Love me some John Butler Trio: I can be loud man, I can be silent I could be young man or I could be old. I can be a gentleman, I can be violent. I could turn hot man or I can be cold. I could be just like the calm before the storm or waiting for all hell yeah to break loose. I could be innocent or I could be guilty Doesn't mean that I won't believe in no noose I could be rich like a wandering Gypsy I could be poor like a fat wallet lost. I could be first or I could come last Its not who breaks the ribbon boy It's how you get across. I could be red blue black or white sunset Darkest at day or brightest at night I could be the sun or I could be the moon I'm made up from the stars boy I shining so bright so sing it I could be asleep or, I could be awake I can be alive or be the walking dead I can be ignorant, I could be informed I could lead my life or I could be led I can be anything I put my mind to man, all I gotta do is give myself half a chance I can bring love back into my life and share it with the world if I got some balance
My first baby girl used to bob her head and dance to this song when it first came out. She’s turning 21 this year and still remembers it! Thanks for the music John Butler Trio, from Victoria, Australia ❤
It's beyond my ability to comprehend how anyone couldn't like this. Okay, that's not true, I understand completely how people's tastes are different, from country to R&B, from Classical to Classic Rock, we all prefer a different sound. I guess what I don't understand is how anyone with a love for music can't appreciate what he's saying, the rhythm of the music, and the strength and power in it.
Frank Laubach Doesn't it just make you move without you even knowing it? It's good music, I'm gonna listen to it again since you got me to the video to answer your comment, hehe, thanks for that!! :))
I did concert security and was privileged to meet them at gathering of the vibes! Great show , very fun! Coolest dudes I got to meet! Will never forget it!
💚 This song will always be TIMELESS! John Butler came to my high school (must've been 15 years ago now) because the vice principle had a personal connection to him... about 44 of us students were selected to come into the music room for him to have a chat *strictly* no performing 😖and he spoke about what great effort, and patience, and constant practice to perfect his art, that it it took to break out into the industry as an independent artist. The way he spoke about music, and what it took to get where he was, is pretty much sumed up as patience, persistence, practice, and above all being humble. Staying true to who you are. He spoke about how he came up with the tune of this song... he said he was in the shower humming ('ba da-ing') a combination of known and improvised tunes when 'ba da da da di dun, da da di dun, ba da da da di da di, da di dad di da do' the tune just emerged to the front of his mind and he raced out of the shower to write it down. I remember him saying two things that helped him substancially to form a successful career: 1. Practice. How all through his teenage years he'd just be at home in his room playing his guitar for hours every single day. 2. He said you need to invest 80% of what you earn into your music. Living off bare minimum makes you appreciate life and what it offers you more, appreciate those around you more, it 'cleanses your soul when you never even realised it needed to be cleansed' That was a pretty epic like 45mins of my teenage life... we got to go up to him at the end of his talk and say hi and shake his hand and we could strum his guitar if we wanted too... I remember my cheeks burning so bad and saying hi and just clenching the neck of his guitar with my left hand. I swear I didn't wash that hand for like a week! He'll always live on as one of those great musicicans that had music flowing through his entire existence!
That's such an awesome story man, it must've been an incredible experience! I saw him busking in Tamworth for the Country Music Festival. At the time I had no idea who he was but he was playing slide guitar horizontally. I was in a trance for about 15 minutes until he took a break and I moved on. I stupidly didn't ask for his name and regretted it instantly as when I walked past where he was later on in the night and he had vanished. A few years later I heard my friend playing Zebra. Had no idea I was just about to discover who I saw busking. Blew my 13 year old brain to pieces and now every time I lose touch of reality, his (and his amazing bandmates over the years, can't forget them) music grounds me and sets me back on the right path. It's funny how life works out. What an amazing artist.
I remember in 2009 at school one of the my mates brothers' friend playing this song on his guitar and it was the best thing i ever heard. I've been searching for years to find this song again, and today my mate was playing it at work!!! Crazy how fast time goes!!!!
