John Mayer Baffled by Guitar Hero

Esteemed guitarist John Mayer isn't so hot at Guitar Hero (which he mistakenly calls Rock Band). He reveals on Twitter that it's like "sex with a Real Doll."

Mayer also seems to think that he has to hold the guitar controller's strum bar down through each note. Once again, another musician doesn't seem immediately adept at Guitar Hero.

Funny enough, a year prior to this, John Mayer was bashing Guitar Hero.

[IanCube]

Odd but...anyone watch Tiger Woods get killed by Jimmy Fallon at his own profession/sport/GAME?

Seems like real life skills don't translate to video game skills no matter WHO you are.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

No, but I will take real life skills anytime!

[Bnet343]

I'm sick and tired of idiot music artist bashing Guitar Hero/Rock Band. It's a video game that is played for fun. What is not to get? I'm not a huge fan either, but damn people like John Gayer are just plain stupid. Some people don't want to master an instrument for plus years to learn their favorite songs, they just want to have fun with others. In my case, I play keyboard so I do not want to play two instruments at once and play a guitar as well, so I jumped on Guitar Hero, JUST TO HAVE SOME FUN. Also, this is another medium of music distribution. Why would you not want your music distributed via Rock Band to make more money?

[DirtyLary]

duh

[IzKyD1331]

The one thing that I hate about Guitar Hero/Rock Band is when I look on youtube for a REAL acoustic or electric guitar cover of a song I like and end up with like a million search results for a Guitar Hero or Rock Band version

[GodGinrai]

I think it goes the other way too...

[HarukoHex]

while video game skillz don't translate to real life skills, its still a good thing to have a game. because i picked up drums and guitar because of RB & GH, and I now work on cars and stuff because of games like NFS, GT, Froza. so in the end, games actually still hold a great value in RL.

[Stoneroses6300]

John Mayer is a buffoon.

[Parapraxis]

Says the guy with Liam Gallagher in his avatar.
Is that supposed to be ironic?

[sarshelyam]

Ha Ha indeed...oh the sweet irony. Anyhow, Mayer is a douche-nozzle!

[97gsx]

Say what you will about john mayer but he gets all the poontang.

[PS360PCROCKS]

John Mayer sucks. Last year he was bashing it saying it was stupid. F him.

[All Time Greatness]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Mayer playing with Eric Clapton. Mayer is an amazing guitarist.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I don't care if he's an amazing guitarist. Last year he was saying it was a stupid game and now he's playing it? Pot meet kettle

[Baka-akaB]

Well i just take his opinion with a grain of salt .
We shouldnt expect guitar players and artists to care as much as we do , just like i dont necessarily expect a rally champion to care or spend time on a rally pc or console games (outside of obvious marketing gimmicks) .

But yeah he should just shut up a bit as well , especially since he already made his stance pretty clear earlier . Let us enjoy the game .

besides playing a skateboard game is lazy ! Why not go outside and get some broken bones instead ? rite ?

[DirtyLary]

All these games are just glorified "Simon Says" games for people lazy and inapt to learn to play real instruments.

[TheAntiFanboy]

They are. And admittedly enough, Simon is pretty fun. Add great music to it and it simply becomes more fun.

By the way, it's just called Simon.

[Baka-akaB]

Funny thing is no one disagree with you .
it's not even "glorified" .

So , let's go kill ourselves with real snowboard rite ? After all , the games and upcoming accessories are just glorified simon says rite ?

[VenomCarnage89]

a bit pessimistic? they are not here for lazy skilless people, they are here for gamers who enjoy music and want to have fun listening to the songs rather than sit there and head bang. ive been playing gh for about a year because its fun. not every gh/rb gamer dreams of being a rock god, they just want to have fun. i do plan to pick up a guitar within the next year or two and i thank gh for it, i never put much thought on it before i played gh but it gave me a respect for the real guitar players and made me want to truly learn to play difficult songs.

