Jon Gomm - Passionflower

The mp3 and guitar tab for this song are available from jongomm.com/store
You can Pay What You Want for the mp3, and a percentage of all proceeds go to The Happy House children's home in Watamu, Kenya. www.childrenofw...
This song is about I plant a grew in my 10-feet-square backyard in the Leeds inner city. I put the seeds in a tiny tub, but it grew like a Roald Dahl story until it took over the whole yard, then one day the sun shone extra hard and 100 flowers all went "Pop!". It was amazing, so I wrote a song for it.
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The video was made at The Northern Film School by the wonderful person that is Danielle Millea and her awesome colleague Owen Plummer www.northernfil...

[@bigboy2217]

Jon bought the whole guitar, Jon is going to use the whole guitar.

[@prabhatkiranchaulagain1095]

Casue it's fuvking expesive 4000$ lowden guitar.

[@benbooth2783]

@@prabhatkiranchaulagain1095 Which he found water damaged in a skip, that why the sound board is all fked up,

[@bluxpretion]

'Ey, value for money - Jon loves a bargain! Got'o keep our eyes peeled for 'em in these mad times, 'ey?

[@careypearce536]

@@bluxpretion Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?

[@bluxpretion]

@@careypearce536 Naahh, you're alright; thanks for the offer though

[@pandagabacho]

What I love most about this song is that the dude literally wrote it for a plant he grew in his backyard.

[@theawesomeanarchist5053]

and that's what i call composing with soul. When someone says that popstars are ``good musicians``, i know what to show. ;)

[@gracevicary9420]

thats the most wholesome thing ive ever read.

[@miguelangelboterolopez1836]

🤯

[@luizhenryque5881]

Wich plant was that?? Hahaha

[@luisbeinstrong5419]

@@luizhenryque5881 nuclear power plant

[@m.m.2258]

10 years and this is still the most beautiful composition I’ve heard

[@Tara-tm2sy]

Same, it's been the song I use to come down from anxiety/panic and to lift me up out of depression for like 7 yrs I think

[@needsofnavy5586]

Same deal here I still come back after all these yeaes

[@julianhugen8760]

Not the most beautiful for me, but definitely the most stunning. (one of the most beautiful too)

[@Frozenlich454]

watching him play is a therapy all of its own. a labor of love.

[@flowerlandofjohn]

Yeah, such a beautiful and profound composition. I just couldn’t help myself to do a short drum rendition: enjoy 🙏🏻🤩 kzbin.info4IT5AXJ6_Qg?si=9zXJkV3M8VdJa5ho

[@tylarjackson7928]

I genuinely did not expect this man to sing. Everything else that was going on was too complex. I was just watching his hands and then I heard his beautiful voice coming through my speakers. My god.

[@TheDarkFlameHero]

I was showing this video to a friend of mine years ago and she had the same reaction. She was just openning more and more her eyes of amazement the more she saw that intro and then she goes "omg he sings too?!"

[@aldypewe]

Jon: *changing the right strings tuning while singing and playing* me: *changing the tuning of the B string while picking the G string*

[@Ryan-ke3qd]

"why is it not working" *Snap*

[@Sora-o]

@illogicalrelish what? No you don't lmao.

[@johntoland7198]

@illogicalrelish lol. Owned

[@GetzGoth]

I've broken many strings that way.

[@Sora-o]

@illogicalrelish you can still do this without "special tuners"

[@miceymen1503]

My guitar watches this video when I'm out of the house.

[@markyh88]

Love this comment hahaha 😂

[@mariebourgot4949]

Me too. ^^

[@colbycran4472]

Now that's funny!

[@laythbarzangi8477]

Guitar porn. 😂

[@sarahfoote7422]

😂😂

[@davidandrew7314]

12 years on & I still come back regularly for a listen & watch in amazement. Beautiful song.

[@kellyhackler4168]

Same. This will always be one of my favorite compositions of all time. Everything about it is absolute perfection. Every time I watch it, I’m as blown away as the first time I saw it.

[@videotampa]

same

[@ewertonmello5846]

I've been here almost every week for twelve years. This is something divine!!

[@MixLovin]

Here 10 years later to say this song has stuck with me since 2011.

[@PhilWurth25]

This is still one of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen.

[@funtimes8296]

@@TheInfectiousCadaver One of the best things I've heard for sure, but then you watch how he plays it and you're like wait, how is he playing it like this while singing?

