It's exactly 5 years since I uploaded this video. I remember after the first week I was really excited because it had reached about eight thousand views. Then: people happened. People all over the world, each having that sweet, private moment of discovery, and then telling everyone they knew, on their social media and blogs. A few weeks later, celebrities from Stephen Fry to Tommy Lee were sharing it. (They always catch up eventually!) Next thing I knew I was sitting on the couch on national TV breakfast news, nervously explaining why I was happy for the love but actually, no, I didn't want a record deal! Eleven million views later, this video has taken me all over the world, from Australia to Mongolia. It's been like floating through Willy Wonka's tunnel at a million miles an hour, until every sense is overloaded. Now, I am calm (relatively) and settling into a new life with my baby, but writing new songs and getting ready to take them back on the road next year. To me today, this video is a symbol of what we can do together, our minds and wills linked by technology. We can sink down, sure, we can post mindless abuse, we can seek petty confrontation from the safety of our sofas. But, we can also raise up, we can use our collective power to raise up other people, people we believe in. We can transform democracy, our societies. Direct action to change our world is no longer something we have to start alone, cautiously seeking out allies. When the media tells you the internet only empowers predators and terrorists, it's because they are afraid. We don't need them any more, telling us what to think, who to hate, what to buy, how to vote. I am small, but we are legion. Weakness is not your weakness.
Yeah, such a beautiful and profound composition. I just couldn’t help myself to do a short drum rendition: enjoy 🙏🏻🤩 th-cam.com/users/shorts4IT5AXJ6_Qg?si=9zXJkV3M8VdJa5ho
@@TheInfectiousCadaver One of the best things I've heard for sure, but then you watch how he plays it and you're like wait, how is he playing it like this while singing?
I genuinely did not expect this man to sing. Everything else that was going on was too complex. I was just watching his hands and then I heard his beautiful voice coming through my speakers. My god.
I was showing this video to a friend of mine years ago and she had the same reaction. She was just openning more and more her eyes of amazement the more she saw that intro and then she goes "omg he sings too?!"
I'm often racked with self-doubt. Which means I find compliments hard to receive: I get embarrassed, and part of me never truly believes them. So, sometimes afterwards I worry that I probably seemed a bit weird. But... You may feel that music gets you through tough times, or helps you find your own inner strength. But it's a circle: your reaction to their art does exactly the same thing for artists, it's what gives them the strength fight their insecurity to keep creating, and gives that creation meaning. So. To everyone who has followed and supported me and my music throughout 2014: THANK YOU. I can't wait to get out on the road again, and meet as many of you as possible in 2015.
I just got turned onto your music. Imagine two old hillbilly men watching you with their mouths agape as we listened through some fine Kliptsch speakers. Thank you, Jon. It was an amazing journey.
Lyrics: Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop and you're risen up Afraid of the dark You crack up through the pavement, In super, super slow-motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were
My dad is a talented guitarist and I sent him this video a few years ago. He said, “I already wanted to throw my guitar out the window and then he started SINGING. Incredible song.” High praise from my father. I’m still blown away by this song every time I hear it.
I've heard this song something like 50 times. Never actually listened to the lyrics. That's not a bad thing, but now I hear this lyric... and you're right, it's golden. I'm an amateur strength athlete and I have been doing BJJ for a while now, but one of the main reasons I do BJJ is so I can feel weak, so I can understand what it is like in reality because some people *CAN* overcome a simple strength advantage through skill and experience. It's a humbling experience that is made visceral when someone takes your back and starts choking you and there's not a damn fucking thing you can do about it, even if you are literally 5 times stronger than the guy. Weakness is not your weakness... the idea is fantastic any way you apply it - and it can be applied in so many ways.
Same. This will always be one of my favorite compositions of all time. Everything about it is absolute perfection. Every time I watch it, I’m as blown away as the first time I saw it.
The masses prefer watching hot young people, regardless of level of talent. Otherwise classical musicians and guys like Gomm would be the rich 'mainstream superstars'
@@cigh7445 yeah but why? Because they don't have their own taste, they do as their told, they follow the crowd, they don't know what's good, they can't appreciate something nice, or art.
@@jacobbutler7942 19 million views are you assuming every single one of them is some old school music loving adult? kids will have searched/ found and enjoyed this too! the problem with chart music is its hugely radio based which is essentially fed money from the massive companies that back pop stars its pay to win
All three comments above are true. We live in an upside down world. It was a joy to see, hear and appreciate. Thank you Gomm. I will look for some way to make donation .
It’s finally happened: I’m on Spotify. I’ve made a brand new version of Passionflower, working with my new producer Andy Sorenson, and record label Kscope, my new home. Put on your headphones and find me on your preferred streaming platform by clicking here: jongomm.lnk.to/passionflower Step inside this sound, get a feel for it, we’re building more of it every day. And then come to the launch show, broadcast live from my home studio. Sunday June 14th. You need a ticket, but they’re Pay What You Want, including free. Tickets here: jongomm.com/gig
Yo, 10 years ago when I first heard this I made sure to tell you you are amazing, but you already know this! I always return to this absolutely endless perfect performance to hear what I wanted to be. You achieved such a pinnacle of mellody and percussion, so there is no need to tell you you are there. Anyway, once more I am saying thank you for your art and passion to achieve this.
You are indeed a true artist! I just listened to your songs on Spotify, and what a quality! Damn you set the bar high for everyone else, and the sound quality i crisp clear! You deserve to have 100x the plays you have now! Gonna follow your music and enjoying every moment of it🙏😊 Just wanted to let you know. Have a lovely day! - your music made mine! 😉
I saw you play in the porter pub once in Bath 10 years ago. It was an awesome night and I spoke to you afterwards and showed you my Lowden O32 and you are a thoroughly nice bloke. Maybe you remember I have flaming dice on my neck and my friend Boo Perkins has his whole face tattooed he was there too 🍻
This video came out on my birthday and I'd just started playing guitar back then. It was such a huge inspiration that I started learning more and more about music. We're now celebrating ten years of this song (and my 27th birthday ahaha), I got a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, I recorded and released my own album and got my Master's in Music Education. This song truly changes lives.
