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Shouldn't folk be on that list of genres? Some of his songs are pretty folksy. He plays up an Americana kind of thing at his concerts. Maybe those aren't the right words, but I think some genres are missing. Sunshine Kim (talk) 16:20, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
My point about John Mayer not returning his phone calls... It was entirely valid, relevant as a personal insight, cited, and more importantly, claimed by mraz himself. Feel free to respond if you have beefs. ~ Antikryptonite (talk) 04:40, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
and some call me the gangster of love...
YO LETS WRITE ABOUT HIS BLONDE WIFE AND BLONDE DOG IN HIS BLONDE HOUSE. and about his noble prize in online journalism
Should there be mention of his warts/moles as in the Lemmy article?--Wasabe3543 05:50, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
Yeah he was married. And now he's dating Tristan Prettyman =((((. And no, his official forum FAQ says as far as he knows, he isn't related to George Mraz.
Jason is so sexy.
Jason and Tristan broke up in February of 2006. I think. --TangerineDreams 19:38, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes they did--Danielle702 00:28, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
He ruined The Joker. You can't take the drug content out of a Steve Miller song. It totally ruins it.
Well, When I bought the ablum for my younger sibling, I was actually glad the drug content was removed. I think It was nice that he did this at all. And my brother loves it as well.-Danielle702 21:03, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Excuse me, but his version of "The Joker" (that I assume you're talking about) was for the family-friendly film "Happy Feet." I doubt it was his decision to remove any drug references. 68.97.46.189 (talk) 16:09, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
I agree completly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.178.130.234 (talk) 03:01, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
I think it should be added that he is the primary correspondant for Invisible Microphone News- source being footage from the DVD disc from his 2004 CD release 'Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom'. Fisket July 2nd 2007
why is the intro so crappy, he doesn't need a list of people he played with. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.57.205 (talk) 22:46, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
The whole business about Mraz being from Mars has no place in here. It can be pointed out that he likes to make this claim, but the FACT is he is from Mechanicsville, VA. Wikipedia is supposed to list facts, right? I've updated the information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.226.6 (talk) 15:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've another origin thing to point out: it says his grandfather moved to the US from Czechoslovakia in 1915, but Czechoslovakia was not formed until after WWI. His grandfather clearly came from Austria-Hungary, or else it should read "moved to the United States from what is now the Czech Republic." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.139.132 (talk) 04:21, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
A post indicates "His cousin Brandon McCourt, considered a star in Europe and Asia helped write the song." Google shows nothing about a Brandon McCourt who is an artist let alone a "Star" .... let alone his cousin. It might be true, but some part of that is innacurrate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.194.217.62 (talk) 02:18, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
The new edits here have not made any sense:
"He has denied rumours of bisexuality, saying that 'Other kids always referred to me as being gay but "I am just artistic'"
He did not say he wasn't bisexual, he said he wasn't gay. There is a major difference. And to top it off, it's a misquote and citing a pro-board forum as a source...with no mention of the quote in question.--Fallout boy 07:04, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
Mraz does indeed mean 'frost', but when I saw JM in concert this weekend (superb gig - supporting James Blunt) he claimed that Mraz means 'blunt'! Adambisset 04:26, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
In fact "Mraz" means "scoundrel" in Russian. "Frost" is "moroz". If you dont believe me, check it by yourselves. Martinso 14:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
The Slavic version is absolutely not derived from Russian. Slavic is not a language; it is a language family. The article says quite clearly that he is of Czech decent. His name is Czech. Both Russian and Czech are Slavic languages derived from Slavonic. What it means in Russian is like comparing what a Spanish word means in Italian, or vice versa. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.139.132 (talk) 04:18, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
Mráz means in Czech-freeze, frost, hoarfrost or le gel in french
and believe me Im czech so i think this translation is accurate :-D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.101.32.125 (talk) 07:09, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
"Mraz" means "frost" in many Slavic languages, including Czech and Bulgarian. In Russian, "moroz" is "frost" but "mraz" is chill. 68.97.46.189 (talk) 16:06, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
The Beauty in Ugly contains very little sourced content and the article fails WP:MUSIC#SONGS. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 15:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
It says on the wikipedia page that he was born on the 23 June, but there is a youtube video when he says his birthday is on the day of the gig he was playing, though the gig is dated the 23 March. Does anyone know which is right?
this is the link to said video: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0XMkDEjak —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.86.66.35 (talk) 15:33, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
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Jason Mraz did not start his career in 2005. His first album came out in 2002.
