as much as the absurdity of it all made frank zappa wanna gag himself with a spoon. his daughter moon saw it differently saying it wasn't just a song, it was a way of life. "he doesn't really understand that this has taken off and vals are out there everywhere loving it." but it wasn't just the vals "long ago, an authority said synonomous with rigor mortis and so our language changes. it becomes richer. it becomes poorer and now as terry drinkwater reports, there is a new outbreak of americanisms and it may be spreading." "oh my god. i'm sure. gag me with a spoon. totally." "it's like, i mean, like totally. like, my teacher's like gag me with a spoon. it's like totally. disgust." moon zappa attempted to explain the valley girl phenomenom. "it's almost as if they have this and it's an underbite and frantic hair flipping, very often." while the valley girl trend may have started in southern california , soon it went global. it was teenage trend having to do with how one looked, how they spent their time and of course social status but it was mostly about the way they t

frank zappa. >> the establishment of a rating system voluntary or otherwise opens the door to an endlesshat's ignorance and educated. >> the women didn't get the rating system they wanted. but they did get a commitment to begin applying a printed inscription on the packaging of albums, cassettes, and music videos warning that they contain blatant explicit lyrics. >> good rock and roll breaks all the rules. okay? that's just the way it is. that's the way it always has been. elvis presley was not good for the children either. >> good morning, everybody. i'm very pleased to announce live aid, which without a doubt will be the largest pop concert ever held. >> live aid was the brainchild of bob geldof and midge ur. and the two of them were looking to raise as much money as possible for the famine victims in ethiopia. >> when tomorrow's 17-hour fund-raising concert starts, sellout crowds in the stadium will be joined by a television audience of perhaps 1.5 billion people around the world. ♪ come on baby ♪ get in the road ♪ come on now ♪ in the middle road ♪ yeah >> watching live aid on tv was

i remember him debating frank zap pa -- zappa. we don't have those anymore, we have dueling bumper stickers. it's not digging into the issues. so i'm trying to get back to that, to that time, back to that era -- hot that time but back to that ideal, that concept they we really need to be well informed. we need to understand the world view and the perspective, and the sales pitch of both sides, of if there's three our four side, all the sides. and then let people make up their own mind. so that's the whole of our somehow. we got also less than a minute before we start so i'll check the news one more thyme and -- more time and be right back. >> we also have a live chat room that is free and no advertising. and i check in with the chat room. and they're commenting and using some kind of instant feedback which is useful. >> we have a report coming in here. >> cool. thank you. >> sue, who runs our chatroom, is english. he says it's 5:15 in england. our clocks already changed. sweet. okay. >> all the important stories we cover and the i