The rhythm tone is a little weak, but I do like the lead tone and the sort of blues-pop style that Mayer is developing; it's almost like early rhythm and blues.
@seanshowtime1996 Well in that case, it just changes the semantics of my statement; I don't think that the tone fits the rhythm playing as much as it fits the lead.
I wouldn't say the tone is amazing. I suppose it's unique for a mainstream album nowadays, but nothing others haven't done with a classic tube amp... and maybe a fuzz pedal, but you don't need one for this sound.
bad news. everyone who has sang this song something bad has happened to them. original singer robert johnson died at 27 then eric claptons son died then one of the allman brothers died lynerd skynerd dies in a plane crash...now john mayer....uh-oh
good song 25$ amp wtf lern atleast something about music befor you say something and i cant even afford the pedal that he uses yet but for this song i use a boss fuzz pedal
I can appreciate where everyone's coming from in terms of tone/timber and what not, but my own rule of thumb is always listen live (before throwin rocks). I'd just like to clarify that listening to music on youtube is pretty moot for an argument because MP3 formats and the like are compressed (not the nice way) and chopped up to kingdom come. You're never gonna get the full feel and sound from listening online....not here at least. To say he has no concept of tone whatsoever is just ignorant.
@naguitarhero haha you're a dipshit. clapton wouldn't want his amp to sound like that? they played it together live with the same fuzz. so know what you're talking about before you comment.
John Mayer has no conception of guitar tone what so ever. it wouldn't be half bad except that the guitar sounds like its being played through a $25 dollar first act guitar amp bought from walmart.
@naguitarhero Dude he has one of the most desireable tones, it may not be to your taste but it's definitely not a sound you'd get from a $25 amp from walmart.
@naguitarhero apparently you have no knowledge of music. have you never heard of a distortion pedal? John Mayer only uses the greatest tones out there and sure as hell is not coming from a $25 amp. Think before you comment
@xxXXHUDROCKXXxx i never said it was coming from a $25 dollar amp. I said it SOUNDS like it is. Just because he has good gear doesn't mean he has a conception of tone......Eric Clapton would be embarrassed to have his amp sound like that.......and if you think good tone comes from a distortion pedal your wrong. Try listening to Eddie Van Halen for some lessons in tone buddy. Not John Mayer. I like John Mayer's music. I just wish he would make his guitar sound a little better.
@naguitarhero actually I am a big fan of Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck. I know quite a bit about tone, and if that is the tone that they are going for then they can have whatever sound they want
@naguitarhero He should make his tone better for who? for you? Appreciation of timbre or any aspect of music is subjective because for something to be 'good' or 'best' it is dependent on the values of the valuer. Mayer clearly values his tone (states that he loved this sound in an interview for instance), so his tone is 'great' for him. Not for you, because you value different timbre characteristics in a guitar sound. Stop wishing because he will never change his tone for you!
This is reaally more of a Cream cover of the song, and it's very different. I'm not sure whether it's different in a good way. But I dig the solo a lot, the guy's a killer player, no one can deny that.
@13Musicmachine haha what ever you say. i mean, you must know good music. after all your screen name is musicmachine. i will definitely listen you you Mr. MusicMachine.
This isn't bad, but it's nowhere close to both the original by Robert Johnson and the heroin induced ear blistering version cut by Cream on Wheels of Fire
he didnt still shit he modest as hell and he copied 4 songs so what stevie ray vaughan copied jimmi hendrix eric clapton copied bb king bb king copied albert king and budy guy and all the new shit kanye west the gold digger song copied ray charles ive got a women and sean kingston copied ben e king
great cover John. love what you did to the guitar, original, and the voice fits extrmely well. not asking much out of you since i already know you are amazing. unconstructive critics! shut up...
Mayer's an easy target, I guess . . . nothing so bad about this version. He shows some talent -- just becauue it's not "cool" to like John Mayer doesn't mean he sucks.
@LenoraX its not about what's 'cool' or not; its the fact that he is a pop star trying to do blues music and he just doesn't put the right energy into it. I don't think he sucks, he's very talented, but he just doesn't put the excitement and feeling into blues. It is a type of music that is purely about feeling. Thats the reason EVERYONE uses the same progression (at some point), but just puts their own 'self' into it. To me, he takes something out of this song rather than put something in.
@bleachfreakchris Go listen to Blind Willie Johnsons Dark Was The night, Cold Was the Ground then Buddy Guy The First Time I met The Blues to see what blues music is. If you dont get the feeling from those two and see where Mayer is lacking, then I guess we have different reasons for liking music.Then watch Cream Crossroads 68 to see what Mayer failed at.Mayer is good at the whole acoustic love song thing, but he really doesn't do anything for the blues.
