Vinyl Me Please Essentials

Ethos99 said:
Change the 800 or 2200 number to any number, like 592. It changes size to whatever you use up to whatever the max is i.e. 11388 did not work.
Edit: I see where you mentioned the size script earlier.
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We're onto them Ethos.

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NathanRicaud said:
So I don’t like Moby “Play”, but I actually enjoy this John Mayer album quite a bit! There’s some really sexy songs on Continuum - I Don’t Trust Myself & Vulture - his falsetto and the thick, breezy grooves on those songs are so sexy!

Waiting On A World To Change is such a unique song for me. It sounds like a lullaby at the start with those twinkle-y pianos and John’s passionate vocals with the funky beat just evoke this cartoonish, happy, cinematic imagery! There’s something really innocent, carefree and sweet about the tone of this track. Its like he’s distracting the kids and the parents, telling them that everything will be OK. But behind doors, behind this lullaby, cartoonish, innocent hopeful song, there’s just so much darkness and messed up shit going on. I don’t know. I really like Waiting On A World To Change in that sense.

I need to listen to this John Mayer album more to digest it, but so far, I’ve enjoyed it! The production is clean but is layered really nicely and I think the breezy sound/tone of this album works, and John Mayer’s sexy vocals are a nice touch too! The song “Belief” is so tight rhythmically and the track is dreamy and velvety, yet has such a sharp, focused groove! I love it!

I’m definitely in for this pick, but totally understand why some people think this is a terrible Essentials pick! Like this is mainstream but I can see also why people, such as yourself Joe, would find this really bland. Music like this I find bland, but these tracks from John Mayer on this album just sound more ahead and innovative!
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Fair enough if you enjoy it. I’m not a VMP subscriber so it’s not really an issue, I just like to laugh at these ridiculous people when they make ridiculous decisions 😂
 
NathanRicaud said:
So I don’t like Moby “Play”, but I actually enjoy this John Mayer album quite a bit! There’s some really sexy songs on Continuum - I Don’t Trust Myself & Vulture - his falsetto and the thick, breezy grooves on those songs are so sexy!

Waiting On A World To Change is such a unique song for me. It sounds like a lullaby at the start with those twinkle-y pianos and John’s passionate vocals with the funky beat just evoke this cartoonish, happy, cinematic imagery! There’s something really innocent, carefree and sweet about the tone of this track. Its like he’s distracting the kids and the parents, telling them that everything will be OK. But behind doors, behind this lullaby, cartoonish, innocent hopeful song, there’s just so much darkness and messed up shit going on. I don’t know. I really like Waiting On A World To Change in that sense.

I need to listen to this John Mayer album more to digest it, but so far, I’ve enjoyed it! The production is clean but is layered really nicely and I think the breezy sound/tone of this album works, and John Mayer’s sexy vocals are a nice touch too! The song “Belief” is so tight rhythmically and the track is dreamy and velvety, yet has such a sharp, focused groove! I love it!

I’m definitely in for this pick, but totally understand why some people think this is a terrible Essentials pick! Like this is mainstream but I can see also why people, such as yourself Joe, would find this really bland. Music like this I find bland, but these tracks from John Mayer on this album just sound more ahead and innovative!
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I was into this style of music back in the day, a style I associate with John Meyer and Maroon 5. And I think my tastes run slightly more “mainstream” than a good chunk of this forum.

But I don’t want this album. I don’t have any nostalgia wrapped up in it like I do with his more poppy album. With vinyl, I really aim for the “all killer” albums because I want to play them straight through. I feel like i would have my fill after just one song off of this and be ready for something else.
 
So I went back and listened to Continuum for the first time in a long time. I’ll be a pass. Lol.

Essentials is currently my main sub. But I don’t see any way to change that right now. The only sub I’m 100% in for this month is Prince Paul. I’m not a big piano jazz guy but all the love McCoy is getting is giving me some FOMO slash go out on a limb feels.

mainly what I’m asking is can I change my Primary Track when the titles are announced?
 
radiodead said:
So I went back and listened to Continuum for the first time in a long time. I’ll be a pass. Lol.

Essentials is currently my main sub. But I don’t see any way to change that right now. The only sub I’m 100% in for this month is Prince Paul. I’m not a big piano jazz guy but all the love McCoy is getting is giving me some FOMO slash go out on a limb feels.

mainly what I’m asking is can I change my Primary Track when the titles are announced?
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Yes.
 
I think there is a bit of hyperbole about this pick. I can think of about half a dozen Essentials/AOTMs that are worse albums (at least in my opinion) off the top of my head. As far as this soft/blues rock sound, this is a pretty good album. I wish we didn't have 4 straight picks that are some variation of rock music, but so be it.

Certainly this type of music is not for everyone and Mayer due to his own obnoxious behaviors a decade or so ago is a pretty easy target. But this is not a horrible pick.
 
Kyuuji said:
Hey you 🙂👋 How are you? I hope you've been well 🌹

Sorry it's been a bit 😔. The world events knocked my bounce a little bit and then anxiety kept me from coming back in that "I haven't texted them back and now I can't" way. It sucks. Glad this gave excuse to break through it though 👍. Unfortunately my turntable has suddenly stopped working though so no more spinning until that gets sorted 💀. Was lovely while it lasted! I'll just have to do what I was doing before and pester the Fresh Grabs thread ;)🙈

I used to listen to John Mayer a lot a number of years ago and really enjoyed a number of his albums, one of which was Continuum. My only recent flings have been liking "In The Blood" a fair bit and liking that he spoke out in support of trans rights 🏳️‍🌈. Haven't kept apprised of him outside of those run-ins though, and it's disappointing to hear he seems to have support for, or ties to, the right (?) from comments here.
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I’ve been really well Kyuuji! Life has been really good! I feel like I’ve been learning so much interesting things lately! 📚📊🔍 How have you been lately?

Sorry for the late reply today, I had to quickly get ready because I was heading out for brunch with my cousins! 🤪🏃‍♂️💨

Yeah, I totally feel you right now! My bounce was also knocked over when I had to cancel my trip and everything! ⛔️

That sucks so much with the turntable being broken! Omg, that’s so inconvenient, but I love how you just think about the wonderful times you had with it! I recently had trouble with my turntable before (the tonearm/tracking couldn’t play halfway into the vinyl, like it would just start skipping on every vinyl around halfway through the tracking) but it’s looking good now! 🙏💆‍♂️👍

That’s so cool you used to be a fan of John Mayer’s Continuum! I’m guessing you’ll pick this up then!?! 😁💡

Yeah, would be disappointing if John Mayer does have strong ties to the right wing, but it also seems like his mentality has changed! 🤷‍♂️ Not sure but, who knows! I mean, I like Kanye West and he likes Donald Trump 🦆, so it’s like “hmmmm 🥴”!
 
I was just starting to wonder if we could use the URL trick to try to figure What the next two months of essentials would be. But with no clues, it’s probably more work than it’s worth.

Oh well, now that the URL truck doesn’t work anymore, I’m sure people will find a different way to confirm their best guesses
Ethos99 said:
And boom, they changed their URL's:

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Edit: and the drop time.
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