People seem to want to know the meaning behind The Weather Machine. So, here goes. It's about the way Western politicians use crises in the Middle East as an excuse to sell weapons. After the Arab spring sprung in Tunisia, various dictators around North Africa and the Middle East were looking at their own populations, worried that they might rise up in revolution. David Cameron, never one to miss an opportunity, flew to Cairo (supposedly to "promote democracy") with eight British businessmen - 'defence contractors', a.k.a. arms manufacturers. We were tooling up paranoid dictators. Our biggest customer was Colonel Gaddafi of Libya. And he was right to tool, up I guess, because a few weeks later, the Libyan people did rise up in revolution. And Cameron, with no apparent sense of irony, sent British troops, to defend the people of Libya, from Gadaffi's men and their shiny brand new British weapons. The revolution won, Gadaffi was overthrown. Cameron went to Tripoli and gave a speech to the assembled masses, and was hailed as a hero, for helping them. It's so sick, it's almost funny. I like to play this song as loud as possible in the vain hope that wherever they are, these grim reapers like Blair, Cameron, Putin, Berlusconi and Bush can hear it, and a little shiver runs down their spine. Or whatever they have in place of a spine. Rant ends. ruclips.net/video/Kph8r0Rh6M8/видео.html
Never heard of Jon Gomm before tonight. Five songs later, and I gotta say both vision and talent are at unmeasurable levels. Monstrously brilliant. You came in out of nowhere with the sun, like a Spitfire and blew the place apart.
Imagine Jon on a contract with a Record Label and the director would be like "What you have in your mind Jon, a 8:30 song with 2 minutes of intro with crazy lyrics, we're not realeasing that, but as it's written in our contract you can't realease by yourself since you showed it to us, thx bye" Then they would make a postmortem release and some of us would never listen to this masterpiece. Thank you Jon for choosing the harder path for the delight of our ears 😄
You are absolutely one of the most unique writers and performers who have ever lived. So much undeniable soul. This song is like feeling the middle of the Earth in your chest. So bad ASS. I LOVE YOU JON!
I love this song so much. Those heavy strums on the main riff are so aggressive yet playful; they bump so hard. I could go on about this song for hours.
it’s difficult not to say “he’s one of the best musicians on the planet. the percussive originality on every song. he has so many techniques mastered.. tha dood bends notes w the tuning keys 1/2 up to 2 steps and puts em right back in tune after he bends the note. i also have a theory that his is the first born Son of the Great Octopus in the Sky.
Jon I love the different direction you have taken with this piece! The aggressive playing mixed with emotional, meaningful and thought provoking lyrics makes this one of your best pieces.
What was it like when the wellspring opened and you communed with ancient spirits? Prophetic, utter freedom of the mind. You are an inspiration to everyone, everywhere that believes vibration is the highest of spiritual callings. The High Priest. Thank you for this wonderful gift.
I really love the slower tempo on Gloria and especially on this damn cool song. The sound is HUGE, you did a great work with your old material! Jon, you are the magic man!
Jon, I got the chance to see you at the Theatre du Petit Champlain (Sept. 22th, 2015), along with Don Ross. You guys are really virtuosos. Even this excellent vid doesn't do justice to the surrealistic ambiance you create around your music. Thumbs up!
Dear Jon, I've been waiting you since 2011, you're one of the few latest musicians (artist or genius) that made me still believe in the power of music. I'm begging you: please come to Italy! :)
Each and every one of your songs are a new work of art for me, your expressiveness in your unique way of playing is so heartfelt and it truly pulls on the strings of emotion. I am simply amazed that you can keep this up consistently, thank you for gracing us with this music. Also, your humility I see in the comments is so pure and outstanding, I am just blown away.
Hey Jon, this is amazing! I think that my favourite thing about your music is that I don't like all of it, you don't seem afraid to try something new, and you don't seem willing to compromise your art to resonate with the masses. Your music makes me braver as an artist! I think this has overtaken Passionflower as my favourite Jon Gomm song!