@scottelliottmusic honestly it wasn't a very good cover. But Mayer's actually pretty talented. Obviously, he doesn't compare to the great you've named off (Buddy Guy, Clapton) but he's actually very talented at electric guitar. Big blues guy, good stuff
@shirkmaster13 Yeah I know he is talented. Never said he wasnt. I just don't like what he does with his talent. Hes fine at the girly love songs, and he can play blues style music, but he doesnt have the grit to make it worth while.Blues is terribly boring music unless someone has an extra spark to their playing. His licks are just pretty common and he is very produced so he has no edge to his playing which to me makes it boring, even in the live stuff I have watched.He very safe sounding
It's intresting John, amongst all the versions that others have recorded. Not exactly definative is it? I guess that's the point. The distortion on the rythm part (is that an organ?) Kind of put me off at first. It sounded farty. By the end of the song it seemed reminecent of something David Bowie would do.
no disrespect to john but the only problem with this song is that mayer uses his pop voice. i know that blues is all about making versions ur own but for a rough blues song like this u just cant use that soft serenading voice. Great guitar nonetheless.
fair enough but if u watch this song when he plays it live he sings it differently which i think sounds better. im glad i could make u lol though for supposedly thinking "inside the box". i didnt realise i was talkin to such a profound 'out of the box' thinker who finds it hilarious when someone doesnt share his opinion.
no need to get defensive over a difference of opinion. I just didn't agree with how you seemed to claim that there's a certain way that the song 'should' sound. As for the live version you speak of, I haven't seen it so i can't comment on that.
@SuperTomshaw.....I agree....you have to be incredibly talented to suck the soul out of a blues standard.....I have no idea how he pulled that off, but man, no one else can play the blues like John Mayer.
The live version with Clapton was great but it's his duty as a musician to reinvent and develop music. The whole album deserves respect for not copping out and being another Continuum.
it's good, but he's no Clapton...this is more how Eric does it nowadays...Mayer is a really good guitar player but you can't really tell by his albums
Sorry to break it to ya, but he played both the rythemm part and the solo part on the same guitar, with the same settings, distortion with the guitar volume about halfway down, middle pickup
What.... has he done to Robert Johnson? Everyone has different taste but in my eyes, and eares, this is not good and not worthy of the original. To bad.
@Shimo.....thank god someone still knows about music....i nearly gave up after reading these comments...and some people need to learn the definition of "raw"....i think they mean to say "Stale".... must be some antonym fad i missed out on.
The tone is awful and I hate how many people who are into pop and think John Mayer's cute and all are gonna hear this and have no appreciation or understanding of what this is. John Mayer's music is so bad, but his blues playing is so good. But that's just what I think.
I love this tone, it's really different. I did like the version with Clapton, however this is cool. A bit reserved for Mayer, but the guitar, the harmonies, the bass, the drums... It's funky, bluesy, and just different. I wish the guitar break was a bit longer, but otherwise I like it. And it seems the live versions stay a bit truer to the original.
Those complaining that this is a disgrace because it's not the same as the original fully are out of touch with the spirit of Blues itself which had a strong heart for doing it your own way. If he were to do it exactly as it had been done before, that would be a disgrace to the honor of Robert Johnson.
@Moorendini If he supposedly wanted to honor Robert Johnson by evolving the blues, why didn't he just write his own Blues song instead of ruining a perfectly good one? Fine to re-interpret the blues, but this is like saying a play-dough human figure is just as good as "the David", because its a new take on it. New take is one thing, thats what SRV did (he mainly played covers), but he played them like the originals, just w/more intensity 'cuz he knew what was up.
I think you misunderstand the meaning of re-interpret and are confusing it with copying. I don't consider this "ruined" as so many of you are claiming, just because it's not exactly like the original. The dry tone on this is an amazing take. Just cause y'all are infatuated with your wah peddles, doesn't mean that they are necessary. So :-p
@moorendini.I dont use a wah pedal.This song is Robert Johnson lamenting being a cursed man after his deal w/the devil.Mayer makes it sound like Justin Timberlake.Yeah its well recorded/produced, but he is in no way in touch w/the spirit of the original.Only similarity is the name.Its like if Clockwork Orange were 're-interpreted' as a romantic comedy.even if Spielberg directed and Pacino stared it would still suck, like this.he should have written his own song if he wanted to do funky blues.
as much as i hate john mayer (and i dont give a fuk about anyones hate comments to this) ive hated mayer since i heard that fukin body is a wonderland (bubblegum tongue?? get fuked) but this isnt robert johnsons version this is creams version which modernised the classic robert johnson version and thas exactly wat this pussy has dun but by blowing it out his arse
@MrBl0nd3 it's his style. Go listen to the "Try!" live album, great stuff, not pop at all like some of his other albums. Trust me, he's an amazingly talented guitarist
i think its funky as hell. in my opinion, its a wicked interpretation!
john is trying to take an obscure song and put a mainstream twist on it; so more people can enjoy it.
its my guess that the guitar isn't supposed to sound like a guitar, but instead, just be part of the track. just like in most modern music there are very few defined instruments, most are just synthesized sounds.
