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I'm not a blues fan really although listened to a double vinyl of old school BB King tonight and actually thought of Mayer, while saying, "This is what I like about blues." Raw, ballsy and still sounds fresh while sticking to conventional repeated patterns.
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Also cant understand for the life of me why people hate the O2. Loads of places to eat and drink, camped up on the bar from 3pm which was a 5 minute walk from my seat.
Sound was fantastic, view was fantastic, seat was comfy, took 60 seconds round trip from my seat to get a beer or have a piss. Blinding!
I read a review of the new stuff which summed it up nicely for me, it went along the lines of: "his downfall seems to be simultaneously having too much, yet at the same time, a complete lack of, taste".
I agree with this, he's become so tasteful that it's become bland, yet some of those lyrics would have been rejected by teenage girls messing about in their bedroom they're so bad.
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I don't go to a lot of shows and the ones I have been to in recent years were big venues so that may be a factor.
And I completely get it about the new stuff not being great, relatively. I said myself that if it was anyone else other than Mayer I probably wouldn't even like it.
But I only got into guitar fairly recently and it was his playing that made me think 'I want to do that' so I'll always love what he does!
So there is the scope for more variable output
On reflection, I've bought most of his albums, and found most bland, some OK, and one excellent
Solo writers are worth following though, before CDs or mp3s I used to have every LP by Neil Young - some were amazing, some crap. I think you get higher peaks and lower troughs with solo artists
It's available on YouTube as a playlist if that's your thing
he talks a load of rubbish sometimes though
Then the rest all have merit, but get patchier in (for me) the following order: Born & Raised, Battle Studies, Paradise Valley Room for Squares, Heavier Things and The Search for Everything.
He is a very talented player and songwriter who has some great songs in his back catalogue across multiple genres, but he's also got his fair share of, IMHO, weaker output. e.g. His latest album doesn't do it for me.
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paradise valley
born and raised
continuium
the first two add a folky country feel to his sound , continuum is more straight ahead pop rock/blues imho
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