The fact that people keep coming back shows how much this song left such an impression on those who listened..

[@OliviasCrafts]

my dad listens to this song when we are in the car. He told me to close my eyes and pretend I was at the beach. He told me to think of the waves. I am 11 and I love this song so much now. we play it a lot now.

[@kuljeetjhala3768]

Do you mean you guys play it yourself on guitar? :O

[@lordbalzamore7692]

@@kuljeetjhala3768 doubt it, and her comment is 4+ years old now

[@kuljeetjhala3768]

@@lordbalzamore7692 True

[@patrickmahon3476]

It's been 4 years since the accident

[@kuljeetjhala3768]

@@patrickmahon3476 what accident?

[@evokem1819]

A guy at our school that most people ignored played this bar for bar at our end of year assembly in our final year and got a standing ovation. Truly a masterpiece

[@howdylol]

that would be a treat to see

[@bourbonyoung6237]

Awesome.

[@dareelantonio.3056]

Id say he was ignoring them the guitar is far more interesting hahaha

[@DANIEL-ls5ku]

Hey that was me! After that performance, I was back to being ignored.

[@SheSaidWalkOnOver]

I want to watch this movie

[@beausein]

Bro you obviously dont know this, but this song helped keep me alive. I was diagnosed with cancer in June 2022. I sat in the chemo seats for a long time and this was one of the anthems that kept me going. Thank you.

[@bedsidevenue5324]

Stoked you made it thru your illness, my friend. And know your comment made smile just knowing this piece resonates so beautifully with you as well

[@steinanderson9849]

pictures or it didn't happen

[@Sncfam939]

❤ just found this beautiful feel this week, keeping me alive atm oXo i truly hope and send all love ur way oXo

[@BLACKBIRDsqueaks]

@@steinanderson9849shut up

[@BLACKBIRDsqueaks]

@@bedsidevenue5324❤

[@Wyoturbine]

Still am 10 years later, therapy, best kind, what a badass song.

[@youmanaa]

My guitar listens to this when i'm not home

[@ashoka9306]

this could be us but you ain't practising

[@doucettp]

My guitar does this in it's dreams!

[@R49678]

😂😂😂

[@ordwaye]

Dank.

[@eriknielsen4070]

Now that's funny ..

[@cx5870]

this is not just a song, it's a journey

[@linamartinez809]

Reminds me of embryonic journey by Jefferson airplane...

[@castawaygibo9661]

Well put, this song has so much emotion behind it. I finally have woken up as some say after a brain condition and depression and anxiety attacks. I finally feel free! I see life so differently. Everyone has value and is beautiful in thier own way. This song has gotten me thru so much as I keep coming back to ground myself. I would've never thought I could be so spiritual or emotionally changed but I am now and I love it. I play guitar as well similarly. CX take care and I hope you have a happy life and good health.

[@cx5870]

@@castawaygibo9661 you too brother, you too

[@prasoondhapola2875]

@@castawaygibo9661 just here to congratulate you and thank you for sharing your story and reminding of the power of art in our lives. This song and your comment has really turned me on as an artist now. One day, hopefully, I too will have such a life affirming effect, with my art, on at least one person.

[@jaymanjay1030]

The lord of the strings

[@MaximillianKenny]

I took my son in law to to the Red Rocks show in 2019. He didn't know much about John back then. After that show he was hooked. My wife passed away later that year. This song in particular still brings back all those wonderful memories of that night and the love I still have for her. She now has another grandson that she never had the chace to meet but still part of her lives. He's autistic and when he's having a rough time of things Johns music is one of the few things that'll calm hin down. John has touched the lives many with his beautiful music. Much love.

[@WayneAshleyAllen]

I saw him open for Dave, and was wowed!

[@declantuttle2441]

This song gave me a light in the darkest times.

[@stuartbaker794]

In 2021 this is still a timeless masterpiece

[@tomsock218]

Indeed

[@dotterel]

Always and forever

[@brienneburbank3972]

Facts!!

[@johntipton6797]

Yep!

[@darkaquatus]

Started listening to this video many years ago. Listening to it today still gives me goosebumps and it brings me back to the time I first listened to it.

[@sulyluu]

That guitar looks like it has so many stories to tell...

[@adamferguson2173]

It has been raped so many time lol

[@dertuel]

This is not a song. This is a feeling that unites all of us.

