My favorite Justin quote in regards to Maroon 5 has to be "he doesn't move like Jagger, he's all taut and compact...like a corned beef." I belly laugh so hard every time I think about it.

@Ugo2sleep

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Justin is aware of Darkplace.

@anoxia999

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@liamabbott2415

Жыл бұрын

@@Ugo2sleepunderrated comment 😂

@stephenmarsh3986

Жыл бұрын

My fave was; he's not so much like Mick Jagger....more like... Maud Jagger 🤣🤣

@jenniferrichardson8474

Жыл бұрын

😅🤣😂

I always thought Adam Levine built his entire self around trying to bag a supermodel, and when he did I thought he would finally f*** off into the sunset. Alas, he has not.

@TJ-id6ee

Жыл бұрын

Agreed on that one.

@vladtheinhaler8940

Жыл бұрын

He still should.

@TjTj74

Жыл бұрын

😅😅

@Ginger_shot

Жыл бұрын

He bagged himself a beauty and then totally shat all over her and his family. Goes from bad to worse… but I did like the first album x

@RickReasonnz

Жыл бұрын

This is an amazingly savage and justifiable remark.

Produced by a team of sadistic monsters in a lab to torture retail workers

@JoelligerentTV

Жыл бұрын

And Tall Bachmans She’s so high

@zepo82

Жыл бұрын

@@JoelligerentTV Also offices that let people have the radio on to their station or bring in their own music back in the day...right around this songs time :P usually an old bint (mid 30's) newly divorced scowly faced women with control...sorry - had flash backs..might have just been me.

@kevinhibbard320

Жыл бұрын

​@@JoelligerentTV hahaha I hear that all the time at my local grocery store.

Hearing Maroon 5 makes me superhuman. I change the channel on the radio faster than the Flash.

@Enevan1968

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@sebastienfayemendie2514

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Being a band member in Maroon 5 is one of the best gigs in the business. Make records, tour, get paid… yet no one on Earth could ever pick you out of a lineup. If you’re in the grocery store and a song comes on, you could yell, “That singer sounds like a real $”@&!” No one would know.

@L4u84S

Жыл бұрын

The rest of us COULD pick Justin out of a lineup. In fact, he made records, toured, got paid, and now has one of the fastest growing youtube channels. AND, we haven't seen weeks of reports of Justin cheating on his pregnant wife, like that maroon 5 douche. Just because you're brain damaged and would suck off any Maroon 5 member doesn't mean the rest of us would. I wouldn't be able to pick any member of that group out of a lineup for my life! They literally only appeal to pathetic women who don't have better taste.

@jan279

Жыл бұрын

Same goes for Coldplay. 😄

@zaprodaju1661

Жыл бұрын

@@jan279 Not sure. There is the pretentious hat guy, and then, there is a bald guy. Can't remember what instrument any of them play, but I think I could recognize them.

@jan279

Жыл бұрын

@@zaprodaju1661 the hat guy prolly would be unrecognizable without his hat, but I kinda do agree with the bald guy, he's a big dude who could be mistaken for a wrestler or an actor. 😄

@zaprodaju1661

Жыл бұрын

@@jan279 Don't worry, he sleeps with his hat.

As for “male lead singers acting like a prick”, sadly, still today, there is no cure for LSD; Lead Singer Disease.

Noel Gallagher told a great story about when oasis were in america in the early noughties. They were at some bar, and this guy was fan boying him going on about how much he loved oasis. Someone told noel he was the bass player of maroon 5. Later on they all got invited to this huge mansion for a party. At about 5 in the morning noel bumps into the maroon 5 guy in the kitchen and goes " fucksake, are you still here ??" And the guy says , its my house !!! LOL

@MedalionDS9

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Maroon 5 were big Oasis fans... there is a video of Maroon 5 performing an Oasis song somewhere on youtube... I think it was "Don't Look Back in Anger".

@silvanathees3065

Жыл бұрын

LOL 😂 😂

@boxxedsoulsby

Ай бұрын

@@MedalionDS9it was "Hello", although the former drummer has a video of him singing and playing guitar to "Don't Look Back In Anger"

I love that Justin is generally optimistic about most music, even pop garbage, but I LOVE when he rips apart the pop garbage even more!

