Hey Guys i'm a 12 year old BLUES guitar player. I have no means of advertisement other than leaving comments. I would say without any doubt that when it comes to acoustic and especially blues guitar John Mayer is my biggest influence. I know he idolized SRV, so i kind of have 1/3 SRV, 1/3 John Mayer, and 1/3 all my own in my playing style. Please check my vids. I greatly appreciate constructive criticism. : )
@TheTallMan35 It's all improv, but it does sound like he's playing over the progression for "Come Back To Bed." Either that, or a basic 1-3 progression.
chiunque tu sia sbagli di grosso a dire che john mayer fa cagare...è uno dei migliori artisti che ci sia su sto mondo....e tu che gli dai del buffone? Bah
anyone read his interview in rolling stone? total ass hole. but, for whatever reason, that's part of what you like about the guy. He's an ass hole, but he's funny and creative. he's got some chops too.
he's not an asshole, people are just too sensitive. I would argue that his music is actually a little girly, even though he can play the blues, he don't got what it takes.
He can play Jimi all he wants, he just doesn't compare.
yea he's an asshole there's no doubt about it. however, would he be an asshole if it wasn't for females just trying to get with him just to say hey i slept with john mayer? if you actually read the article it goes on to say all he wan'ts is a serious relationship with some1 who looks at him for being a normal guy. his main routiune everyday is wake up at noonish, play some guitar, go bar hoping, come home smoke some weed and play 360 till 5 in the morning. whats wrong with that?
this guy is so cool.... just random and spontaneous, just letting the sound come out , he just can´t express it with his face hence the random gestures, it´s like that, like a sudden rush of mixed poerful feeling !!!! yeah !!
in response to BSAiden, i completly agree. especially when you are playing blues, and play from your sole like mayer does, as well as SRV and BB king, it doesnt come from their mind.
When your playing guitar, you make A LOT of faces, no doubt about it. When you're playing guitar, you express your emotions through the intrument and for a lot of people, that's the only way they can. So don't go saying, "Oh, the faces need to go." If there was no faces, there wouldn't be the great and enthusiastic guitarist we know as John Mayer today.
Well he doesn't make faces anymore today really. And his playing isn't as good as it used to be (when considering the soul in it) so you're right on that one.
It's sad that when John Mayer first started making music it was to give the pop music scene familiarity and exposure to real music like blues, etc. and now it's the other way around.
Real music is discouraged to an extent now days that we can't even get John Mayer to stop playing two chord songs and taking his shirt off. It makes me sad when I see what a real musician like John Mayer has been reduced to because of lame producers and completely worthless teeny bopper fans.
You need to go and see him live sometime rather than make judgements about the person you see in the media. He may still play the old "radio edit" faves, but he also injects stuff that clearly comes from his soul.
I've seen him live many times. There was a period in 2006 after he became "tabloid famous" that his performances seemed all about album promotion and lacked his usual passion - but at the most recent gig I saw at the Troubadour in LA, I can safely say the old JM is still there.
@PilotDoofy Number one the whole first part of your statement just doesn't make any sense. Its not "the other way around." Mayers intentions with the room for squares album were not solely for pop music familiarity and especially not intended for exposure to the blues, because Mayer didn't bust into the blues scene until much later down the road. Number two in reference to the word "reduced" is inaccurate, Mayers work has progressively improved and diversified especially as a guitar player.
@PilotDoofy ? wha wha? what two chord songs? His shirt comes off for stuff like his crossroads cover. And surely the blues is the most boring for that: its a 1 4 5, you know when each chord is coming, at least john chucks in a substitute 6 chord to replace the 5 and be slightly original-ish.
Covered In Raid is a two chord song, the only one I can think of by John. And have you heard his work on that?
"real music like blues", thats the lamest comment ever. 1. blues is a form of pop music.
@PilotDoofy thats not true at all. theres nothing wrong with pop our generation has just destroyed. john loves pop. whats wrong with that? and if you look at the tabs of his songs you would realize that all of them have a shit tone of different chords and are so much harder than you would think. he plays the music he loves blues. pop. and his own little genre where he brings them together. i will agree with you his fan base is based off of his pop music and sex appeal but its still great music.
@PilotDoofy he definitely plays more than two chord songs (yes, there are a few... "come back to bed" [as in this video] and gravity) and I haven't seen a video recently (not that it doesn't happen) where he's not got a shirt on... He still does what he did in Room for Squares, but just from a different vantage point IMHO...
