John Mayer-Neon live in Tokyo Japan 2014

May 2 live at Nippon Budokan
- Chotto matte kudasai!!! (ちょっと待ってください) 0:53

[@jeremymanao]

can somebody translate the intro please :) i appreciate that

[@msynjp]

Something like this: "The first time I came to Tokyo I studied at Kojo High School in Odawara. I had studied japanese." (cheers) ..."- Today I can understand a little bit"

[@77bovi]

First thing he says in Japanese is "please wait a moment"

[@gabrielcontreras2924]

The intro says, i like from behind.

[@georgeboyce6231]

@@gabrielcontreras2924 lmfao

[@Shady_-mp1kq]

@@gabrielcontreras2924 lololl

[@muratk.8669]

6:07 I love the way how he stops to sing suddenly and gives a tutorial about the song's intro.

[@51MontyPython]

That dude is seriously sick on the guitar. I mean just insanely good.

[@dwikirahmananda5795]

+51MontyPython watch?v=NLDjw4M_578 will fckin amaze u

[@roonieramshaw929]

@@dwikirahmananda5795 is that the nokia theatre live one

[@51MontyPython]

@@roonieramshaw929 When I read your comment, I was like, "Wait, what?? ...Nokia Theatre?!" -- There's a Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX (Dallas County), which is where I had my graduation. After looking it up, turns out it's one of 3 in the country, the other two being in NY and Los Angeles. For a second there I thought this might have been in my own hometown, lol. That would have been interesting.

[@whitewalker608]

He was out of tempo A LOT of times.

[@vinraymond3347]

@@whitewalker608 there was no tempo💀.

[@kyle71998]

The guy who shouts "keep studying!" Lol...

[@JonnyZye]

He wrote this song at 20. Can you imagine??

[@ariilaam9720]

His next album will be amazing!!

[@roiloardanmajarucon8008]

hell yeah :)

[@TessellationRow]

Not Bob Dylan impressive but composition and technique are impressive. This song and style was heavily influenced from watching Tomo Fujita, an amazing guitarist he met at Berklee. Check him out.

[@JonnyZye]

George Hetzer I'd say this was as Tomo-influenced as it was Charlie Hunter influenced.

[@codeman8185]

a fuckin talent

[@theberto]

it' interesting to notice that the word NEON sounds a lot like the japanese word for Japan (Nihon). So for the audience in Tokyo, the chours was like "Japannnnn Japannnn" so that was definetly a funny coincendce =)

[@GeorgiParmakov]

Hahahaha

[@cchng]

Well that was really lovely haha

[@josuemontes8389]

It is because of the name it has on the periodic table... Not a coincidence

[@user-kg8ou6pf9t]

Hate to be that guy, but actually.......... The two words really don't sound that much alike. Neon is pronounced like neeahn, with a short vowel sound, like with the word "on", while Nihon is pronounced like neehone with a long vowel sound. So... the audience probably didn't hear their nation's name in the song at all.

[@unicornpoo7441]

@@user-kg8ou6pf9t Now listen to how Mayer pronounces it in the chorus, O sound not an Ah sound, mostly

[@DiegoManning]

"Easy shapes"... Yeah, right. Trying to pickup that technique for 2 months now. Damn you with that absurd talent, Mayer.

[@gustavskaaret7000]

i have a "lesson" that may help you with the picking pattern. I would really appreciate if you checked it out. :)

[@DiegoManning]

***** Still trying. heh! Fortunately, i can use my thumb on the fretting hand to do it more precisely. Kind of big hands, not sure if it's good or bad. The claw is complicated, tough to pick some specific strings at the correct time.

[@ArticularsTv]

i don't think he said easy shapes i think he said these are the shapes he just said it really quick

[@ambrooks5]

Nothing this guy does on guitar is easy. Simply phenomenal.

[@gustavskaaret7000]

i have a video on the picking technique, check it out if you need help

[@TheFunkyCriminal]

'neon?' *immediately tunes to drop c like a fucking baws

[@DakotaHarvey62]

Nick Merrick it’s not exactly in drop c but the point still remains, he immediately tunes without a tuner like a freak of nature lol

[@rishianderson03]

only the lowE

[@the97house]

he has a tuner pedal on the floor

[@tomsmith9849]

@@DakotaHarvey62 but the third fret of fifth string is a c, so you just use that as a reference.

[@Jtanman93]

@@DakotaHarvey62 bruh

[@thehookupcupid]

Haha! "Nobody gets a third verse" ... then goes into the most amazing solo he has ever done. Genius. A virtuoso!

[@ye5u592]

Did you hear tom's diner too?

[@aashisheapen8230]

Love how he just does a tutorial in the middle of his performance

[@xxguitardude93xx]

That solo's gotta be my favorite one he's ever done

[@jcschwartz59]

I thought it wasnt one of the most impressive he's done. check out his Melbourne solo or other live ones hes done.

