@makeitrain47 well don't forget Boyz II Men, SWV, New Edition, Kenny Loggins, Bee Gees, etc. They're all OLD SCHOOL TOO. REPLY BACK. I just subscribed to you months back.
When he plays pure blues I think he's amazing. But those fucking cheesy ballad songs just keep coming. He'll never be a true bluesman, since he's obviously still milking the pop crap so little girls come to his concert and cry. What a waste of a genuinely talent player.
@SKAuthenticDank You retard. Its not a waste anywhere, Obiviously john loves blues, and feels the blues, and love to play the blues. Does that mean he doenst love playing other pop songs too? And dont say he doesnt incorporate the into his "pop" songs either. Listen to gravity and waiting on the world to change, i guess you can say that's a few of his biggest hits. There are FULL of blues phrasing in there! Both in the guitarplaying and the singing. You dont only have to stick to one style...
Btw, did he ever said he want to be a "true bluesman" which he aldready is? Have he? No.
I heard him say something like that he wanted to bring the blues into the future, and that jimi hendrix, srv, bb, albert king, all of the kings was his inspiration when he was learning the guitar at younger years, not that he was going to be the best out there (Which he in my opinion is, ) or anything, he just enjoys playing it. Stop complaining at his pop songs!
@kimv020887 even though MJ is called the King of Pop, his music is too good to be labeled pop. It's definitely better than anything N*Sync or Britney Spears has put out. The more I've studied music the more impressed I've been with the way he arranged his songs.
@makeitrain47 Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) is the KING OF POP, makeitrain47. But he mixes POP with R&B and New Jack Swing sometime. He also entered Rock one time with "Beat It." In my opinion, Michael INSPIRED Britney, Justin Timberlake, etc. But yes, MICHAEL is BETTER than the two I mentioned. REPLY BACK.
@makeitrain47 You say that like "pop" is some dirty word that makes anything labelled "pop" instant crap. You do know that it just means "popular", right? Hendrix played pop music. Some of SRV's music was pop music. Clapton made pop music. Do they all suck?
@Muso992 i notice someone watched the berklee clinic ;D but i agree, who the fuck cares about the shit that the media has thrown at him or whaterver! hes known has the BEST YOUNG MODERN BLUESMAN of the 21th century for a reason! its not a coincidence that he gets invited to play with clapton, jv, buddy guy, J.W, robert cray and so forth! hes a living legend to be that good at that age! my biggest influence!
@makeitrain47 You could say its too good to be labeled pop, or you could say that Britney Spears and Nsync were just too shitty to be labeled legitimate music. They were just designed and formulated to appeal to the younger crowd and make shit tons of money. Just like Beibs, Jonas Brothers, etc. They may be popular, but they are not in the same ballpark as actual musicians.
@kimv020887 Les Paul kicks ass! I saw the documentary about him,"Chasing Sound," and it includes videos of some of his gigs in New York before he passed. He's just amazing. I hope when I get to be 90 I can still rock out like he did.
@kimv020887 unfortunately, my page doesn't have anything on it. i just signed up so i can make comments and hopefully convince people of the truth, whatever that truth is.
John Mayer's soul is BLUES! Understand? even if he plays pop he plays blues...so be respectful of him. For example...listen to "Assassin" solo part...c'mon!!! that's pure S.R.V!!
Yeah white guys can't play blues...uh huh just like SRV. Listen to any John Mayer Trio song, it's epic!! Watch the live in L.A videos and tell me he cant play. The simple fact is he can play, sing, and compose. He really is sneaking in more and more blues, most music these days is utterly absurd with autotune a sad excuse for talented music. He's said some dumb things, but what kid in his 20's hasn't? Come on now, he's utterly brilliant on that strat and on an acoustic for that matter.
Between John Mayer & Kenny Wayne Shepherd they the best white blues guitarists since SRV..You do not have to be African American to have that special soul magic.Man listen to some of that stuff Larry Carlton is still putting out he is like a bottle of wine that gets better with age.
what? who said he can't play? i don't know what you're smoking but it's bad dope and you need help. john is the bomb. his faces are hideous but i love him anyway!!! haha
@ruben1kord It feels a bit awkward for you to bbe saying that when BB King, Buddy Guy and Clapton have major respect for gim, Have you not seen him playing with Buddy guy, or any of his JM3 stuff?
it's ridiculous how John Mayer gets bashed for playing blues when he's really the only well-known artist of this generation who does. we have a bunch of crappy pop clones (like fucking Bieber and all those Disney kids) and other shitty music coming out now.
i was raised on the Beatles and later listened to Boyz II Men, so I know what good music sounds like. I'm glad I wasn't growing up in this era of generic crap. I hope young artists who enjoy and can play real music emerge.
@kimv020887 depends what you mean by "pop". If it has to be the "pop" genre, "I Can Love You Like That," by All 4 One is definitely one of my all-time faves. it's old school. =)
@makeitrain47 Jack White... It's a bit sad that John Mayer is the most recognizable blues player out there. I mean he's good and stuff but by no means excellent.
