Does Anyone Know Of John Mayer's Music?

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g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
edited November 2009 in Other Music
I know nothing about his music but he must have a good following because he's playing MSG 2 dates in a row.

An opening band touring with him is playing and I want to see them instead.

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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    He is a incredible guitar player. His music as the John Mayer Trio was pretty good. It was more of a jazz band than his solo material. I'm really not a fan of most of his music. It's just to popish for me but the guy has an insane amount of talent
  • DarthSpacegrass
    DarthSpacegrass Posts: 177
    Don't care much for his music, but he is a funny guy and he likes to rag on his fanatical fans.

    Tons of women love the guy too, so you can expect it not to be a sausagefest.
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    He seems like a funny dude, but his music sucks ass.
  • Jokertt14
    Jokertt14 Posts: 2,566
    VanquarTheGreat wrote:
    He seems like a funny dude, but his music sucks ass.

    Word .. right on .. i was thinking he reminds me off a bad knock off of Dave Matthews :mrgreen::mrgreen:
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    His guitar skills are vastly overrated
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I was kind of impressed though with his part of a concert I saw on one of the music channels- didn't know he could be so soulful
  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    One of his many fanatical lady fans...my best friend....made me give him a real shot and while much of his stuff is a bit too poppy for my tastes I really do like a lot of his music. The John Mayer Trio stuff, as someone else mentioned, is much more my speed....lots of blues and a bit jazzy. Check out his dvd "Where the Lights Are" for a good taste of that and some of the other more poppy stuff.
    His new album comes on Nov. 17....check out 'Who Says'...cool, laid back track. Also, do an internet search for "Half of My Heart" which has just been leaked....good song despite a small cameo by Taylor Swift....sounds very Fleetwood Mac-ish to me....which is a good thing
    I appreciate his talent as a guitar player more than anything and, hell, he's down with boy EC so he can't be all bad.
    He just announced tour dates yesterday so my friend and I are looking forward to seeing him in Memphis next March.
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  • drew0
    drew0 Posts: 943
    Try! is awesome, as is most of his life stuff. I bought Continuum, but it wasn't my favorite album. Some of the songs translate well live, though (Vultures, Bold As Love, Gravity, Belief, Slow Dancing). His new album should be interesting.

    I've only seen him live once, at the Rothbury Festival. It was a late afternoon set, so it was kind of hard to judge, but it was pretty relaxing. He's great on guitar (not a God like people claim, but still pretty talented).

    In short, pretty good guitar player that can write good songs. He's worth listening to and checking out live, but nothing to slave over. I wouldn't travel to go see him, but if he comes to pittsburgh anytime soon I'll most likely be there.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
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    g under p wrote:
    I know nothing about his music but he must have a good following because he's playing MSG 2 dates in a row.

    An opening band touring with him is playing and I want to see them instead.

    Peace
    Who is opening for him? Are you talking about the 2010 dates?
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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    don't waste your time. try ryan adams if you want a great singer songwriter.
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    I know nothing about his music but he must have a good following because he's playing MSG 2 dates in a row.

    An opening band touring with him is playing and I want to see them instead.

    Peace
    Who is opening for him? Are you talking about the 2010 dates?

    My friend Michael Franti and Spearhead
    here are some of the tour dates

    TOUR DATES Michael Franti & Spearhead

    Thanks for all the updates on John Mayer, the only thing I know about him is that I saw or heard something about him in one of those trash magazines The Enquirer.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
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    g under p wrote:
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    I know nothing about his music but he must have a good following because he's playing MSG 2 dates in a row.

    An opening band touring with him is playing and I want to see them instead.

    Peace
    Who is opening for him? Are you talking about the 2010 dates?

    My friend Michael Franti and Spearhead
    here are some of the tour dates

    TOUR DATES Michael Franti & Spearhead

    Thanks for all the updates on John Mayer, the only thing I know about him is that I saw or heard something about him in one of those trash magazines The Enquirer.

    Peace
    Yeah...I've listened to some of Franti before...won't mind seeing them at all.
    We are going to be going to the show in Memphis
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

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  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,412
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    He is a incredible guitar player. His music as the John Mayer Trio was pretty good. It was more of a jazz band than his solo material. I'm really not a fan of most of his music. It's just to popish for me but the guy has an insane amount of talent

    Yeah lol my friend is super heavy into John Mayer...I never understood why because he plays guitar and listens to a lot of the same music as me. One day he made me watch a John Mayer dvd...I'm not running out and buying the albums or anything but the trio is pretty badass. Everything else...meh
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  • CJMST3K
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    There was a live performance that was on one of the music channels, where they played a whole concert. John Mayer has some fucking chops, let me tell you. That boy can jam fast, and slow, with the best of them.
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    Don't waste your time on this clown when you could check out Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams or Chris Whitley. I highly
    recommend any or all of these.
  • PearlOfAGirl
    PearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    I've never heard him play before... I know he's on TMZ a lot though, and he was dating Jennifer Anniston.. ;):mrgreen:

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  • Gary Carter
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    CJMST3K wrote:
    There was a live performance that was on one of the music channels, where they played a whole concert. John Mayer has some fucking chops, let me tell you. That boy can jam fast, and slow, with the best of them.
    check out his performance from the jammys at the wamu theather. fucking just rips on guitar.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    VanquarTheGreat wrote:
    Don't waste your time on this clown when you could check out Jeff Buckley, Ryan Adams or Chris Whitley. I highly
    recommend any or all of these.

    or you could do what i do and listen to all 4 of them. 8-)
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  • jr19
    jr19 Posts: 338
    i know he sucks balls for a living. such a waste of talent
  • noahgenda
    noahgenda Posts: 63
    Check out his austin city limits performance. It is really good it actually made me start listening to him. There are some great jam sessions on there Peace

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