[@the.communist]

Not really

[@katalexander1614]

This is a feeling! Yes!!!

[@quintonmcclellan3279]

I've watched this hundreds of times maybe thousands. When my father was still alive this was one of his go to jams. All these years later and it still hits the same place.

[@peePea-d8v]

What. Others did he like?

[@allegrot438]

I just heard this song for the first time :O.... be jealous of me.

[@weecosy]

Not jealous this song is like your favourite meal gets better every time you have it

[@allegrot438]

weecosy That's the truth.

[@marcusmattlener8201]

weecosy so true! And I heard the song many many many times...

[@yazomaniac1]

+Freedomz but it keeps getting better the more you listen to it;)

[@petestrat07]

+Freedomz I just heard it for the first time. Now you be jealous of me.

[@daynechristensen4433]

2023 and this song still hits like it did in 2015. Masterpiece

[@MayteChuXan]

🙋🏾‍♀️ 💓🔮🪄💖🎶🎵💖 2023♾️

[@MayteChuXan]

Simply: MAGIC 💓🔮🪄💖🎶🎵💖 2023♾️ Love from Venezuela

[@P_JrH1013]

2015??? Try 2008 bro lol

[@jlow2728]

me too

[@siok4375]

Same bro 🤯

[@davehawkes1991]

I have just watched this again, probably for the 1000th time. My desert island piece of music.. full stop.

[@paulgallagher5771]

He plays the guitar like nobody else I have ever seen, as if without rules or boundaries. He has discovered the instrument, and his own mastery of it, with great freedom.

[@KombiLife]

for once I'm happy about KZbin repeatedly showing the same video on my feed - never get bored of this one.

[@m.wallace8603]

I forgot how much I would never be bored about this one.

[@raoulduke8720]

Kombi? thems SA words! Represent my friend, much love!

[@tomlawton5116]

This sounds like what life should feel like.

[@tomlawton5116]

*Correction. This sounds how life should feel.

[@royalgeezer]

this IS what life feels like. Well his life, our songs would sound different, but just as beautiful

[@tomlawton5116]

What can I say? Look after yourself Buddy.

[@dynamicascension981]

That is what God intended

[@rohithedalath]

Thats from deep..lol

[@allanwells5112]

The thing I love about this instrumental is how many times it feels like it's going to come to an end but the song transitions into another amazing section.

[@petrolgene]

its like 3 tracks in 1. Its beautiful.

[@ivanchernyshev2646]

i've been watching this video for ten years and every time I feel

[@joelbyrne]

First time listener here... Guitarist of 27 years... I just left earth for 12 minutes and 5 seconds 🌎

[@ulifunk5948]

so did i

[@Humbird22]

😁🧡

[@fox_85]

Wow

[@juricasali3054]

You are welcome

[@mitchellnewman9670]

you must listen to April uprising from John butler trio. best album ever made IMO

[@vinniecentz]

In 2014 I saw John Butler live here in Italy, it was the first time I attended a live gig all by myself, alone, and I saw something I still remember with chills. During the middle section of this song (around @5:17) some people in front of me moved like they were about to make a circle pit. I wasn't able to tell what was going on until I stepped forward: they disposed themselves in a circle, making enough space for a couple who was dancing and dancing and dancing as if no one was around them, just a boy and a girl smiling, holding each other, kissing each other and jumping as high as they could. Their eyes sparkled so much they completely stole the show from John. All our eyes were focused on them; someone looked away and made just a quick and shy eye contact with other people like they were all asking to each other silently but euforically "Are you seeing this?" It was all a majestic display of love, wonder and joy. Still today, everytime I hear this song, I think about that couple and hope they are still living the time of their lives.

[@anlauska3517]

😢😢😢

[@idiotmobil7568]

Nice story man👍

[@Ash-fm6ym]

They broke up, she cheated on him with the local guitarist

[@avalondreaming1433]

What a beautiful story about a moment in time. May you have many others.

[@vinniecentz]

@@avalondreaming1433 thanks for the kind words, I wish that to you too. Happy new year!

[@Ben-id3op]

By so far the best solo piece I’ve witnessed. If this doesn’t make you want to play nothing will. What a jam.

[@AI-wp2te]

This is my favourite piece of music of ALL TIME. I love this. I love the way it makes me feel. I love the journey it takes me on. I love you!

