The fact that John Mayer himself calls this song a party trick makes me feel a whole lot better about how I don’t for the life of me understand how he plays it
Ive known the chords for years but have avoided that godforsaken right hand pattern like the plague. Until about 5 days ago when decided to face it head-on. I can happily say that after several hours of practice, i can play it correctly... at half speed😭
@@josephmears3537 that’s well more than half-way there. Given this was 6 months ago you’ve probably mastered it by now! It IS a neat party trick. Im trying to figure out how to improvise the breakdown/solo now. Good part about that is to anybody watching even failing seems impressive 😂
This IS the best version !!! I can’t believe it could get any better from the dozens of versions I’ve heard him play. This is my absolute favorite song to play besides stop this train. I cannot wait to see him next month in Dallas.
Not really, I'm sorry, I know I'm gonna take some heat for this but . . . don't jump on me yet, guys ok. Because I've watched him live - the guy is named Corey Heuvel (look him up) his version of this is stunning. Go watch him and you tell me. Mayer/SRV/Hendrix/Clapton to mention a few, all great performances. He is so underrated it's sickening.
God dammit I just learned the Live in LA version of Neon. It took me 14 months……. This is like having the iPhone 12 and then the 13 comes out with a better version. Back to hibernation.
When I saw him play and sing like this when I watched the old one, I could not believe the amount of talent he had. Now I am shocked to see him playing, dancing, and improvising even better at the same time. He is truly one of the best guitarists of all time. He will still be remembered long after he is gone. Huge respect for this man, He is making history on these tours, and I am just happy to be alive while this amount of greatness is happening somewhere in the world.
I am just reading your comment and it’s funny you mentioned his greatness making being happy to be alive…….. I went to his Vegas show last Friday and it was awesome. While he was playing dancing in a burning room I was overcome with a sense of gratitude for being there in person and just being so happy to be alive and witnessing his talent. Especially with the tragic events happening in the world right now, it wasn’t lost on me how incredibly fortunate we all were to be safe and experiencing the pure joy and appreciation listening to his live music for the evening.
@@carriebprice Yes!! Totally agree. Its such an amazing and powerful thing how his music affects people like this. We have been missing this kind of feeling for a long time.
I think the most important part of his legacy as a guitarist is that he chose to take the pop music route and made it cool as fuck to the point where dedicated guitarists were trying to replicate his pop riff. That right there is a surreal vibe that he created from his own literally unfair amounts of talent
i have a theory - he wanted to play the blues for people but the audience wasn’t big enough so he made pop music just to grab people’s attention and then revealed his blues chops and now he’s a celebrated guitarist and blues guitarist
I’ve a deep reverence for Room For Squares to this day. The songwriting, production, musicianship, DeLa’s melodic bass playing...it was and continues to be a high water mark of John’s career. Neon is perfection. She’s always buzzing just like...🎶
@@thiagoxtz I find it a bit rude when u speed the strumming pattern, change some notes and call it bossa nova u r probably brazillian u should try to have a better understanding of what is bossanova
He is just gobsmackingly amazing to watch. I just started listening to John Mayer and I’m a singer. Just simply blown away by this virtuoso. The jazz base middle section alone is just incredible. I didn’t realize the acoustic guitar could make those sounds. Wow. I play guitar and have promised myself I will work my ass off…. To at least get the first few bars! Unbelievable
Truth be told he plays it this well every time he does an acoustic set. I just saw him this past weekend and it was as good if not better than this one. He’s just that damn good
I was there as well and I think this is one of the best neons I've ever seen, That tapping on the guitar drum like thing he did in the beginning was so visceral and loud, you could feel it through your whole body
I'm both insulted and mesmerized by how he's gotten so much better over the years. OG Neon is nothing compared to this in terms of difficulty. Good luck challengers, this is the new standard.
I have been an admirer of John Mayer for many years.His voice is so melodic and full bodied now compared to the shy, sweet voice which started the ball rolling. As far as guitar solos go, he has transitioned to a folk jazz genre of stellar caliber music."Neon" has undergone a stunning metamorphosis into a world class song good enough for the Jazz Festival of Montreux.You have honed your craft and the fans are wild about it. So many great opportunities will come for you in the near future.Much success, love and blessings!