@StillStuckLearning i may have heard of Jack White. i get your point. John Mayer definitely isn't the best blues player out there, but he's the only one the average person has even heard of, and the average person doesn't even know him for his blues, they only know him for his pop stuff.
@StillStuckLearning Now that's a bit harsh. Some of it is crap *cough*yourbodyisawonderland*cough* but some of it is pretty damn good. He uses interesting cord progressions and substitutions in a lot of his songs but still manages to make it catchy to a large audience. A few of the songs on Continuum have good guitar parts and a lot of soul to them.
@pzqlak Actually he is a very good songwriter and so what if he has pop songs.... Who cares if he does pop stuff?? Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, John Lennon all made pop music in their careers and their pop stuff is some of the best songs EVER
It's not like he's using auto tune or drum machines on everything... He uses REAL instruments because he's a REAL musician.... You can say whatever you want but I bet your best song couldn't match his worst song, that's if you're even a songwriter....
@pzqlak Are you kidding me???? Dude I don't know what you're talking about.... Look up the following "pop" songs of John Mayer and tell me if this video is better than any of them:
Neon Live in LA
Stop This Train Live in LA
Good Love On the Way Live in LA
Pretty much the entire "Live in LA" movie not including the trio blues stuff... Yes he's a a beast blues guitarist, but his pop songs are what define him as a great artist...
My hope is that John Mayer makes enough money to quit producing music that we all know he hates, that way he can fullfill his prophecy of becoming to my generation what Stevie Ray Vaughn was to the early 90s/late 80's, and what Hendrix was to the 60's. Because we can't le the Blues die, and we need to creep the Blues in where we can.
@gotaids he'll never be the next SRV..... but i do like john mayer as his own.... hopefully he can build his own style over SRV like Stevie did with BB king
the blues is not cultural you dont have to come out of the cotton patch are have a lifes worth of suffering to play and feal the blues check out quinn sulivan and tallan latz at 8 years old they could chew the blues up
I sent you a message in your channel section.John Mayer your are a great blues player and I am sorry for making some bad comments here on youtube about you.Its easy for some one to dis people behind there back.As a musician myself I should have knew better than that.For people hating this video k its not his best stuff but good none the less and we should be more happy than angry we could have nothing but justin beavers all over the music world would not want that be happy we have Mayers.
@TheDevillll How are there wrong notes? This is blues. Most likely improvisation thats going on. Theres no format or formula to it. You play what comes from your soul.
@TheDevillll You can't make a mistake or play "outta tune" during an improvisational solo. So he hit a few notes that were out of key. Big deal. Those aren't "mistakes". I never said anything about any other type of music. We're discussing Blues here
@imesuckaholla that because everyone nowadays listens to shitty hip hop. And the other two idiots slinging their bull on here are worthless. This is very good blues. Ur jealousy is showing.
@geodoze Compare him to justin beaver would you rather that kinda music. I would rather listen to this for the rest of my life than have to hear 1 second of justin beavers so called music.I don't hate justin just his music ,but even him I will give credit too for the hard work he does.We may not like every artist but they all work hard for that we should be more conciderate and less hateful.Peace to all even the haters as ,I sometimes hate I will not hate no more.Life is to short.
@Imesuckaholla no question. even when he plays crossroads on the today show you can see all the sore cunts in the audience saying "awwww man i wanted to hear heartbreak warefare"
@alxlief I totally agree. People make 'rules' in their heads about what is 'aloud' to be cool and what is not. If it's good, you gotta drop your ego and call it like it is.
@Imesuckaholla haha that's the truest statement ever. but good God i love the blues and john mayer is one of the only ones who can still play it well today
u dont have to be black to play the blues. i mean eric clapton is kinda pop/blues/rock and hes white he's from the u.k and stevie ray vaughan joe bonamssa u.because he plays pop and throws alittle blues/pop/rock dont mean knowing. he likes what he plays thats all that counts.rosaparks312353
Ladies and gentlemen... The many faces of John Mayer. Lol! I love his music, and his guitar playing. But the faces he makes always make me laugh. But it just shows how into it he's getting.
Taurus. How can you honestly think that?! He's like one of the only talented modern blues guitarists out there. Have you seen some of his dhit with BB King? Buddy Guy? He can stand his own with the best ever. But you know what it realy doesn't matter, if he's earned the respect from them(which he definetly has)he definetly doesn't need yours. And what's up with the racist bullshit man? Cause he's white he can't play the blues? Wake up dude.
PR unfortunately is a powerful machine. A lot of these older musicians team up with popular younger performers because it attracts a younger audience to their music which equals more revenue. I don't think this guy belongs in the same room let alone on the same stage as these greats...just my opinion. Also have you ever listened to real blues, like Muddy Waters,SKip James,Son House,etc.?
@taurus1269 You can't legitimately think John Mayer can't play the blues?? Hell, BB King thinks John can play the blues!! Just because he's not a black man from the south doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same emotion the make the blues what it is. I think John Mayer's PR saves him. Because he plays pop, youth love it. Look up his stuff and find out his influences. He's slying creeping the blues into this generation. Have you listened to his Try! album? Have you heard Gravity?