[Parapraxis]

So he is a great guitarist but not so good at video games.
He is visiting friends, tries the game, fails it and gets mad and tweets about it.

And...life goes on.

[Neo Nugget]

Yeah, people I know who play real guitar laugh whenever I say I heard a song on guitar hero and liked it. Which doesn't even make sense to me. What's wrong with that??

Makes me wanna slap them.

[DirtyLary]

Laugh because, people that play RB guitar think they really know how to play guitar and talk and act like it.

[Baka-akaB]

I smell BS and say i've yet to see that .

If anything the most hardcore RB and GH players i've seen are always cursing the games or the rival of their games ... because they dont have the real charts for instruments or so they say .

Also even if obviously different , no one would argue that a RB/GH drums expert definitely got a shot at the real thing .

[NMC2007]

I guess it's time for John Mayer songs in Guitar Hero.
*lays back and waits for the John Mayer Rockin Fun Zone Pack for Guitar Hero 5*

[N4g_null]

Of course he would say that. It is not unlike giving a real artist a coloring book with numbers and then taking away points for him not being an artist.

I mean what is it suppose to be? Also stop asking question that are used to vilify people. That is lame so you can't be him, spit on him and that makes you better go play your game... I play shooters yet could not fly a plane to save my life...well maybe but I could do a real dog fight.

[TruthbeTold]

is too gentle and slow to work properly on Guitar Hero. That means he won't be making a sh!tload of money off of it. Of course he hates it.

[Baka-akaB]

Depends he could do a mean solo like in that version of "Beat it " with Fallout Boy .

Besides it aint as if both rb and Gh didnt feature quite slow songs too .

[DelbertGrady]

Perhaps he should focus more on the Real Doll?

[NegativeCreep427]

As a matter of fact, most 21st century music artists these days suck a$$!

[Foxgod]

Are they laughing at someone who sux at playing guitar hero, that is pretty good on a real guitar ?

Thats like having a realdoll, and laughing at someone that got a real girlfriend.

[commodore64]

exactly.

It's sad to see that people are defending their fake plastic controller music stardom.

Get a life people.
Learn a real instrument.
so sad.

[Smacktard]

Hmm, seems like he bashed the game without playing it. A true gamer! He'd fit right in here!

[kaveti6616]

Guitar hero and rock band are pure garbage. it's not even funny how ridiculous it is that people want to pretend to play an instrument.

video games are supposed to let u do things that cant be done in real life. guitar hero and rock band literally force u to play with a controller shaped like a guitar or a drum set and it's like you might as well just take guitar lessons and learn to play guitar in real life, or take drum lessons. I don't understand how anyone can buy these two series of games and think their purchase is justified. Scratch that.

I can't understand why people think that they can have more fun pretending to do something that's doable in real life, than actually doing it. It's a lot like what Stephen Colbert said when he quipped about the Tony Hawk Ride game. He was basically making fun of the fact that people would pay for an accessory that is shaped like a skateboard instead of actually buying a skateboard and trying it out in real life.

I've actually told some of my friends who have GH this and they tell me that they're not into playing the guitar in real life, they have more fun playing the game. Wow, that just stupefies me. Certain games like racing sims can be done in real life. But they are costly. Skateboarding and guitar lessons are affordable enough that people should buy the real instead of a stupid game.

[sl0w-m0]

your argument is dumb, it's just a videogame, people play videogames that are fun. Atleast playing Guitar Hero feels more like the real thing than playing a shooting or racing game with a controller does.

and that example you gave about skateboarding games. maybe people don't consider skateboarding in real life or just want to play without having real skills or worry about busting their ass like skateboarders in real life

[kaveti6616]

My argument is dumb? Did I make an argument? No, I said Guitar Hero and Rock Band are lame garbage. And for me, they are. Why would anyone want to spend upwards of 150 dollars to buy a plastic drum kit for a video game? And why the hell would someone be interested in playing fake guitar but not real guitar?