@@jordanj9069 thank you ☺️ It's called Blue Times and the B-Side. I wrote all the music and performed all the instruments! You can check it out on my channel 😊
Laughed out loud when you started singing because I couldn't believe you were actually about to sing. How the hell can you even concentrate on everything you're doing with the guitar and still sing at the same time...? Incredible. Amazing song.
I rarely use the term masterpiece, since it's a watered down term people throw around carelessly. I found this song the year it came out and it planted a seed deep in my mind. Whenever I feel down, like the flower that seed grew into is withering, I come back to this song and it waters the soil, giving life to it again. It's a calm, beautiful but also extremely exciting song. To me, a masterpiece.
Remember when the video of the cover got so popular people started praising the guy who made the cover and he was like "wut?? I didn't write that! You thought I wrote that!?"
One of the most beautiful guitar compositions I have ever come across. In my honest opinion, you are probably the most original guitar player of our time. Your playing is so full of life and spirit, and what's incredible in my opinion is that, even though you have tremendous technical abilities, your music never strays into that "look at what I can do" territory, to which so many players succumb. I salute you, my friend. I am envious as heck, as well, but I am eternally grateful for the inspiration and the beauty you keep providing with your music.
Well said LicknRiff. In my opinion every tone or sound he does, he does to push the song and not his ego. And that is, what makes him great too. The song consists of unique melodies and harmoics that cover the unique technics.
@@renzo3939 dude what... lol. I love toes in but you know I think this is like beauty. Lol this is like the human experience. Idk m8. I Absolutely love both these guys' music. It's hard to say who's what. His music is more methodical and rhythmically insane lol tbh. Idk. John's music is like more tribal and earthy idk how to explain. But both are musicians I'd strive to be more like. Hope you see the depth of this song.
*Lyrics* Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop, and you're risen up Afraid of the dark Bloom Bloom You crack up through the pavement In super, super slow motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light Bloom Bloom We can see everything We can hear everything We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were Bloom Bloom
You know, every time I've listened to this song, I just thought he was singing a melody with oooooh. But seeing the word bloom as the lyric makes a lot more sense haha.
You area truly beautiful human being. Thank you for existing! In a day and age where inspiration is becoming harder and harder to find, you are an oasis.
Born in your tiny prison cell A million times smaller than you are One single drop and you're risen up Afraid of the dark You crack up through the pavement, In super, super slow-motion Though your back is gently breaking You reach for the light We can see everything We can hear everything Weakness is not your weakness You are what you grow into You're not what you were Bless you!
@@elielhudson7378 a passionflower is another name for a dandelion, because they're notoriously resilient. He used the analog of a mundane flower and applied it to the human condition. It's just art, man.
Holy shit man... I've been playing guitar for 11 years, seen all kinds of amazing guitar players in my lifetime, impressed by many, idolized a few, but this is the first time I've ever seen a guitarist incorporate constantly tuning and detuning keys in the MAIN riff of the song with such precision that the notes are not a single cent above or below the note.
TH-cam Comments Suck The detuning/retuning are made possible by the Keith Tuners (originally designed for banjo) which allow two preset notes per string. This is an amazing example of them being used on guitar. Clarence White, Waylon Jennings and others have used them too. Adrian Legg (UK guitarist) uses 6 of them!
Karol Vlogpl My comment had nothing to do with arguing about fingerstyle technique, which is quite fucking obvious. You jump in to point out the obvious and then top it off by saying "it's not that hard, I can do it, hold my beer" just to get attention? Calm down son.
Are you kidding me? This level of coordination is beyond my imagination. I haven't seen such an impressive peace of art in a long time if ever. Your brain must be an interesting companion.
This video was posted almost 10 years ago and it's still one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I absolutely love this song so much, and the video really shows how much passion was put into it. What an incredibly talented human. 12/10 every single time.
@@seymourguado9765 you're the type of guy to go to a store, refuse help from any of the workers, then go take an online survey and give them one star because nobody helped you.
I think that Jon is one of the most talented musicians on the planet however, I strongly disagree with you. Everyone has a right not to like what you like. And it is not deafness or blindness it's just taste.
I've never heard another song like this in my life. The composition of it alone is genius. Everytime the song ends, I just need to hear it again. Thank you for making this beautiful work of art for everyone to enjoy.
Music is literally flowing through this man. He’s just a vessel. This is godsend and a level of talent that you see maybe only a few times in a lifetime. Amazing doesn’t quite describe this. This is damn near superhuman.
@@sandipanroy2202 It's not correct, what I see it's Bb, G, F, Bb, G, Eb. Besides, you reversed the order of the strings - correct is Eb, G, Bb, F, G, Bb. Because the low string is the thickest one.
Seeing as that cover has been going viral, maybe now would be a good time to share the original with your friends. th-cam.com/video/nY7GnAq6Znw/w-d-xo.html This song is Passionflower from the album Secrets Nobody Keeps, available from jongomm.com/music and all the usual online stores. If you want to learn to play it like Alexis did, you can get the Guitar Tab from jongomm.com/store
When a beloved passed, I would search all his playlists, after he was gone.. And I would find this treasure by Jon Gomm. Ever since then I've been listening to this song and every time it transforms something else in my life. So I'm giving thanks to both of you, passing so much into my soul. The deep gratitude I feel can never be put into written words alone.
I have watched this so many times. Its just so amazing in every sense of the word. Every single time it blows me away. I have been playing guitar for 25 years now and have been told that I am good.....sometimes I feel that its even true...then I see this and know that there is so much more. Maybe another 25 years and I'll be half as good which honestly...I would be happy for lol. You sir, are an inspiration and I thank you for sharing such beauty with the world.
I remember seeing this for the first time. I was blown away. I've seen you live since. Shook your hand after. Met your Mrs. All that one. But watching it again is such a pleasure Jon.
Don't be in awe of the guitarists with the latest shiny new guitars, be in awe of the ones who's guitars were once shiny and new, but have been there through hell and back to help master their art.
people dislike because they can't relate. That's why they have something missing in their lives/souls or they're bitter and jaded having tried and failed to become artists thus not wanting to acknowledge uniqueness and naturally gifted/blessed people such as jon gomm whom are sharing love as oppose to spreading hate.
