mansour-7

I'm a late Gen-xer, junior high in the early 90's, but damn did that music move me! Nine Inch Nails, TOOL, Rage, Ice Cube, the entire Grunge era!! My god, how lucky I feel to have been a teen at that time... Fast forward to today, I'm not sure what this says about society or young folks now, but when the documentary starts to show the Lollapalooza lineups of recent years, I can't help but wonder if we had it rough, or do they have it too easy now? Because the stark difference in not only genres from today and 30 years ago, but the messages that are conveyed in the music have flipped 180. Before it was, well, literally rage against the machine. Now it's love songs(Miley Cyrus), shake your ass songs(Sza, Ice Spice) or straight up pop music/top 40 (Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish)... I'm not meaning to judge better or worse, I'm wondering why this type of music resonates with young people now? Has life become too easy? To me, it seems like young people should be MORE angry than we were, yet their art doesn't seem to reflect that.

Also, there's seems to have been a shift in political alignment and musical taste. The younger folks I've met who are into more heavy, rock, Rage-type music now seem to lean more conservative, whereas the "activist" type, with liberal leaning seem to enjoy more of the pop, light, "fun" styles of music. 30 years ago, we were liberal but angry as f@*k. Hmm just my observation, especially watching the last episode of this mini-doc series. It really made me take notice, the stark difference.

Also, whatever. Music is awesome, and wholly subjective, so whatever gets you going is great music to you.

But, TOOL, NIN, Nirvana, Cypress Hill, Ice Cube forever, man! God I'm getting old.

I don't normally write reviews, but this thing was so cute! Loved it, and my nieces were in awe. They thought it was hilarious lol Definitely a new yearly tradition must watch for our family, from now on. Loved the goats, and John Cleese was awesome(as usual).

Check it out if you want something fun to watch with the kids during Christmas break.