Okay, I gotta ask, why does everyone seem to hate John Mayer so much? I mean, I kinda have to like him cause we went to high school together. (Totally looking forward to the 10-year reunion, btw.) I have a friend who stills hangs out with him. He’s always been a nice guy and, I think, a pretty good musician.
Plus he totally knows he sounds like Dave Matthews, it’s just the voice though. He does a hilarious DM impression. Listening to his music, the only huge similarities I notice are the voice and the fact that he happens to also have a guitar.
There is this video that he does with Nora Jones where he makes the goofiest faces known to mankind while he’s singing. That was the first time I really paid attention to him and it just put me off. I also don’t like Dave Matthews so that might have something to do with it. I just don’t like any of the songs I’ve heard.
I did watch an interview one time and he was amusing but the goofy faces have to go, someone should really tell him.
Yup, I really like the Room for Squares CD. And yes, he does look goofy in the videos and live footage I’ve seen. Oh well, maybe it’s just how he sings, not really a deal breaker in my book.
He needs some new material, but other than that I think he’s the best songwriter to come out in quite a while. I’ve been catching him live since November of 1998 (long live Eddie’s Attic!), and he’s always made wierd faces. All the best guitar players do it. He does tend to make them more often when he’s nervous, though (TV appearances, especially).
In conversation, he’s a really nice guy with a mind a mouth that go twice the posted limit. Frenetically witty is how I describe him - slightly mad and extremely intelligent.
I don’t HATE him so much but he’s a little too mellow for my tastes, and as I too dislike the Dave Matthews Band, the similarity is not a good thing to me. I just hate that damned wonderland song.
Okay. I could see the weird looking thing. He’s always been weird looking, since Junior High. He’s got these big dark circles under his eyes that kind of make him look like Lurch. I never noticed the weird facial expressions in person, but they’re hard to avoid when you have a weird face. My friends and I are wondering why all the teenage girls are swooning over him cause we don’t see it. But maybe we’ve just known him for too long. I still think his music is good. And I almost never see any videos, so I guess I’m blessed.
Gundy, I consider it a prime example of how clueless Grammy voters are that John won for THAT song, which (besides being a great making-whoopie song) demonstrates the least amount of his talent on the album.
I like him so far. But I can’t stand Dave Matthews. When I first heard his first single, I said to myself, “Wow. Dave Matthews wrote a good song, and shit-canned all the goofy-sounding instruments!”
Been waiting to get the album, but I’m cheap and lazy…
Your Body Is A Wonderland has been overplayed to the point that it has achieved the same “I can’t stand this damn song!!” status as Tom Cochrane’s Life Is A Highway.
Plus the goofy faces.
I’d say hes an excellent guitarist, and a good singer/song writer. I agree the faces he makes while playing are weird. I’ve never seen the videos but now I really want to. He get’s my stamp of approval.
My friend bought me the CD for my birthday, and I really like it. He’s an extremely talented writer and plays the guitar very well.
However, what puts me off are the goofy faces he makes (like everyone says), and the fact that he comes off as creepy and conceited to me. I don’t know why exactly, but I wouldn’t want to hang out with him.
Oh well…I’ll just listening to the CD so I don’t have to see him.
