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4:12Now PlayingJohn Mayer explains why 80's music is better than todays music.
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John Mayer says that music in the 80's was more complex and had greater emotional connectivity that music has today. He descibes 80's music as having ""more music per sqaure inch"".
Filmed on Friday 25th October 2013
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ABOUT JOHN MAYER:
John Clayton Mayer is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares (2001) and Heavier Things (2003), did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for ""Your Body Is a Wonderland."" In total he has won 7 Grammy Awards.
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