As I'm writing this, I'm still in loss of breath. This entire song is the most beautifully done and breath taking place of mind I've ever had. wow. very very well done.
This is how someone who learns music through self-discovery instead of books and teachers sounds at a competent level: unique and universal. When you forget everything you know and actually start searching for more and more pleasing ways to produce noise, you will eventually end up sounding both original and enjoyable..
There will always be a teacher, even if you're not asking for explicitly... Right now, this guy is our teacher. If you're offered a means of bettering yourself in some way, even if it's not the most convencional, make an effort to use it because the only one limiting us is ourselves
He learned music at a music college and I met him at the same college when he returned to do a masterclass there back in 2006ish. This guy is amazing but had plenty of 'books and teachers' along the way, nothing wrong with a 'real' education!
When you write something like this, you never have to write anything ever again and you'll still be one of the greats. This is beautiful, a contribution to humanity
This is by far one of the most intricately beautiful compositions on guitar ever written and performed. 12 yrs later this still blows my mind every single time I watch and listen.
It gives me great comfort knowing that this will always be here for me to revisit time and time again. We are truly blessed to witness and experience such a genuine piece of music. I am absolutely at a loss for words. Thank you.
This is still one of the most outrageously beautiful pieces ever composed on a guitar. Most songs can't even compare to your love of this passionflower's beauty. Thank you Jon, genuinely.
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As a once reasonable guitarist, (I'm nearly 70) one of the most jaw-droppingly awesome performances I have ever seen, not excluding Clapton, Jansch, May or Beck... And an excellent song. singing at the same time! Get outta here! Some of what you, Jon Gomm, do is impossible - the hammer on fretboard sequences alone are just ... well... listen again. On repeat ...
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The mother of my kids introduced me to This about 7 years ago when we got together ( I play guitar and piano myself- and we spent the early part of our relationship sharing music ) we’re no longer together but amicable and share 2 amazing children. I’m eternally grateful for everything.
I remember when this came out and I felt that it was a reinvention of how you can perform as a solo-artist without a loop pedal. I came across it again on a top acoustic guitar songs list. It still rings true and deserves credit for inspiring a new generation of musicians.
The version on spotify doesn’t cut it close to this recording. Jon was in the MOMENT with this one! The energy and the passion in this recording is just magical and irreplaceable, honestly
I've had this video saved for years and am still stirred by deep and profound emotions as I watch both the talent and skill this gent possesses. This video is now 11 years old, and although Jon Gromm isn't a household name, he's a name I'll remember for this incredible musical experience that he brought to life.
Never heard/seen something like this ! Unmatched equivalent... I'm used to search for those very rare guitar talents... and you just outblasted everything with a clean precise singing while playing such complex/original music ! I'm so.... humble/honored to discover this 🙏👌🌹 Thank you ✌️
Maybe it's just me, but this seems almost transcendent, not just "merely" the signing of a song and playing of an instrument but more like a piece of art.
Heading across the Atlantic to Canada tomorrow for a few gigs: Newfoundland, Halifax NS, Kitchener ON and The Canadian Guitar Festival. Please tell your Canadians / secretly Canadians. :)
PASSIONFLOWER By Jon Gomm "This song is about a plant I grew in my 10 feet square backyard in the Leeds inner city. I put the seeds in a tiny tub, but it grew like a Roald Dahl story until it took over the whole yard, then one day the sun shone extra hard and 100 flowers all went "Pop!" It was amazing, so I wrote a song for it"
Jon makes a few appearances in a new documentary movie called Acoustic Uprising, best thing I've seen in years. Worth checking out, particularly if you play fingerstyle.
Never been a fan of the slappy tappy guitar style, but this is something else. Everything works, percussion, scratching, string retuning, voice & string tapping all combine to make......Music! very good music.
Every time I suffer through a video of a 'singer/songwriter' playing a tired C chord out of time and vomiting uninspiring lyrics, I come watch your videos to recalibrate my mind with how a freaking master of the craft has taken it to the extreme where these 2 simple things are both an choir and a symphony. True art, man, you're very inspiring.
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Jon bought the whole guitar, Jon is going to use the whole guitar.
Casue it's fuvking expesive 4000$ lowden guitar.
@@prabhatkiranchaulagain1095 Which he found water damaged in a skip, that why the sound board is all fked up,
'Ey, value for money - Jon loves a bargain! Got'o keep our eyes peeled for 'em in these mad times, 'ey?
@@bluxpretion Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?
@@careypearce536
Naahh, you're alright; thanks for the offer though
What I love most about this song is that the dude literally wrote it for a plant he grew in his backyard.
and that's what i call composing with soul. When someone says that popstars are ``good musicians``, i know what to show.
;)
thats the most wholesome thing ive ever read.
🤯
Wich plant was that?? Hahaha
@@luizhenryque5881 nuclear power plant
It's exactly 5 years since I uploaded this video. I remember after the first week I was really excited because it had reached about eight thousand views. Then: people happened. People all over the world, each having that sweet, private moment of discovery, and then telling everyone they knew, on their social media and blogs. A few weeks later, celebrities from Stephen Fry to Tommy Lee were sharing it. (They always catch up eventually!) Next thing I knew I was sitting on the couch on national TV breakfast news, nervously explaining why I was happy for the love but actually, no, I didn't want a record deal!
Eleven million views later, this video has taken me all over the world, from Australia to Mongolia. It's been like floating through Willy Wonka's tunnel at a million miles an hour, until every sense is overloaded. Now, I am calm (relatively) and settling into a new life with my baby, but writing new songs and getting ready to take them back on the road next year.
To me today, this video is a symbol of what we can do together, our minds and wills linked by technology. We can sink down, sure, we can post mindless abuse, we can seek petty confrontation from the safety of our sofas. But, we can also raise up, we can use our collective power to raise up other people, people we believe in. We can transform democracy, our societies. Direct action to change our world is no longer something we have to start alone, cautiously seeking out allies.
When the media tells you the internet only empowers predators and terrorists, it's because they are afraid. We don't need them any more, telling us what to think, who to hate, what to buy, how to vote. I am small, but we are legion.
Weakness is not your weakness.