WOW i just came across this group just the other night and i haven't stopped listening to it since! i already put every single track i could find on my Ipod and am finding where i can go to see them play live. Most Amazing voice and sound i have ever heard!
Could not agree more with you. He basically shut down the venue in which I saw him play live because his encore was so epically long & riveting. One for the record books!! ❤🎉
I didn't know the band. YT suggested it to me, I hear some songs, I liked tremendously and became a fan. Subscribed. Now I'll go to search their albums. Great music.
I saw this band in Australia, England and Switzerland. I'm a huge fan of this band. Listening the album "Grand National" during my road trip in Australia.
This bloody song got stuck in my head for months I couldnt remember what is was other then the fricking beat then one day one of my co-workers said oh yeah that songs zebra by the John Butler Trio, just like that 🤨👌🏼
a good song is incredible forever, that's the difference between real music, and the things that people now listen that after a month they complete forget, real music is forever
we had our honeymoon in Aus (2006) and as our plane flew over the outback, the rising sun glinting on the surfaces of billabongs, this came over my headphones that were plugging into a radio channel on the plane. a fantastic record that has stayed with me since then.
Love it! I was working in the music department at Myer (then Grace Bros.) when this came out! Myself and the guys I worked with kept putting this up LOUD!!! and end up selling heaps of JBT album!
I used to love watching Rage throw the night because you'd get to see amazing artist John butler, I'm not sure if it still airs on ABC anymore, I'll have to have a look sometime.
As near a perfect groove as I've ever heard. I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video. (Don't worry, I've bought his albums, four of them)
Oh my goodness, man, this is juicy. I understand that juicy isn't a typical way to describe music, but there is nothing else I can use to describe this song. I absolutely love it. Kudos to JBT, positively stunning.
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2024 who’s still listening 💪🏽
Love me some John Butler Trio:
I can be loud man, I can be silent
I could be young man or I could be old.
I can be a gentleman, I can be violent.
I could turn hot man or I can be cold.
I could be just like the calm before the storm or
waiting for all hell yeah to break loose.
I could be innocent or I could be guilty
Doesn't mean that I won't believe in no noose
I could be rich like a wandering Gypsy
I could be poor like a fat wallet lost.
I could be first or I could come last
Its not who breaks the ribbon boy
It's how you get across.
I could be red blue black or white sunset
Darkest at day or brightest at night
I could be the sun or I could be the moon
I'm made up from the stars boy
I shining so bright so sing it
I could be asleep or, I could be awake
I can be alive or be the walking dead
I can be ignorant, I could be informed
I could lead my life or I could be led
I can be anything I put my mind to man,
all I gotta do is give myself half a chance
I can bring love back into my life
and share it with the world if I got some balance
Kelline Pickett Q
Stop trying to be so cool and popular
@@justanaccount1970 stop trying to be yourself
@@CP12XII get a life
@@justanaccount1970 life is highly over rated... specially in Aotearoa.
Still rocking to this in 2020. All Time Classic. ✌️ 🇦🇺
Yes yes yes
Hell yeah!
I’ve heard folks actually dis’ this song, like ‘meh, pretty commercial’.... fuck off mate, get a Zebra up ya.
Same, this song and the beautiful piece that is Ocean, were my first intros to John's music many years ago 🙏
2021.. 🤗
Just one of the many talented folk in our family. Keep it up cuz ;)
He is amazingly talented!!
+Rick Butler OHMAGAWD your actually related to jon! your so lucky
Rick Butler dadadadadaadda
does john or the family live in byron bay?
Rick Butler man so much respect to y’all
My first baby girl used to bob her head and dance to this song when it first came out. She’s turning 21 this year and still remembers it! Thanks for the music John Butler Trio, from Victoria, Australia ❤
It's beyond my ability to comprehend how anyone couldn't like this.