No one does it like John does!!!! And I'd say it one more time that I'm blessed to have had the honour to watch him play, in a church in Sydney barely a couple of arm lengths away... Simply amazing!!!!
One of the things that makes him unique is that this song was on his first independent album ' Inside want's out ' in 1999 before he signed with Columbia and today it would sit right along beside the songs on mostly any of his albums, and not only Neon but also Comfortable and Victoria, imo. It's also great to go back and watch some of his earliest performances solo and with Clay Cook and also Clay's solo renditions of some of the songs that they shared.
I saw him during night 2 here in LA and he didn't play your body is a Wonderland or free falling like he did on the other nights. but he did play Assassin for the first time in like 12 years.
Never thought much of Mayer until Sob Rock came out and we went to see him a few weeks ago. Not sure what made me ignore his playing and his talent for so long but this show was easily in the top five shows I’ve ever seen. The fact that he can play this and sing it AND improvise the whole middle section should tell you all you need to know about his musical abilities. What a legend.
Hi Sir - I'm reaching out to you because I want you to go see a guy named Corey Heuvel - he has done over a hundred livestreams and I've been there for most of them. He is too humble to promote himself. As a guitar player you will see and hear how much this young guy has put into his performance. Mayer/Clapton/Beatles/SRV/Hendrix and more. He has recorded several CD's, soon to release his new one. Go watch him for a while and tell me I'm wrong.... I like John Mayer - he is an icon, but as most performers know, always look over your shoulder to see who is coming up behind you. It's Corey !
Wow. This performance is fire 🔥. Amazing!!! In Las Vegas few days John played Neon so relaxed and free, like it’s super easy. It was cool. But this performance… it’s really great. Around 15 years ago I remember, how one my friend gave me some records of John and said, listen this. I listened few songs, and I didn’t find nothing interesting. And I thought… He is just a singer. Like most pop guitar players, nothing special. And forgot about him. And then, later, I saw project of Herbie “Possibilities”, with John. And I started to think, that I was wrong) I started to listen every record that I have,every song. And I found it. It was acoustic, only guitar and vocal, no band. I remember I heard only first chord! It was something like C13#9. And I realize that John is not just singer. Hi is MUSICIAN. And from that moment I big fan of John, big fan of Neon. I had dream to hear Neon live. I didn’t expect that my dream will come true. But it happened few years ago. It happened like magic. I mean situation happened like this, that it happened. I feel like I’m crazy about this song. But I really love it. Little bit jazzy.
Was hyped to hear this version of Neon and it felt like we were witnessing something special. The slick skill it takes to make it sound this smooth. So dope.
This will NEVER be an 'old' song. Thanks for posting this JM's performance! I mean, rreally, how can you sing and play such a great guitar with such an attitude at the same time..
Really loved this, he's the best, but the one 'neon live' which resides in my heart will always be the one which he played in nokia theater back in the day
I learnt neon, when I was like 14 with the help of my guitar teacher (before RUclips and the internet), and it is a circus trick lol. Will never get johns feel though, can’t replicate
Crazy to see him say this. I heard the Live in L.A. version in highschool and couldn't stop listening to it. Always tried to get people to rep his older stuff back then
Absolute master performance. That should shut up the "Meh, he's an SRV/Clapton clone " ignorant comments if it was still needed ,John MAYER's timing is from another world ,
It’s funny how he still only plays it with his thumb and index finger and people still have trouble. But if you watch the beginning he did an exercise that looks like instructions to get prepped to play it. What a flex
The fact that John Mayer himself calls this song a party trick makes me feel a whole lot better about how I don’t for the life of me understand how he plays it
Ive known the chords for years but have avoided that godforsaken right hand pattern like the plague. Until about 5 days ago when decided to face it head-on. I can happily say that after several hours of practice, i can play it correctly... at half speed😭
Don’t feel bad. I’m in the same boat.
