And irrand im your host, bill. This is through the decades. Rock n roll. It began as a movement. An anthem for a generation energized by edge, rhythm and open emotion. Rocks vibrant chords would come to find a home deep amidst cultural identity. Today, its a catch phrase, an idiom of our english language, a style all its own and even a symbol of true heroism. But, today we recall the original roots of rock and rolls sound. The soul and spunk it forged through the decades and the personalities that pred its beat for o listening pleasure. Debuts a new sound, a new style complete with devilsh good s,seduces and changes america fr ever. Exactly how history played out tplayed on ed sullivans show forever changed us. In television history. The power of the medium and the force full display. A defining momenr bethis man instinctunnding of blues and raw, so passionate, so sexua at he was aled press coverage was highly critical. They talked about his threat to the morals of the thghtry and how if this were of elviss three pearansthange up on his competitorss sh allen ouratings. O night from a serious car accident and elvis was in hollywood filming ae hoovrs. Wearing a loud plaid jacket, . K h dont be cruel and love me tender. Elvis performed for the National Audience as only he could, shaking moving, grooving and gyrating. Later he wished ed well and sang little richards ready teddy and hound dog. The reaction was instant. You tell america this man is too dirty to be on stage, suddenly everyone looks and pays attention. By the last time elvis appeared on sullivans show, four months later in 1957, cbs censors to shoot him only from the but it was too late, the masses king of rock and roll and there would be no turning back. When our journey continues, they helped define the sound of the late 60s and early 70s, Crosby Stills Nash and youngs own graham nash sits down to talk about how the turmoil of the time helped guide the songs they created. In 1969, it was basically almost heavy metal you know in 1969, it was basically almost heavy metal you know there were lots of marshall stage you know and hendrix and led zeppelin of course, csn made this not an accoustic record but kind of a gentler record even though it had some good rock and roll on there and we kind of knew that it might just slip on righthrough everybody and go to the top of the charts which it did. The release of an album that proved to be a Pivotal Moment within the music world. Plus, the irish rock band from dublin equally known for their sound as for their bold views on politics and religion and i think im a good salesman of of ideas, songs, melodies, if i believe in them. You know, people getting out on the streets, getting organized and fighting to eliminate extreme poverty is working and thats the mission because i believe if people understand it and see the successes of it then theyll do more of it. I arrived as an activist. Social justice arrived as an activist. Social justice and we turn back the lens of time on the enigmatic musician who redefined sexy. Stay with us, as we look back on the evolution of rock n as the Rock Movement evolved elvis dazzled in the 50s to the more complex and selfcontained folk sound of the 1960s. One of the most important voices to come out of that era was graham nash and his band Crosby Stills Nash and young. If there was one band whose music could score a soundtrack to the late 60s and early 70s, it would be crosby, stills ands. I dont know how i write songs. I i skn something. I myself what it that im periencing. That what do. How i do that . I dont have clue and i dont want to know. The first rocthe d of 1968 ts very interesting being i four strong writers. Musi play rock a roll so eresti success before. Right as bo rock and the counterculture roads. In 1969, it was almost heavy metal you know there were lots of marall amps on stage, you know, and hendrix n made this not an accoustic record but a gentler record even though it did have some good rock and roll on there and we kind of knha slip on ght throughbodyry and go to e top of the charts which it did. Then they were at places like woodstock where the band rformed only their secondwhy ono fascinated with woodstock. It was the end of a bunch of peopetogetr in the becoming stars and the begining of corporate invasion into music because when all the corporations saw half a million kids that they could sell another pair of sneakers and as for theg t a spritual journy tomotearm intanew york, it was t went all the way to number 11. The rain or amid the crowd but on to play woodstock. She was supposed to play the last day on a sunday but on a monday she was supposed to do the dick cavett show which was her first major career. When it was obvious there was going to be more than 100,0 peop there our magers decided that maybe joni t goand joni didnt go to woock got back to the hotel, sh writt amazing to us that she could pin what was happening atgreenwich e and San Francisco haight ashbury. An area in the Hollywood Hills known as laurel canyon. And christine. By the time we got to asking neal to join us and doing the record of dejavu, christine had been killed, ias no longer with joni and steven wasnt any longer with judy colnsits a ve, different feeling. While the band would be almost as notable for their feuds as for their music. If youre trying to understand that time in a the sounds of crosby, stills, early 70s. A band. Y dnt work in a vaccuum. The music they mad came out of collaborations and life experience. One of those who helped collins. Her hit song, both sides now, came out of new yorks then burgeoning folk music scene. Judy collins was a fixture of the early 60s music scene inos clubs alongside a whos who of the first time that i was in yo gerties ill tell you that when i got tre frm the cds, from the records rather, were there. Joan was there. Mimi was there, her sister. Dave enro was there. Peter, paul and mary were there before they became peter, paul and mary, Ramblin Jack Elliott was there and this guy who was this young, ratty Robert Zimmerman was there singing old Woody Guthrie blues. I was the headliner and i thought well how did this happen i mean i just started doing this and then i discovered why they were all