Was Jason Mraz taking the piss out of Oasis or Jay-Z when he played last night in Melbourne' Either way, it was funny and extremely subtle. I don`t think the audience even knew what he was doing.
Mraz is back in Australia for his umpteeth tour and has developed into a totally relaxed pro on stage.It was hard to tell if he was sending-up Jay-Z or Oasis last night when he morphed from his hit ‘Remedy’ into Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’. It mimicked Jay-Z’s pot shot at Noel Gallagher earlier this year at Glastonbury.
Mraz is touring off the back of his Top 10 album ‘We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things’.
For the first time, he is touring with a brass section, but it is his long-time buddy Toca Rivera who is the backbone of his sound.
Putting ‘Remedy’ at the start of the show was a brave move that paid off for Mraz.
He kept ‘You And I Both’ for his encore.
His cover of Seals & Crofts 1970’s hit ‘Summer Breeze’ deserves a mention. Mraz has made it his own.
Rarely do you see an artist grab an audience at the start of a show and hold them right until the end. Jason managed to pull that off last night at his Melbourne show.
Mraz is at his peak as a performing artist. If you ever questioned if you wanted to see Jason Mraz, now is the time.