@RosaParks312353 The entire Continuum album and Where the Light Is is basically all blues with a few exceptions. Then Battle Studies was a momentary lapse of reason.
Are there any dudes in the audience or just chicks who wanna bang him...I can't stand this guy.Just another hokey white boy who thinks he knows the blues.
@taurus1269 Blues as I'm sure you must know, is about the feeling and soul. Although I agree this is sort of mainstream and fake, that doesn't deny the feeling. I'm not a huge John Mayer fan, but I (as can other people) see talent and feeling when it's there. John is a little inexperienced imo to reach his full potential but he is getting there. Also, forget skin colour, you should be big enough to ignore it, the beauty of music is based on ears not eyes.
Please check out Doyle Bramhall II. Here's a guitarist the music industry tossed to the side because he refused to play their game and stay true to his art. ..and yes some white men can play the blues i.e. Clapton,Richards,Ry Cooder,Vaughn...unfortunately John Mayer is not one of them. More power to him for being successful.
@taurus1269 People who post dumb comments of any sort have absolutely NO understanding of the blues. At all. The blues isn't about competition between guitarists, "stealing licks", race, being a legend, comparisions of talent, or any of the other garbage you could think of to knock this. It's the MUSIC. It's the EMOTION. It's tellng a story with your guitar that people can relate to. You clearly don't know very much about John Mayer. Scope around on here and you'll find out who he is.
@sayatidakmati I don't need to fix my ear because as I said in my coment it is MY OPINION. I'm not saying he's got a bad voice what I'm saying is that in MY OPINION I don't like it even though he is fantastic at the blues.
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. : )
@gfmgma There's nothing wrong with his face. That's a little something called a Guitar Face. Typically resembles a look of pain, but in actuality it is the face that a highly skilled guitarist makes when reaching the climax of a solo. John Mayer is very well known for his Guitar Face by the way. Words like 'Passion' come to mind. I can't play a note, don't even know a clef from a sharp, but even I understand the "face"
the face thing is a bad copy of walter trout talkin with his guitar. type "Walter Trout (and his talking guitar) at the Yale" in and watch the original!
@JeremyMoar its when he tries to talk with the guitar, check out the video that i mentioned and you'll see what i mean, Walter trout is a pretty awesome guitarist
@PRONeil06 ok, wtf, he is a srv fan, but why are you people telling eeryone on youtube the are gay and got to kill themselves, wtf is your problem, GET A LIFE!
@ whoever said Mayer is copying famous players. Im sure almost everything you have played yourself has been played before. So being a musician isnt like copying, its about the music and what you put into it.
who said he's copying b.b king and other famous blues players.... just b/c some1 puts a guitar behind their head and plays with their tounge doesn't mean their copying jimmy hendrix and passing it off on their own. it's just john mayer at his concert playing for the hell of it, so what if he's playing like a famous blues players, who doesn't attempt to. its just him playing for fun and playing like his idols. keep up the good work john can't w8 for battle studies follow up
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my new goal in life: get famous, do a concert somewhere, jam out and NOT mock blues legends like an ignorant prick... regardless some pretty solid playing anyways....
I miss his pink strat... haven't seen him play it in a while...
drdmento 3 weeks ago
looks like bb king
MillerCaster0 2 months ago
A sexy spaz.
FreakExceptionale 2 months ago
Sometimes he plays like a man. Why can't he sing like one?
bamboosa 3 months ago
@bamboosa too bad e actually can.... wanna hear you sing the high Eflat..then we can talk u tonedeaf fuckface
SC0P3L3G3ND 3 weeks ago
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dumbletone 3 months ago in playlist John Mayer
fuck hes a spaz
pbmusic100 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 well don't forget Boyz II Men, SWV, New Edition, Kenny Loggins, Bee Gees, etc. They're all OLD SCHOOL TOO. REPLY BACK. I just subscribed to you months back.
kimv020887 4 months ago
What a badass... He really got into it there
werdecurb 5 months ago
I have all of his music. This man is just amazing!!
jnuttsdotcom 5 months ago
Pure awesomeness there ladies and gentleman, a true artist.
omglaz0rz 5 months ago
This man doing his thing!!!.....
Ropaccinno 6 months ago in playlist anti stress muziek
Before even looking at the comments below i knew there was going to be arguements about John Mayer playing the blues...
CBroderick94 6 months ago
When he plays pure blues I think he's amazing. But those fucking cheesy ballad songs just keep coming. He'll never be a true bluesman, since he's obviously still milking the pop crap so little girls come to his concert and cry. What a waste of a genuinely talent player.
SKAuthenticDank 6 months ago
@SKAuthenticDank You retard. Its not a waste anywhere, Obiviously john loves blues, and feels the blues, and love to play the blues. Does that mean he doenst love playing other pop songs too? And dont say he doesnt incorporate the into his "pop" songs either. Listen to gravity and waiting on the world to change, i guess you can say that's a few of his biggest hits. There are FULL of blues phrasing in there! Both in the guitarplaying and the singing. You dont only have to stick to one style...
DavidPercan 6 months ago
Btw, did he ever said he want to be a "true bluesman" which he aldready is? Have he? No.
