John Mayer & Kumail Nanjiani, anyone know the story?

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

Clearly all John Mayer needs to do to clear all this up is provide the press with a copy of his long form birth certificate.

[JuanCarlos]

Racism doesn't happen by accident. Do you, sharilyn, and other Mayer apologists--comedy fans, no less--have some argument to make in favor of Michael Richards? (He was heckled! He sucks! He didn't know what he was doing!).

Or are you saying that all white comedians are racist but only act that way when they bomb/fuck up/make an ass out of themselves?

I was going to take your post seriously wetandwild, until you compared it to Michael Ricbards. I think you just want a board argument to go on longer than needed wetandwiley.

My tolerance for the "oops I forgot your name" insult goes so far to not have a problem with using other names that start with the same letter and aren't food items, the thing was that Mayer is a bit of a dummy and doesn't know any other pakistani names that start with K, how was he going to pull it off? By calling him Kevin... actually that would've been funnier.

[soce]

His main set was okay. A bit blue for my tastes, but if it had been someone else, I would've thought it was passable. His riffing with Kumail was terrible. Whether or not it was racist isn't such a big deal in the greater scheme of things. What's more important is that it could've been great if Mayer had just answered a few of Kumail's questions honestly and humbly, not trying to be in comedic character. But he took a gamble and tried to play it like it was a rap battle (ie his "8-Mile" comment), when that's not what Kumail was trying to do in the first place.

It could've been like a cool, short talkshow interview segment, but instead it just came across as him acting very childish and completely derailing Kumail's set for absolutely no reason. I hope that he realizes that you've got to be a nice guy in order to make it and you can't just use your fame to propel you to the top because it's no fun to be hated within a community.

[Vercetti]

"Mayer apologist" -- that's something I definitely want to be hauled infront of a tribunal for someday.

This made me laugh. Thank you.

[wetandwild]

By calling him Kevin... actually that would've been funnier.

You're right about that. The guy's just not funny. So why all the excuses on his behalf?

[Popinjay-Z]

I saw John Mayer on the cover of some magazine the other day, and it appeared that he had a sleeve's worth of tattoos on one arm. Is this true? Do rock guys still do that? I thought that era ended with Tommy Lee and his ilk. This is very important to me for some reason.

[RubelT]

This thread needs more Kumail.

[JoshGuarino]

Has this been talked about in a different thread? Apparently after he got done with Kumail, John Mayer ran back to the Cellar and interrupted another comic's set:

http://berrto.xanga.com/717587852/attell-for-mayer/

[scamboogah]

John Mayer = The White Kanye

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

Although Kanye's music is actually good whereas Mayer's is for frat boys who fancy themselves as sensitive artistic souls first and bros second.

[Adult Ed]

Has this been talked about in a different thread? Apparently after he got done with Kumail, John Mayer ran back to the Cellar and interrupted another comic's set:

http://berrto.xanga.com/717587852/attell-for-mayer/

Thanks for this.

Mayer sat back down at the piano on the stage and started PLAYING the piano while Attell performed ... Attell quipped, "Oh god, this is so UCB."

[Jixby Phillips]

ANYONE KNOW THE STOYR??

[bridgetosolace]

If you don't think John Mayer is good at guitar, you don't know the instrument.

For that, he gets a pass from me. He's not a talentless hack, he's a great musician. A person can be less than completely humble and not be an asshole to me. If Mayer was as timid as you want him to, he never would be as famous as he is! I don't begrudge him that.

I can respect Mayer for trying an art form different from the one he's comfortable with. I hope he gets decent someday.

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There were no hate his words, so they were okay. Intent is more important than content in these situations.

[scamboogah]

I'm flying to France soon, and I hope that Mayer gets on the flight and shoves the pilots out of the way and tries to fly the plane. Hey, you gotta try different things, right?

He's good at guitar, so he gets a pass from me if he nosedives into the Atlantic...

[pixel revolt]

It's weird that you bring that up because 300 people died after his set.

[Jixby Phillips]

If you don't think John Mayer is good at guitar, you don't know the instrument.

Let it be known that I don't know the instrument.

[RoyalDutchOfDukes]

I'm sure he's technically proficient but that doesn't change the fact that the music he makes is boring as shit to listen to and his singing voice is basically "coffee shop open mic" level.

[Kentock]

There were no hate his words, so they were okay. Intent is more important than content in these situations.

That is not true AT ALL.

[bridgetosolace]

I'm flying to France soon, and I hope that Mayer gets on the flight and shoves the pilots out of the way and tries to fly the plane. Hey, you gotta try different things, right?

He's good at guitar, so he gets a pass from me if he nosedives into the Atlantic...

So I'm writing a metaphor for an internet message board, but I seemed to have forgotten to include either a comic exaggeration or poignant comparison. Instead, I was just wrong for the sake of being a dick.

If you don't like Mayer's comedy, leave the club he's performing at. He's not killing you in a plane crash because he's trying to do comedy.

I'll admit he's probably arrogant. But I think he's doing the best he can. He made a mistake. If you could have skipped doing shitty open mic nights, you would have. Intellectually, you know it's what's best for you, but still. They suck.

I'm sure he's technically proficient but that doesn't change the fact that the music he makes is boring as shit to listen to and his singing voice is basically "coffee shop open mic" level.

His technical proficiency really isn't astronomical, but any idiot who practices hard enough can sweep and tremelo and sound like Yngwie. As someone who is also somewhat technically proficient, I can tell you that Mayer knows his way around a guitar and a guitar solo. He's got music in his bones. You can't fake what he's doing.

I like maybe half of the songs he's recorded, a lot of them are more commercial pop things. The other half are well written jazz/rock songs. For every bleh single, there's a song like Neon. There really aren't other songs like Neon in popular music. It's unique and progressive for the genre.

I like his voice. He's got much more range than your average vocalist, and he knows how to stay on key live. That's more than a lot of people with his popularity can say.

That is not true AT ALL.

If someone is kidding, I don't think that makes them racist or mean. Did he accidentally cross a line he shouldn't have? Yes. He's stupid and he didn't know what he was doing. He made a mistake. This isn't the michael richards nigger situation.

Unless you think there Mayer was being hateful, in which case you know more about this situation than I do.

(I talk too much)

[Adult Ed]

(I talk too much)

Mostly about guitar.