@PilotDoofy Haha guy you obviously dont know what youre talking about. The first two albums he released were his most mainstream pop oriented stuff, and continuum was probably the least pop and battle studies somewhat. But as he gets bigger and bigger, his shows include alot more blues stuff than what he used to do.
he would be doing back flips if he cared about showing off. hes obviously playing music with his hands and guitar. What the hell could you possible be talking about? If anything hes bringing blues back to popularity. Listen to BB King Live at the Regal theater and listen to all the screams that blues used to get. You will notice a similarity with the response he gets when playing he blues.
it's hilarious to watch this then watch videos from his last tour and see what a difference 4 years makes when PR people get ahold of you... He doesn't make those faces anymore... haha.
John Mayer v1.0, I would call this...
v1.0 is pre- John Mayer Trio appx. 2000-2004
v2.0 is Trio to Where The Light Is 2004-2008
v3.0 is what we have now... He's two shirts on in this vid and now you can't get him to wear one....
OK lets go over this video. . . . . bee-dah a - boo- la-la-lee-la-la-bum-too-tooo-altee-tee-de bum- ohh-lahh-lahh-lee-lee-lee-bum-say-say-say-say-neee nee-nee-nee-ohhhhhh-al-la-laah-lah-ah-ah-la-la-hoooo-eeeeeeeeee
What the hell don't you get, he's an awsome guitarist. Nothing you ever say will change that dude, soz
The very fact that he's in a band with Steve Jordan AND Pino Palladino show that he is a world class musician and song writer
I know its hard not being that dude, but lets not start saying he's not the dogs bollocks, coz even if you don't like his music you can't knock his musicianship
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he really does think hes something else thats what gets me.. how can he not hear how wrong this is.. i really dont understand,, i thought i did but i dont
what do you mean by wrong? are you a blues purist who thinks he's screwing it up or a pop fan who thinks blues is the worst thing since the conception of the yankees?
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i try to be more of a good music purist which is hard with this on the radio.. its like an oil tanker just crashed and is spilling into my nice clean ocean of music and killing all the little birds and oceanlife.. labels like blues or pop are a misleading because john mayer is in a different universe alltogether than say robert johnson, junior wells, or R kelly.. if i were to put him in a category it would have to be filed under VOMIT!
thats cool, we just disagree on that one. i like john mayer's music (not his early stuff, his trio and blues stuff) but he's certainly nowhere close to the talent robert johnson.
Wow... you sir are a moron... you just called john mayer an idiot, the VERY poorly defended your misplaced claim with an angry rant about how his music is simply bad. Why? how? does he have bad tone? (actually he has one of the best out there) in your mind is his voice not up to par? maybe his riffs arent unique enough (remember we're talking about blues here genius) stop sounding like an idiot and say something useful please, not just opinionated shit
well you probably dont understand alot of things if you hear something wrong with that. im not a fan of his records, but he is a good guitar player and im a fan of that. he does some really good SRV covers. he is just feeling it man, it doesnt mean he thinks hes god. if he doesnt feel it, no one else will.
U need 2 stop hating on Mayer. Yeah no1 will ever replace SRV. But alot of people play just like him.Not the same but similar. It's just music man. DIG IT
you sent this as a reply to me??? what the fuck are you talking about? i just said i dig that shit...i am assuming that was an accident and you're talking to someone else.
Mayer's the type of person who laughs at their own jokes, any way you spell it in any language, he is a douche bag. he's in my top five celebrity tools.
Hey he's having a good time and clownin'. Thats part of the fun when its fun! Thats magic. In respect for the blues he has his chops down. Wonder what he'll sound like in 10 years.Its all growth.
agreed totally, Mayer is nothing compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan...... I believe the first thing you have to have when becoming a successful musician is being humble about your music, not full of one's self.... he really shows how immature he can be in front of crowds of girls that are screaming........ just play the damn music and don't make a comedy show out of it...... he never left the pop family
I mean DUDE, what exactly are you looking for that mayer doesn't offer for you, there, huh???, not slow enough, not loud enough, not into it enough???? bwahahahaha
dude JM is probably one of the greatest blues guitarists of our generation... like, wtf how could you even say that hes a "lazy" blues player with no heart. he puts as much feeling into his playing as SRV did
that's right and if you've heard him lately he's every bit his equal - growth is a strange thing y'see: it takes time :) give him more and he'll reach a level even stevie and jimi never got the chance to get to :)
wrong, he won't make it that far, he doesn't have the humbleness like SRV did...........even if he did make it that far, he won't get the public view from the crowd that genuinely loves the blues, he will still be watched only by those that follow pop bands.
