>> when "yellow" came out a lot of the hipster alternative kids were like i love this, and i was one of them. ♪ your skin ♪ ♪ turns to something beautiful ♪ >> it felt great. it's like here's radiohead and u2 put together in a pop-friendly package that's catchy rock music. ♪ i want to run through the halls of my high school ♪ ♪ i want to scream at the top of my lungs ♪ >> john mayer was this virtuosic guitar player that wrote these sentimental love songs. ♪ and if you want love we'll make it ♪ >> he was huge. ♪ swim in a deep sea of blankets ♪ ♪ your body's a wonderland ♪ ♪ i use my hands ♪ >> in the 2000s rock itself becomes numb and weirdly apolitical for a time when the country was at war.