john hiatt - perfectly good guitar

[@jamiehutchins9927]

It's funny, everyone talks about Neil young and Bob Dylan and the big record contract humps,,,,John HIatt is one of the best American songwriters to ever come down the pike,,,,

[@davidjudd221]

He's an absolute American treasure.

[@brakeforblake638]

Umm, Neil Young is Canadian.

[@captstainstain]

i'll raise you one billy joel

[@blondbowler8776]

John Hiatt. The best-kept secret in rock and roll.

[@rosaliaalquiza3204]

John hiat crossing the muddy waters

[@patriciofernandez2711]

My father bought me a beautiful Cort acoustic guitar when I was 16. I'm now 24 and there's barely a scratch on it, I've written countless songs with it and playing it has brought me great joy. Purposely destroying an instrument is a sin.

[@modulusquantum6455]

Good man. Still have my first guitar my mom bought me at 13. 1966 Conrad 1425 Sunburst Electric Guitar

[@rachelnyn5543]

I still have my first guitar. I was 14 and Santa brought me a beautiful Guild. I love it like a child.

[@waltertaylor5395]

Best line of the song. You don't get out until you get some soul.

[@markostopovich8468]

You know it ,good line

[@davidcraft4919]

I have been playing guitar for almost 50 years. I still remember the first time I heard this song. This is deep, powerful stuff. My guitars are all loved and cherished and played. I have never understood how any artist could ever destroy an instrument. thanks for this

[@americanheritagemusicprese3511]

This song made me cry remembering all my band mates musicians who could not afford even new strings, heads or instruments other then what they could save for.. MY mom would save her $$ in the 50's to help our band get uniforms supplies etc.. It's just wrong to destroy a beautiful instrument.. when so many have to work so hard to be able to create..

[@thunderossaInternational]

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[@ericperkins4221]

Are we just going to forget about all the 69 chargers the Duke boys destroyed now I'm spittin

[@GamerCall]

To be fair, guitar manufacturers make money off of it since the musicians have to buy new guitars to replace the old ones.

[@lilythomson881]

John Hiatt is a National Treasure!

[@jeffkot8099]

Lily Thomson What a message he threw out also !

[@aprilborn24]

Under appreciated!

[@chrissy1045]

This song really takes the words right out of my mouth.. as a player myself Id never dream of hurting any of my instruments, and even the ones I consider obsolete to me. Im sure someone who cant afford multiples like these spoiled brat celebs would enjoy them.

[@meyou-dv8ns]

No one does untill they make millions and it becomes a gimick

[@MrReymoclif714]

C Olsen He’s great when electrified! Not so without the band.

[@agentc19]

Made a buddy buy my guitar after a ceiling fan took a chunk out of it while he was flinging it around like said rock star...yah a ceiling fan.

[@ldoumen9904]

we always hurt what we love...

[@thornil2231]

@@meyou-dv8ns and you get free Les Pauls from Gibson

[@tiamatxvxianash9202]

One of the coolest and original songs ever. Simply Awsome.

[@stephaniewilson1153]

This is so good. It’s been a while since I’ve heard this song. John Hyatt’s voice kills me.

[@wordup897]

I haven't thought about this great song in decades. Just watched Townshend smash a perfectly good guitar and it brought me here.

[@SpunJacked1]

Thanks John Hiatt, I agree guitars are a thing of beauty and they bring us a joy...I treat my guitars like I treat my cats, with love and affection.

[@MrIrishscouse]

Do you agree with the law he proposes for smashing a perfectly good guitar?

[@normalperson1326]

I agree :)

[@theaceofspades8619]

Same I feed my guitar daily, give it milk, scratch’s behind the ears, etc.

[@modulusquantum6455]

@@theaceofspades8619 My wife sleeps on top of the bed and several basses stored under the bed. Times I think it should be the other way around.

[@marcellino1956]

John you hit it rite on the head.....you know sometimes after a good set and the crowd cheered i would just drop my guitar on stage....i did that to my fav. guitar once and bent a tuning peg....i felt so bad after that i never did it again.....TAKE CARE OF YOUR INSTRUMENTS.....they are always there for you!

[@thrasherftw]

Show respect, the muse appreciates it.

