Were the 90s really the best decade for music or are we just old?

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Were the 90s the best decade for music or are we just old?

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

The quote Jesse thinks of when he remembers he asked for snowboarding gear for Christmas once and barely used it.

Show Links

• Suicide of Kurt Cobain – Wikipedia
• The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe
• Sunny Day Real Estate perform "Seven" on Jon Stewart – YouTube
• Golden age hip hop – Wikipedia
• "You Ask, We Answer: 'Parental Advisory' Labels — The Criteria And The History"
• Anthony Fantano's review of "To Pimp A Butterfly" by Kendrick Lamar – YouTube
• How Puff Daddy’s Bad Boy Empire helped shape contemporary hip-hop
• Music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana – YouTube
• Blur and Oasis’ big Britpop chart battle – the definitive story of what really happened
• Liam Gallagher vs. Noel Gallagher | Celebrity Deathmatch – YouTube
• Oasis ● 1996 ● MTV Unplugged ● Liam Heckling – YouTube
• What Would Billy Joel Do? bit from Community – YouTube
• "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" by Aerosmith – YouTube
• "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails – YouTube
• "Scream" by Michael Jackson – YouTube
• "Remember the Time" by Michael Jackson – YouTube
• "Eat It" by "Weird Al" Yankovic – YouTube
• "Smells Like Nirvana" by "Weird Al" Yankovic – YouTube
• "Loser" by Beck – YouTube
• "Devils Haircut" by Beck – YouTube
• "I'm Afraid of Americans" by David Bowie – YouTube
• The Story of "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus – YouTube
• Dee Snider vs Tipper Gore 1984 - Senate hearing PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) – YouTube
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster – Wikipedia

Nat's weekly pick — Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures (33 1/3 Series) – Amazon
Jesse's weekly pick — Every Time I Die "Radical" – Spotify

(Episode recorded Sunday November 7, 2021)