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John Mayer wishes he'd wrote 'Black'

samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
edited December 2009 in The Porch
John Mayer says if he could go back to the future, he'd steal music and re-introduce it (and mentions PJ):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr9F8Uk3iGo
Snippet is at 2:14-ish

Here's the quote: "I would rip off the best music I could possibly...I would have introduced Pearl Jam's 'Black' into the '70s"
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  • andrewbandrewb Posts: 488
    When he covers a song, it dies.
    He covered Jimi on his last album, and did crossroads and I'm on fire by bruce on his latest. I really dislike him.
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  • Snoopy Died For Our SinsSnoopy Died For Our Sins Posts: 2,608
    he's a skilled player

    but has the passion of an oscillating fan...
    "No way to save someone who won't take the rope,and just lets go..."
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    I thought he wished he WAS black.
  • saveyou22saveyou22 Posts: 154
    Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:
    he's a skilled player

    but has the passion of an oscillating fan...
    i think you hit the nail on the head with the one. im gonna use that qoute next time he comes up in a conversation.
  • PJ Fan est. 1990PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    saveyou22 wrote:
    Snoopy Died For Our Sins wrote:
    he's a skilled player

    but has the passion of an oscillating fan...
    i think you hit the nail on the head with the one. im gonna use that qoute next time he comes up in a conversation.

    yeah i agree, i recognize his talent but i don't really like his music
  • OffHeGoes132OffHeGoes132 Posts: 594
    pjny12289 wrote:
    When he covers a song, it dies.
    He covered Jimi on his last album, and did crossroads and I'm on fire by bruce on his latest. I really dislike him.

    Completely agree. I personally can't stand him. Yeah, he's pretty good on guitar, but his vocals are absolutely awful and I think his songwriting is even worse. Imagining him cover Black makes me puke a little...
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,314
    Ridiculously good guitar player/musician...but for the most part I cannot stand his singing or song writing.

    Either way, I know he's a big PJ fan so that's always good stuff!
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    John Mayer wishes he wrote "Sweet Lew."
  • Mr DerpMr Derp Posts: 319
    pretext wrote:
    John Mayer wishes he wrote "Sweet Lew."

    :lol::lol:
  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    John Mayer wishes he'd wrote 'evacuation'
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    god... i hate john mayer.
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  • Gems and RhinestonesGems and Rhinestones Posts: 861
    The point that has not been touched upon yet is.....................WHAT WHERE YOU DOING WATCHING A JOHN MAYER INTERVIEW THAT LONG INTO IT?


    I would rather watch a Miley Cyrus interview where she tells the inspiration behind the lyrics "Noddin’ my head like yeah, Moving my hips like yeah".

    and i'd rather have my finger nails pulled out with a pair of pliers than watch that interview.
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Gems and Rhinestones wrote:
    The point that has not been touched upon yet is.....................WHAT WHERE YOU DOING WATCHING A JOHN MAYER INTERVIEW THAT LONG INTO IT?


    I would rather watch a Miley Cyrus interview where she tells the inspiration behind the lyrics "Noddin’ my head like yeah, Moving my hips like yeah".

    and i'd rather have my finger nails pulled out with a pair of pliars then watch that interview.
    Friend sent me the link, said 'John mentioned your Pearl Jam'...
    ...she saw the taping of John Mayer on the Alexa Chung show on MTV last week... obsessed with both...
    I'll admit that I'm a John Mayer fan- like many of you, I feel his guitar work is better than his lyrics- but I'm still a fan!
    ...but that Alexa girl- annoys the crap outta me!
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  • DocChicagoDocChicago Posts: 653
    Gems and Rhinestones wrote:
    I would rather watch a Miley Cyrus interview where she tells the inspiration behind the lyrics "Noddin’ my head like yeah, Moving my hips like yeah".

    She didn't even write that. The Soup showed an interview where she admitted she's never heard a Jay-Z song.