[@twillbanks]

I heard this song on the radio when it came out - I only heard it once and didn’t hear it again until KZbin surfaced. But I never forgot it. I’ve since learned John Hiatt is a master songwriter and deserves a place among the greats. The message of this song spoke so powerfully to me then and does now even more so - like many of you, this song hits me in the core of my soul and I treat my guitars with only the most reverent, pampering love. 🎸💛

[@misomaya]

This song, throughout the years, revisits me in my head. I can never predict when it will happen.

[@ManixxtheMan]

I don't know if it ever reached top 40, or why it wasn't more popular

[@curtmanners1182]

In my area, probably because it was not played to death on FM radio, like Freebird and Stairway to Heaven.@@ManixxtheMan

[@alexpereyra7969]

This song reminds me of the beautiful years with a very special person, she is no longer with us but the memories will never be forgotten, thanks Julia for your beautiful friendship and love.

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Julia Dream by Pink Floyd !

[@TheSilverhorn]

I had the joy of watching John Hiatt sing this song as the opening tune at the Bob Seger concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills back in the early 90s. Since this time I have been a huge fan of him and his music. What a GREAT SONGWRITER! His voice is what I would call very incredible. Not a beautiful voice like many of the other famous singers - BUT a voice which REALLY CONVEYS honest emotions in its roughness. Great post to share on Facebook with my friends!

[@mikestaber2766]

i was lucky to see him open for little feat, early 90's ?

[@aprilborn24]

I saw Bob, but sadly missed my all time fav John :(

[@jaybrune82]

Same here, accept it was at the Cap Center in DC

[@rachelbish5121]

Gifted man...love you John Hiatt!!

[@chalant1965]

Because he wouldn't compromise his music. He is a legend in the music world though!!!

[@TEFLAudios]

first album of his that i ever heard. loved it then and love it now. brilliant. I had no idea how big a discography this guy has. Top songwriter.

[@driedbrainfreeze2149]

Homeboy!

[@Mosely2007]

This song has been on my playlists for decades. Along with others. Great songwriter

[@lindadote]

I've loved John's music for decades, beautiful Artist and this track is a real gem. Thank you.

[@justineniederberger7412]

I used to work at recording studio in center city Philly and got to meet him. Love ever since.

[@mistercharlie8827]

Saw John open for Robert Cray at Radio City Music Hall in NYC in 1988, when he was still sitting down to perform, because of his stage fright! Cray was good but I went to see Hiatt. Have seen him several times since because I now live in Nashville, as does John. I’ve met him too, and he is one of the nicest, most sincere people you could ever meet, as is his wife. He has done a fund raiser for an adolescent alcohol and drug treatment center every year for at least the past ten years, if that tells you what kind of guy he is. His shows are always high energy and rockin’. Go to see him if you get a chance. You won’t be disappointed.

[@jerryw6699]

A friend of mine passed away a couple of weeks ago. I've been reminiscing about my experiences with him and remembered what he said when he first heard this song. He went and bought the CD and said Perfectly Good Guitar was the worst song on the album. He didn't mean it was a poor song, just that all of the music on this album is great.

[@jamwilson5wilson520]

Condolences on the passing of your friend. I had the same experience as he did in 1993. This song came on the radio while I was at a red light outside of a mall. I made a uturn and bought the CD. Every song in his library is "the best one"

[@jerryw6699]

@@jamwilson5wilson520 isn't it amazing how one can remember such details at the time he heard a classic song for the first time. I have several in my memory banks. One is Mountain of Love, Johnny Rivers. I was outside of a parts store in my 65 ford falcon. That car always needed something.

[@ratsoslocum9811]

Haven't heard it for a long time - and it's still smashing ...

[@terryhawkins5394]

" still smashing"...LOL

[@raymondely546]

Allways will be

[@davidjudd221]

Not British are ya?

[@oneday9410]

I totally agree with John Hiatt. I flinch every time I even see a guitarist putting the instrument on the floor, or pulling a cord out without warning. To me, guitars are works of art and its not vaguely amusing when they get smashed. Beautiful song 👏🏼

[@davidporter671]

Gaaaaaaaaay

[@johnhagar833]

I had the pleasure of seeing John Hyatt and Lyle Lovett playing together a few years back. Two good friends, two chairs and two guitars. One of the best shows I ever saw for pure talent.