[@77bovi]

that melbourne one was sick but this one he throws in that baseline into Tom's Diner. Multi-tasking like that, fella could land a plane, cook a 3 course dinner & 3 base muta to 5 hatch hydra at the same time. I just had almost forgotten how awesome he is on acoustic. I haven't seen any of the other guitar "gods" play electric & acoustic at this level.

[@peterd5901]

me too. unreal.

[@Jason-mx8dl]

Moo

[@avnishkalyankar5247]

Naa dude.

[@sethseth2534]

I don’t know why I felt so at home watching this, he has such a comforting aura, such a powerful one

[@veneziamarquez5304]

Literally the same exact feeling I have about his whole being

[@erikrusso9808]

What idiot is yelling "GRAVITYYY!!!" while John's holding his OM-28

[@whitewalker608]

Well I bet he can play any song really well on both kind of guitars.

[@angelgerman450]

@@whitewalker608 no doubt, but I think we can all agree on Gravity being much better with the full band for a concert setting.

[@Bobberhead007]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/an69c514fKyCec0..Thank me later

[@mragunathan1627]

gravity was likely written on an om-28 lol, he writes his songs on the acoustic guitar

[@samaleeman]

I feel like John recently watched this and then decided to make the end instruction into a tiktok haha

[@papaji4830]

He will sing for you and he will give a guitar tutorial...totally worth going for his shows😄

[@failer091]

haha, can u believe he recorded neon on a electric guitar? christ i had almost forgotten. Also i think this may rival his live in LA peformance. that solo is def the best hes done for it plus his voice is almost completely back to normal. Hes back

[@whitewalker608]

Nope, he was out of tempo A LOT and was out of tune in many places as well. LA is definitely his best one.

[@FrontlineSuicide]

@@whitewalker608 I think the Live in LA one is definitely not 100% authentic, I am not a sound engineer or anything but I can hear there is some kind of effect or pitch correction on his voice( I dont know if im using the right terms but it sounds too perfect to my ears, its not natural)

[@litttlewing]

omg.. that mini tutorial at the end was so nice

[@benwade7334]

He went into the S. Vega song "Tom's Dinner" for a second during the solo, awesome!

[@skate6498]

俺この日見に行った！！ 超かっこ良かったな........

[@fberkovich]

absolute madman, just casually did the melody of toms diner in his solo part at 5:00-5:15

[@danehocutt6893]

the funny thing is that it’s also in the song called centuries

[@GooFucYourselfSir]

his range is coming back!!!!! yess

[@martinmicor7822]

He even did a tutorial at the end! Friggin awesome performance!

[@mradrian1106]

Holy fuck, when he sped it up and still played it like ut was nothing!! Having practiced and tried this for hours really makes you appreciate his skill, cause you know how hard it is.

[@user-lb6jk2ic5w]

カッコよすぎだろ…

[@conbaz106]

seems like he had a lot of fun on stage that night. Always great to see

[@evanknappmusic]

He can finally hit the notes in the chorus! He hasn't been able to do that in a while! By the way, anyone notice he didn't sing the second verse?

[@justintime9793]

Hit the notes as in vocally or by the guitar ?

[@JuanGonzalez-gt7yq]

Johnny speaking japanese, the best life of my life

[@ChrisHavok]

4:50 John is a LEGEND. How do you slide that riff in so easily?

[@zahubshahid7944]

What song was he playing? It sounds so familiar

[@ChrisHavok]

@@zahubshahid7944 Tom's Diner; a timeless classic!

[@user-td5vh5kd9j]

最強にかっこいい

[@UTAUTAI777]

このライブ行きました！最後のギターリフのゆっくりとスピードアップするところがたまらなかったですね😊

[@weekendoverdrive]

This version is amazing cuz he himself teaches them how to play Neon.

[@nixy664]

HOW DOES HE SING SO GOOD WHILE DOING THAT GODLY PLAY ON GUITAR. DAM

[@megumikasai3911]

ほんとかっこいい。thanks for uploading this.

[@user-tp8mw1dl2s]

この人を数年前に埼玉のサービスエリアで見ましたw 今は大ファンだけど恐らく当時は誰も知らないでただ片腕に和彫りたくさん入った外人さんだと周りの人は思ってたんじゃ？俺は気づいてましたが話しかけませんでしたw

[@mu1608]

そんな貴重な体験が、すごすぎる笑笑

[@chungiemunchin]

We are such a global marketplace these days that we are sometimes numb to the phenomenon of one person's music reaching so deeply into people's hearts everywhere! John's fans seem to be just as fervently into him no matter what part of the world he is in. REMARKABLE.......yet so understandable when you listen to the music!

[@stephenr80]

Dont understimate hype

[@bijanadhikari7928]

Great talent is appreciated i every country

What a talent! There is no words for this. I just shocked 😳

[@bobgiguere2537]

he is so talented and entertaining. He even respects the culture and people who come to see him that he put a little Japanese spin on the songs!

[@geoffxc]

That was an awesome performance. Loved the ending!

[@tony4996]

Wow John Mayer your incredible One of my favorite players for sure, got to learn this song

[@csanchezcuba]

And they say after that they had to take the guittar to the hospital to perform a cesary.