It's good to know that personally not liking, being moved by, or resonating with someone's music makes it empirically, definitively, universally bad no matter what anyone else thinks or feels.
I was worried people might be becoming more open minded and less judgmental about the art of music.
guys this is not horrible; it is an artist reinterpreting a song. John recreated this song with a guitar tone and style that has not been heard before. Do not listen to it and compare it to the classic; think of it like you're hearing it for the first time. It's an alternate view; John knows that there are some people that would be completely disenfranchised by it but it's not meant for you...
Mann5711, your totally right. I'm just kinda going through all these songs off Battle Studies as I write an essay, so I'm not paying much attention to the lyrics but just having the music sink in, and one thing i can tell already: some of his tone in this album REEKS! But I'm not judging the entire album yet.
well you know, more the same with the licks and the playing style. I can't really explain but if you compare them with eachother this version is not really the same, except for the guitar that's playing through the whole song. But this song isn't that bad, the more I listen to it, the better it gets.
Well, it's just that there was such a sense of musicality in the previous albums that I cannot find in Battle Studies. This whole album is just so slick and smooth that, and I 'm afraid to say this, it destroys Mayer's particular style of composing and ends up being very mainstream.
Nonetheless, I'm open for fresh insights. I'd hate to see myself hating John Mayer.
@kboulema Well firstly, I need not tell you to give it a few spins to let it all sink in. The production is characteristically crystal clean, but the use of instrumentation makes it "slicker". I assure you the jazz voicings of Mayer past are still in full effect, they are just relayed through a new medium (synth like effects). This album seems to bear a marked likeness to Heavier Things. I thought Continuum was odd step when released as well (liked it of course). New directions take time :-)
@lumpfish99 THIS version, yeah...It's just supposed to be a fun litle ditty, he's obviously not trying to take a serious blues number on this one. I don't care for it either but it does fit with the album theme (musical themes anyway).
omg i looooove this song
Odiliaxxxx 1 month ago
Nice
2010georgian1 1 month ago
I love John mayer :)
luckystar15100 2 months ago
Hey guys!Love this song but i think the live version(live@Sunrise studios) is much much better:O as sound,rhythm and SOLOS.
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davidkladd 5 months ago
its my favorite version of crossroads:) haters beware!
davidkladd 5 months ago
i like this, although its a simple riff using fuzz.
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DavidPercan 7 months ago
I just love him
johan13880 1 year ago
reminds me zz top
trevomusic 1 year ago
is a heavy fuzz!,i'll be proud if you check my acoustic version of this song :),or the other john mayer songs i uploaded
thesillyfaceofbrian 1 year ago
great remake of robert johnson's version ;)
umlookcloser 1 year ago
The rhythm tone is a little weak, but I do like the lead tone and the sort of blues-pop style that Mayer is developing; it's almost like early rhythm and blues.
Vanguard448 1 year ago
@Vanguard448 he said in an interview that its the same settings for both so technically its the same tone
seanshowtime1996 1 year ago
@seanshowtime1996 Well in that case, it just changes the semantics of my statement; I don't think that the tone fits the rhythm playing as much as it fits the lead.
Vanguard448 1 year ago
it just sounds kinda lame.. like somethings missing
bdiddydally 1 year ago
It's good but it sounds like the music they us on "Hot it's Made"
panchogordo1 1 year ago
I wouldn't say the tone is amazing. I suppose it's unique for a mainstream album nowadays, but nothing others haven't done with a classic tube amp... and maybe a fuzz pedal, but you don't need one for this sound.
hotfudgemoney 1 year ago
his tone is phenomenal.
Sounds nothing like our heroes SRV, buddy guy or BB King. But you can't deny this is good stuff.
000steelandstone000 1 year ago
superior
Giorgigogaladze 1 year ago
bad news. everyone who has sang this song something bad has happened to them. original singer robert johnson died at 27 then eric claptons son died then one of the allman brothers died lynerd skynerd dies in a plane crash...now john mayer....uh-oh
XXXemochickXXX15 1 year ago
@XXXemochickXXX15 He got a shit ton of bad press. He said the word nigger, talked about former girlfriends.