[@BPD-Bob]

the best musicians and songwriters are usually hidden gems like this, be glad you found it :P

[@gerardmilesmckinnell]

Heard, music is heard, not seen. ;-)

[@PhilWurth25]

@@gerardmilesmckinnell You know you're commenting on a VIDEO, right?

[@markyh88]

@@PhilWurth25 hahaha good response

[@jongomm]

It's exactly 5 years since I uploaded this video. I remember after the first week I was really excited because it had reached about eight thousand views. Then: people happened. People all over the world, each having that sweet, private moment of discovery, and then telling everyone they knew, on their social media and blogs. A few weeks later, celebrities from Stephen Fry to Tommy Lee were sharing it. (They always catch up eventually!) Next thing I knew I was sitting on the couch on national TV breakfast news, nervously explaining why I was happy for the love but actually, no, I didn't want a record deal! Eleven million views later, this video has taken me all over the world, from Australia to Mongolia. It's been like floating through Willy Wonka's tunnel at a million miles an hour, until every sense is overloaded. Now, I am calm (relatively) and settling into a new life with my baby, but writing new songs and getting ready to take them back on the road next year. To me today, this video is a symbol of what we can do together, our minds and wills linked by technology. We can sink down, sure, we can post mindless abuse, we can seek petty confrontation from the safety of our sofas. But, we can also raise up, we can use our collective power to raise up other people, people we believe in. We can transform democracy, our societies. Direct action to change our world is no longer something we have to start alone, cautiously seeking out allies. When the media tells you the internet only empowers predators and terrorists, it's because they are afraid. We don't need them any more, telling us what to think, who to hate, what to buy, how to vote. I am small, but we are legion. Weakness is not your weakness.

[@notanthony9591]

Here I am 5 years later. Still amazed. Your music is a gift to the world dude! Greetings from Brazil.

[@Artur.Nurgaliev]

You are a wonderful man

[@CodyCalderon]

i've been listening to this for 5 years, too. just told someone about it for the first time today. every day this song is reborn.

[@livingroomsuperstar]

dude, it's still happening. I only discovered you recently and your music really is a gift for me. Thank you!

[@EffectGuy]

Thank you for bringing your art to this world! Greetings from Brazil.

[@ctalltree1]

Lyrics: Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop and you're risen up Afraid of the dark You crack up through the pavement, In super, super slow-motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were

[@joel.rundle]

First heard this when it barely had a few thousand views and I come back regularly, what a masterpiece.

[@tylerriles3124]

Remember when the video of the cover got so popular people started praising the guy who made the cover and he was like "wut?? I didn't write that! You thought I wrote that!?"

[@jongomm]

I'm often racked with self-doubt. Which means I find compliments hard to receive: I get embarrassed, and part of me never truly believes them. So, sometimes afterwards I worry that I probably seemed a bit weird. But... You may feel that music gets you through tough times, or helps you find your own inner strength. But it's a circle: your reaction to their art does exactly the same thing for artists, it's what gives them the strength fight their insecurity to keep creating, and gives that creation meaning. So. To everyone who has followed and supported me and my music throughout 2014: THANK YOU. I can't wait to get out on the road again, and meet as many of you as possible in 2015.

[@matthewsimmons7983]

Passionflower - Very creative and inspiring.

[@c.rtreeservices456]

Hi mate will you be doing any dates in Scotland at all? Would love to see you perform live.

[@smokinbill8739]

I just got turned onto your music. Imagine two old hillbilly men watching you with their mouths agape as we listened through some fine Kliptsch speakers. Thank you, Jon. It was an amazing journey.

[@michoxify]

8 million views and 100000 thumbs up... i think this is something you can see as a compliment. You are a great guitarist, your music is wonderfull!

[@ThePr0Hobo]

your compositions are amazing. every note, every section that follows through the next is just perfection.

[@KodWolf]

This is the definition of someone who mastered their art.

[@keithreeder]

Nope. He invented a NEW art. Unique, sublime, ethereal, perceptive, deep, multi-faceted and profound.

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

@@keithreeder yes, though art isnt limited to definitions, it is expression itself and simply cant be defined by any words

[@CHRISTChrysalisInManhaim]

And it's quite beautiful & inspiriting to see

[@psychotic7001]

Best comment!

[@lillianmarie7160]

I know he doesn't mean to do so, but he makes me ashamed of my own musical abilities, because I will never be that good.

[@wladimirvagner7351]

Anyone in 2024 ?? 🇧🇷

[@lemoche182]

Hey I'm here! 😁

[@austinphillips8296]

Came back and started relistening yesterday. Me and my friends loved him in high school.

