Unintentionally the best John Mayer song ever recorded.

@pete904

14 күн бұрын

The influence is unmistakable

@Alphablight

12 күн бұрын

Nailed it

@EJI253

12 күн бұрын

I immediately was like why is this the best John Mayer song ever haha

@bobbyfartz5591

11 күн бұрын

Wait

@d.christianrathjens7209

10 күн бұрын

not depressive enough 😂

Congrats, Alex on the man himself David Lee Roth posting your version of Jump on his KZread channel! I hope this draws more people to your channel to see the incredible work you've been doing!

@asuicidalclown

Ай бұрын

David lee roth posted this? Heck yeah!

@raonimm

27 күн бұрын

​@@asuicidalclownhe posted a video of himself with this track behind

@jasonpreston4976

6 күн бұрын

This version sounds castrated.

@joeruder

Күн бұрын

@@jasonpreston4976 to each his own I guess. I enjoy it.

This guy needs to put out a whole album like this. He is very talented.

@craigberry4051

16 күн бұрын

Yep!

@timmcdermed8136

14 күн бұрын

Too bad he can’t monetize it.

David Lee Roth just shared this on his channel!

80's kid here who played this on his cassette boombox while riding a bmx., true story. This is freakin rad man. Love to hear the music of my youth in the modern era. Rock steady my friend

@user-xq5ih5oz2u

4 ай бұрын

Same! But, it was a Walkman on my hip. I would walk to and from school with it, take it to basketball games on the bus and let all the kids who wanted to listen enjoy whatever cassettes we could bring with us - I took it everywhere. I did graduate to a two cassette player boombox in high school and made customized tapes for friends with spliced guitar solos (mostly) or weird and compatible parts of songs spliced together I knew my friends could appreciate (also made tapes that only had whole songs or albums🤪). Cover the top of that TDK blank with Scotch tape and press record…man, those were the days. And, spinning albums backwards just to drive the parents crazy. ❤🥁🎸🤘

@Blues7412

3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Awesome version.

@zimmejoc

3 ай бұрын

To me, VH jumped the shark after Diver Down, so I like this better than the original.

@michaelklepacz

3 ай бұрын

Same same, he fucking raised the bar.

@shanemwood

3 ай бұрын

80s were fkin awesome 🤟. I turned 7 yrs old in 1980.

Thos one deserves a Spotify release. It's beautiful 😍

@Juicington

4 ай бұрын

Please!

@trncn

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!!

@JiltedLoveProduction

4 ай бұрын

Agreed! Much needed!

@jerbear7952

4 ай бұрын

Spotify is a scam and screws artists.

@squiredog

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely 👍🏻

I don't finish many KZread videos. I watched this to the end. Very cool. Signed, Gen X

These bass fills are disgustingly good

This is my favorite way to hear a cover... updating a great song to a more current aesthetic. That's exactly what Van Halen did back in the day on their early days with songs like Dancing in the Street, Pretty Woman, and You're No Good.

@gtdcoder

3 ай бұрын

Dance the Night Away is not a cover. Dancing in the Streets is.

@TonyMueller

3 ай бұрын

@@gtdcoder oops... my mistake

@killereverb3928

3 ай бұрын

I disagree. VH revved up the covers they did and made the covers bigger and dynamically heavy. This is in no way “like what VH did.” Lol 😝 You can hear heavier edgy dynamics in Super Market Muzak.

@TonyMueller

3 ай бұрын

@@killereverb3928 you don’t get it. Totally missed the point of my comment.

@JohnSmith-mj6qx

3 ай бұрын

​@@TonyMuellerI got your back Tony. Understood you perfectly.

Loved the tapping at the end of the solo. Nice touch RIP Eddie

This proves that well written songs can be translated into any genre.

At first I was thinking it was ruined, but then the longer I listened I began to enjoy it. It was actually very well done. Much talent on display.

I feel like this would play during that part of my favorite early 2000s movie about a local band, where the band splits up because of a simple misunderstanding that could have been avoided if they just talk to each other. The scene ends with two of them meeting up (as the song ends) a few months later. Everything works out at the end. They play the big show.

@RonaldKragnes

4 ай бұрын

Your story is better than anything Disney has put out lately. ...LOL

@ABoy242

4 ай бұрын

So true ​@@RonaldKragnes

@Memorh19

4 ай бұрын

Haha what a cool story!!