D:
shreddybits 1 year ago
@XXXemochickXXX15 one of the allman brothers? you mean THE allman brother
themanchild27 1 year ago
@themanchild27 no i mean ONE of them died
XXXemochickXXX15 1 year ago
@XXXemochickXXX15 i know but duane who was THE ALLMAN BROTHER aka the best aka one of the greates guitarists died not just any of them duane
themanchild27 1 year ago
@themanchild27 what does it matter?
metallicamaiden01234 1 year ago
I wonder if John Mayer is visiting your videos and criticizing your guitar playing? Nope, he is too busy being rich and getting laid.....
scornfullshot 1 year ago 27
good song 25$ amp wtf lern atleast something about music befor you say something and i cant even afford the pedal that he uses yet but for this song i use a boss fuzz pedal
Fuzzstine 1 year ago
One of my favorite tracks from the album.
AutocratBrat 1 year ago 12
I can appreciate where everyone's coming from in terms of tone/timber and what not, but my own rule of thumb is always listen live (before throwin rocks). I'd just like to clarify that listening to music on youtube is pretty moot for an argument because MP3 formats and the like are compressed (not the nice way) and chopped up to kingdom come. You're never gonna get the full feel and sound from listening online....not here at least. To say he has no concept of tone whatsoever is just ignorant.
phyraxis 1 year ago
@phyraxis i agree with you. music was originally meant to be played and enjoyed live anyway.
000steelandstone000 1 year ago
@naguitarhero haha you're a dipshit. clapton wouldn't want his amp to sound like that? they played it together live with the same fuzz. so know what you're talking about before you comment.
harrisg66 1 year ago
its a great song
fuck26720 1 year ago
not a $25 amp. it's an $800 fuzz pedal, Pete Cornish NG-2 fuzz :-)
roccotanto 1 year ago
John Mayer has no conception of guitar tone what so ever. it wouldn't be half bad except that the guitar sounds like its being played through a $25 dollar first act guitar amp bought from walmart.
naguitarhero 1 year ago
@naguitarhero Dude he has one of the most desireable tones, it may not be to your taste but it's definitely not a sound you'd get from a $25 amp from walmart.
DrBIues 1 year ago
@naguitarhero apparently you have no knowledge of music. have you never heard of a distortion pedal? John Mayer only uses the greatest tones out there and sure as hell is not coming from a $25 amp. Think before you comment
xxXXHUDROCKXXxx 1 year ago
@xxXXHUDROCKXXxx i never said it was coming from a $25 dollar amp. I said it SOUNDS like it is. Just because he has good gear doesn't mean he has a conception of tone......Eric Clapton would be embarrassed to have his amp sound like that.......and if you think good tone comes from a distortion pedal your wrong. Try listening to Eddie Van Halen for some lessons in tone buddy. Not John Mayer. I like John Mayer's music. I just wish he would make his guitar sound a little better.
naguitarhero 1 year ago
@naguitarhero actually I am a big fan of Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck. I know quite a bit about tone, and if that is the tone that they are going for then they can have whatever sound they want
xxXXHUDROCKXXxx 1 year ago
@xxXXHUDROCKXXxx I guess so. I just think that John Mayer could sound so much better. But thats my opinion.
naguitarhero 1 year ago
@naguitarhero He should make his tone better for who? for you? Appreciation of timbre or any aspect of music is subjective because for something to be 'good' or 'best' it is dependent on the values of the valuer. Mayer clearly values his tone (states that he loved this sound in an interview for instance), so his tone is 'great' for him. Not for you, because you value different timbre characteristics in a guitar sound. Stop wishing because he will never change his tone for you!
TheMrAlwaysRight 1 year ago
What is the point of covering a song if you are going to make it sound exactly the same? John puts a cool twist on the song, with a sick solo.
CowardlyShoe69 1 year ago 2
This is reaally more of a Cream cover of the song, and it's very different. I'm not sure whether it's different in a good way. But I dig the solo a lot, the guy's a killer player, no one can deny that.
RobbieMacIntyre 1 year ago
An insult to Robert Johnson
13Musicmachine 1 year ago
@13Musicmachine haha what ever you say. i mean, you must know good music. after all your screen name is musicmachine. i will definitely listen you you Mr. MusicMachine.