I heard him say something like that he wanted to bring the blues into the future, and that jimi hendrix, srv, bb, albert king, all of the kings was his inspiration when he was learning the guitar at younger years, not that he was going to be the best out there (Which he in my opinion is, ) or anything, he just enjoys playing it. Stop complaining at his pop songs!
DavidPercan 6 months ago
@makeitrain47 I hate today's music because It has NO REAL MEANING at all. You forgot to mention the king of pop Michael Jackson, makeitrain47.
kimv020887 6 months ago
@kimv020887 even though MJ is called the King of Pop, his music is too good to be labeled pop. It's definitely better than anything N*Sync or Britney Spears has put out. The more I've studied music the more impressed I've been with the way he arranged his songs.
makeitrain47 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 Michael Jackson (R.I.P.) is the KING OF POP, makeitrain47. But he mixes POP with R&B and New Jack Swing sometime. He also entered Rock one time with "Beat It." In my opinion, Michael INSPIRED Britney, Justin Timberlake, etc. But yes, MICHAEL is BETTER than the two I mentioned. REPLY BACK.
kimv020887 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 You say that like "pop" is some dirty word that makes anything labelled "pop" instant crap. You do know that it just means "popular", right? Hendrix played pop music. Some of SRV's music was pop music. Clapton made pop music. Do they all suck?
Muso992 4 months ago 14
@Muso992 dont forget about the beatles. all they put out (as a group) was pop music pretty much
JuicyTurbulence 2 months ago
@Muso992 sure they made it but they used instruments...not just todays pop thats autotune and computers
Snipa47Fan 1 month ago
@Muso992 i notice someone watched the berklee clinic ;D but i agree, who the fuck cares about the shit that the media has thrown at him or whaterver! hes known has the BEST YOUNG MODERN BLUESMAN of the 21th century for a reason! its not a coincidence that he gets invited to play with clapton, jv, buddy guy, J.W, robert cray and so forth! hes a living legend to be that good at that age! my biggest influence!
SC0P3L3G3ND 3 weeks ago
@Muso992
Exactly!
blondmoeller 1 week ago
@makeitrain47 You could say its too good to be labeled pop, or you could say that Britney Spears and Nsync were just too shitty to be labeled legitimate music. They were just designed and formulated to appeal to the younger crowd and make shit tons of money. Just like Beibs, Jonas Brothers, etc. They may be popular, but they are not in the same ballpark as actual musicians.
jamorse1221 3 months ago
@makeitrain47 why is your channel named makeitrain47?
kimv020887 6 months ago
@makeitrain47 I also hate today's music. LET'S AVOID TODAY'S MUSIC, makeitrain47. REPLY BACK.
kimv020887 6 months ago
@MrMusicM67 and also don't forget LES PAUL!!! REPLY BACK.
kimv020887 6 months ago
@kimv020887 Les Paul kicks ass! I saw the documentary about him,"Chasing Sound," and it includes videos of some of his gigs in New York before he passed. He's just amazing. I hope when I get to be 90 I can still rock out like he did.
makeitrain47 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 I just subscribed to you.
kimv020887 6 months ago
@kimv020887 unfortunately, my page doesn't have anything on it. i just signed up so i can make comments and hopefully convince people of the truth, whatever that truth is.
makeitrain47 4 months ago
John Mayer's soul is BLUES! Understand? even if he plays pop he plays blues...so be respectful of him. For example...listen to "Assassin" solo part...c'mon!!! that's pure S.R.V!!
The9metalhead 6 months ago
LOL his face at 1:58 !
MrMusicM67 7 months ago
Yeah white guys can't play blues...uh huh just like SRV. Listen to any John Mayer Trio song, it's epic!! Watch the live in L.A videos and tell me he cant play. The simple fact is he can play, sing, and compose. He really is sneaking in more and more blues, most music these days is utterly absurd with autotune a sad excuse for talented music. He's said some dumb things, but what kid in his 20's hasn't? Come on now, he's utterly brilliant on that strat and on an acoustic for that matter.
imprezzi 7 months ago
@imprezzi and what about clapton. he is one of the best guitar players. and hes "white" and he plays the blues; he is one of the best ever.
MrMusicM67 7 months ago
@MrMusicM67 don't forget Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix. Don't forget them. REPLY BACK.
kimv020887 6 months ago
Press 2 for "Why did I forget my pick..."
Press 3 for " You better be scared b*tch"
Press 4 for "..Oh..Is my phone ringing? Where the hell is it?"
Press 5 for "I'm...SO F*CKING MAD"
pharoah246 7 months ago 2
Between John Mayer & Kenny Wayne Shepherd they the best white blues guitarists since SRV..You do not have to be African American to have that special soul magic.Man listen to some of that stuff Larry Carlton is still putting out he is like a bottle of wine that gets better with age.
Rogokofats 8 months ago
what? who said he can't play? i don't know what you're smoking but it's bad dope and you need help. john is the bomb. his faces are hideous but i love him anyway!!! haha
LizzyTheKidd872 8 months ago
This is dead set awful.