@t3hi84n2g

4 ай бұрын

The New Guy?? yeah i could totally see it.

@nathanainley2912

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha. Perfect

I think we’re going to need an entire album of this kind of thing. Please and thank you.

@scottburge219

3 ай бұрын

A la "Kiss My Ass" or "If I were a Carpenter"

@JAI_8

3 ай бұрын

@@crusheverything4449Agreed. Just end it all now and hand the keys to the fascists. This is the best male youth today can up with? Luke warm generic, neutered, completely non threatening to the status quo … any status quo? Non-threatening to anyone but the past, that can’t really fight back. Awful.You know kids … even white working clsss kids … it’s ok to be angry about your economic distress … just direct it where it belongs. Like your uncles Karl and Bernie say … it’s ok to be angry about the excesses of capitalism. Just keep your working class consciousness strong and inclusive. Van Halen were working class under all that hair, spandex, testosterone and awesome guitar … Dave even sang about his uncle’s union tattoo. No we don’t need this. This is an example of succumbing to the worst ( of the non-committal rebooting reimagining alt-universe) post-modern impulse. Progress requires commitment to the future … not this stuff here … bland non-threatening commodified nostalgia. Cut it out.

@minnesotajack1

3 ай бұрын

Seriously … hot for teacher

@k.chriscaldwell4141

3 ай бұрын

I second that.

That was better than it had any right to be.

Bro this would have been on non stop replay in every coffee shop in the early 2000s

Unironically gorgeous, a whole new take on this classic.

@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany

3 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Honestly this really highlighted to me how good the song is lyrically. Especially for, what is on the surface, just a fun little bop essentially.

@annettelee1691

4 ай бұрын

I felt the exact same way

@brettmarshalltweaksource

4 ай бұрын

This is how you know a song is great. When you can play it in multiple styles and it still kills.

@totallyfrozen

3 ай бұрын

David Lee Roth said he wrote it after watching a news story on TV about a guy who was on a bridge threatening suicide.

@gansosmansos

3 ай бұрын

The second verse is still a steaming cowpie. Hey, you Who said that? Baby, how you been? You say you don't know. You won't know, until you begin 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

@robmc1232

3 ай бұрын

@@gansosmansosYou’re right! It’s kind of an ABACAB, isn’t it?

Wow...this is why I LOVE KZread...tremendously good

Wow, this is really well done! This could honestly get some airplay. Some of the best covers are ones that change the style of the original. Also love the shoutout to Eddie with the tiny bit of hammer-ons in the guitar solo, but for me, the bass solo is what sells it. Well done, and subscribed!

@brandonshuttleworth8374

3 күн бұрын

That was my first thought, I’m on the radio and immediately I’m thinking, I’m gonna find a way to play this.

Took me 2 listens, but I figured out what this cover reminds me of: Concrete Girl by Switchfoot. Epic cover and phenomenal vibes

@taylormyers7188

4 ай бұрын

Glad someone else picked up on the SF feel

@joelprickett

4 ай бұрын

@@taylormyers7188 lol yes I was like where is "I dare you to move" dropping

@Mile74Music

4 ай бұрын

such a fuckin banger.

@Daniel.Walker

4 ай бұрын

It’s like if Switchfoot sat a little tighter in the pocket

@IntegratedPestManagement

4 ай бұрын

Nailed it.

The ultimate challenge: to take someone else's lyrics, and make the same words evoke new, different emotions. I used to hear this song, and think of DLR doing jump splits off of a drum riser, wearing zebra spandex. With Alex's version, I think of someone willing to take a risk, and jump into a relationship. THAT'S TALENT. Very well done, Alex.

@sallybilzon3507

3 ай бұрын

That’s at least one interpretation of the original song. Another is that it’s about taking a risk and going for your dream.

@Scott_works

3 ай бұрын

I was in the Marines in the mid eighties. At the time I was a Sergeant. There was a woman Marine on top of a building on base having an episode. She was threatening to jump off of the building. Some of the younger Marines got a boom box and were playing the Van Halen song "Jump". They were yelling "Go Ahead and Jump!". I was disgusted by this, because I thoroughly knew these types. They are the types who think their tough, and go out in town and get drunk, look for whores, and start fights. There are some good connotations to this song. Suppose a sky-diving video? But the overall energy of EVH was recklessness and rebellion. Their mantra was "Sex, Drugs, Rock-n-Roll". How did that play out?

