Waiting on the world to change

One of the really cool thing about iTunes that we are enjoying is downloading entire albums at a price that is better than purchasing the album at the store. It is convenient and puts the music in a few different places (iPod, computer and CD if you burn). One of our recent purchases was the "Continuum" album, John Mayer's latest effort.

As in the past, I completely enjoy the entire thing. Mayer is developing as an artist and I applaud that and feel he is still staying true to his own style while growing and changing as an artist should, and these stretches are appropriately reflective of his growth as a person. You know the catchy single that's been on the radio - "Waiting on the World to Change" - and though I also find it to be one of my favorite songs on the CD due to the catchy rhythm and memorable lyrics, I recently told Kevin that I wasn't thrilled with the tale he was telling.

However, I kept listening to it and the more I did, the more I realized he wasn't being sincere, he was being ironic. After hitting up the Internet for commentary on the song, I was glad to find this:

Mayer's album "Continuum," nominated for album of the year, is one-part tribute to old-school blues and one-part torment over lost love. But like he name suggests, it is all Mayer — a young voice in transition. The single, "Waiting on the World to Change," nominated for best male pop vocal performance, points starkly to the apathy of Mayer's own generation.

"I think there's a lot of kids watching TV going 'That sucks, oh that totally sucks', but then there's this other voice that goes, 'What are you gonna do about it?' and then you say back to it: 'Nothin'. What's on E!?'" he said. "There's more of a conversation coming out of 'Waiting on the World to Change' than a song called 'We Got to Change the World'…The world needs someone to stand between Bono and Paris Hilton. and I want to be somewhere right in the middle."

An "ah-ha" moment as we call it in constructivism. I knew he couldn't just be complaining and literally waiting for things to just get better. All those years of literary analysis paid off. Eventually. My skillz are getting rusty. Listening to this song makes me feel like John Mayer is our John Denver, John Lennon, (do I see a "John" pattern here? Biblical reference, perhaps?), Bono (is his real name John?), INSERT PREFERRED ARTIST WITH SOCIAL CONSCIENCE AND ABILITY TO SPEAK FOR DEMOGRAPHIC HERE.

I hope that more people of our generation continue to speak up, stand up for what they believe in and create a world that is more respectable, communicative, family-oriented, productive and appreciative of life than our world is heading.