Here I am 5 years later. Still amazed. Your music is a gift to the world dude! Greetings from Brazil.
You are a wonderful man
i've been listening to this for 5 years, too. just told someone about it for the first time today. every day this song is reborn.
dude, it's still happening. I only discovered you recently and your music really is a gift for me. Thank you!
Thank you for bringing your art to this world!
Greetings from Brazil.
10 years and this is still the most beautiful composition I’ve heard
Same, it's been the song I use to come down from anxiety/panic and to lift me up out of depression for like 7 yrs I think
Same deal here I still come back after all these yeaes
Not the most beautiful for me, but definitely the most stunning. (one of the most beautiful too)
watching him play is a therapy all of its own. a labor of love.
Yeah, such a beautiful and profound composition. I just couldn’t help myself to do a short drum rendition: enjoy 🙏🏻🤩
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Jon: *changing the right strings tuning while singing and playing*
me: *changing the tuning of the B string while picking the G string*
"why is it not working"
*Snap*
@illogicalrelish what? No you don't lmao.
@illogicalrelish lol. Owned
I've broken many strings that way.
@illogicalrelish you can still do this without "special tuners"
This is still one of the most unbelievable things I've ever seen.
@@TheInfectiousCadaver One of the best things I've heard for sure, but then you watch how he plays it and you're like wait, how is he playing it like this while singing?
the best musicians and songwriters are usually hidden gems like this, be glad you found it :P
Heard, music is heard, not seen. ;-)
@@gerardmilesmckinnell You know you're commenting on a VIDEO, right?
@@PhilWurth25 hahaha good response
This is the definition of someone who mastered their art.
Nope. He invented a NEW art. Unique, sublime, ethereal, perceptive, deep, multi-faceted and profound.
@@keithreeder yes, though art isnt limited to definitions, it is expression itself and simply cant be defined by any words
And it's quite beautiful & inspiriting to see
Best comment!
I know he doesn't mean to do so, but he makes me ashamed of my own musical abilities, because I will never be that good.
I genuinely did not expect this man to sing. Everything else that was going on was too complex. I was just watching his hands and then I heard his beautiful voice coming through my speakers. My god.
I was showing this video to a friend of mine years ago and she had the same reaction. She was just openning more and more her eyes of amazement the more she saw that intro and then she goes "omg he sings too?!"
My guitar watches this video when I'm out of the house.
Love this comment hahaha 😂
Me too. ^^
Now that's funny!
Guitar porn. 😂
😂😂
I'm often racked with self-doubt. Which means I find compliments hard to receive: I get embarrassed, and part of me never truly believes them. So, sometimes afterwards I worry that I probably seemed a bit weird.
But... You may feel that music gets you through tough times, or helps you find your own inner strength. But it's a circle: your reaction to their art does exactly the same thing for artists, it's what gives them the strength fight their insecurity to keep creating, and gives that creation meaning.
So. To everyone who has followed and supported me and my music throughout 2014: THANK YOU. I can't wait to get out on the road again, and meet as many of you as possible in 2015.
Passionflower - Very creative and inspiring.
Hi mate will you be doing any dates in Scotland at all? Would love to see you perform live.
I just got turned onto your music. Imagine two old hillbilly men watching you with their mouths agape as we listened through some fine Kliptsch speakers. Thank you, Jon. It was an amazing journey.
8 million views and 100000 thumbs up... i think this is something you can see as a compliment. You are a great guitarist, your music is wonderfull!
your compositions are amazing. every note, every section that follows through the next is just perfection.
Getting back to that song again and again every couple of months. Everything about that is just perfect. A legendary masterpiece!
Yea,a real masterpiece
A masterpiece yes although I think your "Thunderstorm" is on par with this song. Want to post a cover of passionflower? You rock Misko!
Alex, you... you are the masterpiece.
same here
Same. I always have to come back just to be amazed by how incredible this song is.
Lyrics:
Born in your tiny prison cell
A million times smaller than you are
One single drop and you're risen up
Afraid of the dark
You crack up through the pavement,
In super, super slow-motion
Though your back is gently breaking
You reach for the light
We can see everything
We can hear everything
Weakness is not your weakness
You are what you grow into
You're not what you were
My dad is a talented guitarist and I sent him this video a few years ago.
He said, “I already wanted to throw my guitar out the window and then he started SINGING. Incredible song.”
High praise from my father.
I’m still blown away by this song every time I hear it.
Not lying, I didn't have guts to pick up my guitar for "some" weeks after listening to this for the first time. And that was 2011.
weakness is not your weakness
"weakness is not your weakness" is one of the most powerful lines of lyric I have heard in years. hits me super hard
I have had the same feeling many times when listening to this
It gave me goosebumps along with the song
True that. One of the biggest truths I've ever heard also.
Very deep, indeed.
I've heard this song something like 50 times. Never actually listened to the lyrics.
That's not a bad thing, but now I hear this lyric... and you're right, it's golden.
I'm an amateur strength athlete and I have been doing BJJ for a while now, but one of the main reasons I do BJJ is so I can feel weak, so I can understand what it is like in reality because some people *CAN* overcome a simple strength advantage through skill and experience. It's a humbling experience that is made visceral when someone takes your back and starts choking you and there's not a damn fucking thing you can do about it, even if you are literally 5 times stronger than the guy.
Weakness is not your weakness... the idea is fantastic any way you apply it - and it can be applied in so many ways.
I was already mystified and then he started singing too. Holy shit.
FUCKING RIGHT
Damn, yes
My exact thought process!
12 years on & I still come back regularly for a listen & watch in amazement. Beautiful song.
Same. This will always be one of my favorite compositions of all time. Everything about it is absolute perfection. Every time I watch it, I’m as blown away as the first time I saw it.
same
I've been here almost every week for twelve years. This is something divine!!
This man deserves more than any pop stars today.
Like seriously
This is art right here
The masses prefer watching hot young people, regardless of level of talent. Otherwise classical musicians and guys like Gomm would be the rich 'mainstream superstars'
@@cigh7445 yeah but why? Because they don't have their own taste, they do as their told, they follow the crowd, they don't know what's good, they can't appreciate something nice, or art.