I love you Jon. Your art fills my heart with joy and inspiration. You and Wilma have the rather unique ability to make the trees of my imagination to flower and bear fruit. I would never have conceived my contribution to earth were it not for this. we're it not for you.
OMG... It's impossible dislike this music. I think it's my favourite, because you put your real opinion in the lyric. Really good job, syr! I'm brazilian and I really like all your musics.
"but to me being a songwriter is sometimes about more than painting pretty pictures" word man, word!! also totally dig the message behind it, and of course your playing and singing is sublime!
Great Jon, after your explanation about the title and the lyric I could understand your energy and passion in singing: from my side I heard your song loud sharing your message!
Yay! More please! ;) So much anticipation for next month ... And so much practicing to be done - Thank you as always for the constant inspiration/drive
Superb...fantastic performance...mix of Arabic funk, grunge, rock with a vocal that reminds me of George Michael! Perfect combination and quite a pioneering vibe...
I was wondering what kind of melody can work with such chords and boom you struck me with the most unexpected melody yet an amazing one and the chorus is stunning. Thank you Jon for your sublime talent and music from a man coming from the middle east!
Great song again! I especially appreciate how you describe the meaning of the song in the description. And you're not afraid to play AND sing. A real musician tells a story through music.
I love this style of music and it has a really bluesy feel too it. the percussive finger style aspect is amazing and Its great. whenever i play acoustic, i love to learn it. thanks for being my inspiration!
...this whimsical gypsy ride takes us above the clouds and in our minds to a time keepers tour of tricks. it's certainly worth the band at this point John. why not get old and give the band and big crowd concerts a shot! I'm seeing lighting and massive projector imagery art along with full band. base player might be able to be subbed for pedals or keys. but you need the drummer and big crashes that only a drummer can bring! best of luck, this was awesome!!! love the lyrics lately
Asia tour starts next week. Please help out this weird-guitar songbeard by spreading the word to anyone you know in the vicinity of these places... 11/27 - Guitar Workshop - Hong Kong (at Guitar Concept Music Centre) 11/28 - Clockenflap Festival - Hong Kong 11/29 - All Waves Festival - Seoul, South Korea 12/2 - The Ivy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 12/3 - DDC Dawn Dusk Club, Beijing, China 12/4 - Line Out, Hangzhou, China 12/5 - YuYin Tang, Shanghai, China Apparently it's 27°celsius in Hong Kong, and -22° in Mongolia. I'm packing my thermal sunglasses.
all of your songs are utter masterpieces! every last one of them. I definitely agree with how you feel about musicianship. it's more of a personal art than it is a display for people to inevitability enjoy. this is the beauty of music. nobody has to like it for it to still mean something very important. keep up the amazing work!
I really dig that song!!! I dig that it has this great Zeppelin-esque feel to it. I dig that there's some serious shredding going on. I dig that it has a message (veiled by metaphor but still - a message! a political message!). It's almost too good to be true. Thank you, Jon.
Mario Unterköfler Yea, i can see the Zeppelin influence, but i would say more Tea Party-esque sound rings true to my ears, could easily see Jeff Martin playing this. And referencing the weather machine to mean "political climates", well that is what i hear....so not entirely sure, but if that was the idea then well done man. Either way, great song
***** Well, IMHO the metaphor is quite dense, so many people sure read their own meaning into it... (if they don't notice your explications above, that is). I saw some funny interpretations popping up already... but that's what makes it even more interesting!
Competition! As a thankyou to everyone who's watched/shared my new videos or bought my new album Live In The Acoustic Asylum, I have a unique capo engraved with my Passionflower logo, courtesy of G7th The Capo Company, to give away. Plus 6 runner-up prizes of regular G7th Performance 2 capos, exactly as I used in this video. To win, just go here ⇒ j.mp/GomComp
I love that some songs had different speeds in the videos. Like for instance in my opinion this song sounds way better slower like this. It's more powerful, but like having both faster and slower versions is super cool
Thought it as a tad odd when I first heard it, and I was a bit disappointed it was a lyrical song since so far I've been a bigger fan of your purely instrumental stuff. Saying that, I've listened at least ten times since and I love it, seems for me it was just something I had to listen to more and more to like it more. Good job, Jon!