I remember around 06 I had to do a presentation in a music appreciation class about what popular band bad and an underrated band good. I chose Maroon 5 for the bad band and took an SG and Marshall and played most of the Darkness’ first album. I got an A.

@TJ-id6ee

Жыл бұрын

Now that's cool!

@cas9065

Жыл бұрын

You have taste

@cheechdude535

Жыл бұрын

Ok

@NowhereMan7

Жыл бұрын

I dont think they were that bad by 2006. Sure I hated them. I used to watch music TV channel and had to hear radio 8 hours at work 5 days a week, so I really did hate them. But without the overexposure I dont think they were that bad so early. The Darkness never interested me, even though I liked what I heard. It gave me the feeling they were a novelty kind of joke band that wouldnt have anything serious on their albums. I still never listened to their albums, but I love this channel.

@tylerjennings8242

Жыл бұрын

“Love Is Only A Feeling” is one of the best ballads ever written. Fight me. The whole album is brilliant, but that song has always hit me straight in the heart.

"Songs about Jane" was a pretty solid album. Got fond memories of that.

songs about jane has no skips dude. ive been talking about this forever! love your content. great minds.

Totally agree, 'Sunday morning' was another standout track from this era. I remember being pretty excited by them when they came out and bought the first album, but to compare that to what they've released the past 10 years or so is a crazy decline and yet they're probably more popular than ever...says a lot

Wake up call, one more night, harder to breathe, and she will be loved. Those are some more great maroon 5 songs. It sucks that they went away from that format, cause James Valentine is a good funk guitarist.

@joshuabiddix2923

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@kevinfranger

Жыл бұрын

and rag doll, a song that was in the japan only version of songs about jane if i remember correctly. anyway, songs about jane was in general an awesome album

@supernothing77

Жыл бұрын

Kiwi and Sunday Morning

Right, I forgot that song existed. Thank you for reminding me! And... onto the playlist it goes.

The whole Maroon 5 debut album was brilliant, one of the few albums I could happily sit and listen to start to finish with no skips. Sad to see what they've become

@ldeguzman

Жыл бұрын

Same as Coldplay’s first album.

@Cat66-p6q

Жыл бұрын

money and lavine wanting to be a pop star. so much potential but what can you do

@mathijsvangestel9899

Жыл бұрын

Gotta love Matt Walace for it's perfection production.

Oh, shiny new (to me) guitar! Truthfully Adam Levine is the visual representation of the word creeper. There’s something so slimy about him. I vividly remember this young girl busking outside our local supermarket, doing the most god awful Maroon 5 set from Songs About Jane, full of angst, trills, vocal fry, voice cracks, it was truly horrendous, and hearing the lyrics in the context of her voice was so gross, I’ve never really been able to listen to them since. Ironically I don’t hate moves like jagger as much as I should.

Songs about Jane was a great album. I loved and still do love it.

Listen, at the time, Maroon 5 and their album "Songs about Jane" were quite a good pop/rock release with hints of funk r&b and jazz. There is a reason people still talk about them because they once were considered decent.. but fell off hard after that initial success.

@leila7577

Жыл бұрын

The original drummer is Ryan Dunsick. He had to quite cause of damage to shoulders and wrists. Ryan was the best. The band crashed n burned by the third album.

Nice 1 Justin loving your videos and iv all caught up now with your Back cat so eagerly anticipating each new one now as they occur

Adam Levine...🤣🤣🤣 the guy who said that there are no hot chicks in Metal music ? If my English was better, I would say a lot of shit about him...instead I m going to sleep

Yeah I think their first album is the best. It feels(and sounds) earthy and organic. Now they're a band that only a suit could produce and love.

Here’s a couple of suggestions for ya…. I’d love to get your take on: Fall out boy - This ain’t a scene. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye. Lewis Taylor - Any Track from his 1996 self titled album. You rock.

@nannettefreeman7331

Жыл бұрын

❤️BUCKLEY❤️

Sounds like Billy Joel “Moving Out”. Cheers mate.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

I posted the same thing. It’s a slower version of the intro to “Movin’ Out” at 3:12

@ipinkus7710

Жыл бұрын

@@SuziQ. I didn’t spend much time on it but that’s what struck me Suzi Q.

I love this guitar you are playing! Beautiful

This is the perfect channel for when you work from home. Great stuff! :D

Justin -- I love the shirt you're wearing in this episode. I'd love an episode dedicated to your fashion sense -- DOOEET!

React to "This Love" by Pantera.

@TjTj74

Жыл бұрын

Or Fucking Hostile👊😅🔥

@bridgetyoung190

Жыл бұрын

Or Cemetary Gates...that solo is eldritch.

@Rocksarum

Жыл бұрын

VDoP😵🤛 and CFH🤠 albums are my fav from Pantera!😁

You have more subscribers than Steel Panther now! Well done, Sir. Only ever listened to the Maroon 5 hits... Was never particularly moved.

Justin, your guitar is so beautiful!!

❤❤❤ UR CHANNEL 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Thxs for riding again Justin AZ

Maroon 5 was my fav band for so long with some of my all time fave songs. This Love specifically is always going to be my number 1., she will be loved 2, and a few others in the top ten. But I could tell with each album they digressed further away from what made them special to me. The melancholy, kind of dark lyrics with a sense of loss/heartbreak, the funky base and bright electric guitar of James, it felt like a such a unique formula. There’s hints of it but it became more synthesized and “poppy.” Which was fine, they still had really fun pop bangers and some obscure titles that hit deep emotionally. Moves Like Jagger is like an inflection point, because it still has that James Valentine funky/reggae riff, but they production and lyrics are generic and the sound over produced. Now it’s just like we all say, it sounds like Levine with background music . Not much of any guitar/band emphasis. It’s just really disappointing because we know what they’re capable of, and they treat their “band” like a cash cow at this point.

@amymbeauty8765

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with all of this. I saw them right before they hit it big at a small college concert, and it was absolutely amazing. Nowadays, unfortunately, I wouldn't even have the urge to go to one.

First album is worth a listen. Everything else quickly drops off the edge...

@thedevshow4L

11 ай бұрын

their sophomore effort was fairly good as well. The re-release of their 3rd album is where it all went to shit.

Howdy Justin 🤠 DW = Drum Workshop. They are located up the road from me just north of Los Angeles. In the usa DW is about the best off the shelf drum manufacturer. Thank you for making a youtube channel 🙌 You literally ROCK! 😎🤘

Liked the ending melody, chords at the end of your intro song. I liked that. Really.

Your guitar looks amazing!

Please can we have more of your Mick Jagger Esq voice intros that iv grown to love and chuckle loudly at when you do it .. please 🙏 "eeeea how comes he's wearing them snazzy aviator glasses" etc etc

I agree with this Justin. Maroon 5 were never really my flavour but they started off well with the first album. 'This Love' and 'She Will Be Loved' were to me very good songs but I don't know if it was Levine starting to believe his own hype or something else but the quality of the songs tailed off pretty quickly to the point I couldn't name a song by them in the past 15 years... Other than of course the hateful Moobs opus that you spoke about! 😁

Lol i mentioned on the Move like Jagger vid that i quite enjoyed their debut European single. "This love" Cool to see you give it some credits as well.

Brilliant analysis!

I have never really heard much Maroon 5. This song, I agree, is a little gem. I just went to listen to the other phonograph you mentioned. 2 lines in, and I was "switch off, save my ears." Sorry to any fans, but it's chalk and cheese. And they demonetised you on the discussion video? That really shows they have no faith in their abilities. Glad I have not missed out on anything. As always, thank you for your insights.

Why do you remind me of Marc Rebillet so much? Love your content, Justin!

