本集记录了最让国人热血沸腾，也是最熟悉的1980年代。音乐录像带的兴起与MTV音乐台出现，将摇滚流行乐带入了另一个新的境界，摇滚乐也在198080年代再一次转型。
人民公敌、警察合唱团、史密斯飞船合唱团、野兽男孩、呛辣红椒合唱团……都是其中的佼佼者。1980年代的摇滚乐充满了话题性和耸动性，重视影像、包装以及不同的唱片运作，将音乐更加商业化，MTV就是最具代表性的产物。麦可杰克森全盛时期的《比莉珍》、《战栗》魅力四射，也突破了MTV的肤色限制。玛丹娜的《证明我的爱》争议性十足，甚至被禁播……这些经典至今仍是令人难以忘怀的作品。
片中还兼谈了涂鸦、嘻哈、饶舌、霹雳舞等新兴起的音乐、文化现象，至今在音乐史上仍具有绝对性的影响力。乐迷亦可欣赏最早期的饶舌歌曲演唱实况。

什么是摇滚乐，而摇滚乐的魅力又在哪呢？
本集中，乐坛的摇滚老将布鲁斯史宾斯汀、戴维鲍伊纷纷对摇滚乐下定义，尽管他们的解释有所不同，但是我们透过他们的言语了解到摇滚乐是何等的重要。其它摇滚乐坛熠熠红星包括小理察、米克杰格及U2的波诺谈改变他们一生的歌曲，并且收录首批摇滚巨星全盛时期的风采：马帝华特斯、查克贝瑞等，以及蒂娜透纳回忆当年在棉花田里作牛作马及梦想成为歌手的情景。另收录麦可杰克森电力十足的《比莉珍》演唱实况。

摇滚乐在披头四、猫王之后，乐风出现了转折。社会上一片颓废、荒芜，音乐上也大胆地向美好的美国梦挑战。首先，性手枪合唱团将朋克音乐导入主流风潮，然而，虽然他们名闻遐迩，但颠峰状态并没有维持太久，终究没有到达1960年代披头四、滚石合唱团的地位。其它摇滚乐团如MC五人组、地下丝绒乐团、佩蒂史密斯乐团、门都蔚为风尚，他们的曲风可说前所未见，虽然有时略为粗糙，但表现形式更为愤怒、暴烈、狂野、震撼，也是迷幻年代的最高峰。这个时期文化上的特色即是大环境弥漫了反社会的意识型态、虚无的忧郁、疯狂的性爱与毒品、脱缰的暴力与一片浑沌。
本集介绍了朋克音乐的起源，包括Iggy Pop及纽约玩偶乐团。看朋克音乐如何在纽约大整合，包括理察海尔、电台司令及佩蒂史密斯乐团。并介绍朋克音乐在英国的兴衰，及The Clash最早期的演出。

本集以极大的篇幅让观众重返1960年代的美国社会，体验1060年代末期摇滚乐反传统次文化的兴衰。当时的美国不仅反政府也反战，整个社会有着相当反体制的情绪，这个风潮不但反映在电影如《我俩没有明天》、《午夜牛郎》等名片中，也反映在最有普及性和流行性的音乐创作上。其中最为人所津津乐道的便是1969年8月在纽约州的小镇上举办数十万人次的音乐盛会——Woodstock音乐节，这个音乐节完全的反应当时社会的氛围，以及人民的复杂情绪。
此外还可以欣赏到The Grateful Dead、山塔那及Jefferson Airplane同台演出，Janice Joplin、Big Brother和The Holding Company一块热情演唱Ball and Chain，并重温Woodstock的盛况。

An 8 part BBC series nostaligiafest showing archive clips of songs from the 1980s performed on various TV shows of the day, linked together with short clips from some iconic 80s TV shows. This series was originally broadcast in 1995, and repeated in (and capped from) digital by BBc4 in May/June/July 2006.

5 October 2002 (Season 28, Episode 1)

A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise. The program's host, Conan O'Brien, previously hosted NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which followed The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 16 years, until O'Brien's brief succession over Leno.Many members of the Late Night cast and crew made the transition to The Tonight Show. The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's Late Night, served as the house band under the new name, Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. Andy Richter returned to the show as announcer, and also began resuming his role as sidekick, shortly before the show's conclusion. The opening and closing theme song from Late Night was also carried over to Tonight, in a slightly altered form.In January 2010, after the show had been on the air for seven months, it was announced that NBC was intending to move Jay Leno from primetime back to his original timeslot at 11:35 pm, with O'Brien's show starting shortly after midnight. In response to the announcement, O'Brien released a press statement saying that he would not continue as host of The Tonight Show if it was moved to any time after midnight to accommodate The Jay Leno Show. He feared it would ruin the long and rich tradition of The Tonight Show. It had been on after the late local newscasts from the beginning. After two weeks of negotiations, NBC announced that they had paid $45 million to buy out O'Brien's contract, ending both his tenure as host as well as his relationship with NBC after 22 years.

Woody Guthrie is one of America’s legendary songwriters. A voice of the people, he wrote hard-hitting lyrics for a hard-hit nation.
His is a tale of survival, creativity and reinvention. He is proof that there is always potential for change and even in 2019, more than fifty years after his death, he is challenging Donald Trump from beyond the grave.
With enormous influence on successive generations of musicians like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and Billy Bragg, this film proves he has a true place in 21st-century culture.

Takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the recording of their fourth album.

1985 年 1 月的一个夜晚，音乐界最大牌的明星聚在一起，录制《四海一家》。这部纪录片带我们走进该历史性事件的幕后。

这是埃尔维斯·普雷斯利这位音乐艺术家的故事，是一段从童年到1976年Jungle Room最后录音的完整创作旅程。