You're good man.. you're good :) and you deserve to feel so uplifted and high after playing such piece of sweet music to the ears. I've been listening to your songs for a while now, but my all time fave is Passion flower.. the first time I heard, and saw you :) I make every person passionate about music and guitar listen to that song .. and I feel joy when I see they feel joy listening to you. Cool job on the tats too ;) Love from Malta x
Great job Jon, Love the Mid-Eastern Flow through the whole tune and a great story too. You did it again, Congrats !!!! Terraform the desert into paradise.. We'll perform a necessary sacrifice " A couple of my fav lines.. " Brilliant work and message bro !! Watch out for that word spinning Magic man. He's a Real smooth forked tongued Devil. ;)
People seem to want to know the meaning behind The Weather Machine. So, here goes.
It's about the way Western politicians use crises in the Middle East as an excuse to sell weapons. After the Arab spring sprung in Tunisia, various dictators around North Africa and the Middle East were looking at their own populations, worried that they might rise up in revolution. David Cameron, never one to miss an opportunity, flew to Cairo (supposedly to "promote democracy") with eight British businessmen - 'defence contractors', a.k.a. arms manufacturers.
We were tooling up paranoid dictators. Our biggest customer was Colonel Gaddafi of Libya. And he was right to tool, up I guess, because a few weeks later, the Libyan people did rise up in revolution. And Cameron, with no apparent sense of irony, sent British troops, to defend the people of Libya, from Gadaffi's men and their shiny brand new British weapons. The revolution won, Gadaffi was overthrown. Cameron went to Tripoli and gave a speech to the assembled masses, and was hailed as a hero, for helping them. It's so sick, it's almost funny.
I like to play this song as loud as possible in the vain hope that wherever they are, these grim reapers like Blair, Cameron, Putin, Berlusconi and Bush can hear it, and a little shiver runs down their spine. Or whatever they have in place of a spine.
Rant ends.
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+Jon Gomm Shut up and drum/strum that thing.
+Morgan_Fucking_Freeman Not your call to make pal
mtayala I know, it was a joke. A really shitty joke.
+Morgan_Fucking_Freeman My apologies
+Jon Gomm Plus 7/7 and 9/11 were inside jobs!!! You're the man, good to hear you speaking... and singing out!
Never heard of Jon Gomm before tonight. Five songs later, and I gotta say both vision and talent are at unmeasurable levels. Monstrously brilliant. You came in out of nowhere with the sun, like a Spitfire and blew the place apart.
I HAPPILY AND AMAZEDLY CONCUR!
The intro reminded me a lot of Ewan Dobson :D I love this song Jon!
+Eddie van der Meer
Same, Its the baseline that is so similar...
Yeah. Something from Blood and ice
Yet the end does such complement the intro. Well done Jon Gomm.
One more display of absolute freedom, thank you Jon!
I love this comment. :)
Imagine Jon on a contract with a Record Label and the director would be like "What you have in your mind Jon, a 8:30 song with 2 minutes of intro with crazy lyrics, we're not realeasing that, but as it's written in our contract you can't realease by yourself since you showed it to us, thx bye" Then they would make a postmortem release and some of us would never listen to this masterpiece. Thank you Jon for choosing the harder path for the delight of our ears 😄
You are absolutely one of the most unique writers and performers who have ever lived. So much undeniable soul. This song is like feeling the middle of the Earth in your chest. So bad ASS. I LOVE YOU JON!