My right hand is going to be bleeding by the time I figure this out 😂
@@josephmears3537 that’s well more than half-way there.
Given this was 6 months ago you’ve probably mastered it by now! It IS a neat party trick. Im trying to figure out how to improvise the breakdown/solo now. Good part about that is to anybody watching even failing seems impressive 😂
@@JamalMoffett I did cut up my index finger on the top at first lmao.
Years after that Nokia Theatre concert with the iconic "Good evening", I still can't play this damn song.. I love you John!
I know rite, dat voice
Welcome to the club! Been trying since Nokia and still can't play it right. Impossible!
Playing this song as the first song by himself is just nuts. Almost like he doesn’t even need to warm up.
you can check mine but it's not great as the legend himself. thanks :)
that "Good evening"
The intro commentary. The intro guitar. The clean playing. The controlled vocals. The solo. The ending. That final comment.
New best version of Neon.
I got to witness it live, I couldn’t believe it was real life
secret show at Hotel Cafe version is better in my opinion, but definetfly this is one of the best versions of neon
it was awesome!!
This is amazing but live in LA will forever be mindblowing
faykkkk indeeddd the beast has become a much classier beast
I honestly thought this was one of the best Neon’s I’d ever heard. Particularly with that intro/solo!
Agreed
This IS the best version !!! I can’t believe it could get any better from the dozens of versions I’ve heard him play. This is my absolute favorite song to play besides stop this train. I cannot wait to see him next month in Dallas.
Oooh yes! Birmingham over a decade ago is up there, but this actually topped it!
Neon - Live in LA I feel has the better intro and also vocals
@@carlosfierros8095 Can't compare it to LA, they remixed the tracks.
I still can't fathom how he sings and play that riff at the same time. I know it's easier if you write it yourself, but it's still damn impressive.
Enough practice and you can do it too! Just gotta put in the hours :)
the riff is actually quite consistent the whole way through
@@eldensmith4161 thats what makes it so hard the endurance
@@adnanathar5398 if you watch the 2nd verse he strips it back to the accented notes but I think it's jsut to add the vibe, not really cos he got tired
Yeah the most impressive thing is not that you're able to play it but to come up with all that from scratch literally from nothing
Simply amazing!!
Hey tomo!! Have a great day
Would you like to be my guitar teacher? :D
@@williamflores1789 You can join my Guitar Wisdom.
Not really, I'm sorry, I know I'm gonna take some heat for this but . . . don't jump on me yet, guys ok. Because I've watched him live - the guy is named Corey Heuvel (look him up) his version of this is stunning. Go watch him and you tell me. Mayer/SRV/Hendrix/Clapton to mention a few, all great performances. He is so underrated it's sickening.
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God dammit I just learned the Live in LA version of Neon. It took me 14 months……. This is like having the iPhone 12 and then the 13 comes out with a better version. Back to hibernation.
Hahahah are you gonna learn this version by ear?
Wait 'til you hear Sungha Jun's cover. That is like the iPhone 17, years ahead of everybody.
That solo section is some of the most impressive live guitar playing I've ever seen, so locked in, wow
Everyone’s talking about the verse riff, but that bridge solo shit was fucking next level
Yes the solo is absolutely crazy and how he is synching, with his majestic vocals
When I saw him play and sing like this when I watched the old one, I could not believe the amount of talent he had. Now I am shocked to see him playing, dancing, and improvising even better at the same time. He is truly one of the best guitarists of all time. He will still be remembered long after he is gone. Huge respect for this man, He is making history on these tours, and I am just happy to be alive while this amount of greatness is happening somewhere in the world.
I am just reading your comment and it’s funny you mentioned his greatness making being happy to be alive…….. I went to his Vegas show last Friday and it was awesome. While he was playing dancing in a burning room I was overcome with a sense of gratitude for being there in person and just being so happy to be alive and witnessing his talent. Especially with the tragic events happening in the world right now, it wasn’t lost on me how incredibly fortunate we all were to be safe and experiencing the pure joy and appreciation listening to his live music for the evening.
