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Anyway, prompted by this lengthy and occasionally heated thread I've done something I wouldn't normally bother to do... I've actually listened to Sob Rock. In fact I've listened to it twice, all the way through, to give it a proper chance.
I want to use moderate language, because I've seen how aerated people can get on the topic of John Mayer. Let's just say I am underwhelmed. All the songs have the same leisurely pace, the same cotton-wool-wrapped sound, the drums tip-tapping away like they're trying not to disturb a sleeping baby. Mayer sings... it's not really singing, more murmuring... in the same tone of voice on every track. The guitar is a pleasant, inoffensive but fleeting presence; to say there's lots of potential for extended solos live... well you could say that about anything. "It would be a great guitar album if you can imagine the guitar parts".
To be fair, some of it's fairly catchy but I'd still much rather be listening to something else. "Wild Blue" is probably the pick of the bunch for me, but it really just sounds like Mark Knopfler (although Dire Straits sound like Discharge in comparison with this).
I gave it a go. I didn't like it. I won't be listening to it again. I know you don't care.
The videos and vibe is a brilliant homage, long may it continue!! Can't wait for my pink Silver Sky to arrive.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
I seriously don't get what there is to like
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To be honest for me the additional tracks are not at the same standard as ‘Last Train Home’, ‘New Light’, ‘Carry me Away’ and ‘I guess I just feel like’, all of which I think are decent. I don’t mind ‘Wild Blue’, but the others feel like filler and ‘Why you no love me’ provokes the same sort of feelings in me as the prospect of another lockdown.
Overall, I think an EP would probably have been fine.To be fair though, regardless of whether it’s the deepest material ever written (it isn’t) or if you enjoy the 80’s pastiche, a pop album featuring guitars with 4 or 5 decent enough songs is alright by me, especially in the context of much of the other nonsense passing for music at the moment.
As others say, great that a guitar based musician is still making waves. Thing is, this isn’t his full potential, he has the talent to go in a completely different direction with the next release, keeping YouTube on its toes!
I was looking forward to more like "Last TRain Home", but that's by far the best track on the album.
Back to "Where the Light Is" I guess (although I could see no endoscopes up girls skirts or t*ts oooot at that concert).
I want to ask 'how did it go so wrong?' but he's doing just fine without me
Has anyone posted the Zane Lowe interview? What a load of bullshit...am I not in on the joke? I had to check that it wasn't a SNL skit!
Here it is in all its glorious surreality: