[ cheers and applause ] this is the thing about the '80s. everyone t thinks it's's about y haircucuts, lots o of makeup,, insane clothes, and it was, but the thing about this music that lasts is that t their songngs werere so good.. melvoin:n: you can g go back and listenen to those e recor, from the e engineeringng to thehe musiciansnship to the writing and performance of it and it surpasses most music. brown: e everybody h had a sto, and they wanteted to tell l i. the artists that were coming through the tv and into y your lives.s. ♪ e everybody w wants toto rule the e world ♪ questlove: i'll say the music of the '80s is more effective than what came to us in the '60s simply b because allll of us were incluluded this t time. no decade was more effective in dance music and politics in d different g genres than the ' '80s. there will never, ever be another decade like it, ever. ♪ everybody wants to rule the world ♪