[@user-ok1ec1in3b]

Meeeee

[@S2_Nukky]

Yeah broski 🤜🤛💯 I had to revisit this as I was reminiscing over the time I showed my old man this and what vibes it was, and it still gives the same feeling now 🔥 I totally forgot this exist until I randomly thought of it today while chilling with Mary Jane 🤫🤭

[@keanuyt5327]

I'm here!

[@akashita]

This video came out on my birthday and I'd just started playing guitar back then. It was such a huge inspiration that I started learning more and more about music. We're now celebrating ten years of this song (and my 27th birthday ahaha), I got a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, I recorded and released my own album and got my Master's in Music Education. This song truly changes lives.

[@jordanj9069]

That’s so cool! What’s your album called!

[@akashita]

@@jordanj9069 thank you ☺️ It's called Blue Times and the B-Side. I wrote all the music and performed all the instruments! You can check it out on my channel 😊

[@mikefelber5129]

Hey man great to hear, it’s a great song. Glad it helped inspire you- keep it n pushing for your goals! #HopeYoureWell

[@akashita]

@@mikefelber5129 thank you so much mate 😊

[@ariac1197]

Congrats! Thats awesome

[@AlexandrMisko]

Getting back to that song again and again every couple of months. Everything about that is just perfect. A legendary masterpiece!

[@annachan4411]

Yea,a real masterpiece

[@DerekDeMuth]

A masterpiece yes although I think your "Thunderstorm" is on par with this song. Want to post a cover of passionflower? You rock Misko!

[@williamhaywood7364]

Alex, you... you are the masterpiece.

[@MrPepo-wh1bf]

same here

[@levilima9925]

Same. I always have to come back just to be amazed by how incredible this song is.

[@zackvansant5365]

I was already mystified and then he started singing too. Holy shit.

[@gimmethebits]

FUCKING RIGHT

[@caro8234]

Damn, yes

[@Pendarr]

My exact thought process!

[@thezebiano]

Laughed out loud when you started singing because I couldn't believe you were actually about to sing. How the hell can you even concentrate on everything you're doing with the guitar and still sing at the same time...? Incredible. Amazing song.

[@ozarkpdvs.carltondr3751]

Jon uses every single part of his brain.

[@christophergallagher3721]

The secret is that he doesn't concentrate on it; he lets it flow through him

[@kapnkoi4410]

This man could pinch a diamond into dust with those fingers.

[@Potatis1337]

Fun fact, diamonds are actually quite brittle. They are however extremely scratch resistant, but still more brittle than you might think.

[@kapnkoi4410]

@@Potatis1337 I actually didn't know that. Wow lol thanks for the facts.

[@msfattytroll]

Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop and you're risen up Afraid of the dark You crack up through the pavement In super, super slow-motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were

[@tranduyvinh8359]

msfattytroll thank u!!!

[@BrendelC]

ty

[@gavleo6303]

thank you, I just needed lyrics to play this... :o

[@frederickcajina6412]

I found you, lyrics man. Was looking for you.

[@ishikindofyouknowwhat]

This is the lyrics from someone who got trough depression and released himself into the great understanding.

[@clairefutrell5089]

My dad is a talented guitarist and I sent him this video a few years ago. He said, “I already wanted to throw my guitar out the window and then he started SINGING. Incredible song.” High praise from my father. I’m still blown away by this song every time I hear it.

[@sushantshiwakoti8378]

Not lying, I didn't have guts to pick up my guitar for "some" weeks after listening to this for the first time. And that was 2011.

[@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027]

weakness is not your weakness

[@nocturnalgamer0785]

This man deserves more than any pop stars today. Like seriously This is art right here

[@cigh7445]

The masses prefer watching hot young people, regardless of level of talent. Otherwise classical musicians and guys like Gomm would be the rich 'mainstream superstars'

[@jacobbutler7942]

​​​@@cigh7445 yeah but why? Because they don't have their own taste, they do as their told, they follow the crowd, they don't know what's good, they can't appreciate something nice, or art.

[@lukecroston9577]

@@jacobbutler7942 19 million views are you assuming every single one of them is some old school music loving adult? kids will have searched/ found and enjoyed this too! the problem with chart music is its hugely radio based which is essentially fed money from the massive companies that back pop stars its pay to win

[@PhilipThompsonCanada]

All three comments above are true. We live in an upside down world. It was a joy to see, hear and appreciate. Thank you Gomm. I will look for some way to make donation .

[@Zleephralysis]

Facts! 💯

[@jakrispy3418]

Oh, he does procussion on the guitar. That's cool. Wait now, he's tuning and untuning It... oh , and he's also got the voice of a fucking angel! Panty dropper bro!

