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MP3 John Meyer - Silver Bullets Don't Work on Vampires
5 MP3 Songs in this album (18:42) !
Related styles: Pop: Pop/Rock, Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Type: Lyrical
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Brisbane (Australia) singer-songwriter JOHN MEYER is a versatile indie troubadour. Edged-out and left of centre, his music explores territory ranging from lovingly hand-crafted folky pop tunes through to dramatic, atmospheric rock .
A well-known face on the Brisbane music scene, John Meyer performs solo, as singer and guitarist for The Good Ship and as guitarist for Bertie Page Clinic.
Title track of his 2008 EP “Silver Bullets Don’t Work on Vampires” is a bouncy, punchy piece of pop brilliance that sparkles from the get go – no time for an intro as the story of a tempestuous love affair quickly unfolds. The absurdly catchy and uplifting chorus (We fell in love with ourselves and we never needed anybody else) will have you thinking of those sweet and heady moments of first love/lust when the whole world seems focused on just two people, a bottle of wine and a swirl of conversation. But just under the surface lies something maybe a little sinister, waiting to make its move, maybe something a bit like a vampire, ready to suck the life force from this pretty picture. Will we make it through? Sure we have our weapons, our silver bullets, but will that be enough to ward off that evil vampire...?
Written in 2001, Track 2 “Shallow Grave” is one of Meyer’s oldest songs that he still plays, and it is testament to the song’s strength that it has survived three band formats to make it onto this EP. Despite a moody and dark lyric that hints at opportunities lost and potential unmet, and a droning, washing guitar riff that pushes and pulls the song in different directions, it is still unapologetically “pop”, with its soaring harmonies and hooky chorus.
Track 3 “Devil in the Details” is another darkly dreaming tune that explores themes of failed aspirations and emotional inertia, while still managing to allow moments of musical beauty to peek through the clouds like shafts of sunlight. The haunting combination of organ and echoing slide guitar create an atmosphere of tension, offset by lush vocal harmonies, building up to a climactic refrain which includes a devilish counter melody crouching beneath slashes of guitar.
The EP takes a turn with Track 4 “Sweep”, a sweet and uplifting little folk-pop gem. A gentle and slightly off kilter acoustic guitar line introduces a lyric that speaks of the optimism and joy of giving in to new love. ‘Sweep me off my feet, I will forget my inner peace...So sweet your tyranny, I will submit all too willingly’, sings Meyer, capturing the sweet and sour delight of putting yourself in someone else’s emotional control. The addition of backing vocals from the angelic voice of Mardi Lumsden, with multi-layered harmonies and vocal rounds, propels the song to a joyous conclusion.
Meyer’s debut EP is rounded out by the slow-burning waltz of “Suffer Me Gladly”. The plink of an old piano and the unrushed strumming of acoustic guitar provide the heart of this country-tinged tune. A trademark of his songwriting, here Meyer again explores the torturous rush of emotions and thoughts that accompany a new relationship, lurching between optimism (‘You’ve loosened my screws, I’m out of the game’) and doubt (‘Diamonds are ashes and four letter words only hurt when they’re offered with love’). Meyer asks: ‘If I were a fool would you suffer me gladly?’, leaving the question hanging, perhaps to be answered in a future song.
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