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This past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. welcome back, america. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. everything begins anew. and many of us realize a fundamental human need to connect with other like-minded people. welcome back to the world. viking. exploring the world in comfort... once again. youve been taking mental health meds, and your mind is finally in a better place. except now you have uncontrollable body movements called tardive dyskinesia - td. and it can seem...

Pete: welcome to "proud american: a tunnel to towers special." well spend the next hour highlighting the important work the tunnel to towers foundation does each we are. we are talk to connor mcgregor. phrase atkins joins us. he will perform his latest song titled county empty chair." as we recognize the selfless work and sacrifice of those who serve our communities, they will tell their stories at libber if i state park. with the freedom tower as the backdrop. we are paying off the mortgages fo...

Look good and still have brains. >> you would think that in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about objectification. but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. ♪ >> meet the darlings of l.a.s new music scene, the go-gos. ♪ walking down the street ♪ >> unlike earlier girl groups such as the ronettes or the supremes, the go-goes write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat ♪ ♪ they got the beat, they...

Out of places like portland and seattle, and bands like nirvana that werent looking to fit in to what was being played on mtv or what was being played on radio. ♪ i can see you every night ♪ >> eventually radio and mtv came to them. >> the seeds of what will happen in the next decade are already all there by the end of the 80s. college rock like r.e.m. was something new entirely. ♪ follow me, yeah follow me i got my spine ive got my orange crush ♪ >> the way that peter buck played guitar...

Taking note of the swirling, dreamy soaring quality of the sound. ♪ giant steps are what you take ♪ walking on the moon ♪ >> it was incredible to see them. and i couldnt believe what i was hearing out of three people. i was shocked. >> i once read that you were called the pink floyd of the 80s. what do you think of that? >> were not at all. were the cure of the 80s. ♪ >> the holy trinity of alternative british music is the cure, depeche mode, and the smiths. all three of them started out...

Stuff. >> alan, turn it off for a second so we can talk. ♪ >> 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 to a number of teenage suicides. >> has rock and roll fina...

>> im just floored by the fact there are so few black artists featured on it. why is that? >> we have to try and do what we think not only new york and los angeles will appreciate but also some town in the midwest that will be scared to death by prince or a string of other black faces. >> interesting. okay. thank you very much. >> when are we going to see anybody of color on mtv, because you said music television. when are you going to start covering all genres of music? >> music shouldnt have c...

But they did get a commitment to begin applying a printed inscription on the packaging of albums, cassettes, and music videos warning that they contain blatant explicit lyrics. >> good rock and roll breaks all the rules. okay? thats just the way it is. thats the way it always has been. elvis presley was not good for the children either. >> good morning, everybody. im very pleased to announce live aid, which without a doubt will be the largest pop concert ever held. >> live aid was the brainchild...

Little pill sells 15 million little albums. its alaniss moment. ♪ you oughta know ♪ learned how to write for my own reasons an write for myself and its pretty ironic that if moment i started doing that was the moment that most people related to it. ♪ >> it was that ego sent rick tendency to think youre alone in your pain. i quickly realized that millions of people were feeling along with me. people were tired of conforming. i think there was this door that busted open and i was on the cr...

>> what was his music? was it r&b? his music was just straight down the middle mainstream grab you 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 allows too much distance. like what our band is about is about breaking down distance. ♪ at night i wake up ♪ >> bruce was all about credibility and intelligence and integrity. so how wo...