Okay, that's not true, I understand completely how people's tastes are different, from country to R&B, from Classical to Classic Rock, we all prefer a different sound. I guess what I don't understand is how anyone with a love for music can't appreciate what he's saying, the rhythm of the music, and the strength and power in it.
You could say that Kelline Pickett knows how to...
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(⌐■_■) Pick it.
Brian Fortney Yeah, I'm a legend in my own mind (✿◠‿◠)
you"r soooooo right
Frank Laubach Doesn't it just make you move without you even knowing it? It's good music, I'm gonna listen to it again since you got me to the video to answer your comment, hehe, thanks for that!! :))
the answer is YOUNG PEOPLE.....FROM 6 TO 15 YRS OLD :)
One of the greatest songs of my generation, in my humble opinion.
His music is on another level spiritually. He is amazing live as well.
100%. Couldn't be anymore true. He's a bloody Legend. ✌️
I did concert security and was privileged to meet them at gathering of the vibes! Great show , very fun! Coolest dudes I got to meet! Will never forget it!
Best live act! Seen him maybe 3-4 times, album quality every time
Leaving this comment here so when people like it I can come back and listen to this banger
Hope that worked in 2024 😉
@@texmerc6977 holy crap haha
Time to come back buddy
Come have a listen old mate 🤙
COME Back and listen to it today !
The man the myth the legendary john buttler
💚 This song will always be TIMELESS!
John Butler came to my high school (must've been 15 years ago now) because the vice principle had a personal connection to him... about 44 of us students were selected to come into the music room for him to have a chat *strictly* no performing 😖and he spoke about what great effort, and patience, and constant practice to perfect his art, that it it took to break out into the industry as an independent artist.
The way he spoke about music, and what it took to get where he was, is pretty much sumed up as patience, persistence, practice, and above all being humble. Staying true to who you are.
He spoke about how he came up with the tune of this song... he said he was in the shower humming ('ba da-ing') a combination of known and improvised tunes when 'ba da da da di dun, da da di dun, ba da da da di da di, da di dad di da do' the tune just emerged to the front of his mind and he raced out of the shower to write it down.
I remember him saying two things that helped him substancially to form a successful career:
1. Practice. How all through his teenage years he'd just be at home in his room playing his guitar for hours every single day.
2. He said you need to invest 80% of what you earn into your music. Living off bare minimum makes you appreciate life and what it offers you more, appreciate those around you more, it 'cleanses your soul when you never even realised it needed to be cleansed'
That was a pretty epic like 45mins of my teenage life... we got to go up to him at the end of his talk and say hi and shake his hand and we could strum his guitar if we wanted too... I remember my cheeks burning so bad and saying hi and just clenching the neck of his guitar with my left hand. I swear I didn't wash that hand for like a week!
He'll always live on as one of those great musicicans that had music flowing through his entire existence!
That's such an awesome story man, it must've been an incredible experience!
I saw him busking in Tamworth for the Country Music Festival. At the time I had no idea who he was but he was playing slide guitar horizontally. I was in a trance for about 15 minutes until he took a break and I moved on. I stupidly didn't ask for his name and regretted it instantly as when I walked past where he was later on in the night and he had vanished.
A few years later I heard my friend playing Zebra. Had no idea I was just about to discover who I saw busking. Blew my 13 year old brain to pieces and now every time I lose touch of reality, his (and his amazing bandmates over the years, can't forget them) music grounds me and sets me back on the right path.
It's funny how life works out. What an amazing artist.
I wake up to this song every morning. Its brightens up my morning, even on Monday!
I remember in 2009 at school one of the my mates brothers' friend playing this song on his guitar and it was the best thing i ever heard. I've been searching for years to find this song again, and today my mate was playing it at work!!! Crazy how fast time goes!!!!
Saw them live in Boston over a decade ago--I still remember this song like it was yesterday ♥
This is definitely one of my favorite songs from the John Butlerr Trio!!
