John Butler Trio - Ocean (Live at Max Sessions)

[@kinggimped]

This will always be my "original" version of the song, first one i listened to maybe 15 years ago while working in my hometown. Now I live on the other side of the world. Still coming back to listen to this masterpiece by a fucking wizard at the height of his powers.

[@KnightLxght]

I've been coming back to this video for 6 years. Listening to it brings back memories that I thought got lost forever. It has the weird effect for me.

[@LitepointX22]

I have similar experience.

[@mattlast4093]

i hear ya

[@ghorthok1779]

I feel you bro

[@TheonlyGJVIC]

Discovered this song in this version about 10 years ago and immediately fascinaated me: it became soon my favourite song. I shared it with a special person years later and it was so deep that after she broke my heart and I went to a downward depressing spiral I could no longer listen to it. Two years ago I took action to regain control over my life and fight my depressive state: took a flight to go far away, on an Island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and listened to this song on the cliffs, admiring the power of the ocean for the first time. Now I can listen to it with a different perspective and I'm back on track with my life, what a journey!

[@macd7743]

This is my favorite of his many renditions of his masterpiece "Ocean." Spectacular, John!

[@andy35813]

By far the best version of this song

[@koda4247]

still one of the best pieces ever written

[@marypeabody3054]

I have searched all over the internet for this exact video! I saw it 12ish years ago, it resonated in my soul because I couldn't remember anything except # of guitar strings and guy with dreadlocks, the tile for some reason I thought was "for Lilly" but finding this makes my heart happy. My fav live version of the song❤

[@TheJck2222]

So incredible. JB such a talent and overlooked career in US. You are a legend in my book brother

[@lukasfiman5668]

Seeing this Live, I could die right away having a feeling of fulfillment

[@KaiyangSomtam]

First hear this back in 2005/2006, still listening to this today!

[@marcosbrandoles2563]

This will be forever relevant to us all, John!

[@StratfordPirate]

The best video on all of KZbin in my opinion.

[@dwainbunker]

Yeah OK, this song goes straight into my list of all-time favourites. What a performance.

[@echoosui8989]

Found it on KZbin the first time in 2011. Here I am 2018. Experienced an ear-gasm back then. Apparently, it's just as intense today.

[@abbalou7717]

this song got me through the death of a close friend, it's so relaxing and I keep coming back to it. I think this is true musical perfection there is so much in this piece

[@rjkjrjkmwtd]

The best from Butler, for the years I do love this song.

[@scotty932096]

Definately the best version of it on youtube, 200 plays on my ipod at this moment haha!

[@sarahsharpe8021]

The best version by far. Wish this version was up on Apple Music so I could download it :(

[@remibeccat4797]

Try MediaHuman ;)

[@venomoussloth5092]

Sorry this is late, but if you’re still interested you could use a free site to convert this youtube video to an mp3 file

[@pasqualz87]

Tears in my eyes...

[@cassydikenai7629]

Wow what!!! This is pure brilliance 💎

[@matejjaaaa]

this is beautiful

[@Keikboi]

Would've loved this as a studio version

[@CallMeJonesy]

I’ve been coming back to this video now for 2-3 years. This isn’t the original upload so I’m got worried because I thought it had been removed haha. Thanks for reuploading.

[@murraytosh8018]

mmJonesy2014 I’m the same. I think I heard this about 5 or 6 years ago and I remember every so often and I’m blown away again. There are bum notes, missed timings and all sorts in here but it’s still perfection. No other piece of music has ever caught my attention in quite the same way. 😄

[@Cherrynez]

Beautiful music. John is an amazing guitarist. Excellent !!!!!....;o)

[@andyacoustic3]

This is fucking insane! He's one of the most talented musician around by far.. And nothing beats the sound of a 12-string in my opinion.

[@hardrockmatt]

what a champion.