"Remedy", "Curbside Prophet" etal are not from "Mr. A-Z", as the article would lead us to believe. As stated above, Jason Mraz did not start his career in 2005. These songs are from "Waiting For My Rocket To Come", recorded in 2002, released in 2003. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SavorySalt (talk • contribs) 20:22, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Jason Mraz's music was recently featured on Dancing With the Stars (I'm Yours, March 23). American Idol Season 8 also featured "I'm Yours." In 2008 and 2009, ABC's Brothers and Sisters "Make It Mine" and "Beautiful Mess" were also played. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.233.107 (talk) 07:35, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
Started his first on stage singing performance at a Rural Point Elementary School Talent show. Colbie Caillat - Coco. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.170.246.10 (talk) 04:02, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
I heard jason is travelling around australia as a ventriloquist i thought this should be mentioned somewhere Walker1991 (talk) 05:26, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Jason Mraz debuted "I'm Your's" in February 2008 at a private radio gathering that was hosted by Sunset Sessions. Exactly one year later, February 8th, 2009, Jason was nominated for a Grammy for the single. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunset Sessions (talk • contribs) 05:12, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
At the 2010 Grammy's Jason won two grammy's. One for Best Male Contemporary Artist for Best pop vocal performance, for "Make it Mine" and Best Pop Collaboration for his duet with Colbie Calliat in "Lucky." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julievk (talk • contribs) 02:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Is everybody aware that Jason Mraz has advocated to his fans that they introduce inaccurate information in on-line content including Wikipedia? Above line about him being a Ventriloquist seems to be part of this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.223.77 (talk) 11:51, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
He's doing the ventriliquist tour because he promised his great aunt the Duches of Slazburg, Dottiana, that he would fullfil her dying wish to see him travel the world and express his love for wooden puppets, she said he had denied his love of small wooden toys for too long and now was the time to live his dream. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eeevila (talk • contribs) 01:40, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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French Fan Club Website : Jason Mraz Fan Club at http://www.jason-mraz-fan-club.fr/
Not done No fansites, please read WP:ELNO. BOVINEBOY2008 :) 12:53, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
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The phrase "first major-label debut album" (under Music Career, Waiting For My Rocket to Come) is redundant. 68.122.68.180 (talk) 22:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
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In the "Personal Life" section it is stated that "Mraz is a vegan", given that Vegan is on the Wikipedia, shouldn't we point to it from here. This implies substituting "Mraz is a vegan" with "Mraz is a vegan"
I add this here as User:Kintetsubuffalo accused me of spamming:
In 2010 Lena Meyer-Landrut, the later winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, performed "Mr. Curiosity" during the german preselection show Unser Star für Oslo causing the title to enter german charts peaking at #44 in March 2010[1]. A cover version of "Mr. Curiosity" was also later released on her debut album My Cassette Player.
The addition well matches the same relevancy as the preceeding chapter of Chris Richardsons perfomance for American Idol. Moreover Lena Meyer-Landrut created verificable facts in the official german charts AND the song was rereleased as cover version on a 2xPlatin certified album. What of this would be advertisment or irrelevant completely misses me.
So I would opt to put this back in and overrule User:Kintetsubuffalo.
(sorry no sign as I'm only registered in the german Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Peter.dittmann)--84.174.129.57 (talk) 15:20, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
P.S.If you are willing to discuss you may use my german discussion page: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Peter.dittmann (sorry, I don't like to register seperately for each and every §&%%&$% language version)
If you don't have serious arguments I may put the things back later. Thanks.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.174.129.57 (talk) 14:30, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
I have a question in regards to posting external links. I recently added a link to available Jason Mraz sheet music, which was removed due to advertising. Advertising was not my intention. I only posted it for readers, like myself, interested in seeing and knowing if this musical artist's music is in print. I would like your input on the matter. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musician812 (talk • contribs) 15:04, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
Heard about it on #kdoran on Twitter. Can anyone confirm?
The Ronin (talk) 05:20, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi guys. I was confused when I randomly googled "Jason Mraz", an artist that I have loved for years and I actually know a little about, and saw that he supposedly has been married to a make-up artist named Sheridan Edley in 2001 and that he has a brother (sister?) named Candance Mraz. Is this true? There are various sources caliming this (http://i.imgur.com/3TJzday.png, http://i.imgur.com/ND2HjfK.png, http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/jason-mraz.html). If it's true, shouldn't it be mentioned in the article? 2003:46:EB2C:63AD:59B6:6CD8:1478:CDCC (talk) 13:57, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
The genre of Mraz has always been hard to pin down. His biggest hit "I'm Yours" was just about genre-less, or you could say it spanned many genres, since it was popular in a variety of radio formats and charted in different sales charts.
The genres listed in this biography infobox should not be more than four entries, and they should tend toward the general. More than that, the genres should be verifiable, which means they should be supported by references which discuss the genres of Mraz. The infobox genres for Mraz should not be drawn from his songs or albums—they should have been used in published sources to describe Mraz himself. Also, the genres in the infobox should be real genres with Wikipedia articles written about them, which means "coffeehouse" is not supported.
Keeping all that in mind, Mraz has been called:
Regarding the "folk rock label, several sources apply this label only to his backing band Raining Jane, as distinct from Mraz, so these sources tend to cancel out the Pop Entertainment source.
Based on the above list I think the infobox should only say "singer-songwriter", an American folk/rock/pop genre. Binksternet (talk) 20:17, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
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The last sentence in the paragraph below is misleading. Curbside Prophet and I'll Do Anything were on the album "Waiting for my Rocket to Come" and not "Mr. A-Z". "In July 2005, Mraz opened for Alanis Morissette during her Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour. On July 26, 2005, he released his second major-label album, Mr. A-Z, for Atlantic Records. It entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number 5.[5] In December, the album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while its producer, the prolific Steve Lillywhite, received a nomination for Producer of the Year.[6]. Mraz's friend and former roommate Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood also collaborated on the album, co-writing "Curbside Prophet" and the album's third single, and "I'll Do Anything"." |
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While I appreciate that his identifying as Two Spirit is sourced, can we either comment on the fact that what he describes as "Two Spirit" is neither an accurate representation of traditional Two Spirit identity or remove the entry all together? Does this not fall under original research? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.209.209.138 (talk) 22:13, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
The pronunciation of Mraz's name, by himself, the Americans, or Czechs, is completely uncited. Surely we can find some sources! Dingolover6969 (talk) 19:20, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
He was a pickle boy at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for at least one season. Just a bit of trivia. 69.163.19.132 (talk) 17:30, 10 April 2024 (UTC)