[@our_gypsy_journal]

"You are what you grow into, you're not what you were." (Thank you for reminding me so beautifully ♡)

[@templategaming275]

That's for his plant not u.... Jk

[@dannyvegito6357]

​@templategaming275 your a fool to think that

[@jongomm]

It’s finally happened: I’m on Spotify. I’ve made a brand new version of Passionflower, working with my new producer Andy Sorenson, and record label Kscope, my new home. Put on your headphones and find me on your preferred streaming platform by clicking here: jongomm.lnk.to/passionflower Step inside this sound, get a feel for it, we’re building more of it every day. And then come to the launch show, broadcast live from my home studio. Sunday June 14th. You need a ticket, but they’re Pay What You Want, including free. Tickets here: jongomm.com/gig

[@AustrianEconomist]

Please PIN this comment, Jon. More people will see it! Commenting under this so it pushes your comment to the top (:

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

Yo, 10 years ago when I first heard this I made sure to tell you you are amazing, but you already know this! I always return to this absolutely endless perfect performance to hear what I wanted to be. You achieved such a pinnacle of mellody and percussion, so there is no need to tell you you are there. Anyway, once more I am saying thank you for your art and passion to achieve this.

[@danielwojto]

You are indeed a true artist! I just listened to your songs on Spotify, and what a quality! Damn you set the bar high for everyone else, and the sound quality i crisp clear! You deserve to have 100x the plays you have now! Gonna follow your music and enjoying every moment of it🙏😊 Just wanted to let you know. Have a lovely day! - your music made mine! 😉

[@michaeloleary4656]

I saw you play in the porter pub once in Bath 10 years ago. It was an awesome night and I spoke to you afterwards and showed you my Lowden O32 and you are a thoroughly nice bloke. Maybe you remember I have flaming dice on my neck and my friend Boo Perkins has his whole face tattooed he was there too 🍻

[@offthebooksmusic]

please put this version on spotify too! i love both but the fuzz on the guitar in this one is so good!

[@jeffgower7771]

I am blown away by the sheer talent required to pull off something this mechanically difficult, AND sing beautifully at the same time

[@maegantoth4751]

More beautiful live. I didnt know of him till 2015 and live with Don Ross in Canada

[@Theability83]

This is by far one of the most intricately beautiful compositions on guitar ever written and performed. 12 yrs later this still blows my mind every single time I watch and listen.

[@lunaballmann8615]

"weakness is not your weakness" is one of the most powerful lines of lyric I have heard in years. hits me super hard

[@iwinmann]

I have had the same feeling many times when listening to this

[@gabrieltorrez464]

It gave me goosebumps along with the song

[@mrholmesly]

True that. One of the biggest truths I've ever heard also.

[@brhalb]

Very deep, indeed.

[@eschelar]

I've heard this song something like 50 times. Never actually listened to the lyrics. That's not a bad thing, but now I hear this lyric... and you're right, it's golden. I'm an amateur strength athlete and I have been doing BJJ for a while now, but one of the main reasons I do BJJ is so I can feel weak, so I can understand what it is like in reality because some people *CAN* overcome a simple strength advantage through skill and experience. It's a humbling experience that is made visceral when someone takes your back and starts choking you and there's not a damn fucking thing you can do about it, even if you are literally 5 times stronger than the guy. Weakness is not your weakness... the idea is fantastic any way you apply it - and it can be applied in so many ways.

[@stevencross6189]

You area truly beautiful human being. Thank you for existing! In a day and age where inspiration is becoming harder and harder to find, you are an oasis.

[@ylmzll]

+steven cross Beautiful words steven :) and i agree

[@elmotociclista9296]

I don't think it's hard to find at all, however it seems not recognized, advertised, whitnessed, enjoyed and shared as it should

[@steelo_g]

Don't be in awe of the guitarists with the latest shiny new guitars, be in awe of the ones who's guitars were once shiny and new, but have been there through hell and back to help master their art.

[@harshvardhanbhatt7555]

I couldn’t have said it better myself, well done dude

[@mikefelber5129]

The art this guitar has been created into could not be factory replicated

[@jazzman1954]

Don’t be in awe of the guitar. Full stop. It’s got nothing to do with the guitar.

[@sirlegui9268]

You have forever WON the GRAMMY to our HEARTS ❤

[@2biasMotion]

I rarely use the term masterpiece, since it's a watered down term people throw around carelessly. I found this song the year it came out and it planted a seed deep in my mind. Whenever I feel down, like the flower that seed grew into is withering, I come back to this song and it waters the soil, giving life to it again. It's a calm, beautiful but also extremely exciting song. To me, a masterpiece.