@@jacobbutler7942 19 million views are you assuming every single one of them is some old school music loving adult?
kids will have searched/ found and enjoyed this too!
the problem with chart music is its hugely radio based which is essentially fed money from the massive companies that back pop stars
its pay to win
All three comments above are true. We live in an upside down world. It was a joy to see, hear and appreciate. Thank you Gomm. I will look for some way to make donation .
Facts! 💯
Here 10 years later to say this song has stuck with me since 2011.
It’s finally happened: I’m on Spotify. I’ve made a brand new version of Passionflower, working with my new producer Andy Sorenson, and record label Kscope, my new home.
Put on your headphones and find me on your preferred streaming platform by clicking here: jongomm.lnk.to/passionflower Step inside this sound, get a feel for it, we’re building more of it every day.
And then come to the launch show, broadcast live from my home studio. Sunday June 14th. You need a ticket, but they’re Pay What You Want, including free. Tickets here: jongomm.com/gig
Please PIN this comment, Jon. More people will see it!
Commenting under this so it pushes your comment to the top (:
Yo, 10 years ago when I first heard this I made sure to tell you you are amazing, but you already know this! I always return to this absolutely endless perfect performance to hear what I wanted to be. You achieved such a pinnacle of mellody and percussion, so there is no need to tell you you are there. Anyway, once more I am saying thank you for your art and passion to achieve this.
You are indeed a true artist! I just listened to your songs on Spotify, and what a quality! Damn you set the bar high for everyone else, and the sound quality i crisp clear! You deserve to have 100x the plays you have now! Gonna follow your music and enjoying every moment of it🙏😊
Just wanted to let you know.
Have a lovely day! - your music made mine! 😉
I saw you play in the porter pub once in Bath 10 years ago. It was an awesome night and I spoke to you afterwards and showed you my Lowden O32 and you are a thoroughly nice bloke. Maybe you remember I have flaming dice on my neck and my friend Boo Perkins has his whole face tattooed he was there too 🍻
please put this version on spotify too! i love both but the fuzz on the guitar in this one is so good!
This video came out on my birthday and I'd just started playing guitar back then. It was such a huge inspiration that I started learning more and more about music. We're now celebrating ten years of this song (and my 27th birthday ahaha), I got a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, I recorded and released my own album and got my Master's in Music Education. This song truly changes lives.
That’s so cool! What’s your album called!
@@jordanj9069 thank you ☺️ It's called Blue Times and the B-Side. I wrote all the music and performed all the instruments! You can check it out on my channel 😊
Hey man great to hear, it’s a great song. Glad it helped inspire you- keep it n pushing for your goals! #HopeYoureWell
@@mikefelber5129 thank you so much mate 😊
Congrats! Thats awesome
"You are what you grow into, you're not what you were."
(Thank you for reminding me so beautifully ♡)
That's for his plant not u....
Jk
@templategaming275 your a fool to think that
This man could pinch a diamond into dust with those fingers.
Fun fact, diamonds are actually quite brittle. They are however extremely scratch resistant, but still more brittle than you might think.
@@Potatis1337 I actually didn't know that. Wow lol thanks for the facts.
I dedicate this song to my friend Brian Keen, he introduced me to Jon Gomm many years ago now, RIP Brian!
Laughed out loud when you started singing because I couldn't believe you were actually about to sing. How the hell can you even concentrate on everything you're doing with the guitar and still sing at the same time...? Incredible. Amazing song.
Jon uses every single part of his brain.
The secret is that he doesn't concentrate on it; he lets it flow through him
And he sings too! Sweet jesus!
That was my thought when I first heard him. As if his playing wasn't impressive enough.
I wonder how he keeps the beat
I Think vocals are overdubbed...there is a high vocal part and a low vocal part. Am i wrong?
@@degreplayspiano I think he runs the vocals through an octave pedal here.
@@svartsjokolade Yes, i have watched again the video and i think you are right
Holy shit, it's like we're not playing the same instrument.
Trieu Nguyen lol
your not! The insturment is charge here playing him!
I know :'(
I rarely use the term masterpiece, since it's a watered down term people throw around carelessly. I found this song the year it came out and it planted a seed deep in my mind. Whenever I feel down, like the flower that seed grew into is withering, I come back to this song and it waters the soil, giving life to it again. It's a calm, beautiful but also extremely exciting song. To me, a masterpiece.
and it’s wrote after a plant too. damn.
Samesies, except you lashed out the poetic articulation 🤣
Same here :)
First heard this when it barely had a few thousand views and I come back regularly, what a masterpiece.
Remember when the video of the cover got so popular people started praising the guy who made the cover and he was like "wut?? I didn't write that! You thought I wrote that!?"
Playing 2 melodies + drum beat + awesome singing = Jon Gomm. Simply amazing~!
Valerian Aldo + bass
And bending the pitch! Crazy
+ dancing
My non musician mind i just wonders HOW!!! And loved it.
He needs nothing else to make a full harmonized song, what a *genius*
One of the most beautiful guitar compositions I have ever come across. In my honest opinion, you are probably the most original guitar player of our time. Your playing is so full of life and spirit, and what's incredible in my opinion is that, even though you have tremendous technical abilities, your music never strays into that "look at what I can do" territory, to which so many players succumb. I salute you, my friend. I am envious as heck, as well, but I am eternally grateful for the inspiration and the beauty you keep providing with your music.
You please make 'thousand years' by fingerstyle lesson.please
Well said LicknRiff. In my opinion every tone or sound he does, he does to push the song and not his ego. And that is, what makes him great too. The song consists of unique melodies and harmoics that cover the unique technics.
tosin abasi is more original imo
@@renzo3939 dude what... lol. I love toes in but you know I think this is like beauty. Lol this is like the human experience. Idk m8. I Absolutely love both these guys' music. It's hard to say who's what. His music is more methodical and rhythmically insane lol tbh. Idk. John's music is like more tribal and earthy idk how to explain. But both are musicians I'd strive to be more like. Hope you see the depth of this song.
i have the "look at what i can do" attitude. lol. Its the source of my fire.
The most encouraging and discouraging thing I've ever seen. Fuck.