I love this song so much. Those heavy strums on the main riff are so aggressive yet playful; they bump so hard. I could go on about this song for hours.
it’s difficult not to say “he’s one of the best musicians on the planet. the percussive originality on every song. he has so many techniques mastered.. tha dood bends notes w the tuning keys 1/2 up to 2 steps and puts em right back in tune after he bends the note. i also have a theory that his is the first born Son of the Great Octopus in the Sky.
Jon I love the different direction you have taken with this piece! The aggressive playing mixed with emotional, meaningful and thought provoking lyrics makes this one of your best pieces.
Tom Watts Thank you.
I can hear some Thom Yorke influences Jon.
Music shouldn't have any boundaries and thats what I really enjoy about this song.
Groovy !
I completely missed any political message, metaphorical or otherwise because the guitar playing was so awesome!
Always a pleasure to listen your magic
every single thing this guy has ever written is utterly beautiful in its own way
What was it like when the wellspring opened and you communed with ancient spirits? Prophetic, utter freedom of the mind. You are an inspiration to everyone, everywhere that believes vibration is the highest of spiritual callings. The High Priest. Thank you for this wonderful gift.
Creativity at it's finest. Not a bad word can be said about you Sir! Thank you for making such inspiring and beautiful music all these years!
I really love the slower tempo on Gloria and especially on this damn cool song. The sound is HUGE, you did a great work with your old material! Jon, you are the magic man!
Hope when you play you enjoy it as much as I have listening to you do it Mr.Gomm
Jon, I got the chance to see you at the Theatre du Petit Champlain (Sept. 22th, 2015), along with Don Ross. You guys are really virtuosos. Even this excellent vid doesn't do justice to the surrealistic ambiance you create around your music. Thumbs up!
Oh my goodness. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Keep on keeping on Jon.
Jon! You changed my life with your music! I hope I could listen your new songs!
Dear Jon,
I've been waiting you since 2011, you're one of the few latest musicians (artist or genius) that made me still believe in the power of music.
I'm begging you: please come to Italy!
:)
Each and every one of your songs are a new work of art for me, your expressiveness in your unique way of playing is so heartfelt and it truly pulls on the strings of emotion. I am simply amazed that you can keep this up consistently, thank you for gracing us with this music. Also, your humility I see in the comments is so pure and outstanding, I am just blown away.
It's wonderful! Have you always been and we are pleased with the professional quality music. Thanks! I'm your fan.
One of the many highlights of yesterday's gig, thanks Jon!!
Hey Jon, this is amazing! I think that my favourite thing about your music is that I don't like all of it, you don't seem afraid to try something new, and you don't seem willing to compromise your art to resonate with the masses. Your music makes me braver as an artist! I think this has overtaken Passionflower as my favourite Jon Gomm song!
I picture this as music in some kind of epic platforming game. A level with lots of rain and mountains or something.
I like this one the most, Jon. It's powerful and expressive. Goosebumps every time!
I love you Jon. Your art fills my heart with joy and inspiration. You and Wilma have the rather unique ability to make the trees of my imagination to flower and bear fruit. I would never have conceived my contribution to earth were it not for this. we're it not for you.
OMG... It's impossible dislike this music.
I think it's my favourite, because you put your real opinion in the lyric.
Really good job, syr!
I'm brazilian and I really like all your musics.
Mind blowing, as always!
"but to me being a songwriter is sometimes about more than painting pretty pictures" word man, word!! also totally dig the message behind it, and of course your playing and singing is sublime!
Thanks Ali.
today marks my discovery of and subscription to you. thoroughly binged.
fantastic performance and a brilliantly produced video, highlighting your great skills and what beautiful sounds you pull.
Great Jon, after your explanation about the title and the lyric I could understand your energy and passion in singing: from my side I heard your song loud sharing your message!
Yay! More please! ;) So much anticipation for next month ... And so much practicing to be done - Thank you as always for the constant inspiration/drive
You've done it again. Love the tone throughout, solid. Absolutely beautiful. Somewhere new for you, thanks for bringing me too. X
Superb...fantastic performance...mix of Arabic funk, grunge, rock with a vocal that reminds me of George Michael! Perfect combination and quite a pioneering vibe...
