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Continuum was  John Mayer's third critically and commercially successful album. It  combined soft rock, blues, and folk rock.   After a series of tours and the live album Try! with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan billed as the John Mayer Trio, Mayer had become a renowned musician’s musician. Drawing comparisons to and striking alliances with classic rock artists such as Tom Petty and Eric Clapton , Mayer was a presence on pop charts and adult contemporary radio. Continuum contained one of Mayer’s biggest pop hits, “ Waiting for the World to Change . ” Still, Mayer’s  reputation as a pop star in the public eye would suffer from a series of cringy statements and not-so-age-appropriate associations following his 2006 album.   STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ME. In 2005, John Mayer teamed up with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan to cover classic blues songs on the album Try! Mayer also included two songs from his album Heavier Things and two songs from the upcoming albu...

Composed by  Kenzie , the professional name for  SM Entertainment 's songwriter Kim Yeon-jeong, the debut single " Into the New World " by what would become one of the biggest K-pop groups,  Girls' Generation , set the tone for a ten-year career of fun, bubble-gummy, uplifting songs. Composed of nine young women all born between 1989 and 1991,   Girls' Generation   has been called "the Nation's Girl Group" in South Korea due to their popularity between 2007 and 2017. Beginning with a sample of   Don Henley 's 1984 classic " The Boys of Summer " (covered last August by   The Ataris ), "Into the New World" builds on the nostalgic piano and synth sample. Rather than calling back with longing for the past, this song propels listeners forward into the future. I LEAVE BEHIND THIS WORLD'S UNENDING SADNESS.  I've been pretty critical of K-pop in the past for being political. I used to think that music in America was too politi...

Before releasing his critically acclaimed third album, Continuum , John Mayer released a live album called Try! The album prepared his listeners for a shift into the blues. Mayer had succeeded in becoming a pop star, but with Continuum  he hoped to be taken seriously as a musician. The singer-songwriter wasn't happy with just MTV calling him a modern-day Eric Clapton or Tom Petty ; he wanted to share the stage with his heroes. In 2008, Mayer released a concert film, Where the Light Is , which features Mayer playing acoustic songs and full blues-band arrangements of songs from his discography as well as a cover of Tom Petty's " Free Fallin' ." As listeners and critics were taking note of Mayer's musical credentials, the singer became more controversial for his public relationships and breakups with stars and some unfortunate interviews. These antics, along with a health scare, led him to withdraw from public life from 2010 to 2013. I TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND...