Courtesy of http://www.johnmayer.com/whosays/
John Mayer is a lyrical genius in my opinion. His songs have this way of giving life to such raw emotions as love, heartbreak and hope.
This line always gives me chills, ” ‘All you need is love’ is a lie. We had love but we still said, ‘goodbye.’ Now we’re tired, battered fighters.” (Lyrics from Splitscreen Sadness)
Unlike other pop artists, John comes across as fresh and unique with his unmatchable guitar-playing skills (thanks mostly to his self-proclaimed “giant” thumbs). Being a new guitar player myself, I can really appreciate John’s intricate playing, most notably, in his song, Neon.
Judging from the infamous tweets ala @johncmayer, John Mayer must have lots of free time on his hands to be able to tweet his play-by-plays or maybe this is just his well thought out plan to self-promote… either way, I’m going to be first in line to buy my copy of Battle Studies (yes, I am actually going to Best Buy and buying the actual, physical CD!) His first single, Who Says (that came out today! –>http://bit.ly/jmwhosays) is admittedly, just… “good” in comparison to the other songs “in the works” for the album. I fell in love with Half of My Heart and Heartbreak Warefare the first time I heard the live versions.
Can’t wait for this one!
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