I liked that album and had high hopes for a pop band from USA (my favourite was Harder To Breathe). I quickly moved back to mostly European bands- until my daughter came home from school singing Teenagers by MCR. I said “Ooh, I quite liked them”, bought The Black Parade album (as I’d only ever heard the stuff on the radio) and am now deeply down the Emo/pop punk rabbit hole. They could have taken a much edgier path. When I was 15 I was slightly in love with Mark Shaw…

Love this album so much! Sunday Morning is so funky & Secret is damn sexy. I also liked It Won’t Be Soon Before Long & Hands All Over. Both are solid albums, but Jane is the best. After that, I like some of the songs, but not whole albums. And Levine has definitely gotten too big for his own good. It’s a shame, they had such promise as the band who made this album.

Personally, I've never liked Adam Levine. There always seems to be a "chip on the shoulder" air about him and I just can't get around it and I also don't think he's a good stage performer. His Super Bowl performance was terrible.

@Wildatheart81ridesagain

Жыл бұрын

Oh there's definitely a chip there... the bloke comes across as a complete d**k.

@ItsMeYourRealDad

Жыл бұрын

He's a bell end

Oo oo oo! Review their Super Bowl halftime performance! Ha ha

When I was around 9-10, I used to have a friend with her own pink CD player. She also had a folder with some CDs in it, and Songs about Jane was my favourite of her albums. We would sit in her room, talking about Barbies while it played in the background on loop. Good times!

I miss that classic OG M5 sound with the piano.

@justinmraap

Жыл бұрын

I miss when they were an actual pop rock band and not "Adam Levine and 5 other guys."

I remember when this song came out, I really liked it & a few others from that album. I also feel the same about the later stuff they put out...

Thanks for your accurate analysis, Justin, which I share completely. BUT - where is Hasselhoff? Can't see him lurking in the background as he used to do in your videos

The ‘Then Jericho’, Big Area song is a classic. Great tune, great guitars, great singing. Can you do a retro feature on it Justin?

@mantibarlow6272

Жыл бұрын

Big Area is awesome!

@ktpuss

Жыл бұрын

True! And great idea, I loved that album, think I wore that tape out 😅…my faves were ‘Reeling’ and ‘under fire’ nothing I’d heard like it before.

@Szaam

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone commented about Then Jericho, Big Area is a massive tune.

Just here to say your videos are great

Justin, your guitar is beautiful!🤘

I was going to write this on your video for Moobs... but it made more sense to write it here. I agree with everything you say about Maroon 5. This Love is from an album called Songs About Jane, which I thought was a great record, beginning to end. But they got subsumed by pop to the point where they morphed into something completely different from what they started out to be. I can still listen to an enjoy Songs About Jane... but I don't like anything they did after. And Adam Levine very quickly began to believe his own press releases. That said, there's a video of him doing a fairly decent version of Purple Rain.

❤❤❤ used to like maroon 5, waaaaay back when, my niece likes your guitar

I've never really been a fan of this band, but I do recall some of these early songs, She Will Be Loved in particular. I did really however like the song Levine did with Slash, called Gotten, on Slash's self-titled album from 2010.

I used to think they we so cool. I changed my mind recently however. A huge ego is unattractive. Love your comments on this. Ps. How do you pull off those sunglasses and that shirt so well? A real rock star. 🤘🏽⭐️

@NiallHoranspot

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the beautiful comments, i really appropriate your love ❤❤ and concern towards my career, may god bless you, we're you supporting from?

Their first album, Songs about Jane was definitely their best album; which is unfortunately true of a lot of bands. I am however also a big fan of their album "Hands all Over."

You can already see that ego creeping in with Adam Levine this early. This song is a funky jam, he should have said no to half the video being him making out with a model, and just been him and his band playing under that cherry blossom tree!

@NinStardust

Жыл бұрын

He clearly wanted to stick it to his ex, in more ways than one. Pathetic. If you ask me, she had a lucky escape! 😂

my brother saw maroon 5 at the tabernacle in atlanta when they played an after show for O.A.R. he brought home a free demo cd they were giving out and it was really great stuff. somewhat like songs about jane but a little more 90s sounding i guess id say. they were nobody at the time and he actually met adam after they got done bc he was just milling around by the bar. said he was a totally down to earth, slightly nerdy guy. that was 2001 i believe. i loved songs about jane but yes adam has morphed into one of the biggest d-bags ever and maroon 5 is just pure garbage. sad with all that talent theyve become what they are.