[@bertrandng6706]

When I was younger, learning new songs on the guitar it'd be my goal to play it exactly as the original artist played it. One day I decided to try to learn this song, and I realised as JBT said that he never played this song the same way twice. That it constantly evolved like a living thing. And trying (and failing) to mimic it, opened doors to me. To what music should be, dynamic, full of expression, freedom to add things and take away and make mistakes because that's where the life of the song lies. This song revolutionised everything about my guitar playing to me.

[@patrickp588]

Bertrand Ng play your own style

[@LoveAllOver1]

Great insight! I am a musician as well and you are on it man. Sometimes the mistakes sound good, especially when a guitarist is really ripping it and he hits a dirty note, and realizes it, but, embraces it, and actually leans into it. Almost always non musicians won't even be able to hear it, but they love it. It's the mole on the face of a beautiful woman.

[@khayatkd]

truly inspiring reading this comment listining from 8' to 9' !

[@yamoshigodofsaiyans1569]

A true artist can both recognise other talents, but also create and evolve their own. JB as an artist is a prodigy who should be more known.

[@linesyverinsen9215]

That's beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[@craziecaz]

I will never ever get bored of this

[@carolineferris5591]

Carol Murphy seen him twice at Stubbs and I never get over this. Tears every time. So gorgeous.

[@roycemuzic6727]

Ive been coming back to this video for a couple years now. Im here again lol

[@MrRob49815]

Royce Muzic same as. Over 6 years. It was a different site before

[@aussiechris570]

He is one of a kind who at least for me brings a smile to my face when i am feeling down.

[@SleepySeel]

Me neither. I even find myself holding my breath and have to remember to breathe its that good.

[@rampagewookie2684]

Whenever someone tells me they're lost, I always direct them right here. This song means something different to every person who listens. I was on the verge of ending it all. And this song just made it all okay

[@bbuggediffy]

Why are you encountering so many lost people?

[@Joseph87101]

Stick around brother. Life is a beautiful gift. At times, a difficult gift but worth every second. God Bless.

[@Kalilloko]

Hey, brother. Beautiful words. I hope you are well. Lets enjoy The beauty of art and love. 🙏🏼❤️

[@rdsaputra456]

I still listerning to this in 2024 dude. 😅. And feel same like 11 years ago, very interesting.

[@jeffmcclure918]

Once I get Smoke On The Water down I think this will probably be my next song to tackle

[@nolanr7679]

It's all downhill from smoke on the water. Light work.

[@territorialamcape2726]

Haha I'm 16 years in and I've almost got this riff down. I guess more practice for me hahahaha 😂 Thanks for the laugh bro, I'm almost positive by your sarcasm your a great guitarist.

[@buddhamack1491]

I hold the guitar and tap it, so I think I'm pretty close!

[@azzladz1264]

One doesn't just tackle this song hehe good luck tho buddy i hope u do either way, dedication will make u achieve whatever u want mate

[@jasminflower3814]

lol

[@helterskelterss]

It was 2007 when I was backpacking in Australia when I was stumbled upon John. It wasn't on a CD or an mp3. Probably even sure he wasn't THAT well known outside Australia. There he was, playing guitar by the roadside wagon jamming his life away. To this day I vouch and say nothing has been as magical as watching him up close playing, with my wife besides me. So humble. So shy. So real! Thank you John. Traveled the world and the 7 seas, everybody's looking for someone. I found you. Cheers.

[@DnBComplex]

That's amazing!

[@billharris7351]

helterskelterss that's awesome

[@johncaldergunn]

what can i say but namaste xxx

[@deadication9941]

Did he play ocean?

[@donhenkel1065]

Zombie street musician

[@jimmymutchie]

"Ocean" became a code word of mine after I discovered this gem a few years ago. Every once in a great while, you'll stumble upon a seriously profound piece of music that hits you in a way you can't really express or describe. Those are your "Oceans". The waves will take you for a ride, don't fight em, just enjoy em. I love this so much, thank you John. You did good.

[@menophoenix3413]

Love it

[@joshborosky6131]

Arguably the most beautiful song on acoustic guitar in the last 20 years. I feel so many different emotions through these 12 minutes and I always come out feeling… cleansed. We need more artists like this on this weird rock we all stumble around on.

[@MattAngiono]

@@joshborosky6131 what was better 20 years ago? This is the 🐐 IMHO

[@feartheblazer]

Universal language. Everybody understands this.