    This is not the point of the thread, however. Continue your Mayer-bashing. Your bodies are wonderlands.
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,294
    John Mayer's song-writing to me feels like generic pop music, and feels very impersonal and uninspired. His guitar playing, however, I am in awe of. The fact that he even attempts to bring blues into the mainstream, though it's much more 'pop with hints of blues' than the other way around, is commendable when he's surrounded by a sea of pop musicians doing nothing but pop. Also, I entirely disagree about John Mayer being a 'cover killer'. There's a version of him doing Old Love that is absolutely brilliant in my opinion, for example.
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  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    edited November 2009
    benjs wrote:
    Also, I entirely disagree about John Mayer being a 'cover killer'. There's a version of him doing Old Love that is absolutely brilliant in my opinion, for example.

    Agreed! His cover of Free Fallin' I really enjoy as well (listen to it from his Where The Light Is Live In LA CD- he nails it)
    Actually, I agree completely with everything you posted!
    Post edited by samjam on
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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  • doomponydoompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    And I wish that John Mayer would fall off the Earth, but we can't always get what we want now can we Johnny boy?
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    mca47 wrote:
    Ridiculously good guitar player/musician...but for the most part I cannot stand his singing or song writing.

    Either way, I know he's a big PJ fan so that's always good stuff!
    Yeah, I feel the same exact way about him. Love watching him play guitar, but not into his style of music or his throaty signing style.
  • Gems and RhinestonesGems and Rhinestones Posts: 861
    DocChicago wrote:
    Gems and Rhinestones wrote:
    I would rather watch a Miley Cyrus interview where she tells the inspiration behind the lyrics "Noddin’ my head like yeah, Moving my hips like yeah".

    She didn't even write that. The Soup showed an interview where she admitted she's never heard a Jay-Z song.

    This is not the point of the thread, however. Continue your Mayer-bashing. Your bodies are wonderlands.

    i was being sarcastic. i would guess she's actually never wrote a song in her life.
  • ToneTone Posts: 1,206
    DocChicago wrote:
    Gems and Rhinestones wrote:
    I would rather watch a Miley Cyrus interview where she tells the inspiration behind the lyrics "Noddin’ my head like yeah, Moving my hips like yeah".

    She didn't even write that. The Soup showed an interview where she admitted she's never heard a Jay-Z song.

    This is not the point of the thread, however. Continue your Mayer-bashing. Your bodies are wonderlands.

    I was just thinking exactly the same thing... LOVE Joel McHale :D
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  • snipes824snipes824 Posts: 870
    yeah he's a great guitar player and i love watching him jam with people at guitar festivals or play solos but overall his pop songwriting and shit is terrible.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i thought i read somewhere that mayer doesnt write his own lyrics... maybe not even all his own music... correct me if im mistaken

    fine guitarist... could be GREAT with the right discipline and passion... cant say i blame him for focusing on jennifer aniston instead 8-)

    havent heard all the new album but my roommate was listening to it the other day and from what i heard its more garbage mini van soccer mom music
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,294
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    i thought i read somewhere that mayer doesnt write his own lyrics... maybe not even all his own music... correct me if im mistaken

    fine guitarist... could be GREAT with the right discipline and passion... cant say i blame him for focusing on jennifer aniston instead 8-)

    havent heard all the new album but my roommate was listening to it the other day and from what i heard its more garbage mini van soccer mom music
    Agreed. Continuum gave me hope he would progress further in the blues direction, but Battle Studies reminds me of the stuff on soft rock stations that I would immediately switch from. I hope he gets together with his Trio for the next album - they consistently produce good results it seems.
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  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    john mayer blows.
  • darthvedder81darthvedder81 Posts: 688
    I don't even think he's that talented. He's a fucking wanker. Go into any Guitar Center on a Saturday afternoon and you'll hear equally skilled guitar players.

    Most of his songs are drippy, soft R&B love ballads with very little guitar playing anyway.
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  • BALLBOYBALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,034
    Black is such a great song i will declare that every musician that has existed wished they wrote it.
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    I think also he wishes he could sing! haha
  • Ivn1322Ivn1322 Posts: 68
    John Mayer wishes he'd wrote Dirty Frank.
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,094
    he was funny on the chappelle show
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  • theboxerorthebagtheboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    edited November 2009
    that is true. I have to agree with many before me on this post that he is a skilled guitar player but would prefer not to here him sing. He should be in a band where he plays guitar only.
    LukinFan wrote:
    he was funny on the chappelle show
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