This was like one of my favorite songs when I was younger haha, oh do I miss that Maroon 5 as well

Short answer: yes. Long answer : yes, Justin.

I met Adam Levine once when dogwalking, my dog had a heart attack and he said he could do CPR on it, but he just ended up blowing smoke up its arse.

This was such a banger when it came out! 🔥🔥🔥

Used to be a huge fan of Maroon 5 back then! You should check out Beautiful Goodbye from their album Overexposed if you’re looking for more guitar stuff from them!

I remember liking this song for a minute. It’s has a lot of the elements of a classic soul track. What soured me on it was that it doesn’t swing. The rhythm is so stilted it feels like a polka group covering a Stax song.

Your black acoustic guitar has the best tone of your guitars. Luvit!

When I was in Iraq in 2004, I used to hear this song all time on the British radio station. I liked it.

2004 era was really nice imo. I love the bridge on this one and Misery

Hey Justin, First Time Viewer but I would be super curious what you'd think about Kara's Flowers. I'd wager they were song writing powerhouses even when they were 17 but that's just my opinion

*Wince* What I do in the elevator when Maroon 5 comes on.

I had the great pleasure of going to their concert right before they got huge, at a college and it was actually a brilliant time. Now I reminisce about their older albums and how I miss them, like I do for Rob Thomas and Matchbox Twenty. Ahh the good old days

@gavindalziel9022

Жыл бұрын

I saw Maroon 5 support Matchbox 20..they played most of Songs About Jane ...shame M5 turned to shit, but Matchbox are still great!

@PinkDevilFish

Жыл бұрын

@@gavindalziel9022 That was my first concert. It was Maroon5, Sugar Ray, and Matchbox 20. Love that alt pop back back when I was a teenager. This was in 03 and none of us who went knew who they were. After the show I remember one friend and I had heard the Harder to Breathe once while driving home from school. We were pleasantly surprised by them live. They've been utter trash since their follow up.

G'day Justin, could you do a reaction to Wet Leg. I just love their vibe. They remind me of Cake or Ween. I love their sense of fun. Their debut album is just brilliant. Cheers.

@jackosmum

Жыл бұрын

Just did Wet Leg last year. Excellent work kzread.info/dash/bejne/hoWKtbdyiNOdY5c.html

Never really been a fan of Maroon 5 but I see where you are coming from

@NiallHoranspot

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the beautiful comments, i really appropriate your love ❤❤ and concern towards my career, may god bless you, we're you supporting from?

"Seeking solace" or some backing vocals that never came... Gorgeous guitar Man!

I really liked Maroon 5 years ago when they released "This love" and "Sunday Morning". But now they just write trash that will hopefully sell... Terrible musicianship right there. Thanks Justin and keep up this amazing content. Love it

Nice one JH. 😁

They were a good band at first. That first album was like you said raw & natural. Even songs like "she will be loved" was a good song nice chords. Well played they are good musician's & he does have a good voice. But they or the record company wanted more hits. So other writer's were brought in & they changed their sound. With stuff like the other one you did. & That song about being in a phone booth trying to phone home. Don't remember the name. But they became very big. And if that's what they wanted. Then it worked.

That Atkin is one of the sexiest guitars I’ve ever seen. 😍

Would love to see your thoughts on the David Letterman performance of Seasons by Future Islands. Such a tune

@tobyc9674

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion

Very much agree, Kinda liked this first album, everything since is, what it is.

Indeed this is a lovely song. I haven't done any pointless music pedantry lately, as a result of which hairs are beginning to grow on the palms of my hands, so here goes.. 'bridge' is obviously a MUCH better term than 'middle eight', because what if your middle eight is 12 bars long? Then you'd have to call it the middle twelve. 🤣Nice one Justin. 🎶🌟👍

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

Also, consider the song “Badge,”by Cream. Someone had written “bridge” on the lyrics sheet, and it was mis-read as “badge”. Cream were a British band, yet they didn’t say “middle eight”.

