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♪ if you should fall into my arms ♪ ♪ tremble like a flower >> artists in the 80s, david bowie for that matter, realized if you want to make it, you 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 there are other cable shows that form, theyre going to try it. >> mtv doesnt exclu...

>> run dmcs latest album titled "raising hell" has sold more than a million copies in just 13 weeks. a first for a rap record. >> the album is called "licensed to ill." thats a stupid name for an album. ♪ wake up late for school, man, you dont want to go ♪ ♪ you ask your mom please but she still says no ♪ >> hip-hop was our baby. this was our culture. this was our music. we created it. and then, here come the beastie boys and we thought we were going to lose it. ♪ you got to fight for ...

>> 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 door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain christia...

Queen from a movie scene ♪ >> when the rest of the world was going crazy and he cant get 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 hes bad, he ...

♪ it couldnt be me and be her between without you ♪ >> the holy trinity of alternative british music is the cure, depeche mode, and the smiths. all three of them started out as these fringe bands that by the end of the 80s were selling out stadiums. ♪ you give it to me will you take the pain i will give to you ♪ ♪ again and again and will you return it ♪ >> whats new? computer programmers or musicians? >> id say neither, actually. >> what are you, then? >> bank robbers. ♪ how does ...

♪ 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 i dont have horns and speak like that. >> critics say theres something seriously wrong with metal music, outrageous by design, that it may have contributed to a number of teenage suicides. >> has rock...

>> it was the time when 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 ...

>> 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 hes bad, he knows how to dance. >> hes so sexy and so gorgeous. >> hes exciting! >> michael jackson is the man of the 80s. >> mtv starts ...

In that corset and just wear tons of makeup and great big, huge hair. >> you had to have that sexy kind of thing, you know. im coming out of a gold mold, ann has a welding iron and shes like this amazon welder woman or something. >> we felt lost in the theater of it. it got to the point where the videos were more important than the songs. >> it did feel like, i cant steer the ship anymore. where is it going, you know. where are we headed? >> i think heavy metal is the true rock n roll of the 80s...

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 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. announcing the latest achievement in home e...