Anyway, this entry won't be about my actual personal life but rather about my taste in music and the things I'm listening to. It won't have any (intentional) humour, so if you'd rather read an older post of mine that's funny-intended and music related, then try reading this old blog entry I wrote about lyrics in songs. Well this entry might be boring or interesting depending on how intrigued you are about me and who I am.
Well if you know my taste in music, then you would know that I'm into John Mayer's songs. I'm a huge fan of his work. My admiration for him borders homosexuality actually. And I know most of you think "John Mayer is just a huge jerk!" Well he's just portrayed as a jerk because the media has scrutinised everything he said ever since he broke up with Jennifer Aniston. My defending him sure doesn't make me sound less gay... Anyway, despite wether he's a jerk or not, there's no denying he's a lyrical genius. I find it hard it enough to express a quarter of what I need to say in coherent sentences. He's able to do it all to a friggin' melody.
There are many John Mayer songs that I just love. Too many to list "Your Body is a Wonderland", "St. Patrick's Day", "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room", "Friends, Lovers or Nothing". Well here are some others that rank up high in the list.
John Mayer - Daughters
"Now I'm starting to see maybe it's got nothing to do with me"
A really catchy and sweet song. I've always liked this song but didn't understand the meaning behind the song 'till a while after I first heard it. It's about the importance of a father and his love to a daughter. In John's own words, it was about a girl who couldn't love or trust a man because the very first man she knew, her father, didn't love her. Maybe 'interesting' is the wrong word, but it is interesting how boys aren't as affected by the care,or lack thereof, from our parents as girls are.
John Mayer - Gravity
"Gravity...stay the hell away from me"
I my opinion, this is quite an angry song. About a person refusing to be be saddened by 'gravity'. This whole song is like a big 'Screw you world! You ain't bringing me down!'. At the centre of pain is the desire for more than what you have. "It's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees". Sometimes to continue standing, we fight the pain instead of letting go of our desires.
John Mayer - Heart of Life
"No it won't all go the way it should, But I know the Heart of Life is good"
Very sweet song, and incredibly catchy. Lyrics are pretty much self-explanatory with this song. If you fall down, you'll get back up (eventually,that is). Whatever happens, it's all good. Hmm, this song makes me happy, even if it's a momentary sort of high.
John Mayer - Edge of Desire
"Don't say a word, just come over and lie here with me"
This is my favourite song of John's from his new album. Heck, maybe my favourite song from his whole discography. Sometimes there are songs that have maybe 2 or 3 phrases that represent how you're feeling. Every single line in this song has hit me hard. I don't know if this song is meant to be a happy or sad one, but I do know it gives me the feeling of an exhausted and almost desperate attempt to reach someone. The time where everything is said and done, and all that's left is to lay all of yourself out with no more walls hiding yourself away. It's quite a powerful feeling to have. And the consequences of it all is summed up in one single line: "There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me."
People may not know this, but John Mayer is actually an incredibly good guitar player too. Some of his guitar rifts are insane. I've been recently learning the guitar, and one of my goals is to be able to play one of his songs. Still a looooooong way to go, but I'm getting there. There are a few ways of playing the guitar, but my favourite way is the finger-picking style. Personally, I think it sounds just so much more nicer than the usual strumming way. Here are two clips of two people who are VERY good at this stlye of guitar playing.
These two are experts at what they do. And one of them is only bloody 12! I'll be lucky if I can manage a quarter of their talent. But watching and listening to them play does inspire me somewhat to keep learning. I really do enjoy playing the guitar. It's a good mood lifter. And whenever I finally get a part of a song that I've been working on for so long, I get a sense of "Fuck Yeah! Accomplisment!!". And the reward is a sweet sounding melody that I know I can tune out.
For me, a bad music video can really ruin a song. I can hear a song on the radio that's been played for weeks and find that it's really good to listen to. But when I see that the music video has been LadyGagaish-WTF-CrazyAbstract-ed, I'm just put off the song. Stupid music videos just plain ruin songs for me. I no longer hear a song as a song, I'm always in the back of my mind thinking about the weird ass clip that some idiot thought was artistic. But on the flip-side, a really good music video can actually make a song that much more meaningful.
Paramore - Only Exception
" But you are the only exception"
" But you are the only exception"
This clip goes so incredibly well with the song. Almost no frame is gone to waste with this video alongside the music. Probably wondering what's the importance of this song to me. With some songs, it's nice to imagine yourself as the receiver of the lyrics. It'd be nice to know that you were the stand out in someone's list. But...it'd also be nice to be a billionaire. What's the chance of that happening anytime soon?
In terms of sitting down and listening to music, I'm not really into the R'n'B kind. I mean, I can listen to them from time to time, but my preferred genre is more acoustic and that guitar/piano sound. But when someone on youtube combines them both, it just becomes musical gold.
Iyaz - Replay (Cover)
"Nananana everyday"
This is such an awesome acoustic cover of Replay. Lyrically, this song has almost no interest to me. But you don't have to listen to a song for the words, you just gotta listen to it for it's incredible tune and the fact that it makes you feel happy for absolutely no reason other than the fact that it sounds good in your ears.
Usher - Burn (Cover)
"Deep down you know it's best for yourself, But you hate the thought of her being with someone else"
I have always loved this song, ever since it was released back when I was in year 9! This acoustic version has just reinvigorated it back into my playlist. It's a bit weird with this song. It's always been in the "sounds nice" category when I first heard it, but it wasn't a long while after that it became lyrically important.
How about some cheer up music? This next song got me through some rough times. Back around when I had a mini quarter-life crisis during the middle of a very boring and uneventful uni semester when it felt like everything around me was stalling and nothing was changing. It took a while, but things got better. Some/most of it anyway, depending on my perspective on things.
Panic at the Disco - New Perspective
"Stop there and let me correct it, I wanna live a life from a new perspective"
Well that was a lot of songs to listen to, and I still havn't mentioned some of my other favourite artists, such as Rob Thomas, Maroon 5, The Fray, Coldplay and quite a few more. This has actually become quite a personal blog entry. Well all of mine are actually, it's just that this one isn't hiding behind a wall of 'comedy'. This is a pretty lengthy post, and most likely impossible to go through in just one sitting, especially if you're juggling between this blog, facebook and msn. Hell, I wouldn't even be able to listen to this whole blog in one go, it's over 40 minutes long. With me, I can just sit down and just listen to a song, with absolutely no distractions around me. Just me, completely absorbed in the words of the melody. I think the kind of music you listen to reflects the kind of person you are, so if you want to know me a bit better, than feel free to revisit this blog.
Well that's that. I may or may not make another entry about myself. We'll see. Time to conclude this long ass blog post, and i think the best way to end it is with none other than the man himself:
John Mayer - Perfectly Lonely
"Nothing to do, Nowhere to be, A simple kind of free"
Thanks for listening =)
2 comments:
boys are definately as affected by their relationship with their parents as girls are.
interesting selection of music trung :)
Thanks Vee. I love my "interesting" music =D
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