[@zachariahrobertson2024]

rubber band man I completely agree people see emotion through this. He is just pouring out words to people with his playing!

[@mr89firebird]

It's an entire saga, in 12 minutes. And, somehow, without any minor chords (as far as my minimally trained ears can tell)

[@tammiefox6833]

It speaks 2 your soul

[@allnatural1992]

But do they understand that ☝️🙃

[@brandonspeich3483]

Love that man! It truly is universal language! Great way to put it

[@IronMuppet]

8 years later and this is still the most impressive thing I have seen on the internet

[@henryle4900]

What’s impressive is that you still value this kind of stuff. At least ur not into tik tok and all those videos of just girls shaking their ass. It’s just disgusting and so demeaning for anybody watching it

[@traytonsorensen8352]

@@henryle4900 that’s what I’ve noticed too, most of the trend followers don’t appreciate this kind of music. The people who do like this kind of music have been life long friends

[@ayaayaah6647]

+1

[@Prodigy_Il]

You should check out Eiro Nareths cover of Interstellar theme with a 12 string guitar. That cover to me was the greatest thing to bless my ears

[@traytonsorensen8352]

@@Prodigy_Il well found my next song to learn. Thanks mate.

[@marktaylor5498]

Today is October 5th, 2023... your music is a gift.... a gift this world needs... shared! Thank you.... never lose your fire, ever!!!!

[@Ladosligese]

How i wish i could hear this for the first time again .. makes me forget everything around me .. all the troubles are gone for 12 mins .. love it

[@Speedeefeet]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard in my entire life. I have listened several times and it has brought me to tears more than twice.... That doesn't just happen.

[@bAtACt1X]

Agree...excapt: That does just happen. Happens. Not as often as I wish bit still... it does.

[@MyNameIsTwitted]

Ett1varg I've probably heard it more than 30 times.

[@manager2655]

it makes my heart sing sometimes and moves me to tears at others,I have heard about100 times and I never get tired of listening to it

[@davideckes7408]

I have listened to it over 83,962 times and only teared up 16, 703 times.

[@shadypelican]

My only lament is that I will never be able to hear this song for the first time ever again.

[@tank6561]

You will if you drink enough liquor...

[@dopamineman4817]

Every time i hear it its the first time.

[@MeJustAimy]

@@tank6561 healthier is either weed, shrooms, lsd.. psychedelics really lol

[@gianlucafragiacomo4741]

You know...the first time you listen to any song, you really don’t appreciate it to the deepest form. Only if you listen to this song multiple Times you can really catch the soul of it!

[@tzarbowlby1718]

It gets better every time I listen to it going on a few years

[@chusynadiemas]

I used to listen to this song with the boys when I was 17... now I’m 28 and I hardly talk to them anymore and I live thousands of kilometres away from them but I still love them the same. Love you guys

[@caitlynstryker2842]

A previous commenter said this song means something different to each person - and so true. I walked down the aisle to this song. I've loved it for years, and couldn't think of a more meaningful way to symbolize the start of the rest of my life with my husband. I can hear and feel a whole story in this song - the ups, downs, pains, triumphs, and love - and I have a huge smile on my face each time I come back here.

[@blacksniper7884]

BRO "Rezo Ja lol ey " loves you and we too :)

[@anonymusxyz7420]

kommst du aus deutschland?/sprichst du deutsch? und warst du auch im stream dabei, war soo nice

[@ArmyBlinkStayOnceMidzyMoaMY]

@@anonymusxyz7420 ja und nein. War nich im stream dabei aber war echt schön

[@blacksniper7884]

@@anonymusxyz7420 Ja, es war so schön

[@jale4563]

loves^

[@metcalfe87]

What does this mean? Sorry, and thanks

[@abbierussell4548]

My partner recently passed away leaving me and two children alone in this world. I was never good with words but i used to tell Bianca this song was about my love for her since my words would never be enough, so listening to this song is my daily ritual to help me keep going. Rip Bianca Jade Stackman. Love forever, Kayne and your beautiful children Noah and AJ

[@aussiechris570]

Really sorry for your loss, keep listening to John and his music if it makes you feel better.

[@gerrardhart6040]

abbie Russell Sorry for your lost dude.

[@will2073]

abbie Russell Lost wife and one off two Childs die ?

