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re: John Mayer is an overrated guitarist
Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:32 am to monsterballads
Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:32 am to monsterballads
While Mayer is vastly better at guitar solos, they aren’t everything in guitar playing. Almost every Mayer song is harder to play and sing than almost every isbell song. I like isbell, as a writer and fun show, but literally you’re the ONLY person I’ve ever heard present him as a badass guitar player. That’s not his wheelhouse. You can think he’s underrated and Mayer is over rated and Mayer would STILL be a better guitar player. How you play music and think like that is so suspicious
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Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:41 am to monsterballads
I don't know about over rated but I used to think he was just another run of the mill guy with MTV looks, but he's a
good guitar player.
good guitar player.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 11:43 am to olddawg26
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but literally you’re the ONLY person I’ve ever heard present him as a badass guitar player.
idk what to tell you then. he's incredible.
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How you play music and think like that is so suspicious
just have different tastes my man. i'm not enthralled by worn out blues riffs played over and over I guess.
one example of an isbell solo: LINK
Posted on 10/12/22 at 12:47 pm to rebelrouser
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Go listen to the extended versions of the Layla album w/ live stuff and you see he is a better guitarist too.
The Derek and the Dominos live at the Fillmore album is some of, if not the best live Clapton playing ever. Was his absolute prime
Posted on 10/12/22 at 1:18 pm to monsterballads
I think he’s gay and he does the chick thing to try to hide it
Posted on 10/12/22 at 1:27 pm to 225bred
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The Derek and the Dominos live at the Fillmore album is some of, if not the best live Clapton playing ever. Was his absolute prime
Yep and it's awesome. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad (on the Apple Music extended version not available on Spotify for some reason) is insane.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 3:42 pm to 225bred
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The Derek and the Dominos live at the Fillmore album is some of, if not the best live Clapton playing ever
1) mayer is a douche
2) tedeschi/trucks/anastasio live layla at lock'n is better than the clapton original or any subsequent domino's live versions
Posted on 10/12/22 at 4:19 pm to cgrand
Ain’t no one comparing anyone to trucks. He’s the goat
Posted on 10/12/22 at 4:47 pm to olddawg26
Jason isbell used to be really good at guitar and he’d rip these badass solos out but nowadays all he can play is wuss music with his limp wrists
And he sucks live now btw he was better fat and drunk and sad than this new pretentious “make the world a better place for my wife’s son” bs he’s doing now
And he sucks live now btw he was better fat and drunk and sad than this new pretentious “make the world a better place for my wife’s son” bs he’s doing now
Posted on 10/12/22 at 6:41 pm to el Gaucho
Isbell went woke. Everything goes downhill from there.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 7:29 pm to monsterballads
Your thread sucks.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 7:31 pm to olddawg26
I think Mayer is awesome. Sure, does he have some bubblegummy stuff? Yes. But listen to his catalogue some time. There's a lot of good stuff.
Posted on 10/12/22 at 7:34 pm to Midget Death Squad
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You could say Mayer is a pretentious song writer that is quite forgettable, and you would be more accurate.
This is a pretty lame statement.
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Midget Death Squad
Oh, never mind. Par for the course.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 5:17 am to monsterballads
+1000
Agreed, he's not very good.
Agreed, he's not very good.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 6:02 am to hogcard1964
I think he's good at being really proficient at blues major scales and playing them in his sleep.
I just find all of his stuff to be boring. none of it moves me.
I just find all of his stuff to be boring. none of it moves me.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 8:12 am to monsterballads
You do realize it's okay to not like his music or him and acknowledge that he is objectively talented and proficient?
Your entire premise is based purely off your opinion and what type of music you enjoy listening to.
Your entire premise is based purely off your opinion and what type of music you enjoy listening to.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 8:21 am to metallica81788
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You do realize it's okay to not like his music or him and acknowledge that he is objectively talented and proficient?
I said he's a good guitarist and proficient. I just think he's overrated by a lot of people.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 8:25 am to monsterballads
If you're a decent guitarist but your music sucks, does anyone really care?
Someone made the exact same argument about Steve Perry and Journey the other day. His voice may be passable, but their music was God awful.
Someone made the exact same argument about Steve Perry and Journey the other day. His voice may be passable, but their music was God awful.
Posted on 10/13/22 at 8:47 am to hogcard1964
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If you're a decent guitarist but your music sucks, does anyone really care?
best post in this thread
Posted on 10/13/22 at 8:54 am to rebelrouser
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Agree. He is also one of the biggest douche bag musicians of all time
more rock, less sob, john.
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