John Mayer gets bashed for playing blues because he cant.
He should stick to the Mankini and talking shite -at least it IS something he is better at
ruben1kord 8 months ago
@ruben1kord It feels a bit awkward for you to bbe saying that when BB King, Buddy Guy and Clapton have major respect for gim, Have you not seen him playing with Buddy guy, or any of his JM3 stuff?
TheSamBosworth 8 months ago
it's ridiculous how John Mayer gets bashed for playing blues when he's really the only well-known artist of this generation who does. we have a bunch of crappy pop clones (like fucking Bieber and all those Disney kids) and other shitty music coming out now.
i was raised on the Beatles and later listened to Boyz II Men, so I know what good music sounds like. I'm glad I wasn't growing up in this era of generic crap. I hope young artists who enjoy and can play real music emerge.
makeitrain47 8 months ago
@makeitrain47 well Mayer's a REAL artist, makeitrain47. REPLY BACK. I HATE today's music too and makeitrain47, what's your fave pop song of all time?
kimv020887 6 months ago
@kimv020887 depends what you mean by "pop". If it has to be the "pop" genre, "I Can Love You Like That," by All 4 One is definitely one of my all-time faves. it's old school. =)
makeitrain47 4 months ago
@kimv020887 i like a lot of Michael Jackson's stuff, too, especially "Human Nature".
makeitrain47 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 Jack White... It's a bit sad that John Mayer is the most recognizable blues player out there. I mean he's good and stuff but by no means excellent.
StillStuckLearning 4 months ago
@StillStuckLearning i may have heard of Jack White. i get your point. John Mayer definitely isn't the best blues player out there, but he's the only one the average person has even heard of, and the average person doesn't even know him for his blues, they only know him for his pop stuff.
makeitrain47 4 months ago
@makeitrain47 Which is sad. His pop stuff is crap.
StillStuckLearning 4 months ago
@StillStuckLearning Now that's a bit harsh. Some of it is crap *cough*yourbodyisawonderland*cough* but some of it is pretty damn good. He uses interesting cord progressions and substitutions in a lot of his songs but still manages to make it catchy to a large audience. A few of the songs on Continuum have good guitar parts and a lot of soul to them.
Muso992 4 months ago
I don't listen to this dude much, but from what I've seen, his live performances (that's all I've heard so far) are awesome.
Pr3lude9 8 months ago
shut the fuck up and listen to the music people
rch456789 9 months ago 2
so drunk and so high
Fiarzen 9 months ago
I am John Mayer's biggest fan... But this sucked terribly
nvs617 9 months ago
@nvs617 so you like all his shitty pop music?
pzqlak 9 months ago
@pzqlak Actually he is a very good songwriter and so what if he has pop songs.... Who cares if he does pop stuff?? Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, John Lennon all made pop music in their careers and their pop stuff is some of the best songs EVER
It's not like he's using auto tune or drum machines on everything... He uses REAL instruments because he's a REAL musician.... You can say whatever you want but I bet your best song couldn't match his worst song, that's if you're even a songwriter....
nvs617 9 months ago
@nvs617 Ya what i am saying is this is better then all of his pop shit, it doesn't suck at all.
pzqlak 9 months ago
@pzqlak Are you kidding me???? Dude I don't know what you're talking about.... Look up the following "pop" songs of John Mayer and tell me if this video is better than any of them:
Neon Live in LA
Stop This Train Live in LA
Good Love On the Way Live in LA
Pretty much the entire "Live in LA" movie not including the trio blues stuff... Yes he's a a beast blues guitarist, but his pop songs are what define him as a great artist...
nvs617 9 months ago
@pzqlak Pop's only bad when he music is computerized or the artists use auto tune, or when they don't write their own songs.
verbw002 8 months ago
@verbw002 well verbw002 I agree.
kimv020887 6 months ago
Digging the SRV strap
snackajack117 9 months ago
I love his pickups. What I wouldn't do to get those....
exhume19 10 months ago
My hope is that John Mayer makes enough money to quit producing music that we all know he hates, that way he can fullfill his prophecy of becoming to my generation what Stevie Ray Vaughn was to the early 90s/late 80's, and what Hendrix was to the 60's. Because we can't le the Blues die, and we need to creep the Blues in where we can.
gotaids 11 months ago 14
@gotaids he'll never be the next SRV..... but i do like john mayer as his own.... hopefully he can build his own style over SRV like Stevie did with BB king
KennyParkz 10 months ago
@gotaids
maybe he will. gets popular then uses his own music to change music today(or try to). its a good idea, selling out temporarily can be a good thing.
guitarfreek1 10 months ago
Damn he is a legend! Except for all the weird faces while playin
LeroyTBMusic 11 months ago
Let's say he plays 60% pop and 40% blues, imagine the monster he would be if he'd spend 100% with blues.
antony5linteau 11 months ago
Gosh, I wish John didn't sell out with all the boy-band shit he does sometimes. He's one of the best blues guitar players out there.