[@vertipop]

and it’s wrote after a plant too. damn.

[@aislingmcauliffe6774]

Samesies, except you lashed out the poetic articulation 🤣

[@DarkoPorsche]

Same here :)

[@trieunguyen7530]

Holy shit, it's like we're not playing the same instrument.

[@sunchaser999]

Trieu Nguyen lol

[@Watchingtheparadegoby]

your not! The insturment is charge here playing him!

[@virginiaruiz2992]

I know :'(

[@austinhemme6538]

This guy is seriously so unbelievably talented. Enjoying this piece of art for the first time.

[@anishchakraborty]

10+ years and still unbeatable

[@android199x]

❤❤❤

[@furiousg3orge]

My child will be conceived to this song.

[@yashwanthkumar7599]

What the f*ck?!

[@drunkasshole1]

I respect that

[@jongomm]

That video would go even more viral than this one did.

[@roberthearing6245]

lmaaooooo

[@SlasherXGAMES]

Hahaha

[@GediSpock]

I remember seeing this for the first time. I was blown away. I've seen you live since. Shook your hand after. Met your Mrs. All that one. But watching it again is such a pleasure Jon.

[@MrTears03]

Absolutely phenomenal. You can hear a strong Steve Vai influence in his playing but also puts so much originality in his playing too. Criminally underrated

[@steelemyheart]

I've never heard another song like this in my life. The composition of it alone is genius. Everytime the song ends, I just need to hear it again. Thank you for making this beautiful work of art for everyone to enjoy.

[@LickNRiff]

One of the most beautiful guitar compositions I have ever come across. In my honest opinion, you are probably the most original guitar player of our time. Your playing is so full of life and spirit, and what's incredible in my opinion is that, even though you have tremendous technical abilities, your music never strays into that "look at what I can do" territory, to which so many players succumb. I salute you, my friend. I am envious as heck, as well, but I am eternally grateful for the inspiration and the beauty you keep providing with your music.

[@ishaniishani7964]

You please make 'thousand years' by fingerstyle lesson.please

[@hokuspokus76]

Well said LicknRiff. In my opinion every tone or sound he does, he does to push the song and not his ego. And that is, what makes him great too. The song consists of unique melodies and harmoics that cover the unique technics.

[@renzo3939]

tosin abasi is more original imo

[@XxXHardcoreshredderxXXxxxxxxxx]

@@renzo3939 dude what... lol. I love toes in but you know I think this is like beauty. Lol this is like the human experience. Idk m8. I Absolutely love both these guys' music. It's hard to say who's what. His music is more methodical and rhythmically insane lol tbh. Idk. John's music is like more tribal and earthy idk how to explain. But both are musicians I'd strive to be more like. Hope you see the depth of this song.

[@seymourguado9765]

i have the "look at what i can do" attitude. lol. Its the source of my fire.

[@ShubhamMandal369]

*Lyrics* Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop, and you're risen up Afraid of the dark Bloom Bloom You crack up through the pavement In super, super slow motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light Bloom Bloom We can see everything We can hear everything We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were Bloom Bloom

[@jordancruz8069]

You know, every time I've listened to this song, I just thought he was singing a melody with oooooh. But seeing the word bloom as the lyric makes a lot more sense haha.

[@ekiwkiw]

same!@@jordancruz8069

[@Russeljrjs]

10 years later I am still amazed at this masterpiece.

[@dumbchumbles3583]

As a once reasonable guitarist, (I'm nearly 70) one of the most jaw-droppingly awesome performances I have ever seen, not excluding Clapton, Jansch, May or Beck... And an excellent song. singing at the same time! Get outta here! Some of what you, Jon Gomm, do is impossible - the hammer on fretboard sequences alone are just ... well... listen again. On repeat ...

[@FlowerEmblem]

I don't get it. Why people hating on the cover to put the original on a pedestal? He even credited the original source in the video (which was made a year after the original), it's just people spreading it on Facebook that didn't bother to credit the composer. The original is beautiful - Jon Gomm, he's done incredible work, both at composing this piece, playing the guitar the way he does and singing as well. But the cover is a great tribute to his work as well. Don't hate and trash for the sole reason that the cover's gotten more recognition than the original. Enjoy both.

