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I used to hate this guy when he came onto the "scene." Then I saw him with Buddy Guy and thought he was pretty damn talented. I think he can play the hell out of the guitar and has a good knack for the blues and "sensitive" songwriting at the same time. Anyway...discuss his new album if anyone is so inclined. My intitial opinion is that it is quite good, but in some spots it seems that the jam at the end of the song is cut, which I would have like...oh oh the pop studio....

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His new album is pretty amazing musically. He's a great guitarist. Unfortunately, this is he type of album that people who love him will love, and people who hate him will hate.

 

His cover of "Bold as Love" is pretty fucking amazing, though.

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That song they've been playing on the radio, "Waiting On The World To Change," has a few too many similarities to The Impressions' "We're A Winner." Its still a good song, but I can't help but hear the similarities.

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I know little to nothing of John Mayer, but after reading the article about him in the most recent Rolling Stone, I am less interested in him now than ever...

 

LouieB

 

No way! I totally expected a different response when I opened this thread!

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I saw him on his tour for his second album w/ my sis and wife, who are both big fans. I was surpised at how much it actually didn't suck. I was pretty bored for a majority of it, but as it's been said...the guy is good guitar player. Plus, the hot college babe per sq. ft. at that show was staggering.

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Bobob, he's a talented guitarist no doubt (his songwriting blows though imo), but he's quite a dillhole.

 

not that that should change someone's perception of his music, just sayin' :)

yea, okay....

 

None of this really makes me want to hear him that badly.....dillhole is a polite term to say the least. He is a talented guitar player who is now a multi-millionaire based on some drab material. Here is a guy who has had phenominal luck who thought he might quit the music business. Meanwhile he has had nothing but success; the kind that most musicians would die for. EFFFF Him...

 

LouieB

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I saw him on his tour for his second album w/ my sis and wife, who are both big fans. I was surpised at how much it actually didn't suck. I was pretty bored for a majority of it, but as it's been said...the guy is good guitar player. Plus, the hot college babe per sq. ft. at that show was staggering.

yeah i actually saw him in 2001 on the recommendation of a friend, this was just before Room For Squares came out so he was not known at all. the place holds like 600 and was barely 1/2 full i'd guess. his guitar playing definitely impressed me, but his songwriting was just way too generic for me to really explore his music further.

 

just under a year later he came back and played a 4900 seat venue, w/ Guster and Martin Sexton opening, both of whom are 2 of my favorite live acts, so i went and saw both the opening acts, left before John's set to go see The Shins at a tiny club. my wife and her friends watched about 1/2 of John's sets before they left. they said he jammed everything out way too long and his comments were just annoying and sexist.

 

some of his choice quotes from that show:

 

"this guitar here... notice how the front is completely flat? isn't it amusing how guys love things that are flat, you know flat screen TV's, etc., except when it comes to women?" (considering the crowd was 70% females aged from 12-16, nice going...)

 

"i've had this guitar since i was a kid... once i became famous, people are always trying to give me guitars and shit to play, but i'm like "no man, i want this one"

 

:yucky

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Jack is a pro-surfer who turned to play music at the insistance of friends after he had a bad accident that forced him to retire from surfing professionally. Jack would be the first one to tell you that he's not really that great of a musician.

 

in '01 when i saw Jack open for Ben Harper a bunch of times before his first record broke, if you would have told me Jack would have one of the best selling records in the world in 2006, i would have laughed in your face.

 

can't really get down on Jack, his music is definitely boring at times too, but he's got a pretty good sense of melody and is one of the nicest guys ever to boot.

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Jack Johnson and John Mayer are two people whose music I enjoy. As for the personalities, I don't really care. And I hate hearing people talk about authenticity in music. What makes one guy fake and another authentic except for your subjective thoughts? I know plenty of people who hate the Beatles, and use this as an excuse for saying they were sellouts, etc. It's a bullshit argument.

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Jack Johnson and John Mayer are two people whose music I enjoy. As for the personalities, I don't really care. And I hate hearing people talk about authenticity in music. What makes one guy fake and another authentic except for your subjective thoughts? I know plenty of people who hate the Beatles, and use this as an excuse for saying they were sellouts, etc. It's a bullshit argument.

No one hates the Beatles unless they are totally crazed. If someone uses the rather lame agument that they ripped off black music (which was already a dead issue in 1963), the Beatles were working musicians who were NOT an over-night success and were certainly part of the second wave of rock and roll and the first wave of rock and roll in England.

 

Talking about authenticity is something of a fools game, I admit, but there are authentic blues musicians and there are some pretty slick pretenders. This is a facinating, if somewhat academic, book about the subject called Blue Chicago. But if you are going to put up John Mayer next to Hounddog Taylor, Mayer is going to lose every time. That's just the way it is. I don't even have much use for Eric Clapton's blues records, but at least he has some history with the music.

 

Either way, feel free to enjoy John Mayer, but look into those musicians who may not have Mayer's so called chops, but have something he may never have....

 

LouieB

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