Disclaimer: I'll always love John Mayer's music, especially Continuum, which I've obsessed over forever. My love for him is time-tested. He'll always be a soulful hottie with legitimate talent and guitar prowess (duh, I mean, Where the Light Is DVD, anyone??? Thought so). So I've always held on to some shred of hope that in that "soul" of his there was actually some sensitivity and that "the media" was just painting him to be this big d-bag all along. But thanks to his interview for February's Rolling Stone, I can't be in denial any longer. J-May has officially gone Turbo Total Tool. For one thing, he tries to disguise a major dis of ex Jennifer Aniston by being all poetic. Boy please. Just because you're a lyricist doesn't mean we can't see through yo transparent attempts to let everyone know YOU weren't the one who got dumped. "It doesn't arc over the horizon...This is not my ideal destiny..." Psh. LAME. Even if that's a legit from-the-heart statement, don't talk about your exes in the press. Save it for the diary J-May, or some semi-disguised confessional lyrics. The Jen-An quote is barely the half of it, barely the eighth of it actually, and if I want to keep this not-too-Perezzy blog somewhat PG I'm not even going to mention the other stuff he talked about. TMI. Just TMI. Write your songs and play your shows. I'm still excited for both because I can't NOT be, but...get it together and climb back down Mount Ego. seriously.
ugh.
The only positive thing about this interview is that our boy acknowledged how Continuum is better than Battle Studies, his latest: "I know I'm supposed to say that my newest is my best one. BS. Continuum is my best one." At least we agree on that. I do love Battle Studies, but Continuum's just jaw-droppingly good, and there's no denying that it establishes him as a bona fide musician and bluesman, not just a supersweet Top 40 songwriter. Oh, so after the article came out, apparently JM "tweeted" (Wow i hate that I actually used that verb) "Just read my Rolling Stone cover article. I'm still not sure if I would want to hang out with me." I have to pull out some JM lyrics here to scold him: "How could I forget? Mama said think before speaking. No filter in my head. Oh, what's a boy to do? I guess I better find one soon." Yeah, guess you better. Too bad that song was written in 1999 for Inside Wants Out, re-recorded for 2003's Room for Squares and still you have YET to learn your lesson/find that filter. Even more poignant: "So maybe I try too hard, but it's all because of this desire...I just wanna be liked, just wanna be funny. Looks like the joke's on me...So call me Captain Backfire." JM, there are ways to be liked and ways to be funny, and I have a feeling you won't be writing the sequel to How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Ok, so I lied. There were a couple more positives about the interview, aka the pictures. Just buy Rolling Stone in a foreign language and enjoy the pics without all his talk getting in the way. Note to John Mayer's publicist: John + Press=Ridiculousness. IMHO, he should go somewhere where he could be anonymous for a year and get his soul back. Then he could come back the semi-sensitive person (or at least sensitive jerk) he once was, back in '06-ish when he knew to keep his mouth shut about some things (AND was releasing his best material). Or he could just give us a really really amazing, Continuum-rivaling album and keep going with the whole Prince Pompousness thing. as far as i'm concerned, he can be as conceited and oversharing as he wants if he ever matches that record.
For now, ooh and aah over these:
^The body's still a wonderland. Good to know.
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