[ 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
What are your dreams . To rule the world. [ 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
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people he had a real underground cult following, and he was a very sexy, hot performer. the sweat of your body covers me can you, my darling, can you picture melvoin: prince loved the idea that he was taking his punk funk music and turning it on to a white audience, and that wouldn t have happened if not for mtv. this is what it sounds like when the doves cry when i was younger, i always said that one day i was going to play all kinds of music and not be judged for the color of my skin but the quality of my work. i only want to see you only going to see you in the purple rain wilson: prince had a great androgyny. he blurred the gender line. he sings, he writes, he plays. every time i see him, it s just like, oh, really? okay, i quit! [ guitar solo ]
[ cheers and applause ] this is the thing about the 80s. everyone thinks it s about crazy haircuts, lots of makeup, insane clothes, and it was, but the thing about this music that lasts is that their songs were so good. melvoin: you can go back and listen to those records, from the engineering to the musicianship to the writing and performance of it and it surpasses most music. brown: everybody had a story, and they wanted to tell it. the artists that were coming through the tv and into your lives. everybody wants to rule the world questlove: i ll say the music of the 80s is more effective than what came to us in the 60s simply because all of us were included this time. no decade was more effective in dance music and politics in different genres than the 80s. there will never, ever be another decade like it, ever. everybody wants to rule the world