Rating: 
Summary: Great talent ... lousy sound track
Review: John Mayer is clearly a talented and passionate writer and singer, but he needs a new sound engineer. The crowd noise on this DVD is flawlessly reproduced, but the band and the vocals are terrible. I have a growing collection of music DVD's ... would much rather watch a concert for the tenth time than a movie. This one will sit on the shelf.
Rating: 
Summary: Outstanding and Infectious!
Review: John Mayer is the best artist out there today and that is showcased on this DVD and the accompying cd. He's just awesome!
Rating:
Summary: Wow
Review: John's personality and love for music just shines in this dvd. Yea, he's performance isn't just like what you hear on teh cd, actually it's kind of breathy live. But it's just so much fun to watch him play and hear him play his music raw. Definately worth you money if you can't see him in concert.
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Summary: Listen to the commentary.
Review: Keeps his audience captive. MAN you have to play it with the commentary on, it's hysterical. John on John is the best.Then you can keep up with the rest of us fans, talking about hee-haw dancing and stolen walkmen. Buy it! You WILL NOT regret it.
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Summary: Entertaining, but probably not in the way he meant
Review: My dad bought this DVD for me, knowing that I'm a John Mayer fan, and he's kind of one too. Don't get me wrong, I love John Mayer and his music but... watching the DVD was too funny. His expressions when he sang, lol he looked like he was in pain! He sure can make weird shapes with his mouth. =P And as my dad puts it, "he eats the microphone" while he sings. My mom said you should just watch it from the neck down. (to watch his guitar playing) The music though, is awesome! I loved how he added parts to songs that we all know by heart. Keeps things more interesting, you know? So all in all, I would recommend this to any John Mayer fan, or even if you're not one!
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Summary: Very disappointed in video AND audio
Review: On the video side, there is absolutely NO reason release a 4x3 concert DVD. That alone frustrated me, could not find a single description of the video formatting on the case, either. As far as the audio, the kids in the thrash band a few houses down that shake the garage every weekend have better engineering skills than the rookies that mastered this train wreck. I'm guessing their setup instructions were something like "plug all the mikes on at the same level and step away for the rest of the concert". John has a wonderful voice when properly mixed, but here it turns to a garbled mess. Absolutely no blending across the soundfield, every instrument and screaming fan seems like they were recorded in isolation with no thought as to how it would all come together. I am a HUGE fan of Room for Squares, play it over and over. Watching and listening to this trainwreck of a production makes me wonder if the real magic of his CDs is in the engineering rather than in the performance.
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Summary: John & the Random Screaming Girls of Alabama
Review: Picture if you will a beautiful song being sung by one of the best singers/song writers to come out in the last 10 years. Just sit back and relax. <pause> Nice isn't it? Nothing better after a long, difficult week than to ... AAAAAHHHHHHHHH YEEEE HAW! What was that? Did someone in the audience sit on a duck? Back to the music <pause>... hard to believe that such a young guy can write such ... YIPPIE KY YEA!!!!!!!!! OK, well may be this crowd is "excited" because this is the first and second songs on the DVD. Let's see, track 4 ... As I was saying, this is such relaxing ... WE LOVE YOU JOHN!!!!!!! <Repeat experience over about 20 tracks and you get the idea.> It is like Girls Gone Wild at a mellow concert, without the nudity. It is obnoxious and out of place. Completely expected at New Kids on the Block, N'SYNC, and Backstreet Boys concerts, rodeos, prison riots and Def Jam Comedy, but a John Mayer DVD? By this DVD and you'll ask the question: Did the audio guy actually mic a band of underage drunken female hillbilles? It ruins the entire DVD to hear such great songs and then scream after random scream. I really wanted this DVD to be good, but please don't do what I did; don't by this DVD. But if you insist, I am selling mine up there in the right hand corner. Or how about this, buy John's CD Room For Squares and for $2 a hour I will come to your house and scream at random during the songs!
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Summary: John Mayer DVD Review
Review: Recorded live at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 12, 2002. The CD, "Any Given Thursday," will also be available as a 2 CD collection. John Mayer performs live songs from "Room For Squares," and "Inside Wants Out" -- as well as previously unreleased new material. SET LIST
1. Program Start
2. 3x5
3. No Such Thing
4. Back To You
5. City Love
6. Something's Missing
7. Lenny/ Man On The Side
8. Message In a Bottle
9. Love Song For No One 10. Why Georgia
11. Your Body Is A Wonderland
12. My Stupid Mouth
13. Covered In Rain
14. 83
15. Comfortable
16. Neon
17. Credits SPECIAL FEATURES
--Audio Commentary by John Mayer (revealing the many facets of himself and his music)
--Any Given Soundcheck
--The Next Morning
--Photo Gallery
Rating:
Summary: John Mayer DVD Review
Review: Recorded live at the Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 12, 2002. The CD, "Any Given Thursday," will also be available as a 2 CD collection. John Mayer performs live songs from "Room For Squares," and "Inside Wants Out" -- as well as previously unreleased new material. SET LIST
1. Program Start
2. 3x5
3. No Such Thing
4. Back To You
5. City Love
6. Something's Missing
7. Lenny/ Man On The Side
8. Message In a Bottle
9. Love Song For No One 10. Why Georgia
11. Your Body Is A Wonderland
12. My Stupid Mouth
13. Covered In Rain
14. 83
15. Comfortable
16. Neon
17. Credits SPECIAL FEATURES
--Audio Commentary by John Mayer (revealing the many facets of himself and his music)
--Any Given Soundcheck
--The Next Morning
--Photo Gallery
Rating:
Summary: As Close As It Gets
Review: Since John has never and probably will never make it to a concert in my hometown of Honolulu, this DVD is the closest I'll get to hearing and seeing him live. His songs sound even more beautiful live and on stage. Because of all the screaming fans (though annoying), I felt like I was actually there. John's music is top notch and this DVD brings it to life.
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