there. They were all there because my opener was a 13 year old named arlo guthrie. Then collins hit the top ten on the pop charts with both sides now. The pop charts with both sides now. The vietnam war and Civil Rights Movement were in full swing. The Womens Liberation Movement was picking up momentum and in the midst of it all was judy collins. Lbj was president of course,d we thoht that jfwagoing to ste our man in the white house and when he w k a huge shock and shift in the way people perceived things. Mostly they said if not now, when. It was if the mask came off and the truth was out. Been lying to us who were in government, president s included and the world was not the world we had grown up with in the eisenhower years and we were in a new place and we better do something about this and i think that the action in combination with the music stuck w probably quite rightly, that something was happening there that was extremely powerful and that they would have loved to been a part of and if they arent a part of it physically they could be a part of it musically. They can experience all of this music. What was it about . It was very, very powerful powerful survive, thank god that i did, and powerful to still believe it had a huge impact on the culture, which i think it did. Still to come, we remember the release of an iconic rock opera. One that crossed into terrority no bum had dared to tread bore and we look back on when the voice of a Rock Movement brought his own story to an early end. Her of nirvana, a rock group especially popular with people in their teens and twenties shot and killed of rebellion. Its nexteration a to greenwich village. By the mid60s, ambitious concept albums like the beach boys pet sounds and the beatles sgt. Pepper broke new ground. But the, the who releathgrt rock opera, tommy, and history was made once again. An opening at the metropolitan opera is usually an occasion for a lotf people to get dressed up in evening clothes, furs and jewels and then brace themselves for an evening of verdi, puccini, or wagner. Well, this openingt the metis ne any furs in the audience the odds are theyre secondhand andnstead of evening clothes and jewels you get blue jeans and love bds. And you dont get puccini, either. Instead you get the who. In 1968, the who was just another ambitious band looking for a way beyond the standard another ambitious band looking for a way beyond the standard threeminute radio play. Pete townshend, the whos lead guitarist and chief songwriter, had an inspired idea a fullscale rock opera. The result was tommy. a doublealbum extravaganza, a composition dealing with the life story of a tormented deaf, dumb and blind boy. It was a critical and commerical success and scored hit singles with im see me, feel me. Townshends yearning, harmonically complex music drew on themes from his own childhood. Tommy can you hear me . Can you feel me near you . Clsical composer Leonard Bernstein praised the wo and in 1970 tommy was given two dates at the met, new yorks in 1970 tommy was given two dates at the met, new yorks high church of opera. The reaction bordered on the ecstatic. It was the most fantastic mg still rushing from being inside. Its unreal. Vibrations from the pple, had, he same feelings at the same time. It was just beautiful. Its just nice to p this age g but also, the piece kind of certain degree and so its nice to give it put it in a building tha sort of is on the same level with what its done for its own milieu. You know what i mean . You know, weve taken over. Beautiful. Its really fantastic. Tommys journey continued there was a ballet in 1970 and an orchestral rendition recorded by the london symphony. Then in 1975, controversial film director ken russell turned it into a starstudded, surrealist movie jack nicholson, tina turner and elton john with the title role played by the whos own roger daltrey. Tommy, in all its incarnations is now considered a milestone in rock and rolls conquest of e people people to say, oh yeah, tommy a rock pretent on you know, the wleonrflife of roll, when the mother smashes the mirror and he discovers life, he takes his life into his own hands. He realizes that hes alone. And i think that certainls in all this, is that we thats what rock androll is. Rock and roll is about that moment when you discover that youre alone. You know, its not about leaving home. Its not about deserting know, its not about leaving home. Its not about deserting you wake up, you could be 15, 16, 17, sometimes you can be 12 years old but at some time, you have that conversation with your folks, you either stay or you go but whatever you do, from that moment, youre on your own. There are few bands that have topped the charts with consistency through the decades all while spreading a message of social change when we continue, we delve into the story of irish rock band, u2. Who redefined what it means to be masculine and became rock royalty in process. Youre watching through the we turn the lens of time back we turn the lens of time back to 1981 when the idea of taking was the newest thing. Just about anywhere you go this weekend you may be listening to music or if youre really lucky as Bernard Goldberg reports, you may be watching people listening to music. From the noisy streets of new york to the laid back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. Its the latest fad, tiny stereo cassette players with featherweight headphones. Its caught on all over america but nowhere as it has in new york where more and more people are discovering that about the only space theyve got is between their ears in a manner of speaking of course. You know listening to beethoven and walking in manhattan. You know walking on the streets, its pretty nice as opposed to hearing the sirens just puts you in your own world all by yourself. Its like carrying your stereo with you, you know, on your head and its light. Whether they wear pinstripes or no stripes theyre discovering that at least musically speaking, you can take it with you, about 750,000 people nationwide are doing just that. Everybodys buying the machines. Anyone from a wealthy executive who likes to spend his weekends out on his sailboat street Kid Listening to new wave music down