[@allgoodnamestaken]

Soon as I heard this year's ago j thought this is the song I'm having at my funeral l sounds morbid but I don't even see it that way for whatever reason this song always makes me contemplate life I think it should of just been called life although I do get the ocean thing

[@magicmuso]

I tried to listen to this while studying, but it didn't work because I kept going into a daze of awe, smiling, or tapping my foot like crazy :)

[@sissymarie2912]

First heard this song when I left my ex husband and had to rebuild my life. It's going on twelve years and still feels the same every time I listen, like everything's gonna be okay.

[@ElvisLivesUpstairs]

I hope you're okay now

[@sissymarie2912]

@@ElvisLivesUpstairs not too shabby, thanks

[@BALLSAHERTNinc]

Legend 🍺

[@Danderson07]

JB: “I’m gonna play a real short instrumental for you.” JB: plays the song live for 15 minutes.

[@Beef_Base69]

One of the greatest songs ever created. The Greek gods would’ve kidnapped butler and set him for eternity playing his tunes.

[@chrisbasss]

This is amazing :)

[@maciarainn]

@4:24 I get goosebumps every single time ❤️

[@HumorousMaximus]

That's some powerful stuff right there.

[@twelfthmanau]

that version is epic

[@kieferkramer272]

Been working on learning it for an hour now. Learned everything BUT the middle section. He might have sold his soul to the devil for that one...

[@RubiksEdits]

howd you learn everything in an hour

[@Massygo]

Not. takes lot of practice. John plays it different everytime mostly. Need to practice and remember what notes and strings you MAY play and all the sort off hammers/pulls/riffs. When you get those memorized you can start sort of improvising during the transitions. The hardest thing i noticed was memorizing the open E-tuning and understanding that one.

[@theairman6867]

LOL I'm SURE you learned this in an hour. Don't try to impress people on KZbin dude. And I'm sure if you did, you have posted a cover of it, and you didn't.

[@brucejohnson5907]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha !

[@allgoodnamestaken]

Took me months to learn and I still can't play parts to well but I could of put more time in and I'm not the best anyway

[@FretsNirvana]

Yeah!! Love it ...

[@Legendsdie33]

i agree , you can hear the similiarities and the differences

[@sylviecreperielabretonne560]

Absolument genial

[@bhajansinghsethi9606]

Brilliant

[@rafaazvdo]

Talento de verdade sao poucos que possuem.

[@kahiauandkeeaola808]

Still awesome

[@navidb]

too good

[@evanseventy7593]

So confused.. He says its "an instrumental from Searching for Heritage" what track is he citing? This version is far superior to any record labled "John Butler - Ocean.

[@DanielColageo]

Wow

[@ayushmanbhalla8737]

Vampire nails

[@goatsmilk234]

even hours and hours of practice?

[@Zigotoy_3234]

goatsmilk234 maybe hours and hours of busking in cold.. Who knows? ^^' but damn.. Surely a lot

[@sebaradial]

what guitar is he using??

[@billbobb2216]

Listen fickon mind reaching vi linh writer I write fickon bios in like 2secs

[@HashMarley]

11 strings

[@egone61]

HashMarley that high g string only ever lasts for about a week at most! Lol

[@DavinMac]

@ledzep4226 How about allota time and practice???

[@TheDevouchka]

wow! :-) Sigrid

[@Thatpartydude]

Like #240!

[@gerd5800]

Himmlich, einfach nur himmlich

[@thomaslaveille8343]

Lauriane et jules je vous aimes

[@tenshinhan91]

@ledzep4226 Give your time, maybe

[@paulbeattie]

@ledzep4226 Grow your nails, buy a twelve string guitar and practice. The only thing your giving is time, and its definitely not wasted time.

[@MumblingLucy]

those fingernails

[@gabrielsteiger5465]

should see his feets

[@Left2GameLTU]

I gave one month. :) And i played like taht

[@Zigotoy_3234]

Ignas Karpusenkovas kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJW8e5mVrsesjNE And for that? 😜

[@2good4name]

@andyacoustic3 11 string. :) (Yeah i'm being a bastard, :P)

[@dbo4506]

Your songs are horrible horrible I like them but I don't like the songs I mean I don't like guitar