It was a normal morning for little 11-year-old, 6th-grade me. I was with my best friend Morgan, and we were in her bathroom, crimping our hair and putting on purple eye glitter (or something equally heinous). I was holding the crimping iron and working with intense concentration when, out of nowhere, this song came on. I had an 11-year old heart attack. It was the most amazing, perfect, wonderful song I had ever heard in my entire life. It was as thought the universe had composed a song specifically for me and sent it down to Earth that morning just so I could be enlightened.
I ran out of the bathroom, fell on my knees, and turned up the radio. I looked at Morgan, who was clearly perplexed.
"What IS this??" I said. "Why hasn't this been on the radio before?!"
She rolled her eyes. "Oh, that song's been on for a while," she said. "It's by some dude. John something. I don't know."
Luckily, the radio announcer knew. The song was "No Such Thing," by John Mayer, and it was the single that introduced him to the public just before he was rocketed into superstardom. It is still my favorite song to this very day.
That morning began a still-continuing love affair with John Mayer and his music. Even now, his music empowers me ("Say"); allows me to just be by myself and cry ("Dreaming With a Broken Heart"), or says what I simply can't articulate ("Back To You").
If I listen to his music for long enough, it turns into a religious experience for me. I don't know why or what it is exactly, but I literally can't make it all the way through one of his albums without crying, either because his music is so beautiful, or because it reminds me of something I've been through, or just...because.
I know it sounds totally crazy, but I really am totally in love with the music of John Mayer. And it doesn't hurt that he's incredibly sexy. :)
Keep it classy and fabulous!
xoxo, Laura
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