he already gets insane crowd draws from all walks of life - who says you have to keep music seperate, why cant he play blues and rock and pop and everything under the sun, and have all kinds of people show up to see him do it? (which he does, which is great) and why cant he get as talented as srv and jimi when he's like 40, 50, 60? At this rate of growth something tells me it's completely possible, after all, theyre both human beings....and theyre both in the same profession. its happening.
oo, I know he could make it that far, anyone CAN make it that far. but I mean he wouldn't have the same view as if he were to start with the blues instead of pop. If he feels sincere about both of his styles of music, then that's great, but there's one of his videos I've seen along the line that looks like he's mocking the blues, and it's not his guitar face. He raises his hand for people to cheer for him, that's another thing that annoys me. If he's good enough, he wouldn't have to do that.
well thats when we are wrong to even compare him to srv in the first place, he is his own person and has his own things that he likes to do,i just see something like that as harmless fun, the beatles did that ALL the time and nobody complained, they threw in a "ooooooo" somewhere and enough girls cheered to cover up any mistake the might make, the only difference is johhny isnt covering anything up, he's just having fun up there, and you can do that under any style, ask Buddy (hes fun! see him!)
of course he won't get the genuinely loving blues crowds. you wanna know why? because those crowds are getting smaller. the newer generations aren't into this stuff.
That is another reason why his music is so good, the group of blues fans are really small but thanks to him it is growing again. Listening to mayer has makes people aware of SRV or Buddy Guy or BB King, without his music they would not know anything about those artists
and also, notice how back in the day it was mostly black people playing the blues ex. bb king, buddy guy, freddi king. Now they all listen to rap. i doubt there will be a black blues famous guitarist anytime soon. thats pretty sad cause they got it in them
If what you were saying is true then he would only b listen 2 by 14yr old girls How many older people actually listen to true pop music His music doesnt have a genre or age group I went 2 the show he had at grant park and I can tell you 20,000 ppl didnt show up to see Robert Randolph & Most of the ppl were older if you are looking for him to be accepted by real blues fans look no further then his peers clapton buddy guy bb king if they accept & like his music that is all the credibility he needs
Interesting. I thought the last time you wrote this exact same comment on another video that it was gonna be your "last Mayer bash". Seriously, your work out analogy is nonsensical and ill conceived and certainly not clever enough to repeat - but clearly you can't stay away from "bouncyball" Mayer, little girl. (Side bar... is spelling, grammar and punctuation too hard for you, lazy bastard?) Bwaaaaaaaaaaahaaahahaha.
that guitar better be 18 cause it just got raped.
SirFightsalot 1 month ago
he's got John scofield faces LoL . love it. john is great!!
biggidaman777 5 months ago
at his prime. entering fame. :)
BondsMusic 9 months ago
what song was he jamming ths on?
GoingCamando20 1 year ago
@GoingCamando20 i think it's a bluesed out version of come back to bed..
Coop624 7 months ago
@Coop624 Yeah it's some sort of come back to bed outro
daanborges 6 months ago
Now we have seen several of John's sex faces.
JayJayAwesome 1 year ago
I'll have to give him credit for his massive guitar skills. And he has a great appreciation for the blues. I'm trying not to like him but I can't.
davec3487 1 year ago
Did he take drugs?
JCreatr 1 year ago
CUT OFF IN MIDDLE OF GRT PERFORMANCE....
smokeysgirl52 1 year ago
lol 00:38.. now thats a guitarded face if Ive ever seen one ;)
joelkeaton 1 year ago 3
i just realized that I'll never be that good
ray21926 1 year ago
@25ragz
That's very astute of you, the song is come back back to bed, but the breakdown is in the style of a classic from Marvin berry in back to the future.
joskam092 1 year ago
WTF THATS LIKE YOUR MOTHER STORMING INTO YOUR ROOM BEFORE YOUR ABOUT TO CUM
not that that's happened to me before
sunp 1 year ago
i hope there is a good reason why you stopped recording.
25Ragz 1 year ago
the song is come back to bed... he improvises all of his solo's
25Ragz 1 year ago
I think he is like super high in this video.