[@louisweiher4421]

I saw them on that tour. It was fantastic.

[@barbmartinez]

I just saw them together a couple months ago. Fantastic show, and their friendship was obvious. We were in the first row and I asked for John’s handwritten list of songs after the show. This was on the list, even though he didn’t sing it that night.

[@brendamathieu1069]

John’s music jolts my innards!

[@Yasumi_Hoshikawa]

The new iPad ad brought me here. (smashing perfectly good instruments)

[@Joan-u6p]

Whatever it takes. As long as you're here.

[@kimbalxyz2]

I was a fairly young man when this came out, thought it was great ! What most people don't know is who was his band on this album . It was some great players, Michael Ward is an American guitarist who has played with the bands School of Fish and The Wallflowers. Buy Hiatt's anthology album just a great artist that most don't know.

[@michaelward2295]

Thank you!

[@curtmanners1182]

He has some stuff with Bonamasa that's killer too.

[@WSmith-df1er]

Saw the live recording of this song at Toads Place new haven, ct.... Rock legend

[@coloradahflowerpowrshyeah6166]

this song ROCKS!!!

[@petertaylorson5783]

Great song..... excellent images.

[@JudyandGene1]

Fantastic job on this video! John is an outstanding songwriter/musician/lyricist/singer/artist and I agree with him totally in this song, which BTW is excellent. To smash instruments is nothing but wretched excess & symptomatic of someone having serious psychological problems, possibly due to substance abuse. I saw The Who do this live, and look what became of Keith M, fantastic drummer, and John E, great bass guitarist. Sad they didn't seek help and recover, as John did and I am so glad he did!

[@dancooperfication]

I LOVE THE WHO but this song is so G-damn righteous. I HAVE to learn it-and I NEVER play covers but I'm learning this one.

[@TheSilverhorn]

I know EXACTLY what you're saying, brother! I've listened to this song 100+ times over the years and it still sends incredible shivers down my spine it's so damn great. Few songs do to me what this rendition does - and I'm an aging musician songwriter.

[@misomaya]

I love some Who, but after hearing this song, I kinda hated the Who.

[@gsesteve]

After playin for 40 years I finally got that wine red Gibson Les Paul with Marshall 40 Watt tube amp.I have a few but one of my Favorite is an El cheapo called Alvarez, tele knockoff.i put some jacked pickups in it and it went through a fire in our band room.That thing sounds great!, i call it my fire victim.Then I have an actual Tele that plays great but needs some reconfiguring with some quality pickups because even American Fender does not put the good stuff in unlike my Les Paul. Also J. hiatt is one helluve writer.

[@minggordon]

Soooo true, love this song Man!!!

[@joeywoodruff7566]

One of my favorite songs all time

[@indymagicmonthly23]

Another great musician from Indiana.

[@jonathanjacques7250]

Love his music!

[@ladyvincenza]

My daughter, Jessica, age 7, says: "I feel bad for those poor guitars. They're probably in guitar heaven. I suggest not breaking your guitars even if you have a lot of them."

[@modulusquantum6455]

My heart aches every time I think of the vintage instruments destroyed and washed out to sea during Hurricane Katrina.

[@curtmanners1182]

I think a tsunami hit the Indonesian Cort factory also.

[@altstadtkid]

I saw John and his troubadour perform during this tour at the Batschkopf in Frankfurt, Germany, and we met him after the show too. Awesome song, and album!!!!!!

[@smithysmithy1]

Great intro + great song!

[@RattlesnakeBob]

Lord almighty this is an awesome song ............sitting in the UK listening when this came out fired me up in some sorta order :)

[@Tigerdan26]

Greatest Rock & Roll Song ever written .....

[@pinkfreud62]

I just found one of my old pirate radio cassettes in the basement in a box full of old junk I was gonna throw away and this song was on it. Hadn't heard it since '93. Takes me back,

[@randystein7374]

John Hiatt Rocks!!

[@dennishines33]

Just an absolutely awesome song. I heard this on a Canadian station one night while on vacation.