MovNatOntario 11 months ago
the blues is not cultural you dont have to come out of the cotton patch are have a lifes worth of suffering to play and feal the blues check out quinn sulivan and tallan latz at 8 years old they could chew the blues up
rickeygottheblues 11 months ago
such a sexy strap;)
Sikes200 11 months ago
to METALLIGEEK093 I sent you a message on your page.I don't know how to send to your email like you did to me.
TheDevillll 1 year ago
@TheDevillll I got it lol
metalligeek093 11 months ago
I sent you a message in your channel section.John Mayer your are a great blues player and I am sorry for making some bad comments here on youtube about you.Its easy for some one to dis people behind there back.As a musician myself I should have knew better than that.For people hating this video k its not his best stuff but good none the less and we should be more happy than angry we could have nothing but justin beavers all over the music world would not want that be happy we have Mayers.
TheDevillll 1 year ago
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TheDevillll 1 year ago
@TheDevillll How are there wrong notes? This is blues. Most likely improvisation thats going on. Theres no format or formula to it. You play what comes from your soul.
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TheDevillll 1 year ago
@TheDevillll You can't make a mistake or play "outta tune" during an improvisational solo. So he hit a few notes that were out of key. Big deal. Those aren't "mistakes". I never said anything about any other type of music. We're discussing Blues here
metalligeek093 1 year ago
This is blues all you jackass haters. You probably don't know what you're talking about because you know nothing about music.
TheJkerwin6 1 year ago
@imesuckaholla that because everyone nowadays listens to shitty hip hop. And the other two idiots slinging their bull on here are worthless. This is very good blues. Ur jealousy is showing.
joskam092 1 year ago
what a faggott!!!!
geodoze 1 year ago
@geodoze Compare him to justin beaver would you rather that kinda music. I would rather listen to this for the rest of my life than have to hear 1 second of justin beavers so called music.I don't hate justin just his music ,but even him I will give credit too for the hard work he does.We may not like every artist but they all work hard for that we should be more conciderate and less hateful.Peace to all even the haters as ,I sometimes hate I will not hate no more.Life is to short.
TheDevillll 1 year ago
if the audience heard this on the radio not knowing it was john mayer they would turn it off
Imesuckaholla 1 year ago 248
@Imesuckaholla Sad but so true. I hate that he sings pop, he should stick to blues and just play the guitar, hes amazing!
loonabella 11 months ago
@ Imesuckaholla so right damn people don't care much for music just the persona attached :/ so sad..
amelodicrevival1 11 months ago
@Imesuckaholla no question. even when he plays crossroads on the today show you can see all the sore cunts in the audience saying "awwww man i wanted to hear heartbreak warefare"
someDickOnUtube 11 months ago
@Imesuckaholla And John thinks they like him because his playing not because its John Mayer.
lol
TheGuitarMartin 11 months ago
@Imesuckaholla Good thing it's John Mayer.
timmonsisbest 11 months ago
I guess you can do better ?
sampoirier 11 months ago
@Imesuckaholla That's so damn true it's not even funny. lol
stilt37 10 months ago
@Imesuckaholla depends on the audience;
if a mayer hater heard this on the radio not knowing it was John Mayer they would turn the volume louder and enjoy the music.
alxlief 10 months ago 19
@alxlief they'd be like: who is this cat? the feel and groove is amazing.
Ahh preconceptions, how beautiful you are.
TobyEllisSongwriter 9 months ago
@alxlief well alxlief, John Mayer is the modern day Clapton. He needs to stay out of the SHOWBIZ LIMELIGHT.
kimv020887 4 months ago
@alxlief I totally agree. People make 'rules' in their heads about what is 'aloud' to be cool and what is not. If it's good, you gotta drop your ego and call it like it is.
11jupitercowboy8 1 month ago
@11jupitercowboy8 Haha, I said "aloud" instead of "allowed". I guess that makes ME cool :op
11jupitercowboy8 1 month ago
@Imesuckaholla haha that's the truest statement ever. but good God i love the blues and john mayer is one of the only ones who can still play it well today
dhardy1430 9 months ago
@Imesuckaholla but john is the kind of guy you directly identify after the 1st bend ^^
nicolasgardner 9 months ago
@Imesuckaholla no? what
shi1425 8 months ago
@Imesuckaholla sadly yes. some of the teenies problably think hes playing a trumpet....
sebah1991 7 months ago
@Imesuckaholla Amen to that my friend!
sum1618 7 months ago
@Imesuckaholla sure, but anyone who know good music would listen without knowing that this was john mayer
dedelicioso 7 months ago 2
@Imesuckaholla as a John Mayer fan, I agree ;D!
hermanshermits124124 6 months ago
@Imesuckaholla yea dude so true. Its really sad
rockthered21 6 months ago
@Imesuckaholla You're a fuckin idiot
buttcrack96743 5 months ago
@buttcrack96743 ooooooooooook...........
Imesuckaholla 5 months ago
@Imesuckaholla I wouldn't.