Haha... same here bro 😂😂😂
I am blown away by the sheer talent required to pull off something this mechanically difficult, AND sing beautifully at the same time
More beautiful live. I didnt know of him till 2015 and live with Don Ross in Canada
*Lyrics*
Born in your tiny prison cell
A million times smaller than you are
One single drop, and you're risen up
Afraid of the dark
Bloom
Bloom
You crack up through the pavement
In super, super slow motion
Though your back is gently breaking
You reach for the light
Bloom
Bloom
We can see everything
We can hear everything
We can see everything
We can hear everything
Weakness is not your weakness
You are what you grow into
You're not what you were
Bloom
Bloom
You know, every time I've listened to this song, I just thought he was singing a melody with oooooh. But seeing the word bloom as the lyric makes a lot more sense haha.
same!@@jordancruz8069
You area truly beautiful human being. Thank you for existing! In a day and age where inspiration is becoming harder and harder to find, you are an oasis.
+steven cross Beautiful words steven :) and i agree
I don't think it's hard to find at all, however it seems not recognized, advertised, whitnessed, enjoyed and shared as it should
Born in your tiny prison cell
A million times smaller than you are
One single drop and you're risen up
Afraid of the dark
You crack up through the pavement,
In super, super slow-motion
Though your back is gently breaking
You reach for the light
We can see everything
We can hear everything
Weakness is not your weakness
You are what you grow into
You're not what you were
Bless you!
If anyone knows what the heck his talking about please explain to us and then stop with the drugs hahaha
Eliel Hudson it’s literally about a flower :/
He doesn't say Bless You in the song
@@elielhudson7378 a passionflower is another name for a dandelion, because they're notoriously resilient. He used the analog of a mundane flower and applied it to the human condition.
It's just art, man.
This guy is seriously so unbelievably talented. Enjoying this piece of art for the first time.
Holy shit man... I've been playing guitar for 11 years, seen all kinds of amazing guitar players in my lifetime, impressed by many, idolized a few, but this is the first time I've ever seen a guitarist incorporate constantly tuning and detuning keys in the MAIN riff of the song with such precision that the notes are not a single cent above or below the note.
Yep, that's the beauty of having absolute pitch.
TH-cam Comments Suck The detuning/retuning are made possible by the Keith Tuners (originally designed for banjo) which allow two preset notes per string. This is an amazing example of them being used on guitar. Clarence White, Waylon Jennings and others have used them too. Adrian Legg (UK guitarist) uses 6 of them!
Akis Mylordos He flipped my mind with that one too.
Akis Mylordos Thats fingerstyle Percussive its not hard but you need how to slap or something else
Karol Vlogpl My comment had nothing to do with arguing about fingerstyle technique, which is quite fucking obvious. You jump in to point out the obvious and then top it off by saying "it's not that hard, I can do it, hold my beer" just to get attention? Calm down son.
“You can’t be in a band with yourself”
John Gomm:”Hold my beer”
He could even hold his beer while he plays!
@@BereGoar lmao tru
He is beyond ultra level.
siddhartha rasaily you mean over 9000?
Hold mine too
Are you kidding me? This level of coordination is beyond my imagination. I haven't seen such an impressive peace of art in a long time if ever. Your brain must be an interesting companion.
This video was posted almost 10 years ago and it's still one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. I absolutely love this song so much, and the video really shows how much passion was put into it. What an incredibly talented human. 12/10 every single time.
Hard to believe that some 'people' have had the audacity, nay, the blind and deaf ignorance and stupidity to thumbs-down this incredible talent.
i disliked it, because its too peaceful for my taste. he has talent, no doubt about that. Its just the genre. I prefer more noise and anger.
You need help!
@@seymourguado9765 you're the type of guy to go to a store, refuse help from any of the workers, then go take an online survey and give them one star because nobody helped you.
@@g-manjams youre describing yourself and jon gomy
I think that Jon is one of the most talented musicians on the planet however, I strongly disagree with you. Everyone has a right not to like what you like. And it is not deafness or blindness it's just taste.
My child will be conceived to this song.
What the f*ck?!
I respect that
That video would go even more viral than this one did.
lmaaooooo
Hahaha
So which crossroads did he meet the devil at?
this is passionate art, not selling of a soul
Panja Soul chill out pal, it was a joke
@@daniloalvarado9995
He gave the devil guitar lessons; who knows what Jon got out of it
@@mrzeppelin4life so then the devil went to the georgia again
I've never heard another song like this in my life. The composition of it alone is genius. Everytime the song ends, I just need to hear it again. Thank you for making this beautiful work of art for everyone to enjoy.
Music is literally flowing through this man. He’s just a vessel. This is godsend and a level of talent that you see maybe only a few times in a lifetime. Amazing doesn’t quite describe this. This is damn near superhuman.
Q:What tunning do you use?
A:Yes
Aron 😂😂😂
Aron It's the way-yoo-way-yOOOooo tuning. LoL
Jajajja xD
He's using Eb, G, F, Bb, G, Eb (From low to high)
@@sandipanroy2202 It's not correct, what I see it's Bb, G, F, Bb, G, Eb. Besides, you reversed the order of the strings - correct is Eb, G, Bb, F, G, Bb. Because the low string is the thickest one.
Seeing as that cover has been going viral, maybe now would be a good time to share the original with your friends.
th-cam.com/video/nY7GnAq6Znw/w-d-xo.html
This song is Passionflower from the album Secrets Nobody Keeps, available from jongomm.com/music and all the usual online stores. If you want to learn to play it like Alexis did, you can get the Guitar Tab from jongomm.com/store
I also saw that cover which was pretty cool but thankfully it let me down a trail to the original as well so I reposted the original
Sam B There's been a cover with a few million views floating around Facebook for a while now. Sorry I can't be more helpful than that!
Mark Atkins of that black guy, he plays amazingly too
Judging from your style I think you could do an exceptional cover or 'Lovebirds - want you in my soul'
Glad I discovered you through that cover. Looking forward to hearing the rest of your stuff now.
When a beloved passed, I would search all his playlists, after he was gone.. And I would find this treasure by Jon Gomm. Ever since then I've been listening to this song and every time it transforms something else in my life.
