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And that provided a political opportunity to push back against it. >> we can say theyre senators wives, ooh, and theyre messing around in washington. but they obviously have some real concerns. theres a lot that they do that i applaud because they are taking responsibility as citizens. >> i brought along two videos which i believe are representative of the kind of presentation which have caused the furor. ♪ got it bad, got it bad, got it bad ♪ ♪ im hot for teacher ♪ ive got it bad, so ba...

Big anchor contest. it isnt about sports. is so hard we have to have these steve: thats the key. its about life. its a contest between the thanks for doing. this you got in 1:30 last breaks. do they come with juice boxes anchors on their cooking on and naps? what does it look like. the grill. night. had you an obligation and brian has called his wont be long they are claiming neighbors to do the cooking you can d. it smiling. they were bullied because they for him. a plus performance lou brian: ...

Immense shock and grief to the first rock n 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 know, you start the decade with the death of a beatle. you dont really know where youre going to go from that point, you know, culturally or musically. >> for a while it seemed there was nothing new on the horizon. an...

They wanted to tell it. the artists that were coming through the tv and into your lives. ♪ everybody wants to rule the world ♪ >> ill say that the music of the 80s is more effective than what came to us in the 60s simply because all of us were included this time. no decade was more effective in dance music, in politics, in different genres than the 80s. there will never, ever be another decade like it, ever. ♪ everybody wants to rule the world ♪ ♪ theres a room where the light wont fin...

Whos going to decide what is obscene? same housewives who are spearheading the movement? >> in all candor, i would tell you its outrageous filth and that if i could find some way constitutionally to do away with it, i would. >> fans felt im capable of making my own decisions about the music i want to listen to. i dont need tipper gore deciding that this is too obscene for me. >> the next witness will be mr. frank zappa. >> the establishment of a rating system voluntary or otherwise opens the doo...

Everybody was getting involved and everybody was expressing themselves loudly. we are having the best time ever. ♪ never gonna give you up ♪ never gonna let you down ♪ never gonna run around and desert you ♪ >> every audience needs to get fed. you know, wed fed the pop audience. but wheres the rock n roll? ♪ oh, were halfway there ♪ oh, living on a prayer ♪ take my hand ♪ well make it i swear >> bon jovi comes in with a huge record. ♪ pour some sugar on me >> def leppard. fanta...

Time ive really tried to adapt to a didactic kind of approach to songwriting. ♪ if you should fall into my arms ♪ ♪ and tremble like a flower >> artists in the 80s, david bowie for that matter, realized if you want to make it, youve got to be on mtv. >> but theres one group thats not happy with mtv. many black artists who have been told their music doesnt fit the format. >> thats whats happening. were being sat in the back of the bus television-style. and if pittman gets away with this and...

>> alan, turn it off for a second so we can talk. ♪ shot in the dark one step away from you ♪ ♪ shot in the dark >> you turn on your television set and you see this weird, beastly presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. >> where do they get this information from that im satan? do i have horns -- i know im a bit strange-looking but do i breathe fire and have horns? >> critics say theres something seriously wrong with metal music, outrageous by design, that it may have contributed ...

On mtv? michael jackson? come on. >> when he does that moonwalk, if you were sitting on the couch by the end of it, you were on the floor in front of the tv. you couldnt believe what you were seeing. >> i would say the moonwalk was really one of the first viral moments that affected rock history. the next week "thriller" started selling a million copies a week. >> i like michael jackson because he can sing good, hes bad, he knows how to dance. >> hes so sexy and so gorgeous. >> hes exciting! >> ...

By the throat and balls pop. ♪ we go down to the river and into the river we die ♪ >> at this point a lot of it is about being there, which is why we havent done too much of the video thing. a lot of it, it allows too much distance. like what our band is about, its about breaking down distance. ♪ at night i wake up >> bruce was all about credibility and intelligence and integrity. so how would he translate his music and his attitude toward the world to what seemed like this frivolous world...