>> i thought i'd write a song about urban guerillas about the boyfriend of their daily lives, instead of the point of view of their politics. ♪ a van that's loaded with weapons packed up and ready to go ♪ >> this area of new wave music is where stars of the 1980s are going to come from. ♪ a place that nobody knows ♪ >> what makes the '70s so special is that there's still a sense of naivete, the innocence that music could really make a difference in your life. ♪ this ain't no party this ain't no disco ♪ ♪ this ain't no fooling around ♪ ♪ this ain't no cbgd i ain't got time for that now ♪ >> you pick any genre you like and the best music made in that genre is made in the 1970s. and you'll have a hard time proving me wrong. >> what was great about a me decade is it allowed the greatest artists of our times to do some of their greatest work, because they were really exploring.