[@ninadgandhi3733]

This is my favourite version of neon, hands down! Tops everything so far

[@benwade7334]

Hell yes!! His voice is completely back, and he nailed this classic Mayer tune. Thanks for the video. Damn he sounds great! Love this so much.

[@77bovi]

Amazing stuff, thanks for the share. Seems he was really enjoying himself too :)

[@Cnuggets]

This guy will forever be my favourite artist!

[@vinayaksingh1248]

This is pure honesty for the gift he has :) Teaching on stage like a boss :)

[@bluehearts4u]

So much respect for JM, you speaking my language and you're my favorite guitarist.

[@nmnsaimemark1842]

John Mayer is a stud. I want to hate him for how good he is, but I just have to love it. Thanks John

[@Dammitimmad]

This version is the underrated but just as cool little brother of Live in L.A.

[@mu1608]

まじかっこよすぎる

[@daviddavisproject]

Boy is just flat out SICK!

[@Logicsimple]

He's too much, John you always made my day...Es lo más, escuchando John Mayer siempre tengo un buen día...

[@HKJulie]

John Mayer is one of the best! :-)

[@bumlovesursis]

I love how he put that centuries bit on his solo :)

[@jl3436]

Cheeky smile at 1:56 like “yeah lads, I could tie both of my shoes while playing this masterpiece” 🤣🤣🤣

[@eddierabinovich779]

I love how he gave a tutorial at the end of the performance haha, this is really cool footage

[@user-tp8mw1dl2s]

カッコいいですね！

[@user-fe8yp7tr8q]

Please come to Seoul, again!!!!!!!!!

[@RebeccasMakeup]

He's so awesome with the crowd

[@yuvalshamirguitar3384]

Amazing performance

[@theshape3370]

I don’t what it is about this version but that tone of those bass notes especially around 1:57 is surreal

[@hdaviator9181]

He makes playing the guitar look so easy. This song is very difficult to play.

[@user-je3cb4st6v]

やっぱりかっけえー

[@deeep9999]

I love john mayer signature martin om jm. They are beautiful

[@ankurkamble7754]

Yeahh but toooooooooo expensive 😫😫😫😫

[@soumyananda609]

He is just a maestro in guitar and vocals

[@score1more4me2]

omg he added a bit of suzanne vega's Tom's diner, into the guitar solo! that's freaking amazingg ! :D

[@brawler192]

I hear a bit of "Little Sur" in that solo. What a beast.

[@andrewjohannes6044]

The solo is awesome.

[@ayushmanbhalla8737]

Genius at work don’t disturb him !

[@eraldopaulesu1267]

Amazing. Saw him before The Rolling Stones in Rome. He has stolen the show and made my trip to Rome worthwhile

[@hoiyinlee2323]

He may not be the best. (but for me, he is among the best lol ya, I love him for sure) But he is the most interactive one with audience. I have never seen a guitarist taught the audience how he played during concert. lol

[@anugrahrai1318]

he is one of the best.....forbes listed him as one of the best guitarists and he has won upto 7 grammies

[@user-bh4uw9ir2l]

ベースラインかっこよ

[@zavyguitarist3028]

that solo makes me cry

[@watanabe3532]

なんやこのバケモン 好き

[@3015gaurav]

I have seen all now!

[@Subscriber606]

how tf does he make it look so easy. absolutely insane talent!

[@sagarchawla8145]

John: What would you like to hear? Man: Strawberry 🍓

[@iamcoffeerepublic]

Extreme talent.

[@Zenpro31]

Love you john

[@user-yw2vt8fk2k]

マジで可愛い。

[@samjats8051]

cool solo.

[@roaringkingjake]

WOW! John Mayer can fingerstyle like Chet Atkins/Tommy Emmanuel in his solo! That's amazing!

[@LegalmenteParlando]

He's the Man!!!! Super

[@user-wn8wz3dz4s]

私はこの現場にいました。兎に角🎸の音、感謝感激の講演だった｡

[@docjonski2257]

He was on fire here! Damnit! If I could only sing and play the guitar like that! Lol! :)

[@sixaxer1]

Does he have the Guinness record for the most awesomeness yet?

[@pragyan-ui]

That last slap💦🫦🫦

[@Progmium]

Pure genius!

[@nickmurphy5960]

pretty damn cool

[@harrisongacer3391]

You know shits about to go down when John starts down tuning his guitar

[@lucaruggerimusic7704]

That’s unbelievable

[@yustinedudney]

at the end of minute i shouted woooooooooooooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!!! awesome!!!!!!!

[@villager5647]

look at the glasses, that's so cool

[@kanalkodai5940]

Hillarious

[@kumataku4628]

i do like him

[@AnimeAngel1219]

I was there!!!!

[@grahambell2642]

I got a durex advert before this video played, think that's a sign.

[@Jayson208]

What a machine

[@Kipchoge475]

Never seen John this buff.

[@sleyaraze8916]

lmao what a chill dude.

[@daikirad1120]

まじで5年練習してもここまで歌いながら弾けない まだまだ練習しないと