GeKyle1217 1 year ago
Great version of Crossroads, pity the rest of the album is back to he's gay shite.
robheffernan 1 year ago
This isn't bad, but it's nowhere close to both the original by Robert Johnson and the heroin induced ear blistering version cut by Cream on Wheels of Fire
RedWings1835 1 year ago
Awesome!!!
boarhuntor 1 year ago
shitty
LtTeertstra 1 year ago
@LtTeertstra Your a suck.....
xXRyan343Xx 1 year ago
mmmmmmm....sexy.
judithincalgary 1 year ago
try to keep an open-mind people... its nice that john mayer is doing a different take on it with the overall sound. variety is the spice of life :)
Tallguyalec 1 year ago
@John Mayer,
All of your talent aside... How could you do this to the blues?
toppylovingtop 1 year ago
I think it's a great version - understated lead really gets into the essence of the song and a nice twist to the riff.
pazoozalator 1 year ago
all you need to go and search robert johnson crossroads he started all this
theman8083 1 year ago
The Rush version is much better than this one.
Darkfury96 1 year ago
this sucks so much
TheDeadandtheDirty 1 year ago
john mayer is good, but this cover is reallyyyy bad :(
Listen to Cream do it and it's amazingly better
Jake29112 1 year ago
nice
MrMieppie 1 year ago
@MrMieppie Sure this is nice, greatest song ever, nice cover from Robert Johnson
djbaze1998 1 year ago
he didnt still shit he modest as hell and he copied 4 songs so what stevie ray vaughan copied jimmi hendrix eric clapton copied bb king bb king copied albert king and budy guy and all the new shit kanye west the gold digger song copied ray charles ive got a women and sean kingston copied ben e king
cookiemonster55100 1 year ago
listen to robert johnson
theman8083 1 year ago
But John Mayer steals SO MUCH
That's such a fail. And all the douchebag shit he says and does in the media...
Imo he totally totally degraded in everything. In his talent, in his believeableness, in his hotness... Mehh
xOEHLALA 1 year ago
@xOEHLALA What has he stolen?
Geobon 1 year ago
F.U. all that hate john mayer and his music he is awesome!
coreothe111 1 year ago
great cover John. love what you did to the guitar, original, and the voice fits extrmely well. not asking much out of you since i already know you are amazing. unconstructive critics! shut up...
mikehabada 1 year ago
oooommmmmgggggg..... somebody please fucking shoot me.... this is blatant pollution of a classic.
i can't hear any emotion in this song at all, it sounds like some crappy pop ballad... smh ...
metart93 1 year ago
very refreshing cover ... im just a sucker for mayer though
pnatesh 1 year ago
Worst. Cover. Ever. Guitar sounds like a bad keyboard
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minkagirl1 1 year ago
Omg i love this song
X0BellaLuna0X 1 year ago
I think it's not cool to NOT like him..
Ur stupid if you dont like something or says u dont like it because 'its not cool' ...
NoNameDuhh 1 year ago 2
Nice performance, but the guitar sounded like a series of cow farts.
SidVicious10101 1 year ago
@SidVicious10101
Never heard a cow fart, but I do like the tone he's using in this song.
JBushMusic 1 year ago
@SidVicious10101
Love this song...but ur right, kinda does
Gokon9224 1 year ago
would everyone stop arguin and just listen to the song
guitaplaya1494 1 year ago
@guitaplaya1494 go buy the album if you dont want to read comments. These forums exist for a reason.
scottelliottmusic 1 year ago
Mayer's an easy target, I guess . . . nothing so bad about this version. He shows some talent -- just becauue it's not "cool" to like John Mayer doesn't mean he sucks.
LenoraX 2 years ago
@LenoraX its not about what's 'cool' or not; its the fact that he is a pop star trying to do blues music and he just doesn't put the right energy into it. I don't think he sucks, he's very talented, but he just doesn't put the excitement and feeling into blues. It is a type of music that is purely about feeling. Thats the reason EVERYONE uses the same progression (at some point), but just puts their own 'self' into it. To me, he takes something out of this song rather than put something in.
scottelliottmusic 2 years ago
@scottelliottmusic
go and watch slowdancing in a burning room live in LA then yuo wil see what feeling realy is
bleachfreakchris 1 year ago
@bleachfreakchris Go listen to Blind Willie Johnsons Dark Was The night, Cold Was the Ground then Buddy Guy The First Time I met The Blues to see what blues music is. If you dont get the feeling from those two and see where Mayer is lacking, then I guess we have different reasons for liking music.Then watch Cream Crossroads 68 to see what Mayer failed at.Mayer is good at the whole acoustic love song thing, but he really doesn't do anything for the blues.
