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>> in the 2000s rock itself becomes numb and weirdly apolitical for a time when the country was at war. >> post-9/11 some believe familiar music will sell well this holiday. ♪ and ive been wrong ive been down to the bottom of every bottle ♪ >> nickelback, they had bigger hits than anybody. >> everybodys welcome in the nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre ta...

>> post-9/11 some believe familiar music will sell well this holiday. ♪ and ive been wrong ive been down to the bottom of every bottle ♪ >> nickelback, they had bigger hits than anybody. >> everybodys welcome in the nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre talking about green day. ♪ ♪ dont want to be an american idiot ♪ >> you cant undersell how shocking ...

Tension all across the alien nation ♪ ♪ everythings meant to be okay ♪ >> it was kind of like a rock opera. you had to listen to it from front to back because it told the entire story of what was going on in the decade. ♪ wake me up when september ends ♪ >> the fear of terrorism. the media. the wars. people being sent off to fight. ♪ here comes the rain again ♪ rock wasnt all that surprising in the 2000s. so when you got something like "american idiot" it was wow, this is unexpecte...

♪ >> hip hop stars are becoming rock stars. djs are becoming rock stars. the only people who arent becoming rock stars are rock stars. >> pop. ♪ >> the idea of just standing there and staring at someone on stage is a 20th century idea. whereas in the 21st century its more interactive, more about us as an organism. >> come on. [ cheers ] >> clap your hands. clap your hands. clap your hands. >> in the 2000s, we saw an industry that seemed like it would never change. we saw it be forced to chan...

Nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre talking about green day. ♪ ♪ dont want to be an american idiot ♪ >> you cant undersell how shocking it was that the definitive statement on george bushs america came from green day. ♪ welcome to a new kind of tension all across the alien nation ♪ ♪ everythings meant to be okay ♪ >> it was kind of like a rock op...

♪ ininevitable, i suppose, that just about the time im becoming aware of hip-hop culture, it is literally coming of age. hip-hop has been around, i discover, for some 25 years now. and during that time it has not only established itself as americas most popular popular music, it has altered our language. >> the oscar goes to -- ♪ its hard out here for a pimp ♪ >> you know what? i think it just got a little easier out here for a pimp. >> were seeing hip-hop seep into everything, right? it...

Want this to happen but ultimately they were powerless to stop it. (vo) singing, or speaking. reason, or fun. daring, or thoughtful. sensitive, or strong. progress isnt either or progress is everything.

Nation ♪ ♪ everythings meant to be okay ♪ >> it was kind of like a rock opera. you had to listen to it from front to back because it told the entire story of what was going on in the decade. ♪ wake me up when september ends ♪ >> the fear of terrorism. the media. the wars. people being sent off to fight. ♪ here comes the rain again ♪ rock wasnt all that surprising in the 2000s. so when you got something like "american idiot" it was wow, this is unexpected. this is shaking things up ...

Becomes numb and weirdly apolitical for a time when the country was at war. >> post-9/11 some believe familiar music will sell well this holiday. ♪ and ive been wrong ive been down to the bottom of every bottle ♪ >> nickelback, they had bigger hits than anybody. >> everybodys welcome in the nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre talking about green day. ♪ ♪ d...

This holiday. ♪ and ive been wrong ive been down to the bottom of every bottle ♪ >> nickelback, they had bigger hits than anybody. >> everybodys welcome in the nickelback club. weve got a big club. ♪ yeah, yeah >> a lot of rock is not really doing what it used to do, and its almost like it lost its will to fight. unless youre talking about green day. ♪ dont want to be an american idiot ♪ >> you cant undersell how shocking it was that the definitive statement on george bushs america cam...