Respectful of you John Butler trio I love all your country songs
I can never listen to this song and not go budum bun bun budum, budum budum budum ba bun budum
+Myscope22
Literally same! Every single time it just involuntarily happens
Same, I even at one point thought it was a completely different song turns out it was just a song I made up.
And that bass sounds so nice!
Myscope22 Same! 😂
SaladFingers grvgg
Last time I heard this I was 7...loved it and now I've found it again
Kaidus chillin'
bring this back to the top!
WOW i just came across this group just the other night and i haven't stopped listening to it since! i already put every single track i could find on my Ipod and am finding where i can go to see them play live. Most Amazing voice and sound i have ever heard!
He is even more amazing live! I saw him last night, best experience ever!
💜💜💜Lucky 🤍🤍🤍🤍
Could not agree more with you. He basically shut down the venue in which I saw him play live because his encore was so epically long & riveting. One for the record books!! ❤🎉
Such great vibes, I listen to this every morning while going to work :)
Amen to that man. Anytime I feel down. JBT is what I reach for.
Great song, great band. One of those songs you want to dance to. Onya John Butler Trio.
Still blasting in 21 🙌🇬🇧
John Butler used to stay at my uncles place when he visited Tasmania. Really down to earth dude. Much love.
This song is one of the best songs ever written and I have heard at least four songs so it's pretty much gospel xx
This song is simply BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
bring this back to the top!
'John Buttler trio' makes me proud to be Australia.
Bro’s a whole ass continent, that’s crazy.
Love him and he sounds just as good live. Saw him at the Capitol Theatre in N.Y. it was an amazing experience!
I didn't know the band. YT suggested it to me, I hear some songs, I liked tremendously and became a fan. Subscribed. Now I'll go to search their albums. Great music.
ditto :)
I saw this band in Australia, England and Switzerland. I'm a huge fan of this band. Listening the album "Grand National" during my road trip in Australia.
Last time I heard this I was 7...loved it and now I've found it again
+Jarrod Cripps that must be a trip...i wish i was a kid when this came out..
this song is so amazing it really speaks to you saying u can really do anything in life if u set your mind to it
Not only is this an amazing song by an incredibly talented band but John Butler is beautiful
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!!!
Figuratively and Literally😄
This bloody song got stuck in my head for months I couldnt remember what is was other then the fricking beat then one day one of my co-workers said oh yeah that songs zebra by the John Butler Trio, just like that 🤨👌🏼
i love it when the bass and the the drums fade in together and i love the solo with the wawa peddle it was nice when they all sang together
I used to love seeing this come on Rage TV! Such good times, he's still the GOAT
This should have alot more views!
+lmaoyourface08
keyboard warrior from way back bro?
lmaoyourface08 yup
We are using this to teach how to be a good human in society in our classroom. Thanks JBT!!! - Latch On Sunshine Coast
This song is simply BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
I'm really respectful for your good country songs I respect you are a good singer I'm one of your native fans
2k17 and still listening I just can't the budum bun bun budum out of my head it will always return and then play it on my own guitar. Great song
a good song is incredible forever, that's the difference between real music, and the things that people now listen that after a month they complete forget, real music is forever
we had our honeymoon in Aus (2006) and as our plane flew over the outback, the rising sun glinting on the surfaces of billabongs, this came over my headphones that were plugging into a radio channel on the plane. a fantastic record that has stayed with me since then.
I wish he played it at this tempo live. Always a pleasure to return to this video!
Jammin with this groove in north africa 🇹🇳🇹🇳 2022 again and again
I've been looking for this song for years. Finally the lyrics just came to me and I googled it.
My brother and I looked for this song for about 10 years and he finally found it, listened to it on repeat for ages haha.
For something released in 2003, this sounded about 10 years ahead of it's time and could've very easily fitted in with the PBR Indie scene!!
Still a banger in 2024
2024 still rocking this!
