“Slow Dancing In A Burning Room” is the eighth track on Continuum. It has since become one of Mayer’s most enduring hits, loved amongst fans for its highly emotional lyrics and impassioned guitar solo. Mayer combines two separate images to create his title (and lyrical hook): The burning room, a symbol of their relationship, communicates the chaos and destruction of their current state. The slow dancing, a symbol of both their complacency and their initial love, communicates their lack of success in finding a solution for their problems. Though their love is passionate, as evidenced… read more
“Slow Dancing In A Burning Room” is the eighth track on Continuum. It has since become one of Mayer’s most enduring hits, loved amongst fans for its … read more
“Slow Dancing In A Burning Room” is the eighth track on Continuum. It has since become one of Mayer’s most enduring hits, loved amongst fans for its highly emotional lyrics and impassion… read more
John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977, in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape his neighbor gave him. In 1998 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he refined his skills and gained a following. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 single "Your Body Is a Wonderland" from the album Room for Squares. In February 2005, he was awarded the Song of the Year Grammy for his song Daughters, which he composed while in the shower, from the album Heavier Things. I… read more
John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977, in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape his neighbor gave him. In 19… read more
John Clayton Mayer was born October 16, 1977, in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape his neighbor gave him. In 1998 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he refin… read more