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John Mayer Concert
We saw John Mayer in concert last night, and he was awesome. I took Buffy and three of her friends. Just me and four of the most well behaved 16 year old girls. It actually went very well. We had lawn seats, and arriving an hour before the concert start we ended up in the very back of the amphitheatre where I'm sure planes flying overhead could see John Mayer better than we could. But there were big video screens so we just kicked back on the grass and enjoyed a beautiful summer evening. Opening was Brett Dennen, a wierd looking guy who sings some fantastic music, kinda like 1980's Paul Simon. Then came Colbe Caillet, who sang well but I thought was boring. I read my book through her part. Then came John Mayer. I'm not the biggest fan of John Mayer's music. I love him as a person, I think he's hilarious as he messes with the papparazzi and he seems really smart. But after watching him in concert I believe his real heart is much more in jazz, rock and the blues than it is in some of the silly songs on the radio. He said that all he ever wanted was to be a good musician, and not only was he an AWESOME guitar player, I just got the feeling that the radio stuff was not where his heart was. He earned a million points from me by never once playing "Your Body is a Wonderland". And he covered "Burning Down the House" as if the song was written for him. He also has cut off all his curls, sporting something just shy of a buzz cut. But he was still hot. The girls I took were pretty quiet through the concert, they stood and watched the screens and sometimes they danced, but I had the feeling they were just having fun together, and maybe they were dissapointed they were sitting so far away. But on the way home, then the emotions came out: It made me happy. It was nice to see the four of them had such a great time, and were such good kids too. Now I have to go buy all his CDs. For... my daughter. Yeah, she wants them. Comments
He is so versatile. The only song of his that seemed tailor made for the radio was his first, the one you were thrilled not to hear. That's the one that he won the Grammy for and got him noticed. He hasn't played it at either of the two concerts I've gone to. I saw him once on some off beat cable show and he was jamming with some country boys, and of course, it was brilliant. So, he is a bluesy-jazzy-rockin talented guy who still comes across as humbled that people would actually pay to go see him. I saw the set list from last night and am excited to know he'll play Gravity and Vultures, two of my faves. Glad your girl is into him. It shows she has good taste! You're a cool mom to take them. C Posted by: catherine at July 27, 2008 12:33 PMPost a comment
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