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Post by roentgenizdat on Jul 11, 2007 20:08:19 GMT -5
07/21: 68 69 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 10,779 -2 11,000 1,762,484
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Post by GroovyGirl on Jul 12, 2007 16:24:58 GMT -5
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Post by roentgenizdat on Jul 19, 2007 7:12:27 GMT -5
07/28: 69 68 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 11,262 10,779 1,773,746
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Post by roentgenizdat on Jul 26, 2007 4:59:28 GMT -5
08/04: 68 53 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 13,035 11,262 16 1,786,781
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Post by marcjm on Jul 27, 2007 12:56:06 GMT -5
I didn't know that this was almost Double Platinum especially taken that radio has not responded extremely favorably to his singles it seems.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 27, 2007 14:05:28 GMT -5
Would it kill him to shoot another video?
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 29, 2007 17:00:23 GMT -5
08/04: 68 52 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 13,035 11,262 16 1,786,781 Waiting for 2xp...
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Post by vinyl on Jul 30, 2007 12:33:28 GMT -5
I'd say I just started liking him a bit - I bought that acoustic sessions thing, and I really like it. Which album should I buy first?
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Post by rvd on Jul 31, 2007 8:47:40 GMT -5
^Heavier Things then Room for Squares then this. Download Daughters though.
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Post by vinyl on Jul 31, 2007 9:17:17 GMT -5
I remember hearing Daughters on the radio a few times but I don't remember how it sounds, eh.
Thanks for the advice! I'll get Heavier Things as soon as possible.
Also 'Slow Dancing In A Burning Room' is AMAZING.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 31, 2007 17:26:22 GMT -5
I say start with Continuum and work your way back. lol.
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 1, 2007 11:39:04 GMT -5
Going to see John tonight, my 3rd time! WOO HOO!!!!
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 2, 2007 5:34:37 GMT -5
08/11: 53 58 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 12,165 13,035 -7 1,798,946
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Post by rvd on Aug 2, 2007 11:11:59 GMT -5
What's his next/current single? I'm not hearing anything about his music.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 2, 2007 12:38:54 GMT -5
What's his next/current single? I'm not hearing anything about his music. "Dreaming With A Broken Heart".
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 2, 2007 14:05:35 GMT -5
DWABH is #31 in its second week on the Adult Top 40 chart.
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 2, 2007 14:33:14 GMT -5
So when are we going to see the video?
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 2, 2007 14:45:35 GMT -5
Mayer Shows Guitar Chops In Eclectic Show By Courtney Devores
"I know some of you are waiting for `(Why) Georgia' to be over so you can hear `Gravity,' John Mayer told the audience, thanking them for accepting his varying musical whims as he closed his near 2-hour set at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Wednesday with the latter.
Mayer may be best known for his loose pop songs but he's also prone to gritty blues and sprawling guitar workouts, which he exhibited Wednesday.
Before Mayer could stretch in any direction, Carolina's Ben Folds took the stage with his trio following opener James Morrison. The Winston-Salem native performed an animated set of bouncy piano pop that illustrated his lovely, ringing vocals and astute lyrics, most notably on "Still Fighting It" and "Trusted."
Although he veered away from hits, Folds caught the attention of disinterested college students unfamiliar with his catalog by covering the Postal Service's "Such Great Heights." He reinvented the cold, electronic track as an upbeat singalong during which fans raised their beers to his rapidly robotic synthesizer solo.
He closed things out by turning Dr. Dre's 1992 "*itches Ain't S**T" into a ballad, proving his point that the public is desensitized to offensive lyrics. He refrained from revisiting his own hits "Brick" or "Rockin' the Suburbs," the most notable oldie being "Underground."
Mayer took the stage at 9:15 p.m. in a black t-shirt, his hair cut short and loose, with a band that included a horn section and guitarists Robbie McIntosh and David Ryan Harris. Both supplied soulful backing vocals as well as six-string support.
The bulk of Mayer's material was culled from 2006's Grammy-winning "Continuum," beginning with the opener "Belief," which neatly segued into his early hit "No Such Thing." "Good Love Is On the Way," with its classic rock vibe, "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)," and "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" followed
Mayer interspersed those tunes with guitar wankery, but his subdued fretwork leans more toward bluesy stretches than Slash-like speed licks. If it's guitar heroes you're after, he was at his best during gnarly blues tunes and riveting solos, such as the work he demonstrated on Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor."
But those aren't the songs that garner him an amphitheatre-filling fan base or radio airplay.
For the sea of polo shirts there was the feel good one-two punch of his recent hit "Waiting on the World To Change" (a song that could easily appeal to both grandmothers and teenagers) and the Dave Matthews-like "Bigger than My Body."
Three days after Beyonce's lavish big budget production was in town, Mayer's more subdued and low-key show could've lulled in comparison (as the Cowboy Junkies did in May in comparison to Gwen Stefani a night earlier). The stage was bare aside from a few screens and projections.
