I adore JM. Unfortunately a lot of people can't see past songs like Your Body Is A Wonderland [of which I still like most versions]; he's a great songwriter and his guitar playing is fantastic. Shame about the 'guitar faces' though.
I've got copies of about 30 different concerts, ranging from 1999 to this month, and each one has something special about it. He's not an artist who sings a song the same each time; he'll improvise, he'll cover different songs in the middle, he'll do an extended solo, and he really involves the audience in the show. Great performer.
A lot of people don't like the 'pop song' quality of his music, but there's still songs like Covered In Rain and Come Back To Bed that get away from that.
Victoria is a really sad song. My understanding is that it's not about something that actually happened, but still, it's so upsetting. LA Song reminds me of it a lot too, they're both really emotional.
