Why is John Mayer Popular?
If anyone can fill me in on this mystery, it would be greatly appreciated.
For some reason unbeknownst to me, John Mayer apparently still has a career in music. To be perfectly honest, I only know a few of his songs: there’s the one about running through the halls of his high school, there’s Your Body is a Wonderland, and there’s the recent tune from the movie “The Bucket List” where he more or less sings, “say what you need to say,” over and over and over again broken up by a few 8 bar verses. To me, John Mayer’s voice is basically unlistenable as are the few songs that I can attribute to him. I’m just not a fan and probably never will be.
His music is less the problem for me right now than is John Mayer himself. You see, the guy is a complete douchebag. He had (or still has) a show on VH1 a few years back that was basically him running around entertaining himself in disguise or as a character, and just being a general d-bag to everyone until they find out it’s him and then all are astounded and awestruck that they have actually met the great and hilarious John Mayer. More recently, he can be counted on like clockwork to be on any of the national news aggregate websites with bizarre and sexually explicit comments that he’s volunteered to whatever magazine will listen.
His newest spouting isn’t funny or sexually explicit, however. And to be honest, it’s not all that offensive if only because it comes from John Mayer who, as I’ve outline, I think is a raging jerkoff. The following are his latest words of wisdom he gave in response to a question as to why black people love him to Playboy Magazine:
“Someone asked me the other day, “What does it feel like now to have a hood pass?” And by the way, it’s sort of a contradiction in terms, because if you really had a hood pass, you could call it a nigger pass. Why are you pulling a punch and calling it a hood pass if you really have a hood pass? But I said, “I can’t really have a hood pass. I’ve never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, ‘We’re full.’”
Again, I’m not offended by what he said because I’m sure he’s coming from an honest place and and isn’t a racist. But with that being said, I am astounded by the complete arrogance that he displays when he thinks the rules of basic social interaction don’t apply to him. He has since apologized for the quote on Twitter (three real sincere tweets). Now, I’ve been told he’s basically a virtuoso on the guitar, and that may be true, I really don’t know. But for the record: it’s never cool for a white guy to drop the “N” bomb, John. You should know that.
You’re a douchebag.