[@glenkepic3208]

Great trak and vid,,,,,,red Harmony,,,,had one, Rocket II from '64. Bought for $25.00 in '73. Sold to the Brother of a gal i was seeing,,,,same price. wanted 'more' never got it. She's dead,,,,20 years or more. Sad.

[@flashtech6492]

this song should be in History books..!!!

[@christiantonnelier8230]

J'aime beaucoup de la musique et un son génial ❤❤

[@debonaire_nerd]

LYRICS: There's colors on the street Red, white and blue People shufflin' their feet People sleepin' in their shoes But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forget it, any way I can. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world. I see a woman in the night With a baby in her hand Under an old street light Near a garbage can Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit She hates her life, and what she's done to it There's one more kid that will never go to school Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world. We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, gentler, Machine gun hand We got department stores and toilet paper Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world Keep on rockin' in the free world, Keep on rockin' in the free world.

[@castanzes]

U sure?

[@jefff2009]

I do regret breaking my 1968 Fender Stratocaster. Great song to remind me.

[@hoprabbitbunny]

Great song by Hiatt!

[@julieblair7472]

WOXY 97X in Oxford Ohio played this every day I had to hear it again

[@zgross3193]

this voices exactly my sentiment

[@anthonyhelms4913]

Me and my buddy used to get high and drive around in his car listening to this tune. Not only is it nostalgic but holy shit this song shreds

[@kiss-shotacerola-orionhear5516]

Great artist!♥️🎸

[@walterkersting9922]

And never let it come to any harm...

[@andrewz4537]

Always loved this among many other of John's songs. Pics not bad. My one critique is " a new red Harmony" and "a sunburst with a crack." I always thought of those as funky acoustic beginners guitars which I saw many years ago.

[@ronunwin3276]

An artist!!!!

[@SoftwareSavesMe]

Nicely done--thanks.

[@sadebeve]

“I also wanna give a prayer for stuff...” Nevermind... let poetry live on...

[@mrdaubney]

Watching Phoebe Bridgers on SNL this weekend made me think of this song :)

[@flashtech6492]

why did it take me so long to discover this great song..?

[@brianclancy6927]

I'd never hurt a guitar or anything else I love

[@johnchapman1439]

One of the greatest songs ever and John Q Public doesn’t have a clue !!!

[@antoniodias4718]

A great rocker this tune!!!

[@sarveliobrez5390]

It is true. A national treasure.

[@RickyPisano]

GOOD JOB on this MAN!!! LOVE IT!! GREAT SONG TOO!!!

[@sunaJH]

John Hiatt rules!

[@mrghost3088]

I feel his pain. It honestly hurts me to see a guitar get smashed. I could never do it. Not even if someone said, you can have 10 free guitars if you smash 1. I still don't think I could do it. Musical instruments are tools of real magic, and should be handled with care.

[@davidporter671]

It’s an inanimate object. Lol drama queen

[@mrghost3088]

@@davidporter671 Now hitting people on the other hand, that's fun.

[@flashtech6492]

why isn't their a radio station that plays this good undiscovered music like this and I will invest in it so ask me

[@lindadote]

+Hankus Dankus.......I think you'll find that's young Michael Ward on lead? There’s an excellent live performance under the band-name of The Guilty Dogs.

[@deborahhanna6640]

Why ain't John Hiatt, John Prine, Adrian Belew, Rodney Crowell, Lindsey Buckingham forming up into some insane supergroup to tour together & bust out a double sided album so we can get the good jams again? It's been a long time since we had a 'Traveling Wilbury's' blasting everybody's socks off their feet!

[@motorcaster57]

Saw Townsend smash a numbered black Les Paul in Greensboro... He was swinging it like an axe and he really hitting the guitar hard... He hit it hard three licks then checked to see if it would play and was still pretty close to being in tune... It seem he was exhausted by the time he to the long neck tenon to separate from the body... I bet he substituted a many a bolt neck LP copies just because they were easier to smash!!!!!! I never liked to see anyone smash a guitar at a concert after playing it... And I was a college football player prone to some angry emotions and football sanctioned me to release this behavior on the field... But smashing a guitar pretty much just made me feel hollow inside....

[@arfanwazir3770]

yay! i love this song!!