There's that lovely guitar and the beautiful guitar again. Oh, and loved your black spectacles. Cute. I didn't like MOVES LIKE JAGGER. Just trying to make some bucks. And I'm not thrilled with this song either. Does anyone know the names of the other band members? I think the reason they are popular is because of the looks of the lead singer. He looks good on print. And I think he's been in films. He's a pretty good actor too. I've tried to figure out why this band is so popular and I can't. They are just there for me. The band is okay. The singing is okay. I really think it's the handsomeness of Adam. Justin, you should be in films! You'd be awesome! But, anyway, that's what I think. Not a fan of the band and they are just there. But, THE DARKNESS! I saw another article about you yesterday, but it had other bands in it, so I didn't send it to you. VERY IMPRESSIVE! You are popular! Nothing about The Peppers or Maroon Five, lots about THE DARKNESS THOUGH.

@SuziQ.

Жыл бұрын

I just looked at his IMDB page. Most of his credits are under “soundtrack”. Under “actor,” almost all of those credits are as “Adam Levine” (self). Very few are for actual acting, and none of those few are projects I’ve heard of. Maybe he’s telling people that he’s a good actor?

WHAT IS THAT GUITAR AND HOW DO I GET ONE?! It matches my '86 Fender Tele Custom shop with a very similar flower pattern finish. Love it!

Is it strange that I watch your videos to learn more about music? Normally in tears of joy trying to play my guitar 😂

How the hell have I become a Justin Hawkins fan , what a smart and funny fella 🤟🏻

their early stuff was legit great. ...I almost feel it's A.I. Maroon 5 now, or just Adam with a backing track. it's a shame because they had some interesting rhythmic things and interesting chord charges- that was inspiring because no popular bands were doing that

It's pretty clear they wrote a lot of their early stuff and once the machine could not give them the time to live interesting enough lives to write good songs anymore, they started working with pop producers and their style kind of became all over the map while staying in the pop realm. Today, it's a lot like listening to a cover band, because stylistically they are all over the map because it's mostly from other people.

I’d like to hear a good Keane review.

I think the band jumped on this emotionless music train that everyone else is on right now. I think people are so confused about what they feel these days, it shows in the art that is produced. This is why 99.9% of music is absolutely forgettable.

Your glasses are very "Graham Parker-ish". I mean that as a big compliment.

I heard the singer's just released a solo covers LP. Adam Latrine - Shit Sandwich

@NiallHoranspot

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the beautiful comments, i really appropriate your love ❤❤ and concern towards my career, may god bless you, we're you supporting from?

Short answer: yes. Popular often doesn't equal good. On the other hand, this song does sound familiar. I never knew the title or who performed it, but it sounds ok.

Living in a sharehouse circa 2003-4 with a massive Maroon 5 fan who had a state of the art sound system was *Challenging*. I hate Adam Levine as a result. I lasted 3 months in that sharehouse.

This song was charting right around the same time as "I believe in a thing called love". The "videos" (if you remember when they played those on TV) were also getting rotation in that same time period. This wasn't my favorite style of music but I dug it for sure.

Justin - any chance at some foreign music demonstrating the universality of music, no need to understand the lyrics to feel the music, my recommendation: Heroes Del Silencio - Chispa Adequada. Gracias!

That is an excellent question and the required response should be well considered and discussed at length. Has Marooned 5 always been shit? _Yes._

Not sure if you know or like the band Big Thief. But I think they're great and it would be cool to see you analyse one of their songs. At least from a compositional aspect. Cheers.

I sang this on the karaoke in the pub when I was about 15 and I won and because I was under age I got a mocktail haha 😆

Justin, can you please do a video on Gerry Cinnamon? 😘

@TjTj74

Жыл бұрын

I'm Scottish and I still haven't heard one song of his.I will make it a priority to listen to his stuff one day.. maybe😄

I used to consider Songs About Jane one of my favourite albums of all time. I probably still do. I used to listen to it on repeat daily on my way to school and never got bored of any of the songs. The lyrics took on a whole new meaning as I got older and I could really appreciate the song writing. They’ve done what most bands do and transitioned into new sounds over time. Unfortunately for me, I started to give up on them after ‘Hands All Over’ . The pop / chart sound just didn’t excite me and I felt they lost what made them great band.