tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post7174998427394931854..comments2024-03-29T07:39:20.648-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: "Guilty? Pleasure?"- #1: John MayerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-76741529899211957472010-08-05T09:30:37.345-07:002010-08-05T09:30:37.345-07:00Sal, Can't wait for your "Guilty Pleasure...Sal, Can't wait for your "Guilty Pleasures " Eagles selection. Great stuff as usual. PedenUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331645336352952804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-90990795937247116162010-08-01T05:18:01.387-07:002010-08-01T05:18:01.387-07:00"He does seem like a douche in interviews, bu..."He does seem like a douche in interviews, but, is that a criteria for liking music (or not)?"<br /><br />Absolutely not. But it seems like the easy way to go for so many.<br /><br />That Sheryl/Facebook thread was mostly not about the music. She slept with Kid Rock so her record must be terrible.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-26494984937339246032010-07-31T15:42:24.359-07:002010-07-31T15:42:24.359-07:00PS your "down market" is probably due to...PS your "down market" is probably due to nothing more mysterious than summertime. People don't tend to sit indoors and fake-surf as much when they can real-surf. Or read about music when they can go see it outdoors. Just a thought.David Handelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899694860294565558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-23903758746144541142010-07-31T15:41:02.411-07:002010-07-31T15:41:02.411-07:00"Waiting for the world to end" is a funn..."Waiting for the world to end" is a funny misremember of the title (it's "change"). <br /><br />I liked "Who Says" when I heard it on the radio, I copied the CD from my brother, and I haven't listened to it once. Will go back now. <br /><br />I have to say Mayer endeared himself to me a bit from his appearance on Dave Chappelle's show. Can be seen here: http://vimeo.com/8213736<br /><br />He does seem like a douche in interviews, but, is that a criteria for liking music (or not)? Cf Don Henley and oh so many others.David Handelmanhttp://wittiebanter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-22826891237689225422010-07-29T15:05:51.162-07:002010-07-29T15:05:51.162-07:00white? I beg to differ. There's the groovy bla...white? I beg to differ. There's the groovy black, but there's also the soul-sucking black. the black hole black. Sucking all light into it. The black of hopelessness, of vacuousness.<br />And Meyer is the blackest. You may ask, who's blacker than Meyer? And the answer is none. None more black.<br /><br />Where's the edge? the human imperfection? the scratches around which our bubbles of love can form? I don't see or hear any. Therefore, no love.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620603915248592954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-39042361951836429592010-07-29T11:12:46.329-07:002010-07-29T11:12:46.329-07:00It's OK--not nearly as bad as the bulk of his ...It's OK--not nearly as bad as the bulk of his crap. The guitar riff is nice, but it still reaks from those ersatz Mr. Soul vocal stylings that never fail to send me running to change the station.stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-80074808750470653992010-07-29T10:41:39.972-07:002010-07-29T10:41:39.972-07:00Right! But what about the song?Right! But what about the song?Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-54454199616549601992010-07-29T10:40:32.606-07:002010-07-29T10:40:32.606-07:00Trainwreck is the key word in describing Mayer. I...Trainwreck is the key word in describing Mayer. I stumbled on him several years before he morphed into The Ego That Devoured Boston. He had a couple of live solo acoustic numbers that I liked a lot--"Georgia Why" and "Complicated." But that feels like ancient history now.<br /><br />Btw, I could have sworn that was Marc Anthony in those photos.stevesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-86847643895074869542010-07-29T10:31:50.871-07:002010-07-29T10:31:50.871-07:00Meh.
Someone should tell him that he's the wh...Meh.<br /><br />Someone should tell him that he's the white Crayola.Noam Sanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14078219408896745687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-16394593350407340222010-07-29T09:00:29.223-07:002010-07-29T09:00:29.223-07:00Are you absolutely sure that's him?
Because y...Are you absolutely sure that's him?<br /><br />Because you're right...it's terrific.<br /><br /><br />I sense a disturbance in The Force...steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-67798417195159713342010-07-29T07:52:26.518-07:002010-07-29T07:52:26.518-07:00readership is down?! people must be spending too m...readership is down?! people must be spending too much time on facebook. they should be over here, finding good stuff. <br /><br />i can't quite get all the way with you on this one sal. i don't much like his vocal, but i like the song as a whole a lot more than i would have expected, based on the terrible view of mayer i have from his photos and interviews.big bad wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-24966087291811405932010-07-29T07:39:57.087-07:002010-07-29T07:39:57.087-07:00I would have agreed with you on John Mayer before ...I would have agreed with you on John Mayer before Continuum. That album was full of great hooks and melodies and was one of my favorite albums of that year. I like it even more than Battle Studies. I went so see him in concert as my son was a fan and wanted to see him. I went in expecting nothing special and was greatly surprised at how well he performed. <br />Sure, based on some of his inane comments and that Playboy interview, he is a bit of a douche but he can play and write some pretty good tunes. I'm going to hang in there with him and see how it progresses. I think he's got something or at least he's really trying to get to point where he's got something.cmealhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03201121023050701074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-69000886942874946852010-07-29T06:16:44.147-07:002010-07-29T06:16:44.147-07:00Off with your head!
As always I'm looking for...Off with your head!<br /><br />As always I'm looking forward to the Friday Mix.<br /><br />Thanks Sal!JAYESSEMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043689582943456784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-44426817008393101962010-07-29T06:05:27.792-07:002010-07-29T06:05:27.792-07:00Well then while I've got you---
Heartbreak Wa...Well then while I've got you---<br /><br />Heartbreak Warfare<br /><br />Edge Of Desire<br /><br />All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye<br /><br /><br />Maybe the three are a bit lacking in the lyric department, but damn, those melodies and harmonies are good.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-53062913858720584772010-07-29T06:02:57.822-07:002010-07-29T06:02:57.822-07:00Chopping block be damned!
I figure I have so much...Chopping block be damned!<br /><br />I figure I have so much real shit in my life to feel guilty about that I can't worry too much if some of the music I listen to wouldn't make someone else's approved playlist.<br /><br />I always thought Mayer's Waiting For The World To End had a really cool sound. And the song on this album he sings with Taylor Swift -- I bet that gets a double slap from some camps -- is fun too.JAYESSEMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043689582943456784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-44270055614426447902010-07-29T05:29:25.956-07:002010-07-29T05:29:25.956-07:00Well Jayessemm, see if you like this first, before...Well Jayessemm, see if you like this first, before I put my head on the cutting block. ;)Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-40645897342553170432010-07-29T05:23:24.454-07:002010-07-29T05:23:24.454-07:00Okay Sal ... I'll bite.
What are the other fo...Okay Sal ... I'll bite.<br /><br />What are the other four perfect pop songs on that album?JAYESSEMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043689582943456784noreply@blogger.com