You can play the blues if you’re black and poor (i.e. Blind Lemon Jefferson), black and rich (B.B. King), or even white and poor (a young, coked-out Stevie Ray Vaughn)…yet if you’re white and flush with cash (i.e. John Mayer), it lacks a certain gravitas and just looks silly.
Please, John, stick with teenage pop ditties, that’s your forté.
I loved John Mayer’s rendition of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin” though. That’s worth the price of the new video, entitled “Where The Light Is: Live in Los Angeles.”
Also, there is minimal froggy-face action in this video, and that is a good thing;there is also the added bonus of Jessica Simpson's maltese puppy, Daisy, riding shotgun in Mayer's car while Mayer pontificates about the lumbering burden of superstardom and the weight of ten thousand girls on his hapless soul.
Check it out!
I wholeheartedly agree, I mean "Who does he think he is?"
Posted by: Christa | August 17, 2008 at 09:17 AM