John Mayer defends getting stoned! Mayer tells Pop Eater of the first single “Who Says” from his upcoming album, ‘Battle Studies.’ “It’s not a dirty word. It’s not a curse word,” ”It’s a presentation of an idea that makes people think a little harder about what they’re listening to, which I don’t think is the worst thing in the world.”
more photos of John and his Ferrari after the jump…
The song starts off “Who says I can’t get stoned?
Turn off the lights and the telephone
Me and my house alone
Who says I can’t get stoned?” Click Here to get the full lyrics
I don’t get it. It makes poeple think a little harder about what? That he can get stoned? Hmmm. I don’t get it, do you?
Does John worry about angering his fans or worse yet their parents?
“If you ask me now, I would say I have apprehension but if you played me the song I’d say ‘Oh. No,’” John says. “I think the song is its own explanation of why it’s not an abuse of a word. I think it’s pretty innocuous but I understand it’s a different situation once you release any idea you have. I don’t think it’s not as exploitative of the word as you originally might think, like, ‘Oh, is he trying to tell me that he gets stoned?’ By the end of the tune a couple [listens] in, the reaction becomes ‘I get the song. I’m not turned off by this idea.’” – via Pop Eater
Click here to watch John Mayer’s Who Says music video. Controversies sell, look at Britney’s 3 !
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