Showing posts with label john mayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john mayer. Show all posts


Uncovered Cover: John Mayer Covers "Video Games"


I really didn't want to write about this particular cover.  The two artists involved are not exactly the most popular of people these days.  Lana Del Ray has been accused to being a fake, surgically enhanced, "struggling" indie starlet, whose Saturday Night Live performance made her sound like a drunk, Russian karaoke singer.  And as for John Mayer, well, he is kind of a douche bag, and for those Buffaloians who actually like the guy, he just canceled his show at Shea's not long back!  When I first saw that Mayer had covered Del Ray's breakthrough single "Video Games", I was curious to see how bad it could be.  But you know what?  It's kind of good.  Mayer doesn't sing as his strained vocals were the reason for scrapping not only his Buffalo show, but his whole tour, so he goes instrumental.  And if there is one thing you have to give him is he is a damn good guitar player.  Mayer saves his bluesy riffs for his own tunes and turns in a sparse, dreamy cover. For just over three and a half mins, I can actually enjoy the guy.  Enjoy.



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Just Announced: John Mayer



I definitely got laughed at today when I asked the buffaBLOG staff of writers if anyone wanted to cover the announcement of the upcoming John Mayer show in Buffalo.... I have no doubts this is a show worthy of some buffaBLOG press. Sure, John Mayer has come off as a total dbag in the media but that doesn't mean he isn't a great guitar player.  If amazing musicians like Herbie Hancock, Eric Clapton, BB King, John Scofield, Kanye West, etc are willing to collaborate with Mayer, then he is obviously doing something right.  I've always been under the suspicion that his poppier songs were made just to get him established so that he could play music that he identified more with like tracks you can hear on his John Mayer Trio albums that tend to be bluesier.  Unfortunately, the single "Shadow Days" off his new album coming out this year sounds like he is going more country... but you never know.


Regardless of how you feel about John Mayer, you should know that he is coming to Shea's Performing Arts Center April 21st. Tickets go on sale this Saturday. If you're a fan of blues music, trust me and watch this video!

 

Katie Africano