@@carriebprice
Yes!! Totally agree. Its such an amazing and powerful thing how his music affects people like this. We have been missing this kind of feeling for a long time.
I think the most important part of his legacy as a guitarist is that he chose to take the pop music route and made it cool as fuck to the point where dedicated guitarists were trying to replicate his pop riff. That right there is a surreal vibe that he created from his own literally unfair amounts of talent
i have a theory - he wanted to play the blues for people but the audience wasn’t big enough so he made pop music just to grab people’s attention and then revealed his blues chops and now he’s a celebrated guitarist and blues guitarist
Dude just went full brazillian samba in the end.
I knew my husband was the one when he played me Neon on guitar one of our first dates 😂
you mean when he told you good evening and tried to play Neon on guitar?
My man John looking ripped
Can never get enough of this song. Thank you for sharing!!
@@MaxReisinger was so happy to be at this performance. My life will never be the same
hes as wide as a car, like wtf.
he was more ripped 8 years ago tho
MAX?? YOU TOO INTO JOHN???
the world is really smol!!!!!
its a right of passage to learn this song perfectly as a guitar player
100% failure rate. WE WILL NEVER BE MEN.
He's 44 y/o and he can still pull his old songs back, that's why I have huge respect to him for being old school
Been a fan for over 20 years and I will say this was John in the FLOW state. Best version easily
You must not have heard the Nokia live
I’ve a deep reverence for Room For Squares to this day. The songwriting, production, musicianship, DeLa’s melodic bass playing...it was and continues to be a high water mark of John’s career. Neon is perfection. She’s always buzzing just like...🎶
That album is banger after banger
Agreed!
Insane! The solo was like some "bossa nova" brazilian style...absolutely killer! John is like a good bottle of wine that get's even better with time.
Not bossa nova at all but ok
@@joaomoreno3381 why???????????
Tava procurando esse comentário!!!! Muita referência com "Bossa Nova" esse improviso no meio!!!
@@thiagoxtz I find it a bit rude when u speed the strumming pattern, change some notes and call it bossa nova u r probably brazillian u should try to have a better understanding of what is bossanova
@@thiagoxtz talvez por ser purista...tanto é que tomei "cuidado" e coloquei entre aspas haha mas que bom que também teve essa percepção
Man his voice is getting much more controlled. Love it
He was wild before the surgery
There’s only one John Mayer. That song has matured to perfection. Fantastic playing.
when he hit those low loud notes live it vibrates the whole arena! i was at this show. absolutely the best concert ive ever been
Who ever is reading this... have a great day! 🌟💗
He is just gobsmackingly amazing to watch. I just started listening to John Mayer and I’m a singer. Just simply blown away by this virtuoso. The jazz base middle section alone is just incredible. I didn’t realize the acoustic guitar could make those sounds. Wow. I play guitar and have promised myself I will work my ass off…. To at least get the first few bars! Unbelievable
This is the best neon live he has ever played in his entire career. damn
This version is filthy as fuck. I was there, it was so loud. It was like the music was in your body. One of the best moments of the night.
Truth be told he plays it this well every time he does an acoustic set. I just saw him this past weekend and it was as good if not better than this one. He’s just that damn good
The way he’s able to play the bass notes with his thumb simultaneously while his other fingers plays the solo is just insane!
Yeah it's a tricky thing to get down. I've been able to do the intro riff the pre chorus and chorus but It still feels like a struggle lol
Love playing it - honestly the thumb placement makes this just so much fun to play
@@eb9131 ik right? Once you get it down it becomes addictive.
I wish my hand was as big as john's
@@guitarrerist698 get a smaller guitar
PFFFF! It's not easy to play but play it and singing at the same time Mr John Mayer you are a legend.
This guy came from another planet where only musicians reside.... Words cannot even describe him. 1 in 100 million!!!
its awesome when an artist loves their own song, and you can tell john really loves this song and is extremely proud of it as he should be lol.
I’ve been playing acoustic guitar almost EVERYDAY for the last 14 years… and I’m 0,000001% of being on this man’s level.