[@Lkleem1174]

abbie Russell so sorry for your loss. Peace and comfort be with you my friend.

[@sabrialva11]

:(

[@prometeykaya]

No one will ever be able to play it like you, John.

[@jonlancaster6758]

11 years of returning to hear this work of art daily religiously and not even 1 bit tired of it...there's not a musical equivalent out there to me because most songs I listen to i could never listen to on a loop and not slam my face into a wall at top speed but this...this is absolute perfection 👌 😊

[@lucindawilson4758]

Thank you John, You were my daughter’s favorite artist. She played this beautiful song over and over again. Unfortunately she died just over a year ago and I have not been able to listen to any of her music. Her favorite space was the ocean. Thank you for touching her soul.

[@OrYanE04]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you can feel her through this song. Good luck 🌟

[@jerryq9542]

This make me cry, i'm so sorry for your loss, you will see your daughter in heaven again

[@avici0182]

I am so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful soul she is❤

[@michaelprice7669]

Wow brought me too tears hearing about your daughter. So sorry for your loss and hope this song can bring you some comfort in knowing what a gentle soul your daughter was and may she forever rest in peace. X

[@aryamantewari5122]

Bless your little girl. So sorry about your loss.

[@YagnaseniMitra]

I had the opportunity to hear this exceptional piece, live, and had the privilege of interacting with him, during an informal concert in Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2016. He just showed up with his guitar, borrowed a capo from a student and played this piece on a six-string guitar. It was the most beautiful evening of my life! I got to ask him what made him write this piece, and this is what he said, "This song is like a map of myself. You'll notice that it's never the same. All the versions are obviously different in a few sections though the entire structure and musical arrangement remain the same. So, every time I play it, I am basically the same, but also have changed in little ways as I go along in life. It's like a blueprint of my brain, an imprint of my soul at the moment I play it." * *I paraphrased, but mostly retained the key words he used.

[@BoredKretin]

Wait.... How come he showed up there!!?? For what event!?

[@YagnaseniMitra]

@@BoredKretin hey! He was here in Kolkata, attending a workshop conducted by Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya, a Hindustani slide guitar virtuoso. Pt. Bhattacharya's daughter, Anandi, was studying in Jadavpur University then, and convinced Butler to perform for us. It was quite an impromptu gig, and we'll truly remain indebted to her for the same.

[@julieaha1806]

Thank you so much for sharing 💜

[@YagnaseniMitra]

@@julieaha1806 My pleasure, Julie! :)

[@lightleaker7045]

Best answer ever!

[@brettlawlor8921]

First time back in a long time. I first watched this in 2013, I believe. 11 years later, it is as beautiful and moving as when I first saw it.

[@user-ml4rn4di7k]

I'm still listening years later and he still captivates me... takes me somewhere else. He is so amazing, and that doesn't even explain it for me. John Butler, you are a phenomenon. Thank you

[@petergergelymusic]

I'm back for my daily view. :) You simply cannot have enough of this masterpiece.

[@Harshitvashisth]

Peter Gergely hi I love when one artist give respect to other artist .

[@BlepGames]

Peter Gergely I wonder if you're still here after all that time. This song is a-temporal.

[@willdie308]

Peter Gergely same here not every day but every second I have to lesson it

[@samarthmandotra6055]

Still doing that after 3 years?

[@riverreasteve]

Yep I know what you mean Peter. I keep coming back to this song as well. Not every day mind you. But after hearing the song for the first time a couple of years ago, Ive yet to hear anything better?

[@TheNeo1992]

This made me happy and sad, excited and calm. It was tense yet so peacefully. I felt like jumping and fooling around and like laying down and don't movin at all, just relax and let the sounds flow through every inch of my body.

[@vicgon479]

best comment to describe the feels for this song!

[@bleeb7003]

Deeeep..

[@NaughtyFoxFilms]

Bobby Higginbotham Like the Ocean

[@bille77]

so on

[@bige2576]

Word porn

[@k8dvs209]

Ohhh man. 15yrs later And I still can’t tear myself away. Absolute Perfection.

[@pharaweewattanasen2045]

I cried! To be honest, this is the best thing I ever heard of my life,hit my feelings, I got so emotional!!!! Without one single word in this song. How amazing he is!

[@brewmeup5827]

nearly had me in tears by the end of it. words can't even describe..

[@dylanhickey7509]

Every time I listen to this song, the world seems at peace..

