Thoughts on John Mayer

I'm not exactly sure when it happened, but somewhere along the way, a whole lot of people starting hating on John Mayer. There was a time when we all wanted our bodies to be his wonderland and we ran through our halls of our high schools screaming at the top of our lungs and then suddenly we stopped. Perhaps it was because it turns out he is kind of a douche bag in real life, the way he grew out his hair and looked a little less idealistic or his long hiatus between major public projects (his John Mayor Trio was amazing but not nearly as popular). Or maybe I am wrong and we are not all hating on John and my observations are a result of living in a hipster-heavy town. Still, no one seemed to be crying when he backed out of SXSW for vocal problems, even the out of towners.

The thing is, I love John Mayer. I love his old songs, I loved his trio project, I love his new work and collaborations. The guy is a seriously great musician and I am anxiously awaiting his vocal recovery and new album. In fact, while he is recovering, he put together this little gem. Check him out covering Lana Del Rey's "Video Games".

Mood music and how @fosterthepeople cured my morning

There are bands for all kinds of occasions and moods, the music we gravitate to that will fit the soundtrack to our lives. There's the Coldplay's when we want to weep and wallow in our weeping, or Carrie Underwood when we want to hate on men and key the sides of their cars. When I'm glamming up for a night on the town, I'm probably blasting Lady Gaga's Just Dance on repeat. To be real, I'm probably playing that song on repeat while I make my morning oatmeal, but especially when I'm applying glittery eye shadow.

There are artists that help us figure out love, (or at least make us think we can one day be the body in John Mayer's wonderland), life, or remind us that everything will be ok (my dad recently quoted "I can see clearly now the rain is gone..." in a letter and despite its corniness, it made all the difference).

It is Monday, a day that has warranted many songs in its own right. Today is a Monday after a long weekend of battling mice and rats in my apartment (SO many mice!), tears , lacking sleep, and starting a new job that I am feeling highly unprepared for. I knew that some kind of music would make me feel better, but I was too lost in my stress cloud to know what it was. I stared blankly at my itunes, scrolling through the usual suspects until I remembered.

Duh.

Foster the People: Warrant.

That instrumental progression at the beginning, the syncopated drum beat, the build up to the full chords on keys...It's a song that means business and doesn't mess around, and today it was the mood music I needed to forget mice and get psyched up to face this week. Happy Monday!