Life With John Mayer playlist

scotchandcigar said:
I spent the mid-afternoon at the beach, and listened to another excellent music mix from the Life with John Mayer channel.
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Sounds like a good time at the beach

I viewed your post from the park (Concerts You Have Attended), John Mayer is a big contributor on my channel, so I give this channel a listen on my bike for a last-minute sunset ride. I liked hearing "Pyscho Killer" Talking Heads, from my college days but especially liked Bonnie Raitt "Thank You", first time listen
 
sadchild said:
Wow that's all over the place!
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Yeah, but unlike that old channel "The Loft" (defunct?), he sticks with contemporary pop/rock. He doesn't throw in any jazz, classical, country, or hip-hop, just for the purpose of being diverse. Everything he plays, he likes (and hopefully, so do we).

And as a music expert, he throws-in a lot of interesting facts. Like before playing Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos, he went into the whole thing about drummer Matt Chamberlain, and all the bands he's played in. He talks about songs that have a lot of key changes, or where the bass line never changes (like Crazy by Seal). Or how Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby is a half-shuffle, half-straight rhythm. And he's met and played with a lot of artists.

Madison said:
I listened to Life with John Mayer for a second evening. It makes for a nice summer sunset channel. Filling in for the Wine Bar
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The channel is programmed in a way that changes from day to day. Like that playlist I posted is heavy on 70s soft rock, but sometimes he plays a lot of newer indie music, or singer-songwriter stuff, or guitar god songs, or he'll mix-in a lot of female pop singers.

And I'm always hearing a song that I haven't heard on the radio in years, like Heartbeat City by The Cars or Home by the Sea by Genesis (from the playlist I just posted). Occasionally, I'm not into a particular song they play, but I stick with it, and it pays off.
 
Madison said:
I have "The Loft" on my app on channel 710.
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OK, so it's still there, but streaming only. Is it still programmed by Meg (Megless) Griffin?

When I first got Sirius radio in 2005, I gave The Loft the old college try; meaning I put in a good effort on multiple occasions to stick with it. And each time, I'd get to a song (or run of songs) that would make me think "I don't need to do this". So I'd just bail.

But it's not a good "check-in" channel either, because more often than not, it's playing something that doesn't grab me. It requires commitment, which I don't have for that channel, unless it's different now.
 
scotchandcigar said:
OK, so it's still there, but streaming only. Is it still programmed by Meg (Megless) Griffin?

When I first got Sirius radio in 2005, I gave The Loft the old college try; meaning I put in a good effort on multiple occasions to stick with it. And each time, I'd get to a song (or run of songs) that would make me think "I don't need to do this". So I'd just bail.

But it's not a good "check-in" channel either, because more often than not, it's playing something that doesn't grab me. It requires commitment, which I don't have for that channel, unless it's different now.
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Meg Griffin of The Beatles Channel. I would not be able to tell you. I did not care for the Loft myself. I tried it once a long time ago.
I had a neat Loft apartment at one time and thought it was a cool name for a channel but I did not enjoy the music. But I definitely like your find with the Life With John Mayer channel. When he takes his turn, I 'd like to hear "Stop This Train"
 
Madison said:
When he takes his turn, I 'd like to hear "Stop This Train"
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He does throw in his own music, of course. Probably once every 8 to 10 songs. He mostly plays his more popular hits, and he tries to mix it up. Sometimes he'll tell a story about the meaning of the song, or how it got written.
 
Mike Marrone programmed The Loft for 17 years. He retired in December 2017 and was replaced by Chris Muckley, who also programs The Spectrum and 1st Wave. Alexander Lubeck has programmed The Loft since February 2022. He was an events director at Georgetown University's WGTB in 2016 and earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in 2017. In August 2016, Lubeck joined SiriusXM as a music programming intern and was later promoted to music programming coordinator, then assistant music director and finally to music director.
 
Sunday evening, another great playlist from Life with John Mayer (note: this list is in reverse order). I knew when he played Tom Jones and Cher, that it would be an interesting mix.

Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
Pretending - Eric Clapton
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
Aphid - Matt Champion & Dijon
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
I Shall Be Released - Nina Simone
Valerie - Steve Winwood
Will It Go Round in Circles - Billy Preston
Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Doomsday - Ryan Adams
Float On - Modest Mouse
Need You Tonight - INXS
Just the Way It Is, Baby - The Rembrandts
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Synchronicity II - The Police
Crazy - Seal
I Feel Hope Coming - Alabama Shakes
Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins
Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
Soul Meets Body - Death Cab for Cutie
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) - Billy Ocean
Touching Yourself - Japanese House
Babylon - David Gray
Games People Play - Alan Parsons Project
each man has got a bullet - Ethan Regan
Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Young Americans - David Bowie
Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Creep - Radiohead
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band
Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
All The Love You Need - Big Head Todd and The Monsters
Rock N' Me - Steve Miller Band
Signs - Tesla
Touch Of Grey - The War on Drugs
Thing Called Love - Bonnie Raitt
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club


And by the way, has Billy Joel's "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" won any Madness games? Because it's definitely one of the best songs of the 70s.
 
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scotchandcigar said:
And by the way, Has Billy Joel's "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" won any Madness games? Because it's definitely one of the best songs of the 70s.
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It was not a #1 song. I don't think we have done 70s songs like we are doing 90s.

But even if it is the best song in the world, it won't beat the Beatles.
 
Scenes From An Italian Restaurant is the fourth track on side 1 of Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger and was never released as a single. The restaurant was the Fontana De Trevi at 151 West 57th Street in Manhattan, directly across from Carnegie Hall. Billy ate there on days when he performed at Carnegie Hall. Fontana De Trevi opened in 1956, closed in 2006 and was demolished to make way for the 75-story One57 skyscraper.

 
That would win the Non-Singles. I would listen to that song a lot when I had a copy of "The Stranger" album as well as the "The Stranger" I also loved "Rosalinda's Eyes" on the 52nd Street album. More than any actual single by Billy Joel.

Anyway, I listened to "Life With John Mayer" again on a sunset bike ride today. I had to burn off a lot from the food eaten at the State Fair Sunday and the food truck outing Monday. I did have to listen with the sound from the phone in my pocket because my earphones ran out of battery power, but it was still nice. I heard Prince's "Sign of the Times" for my first time ever. I had heard of the album but never listened to it. The visual highlight during the ride was seeing this cat running real fast from the new homes construction to the pond, do not know how it would have gotten there but a guy was running after him, (most likely the owner)

Also, I did decide to listen to the Loft Friday evening. It was a drubby misty day and I needed to find something to listen while/because my lawn was getting too thick and I needed to cut it. It was not bad. They had a Suzanne Vega song and a Mitski song
 
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scotchandcigar said:
How much pedaling are you doing on the E-Bike? Is it up to you whether you pedal or cruise?
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When I ride solo, I would say I pedal 75-80% of the time. My bikes are not very powerful and do not have throttles. But I need that extra impf of the e-bike to be an active rider. My coasting and slowing down for pedestrians and traffic would be about the same as a manual bike. We do not have a lot of hills or downslopes around here. I already went out this morning.
 
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