[@tuanho1555]

DHickeyFit me too...:))

[@yonaash]

Yup

[@ryanwood8341]

This is a man who's found some amount of freedom in his life.

[@juliannedallas9643]

Ryan Wood I feel free when I listen to it, so most definitely he is free playing it.

[@iyosama1]

A man who found passion in his life.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

You can too. Non dual spirituality, go beyond the mind conditioning, and you are free, and can "feel" and Be freedom and love itself ( natural state for humans ). This song every second of your life basically, in a simplistic way of putting it. Much love

[@ordwaye]

Amen.

[@vicimg84]

He’s completely free.

[@jeffrichards4624]

#1 fav song ever. I'm 53 and seen a lot of music. JB is special, as a human. And great at sharing his art so we can understand.

[@brookeepps1080]

We always name our dogs after a musician. Our last dog was named JB. It was a family argument, and JB won because the initials were for so many artists we all loved. John Butler was never discussed as one of our JB musicians, but now makes me love him all the more.

[@mattlawson714]

Best acoustic guitar performance ever.

[@jabeuralaa4873]

Been here since 2012 and keep coming back listening to this masterpiece..

[@skydiver711]

truly a master at work

[@jaspermiller1039]

ok

[@JiinPolanco]

Same here... Every once in a while I go back and it's still an incredible experience to hear this masterpiece

[@cesaraugustoyuparichaccha3532]

After all this time Always

[@cosmoblivion]

as do I

[@yahelbouaziz3767]

This guitar is screaming : "I'm aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive" !! Everytime I see such talent, the animist in me can't help wonder what are the odds for a guitar in a shop to be picked up by a guy like this versus the odds of being picked up by a mom of four who will use it to play tennis with rocks and strangle each other with the strings. As far as guitars are concerned, it's like winning the lottery really ... o_O

[@e.o.j3103]

You're right. Though this guitar is a pretty expensive one, it's from the Australian guitar company maton, who makes beautiful sounding guitars

[@darthvader4720]

Lol a price tag usually stands in the way of the soccer mom putting her hands on this guitar. John butler was destined to play it anyways.

[@mzunguwrites6085]

A highly excellent thought. Someone made that guitar and someone made you and I. A worn and beaten guitar shows use, which is what the maker wanted and intended. I am worn and beaten because I walk to good places where our Maker intended and produce good things out of the abundance of the good stored into me. I once bought a guiar and and stand for it and put it in a prominent place in my house so that if my children had the least bit of curiosity about it they could pick it up. There are zero moms who would let their kids wreck a guitar; more likely is the case that the guitar will sit in a closet or a corner and never be played. My kids instead played horns in band.

[@markbeckett7740]

Great comment there. "I'm alive!"

[@Vitalogynqn]

Muy acertado comentario!! Asi de cierto!

[@Mrmadmartigan8420]

I don't think that people realize he's playing a freaking electronic bass drum with his right foot and a guitar pedal with his left throughout this unbelievable performance. 😯

[@myriamcoz]

Wow no, I didn’t notice since I read your comment ! Thanks , this is truly amazing !

[@katosmith1272]

Does anyone else like to listen in a dark room... eyes closed.... and imagine the Ocean? Let every transition in the song to transport you to different parts of the ocean? The beauty.... the majestic.... the chaotic randomness... The powerful unforgiving storms... The delicate coral reefs that provide shelter for all sorts of glorious creatures When the song wraps up and ends, and you open your eyes... it feels as strong in your mind as any memory...

[@markstang23]

…the mushrooms 😂

[@katosmith1272]

@@markstang23 Makes it come into reality on a whole nother MF level! Lmao

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Is it just me or this song gives you a feeling like you knew this guy all your life? There's something so personal about this song, like he reveals all his most sacred secrets to you. Fascinating.

[@leisaenglefield6965]

I heard this song for the first time when he was busking outside the Markets in Freemantle 20 years ago, this song strums the strings of my soul, love on a whole other level :)

[@Dermavent]

Leisa Englefield Thanks for sharing, blessings

[@somefuckstolemynick]

Leisa Englefield That is a memory I would trade the world for!

[@pyroblaze07]

Had felt how he feels with this song. Felt sad, happy, excited but most especially it made me feel calm and alive...

