Let's All Stop Ragging On John Mayer For A Minute

Jack Johnson :crazy: I see you've retracted what you said before.

I have to say, I too have a greater affection for Mayer after the live versions. I love "I Don't Trust Myself" (real title??), and "Why Georgia".

John Mayers' music is far more introspective and deep. He's definitely not writing about Curious George... Wonderland I guess sounRAB similar if you aren't really listening. Mayer is also more accomplished, and I don't think they're really in competition together??

Also, I think that "No Such Thing" was intended to be reflective, and kind of a "message to youth" (wow, that sounded lame). It's like you want to just tell these kiRAB to open their eyes! I actually emailed the lyrics to my step-bro to remind him or something...
 
i love the john mayer trio stuff,...

anyway,...here's what i could find off youtube,..
pm me your email if you'd like and i'll send you some mp3s

YouTube - john mayer - gravity (studio version)
YouTube - John Mayer Slow Dancing in a Burning Room Webster Hall
YouTube - John Mayer - Neon (acoustic)
YouTube - John Mayer - Belief
YouTube - John Mayer Trio - Who Did You Think I Was

this last is a clip from the show in dallas, where i saw him,...
maybe it was something in the air,.....but i hadnt ever really given him a second listen until seein him live,.......
its just like i really fell into the groove, and i've been hooked since

YouTube - John Mayer at CrossroaRAB Guitar Festival
 
You know I use to hate Wonderland because I saw it as a hattrick of aweful:

1. I thought it was a Dave Matthews rip, vocally anyway. And of course a pop-cash in on the Adult Contemporary Acousitc revolution.

2. Because he was talking about High School when he'd finished (dropped out) of college long ago.

3. It promoted Bro-dom.

But over time I had to appreciate that it was at the very least a well written song. And what I loathed about John Mayer wasn't his fault, that the Howie Day's of the world were more of a violation of the first three than Mayer was, and I understood that you have to break in before you can do your own thing a lot of the time. Daughters was a let down, but his most recent work, which is entirely not my thing, was much much better and I think the flack he once caught was more a hatred of the movement at the time, and less a hatred of him. he's a decent artist, albeit not my cup of tea, and should be respected as such.
 
Personally, I think John Mayer and Eric Clapton are great musicians. To survive on their music talent (v.s. drama like, let's say, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse) says a lot.
 
How dare you compare Amy Winehouse to Britney Spears?
Drama?
If your referring to her drug problem and the fact that she's an arse...fair comment, but don't use that old smackhead Clapton as a contrast.
Winehouse oozes talent...when she's sober and clean.
 
Lol I'm trying to learn Waiting On the World to change on guitar, and ya... he's good. That shiz-nits is hard! At least the chorRAB are anyway, the solo however is easy.
 
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