So I'm giving thanks to both of you, passing so much into my soul. The deep gratitude I feel can never be put into written words alone.
Beautifully said. I hope you will find peace.
@@metalboy921 Thank you
Still the best composition i ever heard
Agreed..
Me too
Kostax You have listen very few then. This is a great performer but as a composition... there are thousands way better than this one
I totally agree! Aloha
@@javiceres please do share some with us! Would love to listen
I have watched this so many times. Its just so amazing in every sense of the word. Every single time it blows me away. I have been playing guitar for 25 years now and have been told that I am good.....sometimes I feel that its even true...then I see this and know that there is so much more. Maybe another 25 years and I'll be half as good which honestly...I would be happy for lol. You sir, are an inspiration and I thank you for sharing such beauty with the world.
I remember seeing this for the first time.
I was blown away.
I've seen you live since.
Shook your hand after. Met your Mrs.
All that one.
But watching it again is such a pleasure Jon.
10 years later I am still amazed at this masterpiece.
Don't be in awe of the guitarists with the latest shiny new guitars, be in awe of the ones who's guitars were once shiny and new, but have been there through hell and back to help master their art.
I couldn’t have said it better myself, well done dude
The art this guitar has been created into could not be factory replicated
Don’t be in awe of the guitar. Full stop. It’s got nothing to do with the guitar.
people dislike because they can't relate. That's why they have something missing in their lives/souls or they're bitter and jaded having tried and failed to become artists thus not wanting to acknowledge uniqueness and naturally gifted/blessed people such as jon gomm whom are sharing love as oppose to spreading hate.
I hope that guitar is 18 years old.
well bad new for you mate
but i got the back up here
well let's hope.
It looks about 180 years old...
If not he’d be in jail right now. That’s statutory
actually is like 25 years old, jon said it somewhere i forgot
You have forever WON the GRAMMY to our HEARTS ❤
As I'm writing this, I'm still in loss of breath. This entire song is the most beautifully done and breath taking place of mind I've ever had. wow.
very very well done.
Every so often I come back to this video and am amazed all over again.
This is how someone who learns music through self-discovery instead of books and teachers sounds at a competent level: unique and universal. When you forget everything you know and actually start searching for more and more pleasing ways to produce noise, you will eventually end up sounding both original and enjoyable..
Steven Gregory
That's true for every field.
There will always be a teacher, even if you're not asking for explicitly... Right now, this guy is our teacher. If you're offered a means of bettering yourself in some way, even if it's not the most convencional, make an effort to use it because the only one limiting us is ourselves
wow couldnt agree more. theory never teaches you how to write
He learned music at a music college and I met him at the same college when he returned to do a masterclass there back in 2006ish. This guy is amazing but had plenty of 'books and teachers' along the way, nothing wrong with a 'real' education!
@@katiesaunders100 Exactly, most of the greats are very learned in their fields.
When you write something like this, you never have to write anything ever again and you'll still be one of the greats. This is beautiful, a contribution to humanity
I held in a piss for 6 minutes to watch this. Worth it.
Im watching this on shrooms and it is quite literally the most amazing thing i've ever seen
Ha ha!
IbanezRG this is def a go to song for a trip :)
Im watching this not on shrooms and it is quite literally the most amazing thing i've ever seen
think i might have to try that myself mate
i’m high as shit and this is incredible
I have listened to this tune, consistently since I first heard it. Is that a problem? It is literally the soundtrack to my life right now.
And I still love this tune
This is by far one of the most intricately beautiful compositions on guitar ever written and performed. 12 yrs later this still blows my mind every single time I watch and listen.
Jon Gomm is yet another amazing musical talent that I would have not discovered had TH-cam not been around.. Cheers!
What the f man, Cant believe there is something as beautifull as this song. Put me in peacefull trance
It gives me great comfort knowing that this will always be here for me to revisit time and time again. We are truly blessed to witness and experience such a genuine piece of music. I am absolutely at a loss for words. Thank you.
This is still one of the most outrageously beautiful pieces ever composed on a guitar. Most songs can't even compare to your love of this passionflower's beauty. Thank you Jon, genuinely.
100% agreed
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Jan 24 GROßKARLBACH, Germany
Jan 25 KARLSRUHE, Germany
Jan 26 MÜNCHEN, Germany
Jan 29 DRESDEN, Germany
Jan 30 SEIDENROTH, Germany
Jan 31 KAISERSLAUTERN, Ger
Feb 1 VIERSEN, Germany
Feb 3 KÖLN, Germany
Feb 4 MÜNSTER, Germany
Feb 5 BREMEN, Germany
Feb 6 BERLIN, Germany
Feb 7 HAMBURG, Germany
Mar 2 WORCESTER - UK
Mar 3 CHESTER - UK
Mar 4 NOTTINGHAM - UK
Mar 6 BIRMINGHAM - UK
Mar 7 SITTINGBOURNE - UK
Mar 8 NORWICH - UK
Mar 9 WAKEFIELD - UK
Mar 10 YORK - UK
Mar 12 HUDDERSFIELD - UK
Mar 13 EBBW VALE - UK
Mar 15 CARDIFF - UK
Mar 16 BRISTOL - UK
Mar 17 SOUTHAMPTON - UK
Mar 18 LONDON - UK
Mar 19 MILTON KEYNES - UK
Mar 21 DEVIZES - UK
Mar 22 DEVON - UK
Mar 23 CAMBRIDGE - UK
Mar 24 BRIGHTON - UK
Mar 26 LIVERPOOL - UK
Mar 27 MANCHESTER - UK
Mar 28 NEWCASTLE - UK
Mar 30 SHEFFIELD - UK
Apr 4 LEEDS - UK
FALL 2015: USA + CANADA
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We want you too! :)
So sad the concert in Berlin has been cancelled :(
Please pop on a ferry and play Ireland soon! :( Or use public air transport if thats your thing.
Nothing near me :/ live Heidelberg, Ger
Hebden Bridge, England. 1st April
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As a once reasonable guitarist, (I'm nearly 70) one of the most jaw-droppingly awesome performances I have ever seen, not excluding Clapton, Jansch, May or Beck... And an excellent song. singing at the same time! Get outta here! Some of what you, Jon Gomm, do is impossible - the hammer on fretboard sequences alone are just ... well... listen again. On repeat ...
