John Mayer is an amazing musician, I could careless what you think about him because of what you have heard on e! or in the gossip magazines. *cough* Mom *cough* Everyone knows they are just making up crap for you just to read it. Anyone who can write songs like he does, and play the shit out of the guitar deserves all the money and fame that he has gotten. If you are able to go see him live it is worth EVERY penny. I have had the chance to do this a few times in my life and loved every second of it.
The first album that I heard from Mr. Mayer was his EP Inside Wants Out. I was a freshman in high school. Kind of not knowing where I fit in with this crazy new world I was living in. I was handed this burned CD with the name John Mayer and Inside Wants Out written on it by a friend. I started listening to it and fell in love with the acoustics and the lyrics. No Such Thing just stood out in my mind as an explanation for what I was experiencing.
"I wanna run through the halls of my high school, I wanna scream at the top of my lungs, I just found out there's no such thing as the real world, just to lie you've got to rise above"
This album was his first attempt at a music career almost like my freshman year. Putting yourself out there and seeing what happens, unsure of the reception by others. Quiet and Comfortable were other favorites of mine. I remember putting it in my CD player (this was before I had my lovely ipod) and just listening and loving every second of the picture this guy was painting in my head.
Soon after finding the EP, Room for Squares came out. It was a huge hit on the radio and every where else. John Mayer had found his success, which is AMAZING, like I said he deserves it! Some of the songs from the EP made their way onto the new album with a band backing him. Some would say he was working his way in to the "pop" world, I am not one of those people. I liked the new sound that I was hearing but I deep down missed the acousticness of the EP. At this time I was traveling over seas playing soccer and 3x5 was constantly playing. I also was growing up and getting into boys and finding dates to dances. Rejection sucks, Love Song For No One is one that explains love for you. So it breaks down to this, room for squares and inside wants out pretty much helped or described my life in high school.
Heavier things came out I believe the beginning of my senior year. It was amazing again how JM had grown musically. I loved the jazz feel that it had, not only did it deliver musically, lyrically as well it blew my mind. Bigger than my body, Clarity, and Home Life were all songs that could describe the major change that I was going through as a senior. I was growing up moving on and doing my own thing. They were the songs that I would blast while driving down the highway with my windows down. Then the other songs were amazing, Wheel and Split Screen Sadness come to mind right away.
"So I'll check the weather were ever you are so I know if you can see the stars tonight, It might be my only right."It seemed as though he was growing in his music while I was growing with my own life. College and the end of my teen years came as well as love and heart break. It almost seemed like these were things that John himself had gone through and made them into songs.
What was funny is that when I went to go do my orientation for college in Green Bay, John Mayer just happened to be playing at the Resch center and we got tickets. At this point I had no idea all the memories the Resch Center would bring through out college. John Mayer was the one that started it all. This is when I experienced the guitar playing magicalness that he has. If I was wearing socks he literally would have blown them off. I remember at one point he played this blue polka dotted electric guitar in this odd position, and just rocked the whole place. He was changing and growing and I was doing the same.
Right at the end of what I would call a hell life that I was living for various people and personal reasons, John Mayer came out with Continuum. Yummmmmmm.........This album described my early twenties perfectly. I don't know how he comes up with all the lyrics but they are amazing. I found myself always playing the album in my car. It got to the point where I had to buy another copy because it was worn out.
"Who do you love me or the thought of me?"This album had a more bluesy side to it and it worked on so many different levels. Gravity was the song that I loved. Stop This Train explained my life on how I was supposed to become an adult in this world, something I didn't want to face. Also it mentioned his parents, my mom's cancer was something that was on my mind constantly. During the hard parts of life these songs got me through. I don't think I ever will be able to tell him thanks for being an escape for me during those hard times. Maybe one day....
Then right when I am working on the edge of figuring out what to do with my life Where The Light Is, comes out. It's a live album of at 3 different facets of John's music combined into a CD and DVD. I loved everything about it. The acoustic, the blues, and the regular band. It was wonderful. Dreaming With a Broken Heart and Heart of Life were songs that I listened to when dealing with the loss of everyone I loved in Green Bay with my big move to NC.
"I hate to see you cry, lying there in that position, there are things you need to hear so turn off your tears and listen... circle up your friends, we'll defend the silver lining."
So from my freshman year in high school to me now in the middle of my twenties living my life as an "adult" these albums have impacted me. As I have grown so has John Mayer's music and it's wonderful. I can only wait impatiently for his new album that he's recording. I'm excited to see where it takes me and what kind of life journey he's gone through. So in the very slim chance that you are reading this Mr. John Mayer, Thank You, Thank you from the depths of my heart. Keep up all the wonderfulness that you are doing. It's helped me in so many ways and many more I'm sure of. I love your twitticisms by the way, keep them coming.
Whew that was a long one. I'm proud of you if you made it all the way through that blog. Back to the regular blogging tomorrow. I'll be on a plane in less than 55 hours to Green Bay, I am SO excited. Much love to all of you.
-Aubs
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