John Mayer: Brilliant Tool Bag?
Friday, March 14th, 2008
John Mayer, he of the cheesefest “You’re Body is a Wonderland” notoriety (ick, makes me squirm just typing it), is either the shiniest tool in the shed or one of the most brilliant satirists of our time.
While he often frightens me (it’s his toddler-like, disproportionately large head), I confess to being fascinated at the same time (but not in an I-want-to-add-him-to-my-list-of-celebrity-crushes-kind-of-way).
As a mainstay of US Weekly, he is often considered newsworthy for pulling a Heigl and mouthing off about some junk or other to the media, for dating women who also have disproportionately large body parts, and for regularly blogging about the ridiculous and the mundane (as fellow bloggers, we know how easy that can be). You know, odd and fascinating stuff.
For instance, Mayer recently wrote a letter to “an ex.” Taken as it’s written, of course it would be terribly mean, earning him US’s label as a cad of 2007. I actually think it’s kind of funny.
Apparently, however, the post script wasn’t enough of a tip-off to readers, so Mayer responded. In reading his explanation, I can begin to see where some of his more insightful lyrics come from (I’m thinking “In Repair,” “Say,” and “Daughters,” but decidedly not the aforementioned “You’re Body….” BARF!).
So maybe deep down he’s really a puppy-dog and didn’t just date Jessica Simpson to get a piece (like that would be a first). Maybe he’s both a gifted and misunderstood artist who has an eccentric proclivity toward ugly shoes and expensive watches. Or maybe he’s just a jerk who uses his celebrity to mock everyone around him.
OH. EM. GHEE.
You’re totally right. And I totally can’t decide if he is serious (in which case he would be LAME), or if he is facetious (in which case he is AWESOME).
As for dating women with ridiculously large body parts, I hear he swings the other way, so perhaps that’s a compensation tactic. Or maybe he swings BOTH ways, and likes his women womanly and his men manly.