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Thinkers. >> theres no generals right to policy. chris: in the griswold court they said it was. >> indeed it did and that was wrong. chris: how far have we come since selma? >> as a nation, weve come a great distance. chris: how far do we have to go? >> we are on our way and there will be no turning back. chris: and, of course, we profiled some power players. >> the hope diamond. >> are you a tenor? chris: i dont know what i am. i used to sing in the bathroom. ♪♪ chris: that is the chris wal...

♪ imagine theres no heaven ♪ ♪ its easy if you try ♪ >> for so long, you kind of waited for the next beatles album to see where music was going. and we just hoped that the music they would come up with, individually, would be that good. >> i dont -- no longer have to, oh, the beatles need an album. you and paul better go and write 20 songs tomorrow kind of thing. i just write when i feel like. >> you know, yoko, you have even been called the dragon lady who brought the beatles apart. >> ...

Powerful, temperamental, and pampered. they are the led zeppelin. a rock group on tour. and in the vernacular of the record biz, with nearly big is nothing, zeppelin is very big. to get around, zeppelin uses a charted 707. the kind of plane president nixon uses. the presidents plane doesnt have an organ, nor a 15-foot mirrored bar. nor, in the private quarters does it have two bedrooms and a fireplace. >> apart from that, i think this is about the best way to travel. >> americans are now spendin...

Older crowd could hear and say that sounds familiar to me. i see myself in the pistol smoke ♪ ♪ on the surface its a heavier song but the hook is so like inviting and warm. >> hip-hop had hit this point where it had become mainstream and it starts appearing in other forms of music. theres this rough rap happening. theres hip-hop that can be found in pop music. ♪ ♪ im getting frantic ♪ guaranteed to satisfy ♪ snepd. new jack swing. ♪ >> teddy wiley produced everybody. ♪ ♪ ...

As opposed to the standard shalack we hear on the top 40. >> it remind us of one part of a wider new york scene. >> you have people like patty smith -- >> im an artist. the new york dolls. >> the new york dolls -- >> the dead boys. >> rock and roll anybody can play. >> and richard hell. >> i belong to the blacks and the racists. >> richard hell cut his own hair. ripping his clothes and safety pinning them together. >> he was the king of the punks. the safety pin thing is his. its pretty clear he...

>> everyone is just trying to do whatever came into their head. >> in the early days, paul and i. we wanted to be the goffin and king, you know. >> we had no idea who these people were, who the mysterious mr. king was who had written all these songs and chains that the beatles did. and i am into something good which is part of the british invasion. we did discover it was this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from basically being behind-the-scenes woman to a star ...

Chicks, shania twain ♪ ♪ lets go girls ♪ >> i remember when shania twain came out, i was obsessed with her. i thought i was attracted to her, but i just wanted to be her friend. ♪ ♪ oh oh oh ♪ ♪ totally crazy ♪ in our society now women i wouldnt say dominating but i think that theyre rising to their true place. ♪ ♪ i feel like a woman ♪ it became a great decade to be a girl. ♪ after years of singing backup for stars like michael jackson and rod stewart she exploded ...

>> the end of the 80s, like watching a kaleidoscope. you open it up and you see a little bit of everything. >> it was the time when everybody was getting involved. and everybody was expressing themselves, loudly. we are having the best time, ever. >> every audience needs to get fed, you know? wed fed the pop audience. but wheres the rock and roll? ♪ living on a prayer ♪ >> bon jovi comes in with a huge

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>> i remember the night i arrived in belize. he invited me over to his home. and i walked in, and he was playing the piano. and it did have the feel of almost being in a bond movie, and this was your villain, in some ways. he didnt turn to me and say, "hello, mr. faber, " but it almost had that feel to it. >> i think he likes drama. i think he likes intense experiences. >> joshua davis is a contributing editor of wired magazine, and one time cnbc news consultant. he got to know mcafee after he l...