Video: Maroon 5 Talk Tabloid Travails, Paul McCartney at Rolling Stone Cover Shoot

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Maroon 5's Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael take a breather at the photo shoot for their Rolling Stone cover story (read an excerpt here) to talk about living in the paparazzi's sights ("They invent this person, and when you start believing it's really you, that's when your life goes to shit," says Levine), their upcoming tour with the Hives and meeting idols like Stevie Wonder. Plus, find out what music they put on to loosen up while being photographed (and which one of their favorite artists hasn't given them a ring just yet). Check out photos of the band hanging out with their heroes and performing onstage here.

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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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