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have a good night. well be doing for tv what fm did for radio. >> there are some that have accused your videos of being soft porn. >> we like to call them tastefully smutty. >> they never had any problems saying how they feel. u2! >> what are your dreams? >> to rule the world. >> michael jackson is the man of the 80s. >> music that is all beat and talk. its rap music. ♪ ill speak my mind ♪ >> heavy metal. it glorifies sex and violence. it hates authority. and adolescent boys love...

violence, hates authority, an adolescent boys love it. >> this weird, beastly presentation, that was birth in the pit of. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john lennons entering here, when he was shot by, and at this, time unknown white male. >> the world has reacted with shock, and grief, for the first rock and roll assassination. >> it was like, in one moment, the 60s, and 70s, were murdered. >> his life has given more love than most, men and women, on the face of this earth. we are here to prove, love...

♪ ♪ john lennon was shot by an unknown at this time white male. >> the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first rock and roll assassination. >> it was like in one moment, the 60s and the 70s got murdered. >> in his life hes given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. were here to prove that love is not dead, even though john is. >> you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you dont really know where youre going to go from that poin...

>> when you have the rotation of, say, maybe 100 different videos being rotated over and over on mtv, they do a great job of exposing new acts. ♪ here in my car ♪ >> britain was ahead of the curve. they hay ton of videos in their inventory. and that was what paved the way for this accidental second british invasion. >> if you look at some of the groups on the popular music charts in america today you cant help asking, where on earth did they come from? well, the answer is the same today as i...

Were a new generation, a new wave. >> [lyrics] you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when i met you. >> by the early 1980s, new wave is used to describe these sleek, dressy, cool bands that are coming out of england. >> [lyrics] dont you want me, baby. dont you want me, oh. >> british artists all understood how to use visuals in a way that i think american artists didnt necessarily get that quickly. >> [lyrics] do you really want to hurt me? do you really want to make me cry? >> "do y...

From? the answer is the same today as it was two decades ago. they come from britain. >> the music isnt anything like the famous group that came from there, the beatles. >> you need to understand, there were 20 years ago, there are a new generation. >> by the early 19 80s, new wave is used to describe the sleek, dressy, cool bands. >> these artists all understood how to use visuals, i think, in a way american artist did not get that quickly. >> do you really want to hurt me is a good song. peopl...

♪ when i met you ♪ >> by the early 1980s, new wave is used to describe these sleek, dressy, cool bands that are coming out of england. ♪ dont you want me baby dont you want me, oh ♪ >> british artists all understood how to use visuals in a way that i think american artists didnt necessarily get that quickly. ♪ do you really want to hurt me ♪ do you really want to make me cry ♪ >> "do you really want to hurt me" is a good song. its a song old people like and young people like. so i ...

>> when you had the rotation of, say, maybe 100 different videos being rotated over and over on mtv, they do a great job of exposing new acts. >> written was ahead of the curve. they had a ton of videos in their inventory and that was what paved the way for this accidental second british invasion. >> if you look at some of the groups on the popular music charts in america today, you cant help asking where, on earth, did they come from? well, the answer is the same today as it was two decades ago...

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