Agree that this maybe tried too hard to had cultural context to what was going on around the festival, and the festival itself. That's The Ringer style, though. Back when I used to listen to The Rewatchables, I used to have to skim through the first few minutes because they would go on tangents about what this movie meant to the world, and the director/actors' careers at the time and going forward. Meanwhile, the point of the podcast is ostensibly them explaining how Speed might not be s great movie, but it's something that they'll stop and watch whenever it's on.
However, they did get a few parts right. The but about DMX was spot on, because they point that Morris was trying to make wasn't about X, but about how a good portion of white folks who act offended about people saying nikka will say it in a song like it's nothing, and lie about it.
I'd also say the point of no one really being pressed for a Woodstock revival is probably accurate, too. Seemed more like the lineup and general novelty of festivals at the time was the real draw.
The Kurt Cobain/Grunge segment was worth an eye roll. People have such an idyllic view of rock music from the mid 90s backward, that really anything from like, 96 and backwards is a giant blindspot. Overstating the progressiveness of Cobain aside, Grunge wasn't a major shift in the culture. It was a momentary deviation from the norm. It doesn't take a whole lot of research to find that there was all kinds of racist, homophobic, and misogynist history from the so called golden eras of music. Also automatic
for the Beastie Boys.
But the most accurate was the assessment that for the most part, that was a whole generation of people that were incredibly angry, but no one could really vocalize what exactly they were angry at.
(and they didnt have any either
,Sorry Ms Rosie Perez
)
croaked during the Metallica set he waited his whole life to see
