Sunday 21 February 2010

I Can Let Go Now

by Michael McDonald. Sung by Alison Krauss from her So Long, So Wrong album. Have listened to it over and over for days. That, coupled with JM's In Your Atmosphere, got me to thinking about those feelings I'd had before. I tell you what, for a songwriter, memories of heartaches past can be the gifts that keep on giving. "I'll Never Fall That Far Again" was written yesterday thanks to playing that song over and over again, remembering that I'll never feel that deeply again, that it's over and done with, that I can be objective about it now.

Anyway, that's not even the point. I have something to say. It must be prefaced. This is a new and unique situation, and that's what's great about experiences to write from - don't want the same old form of rejection over and over. Gimme some different brands of loneliness! The loneliness of mutual admiration that goes unspoken. Haha, I wrote a song called "I'll Just Smile" about this one tragic kid (with a beautiful soul) I dig but have decided to absolutely not adjust the thermostat and never share my feelings although they're fairly obvious. But it seems to fit more for this other kid I really dig recently, but I want him to know. Whatever, the point is, I want to feel everything. I want to know what it's all like - and as of late, genuine, pure feelings have been dominating my emotional landscape. And that is good, because it is new and different. I just want to tell him how I feel, and preface it with "I don't want to be anyone's girlfriend, and I know you don't want to be anyone's boyfriend, but I am so stinking fond of you."

Sunday 7 February 2010

John Mayer show, Tampa, Fla. 2/5/2010

Heartbreak Warfare
(jam with Steve Jordan -->)
Crossroads
(pullin out the chops early!)
(he thanks everyone for being there "it blows my mind and fills my heart")
Bigger Than My Body (freakin AMAZING)
Belief (Emmy called it)
("who out here is single? who's happily single? don't owe anyone a text, or a phone call!")
Perfectly Lonely
Assassins ("this is about me") ("I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it")
Steve Jordan solo (ROCCCCKKKKS!!!) -->
Waiting On the World To Change
(changes to a Gibson, scats! --> Charlie Wilson organ solo) -->>
Walking On the Moon (Police - I called it!)
Edge of Desire (!!!!)
(after this he takes a sign from a girl in the audience that says "I'm your Joshua Tree" and acknowledges that the Rolling Stone article that reference came from was "not a shining moment in my career", sings a verse from My Stupid Mouth a capella )
Half of My Heart (sounds GREAT live, oh my gosh)
-->Dreams (Fleetwood Mac) -->> Half of My Heart
(comments that this is one of the best performances he's heard the band ever play and is grateful to not be "bored any more")
All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye (just before he began the song, he had that look of regret, the song is still hard to play)
(talked about visiting his dad at the old folks' home he lives at and his observation old people are still people but that he wouldn't say what we want to hear, "that old people are our greatest natural resource", but each person is the "same soul moving through and your body changes - "I'm still that crazy little kid"
No Such Thing
reintroduced the band and thanked us profusely
solo --> Gravity -->Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) -->Gravity

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