[@grace-shantif2073]

SO well said Flower Emblem

[@AkisM]

Holy shit man... I've been playing guitar for 11 years, seen all kinds of amazing guitar players in my lifetime, impressed by many, idolized a few, but this is the first time I've ever seen a guitarist incorporate constantly tuning and detuning keys in the MAIN riff of the song with such precision that the notes are not a single cent above or below the note.

[@TheBlaze4000]

Yep, that's the beauty of having absolute pitch.

[@keithguitars]

KZbin Comments Suck The detuning/retuning are made possible by the Keith Tuners (originally designed for banjo) which allow two preset notes per string. This is an amazing example of them being used on guitar. Clarence White, Waylon Jennings and others have used them too. Adrian Legg (UK guitarist) uses 6 of them!

[@Browninharlem]

Akis Mylordos He flipped my mind with that one too.

[@piggoni5322]

Akis Mylordos Thats fingerstyle Percussive its not hard but you need how to slap or something else

[@AkisM]

Karol Vlogpl My comment had nothing to do with arguing about fingerstyle technique, which is quite fucking obvious. You jump in to point out the obvious and then top it off by saying "it's not that hard, I can do it, hold my beer" just to get attention? Calm down son.

[@Visleave]

This is still one of the most outrageously beautiful pieces ever composed on a guitar. Most songs can't even compare to your love of this passionflower's beauty. Thank you Jon, genuinely.

[@TeeReynolds]

100% agreed

[@silkroad1201]

Gomm is such an underrated player. Not only is he technically good, but he puts the feels into it too. Effortlessly

[@joykemprai]

Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop and you're risen up Afraid of the dark You crack up through the pavement, In super, super slow-motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were Bless you!

[@elielhudson7378]

If anyone knows what the heck his talking about please explain to us and then stop with the drugs hahaha

[@ssslimmer4819]

Eliel Hudson it’s literally about a flower :/

[@treetop2842]

He doesn't say Bless You in the song

[@barrettdowell3985]

@@elielhudson7378 a passionflower is another name for a dandelion, because they're notoriously resilient. He used the analog of a mundane flower and applied it to the human condition. It's just art, man.

[@Jonnybowden0]

I held in a piss for 6 minutes to watch this. Worth it.

[@carliedavis1434]

This video was posted almost 10 years ago and it's still one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I absolutely love this song so much, and the video really shows how much passion was put into it. What an incredibly talented human. 12/10 every single time.

[@jbc175]

There’s so much going on it feels like a gimmick, but ten years later I still love this song. It’s just beautiful and playful.

[@josharaujo9589]

And he sings too! Sweet jesus!

[@marmaly]

That was my thought when I first heard him. As if his playing wasn't impressive enough.

[@votuongminh31]

I wonder how he keeps the beat

[@degreplayspiano]

I Think vocals are overdubbed...there is a high vocal part and a low vocal part. Am i wrong?

[@svartsjokolade]

@@degreplayspiano I think he runs the vocals through an octave pedal here.

[@degreplayspiano]

@@svartsjokolade Yes, i have watched again the video and i think you are right

[@valerianaldo4582]

Playing 2 melodies + drum beat + awesome singing = Jon Gomm. Simply amazing~!

[@nstcg7271]

Valerian Aldo + bass

[@bonafiedjay]

And bending the pitch! Crazy

[@user-tf4np6ik8z]

+ dancing

[@JasTheOne2]

My non musician mind i just wonders HOW!!! And loved it.

[@BereGoar]

He needs nothing else to make a full harmonized song, what a *genius*

[@MrFukyootoob]

When you write something like this, you never have to write anything ever again and you'll still be one of the greats. This is beautiful, a contribution to humanity

[@wendyrunawaywithme]

10 years later... I still love this song!!! remember when it had less than 100k views!!!

[@ryanperez3883]

I have watched this so many times. Its just so amazing in every sense of the word. Every single time it blows me away. I have been playing guitar for 25 years now and have been told that I am good.....sometimes I feel that its even true...then I see this and know that there is so much more. Maybe another 25 years and I'll be half as good which honestly...I would be happy for lol. You sir, are an inspiration and I thank you for sharing such beauty with the world.

[@halluciniinja]

The most encouraging and discouraging thing I've ever seen. Fuck.

[@ashikgurung8886]

Haha... same here bro 😂😂😂

[@Fwootgummi]

To say this blows my mind would be an understatement. So would saying Jon Gomm is an incredible artist. Alas, I have no other words.

[@mysterygamer4086]

thank you coremaster and desync for bringing me here

[@lateralbeats]

people dislike because they can't relate. That's why they have something missing in their lives/souls or they're bitter and jaded having tried and failed to become artists thus not wanting to acknowledge uniqueness and naturally gifted/blessed people such as jon gomm whom are sharing love as oppose to spreading hate.