Michkins1 1 year ago
mercyyyy
joeopao 1 year ago
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Hey Guys i'm a 12 year old BLUES guitar player. I have no means of advertisement other than leaving comments. I would say without any doubt that when it comes to acoustic and especially blues guitar John Mayer is my biggest influence. I know he idolized SRV, so i kind of have 1/3 SRV, 1/3 John Mayer, and 1/3 all my own in my playing style. Please check my vids. I greatly appreciate constructive criticism. : )
Cbluesrocker 1 year ago
Anyone know the name of the song he's playing?
TheTallMan35 1 year ago
@TheTallMan35 It's all improv, but it does sound like he's playing over the progression for "Come Back To Bed." Either that, or a basic 1-3 progression.
hiphopsucks96 1 year ago
@TheTallMan35 come back to bed
EC2JM 1 year ago
Here, here pilot duffy. Isn't that called selling your essential self, your soul?
geezloueeze 1 year ago
sto buffone fa cacare.
buddaski 2 years ago
chiunque tu sia sbagli di grosso a dire che john mayer fa cagare...è uno dei migliori artisti che ci sia su sto mondo....e tu che gli dai del buffone? Bah
alet1032 1 year ago
I don't think he's an asshole, I think he's funny and people just don't understand. I laughed my ass off reading that RS interview.
Whatever, who cares what his personality is like anyway. As long as he keeps playing and bringing heaven to my ears it's fine by me.
itsonlynatural 2 years ago 5
rs article was funny as hell but creepy and insiteful in the same way. we all wish to get big playing guitar and find the right chick eventually
5ku115ru5 2 years ago
where can i find a tab for his guitar part in tihs??
TrevorShofeMusic 2 years ago
anyone read his interview in rolling stone? total ass hole. but, for whatever reason, that's part of what you like about the guy. He's an ass hole, but he's funny and creative. he's got some chops too.
StratoTaylor 2 years ago
he's not an asshole, people are just too sensitive. I would argue that his music is actually a little girly, even though he can play the blues, he don't got what it takes.
He can play Jimi all he wants, he just doesn't compare.
MickyG4444 2 years ago
yea he's an asshole there's no doubt about it. however, would he be an asshole if it wasn't for females just trying to get with him just to say hey i slept with john mayer? if you actually read the article it goes on to say all he wan'ts is a serious relationship with some1 who looks at him for being a normal guy. his main routiune everyday is wake up at noonish, play some guitar, go bar hoping, come home smoke some weed and play 360 till 5 in the morning. whats wrong with that?
5ku115ru5 2 years ago
i was really following his SRV roots at this in time, i really dig that.
SRVBASE 2 years ago
soooo under rated. amazing
MagicMusic3 2 years ago 2
jeff healey style xD
1337mas7er 2 years ago
this guy is so cool.... just random and spontaneous, just letting the sound come out , he just can´t express it with his face hence the random gestures, it´s like that, like a sudden rush of mixed poerful feeling !!!! yeah !!
viejochase 2 years ago 4
this guy looks like peter parkers bro
patdel92 2 years ago
in response to BSAiden, i completly agree. especially when you are playing blues, and play from your sole like mayer does, as well as SRV and BB king, it doesnt come from their mind.
omgpiperrr 2 years ago
It's sad to see great guitarists loosing the ground
zsoca31 2 years ago
This is to the people referring to the faces.
When your playing guitar, you make A LOT of faces, no doubt about it. When you're playing guitar, you express your emotions through the intrument and for a lot of people, that's the only way they can. So don't go saying, "Oh, the faces need to go." If there was no faces, there wouldn't be the great and enthusiastic guitarist we know as John Mayer today.
BSAidan 2 years ago 5
Well he doesn't make faces anymore today really. And his playing isn't as good as it used to be (when considering the soul in it) so you're right on that one.
wiirulez89 2 years ago
Faces make the video.
judenschnitzel 2 years ago
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Honestly h needs to put a wrap on those faces, im sure even gary moore would be embarrassed to watch this
conor30000 2 years ago
@conor30000 He's an epic guitarist, but those FACES are ANNOYING........!
ReggaeRockandRoll 2 years ago
man he's AMAZING...
but those are some fucky blues faces...
aklanonboy 2 years ago
It's sad that when John Mayer first started making music it was to give the pop music scene familiarity and exposure to real music like blues, etc. and now it's the other way around.