[@akashseth7565]

MrCorvusC same man i feel that too ... its stimulates all the sadness and good moments and all kinds of different feelings that makes me feel connected to him

[@Stuunf]

I feel like I just went through the last 20 years of my life in 12 minutes... Thank you stranger

[@zmanwithfire]

You just did a better job at putting how I feel while listening to this song into words than I possibly could.

[@ashimpathak5035]

Coming back here to recommend this to one my neighbour kid who is learning guitar! The loop will keep on🤟🏽

[@matteoiacobelli2958]

I can freaking hear the wave crushing. Love it.

[@alikiran6109]

This video should register as one of the greatest achievements of human experience, kept as a museum piece and be known by the many generations to come in a far future

[@KorieG]

alikiran Great comment brother! (Sister?). Later...

[@seankennedy2819]

Well if that's so, then we obviously haven't achieved much as a species. That or you are easily impressed...

[@KorieG]

Sean Kennedy Don't be a douche! This song is an AMAZING original! That's all I was trying to re-iterate! Later...

[@seankennedy2819]

Hey douche, why are you replying to a comment that wasn't aimed at you? Are you an egotistical arsewipe like Butler too? Later...

[@CollapsarCygnusX1HDE]

alikiran Agreed. Make it so!

[@saturdaynight7649]

the clip i watch once every 6 months or so to remind myself that i'll never be good at guitar

[@Kookychild]

+BeasterDenBeast hahahahha thats fucking gold

[@Pixinie]

watch him and think how good you could be one day!:)

[@OnyxDeity]

+BeasterDenBeast In all seriousness, while it's a very beautiful song, it's not that technically demanding and you could absolutely play this someday. The composition is the truly impressive thing here! Your biggest hurdle is probably getting all the mics and pedals, as there are quite a few on display here.

[@PladoTV]

+OnyxDeity I've played guitar for 15 years. In all seriousness, this is about as technically demanding as you can get on an acoustic. Also, something you may not know about this piece is that a lot of this song is improvised and changed every time he plays it. He talks about how a song shouldn't be stagnant and that every time he plays this song it's a reflection of his life at that time. It's actually the reason he named the song Ocean because of it's ever-changing style.

[@DerSollek]

+BeasterDenBeast I'm currently learning it, and I'm about 9 minutes in. I'm not an amazing guitarist and the song is actually not that difficult. The way I play it is obviously not comparable to his, but the song isn't as demanding as it looks. just give it a shot!

[@acublues7252]

Simply, 12 minutes of hapyness. That still makes me cry

[@MrSayon20]

I keep returning to this music every few years like an old friend with whom I've parted ways but still remains in some corner of my heart.

[@ryanmoore7640]

This is the most emotional song I’ve ever heard And it doesn’t even have words

[@Andy-Frank]

Buddy fuck yeah. Pootie don’t need no words.

[@petethescalemodeller6130]

I cry everytime , not ashamed to say it :):)

[@kenwilkinson9]

listen to Wayne, by John Frusciante

[@kornbread5359]

F F hmm, friend said the track i just dropped was “fruscienta” like. But i never listened to his music much, is that the guy who wrote time inabottle?

[@vividestbeast4509]

Leedy Scalemodeller I’ve came back to this song over the years. Happy in a relationship? Show her this song. Broke up? Cry to this song. New job? Celebrate with this song. Chilling and feeling good? Listen to this song. Man, it’s been a life saver for me through the last few years. This song always puts me in a better place, regardless the situation. Much love from the US.

[@Crazelord91]

So glad this has so many views!! But to be honest 24 out of the 26 million views are just from me constantly playing this on repeat...

[@CosineCurve]

If only it worked that way

[@Alifkbr]

Refreshing the video grants a view

[@patrickleboeuf6169]

francis cabrel la cabane du pecheur

[@TheLinisz]

3* 60 + 35 = 215 s 24 000 000 * 215 = 5 160 000 000 s 5 160 000 000 s ~ 160 years Video came out in 2012. You sir just lied. Shame on you.

[@Crazelord91]

TheLinisz That's how much I love this video; it defies math and physics

[@ryzusun]

The closest humankind comes to perfection. An embrace of 100 years of emotions lived and beyond. A cry from the depths of the soul, joyous and yearning.

[@KoalaBearWarrior]

This song makes you appreciate life more. For 13 minutes, all the shit, all the problems, all the worries, all the fears go away. Life is laid bare and reduced to the essentials. To watch the emotion is pure art. The sound and images take you away to another place. This is truly a religious experience.

