Continuum (2006) John Mayer at his best. His most amazing and marvelous album he has ever done to date, according to me. A masterpiece. Masih ada ciri pop/rock nya yang khas tapi di album ini John mulai menyentuh sisi blues dalam dirinya. And he did it good, so good. Deeper and much more mature than the first 2s. Lirik2nya cerdas dan ditulis dengan sangat brilian. Musiknya lebih tereksplor dan terasa lebih serius. Seperti yang pernah gw bilang, album ini adalah album favorit gw. Album ini yang paling sering gw denger dan semua lagunya gw suka tanpa terkecuali. Album ini yang paling familiar dan paling personal buat gw. Waiting On The World To Change Single pertama dari album ini. Sounds like a simple song, tapi liriknya bagus banget. Inspiring dan sangat ‘menampar’. Walaupun ritme dan liriknya sering berulang, tapi gak bikin bosen. Kontennya mungkin agak berbau politik, tapi ditulis secara sederhana. Sedikit membuktikan bahwa John sangat peduli sama kedamaian dunia. Best bit: Now if we had the power / To bring our neighbors home from war / They would have never missed a Christmas / No more ribbons on their door I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You) Bercerita tentang seseorang yang mungkin terlalu takut untuk lebih dekat sama orang yang dia suka. Great lyrics and the music has a cool vibe. Not so flattering but still an amazing piece. Love the ending though. Best bit: No i’m not the man i used to be lately/ See you met me at an interesting time/ If my past is any sign of your future / You should be warned before i let you inside Belief Satu lagi lagu yang memiliki konten pollitik dan seakan menyidir pemerintah AS. John memasukan pesan yang dalam tentang blind faith yang orang2 percaya tentang maksud baik suatu perang. The thing is, nothing good ever comes from a war right? Lagu ini mengajak kita juga untuk lebih open-minded. Kata2nya menusuk. Best bit: Belief is a beautiful armor/ But makes for the heaviest sword/ Like punching underwater/ You never can hit who you trying for Gravity John Mayer said that this is one of the most important songs that he has ever written. John sendiri mengaku dalam suatu interview bahwa ia sendiri tidak bisa menjelaskan secara detail maksud dari lagu ini apa. We can speculate anything we can. Many people think that this is about relationship, some thinks that John talks about suicide or something. But aside from that, lagu ini sangat haunting dengan irama nya yang lambat. Repeated lines ada juga disini, bahkan dijadikan judul DVD konsernya, Where The Light Is. Best bit: Twice as much ain’t twice as good / And can’t sustain like one half could / It’s wanting more that’s gonna send me to my knees The Heart Of Life The sweetest sound from this album. Great melody too. Lagu ini rasanya tepat banget kalo lagi down. Musiknya yang lembut dan lirik yang soothing jadi bikin tambah semangat (loh? hahaha). Entah kenapa suara John terasa sangat menyejukkan di lagu ini. Great tune. Best bit: You know it’s nothing new / Bad news never had good timing / But then the circle of your friends / Will defend the silver lining Vultures Lagu ini awalnya adalah lagu yang paling gw suka pas denger Continuum, tapi setelah mendengar berulang satu album, ternyata banyak yang sedikit lebih bagus dari ini. Tapi tetep Vultures adalah salah satu lagu paling asiknya John. Yang paling menarik buat kuping gw adalah tune yang dipake sangat catchy dan lirik yang berima di chorus. Liriknya juga penuh pesan motivasi. Best bit: Down to the wire / I wanted water / But I walk through the fire / If this is what it takes to take me even higher / And I’ll come through like I do / When the world keeps testing me, testing me, testing me Stop This Train The most inspiring song I’ve ever known. This came close as my John’s second-most-favorite song. Alunan gitarnya enak banget dan manjain kuping. Lirik yang lagi2 sangat2 menggugah hati. Motivating and inspiring. Bercerita tentang kegelisahan John yang mulai dewasa. Face it, being mature is hard. Pasti mulai banyak pikiran dan gak ada waktu lagi buat main-main. It reminds us that life goes so fast, better not waste it. Salah satu yang paling personal juga. Best bit: Had a talk with my old man / sir “help me understand” / He said “Turn sixty-eight / you’ll renegotiate / don’t stop this train / don’t for a minute change the place you’re in / and don’t think i couldn’t ever understand / i tried my hand / John, honestly we’ll never stop this train” Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Used to be not fond of this song, but later, I found this unresistable. Awalnya rada gak terlalu suka eh lama2 jadi suka. Lagu tentang breaking-up terbaik dan terindah yang pernah gw denger. Banyak bagian yang sangat2 adiktif. Saat ini jadi lagu yang paling sering gw denger dari album ini walaupun agak telat. Best bit: Go cry about it, why don’t you? / My dear, we’re slow dancing in a burning room / Don’t you think we oughta know by now? / Don’t you think we shoulda learned somehow? Bold As Love This has to be like the best cover ever. I never really a big fan of classic songs, such as this. Don’t get me wrong but I don’t see Jimi Hendrix’s version of this was stink (I adore the guitar, rawks). John did this song so great. Versi John dari lagu Hendrix ini lebih bernyawa dan lebih seru buat didenger. The solo is awesome. In a short way, this song rocks the hell outta me. Best bit: My yellow in this case is not so mellow / In fact I’m trying to say it’s frigthened like me / And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from / Giving my life to a rainbow like you Dreaming With A Broken Heart This gotta be the softest from the album. Mungkin karena make piano ya.  Lagi2 berbicara tentang masa2 setelah seseorang putus, digambarkan dengan sangat baik oleh John. The lyrics are awesome.  Plus dentingan piano dan petikan gitar yang juga asik. Best bit: when you’re dreaming with a broken heart / The giving up is the hardest part / She takes you in with your crying eyes / Then all at once you have to say goodbye In Repair Another Cool song and inspiring. Liriknya gila banget. Gw sampe bosen deh nulis liriknya bagus atau liriknya seru atau apalah. John emang paling piawai banget nulis lirik yang menyentuh, touching dan mendampinginya dengan musik yang luar biasa keren. Look the description of this tumblr, might sound familiar (I took it from this lyric). Best bit: And now i’m walking in a park / All of the birds they dance below me / Maybe when things turn green again / It will be good to say you know me I’m Gonna Find Another You Lagi-lagi John meletakkan lagu yang tepat untuk menutup sebuah album. Lagu ini juga menjadi lagu favorit gw. Irama bluesnya jg paling kerasa di lagu ini. Mungkin bisa jadi anthem buat orang yang baru aja diputusin. We should really stand up and move on. There are still another yous out there hahaha A sweet and charming closing song to put in an album. Nicely done, sire! Best bit: you take your sweaters / You take your time / You might have your reasons but you will never have my rhymes / I’m gonna sing my way away from blue / I’m gonna find another you As I said before, I can’t even pick 5 of these amazing songs to be my most favorite. But I’ve tried to make it the Top 5 Most-Played Songs (as always, in alphabetical order) Bold As LoveI’m Gonna Find Another YouIn RepairStop This TrainWaiting On The World To Change A tremendous work of art. The best album I’ve ever bought, the most inspiring-lyrics and awesome sounds. His ‘Monalisa’ I might add. Serius, ini adalah album yang sama sekali gak bikin rugi untuk didengerin. The music is good, the lyrics are freakin awesome. What do you want more? This is the best of the best. I think this album set the bar for his next projects, and will become so hard to be competed. Happened with Battle Studies, but lets talk about that later, shall we? ~FarizRazi

