It's almost like our greatest hits, but not for the songs themselves - for sort of the process. So then when it came time to do The Search For Everything, it was like - hey, let's just make the best of what we've done so far. You know what I mean? I don't want the seventh album, I want the first album of its kind.
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It almost literally gets under my skin and I can't stop moving and I get antsy and I go, "Let me at it."Īnd so it's not necessarily like "oh, I can't take the pop thing anymore." It's more like the excitement "Ooh, let me at that first crack." I want the first crack. And I listen to stuff, and I don't like the fact that I'm not doing it. I started listening to Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills and Nash (and sometimes Young) and Neil Young and The Band, and I'm just nervy. I think it's a decision to take a break from that sound. So it was a deliberate decision to take a break from pop for a little while to begin with? Not just from recording a record, but from touring for so long. I don't think that I took a break from it because it was a machine, I think I took a break from it because my ears get tired.
Was this a deliberate choice - to dive back into the pop machine? We haven't heard from you for a few years what you offered before was a little rootsier, a little more Laurel Canyon-esque. Talia Schlanger: This is a record that people are calling a pop record.
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You can listen to our full chat above, and check out an edited transcript below. Last Friday, he let World Cafe crash his dressing room at the Wells Fargo Center in Philly before his concert. Mayer is currently on an epic tour to showcase the new record.
It's also beautiful, heartbreaking and a stark reminder that even though Mayer's made headlines in the past couple years for the celebrities he's dated, or things he's said, he is first and foremost a talented musician. The look and sound are totally different than the last couple albums Mayer put out: 2012's Born And Raised and 2013's Paradise Valley both had Laurel Canyon vibes, but The Search For Everything is a big, shiny return to pop from a man who's won seven Grammys and sold more than 30 million records around the world. Mayer's been delivering the record in waves - two waves of four songs each, including the singles "Love On The Weekend" and "Still Feel Like Your Man," have already come out. Music Interviews John Mayer: Restoring An Image, And An Instrument
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