[@rikay91]

true that warrior!!

[@camillecarvalho542]

man!!!!!!!!!!! thats what im talkin about.. i feel the same

[@egibbo3978]

Amen.

[@junkyardjulie]

I agree, except for the "religious experience". In my opinion, it's quite the spiritual experience :)

[@VZLA92irie]

YES

[@bosse9445]

I can see the ocean. Its calm but the storm is coming !

[@wanikentang4684]

Albin Edin yup, good interpretation :)

[@carlhales4153]

I'm still listening in 2024. Love this!!!

[@all.five.horizons]

Here i am again..listen to this piece of art..while i'm trying to find myself during a tumultuous period..

[@leamingtoncc]

I'm 61 years old and have a very broad range in music taste. This is the piece of music I would take to my desert island. I would never tire of listening to it. A true masterpiece that literally gives me goosebumps every time.

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

Making dessert out of desert...

[@greg205]

i fully concur ❤

[@HighIQuit]

Both this and concert version are the best music pieces i ever heard in my entire life... I listen to this for years through my hard times, depression, only things that helped me forget a cheating wife was this music and running... To this day i get the goosebumps every time, especially mid song whene it reaches alot of notes all together somthing is there something yelling loudly saying the absolute truth but you can't hear it... That's where i crying usually... it's beyond dimensions it's like seeing your consciousness it's like instead of blood there is oceans in your vessels and you can smell it through your whole body... This is how feel about this music and i can't describe it but it helped me so much... Thank you John.🌊

[@jamn610]

sorry about your past, but there are people who genuinely care for you...live for them

[@stevetrammell6403]

The song is like some perfect distillation of the emotions one feels in life (minus hate and anger). It is ecstasy, melancholy, hope, aspiration, achievement, and everything on the continuum. Arguably the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

[@stevejobs1437]

If you think this bullshit is good look up Sungha Jung - Irony

[@ashishnoel5628]

Sungha Jung and John Butler are Masters of their own craft. It would be unfair to even compare these two legends and their skills .

[@Romy_880]

such a beautiful comment :)

[@SumitTheExplorer.]

I first listen this song in 2013 in my final year of college. I started learning guitar . And still I am learning. I wish I can play like this . Atleast for 2 mins. But never got tired of listening this . Absolute masterpiece. What a legend

[@brianstatom9567]

This is the best thing on the Internet.

[@roshi98]

First of all, beautiful. Second of all, it's not fair...it's just. Not. Fair.

[@spah24motorcycles68]

lol

[@phan4evr16]

ya well neither is poverty or suicide bombings. . .go practice

[@alec5906]

Dudes been playing for 20+ years, practice everyday you'll get there

[@michaeljosephacoustic5854]

Play, play some more and then write your own music, good luck.

[@drdre2641]

Once a year sometimes twice I dim the lights, light up a joint, put this on replay and close my eyes. Life can be really great.

[@mkprocter882]

noice noice 👌

[@kingpaul3rocks]

I totally relate to what you've wrote 😅

[@sepvangool9023]

I'm going to do this right now ❤️

[@saifer666]

once a day sometimes twice I dom the lights, light up at least one joint, put this on replay and close my eyes. Life can be really great.

[@philphil97]

Literally doing this right now

[@ProcyonAsix]

Десять лет прошло с тех пор, как я впервые услышал Океан Батлера, и каждый раз, то случайно, то специально нахожу этот трек, слушаю его с мурашками на коже и большими глазами. Наслаждаюсь его талантом, мало с кем можно сравнить, это что-то особенное

[@ruchitnavlakha4789]

What a legend he is, still watching in dec 23

[@patrickgates9732]

this is my first ever youtube comment, and it is straight up criminal to put an advertisement with 7 seconds left to this masterpiece.

[@tedswanson2115]

They want to make us as angry as possible so we'll pay extra for no ads....

[@blazbohinc4964]

Well.. pay for youtube premium. It's worth it. And if you're on PC, then just.. there are ways.

[@alexandrovelasquez7135]

Dudeeee I just commented literally the same thing... I was pissed

[@baidik5505]

@@blazbohinc4964 mention it, yt is not gonna censor ad******r

[@GN-Aaron]

dudes, just use YT Vanced on Android and uBlock Origin on PC. it's much more peaceful.