Continuum (2006)

John Mayer at his best. His most amazing and marvelous album he has ever done to date, according to me. A masterpiece. Masih ada ciri pop/rock nya yang khas tapi di album ini John mulai menyentuh sisi blues dalam dirinya. And he did it good, so good. Deeper and much more mature than the first 2s. Lirik2nya cerdas dan ditulis dengan sangat brilian. Musiknya lebih tereksplor dan terasa lebih serius.

Seperti yang pernah gw bilang, album ini adalah album favorit gw. Album ini yang paling sering gw denger dan semua lagunya gw suka tanpa terkecuali. Album ini yang paling familiar dan paling personal buat gw.

  1. Waiting On The World To Change Single pertama dari album ini. Sounds like a simple song, tapi liriknya bagus banget. Inspiring dan sangat ‘menampar’. Walaupun ritme dan liriknya sering berulang, tapi gak bikin bosen. Kontennya mungkin agak berbau politik, tapi ditulis secara sederhana. Sedikit membuktikan bahwa John sangat peduli sama kedamaian dunia. Best bit: Now if we had the power / To bring our neighbors home from war / They would have never missed a Christmas / No more ribbons on their door
  2. I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You) Bercerita tentang seseorang yang mungkin terlalu takut untuk lebih dekat sama orang yang dia suka. Great lyrics and the music has a cool vibe. Not so flattering but still an amazing piece. Love the ending though. Best bit: No i’m not the man i used to be lately/ See you met me at an interesting time/ If my past is any sign of your future / You should be warned before i let you inside
  3. Belief Satu lagi lagu yang memiliki konten pollitik dan seakan menyidir pemerintah AS. John memasukan pesan yang dalam tentang blind faith yang orang2 percaya tentang maksud baik suatu perang. The thing is, nothing good ever comes from a war right? Lagu ini mengajak kita juga untuk lebih open-minded. Kata2nya menusuk. Best bit: Belief is a beautiful armor/ But makes for the heaviest sword/ Like punching underwater/ You never can hit who you trying for
  4. Gravity John Mayer said that this is one of the most important songs that he has ever written. John sendiri mengaku dalam suatu interview bahwa ia sendiri tidak bisa menjelaskan secara detail maksud dari lagu ini apa. We can speculate anything we can. Many people think that this is about relationship, some thinks that John talks about suicide or something. But aside from that, lagu ini sangat haunting dengan irama nya yang lambat. Repeated lines ada juga disini, bahkan dijadikan judul DVD konsernya, Where The Light Is. Best bit: Twice as much ain’t twice as good / And can’t sustain like one half could / It’s wanting more that’s gonna send me to my knees
  5. The Heart Of Life The sweetest sound from this album. Great melody too. Lagu ini rasanya tepat banget kalo lagi down. Musiknya yang lembut dan lirik yang soothing jadi bikin tambah semangat (loh? hahaha). Entah kenapa suara John terasa sangat menyejukkan di lagu ini. Great tune. Best bit: You know it’s nothing new / Bad news never had good timing / But then the circle of your friends / Will defend the silver lining
  6. Vultures Lagu ini awalnya adalah lagu yang paling gw suka pas denger Continuum, tapi setelah mendengar berulang satu album, ternyata banyak yang sedikit lebih bagus dari ini. Tapi tetep Vultures adalah salah satu lagu paling asiknya John. Yang paling menarik buat kuping gw adalah tune yang dipake sangat catchy dan lirik yang berima di chorus. Liriknya juga penuh pesan motivasi. Best bit: Down to the wire / I wanted water / But I walk through the fire / If this is what it takes to take me even higher / And I’ll come through like I do / When the world keeps testing me, testing me, testing me
  7. Stop This Train The most inspiring song I’ve ever known. This came close as my John’s second-most-favorite song. Alunan gitarnya enak banget dan manjain kuping. Lirik yang lagi2 sangat2 menggugah hati. Motivating and inspiring. Bercerita tentang kegelisahan John yang mulai dewasa. Face it, being mature is hard. Pasti mulai banyak pikiran dan gak ada waktu lagi buat main-main. It reminds us that life goes so fast, better not waste it. Salah satu yang paling personal juga. Best bit: Had a talk with my old man / sir “help me understand” / He said “Turn sixty-eight / you’ll renegotiate / don’t stop this train / don’t for a minute change the place you’re in / and don’t think i couldn’t ever understand / i tried my hand / John, honestly we’ll never stop this train”
  8. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room Used to be not fond of this song, but later, I found this unresistable. Awalnya rada gak terlalu suka eh lama2 jadi suka. Lagu tentang breaking-up terbaik dan terindah yang pernah gw denger. Banyak bagian yang sangat2 adiktif. Saat ini jadi lagu yang paling sering gw denger dari album ini walaupun agak telat. Best bit: Go cry about it, why don’t you? / My dear, we’re slow dancing in a burning room / Don’t you think we oughta know by now? / Don’t you think we shoulda learned somehow?
  9. Bold As Love This has to be like the best cover ever. I never really a big fan of classic songs, such as this. Don’t get me wrong but I don’t see Jimi Hendrix’s version of this was stink (I adore the guitar, rawks). John did this song so great. Versi John dari lagu Hendrix ini lebih bernyawa dan lebih seru buat didenger. The solo is awesome. In a short way, this song rocks the hell outta me. Best bit: My yellow in this case is not so mellow / In fact I’m trying to say it’s frigthened like me / And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from / Giving my life to a rainbow like you
  10. Dreaming With A Broken Heart This gotta be the softest from the album. Mungkin karena make piano ya.  Lagi2 berbicara tentang masa2 setelah seseorang putus, digambarkan dengan sangat baik oleh John. The lyrics are awesome.  Plus dentingan piano dan petikan gitar yang juga asik. Best bit: when you’re dreaming with a broken heart / The giving up is the hardest part / She takes you in with your crying eyes / Then all at once you have to say goodbye
  11. In Repair Another Cool song and inspiring. Liriknya gila banget. Gw sampe bosen deh nulis liriknya bagus atau liriknya seru atau apalah. John emang paling piawai banget nulis lirik yang menyentuh, touching dan mendampinginya dengan musik yang luar biasa keren. Look the description of this tumblr, might sound familiar (I took it from this lyric). Best bit: And now i’m walking in a park / All of the birds they dance below me / Maybe when things turn green again / It will be good to say you know me
  12. I’m Gonna Find Another You Lagi-lagi John meletakkan lagu yang tepat untuk menutup sebuah album. Lagu ini juga menjadi lagu favorit gw. Irama bluesnya jg paling kerasa di lagu ini. Mungkin bisa jadi anthem buat orang yang baru aja diputusin. We should really stand up and move on. There are still another yous out there hahaha A sweet and charming closing song to put in an album. Nicely done, sire! Best bit: you take your sweaters / You take your time / You might have your reasons but you will never have my rhymes / I’m gonna sing my way away from blue / I’m gonna find another you

As I said before, I can’t even pick 5 of these amazing songs to be my most favorite. But I’ve tried to make it the Top 5 Most-Played Songs (as always, in alphabetical order)

Bold As Love
I’m Gonna Find Another You
In Repair
Stop This Train
Waiting On The World To Change

A tremendous work of art. The best album I’ve ever bought, the most inspiring-lyrics and awesome sounds. His ‘Monalisa’ I might add. Serius, ini adalah album yang sama sekali gak bikin rugi untuk didengerin. The music is good, the lyrics are freakin awesome. What do you want more? This is the best of the best.

I think this album set the bar for his next projects, and will become so hard to be competed. Happened with Battle Studies, but lets talk about that later, shall we?

~FarizRazi

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