[@ericperkins4221]

I love this song

[@notsure1969]

This song really resonates with me in a profound way. I had a beautiful Taylor acoustic that was handed down to me from my late mom and I would play that thing until my fingers hurt. Flash forward a few years later and I was livng with m girlfriend at the time in a one bedroom apt. One night as I was playing my Taylor, she really let me have it saying that I spent more time with the guitar than I did with her. After about 15 minutes of argument and grating me down to a seething ball of frustration and rage, I did something unspeakable and heartbreaking. I smashed my favorite guitar to pieces right in front of her. As I held the broken peices of that Taylor in my hand, it dawned on me what I had done. I vowed that if any woman ever tried to get me to stop playing music ever again, that I would end that relationship immediately. Your guitar becomes a piece of you, like a child. It is a thing of pure beauty and innocence. That memory will haunt me forever. I definitely want to get another Taylor acoustic at some point, and when I do, I'm treating that thing like it's a baby with glass bones.

[@ДжекиЧан-и1т]

классная гитара у него,и голос,лови лайк!!

[@bhouck1000]

love John Hiatt. i think it would be cool to meet him sometime.

[@aitechnasus1041]

This Is My Favorite Song By John Hiatt.

[@bradbrown8759]

I have a few beloved guitars. Why hurt what loves you. I polish the finger spots off.

[@melodymaker396]

Well written, well said.

[@jamiejohnson6444]

Great song

[@jeepstergal4043]

Thank God for WXRT. If it wasnt for 93.1 FM Chicago, we woild never have heard of John Hiatt.

[@lindadote]

+Lily Thomson......John's a treasure alright and I'm not even from your country.

[@ldolphin34]

The most sincere song ever written, possibly. I wonder how he feels about Pete Townshend.

[@wayneclements4184]

I always assumed it was about him.

[@bartimaeus44]

@@wayneclements4184 same! And now I’m here because Phoebe Bridgers smashed her guitar on SNL last night

[@cicadagodking]

@@bartimaeus44 Right! Apparently. she has never heard this one. I like Phoebe, but she shouldn't have done that. A really poor choice, IMO.

[@johndemeritt3460]

I wonder how Townshend feels about Perfectly Good Guitar?

[@MrFiumefreddo]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@PeterWesleyBastone]

great song.....shared to Netshows Radio "Program 274" Playlist on youtube

[@HAGMAN3926]

Great Album. Heck all his are great

[@RMGCBG]

Masterpiece

[@mopeoshpingo7257]

Aaaw my dad! "Just give your guitars away to the fans...😭" he wanted everybody to get use out of anything he no longer needed.

[@tomlund4951]

And never let it come to any harm...aye!

[@quinthooper9656]

Great song!

[@dsimms561]

Perfectly good song!

[@Huskrrrr]

Amen, Bro. Some of us have to work hard to buy a nice axe.

[@karenstickney9699]

Somebody worked hard to make your guitar. You smashing it wastes the materials and love they put into making it.

[@benwillard2998]

Not all guitars! Some are just punched out like cookies. Ritchie Blackmore would always grab a cheap knock off Strat to smash during shows.

[@erikbaran7197]

The ones they smash aren't handmade, but most likely some Chinese knock-off, made by 10 year olds in a sweathop.

[@daviderickson9445]

You sound like a Subaru commercial.

[@teknofil007]

Fantastic!

[@pctundra2690]

damn good soul!

[@abuiso]

who is here in2024? God, there was a time in the 80's I would gave it all for a Fender

[@antoniusbritannia8217]

"Every good thing must come to an end."

[@defiy2921]

I almost shed tears , I play a Jackson V , its worth thousands ....I'd beat the soul out of somebody if they were to hurt her

[@jeffkot8099]

Seen a lot of em smashed!!!!!! If it was for me, they didn't have to !!!!!! I guess an artist does his crazy shit !!!!! Sure has been a lot of kick ass rock in my 60 years! Hendrix to da WHO ....... how bout you???????? Sorry about the guitars ! Fine song Johnny !!!!!!!!

[@alisonakers1789]

What to think of that songwriter...message across???

[@rickl1601]

John Hiatt is a phenomenal

[@rickl1601]

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