Real music is discouraged to an extent now days that we can't even get John Mayer to stop playing two chord songs and taking his shirt off. It makes me sad when I see what a real musician like John Mayer has been reduced to because of lame producers and completely worthless teeny bopper fans.
PilotDoofy 2 years ago
You need to go and see him live sometime rather than make judgements about the person you see in the media. He may still play the old "radio edit" faves, but he also injects stuff that clearly comes from his soul.
I've seen him live many times. There was a period in 2006 after he became "tabloid famous" that his performances seemed all about album promotion and lacked his usual passion - but at the most recent gig I saw at the Troubadour in LA, I can safely say the old JM is still there.
icandy189 2 years ago 19
My girlfriend is a big fan so maybe if he comes in town where I live I'll do her a favor and give him another chance. :)
PilotDoofy 2 years ago
one thing pilotdoofy......listen to his trio, he plays some real good shit
Bosphorus92 2 years ago
@PilotDoofy there goes the liberal agenda, trying to keep AMERICA down again
gregg441 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy hey listen to this, two chords go a long way
GoingCamando20 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy hey listen to this, two chords go a long way
GoingCamando20 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy AMEN!
loonabella 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy Number one the whole first part of your statement just doesn't make any sense. Its not "the other way around." Mayers intentions with the room for squares album were not solely for pop music familiarity and especially not intended for exposure to the blues, because Mayer didn't bust into the blues scene until much later down the road. Number two in reference to the word "reduced" is inaccurate, Mayers work has progressively improved and diversified especially as a guitar player.
HeyJoe1488 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy Thirdly; if your not an actual educated musician keep you worthless, invalid ideals and opinions off of good music.
Thanks
HeyJoe1488 1 year ago
@PilotDoofy ? wha wha? what two chord songs? His shirt comes off for stuff like his crossroads cover. And surely the blues is the most boring for that: its a 1 4 5, you know when each chord is coming, at least john chucks in a substitute 6 chord to replace the 5 and be slightly original-ish.
Covered In Raid is a two chord song, the only one I can think of by John. And have you heard his work on that?
"real music like blues", thats the lamest comment ever. 1. blues is a form of pop music.
TobyEllisSongwriter 11 months ago
@PilotDoofy thats not true at all. theres nothing wrong with pop our generation has just destroyed. john loves pop. whats wrong with that? and if you look at the tabs of his songs you would realize that all of them have a shit tone of different chords and are so much harder than you would think. he plays the music he loves blues. pop. and his own little genre where he brings them together. i will agree with you his fan base is based off of his pop music and sex appeal but its still great music.
SuperChance17 10 months ago
@PilotDoofy he definitely plays more than two chord songs (yes, there are a few... "come back to bed" [as in this video] and gravity) and I haven't seen a video recently (not that it doesn't happen) where he's not got a shirt on... He still does what he did in Room for Squares, but just from a different vantage point IMHO...
drdmento 8 months ago
@PilotDoofy Haha guy you obviously dont know what youre talking about. The first two albums he released were his most mainstream pop oriented stuff, and continuum was probably the least pop and battle studies somewhat. But as he gets bigger and bigger, his shows include alot more blues stuff than what he used to do.
lsdman14 8 months ago
@PilotDoofy you're retarded
25Ragz 5 months ago
lol... buying a freakin awesome guitar- 600-1500$
setting up a concert for one night-thousands of dollars
getting tickets for JM show- bout 300$ maybe
laughing at his facial expressions and guitar skills (mostly his face)- PRICELESS!
for everything else that fails... just scream and dance!
stockmarket101 2 years ago
That would have been funny if you had a better punch line and said it differently.
PilotDoofy 2 years ago
Beginning with some Jeff Healey Stuff.. lol
RickInRock84 2 years ago 2
He is Tom Hanks' alter ego
MountainFreako 2 years ago
he hath jizzed...multiple tymes XD
KlaskeyProductions 2 years ago
EXCELLENT
elisfenderbender 2 years ago
Why the hell u stopped recording?
