Comments on: Jason Mraz is Bad at Music

By: andrea

andrea — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:17:24 +0000

and the persons who say that that’s how a nine year old would think, hahahahaha so mature or what?!..hahahaha….you all make me laugh!..hahahahahhahahahah XD

By: andrea

andrea — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:06:40 +0000

Jason Mraz is the best musician i’ve ever met!…before talking about someone, first start judging yourself, are you able to write songs like he does?, or to sing in front of many people?, or to arrive to point where he has arrived and he is now?….i don’t think so, adn who knows you? no one!…ask in the streets for Jason Mraz and they do know who he is…
another important thing is that everyone has a different point of view not everyone likes the same type of music that you do, more people like pop than rock, heavy metal or wathever….and the most important!…Jason Mraz doesn’t even knows that you exist, and doesn’t even cares what you think!…hahaha

By: Michael Crowe

Michael Crowe — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:21:37 +0000

So let me get this straight your logic is what? that he is a douchebag cause he makes music that girls like and the music sucks cause your mom listens to it. These claims are outrageously ignorant. The truth is he makes great music his contrast in dynamics and his harmonies are something that have not been reached in a long time. And the way incoperates the trombone, trumpet, and saxphone into his songs is equal to that of nirvana.( and i mean the word not the band for you stupid enough not to know) And if your accusations are set on only opinion guess what noone want to hear your bullshit. Since none of you obviously know what your talking about and are spreading igonorant propganda you should propably jump off a bridge. Jason Mraz voice is a gift to us dont hate because you cant except all types of music having their ups and downs. Hes popular cause hes good. now go cry yourself to sleep and make some stupid accusations about something else because guess what obviously you cant tell harmony from a halfstep or percussion from a guitar or good music from bad your not gonna make it into music. All you people are so blasted ignorant learn what music is before you comment on someonelses.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:14:33 +0000

Personally I like satellite radio. I can listen to my man Howard Stern or choose to listen to just about any kind of music, talk, comedy, etc. I feel like listening to. Like today; I spent most of the day listening to some killer guitar licks on an all rockabilly station. It’s well worth the monthly fee, especially since I don’t have to settle for crappy AM/FM anymore. Sure there might be one or two decent stations, but satellite is so much better. Speaking of Stern, if you want to hear a funny clip of him bashing the crap out of the Jonas Bros. check out the clip of it on my webspace here —> http://www.adboswell.com. Don’t worry, there’s no spam or BS there, it’s my own website. Yes, my sense of humor is like a 5 year old’s…

So anyway, I was looking at instructional guitar videos on youtube earlier today and noticed another disturbing trend. Lots of guitar “players” are uploading vids on how to play Mraz puke music on guitar… and from the looks of the comment sections, people are actually starting to think that it’s real guitar music. That’s right, instead of wanting to learn some real guitar stuff, like say BB King, Brian Setzer, Dimebag Darryl (there’s so much good guitar out there for any type of real music), people are settling for the wussy nylon chord strumming of that asshole Mraz. It’s downright unsettling.

By: Matty D

Matty D — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:03:08 +0000

If it was called the Music Hall of Fame then sure Run DMC & yeah still on the fence about Madonna in but sure. She’s like Don Sutton for me. She’s had a long career it was really good in the beginning, but at some point you need to stop when you become horrific to look at. I know you’re listening Mick Jagger. Here’s a little secret about radio which is just disgusting…see when I worked at Live 105 in SF I did the overnight shifts which sucked because there are hardly any commercials int he overnight, because no one is listening. So basically I was given a playlist of 50 minutes worth of music & about 5 minutes to play with.
That computer was full of killer music, the Specials, The Stranglers, The Smiths, just a shit load of great stuff from a really great period in music plus some solid Indie bands that were just coming up too, Bloc Party, Interpol, etc. So I would play one of those songs that weren’t on the playlist or the “Allowed” list. Every station has an extra allowed music list that is if you run out of music you play this song & write it in the log, because every station pays to ASCAP/BMI like 2 cents or some ridiculously small amount. I deviated from that list a few times and got an email from the wretched PD basically threatening to fire me for not playing off the play list which consists of 180 songs total per month. They rotate 180 songs there. I listened 3 days in a row at the same time & the same fucking song played. It’s Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers & really not much else. Radio sucks. The only good music played is the KCRW type stations because they aren’t bound by commercial restrictions.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:16:33 +0000

Not surprised. Just about anything with “Hall of Fame” attached to it is all but meaningless these days. Look at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Why in the hell would anyone induct performers like Madonna or Run-D.M.C. into it? Isn’t rock supposed to be it’s own genre of music? That makes about as much sense as putting Freddy Mercury into Opera Hall of Fame. It’s a joke.

And yeah, mainstream music has been at level shit for some time now. I would bet that in itself is a big part of why dorks like Mraz become so popular now. The average idiot is used to one shit song after another on MTV or top 40 radio station; most aren’t creative or smart enough to go out and find some real music. The bar has been lowered to the point of reaching negative values. It would be like growing up and having the Special Olympics as the ONLY sporting event you’ve ever watched. You’d think that they were REAL athletes. You’d know nothing of professional athletes or how much better they are… and that about sums up society.

By: Matty D

Matty D — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:23:06 +0000

The fucking Songwriter’s Hall of Fame gave him an award last week. SONGWRITER’S!!! That’s like giving Jack Johnson an award for singing two songs that don’t sound alike. Mainstream music is going to shit.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:07:27 +0000

I know. Just go to youtube and check out the number of people fawning over him. A dude in a Gilligan hat strumming chords (barely) on a crappy nylon string guitar, and singing a song from Sesame Street. It was like I was watching video of some Raffi guy at an 8 year old kid’s birthday party. But it wasn’t, it was a real concert.

I don’t get it either. I feel like I’ve unknowingly stepped into the Bizarro Dimension; the one where Mraz has loads of fans and is actually considered to be a talented musician.

By: Matty D

Matty D — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:43:36 +0000

I completely agree with you. I never understood that. What exactly am I supposed to be jealous of? Here’s how I know his music is bad, my mom likes it. I love my mother to death, she’s an amazing woman who is a fantastic photographer with a great eye for things that I can’t see, but an awful ear for music. Anything I learned about music came 100% from my father. Otherwise, I’d be listening to Barry Manilow, Rod Stewart (post Faces), Billy Joel (circa “River of Dreams”) & anything on country radio today. My mom thinks The Beach Boys Pet Sounds is noise. I digress, I respect that people like Jason Mraz, I just don’t get it. Just like I don’t get why people like Dave Matthews or She Wants Revenge or the collected works of Engelbert Humperdink. I am at a loss for words when I hear Jason Mraz & think that people actually enjoy this kind of music without reservation. It’s like being a fan of Dharma & Greg. I’m not jealous of Dharma & Greg, I’m just pissed that it was on for 5 fucking years.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:00:33 +0000

And why do people always bring up the “you’re just jealous of him!” line? If I wanted to bash someone because of jealousy, it would sure as hell be someone worthy of it. Let’s see, I wish I could play guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix or Brian Setzer, but I don’t hate them because of it. Just the opposite in fact; I’m a fan! Hating them while longing to play with that kind of skill, and really would love to play like that, never even crosses my mind. I can’t relate to it, and the fact that so many of Mraz’s fans CAN apparently relate to it (it’s pretty much the first thing that comes out of their mouths to defend his crappy music) is pretty telling if you ask me. Like what a nine year old would think.