John Mayer - Lenny (Studio)

I'm pretty sure everyone's heard this by now, but I didn't see it anywhere on youtube so I figured I'd put it up. Enjoy!

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[rgl3ma57]

why must we compare!! he did an amazing job!

[lucascopin]

You all that are arguing: you are not guitar players, are you? Because if you were then you would know that to pick a SRV's song and play it note by note is hard, but to pick one and input your flavor and identity to it, no matter what it is, requires a hell of guitarist! John isn't trying to become the new SRV, he know sbetter than all of us that it ain't gonna happen, he just loves him since he was a kid, before fame and everything else, and that's the reason he plays his songs!

[NunoDuarte7]

@Lincoln424242 I have ears.

[Carthsgtr]

@Lincoln424242

I said that when it comes to the technicalities and subtleties that exist within the domain of blues guitar playing, John Mayer has it just as good as anyone has had it before him. I DID NOT FUCKING SAY THAT JOHN WAS THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER EVER! DO NOT TWIST MY FUCKING WORDS!

Also, before you insult me over the internet it would be wise to know the basics of how to construct a grammatically correct (and preferably intelligent) sentence.

[Lincoln424242]

@Carthsgtr

you really just claimed than john mayer was the best guitarist EVER ? im baffled by how you can hold that opinion in your mind??? you claim hes better than the 3 Kings SRV and the sevaral thousand if not million of blues players to come before him??? you not that bright dude

[Lincoln424242]

@101290ajs

being popular has little to do with being a good musician its a general formula that the more skilled you are the less popular you are and vice versa, why do you have to be a douche/ joe is making valid points and your just being a douche

[Lincoln424242]

@joe1969812

Good point about never seeing young jazz players

[Lincoln424242]

@NunoDuarte7

how can you say that?

[Lincoln424242]

@antosrv

you need to expand your horizons a bit more...

[sejtur]

@Lincoln424242 in other words, he's not adding blues notes to his pop music, but adding ALOT of pop to his blues notes. If you didn't already, I advice you to buy and listen to his where the light is concert. I promise you won't regret it. On that concert, he also makes a clear distinction of the styles he plays: acoustic, JM3 and the pop hits. it's great!

[sejtur]

@Lincoln424242 as I see it, it's the other way around. JM is a blues guitarist, who plays pop music for a living, and blues music for the real passion. theres some recordings on YT when he was playing for 3-4 years. No pop-influence to be heard in those recordings. He plays pop to get his name out there and money, and tries to put things of blues etc into the pop music as much as he can, while still reaching the biggest audience possible. When he plays pop, he heavily compromises.

[Lincoln424242]

@lucascopin

To me hes not playing 'the good stuff' when he'tries' to playthe blues here , i get the impression hes a pop star who is trying for a larger audience by adding 'some blues notes' to his otherwise pop playing, imo. i dont care for trying to hope for new artists to make good stuff i juts look back to the good stuff mainly the 70's the good stuff nowdays isnt in the music industry.