Very different sound from your usual stuff.
Very very nice. So versatile.
I was wondering what kind of melody can work with such chords and boom you struck me with the most unexpected melody yet an amazing one and the chorus is stunning. Thank you Jon for your sublime talent and music from a man coming from the middle east!
Can't find anything bad to say about any thing on this channel. Love it, Stay true, stay awesome.
Absolutely incredible. Always a great track from Jon Gomm.
Great song again! I especially appreciate how you describe the meaning of the song in the description. And you're not afraid to play AND sing. A real musician tells a story through music.
Thanks for such a lovely, thoughtful comment.
What this guy can do is completely out of this world!
let the rest follow
I love this style of music and it has a really bluesy feel too it. the percussive finger style aspect is amazing and Its great. whenever i play acoustic, i love to learn it. thanks for being my inspiration!
...this whimsical gypsy ride takes us above the clouds and in our minds to a time keepers tour of tricks. it's certainly worth the band at this point John. why not get old and give the band and big crowd concerts a shot! I'm seeing lighting and massive projector imagery art along with full band. base player might be able to be subbed for pedals or keys. but you need the drummer and big crashes that only a drummer can bring! best of luck, this was awesome!!! love the lyrics lately
Magnificent as ever. Thanks for your wonderful musicianship.
I got a Sevendust vibe in the chorus. Kickass song, Gomm, keep goin' strong!
I seriously love his songs
Asia tour starts next week. Please help out this weird-guitar songbeard by spreading the word to anyone you know in the vicinity of these places...
11/27 - Guitar Workshop - Hong Kong (at Guitar Concept Music Centre)
11/28 - Clockenflap Festival - Hong Kong
11/29 - All Waves Festival - Seoul, South Korea
12/2 - The Ivy, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
12/3 - DDC Dawn Dusk Club, Beijing, China
12/4 - Line Out, Hangzhou, China
12/5 - YuYin Tang, Shanghai, China
Apparently it's 27°celsius in Hong Kong, and -22° in Mongolia. I'm packing my thermal sunglasses.
all of your songs are utter masterpieces! every last one of them. I definitely agree with how you feel about musicianship. it's more of a personal art than it is a display for people to inevitability enjoy. this is the beauty of music. nobody has to like it for it to still mean something very important. keep up the amazing work!
I think its fair to say the Jon Gomm is a rare gift to mankind from the music gods.
Brilliant! Up there with Billy Bragg and Leon Rosellson as a protest lyric, mixed with Jon's brilliant, unique guitar style. What a treat :-)
Bruce Levitan Thanks Bruce!
You've done it again, Jon! Holy crap that was captivating!
Thanks. :)
Very well played Jon. I hope to see you in person in the USA
Man you are a really genius! thanks for do this!
by: your bigest fan in Brasil, Obrigado!
Thanks for share Jon ! you ever give a positive inspiration !
Victory. Love your sound.
I really dig that song!!! I dig that it has this great Zeppelin-esque feel to it. I dig that there's some serious shredding going on. I dig that it has a message (veiled by metaphor but still - a message! a political message!). It's almost too good to be true. Thank you, Jon.
Yes, definitely some big Led Zep vibes inside this tune. Glad the message is getting through the layers of metaphor too.
Mario Unterköfler Yea, i can see the Zeppelin influence, but i would say more Tea Party-esque sound rings true to my ears, could easily see Jeff Martin playing this.
And referencing the weather machine to mean "political climates", well that is what i hear....so not entirely sure, but if that was the idea then well done man. Either way, great song
***** Well, IMHO the metaphor is quite dense, so many people sure read their own meaning into it... (if they don't notice your explications above, that is). I saw some funny interpretations popping up already... but that's what makes it even more interesting!
@@jongomm I get a lot of David Bowie from it... story telling in music form done perfectly.