🇨🇦Just found it!!!
WOW!!!!! This is awesome man!!!!!!! His music is chill and i can't get enough of it!!!!!
Love it! I was working in the music department at Myer (then Grace Bros.) when this came out!
Myself and the guys I worked with kept putting this up LOUD!!! and end up selling heaps of JBT album!
i cant get enough of this song!
Anything with guitar in it is awesome and the solos a killer in this song
this guy rocks!!!! saw him in concert and it blew my little mind lol
The more you listen the more you will be loving it
My official tune to Travelling in Australia 2012-2014 😍😍😍😍
Ryan Griffin And 2020 just heard it on the radio and found it, I have heard this before long ago so I forgot it but now I’m happy to have it back
@@darcym.9177 good times!!!!
Still one of the chillest songs around , good for anyday :) 2018 Vietnam here
A great song, its a shame you dont hear it much on the radio
I just listened to this song 6 times in a row. So beautiful. My mind = Blown!
I can be the Sun I can be the Moon.... Crazy line
Great song, great band. One of those songs you want to dance to. Onya John Butler Trio.
john butler is the best
Love you John Butler Trio
This song rocks live especially after a few cold ones!!
More like after a few hot one bro
Tapping your foot, nodding your head, my friends, we can all agree this is pure gold
bring this back to the top!
“It’s not who breaks the ribbon, it’s how you get across”
I used to love watching Rage throw the night because you'd get to see amazing artist John butler,
I'm not sure if it still airs on ABC anymore, I'll have to have a look sometime.
Is is still on, u were supposed to check.
I'm being respectful for u john Butler trio your a really good singer I m your native fan
need more music like this !!
this is the greatest song..of all time..ever I will use it on my channel playlist!
Songs never get old mate :)
Everytime i listen to this song i wanna hit the like button again.... Love it
Love you John Butler Trio
please come to tampa!!
As near a perfect groove as I've ever heard. I've lost count of how many times I've watched this video. (Don't worry, I've bought his albums, four of them)
one of the songs that stand out and make you like it from the first listening
legendary song & message
I like your songs there good playing like it's coming from your mind and heart your working hard on your awesome career
2020 and blazin🔥❤️
You are the best singer EVER!! You rock!☺
john butler is the best
These guys are locals where I'm from... Always favourite cheers John live long and prosper
I could be black with white stripes or I could be white with black stripes
+Owen Campbell I'd go with the White Stripes, they rock.
Oh my goodness, man, this is juicy. I understand that juicy isn't a typical way to describe music, but there is nothing else I can use to describe this song. I absolutely love it. Kudos to JBT, positively stunning.
I didn't get the damn job I was really looking forward to, and was pretty bummed out. This cheered me up a bit. Good stuff man.
Only just discovered this!
Awesome song LOVE IT :)
U went back. Home I'm proud of you singing goood
Alguém sabe me dizer se essa banda já veio para o Brasil !? uma curiosidade
Sim, algumas vezes, a última foi ano passado.
+Cadu Hartmann obrigada.. conheço pouco a banda mas já amo muito rs
15 years later and still love John Butler.
Im here in 2019, still lovin it
Me too 😊
Nah ma I’m in 2020
2021... hard to explain, im technically not a time traveler, "legally" but does time bend? "No that's absurd" Is time like shards? "Proposterous"
..and 2020
Love your songs John Butler your a good singer much respectful to you from Idaho Rosanna Holbrook a native
John Butler = Captain Jack Sparrow
Love your music
Que som louco ,musica bem construiada :D
I love your good songs here in Idaho I respect ful of your band playing great
That's my 3rd cousin and I'm hella proud.
I visited Australia back in 03-04 when I heard this song. Been searching for since then and finally found it in 2024.
John Butler can tre flip? THIS GUY!
I know what can't he do
wow im brazilian!
all their songs comes from within you!
I love this!
That treflip tho 🔥
right!!