Man Meat Monday #3

Last week, I received a request from my dear real-life and blogging friend, Emma at Legally Lovely, to man meat a musician this week. She did have one stipulation: I couldn't choose Dave Matthews. So, I've decided to choose the next-best thing and delve into my on-again, off-again love affair with...

John Mayer

Claim to Fame: Melting girls' souls and making guys jealous with his amazing music

Birthday: October 16, 1977

I pride myself on finding John Mayer relatively early. As a freshman in high school, I remember swooning over this romantic, borderline nerdy guy in Atlanta. I never thought I'd fall for something as cheesy as "Your Body is a Wonderland." Really - it's just like that annoying guy playing the two songs he has memorized on guitar in the quad all day long to attract girls. Despite my logical side, he hooked me. I could relate to his lyrics unlike any other musician I had ever heard. He seemed to be questioning his place in the world, holding on to things from the past, and struggling with a "quarter-life crisis." His voice was entrancing and his guitar playing was some of the best I'd ever heard. In interviews, he seemed hilarious, self-deprecating, and incredibly smart. I even thought the ridiculous faces he made while singing were cute. I was sold.

Three concerts, many tattoos, a few CDs, plenty of tweets, and some celebrity girlfriends later, I'm still loving John Mayer. He has certainly changed, though. Still, he puts out what I think is some of the best music of today. The lyrics to "Stop This Train" are things I've always wanted to say, but wasn't poetic enough to put into words. He even does covers better than the originals (ex. Jimi Hendrix's "Bold as Love" and Tom Petty's "Free Falling")

Random tidbit: John enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, but dropped out after a year and moved to Atlanta.

Only downfall?: Unfortunately, John has a long downfall section. As much as I love his snarky personality and his sense of humor, John has some serious issues. His celebrity relationships (with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jessica Simpson, and Jennifer Aniston) have received a lot of media attention and he has said some inappropriate things about them. For instance, he called Jessica Simpson "sexual napalm," explained why he broke up with Jennifer Aniston to the press, and called his penis a 'white supremacist.' Clearly, he's a disaster that needs some help...but maybe that's why I find him so relatable. He wrote "My Stupid Mouth" for a reason.

...and the youtube video. I can't help myself. Everytime I watch this video, even still, I sound something like, "Ohhh my godddd.....blahhh.....gahhh...holy......." This is the John I love...because, deep-down, I'm still a pathetic little fangirl...and John knows that. *passes out*



So, readers: It's your turn. Would you let John use his hands on your wonderland?