Bah, nice video anyways.
zeffy00 2 years ago 8
I know right, that last riff was exploding, you tell how much feeling he has with his playing
Gibsonstandard67 2 years ago 2
man he needs to turn that shit up at the end. Volume is so important.
pmacj 2 years ago
yeah i agree, he seriously needs to turn it up!
avrajsingh123 2 years ago
what song is this
Gibsonstandard67 2 years ago
come back to bed :)
Stratsire 2 years ago
the one that's in his head. aside from the core pattern, which is pretty basic blues, he's making it up on the spot. That's jazz/blues improvisation.
a1mbient 2 years ago
this foo is badass. got some skills
xlkeo 2 years ago 4
JM is sick, but can i get a little love for that sax lick at :06 - 13. That is the real flavor for your taste buds.
sometimehuh 2 years ago
Not a sax...it's a trumpet. But yes...very nice!
StevieRayVirtuoso 2 years ago
where can i buy that guitar strap? does anybody know? :)
Kukssss 2 years ago
Just by the Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar...It comes with it.
DeathbySasquatch 2 years ago
Just buy the SRV guitar...it comes with it.
DeathbySasquatch 2 years ago
lol
cryman89 2 years ago
hahahha awesome
jOnizoid 2 years ago
dood john kicks ass at guitar
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he SUCKS lol
no he's not bad but he cares about showing off than playing music
Radomu 3 years ago
you're stupid
ovidiu100 3 years ago 10
he would be doing back flips if he cared about showing off. hes obviously playing music with his hands and guitar. What the hell could you possible be talking about? If anything hes bringing blues back to popularity. Listen to BB King Live at the Regal theater and listen to all the screams that blues used to get. You will notice a similarity with the response he gets when playing he blues.
igottafc 2 years ago 3
if he cares about showing off more than playing music then why is his music so popular? and why are you watching and listening to him?
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
Kick ass strat.
beatdeat 3 years ago
it's hilarious to watch this then watch videos from his last tour and see what a difference 4 years makes when PR people get ahold of you... He doesn't make those faces anymore... haha.
John Mayer v1.0, I would call this...
v1.0 is pre- John Mayer Trio appx. 2000-2004
v2.0 is Trio to Where The Light Is 2004-2008
v3.0 is what we have now... He's two shirts on in this vid and now you can't get him to wear one....
aschleman 3 years ago 2
Oh, my god. John Mayer knows how to play the blues!!!! He goes onstage with his Fender Strat and pulls out a can of whip-ass!!!!
Man, this guy is so awesome.
He's Slowhand, Jr.!!!
jesuschrustpizza 3 years ago
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mayer is good:p
he's not frusciante though!
vodika44 3 years ago
those facial expressions..4 everything else thers mastercard!
blujack07 3 years ago
listen to the comment in audio
ifu06572 3 years ago
how do you listen to it in audio?
tuberdude06 3 years ago
copy the comment, paste it on the comment box and hit "audio preview".
sick solo by the way, and he's gotten so much better, and still improving!
salvamg89 3 years ago
OK lets go over this video. . . . . bee-dah a - boo- la-la-lee-la-la-bum-too-tooo-altee-tee-de bum- ohh-lahh-lahh-lee-lee-lee-bum-say-say-say-say-neee nee-nee-nee-ohhhhhh-al-la-laah-lah-ah-ah-la-la-hoooo-eeeeeeeeee
ifu06572 3 years ago
hahaha
dtan117 3 years ago
shift between huge generalisations. funny as
naivesteve 3 years ago
What the hell don't you get, he's an awsome guitarist. Nothing you ever say will change that dude, soz
The very fact that he's in a band with Steve Jordan AND Pino Palladino show that he is a world class musician and song writer
I know its hard not being that dude, but lets not start saying he's not the dogs bollocks, coz even if you don't like his music you can't knock his musicianship
and if you do, then you're a dumbass
PeterWoodsMusic 3 years ago 4
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he really does think hes something else thats what gets me.. how can he not hear how wrong this is.. i really dont understand,, i thought i did but i dont
dustball321 3 years ago
what do you mean by wrong? are you a blues purist who thinks he's screwing it up or a pop fan who thinks blues is the worst thing since the conception of the yankees?
tenichols10 3 years ago
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i try to be more of a good music purist which is hard with this on the radio.. its like an oil tanker just crashed and is spilling into my nice clean ocean of music and killing all the little birds and oceanlife.. labels like blues or pop are a misleading because john mayer is in a different universe alltogether than say robert johnson, junior wells, or R kelly.. if i were to put him in a category it would have to be filed under VOMIT!
dustball321 3 years ago
thats cool, we just disagree on that one. i like john mayer's music (not his early stuff, his trio and blues stuff) but he's certainly nowhere close to the talent robert johnson.
