If you're like me, this is basically an impossible poll, but lets see!

(had to throw the last one in there since he's got 20+ officially released covers at this point, pretty much all fire - the Impressions EP, Stay, Royals, Playing Your Game, You Make My Dreams, Crush On You, Time Will Reveal, I Ran, Get Ready.....)

Poll result (25 votes) Motown Mayer (Strange Arrangement / HDYD) (6 votes) Vote Eclectic Mayer (WDTDG?) (14 votes) Vote Beatwave Mayer (Jaded Inc) (1 votes) Vote Boogie Mayer (Tuxedo) (3 votes) Vote Covers Mayer (Impressions, Etc) (1 votes) Vote

And I'd also like to mention how much I love his cover of Royals.

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Royals for sure
the Jaded cover of I Ran is up there for me as well

i've listened to Mayer songs here and there

but what's his discog?

and what do you two feel are the essentials?

Where Does This Door Go?
Give it the serious listen headphone treatment.
It's gonna give you the most looks and it's the most polished & current, stylistically
But the point of this post is that he's explored so many styles, what you like best is gonna depend on what you're into otherwise.

what i REALLY like is this Mayer http://youtu.be/PZXhjoY6F9Y

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Did he do any other tracks like that?

this is sort of in that vein
another one of my faves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4bwTreNVz8

That's why I made a Covers category!
He crushes them all. This is no exception

Love the three albums. I think Strange Arrangement flows the best but Where Does This Door Go has his most polished songs, ie Stars Are Ours.

The covers are sick tho. I think I've given them the most burn

You've Got The Makings of a Lover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJf-UeM_6iQ

Snoop Dogg - Gangsta Luv - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zu5GSqNM4

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>You've Got The Makings of a Lover -
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJf-UeM_6iQ

love this cover. dude mastered making shit sound vintage.

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earlier incarnations

Thank y'all for the looks, hadn't heard any of his covers besides the Impressions EP

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his show at the fox theater (in oakland) was jam-packed and sold out. i mean, i've never seen fox that crowded before!

sam f-in' smith sold out his show at the fox this year too. but i don't see mayer winning all these grammys that he should be winning!

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its been more packed
to the point that the last time i saw a 'mayer' show, it was uncomfortably crowded.
so he is getting bigger, but not nec big enough to warrant larger size venues than what he plays
thats why i LOVED the jaded show i saw in brooklyn. A, it was just nice to hear him play some new material, but B, there was hardly anyone there.
I know its kind of selfish and hipsterish, but i like feeling like I'm in on a secret that people haven't caught up with yet.

but my best friend (who i turned on to mayer) every time i bring him up, he gets confounded and almost angry trying to figure out why he isn't more popular.

I've said it before and ill say it again - his label took a SERIOUS L by not making a vid for Stars Are Ours with Pharrell dancing around in it - that album was barely getting pushed when Happy was blowing up. Serious missed opportunity.

>I've said it before and ill say it again - his label took a
>SERIOUS L by not making a vid for Stars Are Ours with Pharrell
>dancing around in it - that album was barely getting pushed
>when Happy was blowing up. Serious missed opportunity.

i loved pharrell's presence on the album, btw. he gave mayer vintage "beautiful"-esque neptunes shit with "wine glass woman" and this newer p with "stars are ours". even a steely dan tribute! ("reach out richard")

and yeah, more exposure (ie radio) would've really extended mayer's reach with WDTDG.

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I liked him twice as much when I left

i dragged my friend with me who hadn't even heard of mayer prior to the show (wife didn't wanna go; her loss!). and of course, he left a HUGE fan.

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There's only so much blue-eyed soul the general public can handle, I guess. And for sure on the label level. WDTDG coulda woulda been big if a sliver of the push Blurred Lines did.