John Mayer "Inside the Square" (Incomplete) 2001

"Inside The Square" is a snapshot documentary into the mind of John Mayer. This short film provides a unique look at the beginning of his professional career.

Room for Squares is the debut studio album of American musician John Mayer, released September 18, 2001 on Columbia Records in the United States. Originally released independently through Aware Records on June 5, 2001, the album peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Upon its release, Room for Squares received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Mayer a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland". It remains as his best-selling album to date, with sales of over 4,308,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 2009.

Through constant shows, including in the Atlanta-area Eddie's Attic, Mayer's reputation began to build, and a March 2000 appearance at the South by Southwest Music Festival brought him to the attention of "launch" label, Aware Records. After including him in the Aware Festival concerts and having his songs included on Aware compilations, in early 2001, Aware released Room for Squares as an internet-only album. During that time, Aware inked a deal with Columbia Records that gave Columbia first pick in signing Aware artists, and so in September of the same year, Columbia remixed and re-released Room for Squares. As part of the major label "debut", the album's artwork was updated, and the track "3x5" was added, which didn't appear on the original as the recording wasn't yet complete at the time. The re-release included reworked studio versions of the first four songs from his indie album, Inside Wants Out.

The album was relatively unknown at its time of release, but it became more well-known through word of mouth and John's touring. By the end of 2002, Room for Squares had spawned several radio hits, including "No Such Thing", "Your Body Is a Wonderland", and ultimately, "Why Georgia" (a radio-only single).

In 2003, Mayer won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Your Body Is a Wonderland". In his acceptance speech he remarked, "This is very, very fast, and I promise to catch up." He referred to himself as being sixteen, a remark that many mistook to mean that he was only sixteen years old at the time.

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[missprissm]

What did he say at 1:33-1:34?

[MikeysMisses2]

@missprissm I believe he said, "Why would you trade in want you really want to do for what the odds are in favor of?"

[therichardchannel]

Wow part of these clips are in the "this will all make perfect sense someday" documentary. Can you try finding the rest of this raw footage? :D

[MikeysMisses2]

@therichardchannel I had the whole thing up on my page, but YouTube took it down due to copyright infringement. I guess Sony had a problem with it. BUT, Good news! You can see the whole thing on VHandJMfan's channel! Yay! It's been on his page for over a year now, without any interference from Youtube or Sony. :~)

[bdcrewzer]

velcro wallet! i love it.

[Chubzter15]

3:10 autobot shirt!

[dreamquarter]

2:19 lol

[geezloueeze]

"Why would you trade in want you really want to do for what the odds are in favor of?"

"You can do whatever you want to do as long as you govern yourself." Pretty smart words for such a young guy. He was so infectiously natural and sweet.

[TheApplescout]

thumbs up if john should dress up with skinny jeans and hippy tees

[johnmayerfan926]

@MikeysMisses2 i luv that album too

thatd hav to be my second favorite