fascinating. bts, of course, mostly sing in korea. why do you think that they have become so popular globally, with huge fan bases especially in europe, america, and asia? i think that music doesn t have the same sort of barriers in terms of geography or linguistics that film and media does, which needs to have some form of translation. and i think also that k pop, which is where bts come from, it s very much audiovisual, so you have music videos, and you have associated videos that go with it. so it s notjust the music, it s a lot more than the music. but i also think that you can feel energised by music, that you can feel sad, and that research has shown that actually the language doesn t matter that much, it is the emotion that is that you connect with. and i think bts are a very good example of a group who connect
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at the end of the 80s, everybody came to the same conclusion simultaneously. something new needs to happen here and it s got to be real-sounding, more garage, less produced. i need an easy friend this music that was bubbling out of places like portland and seattle, and bands like nirvana that weren t 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 got my spine i ve got my
i m hot for teacher i 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 object scene and like that. same housewives that are spearheading the movement? in all candor, i would tell you it s outrageous filth. if i could find some way constitutionally to do away with it, i would. fans thought i am capable of making decisions about music i am listening to. i don t need tipper gore deciding this is too object scene for me. the next witness will be mr. frank sappa. the establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs, things certain christians don t like. i think leave it up to the parent. not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. you and i differ on what s ignorance and what s educated. they didn t get the rating
moment of silence. stay strong, papa bear. cnn, new york. oh, god, is this really happening? coming hundred, it s a trip in the time machine at 9:00 the 80s killed the radio star, at 10:00 the 70s what s going on and then at 11:00, soundtrack songs that define history. sing it, sing it tonight i m monica carrera in new york, thanks for being with you. good night. we will be doing for tv what fm did for radio. there are some that accuse the videos of being soft porn. we like to call them tastefully a group that s never had any prop problems saying what they feel. what are your dreams. to rule the world. michael jackson is the man of the 80s. music is all beat and talk. it s rap music. my life is over so i might as well speak my mind