John Mayer Pairs With Judd Apatow for Funnyordie.com Video

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The latest installment in John Mayer's quest to become a viral video superstar (which include running around in a Borat thong, a bling-flaunting "In the Studio" clip with Kanye West and a VH1 TV special) pairs the part-time comedian with producer-of-the-moment Judd Apatow, actress Kristen Bell and others for a spot on Will Ferrell's FunnyOrDie.com.

In "Makin' Music with John Mayer," the guitarist "takes YOU behind the scenes of his song-writing process" (apparently very different from the one he live-blogged about over the weekend) for a look at why he needs a drug addict-for-hire, a focus group and a team of songwriters to pen him tracks about "when you're fucking one supermodel and you make the other ones jealous." At the end, Mayer declares "If I wasn't thought of as a young Bruce Springsteen before, I sure am now!" Click above for the whole thing, and watch out for cameos from Apatow regulars Martin Starr and Steve Bannos.

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“Everyday People”

Sly and the Family Stone | 1968

"Everyday People" managed to trailblaze in two different ways -- it was one of the first pop hits to deal with the subject of racial harmony, and it utilized Larry Graham's "slap" technique on the bass guitar, which would soon be copied by countless other bassists. Graham once said about his pulsating style, "I'd never done that before … that's where the freedom of creativity came in for the band, that we'd be allowed to do that." In 1978, the song's line "Different strokes for different folks" would be borrowed for the title of the hit television show Diff'rent Strokes.

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