It was written out of sequence." To start, he came up with the chorus and the second verse. "New Light," he said, "was not easy to write, lyrically. I think that's up to other people now, and I'm just more excited by the fact that I can do anything today."
I've retired from the idea that this song you hear is going to make me a star.a bigger star, and that I'm going to win a record of the year. "I have selectively retired from certain things. I really feel like everything's so wide open right now, for me," he explained two weeks ago in an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1. "When you get to this age, the great thing about being 40 is that you have seen the lifespan of people's opinion. Mayer had thanked fans for "accepting me" and for "accepting these songs" and after the final note had been played the crowd's reaction would have hopefully help to chip away at some of those 'insecurities'.Musically, Mayer is having fun again-something he admittedly hadn't done with his last few albums. 'Rosie' grew into a funk explosion thanks to Mayer and Sharkey's guitar duelling before Slow Dancing In A Burning Room was Mayer at his best later followed by the epic Gravity for his encore. 'Who Says', 'I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You), 'Love On The Weekend and 'I Guess I Just Feel Like' all showing the musical journey he has gone on.Ī mesmerising Edge of Desire finished the first set before John returned to the stage and his pitch-perfect soft, soulful voice filled the O2 as he treated us to stripped back versions of 'In Your Atmosphere', 'Daughters' and his incredible take on Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin' followed by 'Neon' in which he once again showed off his guitar talent and even managed to sneak in a nod to Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner. Mayer jumped from one album to the next and then back again.
There was less chat, and the lights would go down after every number making it almost feel more intimate. This is something which has come full circle now with his last two albums Paradise Valley and The Search For Everything seemingly following his early career and with it a very different feel to this tour.īefore there has been big chunky intros to songs and, at times, rolling numbers in the set, with endless screaming solos leaving you open-mouthed.īut this time around it was all about simplicity as we were taken on a mellow journey through his career spanning 19 years as he performed songs that he hasn't in a while. The album marked a change in Mayer's musical style - moving away away from pop rock and incorporating far more heavily blues and soul elements. It only took two numbers for us to see John's famous guitar face in Belief from the 2006 Grammy-winning album Continum. Free Fallin' (Tom Petty cover) (acoustic)
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