hey, oh, let s go. it s great rock n roll, that s the way it s supposed to be done. how should it be done? no pyrotechnics, no phony showmanship, just pure rock n roll energy, pure stamina. it is just real and raw, and there s no crap about it. as opposed to the standard schlock we hear on the top 40. the ramon s were one part of a wider new york scene. you have people like heavy smith. i m an artist, rock n roll is my art. zoo dolls. and richard harold. i want to say something, i belong. richard was one of the first to cut his own hair, he was
changing him as an artist in a way that berry gordy is not super happy about. mother, mother everybody thinks we re wrong they do initially berry gordy did not want marvin to do what s goin on. questlove: motown was supposed to be non-threatening. here you now have marvin gaye making a protest record about the war that could potentially ruin good money. you don t lightly talk about the government. yes, i want to know what s goin on right now, people de passe: ultimately when he agrees to put out what s goin on, berry tells marvin, okay, if you re right, i ll learn something. and if i m right, you ll learn something. and of course, as berry will say, i learned something. questlove: every artist at motown suddenly also wanted to try their chance at freedom. when people say soul,
and stevie and lindsey might as well have been married. that all was falling apart. you can go your own way go your own way you can call it another lonely day we were testifying, and rumours became the church. [ cheers and applause ]
george: the bee gees did what pop stars do they really got the zeitgeist of what was going on. ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin alive, stayin alive ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin ali-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ve rather: this is the scene outside a new york disco called studio 54. this is the place that s in with the disco crowd. i have been to goat ropings and space shots. i ve been in a lot of strange places and seen a lot of strange things, but nothing stranger than studio 54 at the height of its popularity in the 70s. it s where you come when you want to escape. it s really escapism. george: the front door of that spot was insane. i sometimes would just walk by to watch people not get in. cause that was fun too. oh, you re not shaved, there s no way in a million years you re gonna get in. it doesn t matter, if you re not shaved
the beatles came in second. the most popular rock group in england these days is called the led zeppelin. rollin: in their 20s, they are rich, powerful, temperamental, and pampered. they are the led zeppelin, a rock group on tour. and in the vernacular of the record biz, where to be merely big is nothing, the zeppelin is very big. to get around, the zeppelin uses a chartered 707, the kind of plane president nixon uses. but the president s plane doesn t have an organ, nor a 15-foot mirrored bar, nor in the private quarters does it have two bedrooms and a fireplace. i m a bit upset that there s not a pool table onboard. apart from that, i think this is about the best way to travel. culhane: americans are now spending $2 billion a year on music. that s $700 million more than the whole movie industry grosses from ticket sales in one year. about three times the amount of money taken in