John Mayer - Sob Rock (July 16, 2021) Album • Page 20

"On the Way Home" is totally a top five Mayer song for me at this point. Just a perfect wistful end-of-summer jam.

 

Agree. Paper Doll and Who You Love drag it down a little. But the opening 3 tracks are a great run

 

Paper Doll is great, upper half of the album for me. Who You Love and Call Me the Breeze are the only two I don't think are really good on there.

 

Still think the Frank Ocean interlude on that album is super weird and makes no sense in context. I wish they'd done a proper duet together. Missed opportunity.

 

Realised today that I had never listened to the full Where The Light Is.

Listened on an evening walk just now and the second half where he just busts out most of Continuum is absolutely glorious.

 

Where The Light Is is one of my favorite live albums. A banger from front to back.

 

I can't imagine a version of In Your Atmosphere being any more perfect than that one.

 

Solo acoustic tour?

 

Oh I’d be all over that

 

The Trio back for one night only

 

Show tonight was fantastic! We got “Love Soon” which blew my mind.

Couple other deep cuts in there, but it was seeing “Walt Grace” that made my night.

John Mayer Setlist at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

 

Wow. What a set. Cannot wait for the LA show!

My only want is continuing to cross my fingers I’ll hit the lottery and hear Comfortable live someday. No better tour than this one!

 

Seen him three times and still haven’t got “In Your Atmosphere.” Insanely jealous.

 

same boat here but twice! My favorite song of his.

 

Coming back six months later to say it’s actually his best summertime listening album.

 

Heavier Things is a good summer album too.

 

Have listened to a bunch of PV this summer, the vibes are on point

 

Heavier Things is a total fall album for me.

 

The new two hour interview he did with Rick Rubin is fantastic, there aren’t many people better than John at digging into the magic of songwriting and actionably, descriptively explaining how it’s a work and process. He also talks about making “Why You No Love Me” haha

‎Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin: John Mayer on Apple Podcasts

 

Heavier Things has been a Winter album for me ever since I listened to "Clarity" on repeat whilst walking in a rare Atlanta snow.

 

Really loved this, thank you for sharing!

All of this was good and interesting, he’s such a thoughtful person, which I don’t think people realize. But my favorite part was where he talked about the limitations of his voice and about writing specifically for what he can do as a vocalist. I don’t think a lot of musicians would have the humility to discuss that, but as someone who spent years studying vocal music and running up against the limitations of his own voice, I really appreciated that part.

 

Phenomenal interview. Thank you for sharing!

 

Yeah the way he talked about John the vocalist being a separate guy that he has to work with was both funny and insightful. I also liked the bit about vowel sounds with Dead and Co.

I think he should write a definitive book on songwriting with some kind of audio accompaniment or do some kind of master class. He’s too smart to leave it all in scattered interviews.

 

this came across my feed and y'all should listen to it too