@alexaraya2018

3 ай бұрын

Well imagine that, DLR wrote it when he heard of a guy trying to commit suicide....

@Scott_works

3 ай бұрын

@@alexaraya2018 You never know. I doubt his intentions were so nefarious. It is just sad how some people will take things.

@12centuries

3 ай бұрын

@@Scott_works kids with no life experience at the point. Most of us were like that for a season or two. If they ever matured, they probably look back on that moment with a sober sorrow.

Such a good reimagining of the original. I don't often hear good covers, but Alex Melton made the genre change work with this arrangement.

DARK!! this groove subtly turned this happy go lucky song into a contemplation about ending it all. That is pretty amazing. That is what music interpretation is all about. That is my interpretation. Great version. Well done.

As someone that was 14 when this came out, I just have to say, this is amazing. Respect.

I did not have falling in love with JUMP again on my 2024 bingo card but here I am. This is beautiful, Alex. 💕

Best cover I've heard you do. The music, the lighting, videography, all the instruments, the mix... Everything was just perfect.

Brilliant idea and flawless execution - hats off man!

Who would have thought such an upbeat jam could be turned into such a cool afternoon walk vibe?? You're a damn inspiration Alex

@AlexMelton

4 ай бұрын

I love this description of the vibe, thank you!

@chickabeesapiary7920

4 ай бұрын

​@@AlexMelton definitely makes me think of Elise Trouw and now I need a collaboration

@ShredGnarBrah

4 ай бұрын

@@AlexMeltonyou’re my favorite KZread artist. Grew up listening to alternative rock, now I listen to more mellow indie, country, and k-love Christian stuff. You’ve got it all brother. God bless. Keep up the good work!

@johnhalll5455

4 ай бұрын

This sucks. You don't deserve to hear.

@clap7777

4 ай бұрын

I almost passed on checking this out. Wow! What a great casual twist on an awesome song from the '80s. Well done and very impressed!

As a kid in the mid 80s I thought of this as a "fun Saturday song" because they always played it at the skating rink and sporting events--but as an adult, I'm digging the "relaxing beach day" vibe this has!

@jerbear7952

4 ай бұрын

Maybe a beach in Panama? I'll go with you.

@jerbear7952

4 ай бұрын

Actually not though Panama is super hot.

@pjcouture9944

3 ай бұрын

You must like Manic Monday by the Go Go’s!?

@TheRockinDonkey

3 ай бұрын

@@jerbear7952 Down in Cabo

As a 80’s kid, I was very surprised how well this came out. Don’t listen to the haters bud, you rocked a classic song!!

@KristinaBenoit

3 ай бұрын

I agree.

Honestly you gave a different view on this song. This is nothing but perfection

Wildest reimagine yet and I’m so into it. The bass solo, the pauses on the chorus, risky but so clean. Also giving me big Switchfoot vibes and since they were my favorite band for years that’s definitely a compliment.

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

It kinda sounds like a softer Switchfoot song

The best way to do a cover is to pay homage to the original and still make the song your own in your own style. Well done. Nice tip of the hat to Eddy tapping on the guitar.

i rarely comment on KZread. But This Is Perfect! The tempo is perfect. The rythm is perfect. The instruments are perfect. Nothing is stepping on the other. Each tone comes through on it's own. I listened to it several times and each time I followed a different instrument and never lost the others. Well mixed. Bravo

That is one of the most creative covers I've ever heard, sir! GREAT JOB! TRUE ARTISTRY!

As an 80's raised guy who was around when this song came out, I declare this to be "genius".

@jibberjabberr

4 ай бұрын

Don’t speak for anyone except yourself

@dbtowey

4 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention that I also speak for@@jibberjabberr who thinks this cover is genius too!

I was 16 years old when 1984 dropped, and I stood in line at the record store the day it came out. Jump was my favorite track on the album. We tried to cover it in my band, but we weren't that good and I couldn't seem to get the lyric to fit to the meter no matter how many times I tried. I just want to say that I love this version, probably more than the original. I don't think we need any labels for this version. Stanley Kubrick might have said, "Sometimes the truth of the thing is not so much in the think of it, but in the feel of it." The meaning, the lyrics of this song, are reframed here in a way that makes it feel so much more honest, more genuine, and more vulnerable than I ever imagined it to be. I felt that. Thank you.