I was there as well and I think this is one of the best neons I've ever seen, That tapping on the guitar drum like thing he did in the beginning was so visceral and loud, you could feel it through your whole body
I'm both insulted and mesmerized by how he's gotten so much better over the years. OG Neon is nothing compared to this in terms of difficulty. Good luck challengers, this is the new standard.
This just blew my mind, took this song to a whole other level
HE IS SO GODDAMN FUCKING AMAZINGLY CLEAN BRUH
The acoustics for this concert are amazing, holy damn
I have been an admirer of John Mayer for many years.His voice is so melodic and full bodied now compared to the shy, sweet voice which started the ball rolling. As far as guitar solos go, he has transitioned to a folk jazz genre of stellar caliber music."Neon" has undergone a stunning metamorphosis into a world class song good enough for the Jazz Festival of Montreux.You have honed your craft and the fans are wild about it. So many great opportunities will come for you in the near future.Much success, love and blessings!
Sick!!!! Thank you for this
No one does it like John does!!!! And I'd say it one more time that I'm blessed to have had the honour to watch him play, in a church in Sydney barely a couple of arm lengths away... Simply amazing!!!!
One of the things that makes him unique is that this song was on his first independent album ' Inside want's out ' in 1999 before he signed with Columbia and today it would sit right along beside the songs on mostly any of his albums, and not only Neon but also Comfortable and Victoria, imo.
It's also great to go back and watch some of his earliest performances solo and with Clay Cook and also Clay's solo renditions of some of the songs that they shared.
The best version.. thanks for uploading !
John is a mad man. This was sick. Amazing guitar skill
Anyone else crying for no reason at all just for his heavenly voice
I wanted him to play this so bad in Philly. This version kills tho, I love his improve with this song.
SAME but regardless the philly show was amazing
I saw him during night 2 here in LA and he didn't play your body is a Wonderland or free falling like he did on the other nights. but he did play Assassin for the first time in like 12 years.
@@ecmproductions11
yea ur lucky you got Assassin, great song and kinda underrated
@@samnejberger5546 it was amazing, my first time seeing him too. it was everything I wanted and more
Thanks for filming. Actually one of the best versions of Neon i have heard
Never thought much of Mayer until Sob Rock came out and we went to see him a few weeks ago. Not sure what made me ignore his playing and his talent for so long but this show was easily in the top five shows I’ve ever seen. The fact that he can play this and sing it AND improvise the whole middle section should tell you all you need to know about his musical abilities. What a legend.
Honestly the most iconic JM song…. I was drawn in ever since I heard this song.
Neon is one of my favorite John songs! It's timeless forsure
As a guitar player, as a singer-songwriter… I can’t stop smiling watching this. John is suchhhh an incredible talent. This was soo amazing. 🙌🏽😭😃
Hi Sir - I'm reaching out to you because I want you to go see a guy named Corey Heuvel - he has done over a hundred livestreams and I've been there for most of them. He is too humble to promote himself. As a guitar player you will see and hear how much this young guy has put into his performance. Mayer/Clapton/Beatles/SRV/Hendrix and more. He has recorded several CD's, soon to release his new one. Go watch him for a while and tell me I'm wrong.... I like John Mayer - he is an icon, but as most performers know, always look over your shoulder to see who is coming up behind you. It's Corey !
“Anyways, go ahead and click the subscribe button if you like what you see.” Made me lol pretty good… what a legend on the guitar.
This song just never gets old. Amazing solo.
wow...Definitely my new favorite rendition!
Thank you for sharing .
Wow. This performance is fire 🔥. Amazing!!! In Las Vegas few days John played Neon so relaxed and free, like it’s super easy. It was cool. But this performance… it’s really great.