scottelliottmusic 1 year ago
@scottelliottmusic honestly it wasn't a very good cover. But Mayer's actually pretty talented. Obviously, he doesn't compare to the great you've named off (Buddy Guy, Clapton) but he's actually very talented at electric guitar. Big blues guy, good stuff
shirkmaster13 1 year ago
@shirkmaster13 Yeah I know he is talented. Never said he wasnt. I just don't like what he does with his talent. Hes fine at the girly love songs, and he can play blues style music, but he doesnt have the grit to make it worth while.Blues is terribly boring music unless someone has an extra spark to their playing. His licks are just pretty common and he is very produced so he has no edge to his playing which to me makes it boring, even in the live stuff I have watched.He very safe sounding
scottelliottmusic 1 year ago
It's intresting John, amongst all the versions that others have recorded. Not exactly definative is it? I guess that's the point. The distortion on the rythm part (is that an organ?) Kind of put me off at first. It sounded farty. By the end of the song it seemed reminecent of something David Bowie would do.
Freshguy31 2 years ago
the best song ;)
Guitarboy538 2 years ago
Actually it's a fuzz... and one of the most in-the-pocket drummers around, Steve Jordan.
JasonRicemusic 2 years ago 12
i just think it's a great cover of a great song...
this entire album is his best one yet
SharanyaaVasan 2 years ago
sounds like that tracy chapman song
phish1085 2 years ago
this song is old school and funky !!!
The4Gamer01 2 years ago
this isn't bad, i like the solo though
31guitar 2 years ago
Dear god, this is the worst crap I've ever heard in my life. I feel liek my ears were raped and no matter how much I scrub, they're still dirty.
winterstar31 2 years ago
no disrespect to john but the only problem with this song is that mayer uses his pop voice. i know that blues is all about making versions ur own but for a rough blues song like this u just cant use that soft serenading voice. Great guitar nonetheless.
SuperTomshaw 2 years ago 2
lol way to think inside the box. The contrast between the voice and the guitar is what makes it so good
UWMike017 2 years ago 2
fair enough but if u watch this song when he plays it live he sings it differently which i think sounds better. im glad i could make u lol though for supposedly thinking "inside the box". i didnt realise i was talkin to such a profound 'out of the box' thinker who finds it hilarious when someone doesnt share his opinion.
SuperTomshaw 2 years ago
no need to get defensive over a difference of opinion. I just didn't agree with how you seemed to claim that there's a certain way that the song 'should' sound. As for the live version you speak of, I haven't seen it so i can't comment on that.
UWMike017 2 years ago
No worries, think I took your comment the wrong way and thought u where being a smart arse. Either way John Mayer is without doubt a quality artist.
SuperTomshaw 2 years ago
@SuperTomshaw.....I agree....you have to be incredibly talented to suck the soul out of a blues standard.....I have no idea how he pulled that off, but man, no one else can play the blues like John Mayer.
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ShelbyCaldwell78041 2 years ago
The live version with Clapton was great but it's his duty as a musician to reinvent and develop music. The whole album deserves respect for not copping out and being another Continuum.
LittleWing117 2 years ago 22
@LittleWing117 copping out and being another continuum? Continuum is Mayer's best album.
JBushMusic 1 year ago
it's good, but he's no Clapton...this is more how Eric does it nowadays...Mayer is a really good guitar player but you can't really tell by his albums
thetanman2233 2 years ago
The sound is so raw, just love it!
ToGayToPlay 2 years ago 2
The tone is disgraceful. It's sounds so electronic and upfront. Not good. The lead tone at least has reverb on it.
GuitarRonnie13 2 years ago
Sorry to break it to ya, but he played both the rythemm part and the solo part on the same guitar, with the same settings, distortion with the guitar volume about halfway down, middle pickup
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doodlydude1478 2 years ago
Eric Clapton is proud of this sol i thnk :=)
Smashing goog !
After all it is the Clapton way he play inn....
1977Skynyrd 2 years ago
Hey Shimo, the song does everything is it suppose to do, enjoy it, don't compare it
shawnonthecoast 2 years ago
What.... has he done to Robert Johnson? Everyone has different taste but in my eyes, and eares, this is not good and not worthy of the original. To bad.
Shimo 2 years ago
@Shimo.....thank god someone still knows about music....i nearly gave up after reading these comments...and some people need to learn the definition of "raw"....i think they mean to say "Stale".... must be some antonym fad i missed out on.
scottelliottmusic 2 years ago
this song is wicked and you're all idiots
MinnoqWV 2 years ago 2
i kind of expected better of him on a song like this
CamPhraser 2 years ago 2
started off not liking it, but its got a cool groove to it
Steveobroil1 2 years ago 2
The tone is awful and I hate how many people who are into pop and think John Mayer's cute and all are gonna hear this and have no appreciation or understanding of what this is. John Mayer's music is so bad, but his blues playing is so good. But that's just what I think.
hendrixkixas 2 years ago
The tone he chose here is perfect. It's exactly like it's meant to be. It stands out and brings you to a different world (whatever it may be).