in the subways. Well, this is all it is. Theres a lot of noise and confusion down here. It just centers me. You know, i just got to go about five stops but it feels good. Is it the me generation gone wild, a height of antisocial behavior, electronic snubbery . The rest of the world tunes out to me sometimes so i might some still prefer last years model. The radio thats about as big as the Empire State Building and as loud as world war ii that exemplify the sophistication for which new york is so admired. Do you bother a lot of people with that . No. You bother me. Bothers the hell out of me. I think you are invading my life space with that damn thing. Yeah . I am . Yeah. You are really. Not only mine but everybody else around here. Can i ask everybody here, isnt this ridiculous . Youre a country dud its nice to know that music can bring serenity to people, that music has charms to soothe the savage breast. Its really quite comforting. Ive had it up to here i cant take it anymore life is but a dream thank you thank you life is but a dream mark goldberg. Cbs news. Rock n constant motion through the decades, adapting, and transforming as new artists tap into that classic sound and make it their own. World knows for its own constant reinvention of the genre, is no other than the legendary bono and maybe, the most well known band in the world, u2. U u2, u2, u2. Whoooo from the moment that drummer larry mullen, junior posted asc. From the moment that drummer larry mullen, junior posted asc. Paul hewson, better known bono, as the wordsmith of the group. David evans known as the edge and adam clayton all met for the first time in mullens kitchen and and these four irish musicians have been playing rock n roll almost ever since. In the beginning, they thought they may be a punk band. The sound of the era but rock became their anthem. Dubbed them the band of the decade. Were very lucky people to be doing jobs like we do to be in rock n roll bands. Rock n roll, they thought, had more to offer than just music to the masses, it was part of a tradition of calling truth to power. The greats jimmy hendrix, the who, bob dylan, the people whose records i have bought, i think the members of our audience ha bought, are all associated, and have always been associated with speaking out, so i dont think i am doing anything that new. At a concert benefitting Amnesty International u2 gathered with sting and others to bring that message to their audience. Because were in rock n roll, if you like, is the symbol of rebellion and we want to make our world a better place through rebellion. I think its actually a very good thing for rock n roll and fans to see us doing. But, it wasnt until 1987, when joshua tree was released that their fame hit levels unseen since the beatles. The album and concert on top of a liquor store in la catapulted the irishman to superstar status on a global scale. They buttoned up that success at the grammys and with a new album rattle and hum the following year. Album rattle and hum the following year. Affic now d again, you know. That was accompanied by a film by the same name, debuting in the streets of los angeles. I still havent found what i am looking for. The crowd couldnt get enough of bonos impromptu performance. The band only sky rocketed from there and in addition to their pop appeal and rock star status, justice. And i think im a good salesman of of ideas, songs, melodies, if i believe in them. You know, people getting out on the streets, getting organized a fighting to iminate exeme poverty is working and ths theission becau bieve as people unta iand see ess of it mm. Then theyll do more of it. I aivt, know yeah. Agenda. Bono, the bands front man, would take the mant sitti with members of the us senate, the united nations, even the popover thar during the meeting, and i thought it was my natural charisma. Butbut wearing sunglasses duringand immaybe hes not used to people wearing shades. And it wasnt that i was being in any way disrespectful. Andso i i took them off, and he kept staring at them in my hand. And i said, you know, as well as being aa great holy man, i know youre a great showman. Do you want these . and he took them and he put them on. And it was quite a special moment. U2 solidifed its status as one moment. U2 solidifed its status as one of the best selling bands of and continues to perform even aswanes and some grow tired of their social justice mission. Their luster may have aged but their rock n roll sound remains solid gold. When we come back, we remember two rock legends who maybe couldnt have been more music world. First, well remember the lead singer who helped to create the grunge rock sound that dominated the 90s then well look back on the legacy of musical anstyle icon prince. By the early 1990s, rock had been pushed to the side as the 80s pop stars took center stage sire for somethingder,g. A edgier and soulful and none the scene, quite like nirvana understanding and taking it away far too soon. He wanted to make and the fact that iconneed with this audience, you know, is almost irrelevant. In 1989, kurt cobain, along with fellow seattle area friend krist novoselic, started the alternative rock band, nirvana, producing their first album in 1990. The next year they added drummer dave grohl and its smash single smells like teen spirit. Nirvana would go mainstream, the album would go platinum and cobain was crowned the voice of a generation, a rock star, something he never aspired to. singing here we are now here we are now. Entertain us. Kurt hated this businesss of voice of a generation but the use of that second person plural, re we are now is something you didnt get from the hair metal bands, you didnt get from michael jackson. Cobain was seen as a man who had everything success, a beautiful wife, a baby and a drug problem. I think they knew he was troubled. They knew he was i think they knew he was troubled. They knew he was battling drug problems. Knew that the marriage with Courtney Love was very controversial. It had its ups and downs. Do you like fatherhood . Vodka . Yes, i love vodka. These troubles caught up with him so people were not surprised, they knew he had troubles. Hes a guy that wrote really good songs and made us feel conn