tenichols10 3 years ago
ever hear of kevin breit?
dustball321 3 years ago
What good is it Trash talking artists?
are your bands that bad that you have to call everything you hear thats better than them trash or vomit?
bubsadoozy 3 years ago
Wow... you sir are a moron... you just called john mayer an idiot, the VERY poorly defended your misplaced claim with an angry rant about how his music is simply bad. Why? how? does he have bad tone? (actually he has one of the best out there) in your mind is his voice not up to par? maybe his riffs arent unique enough (remember we're talking about blues here genius) stop sounding like an idiot and say something useful please, not just opinionated shit
goose3249 3 years ago
and he said that R kelly was a blues musician. hahahaha. what a dumbass
nthsieh928 3 years ago
well you probably dont understand alot of things if you hear something wrong with that. im not a fan of his records, but he is a good guitar player and im a fan of that. he does some really good SRV covers. he is just feeling it man, it doesnt mean he thinks hes god. if he doesnt feel it, no one else will.
Biffle4President 3 years ago
U need 2 stop hating on Mayer. Yeah no1 will ever replace SRV. But alot of people play just like him.Not the same but similar. It's just music man. DIG IT
Yozo84 3 years ago
you sent this as a reply to me??? what the fuck are you talking about? i just said i dig that shit...i am assuming that was an accident and you're talking to someone else.
Biffle4President 3 years ago 2
lol. i was like wtf is yozo talkin bout. any ways mayer rocks.
mastamitchell 3 years ago
wow. i Love the rise in this one.
imakikyoass225 3 years ago
Damn...the man can play. I wish the rest of the video was up.
VideoGamer016 3 years ago
he looks drunk as hell
demizebp 3 years ago
lol his facial expressions are a little over the top. eh idk i guess i'm just not a fan.
monkeyssj1 3 years ago
good... not for so.. but still blues!
JuanMurF1 3 years ago
Mayer's the type of person who laughs at their own jokes, any way you spell it in any language, he is a douche bag. he's in my top five celebrity tools.
dispatch321 3 years ago
His facial expressions are pretty funny, awesome playing.
moosepoop69 3 years ago
He is best friends with American Tennis star James Blake!!!
MinnesotaMan34 3 years ago
Hey he's having a good time and clownin'. Thats part of the fun when its fun! Thats magic. In respect for the blues he has his chops down. Wonder what he'll sound like in 10 years.Its all growth.
bludrums 3 years ago 2
This guy brings shame for blues and guitar!
He looks and acts retarted,so full of himself,yet he can't play!
Sings like shit!
Totally a waste of time this guy is!
grga888 3 years ago
but of course it's well worth listening to you
wannabefun 3 years ago
agreed totally, Mayer is nothing compared to Stevie Ray Vaughan...... I believe the first thing you have to have when becoming a successful musician is being humble about your music, not full of one's self.... he really shows how immature he can be in front of crowds of girls that are screaming........ just play the damn music and don't make a comedy show out of it...... he never left the pop family
rocknfenderguy 3 years ago
dude is high as fuck
slkelevra 3 years ago
I get to see him LIVE in August! Never in my life wanted summer to fly by so fast!
dholmes299 3 years ago
Wow. Great analogy there.
You fail. Mayer is as legit a blues player I've seen since Stevie Ray. And he has the chops to prove it.
JohnMayer07 3 years ago 5
I mean DUDE, what exactly are you looking for that mayer doesn't offer for you, there, huh???, not slow enough, not loud enough, not into it enough???? bwahahahaha
HuckleberrySlim 3 years ago
dude JM is probably one of the greatest blues guitarists of our generation... like, wtf how could you even say that hes a "lazy" blues player with no heart. he puts as much feeling into his playing as SRV did
MyManDan 3 years ago 2
that's right and if you've heard him lately he's every bit his equal - growth is a strange thing y'see: it takes time :) give him more and he'll reach a level even stevie and jimi never got the chance to get to :)
HuckleberrySlim 3 years ago
wrong, he won't make it that far, he doesn't have the humbleness like SRV did...........even if he did make it that far, he won't get the public view from the crowd that genuinely loves the blues, he will still be watched only by those that follow pop bands.
rocknfenderguy 3 years ago
he already gets insane crowd draws from all walks of life - who says you have to keep music seperate, why cant he play blues and rock and pop and everything under the sun, and have all kinds of people show up to see him do it? (which he does, which is great) and why cant he get as talented as srv and jimi when he's like 40, 50, 60? At this rate of growth something tells me it's completely possible, after all, theyre both human beings....and theyre both in the same profession. its happening.
