With 'Sob Rock', John Mayer sought to update the sounds of his childhood to the present day.
John Mayer didn't want to create a 'costume' record, he said in a recent interview with the newsletter Blackbird Spyplane.
With Sob Rock, Mayer said, he sought to update the sounds of his childhood — he mentions U2, Lionel Richie, Paula Abdul and other late-'80′s stalwarts — to the present day, a reupholstering of sorts. What he hoped to do, he says, was to grind the influences into a fine enough dust that you can make a new paste out of it.
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His music is still a wonderland
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