See if you can find another, and in the meantime, feel free to add stuff. The Syd Barrett quote is a little weaker, but may also be sufficient. As a general rule, we've been trying to get two independent sources, but this is somewhat arbitrary, so one good source, like the Cytowic and Eagleman book may suffice.
If there are no other sources for EVH, them you may simply say that "Cytowic and Eagleman claim/argue/suggest.". but, you might want to add it in yourself, since this is verifable and comes from a reliable source. Wednesday is Indigo Blue just came out, so no one has added this yet. However, this is the only source I can find by someone who knew him. This quote implies that he had it when he was younger, meaning it probably isn't LSD-related pseudo-synesthesia. If something was really loud he would say it was black and I knew what he meant because I’d grown up with him and was so close to him." "I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he had a condition like synaesthesia because he would say that a sound was a colour to him. In an interview with Syd Barrett's sister she mentions him having synesthesia. Is this verifiable from any other sources? Shouldn't he be on this page?Īlso, this radio program mentioned Billy Joel being a synesthete. In Wednesday Is Indigo Blue, it stated that Eddie Van Halen had synesthesia. Eddie Van Halen, Billy Joel, and Syd Barrett If you can't get a hold of that book, see page 29 of this terrible piece of writing, which had Crockett's biography as a source: See page 9 of Peter Crockett's 1993 biography of Evatt. No one has bothered to add "Doc" Evatt to this list? He would be the only politician in this list, and what an interesting one, described by one writer as "the best Labor politician never to have been Prime Minister". The way he describes it could still be associative synesthesia (but I guess he should be aware of that, if he has it, then he sould just call it that way): he says he doesn't visualize colors but he's "really close" to that but to me it sounds like he kinda trained himself to think that way about music after years of composing/playing guitar and since synesthesia is a condition that should be not self-induced it doesn't sound like he has it.
He says he doesn't have synesthesia and his words were misinterpreted which seems to be consistent with what you got from the chat log. Just found this interview where he talks about people thinking he has synesthesia: Thoughts? - Preceding unsigned comment added by Karlding ( talk But leaving it there also perpetuates the cycle of possibly wrong information. It seems like many websites are passing this off as "fact", so I'm not sure if directly removing the point about John Mayer is the best thing, as I'm sure it'll quickly get added back by someone citing one of those fact/fansites. Also, musicians often describe music as having certain "colors", so I wouldn't say it's a good idea to come to the conclusion that he has synesthesia. The thing is, there doesn't seem to be any article confirming that he explicitly has synesthesia, and everyone just references the (2004?) interview in Rolling Stone, where he talks about color in Jimi Hendrix's playing (which makes the chatlogs seem like a good source, since they're supposedly John Mayer talking - if someone could confirm that the person responding is actually John Mayer, we could solve the mystery once and for all - but I've also found this log posted on various fan-forums, which undermines its credibility a little). Thing is, what I've learned now is that when someone prints an untruth about you, but it’s kind of cool, most people around you just want to let it stay, and people are suddenly very quiet about correcting anybody." I think somewhere along the line it became misconstrued as being a physical event. I was doing an interview with Rolling Stone and was feeling a bit New-Agey and tried to explain to the writer that words have colors for me. He says, "I'm not, and it wasn't a joke, but it was a misunderstanding. The original website is down (so I had to use a cached link), but according to this fan website which has chat-logs posted of John Mayer on the Columbia Records livechat, John Mayer says it was all a misunderstanding that began after his interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
John Mayer DOESN'T have synesthesia? Īfter doing a bit of digging on the internet, I don't think that John Mayer actually has synesthesia. 19 Help wanted - Tracking down primary sources.18 Is this page really a "dynamic list"?.10 Don't Alan Davies and stephen fry have this.4 Eddie Van Halen, Billy Joel, and Syd Barrett.
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