Raw and powerful. But I admit, if this was his regular thing, then it wouldn't be so cool.
MKlukowski 2 years ago
this sounds like a pop version of this song. I dont think its that good
31guitar 2 years ago
Great !!
THMSBLVRT 2 years ago
I love this tone, it's really different. I did like the version with Clapton, however this is cool. A bit reserved for Mayer, but the guitar, the harmonies, the bass, the drums... It's funky, bluesy, and just different. I wish the guitar break was a bit longer, but otherwise I like it. And it seems the live versions stay a bit truer to the original.
seibertmeister 2 years ago
This song has a bluesy feel to it...I like it!!
rmb18queen 2 years ago
@rmb18queen derrrrrrrrrrrrr???????
Steveobroil1 2 years ago
I had the fuzz sound of his guitar normally his tone is amazing
soundbitemusic 2 years ago
I think seeing him play this with Clapton before I heard his own version ruined this one for me. I loved the more bluesy version he did with Clapton
OceanLover04 2 years ago 3
^ :)
brugerper 2 years ago
i agree! i saw the one with clapton first and i dont like this one and i really like the one with eric:D
Neverable 2 years ago
Those complaining that this is a disgrace because it's not the same as the original fully are out of touch with the spirit of Blues itself which had a strong heart for doing it your own way. If he were to do it exactly as it had been done before, that would be a disgrace to the honor of Robert Johnson.
Moorendini 2 years ago
@Moorendini If he supposedly wanted to honor Robert Johnson by evolving the blues, why didn't he just write his own Blues song instead of ruining a perfectly good one? Fine to re-interpret the blues, but this is like saying a play-dough human figure is just as good as "the David", because its a new take on it. New take is one thing, thats what SRV did (he mainly played covers), but he played them like the originals, just w/more intensity 'cuz he knew what was up.
scottelliottmusic 2 years ago
I think you misunderstand the meaning of re-interpret and are confusing it with copying. I don't consider this "ruined" as so many of you are claiming, just because it's not exactly like the original. The dry tone on this is an amazing take. Just cause y'all are infatuated with your wah peddles, doesn't mean that they are necessary. So :-p
Moorendini 2 years ago 2
@moorendini.I dont use a wah pedal.This song is Robert Johnson lamenting being a cursed man after his deal w/the devil.Mayer makes it sound like Justin Timberlake.Yeah its well recorded/produced, but he is in no way in touch w/the spirit of the original.Only similarity is the name.Its like if Clockwork Orange were 're-interpreted' as a romantic comedy.even if Spielberg directed and Pacino stared it would still suck, like this.he should have written his own song if he wanted to do funky blues.
scottelliottmusic 2 years ago
as much as i hate john mayer (and i dont give a fuk about anyones hate comments to this) ive hated mayer since i heard that fukin body is a wonderland (bubblegum tongue?? get fuked) but this isnt robert johnsons version this is creams version which modernised the classic robert johnson version and thas exactly wat this pussy has dun but by blowing it out his arse
MrBl0nd3 1 year ago
@MrBl0nd3 it's his style. Go listen to the "Try!" live album, great stuff, not pop at all like some of his other albums. Trust me, he's an amazingly talented guitarist
shirkmaster13 1 year ago
at first i didnt like it, felt like it didnt give the original song justice.
but the more i listen to it, the more funky it becomes.
hmmmm i like it
thehollowkrew 2 years ago 3
i think its funky as hell. in my opinion, its a wicked interpretation!
john is trying to take an obscure song and put a mainstream twist on it; so more people can enjoy it.
its my guess that the guitar isn't supposed to sound like a guitar, but instead, just be part of the track. just like in most modern music there are very few defined instruments, most are just synthesized sounds.
wallis222 2 years ago
It's good to know that personally not liking, being moved by, or resonating with someone's music makes it empirically, definitively, universally bad no matter what anyone else thinks or feels.
I was worried people might be becoming more open minded and less judgmental about the art of music.
Comforting to know I was wrong.
(Sarcasm.)
Vamphaery 2 years ago
guys this is not horrible; it is an artist reinterpreting a song. John recreated this song with a guitar tone and style that has not been heard before. Do not listen to it and compare it to the classic; think of it like you're hearing it for the first time. It's an alternate view; John knows that there are some people that would be completely disenfranchised by it but it's not meant for you...
jazzypark08 2 years ago 3
i thinkits good!