@Limited_Light

3 ай бұрын

I was also 16. I don't think many of our fellow fans would have mentioned Kubrick, then or now. It was hard enough to get them to understand, "I'm home. You maniacs! You blew it up! Awww, damn you! Damn you all to hell!". Maybe that explains why I started gravitating to some of the more cerebral rock and metal?

@k.chriscaldwell4141

3 ай бұрын

👍

@tonyz376

3 ай бұрын

Born in 68 as well and I was lucky enough to see VH on their Diver Down tour in 82. This update 40 years later is much welcomed.

@matiasishere1487

22 күн бұрын

Well said!! I totally agree

@brandonshuttleworth8374

3 күн бұрын

I’m 35, I think you’ll find that music fans, my generation, the real ones, have a real respect for the past. Dig the Stanley Kubrick reference, some of the movie remakes got a little weird, but dig the foreshadowing. definitely Ray Bradberry level.

Nice work! I love hearing songs reinvented in a way that really works. This does.

Yeah, I'm ready for the album. We do need more of this!

Your extremely unique way of looking at songs/lyrics in a different light, & the unbelievable talent it takes to execute them to perfection is hard for me to wrap my head around my friend

@joshuasayler201

4 ай бұрын

For real. This guy blows my mind constantly.

Genius…arguably your best remake ever.

This is just incredible. This should be released.

Your whole thing has blossomed into such an incredible journey. Love it. Thank you.

Jump came out when I was in 7th grade...Van Halens 1984 album was all the rage back then and we rocked out to them. This rendition of one of my favorite classica is absolutely brilliant. Most excellent brother. Thank you for sharing with this old man.

My day just got so much better! Also that “Climb” solo fucking slayed me.

@slackerlitgeek

4 ай бұрын

I *KNEW* I heard that in there. Thank you!

@brettcollavo3050

4 ай бұрын

was checking to see if i was the only one

@barroomhero4444

4 ай бұрын

@alexmelton The beginning of this reminds me of Christopher Cross "All Right". Please please cover that as Alt-pop indie / punk!!!! I keep going back to this song when I just wanna chill. So good.

This is a masterpiece. It evokes so much feeling. Thank you for sharing this and yourself.

love this, please make an album with songs like this!

Possibly your best reinterpretation work to date

Just found this while searchin the rabbit hole... Brother you are sick talented!!! This hit ALL the right buttons! Beyond that, I'm speechless. ABSOLUTELY LUV THIS!!!!

I’m blown away. This was masterfully done. Bravo!

You know a cover is a true re-imagining of a song when you're having trouble humming the original song in your head after a few minutes. Kudos Alex.

This made me want to go snowboarding, listening to this going down the mountain just cruising, taking in the scenery..whoa

I love this so much!! What an awesome take on this classic song! Very creative! Well done!

This was great! Love the bass line you threw down for this!

This is legit a whole-ass vibe of a cover. Nice, Alex. Love this.

Such a unique new take on a classic. What a great “bass solo” too! Panko said it: you are such an inspiration Alex.

Eddie would be shaking his head & smiling!!! Great Job Alex Milton - Just added to my favorites… Thank You !!!

Thank you for bringing back great memories with just the right amount of new fusion vibe to be hopeful for tomorrow.

This was a very unexpected cover. Honestly, one of your best. You took and iconic song and truly made it your own. Oh, and that bass! Love, love the bass solo!

New release from the Meltons? I'll jump on that

@Daniel.Walker

4 ай бұрын

Alex and the Meltons 😂

Absolutely incredible cover. I've never heard anything like this

This is just one of those songs that finds you at the exact right time in your life. Brilliant! 👏🏼

Holy cow...you did a fabulous job on this! It's a totally different sound, but you can still hear those guitar riffs and can still recognize the song ... chef's kiss 😘

Dude such a risk on slowing this song down. But dang you pulled it off so well. Nicely done💯🔥👏👏👏👏

It's a gutsy cover, taking an iconic song and changing it so much, but it is one that works. Well done!

I've been listening constantly to this and sharing with others ... thank you for this!