This really is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life.
agree 100%
10+ years and still unbeatable
❤❤❤
Went to see him live yesterday, I can honestly say it was one of the most captivating concerts I've been to.
its come back to me after 10 years!
Holy moley. I searched for "vaugely british man who plays the guitar well" and this was the third result. Amazing.
Liar
Liar
I) Batman
II) Obi one Kenobi
@@gavleo6303 lol
England & Ireland Gigs Incoming!
I'm taking a break from international jetsetting to play a few intimate shows on home soil. It'll be a nice change to have English speaking audiences!
I'll be playing all the hits, obvs. Here's the dates... It starts in 2 weeks! O, M and indeed G.
May 16: London, UK - 100 Club
May 17: Leeds, UK - Holy Trinity Church
May 21: Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
May 23: Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
May 24: Cork, Ireland - The Pavillion
May 27: Chester, UK - Telfords Warehouse
May 28: Redditch, UK - Queens Head
May 29: Clitheroe, UK - The Grand
May 31: The Acoustic Festival of Britain, UK
June 3: Brighton, UK - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
June 4: Milton Keynes, UK - The Crauford Arms, Wolverton
June 5: Maidstone, UK - The Rafters
June 6: London Folk Fest - The Bedford, Balham
All information and tickets at: jongomm.com/live-dates
Any chance you'll be coming to Australia?
I reckon the man's the best in bing
I reckon the man's the best in bing
Where in Ireland and when, please?
Come to the Isle of Man on your next tour dude, there's quite a few people that would come to that :D
I saw him do this live just 10 hours ago. So beautiful.
The mother of my kids introduced me to This about 7 years ago when we got together ( I play guitar and piano myself- and we spent the early part of our relationship sharing music ) we’re no longer together but amicable and share 2 amazing children. I’m eternally grateful for everything.
I've been listening to his music for years and I'm just now realizing the layered vocals in some parts of his songs. So genius.
The descending scale just before the first key twists sounds like a leaf falling.
Sounds ethereal almost, eh? The magic of the Lydian mode. It's like the major scale, but more dreamy and hazy. It's really awesome.
Man, when you listen you LISTEN. Now I'm going to have to listen. Thanks for that, not sarcastically, I mean really, thanks. :-)
I can't imagine how many E-Hi strings were broken with the way he's playing this guitar, amazing!!
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How do the strings not break?
They're super heavy gauge, low tuned, so low tension. Hi Dave, big fan. :D
***** I doubt it's the real Dave. But I've always loved your videos - the slight distorted sound on this particular song is unique.
Dude you missed the joke by miles.
Dave Mustaine Cos he can play
+Karol Kappa uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu XD
I remember when this came out and I felt that it was a reinvention of how you can perform as a solo-artist without a loop pedal. I came across it again on a top acoustic guitar songs list. It still rings true and deserves credit for inspiring a new generation of musicians.
The most complete song played by a single person!
Jon Gomm is a Phenomenon!!
The version on spotify doesn’t cut it close to this recording. Jon was in the MOMENT with this one! The energy and the passion in this recording is just magical and irreplaceable, honestly
I've had this video saved for years and am still stirred by deep and profound emotions as I watch both the talent and skill this gent possesses. This video is now 11 years old, and although Jon Gromm isn't a household name, he's a name I'll remember for this incredible musical experience that he brought to life.
Never heard/seen something like this !
Unmatched equivalent...
I'm used to search for those very rare guitar talents... and you just outblasted everything with a clean precise singing while playing such complex/original music !
I'm so.... humble/honored to discover this 🙏👌🌹
Thank you ✌️
Here we have the union of virtuosity and passion. Extremely rare to see this today...
Gosh, i still reemember seeing him preform this live back in 2015 in vancouver and my eyes went owl eyed watching him play his guitar and sing.
thats amazing
Still listening to this in 2019, this piece is just gold!
Just listening to this for the first time.
There's one big negative...........that I can only discover this once.
I don't think a majority of people can fully appreciate this ❤❤❤❤❤
Maybe it's just me, but this seems almost transcendent, not just "merely" the signing of a song and playing of an instrument but more like a piece of art.
Heading across the Atlantic to Canada tomorrow for a few gigs: Newfoundland, Halifax NS, Kitchener ON and The Canadian Guitar Festival. Please tell your Canadians / secretly Canadians. :)
I'll tell my family then. Thank you for your beautiful music.
Can you come to Ottawa??? I'd kill to see you rock the stage here! And I know a lot of people who'd pay anything to hear you live.
Saw you at LSPU hall last year in Newfoundland Jon... My Jaw was on the floor the whole show. Fantastic musician.
Hi Jon,
Where and when in Kitchener?
A friend of mine just introduced me to you. What a gift you have!
any chance your touring the uk
How is this even possible
Anything is possible if you put in the time and effort.
@@k.c.lejeune6613 nah dude some shit just requires big dick energy
Big dick energy... A technical term I'm guessing...
He's an Xman.
He has god and anime
PASSIONFLOWER
By Jon Gomm
"This song is about a plant I grew in my 10 feet square backyard in the Leeds inner city. I put the seeds in a tiny tub, but it grew like a Roald Dahl story until it took over the whole yard, then one day the sun shone extra hard and 100 flowers all went "Pop!" It was amazing, so I wrote a song for it"
Jon makes a few appearances in a new documentary movie called Acoustic Uprising, best thing I've seen in years. Worth checking out, particularly if you play fingerstyle.
Never been a fan of the slappy tappy guitar style, but this is something else. Everything works, percussion, scratching, string retuning, voice & string tapping all combine to make......Music! very good music.
This is the most beautiful thing I've heard this year! such a shame I didn't discover this sooner.....
Just wow man.
10 years later... I still love this song!!! remember when it had less than 100k views!!!
Every time I suffer through a video of a 'singer/songwriter' playing a tired C chord out of time and vomiting uninspiring lyrics, I come watch your videos to recalibrate my mind with how a freaking master of the craft has taken it to the extreme where these 2 simple things are both an choir and a symphony. True art, man, you're very inspiring.