:: WARNING- pardon the semi-squeeing, still giddy from last night, fangirl moment I am about to have…. I make NO apologies for it::
Ok, last night was a big load of awesomeness, wrapped in over 2 hrs of uplifting, bootie shaking, straight jamming, soul stirring music. (<–I did warn you I was letting the fangirl out for a bit)
This was my second time seeing John live in concert, but first time in Memphis. It was great, but John always puts on a good show. One the the funniest moments of the show was John taking the time out to read some of the signs. There was one that read “Married Chubby Cougar Needs A Hug” LOL. His reply was “That’s a lot of self awareness for one sign.” So he invited the lady up on stage, along with her best friend of 35 years, and gave them both hugs (multiple hugs in fact) and posed for pictures before continuing on with the show.
The setlist
*Heartbreak Warfare*No Such Thing*Crossroads–straight jammed this one too! *Belief –one of my favs *Perfectly Lonely *Assassin *Stop This Train *Heart of Life *Ain’t No Sunshine<— because it’s covers like this that you even go to concerts in the first place *Waiting On The World To Change –another fav *Vultures–LOVED IT!*Half Of My Heart –w/ a little “Walking In Memphis” remixed in *Why Georgia
*Gravity –brought the house DOWN with this one, in my top 2 fav JM songs
Encore:
*Who Says-- the hubby loved this one *I’m Gonna Find Another You-“It’s really over…” Loved it
Of course, the perfect setlist would have include the two songs I wanted to hear, but didnt expect to: In Repair and Bigger Than My Body. And the two songs I was honestly expecting to hear, but was very surprised he didn’t play, were Edge of Desire and Friends, Lovers, or Nothing. But all in all, an excellent show.
I finally figured out how to upload the 2 brief (very brief) snippets of video I took at the concert. Here’s a bit from Belief (I really, truely love this song, I love the message behind it) and a slip of him covering Ain’t No Sunshine. This is all I took, because I am living my life by the 3 x 5 code–meaning some things are better experienced through your own eyes.
The pics aren’t the best, but what can you do? I was an awesome concert, one you truely had to have experienced for yourself. Last night just confirmed one thing for me–
John Mayer is a bad man on that guitar baby. A baaaaad man…
Found out about Wordle through a friend, and decided to play around with one my favorite songs, as though I needed another time wasters. Any guesses as to what song this is??
John Mayer’s new CD, Battle Studies, was waiting for me when I got home–a whole day early.
This is the lone bright spot in my day today. And yes, I am enjoying it right now as I write this. Four songs in, and so far it has an 80′s, easy going feel to it to me. I swear, I expect Phil Collins to pop up and any moment now- LOL.
So, I’ve been under a rock lately finishing up my manuscript and getting it ready to send off to an editor for consideration. So imagine my surprise when I check my FaceBook account and see that not only did I miss a John Mayer Trio performance on the Tonight’s Show recently, but they covered “California Dreaming”. So here’s the first, of many I’m sure, John Mayer virtual concerts– this one is dedicated to JM performances I’ve missed.
Now, back to “California Dreaming”, I’ve had a house/club remix of this song on my Ipod for over a year now and it’s one of my jams. I keep it handy at work, because sometimes a good party song helps to destress the situation. Anywho, here’s a clip of that performance. I couldn’t find any actual video footage, so for now it’s just audio. Sounds like it was a great performance, I hate I missed it. (I hope this song is on the new album)
So, another thing I found today, as I was perusing my Facebook page, is that John premiered his new single, “Who Says” on his website today. And, just because it’s me, I couldn’t get the preview thingy to work. However, I did find a slightly burry video of him performing this song live, so I’ve added it below. My impressions of the song? I think it’s a fun/folksy song that reminds me a bit of “Stop This Train”. Some people may get all bent out of shape by the lyrics in the chorus, but if you actually listen to the song, I think you’ll get what he’s saying. But like all art, lyrics are subjective and open to interpretation–which is one of the reasons why I’m a fan of great lyricists. You’ll be amazed at what you find if you actually listen to what people are singing or rapping about. Anywho, that’s a tangent for another day. Here’s John:
And to round out my JM virtual concert of performances I’ve missed (because I’d been under a rock) here’s John performing on David Letterman for his 2008 Thanksgiving show. Apparently, he’s been on Dave’s show for the past 4 Thanksgiving’s!!
And I’ve missed them all!!
Oh well, can you guess what I will be watching this year on Thanksgiving’s Day night?? Enjoy John singing “In The Wee Small Hours” featuring Chris Botti.
Today was Michael Jackson’s memorial service. In opinion it was very much a class act and very moving. Michael’s life was a bit of a circus while he was alive; I hope he’s finally at peace. All the tributes, either via performance, spoken word or a shared anecdote, was in top form.
Just a few of the highlights for me were:
John Mayer
Usher
Jennifer Hudson
Rest in peace Michael, may your music and legacy live on. Here’s one of my favorite Jackson 5 performances
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