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Jason Mraz Fucking Sucks

September 10, 2009 12:42 AM

remember the first time I heard this no-talent assclown's music. It was a video for one of his songs and he was going out of his way to be all "look at me, I'm happy and care-free but also a tooled-out hippy." The music itself was inoffensive enough, I guess, but it was completely disposable and uninspired. So, of course, the guy's fucking huge now.

I've had his song "I'm Yours" stuck in my head for fucking hours, and I'm about ready to smash my new guitar with my face. That song is infuriating both for its banal lyrics and it's maddeningly simplistic music. What the fuck does "it's our god-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved" mean? Seriously, what intelligible concept do those words, spoken in that order, convey? Then, as if tacitly acknowledging that there's exactly no reason to even sing words, he goes into what has to be the most embarrassing scat singing I've ever heard. He's no Tenacious D, that's for sure (fast forward to 3:27 for some awesome scatting).

The point is that this guy is a blight on the musical landscape. Not that I should be surprised--this is the same industry that's made John Mayer rich and famous and that's now peddling that new Green Day song.

The point is this: Jason Mraz sucks, and, while I love The Decemberists, something wacky's going on when the best album of the year tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a man-deer only to be separated by an infanticidal pervert and a forest deity.

6 Comments

butterflyfish said:

I want so much to hate that damn song, I don't understand what the hell its supposed to mean, the scatting is terrible, and the harmony thing is too cutsie for me. And yet every time it comes on the radio, I f**king turn it up and sing along and it gets stuck in my head for days. I then hate myself. However, I will now turn that feeling outward. Jason Mraz is f**king terrible.

September 10, 2009 5:36 AM

tRJ said:

I don't think he knows what "godforsaken" means.

September 10, 2009 8:08 AM

Frank X. said:

Hazards of love is awesome, and their live show for this album is the most amazing concert I've ever seen! It was nerdgasmic! Decemberists rule!

September 10, 2009 9:10 AM

Ismael Tapia II said:

butterflyfish,
I think you can be forgiven for singing along and getting it stuck in your head--it is a really catchy song, afterall. None of that contributes to Mr. Mraz getting any money or feeling like he's a success. As long as you don't go buy the album, I think you're in the clear.

tRJ,
I'm torn--does he know what it means and he's failing at being ironic or clever? Or did he just use a word that he doesn't know the meaning of?

While trying to find some semblance of an answer, I stumbled on this Yahoo Answers discussion where a bunch of people try to explain what the line means. It's pretty much a bunch of idiots trying to pretend like they have Ph.Ds in literature. Then, drawing on my surprisingly vast knowledge of Jason Mraz's career and live performances, I looked on YouTube and found this video of him performing the song. Aside from looking extra douchey in it, he changes the line "it's your godforsaken right to be loved" to "it's your god-intended right to be loved." To me, that pretty much means that there wasn't any thought or purpose behind using the former. I picture a scenario where someone pulled him aside and explained what "godforsaken" means, and then he was like "Ah. Well, I guess I'll have to change that."

Mr. X.,
Hazards of Love is very, very awesome. I just meant that it's sort of a strange album and that I'm surprised that not much else is out there that compares. Also, yes, the live performance of that album is fucking fantastic. I was a huge fan of the voice of the Queen but less so the voice of Margaret. The latter just seemed frail and overwhelmed.

September 11, 2009 10:16 AM

Danielle said:

why is everyone so against such a beautiful human being? his songs express fun, love, and excitment. god forsaken means something everyone should expierence, and or deserves. thus, everyone deserves to be loved. to me, that is a beautiful message. i dont think he seeks out fame, i just think his songs are so beautiful that everyone cant help but sing along. and if you dont like him, then dont listen to him. dont start an entire blog to bitch about someone who is just doing what they love, and sucseeding.

December 22, 2009 2:04 PM

Zac said:

Okay OP Tenacious D is an attrocity and is not funny or talented.

Neither Is JAson Mraz.

Image musicians are idiots

February 23, 2010 10:12 PM