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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: TimCooke on July 25, 2007, 12:34:00 pm

Title: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: TimCooke on July 25, 2007, 12:34:00 pm

I'll be there in Section 111.  Really just going to see Ben Folds play for an hour.  Hoping not to fall asleep while John Mayer is up there.

Title: Re: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: miss pretentious on July 25, 2007, 02:04:00 pm

Maybe Folds will beat the piano with his stool. That's always a good time... I would be there he weren't opening for John Mayer at the Verizon Center...
 
 Just laugh at the faces Mayer makes - that should keep you awake.
 Have Fun!

Title: Re: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: TimCooke on July 26, 2007, 08:42:00 am

The show was pretty entertaining.  
 
 Missed James Morrison completely while eating dinner.  Don't know any of his stuff, so don't know that I missed anything.
 
 Ben was solid, as usual.  Sound at Verizon kind sucked, and all the John Mayer fans there didn't really "get" Ben Folds.  Crowd was talking through the first 3/4 of his set.  But I still loved it.
 
 John Mayer was surprisingly good.  I thought it was going to be a fairly mellow bluesy show.  But he rocked out pretty decently, sounded good, and...much to my surprise...is a pretty damn good guitar player.

Title: Re: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on July 26, 2007, 09:29:00 am

Why is it a surprise that Mayer is a good guitar player? If Rolling Stone magazine is to be believed, he's a guitar God.
 
 And what is there to not "get" about Ben Folds?

Title: Re: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: floyd1975 on July 26, 2007, 11:19:00 am

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Originally posted by CookieMonster:
  The show was pretty entertaining.  
 
 Missed James Morrison completely while eating dinner.  Don't know any of his stuff, so don't know that I missed anything.
 
 Ben was solid, as usual.  Sound at Verizon kind sucked, and all the John Mayer fans there didn't really "get" Ben Folds.  Crowd was talking through the first 3/4 of his set.  But I still loved it.
 
 John Mayer was surprisingly good.  I thought it was going to be a fairly mellow bluesy show.  But he rocked out pretty decently, sounded good, and...much to my surprise...is a pretty damn good guitar player.

You did yourself a favor by missing James Morrison.
 
 I agree, Mayer is a damn good guitar player.  Gravity was a great live song.

Title: Re: Ben Folds - John Mayer Roll Call
Post by: Cali on July 27, 2007, 11:34:00 am

count me as one of the people that doenst "get" ben. he's a good performer and all, i just dont like his music as a whole--i'd like it more if he werent singing.  
 
 i love his interaction with the crowd, but he just doesnt do anything for me.
 
 i missed james morrison and thought i missed ben, but ended up hearing about half of his show.