Another Alex Melton cover, another banger. Keep killin it!

The lyrics to this song always had this playful energy, just trying to get someone to get up and dance. I feel like your interpretation actually tells the story, that you're giving weight to the other person's troubles and giving inspiration. Musically, love the use of space/layering with the guitar (perfect amount of OD), but your bass line just keeps tugging the entire song along. Love it!

I've watched several of your covers in different styles. This cover is the best one, hands down! Jump is one of my favorite songs ever, and this version is stellar. Thank you!

Brilliant! Gave me chills. Was such a delightful experience soaking in this music.

Dope!! The solos are freaking awesome!!

Gives me "Even Rats" by The Slip kinda vibes 😍

@adamrogers5157

4 ай бұрын

Omg, thank you for bringing up that song. I haven’t thought about that one in like 15 years.

This is chill as hell and I love it.

this is freaking awesome! One of the best remakes ever!

I think this could be retitled "What if Jump by Van Halen was a B-side for Third Eye Blind?"

@BlueMoonWolf85

4 ай бұрын

I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend

@peterbkaplan

4 ай бұрын

Jump(er)

@jons2052

4 ай бұрын

​@@peterbkaplanNailed it.

@matthewoboyle6010

3 ай бұрын

Motorcycle Drive By is still amazing all these years later.

@teebob21

3 ай бұрын

@@matthewoboyle6010 Track 13 is the most underrated song in all of late 90's existence. God of Wine isn't bad either.

Completely transformed into something different and sounds perfect

This is the greatest KZread channel I've found in a long time. I didn't know I needed these covers.

Usually when I hear a song from my younger days, it puts me back there. I think about the guys I grew up with, or where we lived. But when I hear this, it makes me realize how much I've grown up in the 40 years since. Great job.

As a bass player, I approve of 3:20

@RaymondPeckIII

4 ай бұрын

There's nothing better than subtle phaser on bass.

@mitchbennett2369

4 ай бұрын

As both a bass and guitar player, the bass work in this whole song is pretty spectacular! I feel like it carries the whole vibe of the song, great work Alex!

@scottcymbor

4 ай бұрын

I made sure to rewind and give this part a few listens. So. Damn. Good.

@blindog2u

4 ай бұрын

me too......

@blindog2u

4 ай бұрын

89 Pedulla Penta buzz here

I like the chill vibes of this one. 🔥

Wow. Just wow. Such a vibe and awesome arrangement.

this was super well done! I loved it

Always interesting to listen to your renditions of songs, for some reason I often feel like I am hearing the lyrics for the first time.

Really great, the lyrics fit this style super well. A couple of requests - though I’m sure you have a massive backlog of ideas. 1 A pop-punk version version of a smashing pumpkins song. The song “today” would be really interesting. 2 A slow country version of Ah-ha “take on me” 3 Not sure what genre, but you could probably work creative magic with Paul Simon’s “You can call me Al”

@josephjimorris

4 ай бұрын

100% for all three

Brilliant! I also want to hear more covers from you!

Well done! I love your reimagined songs.

Ladies and gentlemen, he's done it again. This was an experience. 10/10

@christopherh4653

4 ай бұрын

I love Alex, but this is awful.

@mcstar24

4 ай бұрын

@@christopherh4653 if you say so.

I love, love, love this cover! You made it totally your own. and top flight chops on all instruments including your vocals! it's so cool to finally HEAR the lyrics and GET this song. bravo!

THIS is awesome, fantastic version!!

Super well done, man. Loved it.

Music doesn’t often feel moving to me the way it does for others, but this cover was TRANSCENDENT. I was taken to a warm place deep in my past that felt like home, while also making me think to the future and all the people in my life that have had an impact on who I am today. I am in tears and I don’t fully know why. Thank you for this work of art. Truly. ❤

@basherbarbie8450

4 ай бұрын

nailed it

Shivers up my spine- enough said! ❤

This is absolutely incredible. I am speechless!

WELL DONE! Man, this is so great.

Really dig the little chorus on the bass to remind everyone this song was actually written in the 80’s. This is one of my favorites that you’ve done man. Really jams well.

This just might be the best ever cover of any song I’ve heard. Well done, sir!

Such a great take on this song! Well done!

This was beyond well done! Brilliantly performed, recorded and produced. 👏✌️🔥