[@jongomm]

Seeing as that cover has been going viral, maybe now would be a good time to share the original with your friends. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIqaeKF3ppuNpNk This song is Passionflower from the album Secrets Nobody Keeps, available from jongomm.com/music and all the usual online stores. If you want to learn to play it like Alexis did, you can get the Guitar Tab from jongomm.com/store

[@DarudeSandworm]

I also saw that cover which was pretty cool but thankfully it let me down a trail to the original as well so I reposted the original

[@Mark_Atkins]

Sam B There's been a cover with a few million views floating around Facebook for a while now. Sorry I can't be more helpful than that!

[@igorluzvoz]

Mark Atkins of that black guy, he plays amazingly too

[@brentparsons2365]

Judging from your style I think you could do an exceptional cover or 'Lovebirds - want you in my soul'

[@lordmyrann]

Glad I discovered you through that cover. Looking forward to hearing the rest of your stuff now.

[@motx100]

I saw him at a local venue in cork, Ireland years ago.. I became obsessed with this song when my dad was dying of cancer.. But when i got to see jon gomm recently after he died, i "shouted" " passionflower" at his gig, jon responsed angrily " i dont take requests".. I understand his response.. But f me.. It hurt to see the man who created the song that helped me through this insanely devastating time respond to me with such disgust.. It broke my heart.. I felt so stupid.. Regardless.. This man created music which helped through so much S#IT.. Much Love

[@tonywhite3985]

Jon gomms music is the only music being put out today that makes me feel something.

[@danielleampania4470]

Yes. FEEL something… exactly that. Especially in such apathetic times.

[@benmoore5304]

“You can’t be in a band with yourself” John Gomm:”Hold my beer”

[@BereGoar]

He could even hold his beer while he plays!

[@dcontraptionist]

@@BereGoar lmao tru

[@siddhartharasaily517]

He is beyond ultra level.

[@michaels2572]

siddhartha rasaily you mean over 9000?

[@kornbread5359]

Hold mine too

[@floydfoster8593]

Are you kidding me? This level of coordination is beyond my imagination. I haven't seen such an impressive peace of art in a long time if ever. Your brain must be an interesting companion.

[@user-zc5dl8qb3q]

à partager même après 12 ans, quelle technique, plus que jamais au gout du jour. Magnifique la guitare.

[@maegantoth4751]

Gosh, i still reemember seeing him preform this live back in 2015 in vancouver and my eyes went owl eyed watching him play his guitar and sing.

[@SHOVEIT]

thats amazing

[@AT-yg4nk]

Music is literally flowing through this man. He’s just a vessel. This is godsend and a level of talent that you see maybe only a few times in a lifetime. Amazing doesn’t quite describe this. This is damn near superhuman.

[@hagakure6410]

Every so often I come back to this video and am amazed all over again.

[@lush-synapse]

Just a reminder that this piece is still one of the greatest percussive acoustic songs of all time and Jon is a fucking legend.

[@suzanachii]

When a beloved passed, I would search all his playlists, after he was gone.. And I would find this treasure by Jon Gomm. Ever since then I've been listening to this song and every time it transforms something else in my life. So I'm giving thanks to both of you, passing so much into my soul. The deep gratitude I feel can never be put into written words alone.

[@metalboy921]

Beautifully said. I hope you will find peace.

[@suzanachii]

@@metalboy921 Thank you

[@raizupsb6185]

This really is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life.

[@AdamRBusby]

agree 100%

[@Risingabovethenoise]

ASTOSHINGLY beautiful and amazing. WOW.

[@AndeLyons]

Phenomenal - all that musicality out of one person - I'm in awe and wonder - thanks for sharing *****​! ♡

[@silverburst6123]

I’ve been playing guitar for 40+ years. Never heard of him. Might be the single greatest guitar performance I’ve ever seen.

[@nickolaspurcell948]

I first discovered this in probably 2019..I come back each year. I have been a drummer since 5yrs old, 34yrs old now. Nothing I can do comes CLOSE to how much love and joy is in this..what an artist my goodness.

[@XoeeiToxic]

You have been a drummer since prob like 15 ish, before that you just hit things and made sound hehe freakin amazing though, always return to this when I need some feel good

[@kusuma176]

What the f man, Cant believe there is something as beautifull as this song. Put me in peacefull trance

[@mistagdog3388]

This sounds like what my therapist's office smelled like.