Blues is the best genre os music, no competition even accepted.
gaiolinn 5 months ago 2
u dont have to be black to play the blues. i mean eric clapton is kinda pop/blues/rock and hes white he's from the u.k and stevie ray vaughan joe bonamssa u.because he plays pop and throws alittle blues/pop/rock dont mean knowing. he likes what he plays thats all that counts.rosaparks312353
deathbysilence1 1 year ago
BB King?
clearasil11 1 year ago
john mayer would be great doing johnny croots 'big time loser' on itunes. it would suit his style
cenmob 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen... The many faces of John Mayer. Lol! I love his music, and his guitar playing. But the faces he makes always make me laugh. But it just shows how into it he's getting.
garywilesmusic 1 year ago 3
His blues skills are undeniable.
davec3487 1 year ago 2
And this was almost 7 years ago, he's a freakin' kid!
brennandm 1 year ago
i love all mayers music but i wish he would stick with blues. but i guess he wouldnt get (as much) poon
Dillonb1111 1 year ago
I first heard of him in 2008 through 2 friends at school when i continued into further Ed.
He is awesome! I've seen him twice now, Once in London at the Hammersmith and Again in Cardiff at the International Arena.
Brilliant shows!
AlexJCThompson1992 1 year ago
He looks like he needs to take a shit when he plays the guitar, plays good though
guitarpeot123 1 year ago
I hope you guys recognize that he's mimicking BB King!!!!! thnx for uploading
ewilso22 1 year ago
It's at Rod Laver...combining my two favorite things, tennis and John Mayer.
keammc1986 1 year ago
mad face means diggin it.....me too!!!
kittie5252 1 year ago
Beautiful.
ANDYGLOV3R 1 year ago
Is he high on something??
32duen00 1 year ago
Taurus. How can you honestly think that?! He's like one of the only talented modern blues guitarists out there. Have you seen some of his dhit with BB King? Buddy Guy? He can stand his own with the best ever. But you know what it realy doesn't matter, if he's earned the respect from them(which he definetly has)he definetly doesn't need yours. And what's up with the racist bullshit man? Cause he's white he can't play the blues? Wake up dude.
H3ndrix2012 1 year ago
PR unfortunately is a powerful machine. A lot of these older musicians team up with popular younger performers because it attracts a younger audience to their music which equals more revenue. I don't think this guy belongs in the same room let alone on the same stage as these greats...just my opinion. Also have you ever listened to real blues, like Muddy Waters,SKip James,Son House,etc.?
taurus1269 1 year ago
@taurus1269 You can't legitimately think John Mayer can't play the blues?? Hell, BB King thinks John can play the blues!! Just because he's not a black man from the south doesn't mean he doesn't feel the same emotion the make the blues what it is. I think John Mayer's PR saves him. Because he plays pop, youth love it. Look up his stuff and find out his influences. He's slying creeping the blues into this generation. Have you listened to his Try! album? Have you heard Gravity?
RosaParks312353 1 year ago 67
@RosaParks312353
its because john mayer doesnt have feeling.. this is horrible on my ears
cjdubble 10 months ago
@RosaParks312353 The entire Continuum album and Where the Light Is is basically all blues with a few exceptions. Then Battle Studies was a momentary lapse of reason.
wick2107 10 months ago
@RosaParks312353 everyone can play the blues, everybody has the blues.
dougsusername 6 months ago
Are there any dudes in the audience or just chicks who wanna bang him...I can't stand this guy.Just another hokey white boy who thinks he knows the blues.
taurus1269 1 year ago
@taurus1269 I agree witcha....He;s good but I dont need to see those goofy facial expressions every lick....
landonrob 1 year ago
@taurus1269 Blues as I'm sure you must know, is about the feeling and soul. Although I agree this is sort of mainstream and fake, that doesn't deny the feeling. I'm not a huge John Mayer fan, but I (as can other people) see talent and feeling when it's there. John is a little inexperienced imo to reach his full potential but he is getting there. Also, forget skin colour, you should be big enough to ignore it, the beauty of music is based on ears not eyes.
OllieOrange123 1 year ago
Please check out Doyle Bramhall II. Here's a guitarist the music industry tossed to the side because he refused to play their game and stay true to his art. ..and yes some white men can play the blues i.e. Clapton,Richards,Ry Cooder,Vaughn...unfortunately John Mayer is not one of them. More power to him for being successful.
taurus1269 1 year ago
@taurus1269 People who post dumb comments of any sort have absolutely NO understanding of the blues. At all. The blues isn't about competition between guitarists, "stealing licks", race, being a legend, comparisions of talent, or any of the other garbage you could think of to knock this. It's the MUSIC. It's the EMOTION. It's tellng a story with your guitar that people can relate to. You clearly don't know very much about John Mayer. Scope around on here and you'll find out who he is.
