John Mayer...

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:28 am

lets just watch Tones signature for a while. it can do all the pointless bickering for us.

dont make dumb comparisons if you dont want to defend them.

im jealous of you for seeing SRV w Double Trouble.

now back to the eternal Internet war of Cake vs Pie.........

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:41 am

Pie ftw

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:46 am

adventurepants_ wrote:lets just watch Tones signature for a while. it can do all the pointless bickering for us.

dont make dumb comparisons if you dont want to defend them.

im jealous of you for seeing SRV w Double Trouble.

now back to the eternal Internet war of Cake vs Pie.........

I'm assuming this is still about me..
So i'll bite.

WHERE HAVE I MADE THIS DUMB COMPARISON???
Can you even read fuckin English???

Sheesh!!!!

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:22 am

rbmonosylabik wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05BkZSxhcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kRjAhw_Adk

You can hear a lot of SRV and Clapton in both his singing and playing, which IMO is a very good thing. Besides, anyone who can write such a WMPM (weapon of mass panty melting) as Your Body is a Wonderland deserves respect .

apologies Homebelly, i misattributed the post. dont pull out the 'can you read English' bit if you dont want Tone to start analysing your grammar.

i got to start a whole new fight with rbmonosylabik now!

CAKE! for the Epic Win!

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:33 am

I was about to post but then I realised I was talkign about John Mayall - my dad took me to see John Mayall when I was about 10 - probably cause he had me for the weekend and couldnt get out of it so he had to take me, of course being 10 I got bored and he had to take me home and missed half of it, feel guilty about that as an adult

funny I'm big on the blues but never really liked SRV - found something a bit bland about him, compared to real blues legends like Howlin Wolf, Muddy waters and JLH that is

cant help feeling, as fucked as it sounds, but white men usually cant do blues the same

[ducks]

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:38 am

excellent work forge, thats a way to resurrect a fight!

ive always thought of SRV as rock/blues master (like Rev Billy Gibbons) rather than a straight out bluesman. I just love his sheer raw tone and personality, i dont know though, i think he does justice to the standards when he does em. its different music than the others you mentioned, much more rock. its a world away from Delta acoustic type shuffles.

though if SRV is bland, what does that make John Mayer? Blues for Blondes?

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:40 am

adventurepants_ wrote:
rbmonosylabik wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05BkZSxhcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kRjAhw_Adk

You can hear a lot of SRV and Clapton in both his singing and playing, which IMO is a very good thing. Besides, anyone who can write such a WMPM (weapon of mass panty melting) as Your Body is a Wonderland deserves respect .
apologies Homebelly, i misattributed the post. dont pull out the 'can you read English' bit if you dont want Tone to start analysing your grammar.

i got to start a whole new fight with rbmonosylabik now!

CAKE! for the Epic Win!

Go to it buddy..
And don't worry about Tones, he and i have been wrestling each other around the forums for years now.. He knows that if he gets to out of hand i have pictures from the infamous chocolate custard and the banana incident...
we did try and warn him that balmy warm Texas evening back in 76,, don't drink from the stream,, did he listen?,, did he hell.. next thing we all knew it was off with his synthetic rubber board shorts out with the Banana,, and what happened next is not some thing we should talk about in front of the kids

KU · Post by KU » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:41 am

I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) is one my favorite songs of all time. I listen to it regularly. The guitar solo is perfection and I couldn't imagine even SRV supporting that song any better.

I dig his taste in guitar amplification too= Dumble and Two Rock Custom Reverb 100s. I had a Custom Reverb 100 for a while, but couldn't afford to keep it at the time.

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:47 am

adventurepants_ wrote:excellent work forge, thats a way to resurrect a fight!

ive always thought of SRV as rock/blues master (like Rev Billy Gibbons) rather than a straight out bluesman. I just love his sheer raw tone and personality, i dont know though, i think he does justice to the standards when he does em. its different music than the others you mentioned, much more rock. its a world away from Delta acoustic type shuffles.

though if SRV is bland, what does that make John Mayer? Blues for Blondes?

well I'm more into delta than rock

and cake ftw!

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:53 pm

adventurepants_ wrote:
rbmonosylabik wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l05BkZSxhcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kRjAhw_Adk

You can hear a lot of SRV and Clapton in both his singing and playing, which IMO is a very good thing. Besides, anyone who can write such a WMPM (weapon of mass panty melting) as Your Body is a Wonderland deserves respect .
apologies Homebelly, i misattributed the post. dont pull out the 'can you read English' bit if you dont want Tone to start analysing your grammar.

i got to start a whole new fight with rbmonosylabik now!

CAKE! for the Epic Win!

Oh you di'nt!!

*eats pie, listens to John Mayer and draws comparisons to SRV*

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:14 pm

I'm not going to take anything away from this guy. He's got chops, he's got heart. I don't know that he's any better a blues guitarist than the eight dozen other amazing players I've seen/heard in the last year or so - all completely obscure and unknown - but that's how it always goes.

What he does do well - and this is a skill that is arguably the most important anyway - is craft a crackin' tune. I can't listen for more than 15min at a time because I get bored out of my fucking skull, but that's my baggage.

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rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:36 pm

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/611387370c

aqua_tek · Post by **aqua_tek** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:51 pm

i'll give mayer credit for being a funny guy. just not a fan of his music.

my ex loved him though. made me go to one of his concerts, and i dug his humor in between songs, but the music itself... way too bland.

landrvr1 · Post by **landrvr1** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:18 pm

rbmonosylabik wrote:http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/611387370c

omfg, that is hilarious. Never seen that before.

"Have all the chords in music been found? Most people say 'yes'. I say, 'Not so fast, asshole'." LOL.

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polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:14 pm

Mayer's got bags of talent for sure... I just don't have any interest in listening to his stuff.

SRV was a somewhat one dimensional player imo, though he absolutely killed at that one dimension. He's still one of my all time favourite guitarists. Lots of heart, great style and energy, and I've never seen anyone put so much feeling into every note - an artist to the core. I still love to watch his El Mo and ACL gigs and I can listen to his Little Wing loop for hours at a time.