Not that simple musicianship and good songs alone can't carry a big concert. Mayer's show may have seemed anticlimactic in contrast. But he engaged the crowd with his songs and musicianship just as much as Beyonce did with her all-out performance and visual overload.
Source: Charlotte Observer
Brilliant show! Mayer is something else with that guitar. I hope his next album shows off his guitar talent even more.
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 4, 2007 20:07:10 GMT -5
Concert Review: John Mayer brings soul to NashvilleBy NICOLE KEIPER Staff WriterConcert SummaryArtist: John Mayer in concert with Ben Folds and James Morrison. Venue: Sommet Center (the former Gaylord Entertainment Center) Noteworthy: Comedy moonlighter Mayer’s guitar-mimicking of the melody from YouTube phenomenon “Chocolate Rain” during “Belief”; Nashvillian Folds’ long, hilarious bit about the urban legend of the “brown note.” Highlights: Mayer’s wriggly falsetto marrying the taut stomp of his band during a standout version of “Bigger Than My Body,” and the resonance of the sexy, soulful deeper registers of his voice during “Vultures”; Folds and his band punctuating their cool, thumping cover of The Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights” with a prog-metal-rivaling synth solo. Set list: Ben Folds “Army” “Landed” “Jesusland” “Bastard” “Still Fighting It” “Gracie” “Kate” “Underground” “Narcolepsy” “Such Great Heights” (Postal Service cover) John Mayer “Why Georgia” “Vultures” “I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)” “Clarity” “Good Love is On the Way” “Dreaming With A Broken Heart” “Bigger Than My Body” “Belief” “Gravity” “Waiting On The World To Change” “No Such Thing” “In Repair” ENCORE “Stop This Train” “Your Body Is A Wonderland” “I'm Gonna Find Another You” Overall: “It’s a Friday night,” pop heartthrob John Mayer howled over the Sommet Center’s PA, “so we gotta make it sexy on a Friday night!” Maybe it was the long, dead expanse of Tennessee air that night, but last time Mayer was here (opening for Sheryl Crow at Starwood), his mix of bluesy rock and funky pop felt polite and precise, rarely sexy. But during his headlining set at Sommet, the singer and guitar hero’s hip-swiveling blues-guitar stabs and limber falsetto were strong, succinct and certainly sexy enough, his six-string work continuing the argument that he’s heir to Eric Clapton’s reputation, and his soulful howls making him feel akin to a rock n’ roll Justin Timberlake in a pair of Chuck Taylor’s. Friday’s show likely marked the first time some friends and fans would see local indie-rock favorite Sam Smith (late of The Comfies) manning the skins for fellow Nashvillian Ben Folds. If Smith hit any hint of a learning curve leaping from the small-club circuit to the arena one, it certainly didn’t show during the fun and ferocious Folds set, stocked with reckless goofball energy and taut pop sweetness. cmsimg.tennessean.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=DN&Date=20070804&Category=ENTERTAINMENT0106
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 9, 2007 7:32:49 GMT -5
08/18: 58 60 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 11,190 12,165 -8 1,810,136
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Post by reception on Aug 11, 2007 14:51:10 GMT -5
John Mayer and comedian Sherrod Small, who collaborated together on a remix of Internet sensation "Chocolate Rain," take their act on the road after leaving Stereo nightclub in New York early Friday morning.
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 15, 2007 20:04:29 GMT -5
08/25: 60 68 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 9,795 11,190 -12 1,819,931
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Post by reception on Aug 21, 2007 14:40:27 GMT -5
John Mayer, jumpstarts his Monday morning with a cup of coffee as he heads to a downtown gym in New York.
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Post by reception on Aug 22, 2007 14:25:31 GMT -5
John Mayer does some heavy lifting near a Manhattan music studio on Tuesday.
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 23, 2007 6:29:50 GMT -5
09/01: 68 67 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 9,603 9,795 -2 1,829,534
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 24, 2007 10:43:24 GMT -5
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Post by roentgenizdat on Aug 30, 2007 11:46:38 GMT -5
09/08: 67 81 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 8,450 9,603 -12 1,837,984
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Post by GroovyGirl on Aug 30, 2007 12:54:14 GMT -5
he needs a new single. why has he only released one? there are so many great songs on continuum. come on, john!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 30, 2007 23:20:31 GMT -5
he needs a new single. why has he only released one? there are so many great songs on continuum. come on, john!! 1st: "Waiting On The World To Change" 2nd: "Gravity" 3rd: "Dreaming With A Broken Heart"
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Post by rvd on Sept 1, 2007 4:24:42 GMT -5
It's cool that he released Dreaming With a Broken Heart! I hope it gets an HTD status.
But they need to release Belief if they want him to recapture mainstream success.
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