RosaParks312353 1 year ago 2
@taurus1269 ur so ignorant it makes me chuckle
darkrock490 5 months ago
John is an amazing blues player. Loved that jam, it was also funny
NunoDuarte7 1 year ago
I would like to not like him, but he is pretty good. I'll have to keep my jelousy under wraps, for now!
davec3487 1 year ago
Great voice Great Guitar slinger go John!
foxybrown2 1 year ago
Digging the SRV music note strap
jazzaces294 1 year ago
he was so young and cute haha love his fashion style
TheOkanokazuya 1 year ago
Nice thing, but hey, Jeff Healey did this lap-style playing much better...
wewantmiles 1 year ago
At 57 seconds he starts to make some hell funny faces. But he still knows how to play guitar, really well.
antony5linteau 1 year ago
is a fender SRV?????wow
pabloturrado74 1 year ago
john mayer isnt a cunt. he's awesome. to the poster of this video, do you have any more video from the 2004 concert?
samanthaf83 1 year ago
what a cunt.
looks like jude law. this is howling wolfs legacy?
hornswoggler.
gramswagon 1 year ago
He should play more blues in his music and less pop. (my opinion) He's a great guitarist but I just can't stand his voice
colosalblack 1 year ago
@colosalblack you cant stand his voice? fix your ear.
sayatidakmati 1 year ago
@sayatidakmati I don't need to fix my ear because as I said in my coment it is MY OPINION. I'm not saying he's got a bad voice what I'm saying is that in MY OPINION I don't like it even though he is fantastic at the blues.
colosalblack 1 year ago
good... OK, but not more than that.
chabon88 1 year ago
johnny croot and friends 'big time loser' would be great by john mayer
cenmob 1 year ago
He looks like he's in 8th or 9th grade here.
Cbluesrocker 1 year ago
che faccia da cazzo
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Cbluesrocker 1 year ago
nice!!!!!
danlovesnan 1 year ago
guitar sounds awful.. like a bontempi battery guitar .. its all in the sound too ..hes miles out.. sorry does not get my vote.
gasserized 1 year ago
@gasserized Probably sounds bad cause this is from a camera's microphone. A digital camera. They make everything sound like crap.
hvrock13 1 year ago
theres something missing here . oh yeh . blues..lol
gasserized 1 year ago
what the hell is wrong with his face
gfmgma 1 year ago
@gfmgma There's nothing wrong with his face. That's a little something called a Guitar Face. Typically resembles a look of pain, but in actuality it is the face that a highly skilled guitarist makes when reaching the climax of a solo. John Mayer is very well known for his Guitar Face by the way. Words like 'Passion' come to mind. I can't play a note, don't even know a clef from a sharp, but even I understand the "face"
TheTallMan35 1 year ago 2
he needs to start playing blues more, but til then, he's still a pussy to me :D
hugenoodles 1 year ago
the face thing is a bad copy of walter trout talkin with his guitar. type "Walter Trout (and his talking guitar) at the Yale" in and watch the original!
sidpage69 1 year ago
@sidpage69 you think he is copying a face? I make facial expressions all the time playing guitar, it just naturally happens.
JeremyMoar 1 year ago
@JeremyMoar its when he tries to talk with the guitar, check out the video that i mentioned and you'll see what i mean, Walter trout is a pretty awesome guitarist
sidpage69 1 year ago
he is wearing the same guitar belt as srv, tipical
mike999999999999 1 year ago
@mike999999999999 you are gay kill yourself loser
PRONeil06 1 year ago
@PRONeil06 ok, wtf, he is a srv fan, but why are you people telling eeryone on youtube the are gay and got to kill themselves, wtf is your problem, GET A LIFE!
mike999999999999 1 year ago
looks like a dummy but some pretty nice licks and great tone
lsdman14 1 year ago
Dude, stop with the funny face.
drhillaryharris 1 year ago
joe bonamassa has more talent than john mayer could wish for
coughlintm 1 year ago
hahah
LuXguitaR 1 year ago
@coughlintm joe bonamassa may be a better guitar player but mayer is way more talented than him
lsdman14 1 year ago
wtf is so special about this.. monkey faces?
koushymama 1 year ago
@ whoever said Mayer is copying famous players. Im sure almost everything you have played yourself has been played before. So being a musician isnt like copying, its about the music and what you put into it.
cokescola 1 year ago 3
if you can sing it, you can play it...that's what a good guitar player like mayer does.
dosomethingawesome 1 year ago 4
@danuk84 no all blues players well most who are really playing always do that with there faces check a vid of b.b kings :)
shereif4 1 year ago
There are only 7 notes not including sharps and flats
bb learned/ "borrowed" from others
the only "crime" is if you never acknowledge who you borrowed from
being a musician aint like being a thief
learn the difference and enjoy the music
lookylooky2006 1 year ago 3
who said he's copying b.b king and other famous blues players.... just b/c some1 puts a guitar behind their head and plays with their tounge doesn't mean their copying jimmy hendrix and passing it off on their own. it's just john mayer at his concert playing for the hell of it, so what if he's playing like a famous blues players, who doesn't attempt to. its just him playing for fun and playing like his idols. keep up the good work john can't w8 for battle studies follow up
5ku115ru5 1 year ago 2
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geeyouknit345 1 year ago
what's wrong with this idiot?
why he's so famous?
jesus h. christ.
buddaski 1 year ago
dont hate cause you'll never be great like him you piece of limp dick
Pelonrox 1 year ago 3
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my new goal in life: get famous, do a concert somewhere, jam out and NOT mock blues legends like an ignorant prick... regardless some pretty solid playing anyways....
brossej07 1 year ago