Competition! As a thankyou to everyone who's watched/shared my new videos or bought my new album Live In The Acoustic Asylum, I have a unique capo engraved with my Passionflower logo, courtesy of G7th The Capo Company, to give away. Plus 6 runner-up prizes of regular G7th Performance 2 capos, exactly as I used in this video. To win, just go here ⇒ j.mp/GomComp
I don't see a capo in this video :)
My new favourite song! Thanks for the music Jon.
I hope you never stop Jon, because you raised the bar too high.
Nice Jon, I really like your videos and music, I listen everyday your songs
Incredible. As usual. Well done and thanks for the inspiring music.
Wow, pretty amazing and inspiring! Obrigado pela música, Jon!
I love that some songs had different speeds in the videos. Like for instance in my opinion this song sounds way better slower like this. It's more powerful, but like having both faster and slower versions is super cool
glad to see you back! great song man keep it up
I absolutely love it. and the wonderful story behind the music
Absolutely awesome. Thank you, sir.
This is like an acoustic tool song. I dig it
A fantastic performer! One of a kind!
Thought it as a tad odd when I first heard it, and I was a bit disappointed it was a lyrical song since so far I've been a bigger fan of your purely instrumental stuff. Saying that, I've listened at least ten times since and I love it, seems for me it was just something I had to listen to more and more to like it more. Good job, Jon!
Bonsai Brandy Ha ha! Tell us how it sounds after 100 listens. :D
to us who are tired of the killing and the lying slaughterers in power, the lyrics are pretty excellent
Not sure what the songs message is, but always reminds me of Frank Herbert's Dune whenever i listen to it. Wonderfully crafted song!
Learning this song by ear right now. Beautiful masterpiece. I will upload a cover of if soon.
that wretched magic man
incredible song, thank you
This is one of, if not my favorite song of yours! All of your stuff is so groovy! Keep up the good work dude :D
Thank you for sharing your beautiful gift with us
You are incredible man. absolutely incredible
You're good man.. you're good :) and you deserve to feel so uplifted and high after playing such piece of sweet music to the ears. I've been listening to your songs for a while now, but my all time fave is Passion flower.. the first time I heard, and saw you :) I make every person passionate about music and guitar listen to that song .. and I feel joy when I see they feel joy listening to you. Cool job on the tats too ;)
Love from Malta
x
Amazing as aways, thanks for making me want to get better on guitar!
Excellent comme d'habitude Jon!Merci pour ta créativité!
素晴らしい！
Incredible. Thank you, Jon.
I really enjoyed this! I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver soon :)
Gracias Jon ! Es una hermosa pieza
You really are something else Jon, great track
beautiful song!
YEAAAAH!!!! Jon really nice new catchy piece :))) hopefully i can met u someday to get a sign on my guitar :))
What a craftsman.......Jon Gomm!
You are really amazing man!! Your song means a lot to me..! Thank you for this great feeling. I hope to meet you one day! :)
Awesome job! Their sound is amazing!
time for weather machine II?
Really fun song with an important message
Where has this song been since I discovered Jon Gomm!?
Jon, Genius, will you ever dare grace this rabid land of insanity and beauty ?
Hello Jon - I like this modern new expremental Gitarre Play and Sounds -
thats very great MusicWork with very great Voice TOP : )
HOLY CHRIST!! What a performance...THANK YOU JON!
Wilma is still looking great, really interesting piece too! I really enjoyed it.
Wilma is beautiful, you're right.
0:43 camera can't even keep up with his fingers. Verified legend
Great job Jon, Love the Mid-Eastern Flow through the whole tune and a great story too. You did it again, Congrats !!!! Terraform the desert into paradise.. We'll perform a necessary sacrifice " A couple of my fav lines.. " Brilliant work and message bro !! Watch out for that word spinning Magic man. He's a Real smooth forked tongued Devil. ;)
excellent fusion. arabesque alt rock/metal !
YOUR MUSIC IS AMAZING!!!!