John Mayer Songs : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Love Song For No One” (John Mayer Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Monday, May 19th, 2008

    By Chris Moore:

    I have found that there are very, very few artists that I love who started playing music any later than the early t0 mid- 1990s. John Mayer has been an exception, at least up until his whole “I’m into blues/I’m very serious/I have long hair” phase. I fell in love with Room For Squares, found Inside Wants Out charming, and couldn’t stop listening to Heavier Things. Unfortunately, I found Continuum to be unimpressive on the whole. And don’t even get me started on Try!

    So, for this session, I went back in time to “Love Song For No One,” hoping to conjure up a time when I loved Mayer and his work. I think his first album is often dismissed, as though every song were “Your Body is a Wonderland” — which I’m man enough to admit I really enjoy…

    Without further ado, here’s my take on “Love Song For No One,” a version that took me many takes before I was happy enough to release it. I’m still not entirely happy with it, but my voice was scratchy and I did my best. Besides, you know what they say — a session a day… keeps Chris, Jim, and Jeff going crazy? :-)

    See you next session!

     



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  • The Laptop Sessions: “3×5″ (John Mayer Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Saturday, January 12th, 2008

    By: Jeff Copperthite

    Time for another new artist here on The Laptop Sessions, and even though Jim & Chris may dissent about the artist and perhaps the song that i’ve chosen, I have decided to perform it anyway.

    The song is “3×5″ by John Mayer from his album “Room for Squares”. Although I really love the version he plays on his live album “Any given Thursday”, the recorded version is also upbeat and catchy.

    I improvised a bit at the end, and despite a few minor lyrical glitches, this video came out great. I hope you like it as much.

    Stay tuned for more Laptop Sessions from Chris, Jim, and myself - Jeff.

     



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John Mayer Acoustic Cover Songs

John Mayer has come a long way as an artist. His early recordings on his EP, arguably some of his best, are largely acoustic guitar music. Early on, he began developing considerable songwriting skill and style, and he found early success with such hits as “Your Body is a Wonderland” and “No Such Thing.” The album No Room For Squares demonstrated that he knew how to write a song and that his new rock music would pass the bar for audiences, who fell in love with him. Still, he wasn’t taken seriously by all people, so he continued developing his songwriting and produced new rock music that began to win over a larger crowd. A YouTube videos search for John Mayer will yield many songs written and performed with a blues influence, and it was this new direction that began to produce favorable music reviews by more serious critics. His songs are prime candidates for cover songs to be released as free videos on the Laptop Sessions music blog, and there have been several music videos devoted to his work thus far.