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John lennon, as he was entering his premises, was shot by an unknown at this time, white male. >> the world has reacted with 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 he's given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. we're 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 don't really know where you're going to go from that point, you know, culturally or musically. >> for a while it seemed there w...

♪ don't stand so close to me >> why do you think we're so popular over there? >> well, i think there's a tradition that goes back over the past 20 years from the days of the beatles and the rolling stones where british bands seem to be better at it than americans. >> the police have sold 4 million albums in one year. "rolling stone" chose them as best new band of the year. 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 couldn't believe what i was hearing out of three peop...

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 haven't done too much of the video thing. a lot of it, it allows too much distance. like what our band is about, it's 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 of the music video?...

Really get dressed up and pull 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. i'm coming out of a gold mold, ann has a welding iron and she's 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 can't 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. rock 'n' roll is basically music made by people who were thin...

♪ i've got it bad, so bad >> who's going to decide what's a sexual content of a lyric? who's going to decide what is obscene? same housewives who are spearheading the movement? >> in all candor, i would tell you it's outrageous filth and that if i could find some way constitutionally to do away with it, i would. >> fans felt i'm capable of making my own decisions about the music i want to listen to. i don't 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...