[ music plays ] Michael Jackson is the man of the 80s. Man music that is all beat and talk. Its rap music. My life is over, so i might as well speak my mind pauley heavy metal, it glorifies sex and violence. It hates authority, and adolescent boys love it. Swaggart this weird, Beastly Presentation that was birthed in the pit of hell. Move it back. Officer john lennon as he was entering his premise was shot by an unknown at this time white male. Miller the world has reacted with immense shock and grief to the first Rock And Roll assassination. It was like in one moment the 60s and 70s got murdered. Man in his life, has given more love than most men and women on the face of this earth. Were here to prove love is not dead, even though john is. Graham you know, you start the decade with the death of a beatle. You dont really know where youre going to go from that point, culturally or musically. Announcer for a while it seemed there was nothing new on the horizon. Announcing the latest achi
Downs unless youve been living in a sealed cave, youve probably noticed that americas latest craze is disco dancin. This is punk rock, and its purpose is to promote violence, sex, and destruction, in that order. Pure rock n roll energy, pure guts, pure stamina. Rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. Reynolds janis joplin was found dead last night. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. Jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. He was 27. Naftali The Early Years of the 70s are sad in music because you lose people. And you lose the beatles. Simon this small gathering on savile row is only the beginning. The event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. The beatles are breaking up. Heilemann it was like a death for a lot of people. Rock n roll, as we understood it in the 1960s, was no longer with us. There could n
rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source, from an overdose of drugs. reynolds: janis joplin was found dead last night. the cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. he was 27. naftali: the early years of the 70s are sad in music because you lose people. and you lose the beatles. simon: this small gathering on savile row is only the beginning. the event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. heilemann: it was like a death for a lot of people. rock n roll, as we understood it in the 1960s, was no longer with us. there could never be another beatles, never. [ sniffles ]
what can we do? and that created the first major superstar benefit concert ever done. hanks: the concert for bangladesh was the granddaddy of all issue-themed concerts. and not only did you get george harrison, man, you got eric clapton. connelly: it got dylan out of hiding. it put two beatles back on the stage again. it was unparalleled at the time and it may still be unparalleled. [ cheers and applause ] a great deal of music of the 70s was people who had succeeded in the 60s finding new ways to express themselves in the 70s. man: have you got any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it has? because we stay together, i suppose. wolcott: you know, for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. richards: even brian felt that he wasn t gonna be around that long. not everybody makes it, you know? wolcott: they were fighting for like, where do we secure our foothold now?
hanks: the fact is, yoko ono did not break up the beatles. time broke up the beatles, money broke up the beatles, business broke up the beatles, the desire to go off and do their own stuff broke up the beatles. man: he s a fleshier, heavier beatle these days, respectably married. and when the kids come to his concerts, they don t scream any more, they listen. the significant thing is that both john lennon and paul mccartney made music in their own particular ways that was focused on the fact that they were deeply in love with a woman. but i m not the only one mccartney went home, made that record where he plays all of the instruments on his own, this kind of cozy domesticity. beautiful, wonderful, warm music. it s gonna look roughly like this. this is our first showing of it. so this is just the mockup, folks. man: the new album with atlantic and it s gonna be called ringo s rotogravure. i sell records, and it doesn t matter if i ve been in the beatles or not, if they don t l