Rockfreekdoob 2 years ago
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God John what were you thinking.
RobbieMacIntyre 2 years ago
disgracing robert johnson should carry a jail sentence...
FranciscoBonito 2 years ago
True JayDuck77 Two great guitar player ... whit a little help from EC
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Pabloandpablo 2 years ago
dolores huremovic's version is better
matthewtheungrateful 2 years ago
John Mayer sure can channel Clapton and his sound. Still groovy baby!
noncompliant2 2 years ago 3
Mann5711, your totally right. I'm just kinda going through all these songs off Battle Studies as I write an essay, so I'm not paying much attention to the lyrics but just having the music sink in, and one thing i can tell already: some of his tone in this album REEKS! But I'm not judging the entire album yet.
JayDuck77 2 years ago 5
I like this but I prefer the rawness of creams version. But still putting a slick groove on a classic.
oni4883 2 years ago 2
best piece of new album
pentasa 2 years ago 3
What do you mean what has he done? He's put a sick groove on an already groovin' song. Just flow with it man.
TheMrBAP 2 years ago 4
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TheMrBAP 2 years ago
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john mayer........ what have you done? :(
JoaoJMatias 2 years ago
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@JoaoJMatias Thank you..it's okay man youre not the only one wondering that very thing. This is horrible.
DesmondMyersvids 2 years ago
i completely agreee....
nthsieh928 2 years ago
Tho it's nothing compared to cream's version, it's still a nice song. Too bad I was hoping for the more cream-like version.
TimBirkenholz 2 years ago
You were hoping for a cover to sound like the original? What the fuck is the point?
bajoverga 2 years ago 2
well you know, more the same with the licks and the playing style. I can't really explain but if you compare them with eachother this version is not really the same, except for the guitar that's playing through the whole song. But this song isn't that bad, the more I listen to it, the better it gets.
TimBirkenholz 2 years ago
too crunchy
mann5711 2 years ago
no reverb either. lol.just straight dry tone.
nthsieh928 2 years ago
esperaba mas de este CD , John Mayer se ha POPularizado demasiado
John es un gran cantante y un buen guitarrista , no debe perder esas tecnicas en su musica , es lo que lo hace unico
tizaaaa 2 years ago
I like the tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan.. Event though the original is just as good
Donut1337 2 years ago
hes awsome at guitar but i dont like this cd. Them crooked vultures was the cd to get on the 17th everyone get it! Continum was better than this.
Sergie56 2 years ago 3
this is more like it... this is one of three or four good songs on this album
lpdrengen 2 years ago
hmmm....all I can say. Is this where the light is?
rorocuz 2 years ago
eric clapton should uhh well lets say kick john mayer's ass
djbot 2 years ago
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@BrannonMcConkey John Mayer's new album is trash. This song is OK at best. you are an idiot. fuck your mother
djbot 2 years ago
Dear god John what have you done to this song?
darksideofthemoo 2 years ago
Great song. Shame it's the only reasonable one on the whole album.
kboulema 2 years ago
@kboulema You think so? I find the complete opposite.
BrannonMcConkey 2 years ago
Well, it's just that there was such a sense of musicality in the previous albums that I cannot find in Battle Studies. This whole album is just so slick and smooth that, and I 'm afraid to say this, it destroys Mayer's particular style of composing and ends up being very mainstream.
Nonetheless, I'm open for fresh insights. I'd hate to see myself hating John Mayer.
kboulema 2 years ago 3
@kboulema Well firstly, I need not tell you to give it a few spins to let it all sink in. The production is characteristically crystal clean, but the use of instrumentation makes it "slicker". I assure you the jazz voicings of Mayer past are still in full effect, they are just relayed through a new medium (synth like effects). This album seems to bear a marked likeness to Heavier Things. I thought Continuum was odd step when released as well (liked it of course). New directions take time :-)
BrannonMcConkey 2 years ago 2
this is not even close to clapton....i think mayer is a good player but he sounds very mechanical he lacks that feeling.....
lumpfish99 2 years ago
@lumpfish99 shut the fuck up...you cant play like him....stop being a hater
MCalixte89 2 years ago
eh!!! i am pretty good at guitar hero! and no need for the rudeness dude its just my opinion....or are you his mama?
lumpfish99 2 years ago
@lumpfish99 THIS version, yeah...It's just supposed to be a fun litle ditty, he's obviously not trying to take a serious blues number on this one. I don't care for it either but it does fit with the album theme (musical themes anyway).
BrannonMcConkey 2 years ago
The production on this album is pure witchcraft. This is the definition of crytsal clean. The drums are p-e-r-f-e-c-t.
BrannonMcConkey 2 years ago