HuckleberrySlim 3 years ago
oo, I know he could make it that far, anyone CAN make it that far. but I mean he wouldn't have the same view as if he were to start with the blues instead of pop. If he feels sincere about both of his styles of music, then that's great, but there's one of his videos I've seen along the line that looks like he's mocking the blues, and it's not his guitar face. He raises his hand for people to cheer for him, that's another thing that annoys me. If he's good enough, he wouldn't have to do that.
rocknfenderguy 3 years ago
well thats when we are wrong to even compare him to srv in the first place, he is his own person and has his own things that he likes to do,i just see something like that as harmless fun, the beatles did that ALL the time and nobody complained, they threw in a "ooooooo" somewhere and enough girls cheered to cover up any mistake the might make, the only difference is johhny isnt covering anything up, he's just having fun up there, and you can do that under any style, ask Buddy (hes fun! see him!)
HuckleberrySlim 3 years ago 2
of course he won't get the genuinely loving blues crowds. you wanna know why? because those crowds are getting smaller. the newer generations aren't into this stuff.
smauro3 3 years ago
I know, and that's very sad........ we need to get more guitarists/bands that play the real blues to play in the mainstream of music
rocknfenderguy 3 years ago
That is another reason why his music is so good, the group of blues fans are really small but thanks to him it is growing again. Listening to mayer has makes people aware of SRV or Buddy Guy or BB King, without his music they would not know anything about those artists
ak231510 3 years ago 2
and also, notice how back in the day it was mostly black people playing the blues ex. bb king, buddy guy, freddi king. Now they all listen to rap. i doubt there will be a black blues famous guitarist anytime soon. thats pretty sad cause they got it in them
PornDude911 3 years ago
If what you were saying is true then he would only b listen 2 by 14yr old girls How many older people actually listen to true pop music His music doesnt have a genre or age group I went 2 the show he had at grant park and I can tell you 20,000 ppl didnt show up to see Robert Randolph & Most of the ppl were older if you are looking for him to be accepted by real blues fans look no further then his peers clapton buddy guy bb king if they accept & like his music that is all the credibility he needs
ak231510 3 years ago
my point is he wants people to cheer for him way too bad rather than letting his music make the cheering happen....
rocknfenderguy 3 years ago
Interesting. I thought the last time you wrote this exact same comment on another video that it was gonna be your "last Mayer bash". Seriously, your work out analogy is nonsensical and ill conceived and certainly not clever enough to repeat - but clearly you can't stay away from "bouncyball" Mayer, little girl. (Side bar... is spelling, grammar and punctuation too hard for you, lazy bastard?) Bwaaaaaaaaaaahaaahahaha.
icandy189 4 years ago
Knew he could play guitar pretty well.
But, Oh my god.
:O
pritchard92 4 years ago 3
man does john mayer think es srv or somthin with the strap lol still good thoguh
slimshady1111 4 years ago
i love his faces!
mrsj0hnmayer 4 years ago
yes...and you can find the strap on fender-com if i'm not mistaken...when it comes to electric guitar and straps, he does none other than fender.
jaybird2284 4 years ago
You can hear Clapton's influence all througout that. Pretty sweet
jimmynothin 4 years ago
this was come back to bed right?
stevekissinger 4 years ago
yes.
danielyimm 4 years ago
John is so frikin COOOL....man, I love this guy!!! He's really awesome
lizlovestaylor 5 years ago
who was on the horn in the beginning of the vid?
acama 5 years ago
Yep... Dude Mayer's old Ego rocks this one, so to say...
SunnyCool 5 years ago
He's fucken bad
lvlalarky 5 years ago
OOOHHH!! wheres the rest!! this is great! i had this biggest smile on my face watchin this! if there is a rest to this id love to see it
italiansweeetiee 5 years ago
Ive noticed that he didnt have as much control over his guitar faces way back then, or at least they were different...he he. Great video though.
kicker44 5 years ago
I envy your ability to get amazing tickets.
crushme41dmb 5 years ago
You. Are. So. Lucky. I love it! :) Go Melbourne!
xx
glossology 5 years ago
thats ridiculously close
Eggo731 5 years ago