[@richarddoe8810]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@tzielsky]

that's so specific

[@BossWdup]

i smell it too

[@hihello-sx1sx]

MISTA G DOG smells like depression and paperwork

[@shragaLICHTEN]

One of the greatest comments of all time

[@AImaniaX]

Okay.... I found this by searching the most unique music. Oh my god I'm so glad I clicked on this! This is one of the most beautiful songs that I've ever heard! The way Jon plays the guitar is not like anything I've ever seen before! I'm so..... in love with this song., instant fan I just wish I had found it sooner!

[@bigmike6030]

This song makes me feel things. Good things. Bad things. Beautiful things.

[@askjdog]

Jon Gomm is yet another amazing musical talent that I would have not discovered had KZbin not been around.. Cheers!

[@Voicecolors]

Here we have the union of virtuosity and passion. Extremely rare to see this today...

[@-chloe-8728]

the TEXTURE in this song is what makes it so addictive to me. i can't explain it.

[@user-bj1dr8md3w]

I play this with my headphones on , love it, he’s so embarrassingly brilliant. Play on. ✌️

[@kostax4489]

Still the best composition i ever heard

[@rickm1548]

Agreed..

[@mcqstudio6439]

Me too

[@javiceres]

Kostax You have listen very few then. This is a great performer but as a composition... there are thousands way better than this one

[@Artari]

I totally agree! Aloha

[@nawaal4452]

@@javiceres please do share some with us! Would love to listen

[@MakeShift1337]

As I'm writing this, I'm still in loss of breath. This entire song is the most beautifully done and breath taking place of mind I've ever had. wow. very very well done.

[@troyriley2434]

I remember when this came out and I felt that it was a reinvention of how you can perform as a solo-artist without a loop pedal. I came across it again on a top acoustic guitar songs list. It still rings true and deserves credit for inspiring a new generation of musicians.

[@tomasbarrios1734]

"Weakness is not your weakness" one of the most beautiful lines ever

[@4kisc]

This is the most beautiful thing I've heard this year! such a shame I didn't discover this sooner..... Just wow man.

[@volgawolfhounds741]

I saw him do this live just 10 hours ago. So beautiful.

[@deadassandbeyond798]

Truly one of the most technically and sonically beautiful song written this century. Still leaves me in shambles and awe every time I listen. Thanks!

[@BlackOpsLama]

It gives me great comfort knowing that this will always be here for me to revisit time and time again. We are truly blessed to witness and experience such a genuine piece of music. I am absolutely at a loss for words. Thank you.

[@natejohnston480]

I can't imagine how many E-Hi strings were broken with the way he's playing this guitar, amazing!!

[@sandrosarunic9486]

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[@JackThomasCollins]

Im watching this on shrooms and it is quite literally the most amazing thing i've ever seen

[@jongomm]

Ha ha!

[@ZeldaxLegacy]

IbanezRG this is def a go to song for a trip :)

[@GHIACCIODarkOrbit]

Im watching this not on shrooms and it is quite literally the most amazing thing i've ever seen

[@karlclarke]

think i might have to try that myself mate

[@themischief420]

i’m high as shit and this is incredible

[@heylookitsn0ah]

The version on spotify doesn’t cut it close to this recording. Jon was in the MOMENT with this one! The energy and the passion in this recording is just magical and irreplaceable, honestly

[@stevengregory3991]

This is how someone who learns music through self-discovery instead of books and teachers sounds at a competent level: unique and universal. When you forget everything you know and actually start searching for more and more pleasing ways to produce noise, you will eventually end up sounding both original and enjoyable..

[@gretawilliams8799]

Steven Gregory That's true for every field.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk]

There will always be a teacher, even if you're not asking for explicitly... Right now, this guy is our teacher. If you're offered a means of bettering yourself in some way, even if it's not the most convencional, make an effort to use it because the only one limiting us is ourselves

[@MustangDesudiroz]

wow couldnt agree more. theory never teaches you how to write

[@katiesaunders100]

He learned music at a music college and I met him at the same college when he returned to do a masterclass there back in 2006ish. This guy is amazing but had plenty of 'books and teachers' along the way, nothing wrong with a 'real' education!

[@killercour]

@@katiesaunders100 Exactly, most of the greats are very learned in their fields.

[@watashiwanachodes]

This guy is FIRE. I'm speechless.

[@NirajNagi]

watched it 11 years ago...watched it again today... Amazing....

[@davialves9218]

11 years and I'm back here with the same smile and feeling same chills ❤

[@chidace2812]

this song opened a 6th sense in my brain