Around 15 years ago I remember, how one my friend gave me some records of John and said, listen this. I listened few songs, and I didn’t find nothing interesting. And I thought… He is just a singer. Like most pop guitar players, nothing special. And forgot about him. And then, later, I saw project of Herbie “Possibilities”, with John. And I started to think, that I was wrong) I started to listen every record that I have,every song. And I found it. It was acoustic, only guitar and vocal, no band. I remember I heard only first chord! It was something like C13#9. And I realize that John is not just singer. Hi is MUSICIAN. And from that moment I big fan of John, big fan of Neon.
I had dream to hear Neon live. I didn’t expect that my dream will come true. But it happened few years ago. It happened like magic. I mean situation happened like this, that it happened. I feel like I’m crazy about this song. But I really love it. Little bit jazzy.
Was there that night. It was a dream to listen to
This song's always been musical inspiration and so much fun! Love the cheeky comments at the end.
Thanks for sharing!!! Its so awesome!!!!!!!!
He is just one of the coolest persons to ever live
Was hyped to hear this version of Neon and it felt like we were witnessing something special. The slick skill it takes to make it sound this smooth. So dope.
and sign on top of it.
Absolutely incredible how this song has evolved and still keeps evolving
The best version I’ve heard yet.
So happy to see this live. Live changing
I just saw him play this at his show in Charlotte. Simply amazing!
This will NEVER be an 'old' song. Thanks for posting this JM's performance! I mean, rreally, how can you sing and play such a great guitar with such an attitude at the same time..
But also one of your GREATEST songs!!!!
This was an unforgettable performance! I will never forget it! I feel so lucky to have been there 🤩🎸
This was an absolute masterclass. Wow.
One of the coolest songs ever
Thanks for posting! And Thanks to JM! Life experience = Brighter Neon!
This Song is still one of my faves…. After all these years
So talented and inspiring
Really loved this, he's the best, but the one 'neon live' which resides in my heart will always be the one which he played in nokia theater back in the day
I learnt neon, when I was like 14 with the help of my guitar teacher (before RUclips and the internet), and it is a circus trick lol. Will never get johns feel though, can’t replicate
Man I thought I got over my thumb envy and then youtube had to bring this video up. Thanks youtube. Thanks John.
This is lit... more than i expect it will be lit
this concert was very much worth it!
Crazy to see him say this. I heard the Live in L.A. version in highschool and couldn't stop listening to it. Always tried to get people to rep his older stuff back then
this was the best thing ive ever heard.
One of the best
Absolutely phenomenal
This was unbelievable live. John is smooth as hell.
Once again John reminds us that though yes, some of us out there can play it, John is the one who can fuck with it.
Jesus Christ! Think what you want about JM as a person, this man has a gift from out of this world! Amazing.
This version is FIRE 🔥 😍 👌 👏
Sheesh... I forget how to play when I start singing lol and John does it so simple
Wow that accuracy and speed with the guitar is incredible...
I was there. And it was magical ✨
Superb guitaring from a Guitar God! Thank you God for the generous and beautiful anointings you have gifted upon John Mayer ❣❣❣
John mayer is really good guitarist
Loved it❤🇳🇵
Sai ho
amazing
I’ll need another quarantine to learn this new live version
Thank
Very good, many thanks for sharing. I live in France. John Mayer never came to play a concert in my country. I'm so sad!
I live in Canada's 2nd biggest city, 30 minutes from the USA and he came once in the last 10-15 years or so 🤷 It sucks
I traveled from Mexico to Philadelphia just to watch him live. 🙃
@2v_5r yes it was greaat ! I miss some acoustic songs (neon, stop this train) , but it was an excellent show.
ty for playing john
Keeps getting better
Love this version. He goes full Charlie Hunter style :)
Until now ive never seen a better midsection jam to this song that rivaled where the light is version, this was mindblowingly good.
i've been trying to get the finger picking part of neon down for like 10 years lmao
One of the greats, truly mean that.
This will go viral for sure
So satisfying❤
Absolute master performance. That should shut up the "Meh, he's an SRV/Clapton clone " ignorant comments if it was still needed ,John MAYER's timing is from another world ,
It’s funny how he still only plays it with his thumb and index finger and people still have trouble. But if you watch the beginning he did an exercise that looks like instructions to get prepped to play it. What a flex