Over the air waves and record charts. The honeymoon over. Now were getting down to real commerce. Arent these girls just crazy . Yeah, they are. You may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth and hypnotizes your children. You may want to know mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. Just blows me away mtv makes the hits. As if there were just one National Radio station for new songs. Ending the 80s, rock music, hair bands. Poison, rat. Shes my cherry pie cool drink of water, such a Sweet Surprise tastes so good make a grown man cry, sweet cherry pie a lot of hair spray, not particularly deep music but mtv pushing it, best selling. Id turn on mtv all the rock bands looked a certain way, played a certainly music, expected to have a certain facade. Those who watch, mostly teenagers and young adults buy a lot of records, tapes and cds and buy the most of what they see the most. Recently, two members of the heavy metal band aerosmith dropped by mtvs offices to screen a new video and brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. Record companies would submit videos every monday have a meeting and look at the videos and decide who would get put into the new rotation. I was a 21yearold kid that loved punk rock and quickly realized that the music they were playing just wasnt what i was into. When the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv i was completely blown away. I said, listen, they really are incredible and we need to give them a shot, and if it doesnt work, then you can push me out of the music meeting. Tonights World Premiere video from the seattle band nirvana. Smells like teen spirit. It was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. Everybody who was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song. Because nothing like that existed to that point. It was really transcendent. Its contagious here we are now, entertainers here we are now, entertainers. Sounded like a threat. A different generation saying what do you have for us . What are you going to do for us . The socalled slackers, generation x, not being paid attention to, and this pressure was building up. Especially in the Music Industry. For something that actually spoke to them. This is the First American generation that will make less than their parents will. Its a tough time to grow up in, and i think the band and kurt cobain in particular reflect that angst. Yeah, yeah kurt cobain was a great songwriter with an ability to scream almost in tune. An intensity that was really unique. Nirvana gave the record industry a wakeup call and said, here is your new audience. So start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. I would go to the clubs and see bands like cat butt and bands like screaming trees. It was a refreshing change from the competitive sort of l. A. Hollywood 80s and suddenly so cool to be from seattle. One of the biggest biz stories these days a socalled rain city renaissance with emergens of noisy grunge rock. Like sound garden, also in alice in chains and pearl jam from seattle, washington. Why dont you tell me what the biggest misconception about the socalled seattle music scene is . Everybodys a grunge band. All of these bands sound different from each other were lofted up to the main stream as this is what grunge is. Tell me a little about the seattle music scene. With all the attention, no ones ever asked us that before. Never heard that question. So tell me about the seattle sound. Whats going on up there . Ah whats in the water . I got a little story for you bands like nirvana, pearl jam, they wanted no part of the Music Industry machine, and yet there they were, on mtv, on the charts, selling millions of records. Hey ah, i its a little overwhelming to see this many people. [ laughter ] were used to playing small clubs. You know . And we want to go back to playing small clubs. Primitive rock tour kicked off in phoenix, arizona thursday night. A multiact package called the lollapalooza tour. 1991, we were the first band onstage at the firstever lollapalooza. Tremendous for my band. Lollapalooza is cool. The idea you can get these important and popular bands from the underground, james addiction, Nine Inch Nails, soundgarden, Red Hot Chili Peppers and get them all together. It felt like a really new idea. By the mid90s its already parodied by the simpsons. Oh. Like woodstock only with advertisements everywhere and tons of security guards. It is in the american lexicon. The commercial culture coopted the counterculture. The honeymoons over. Now down to real commerce and, and theres a certain kind of disillusionment going on. Since i got everything i wanted i could put a zero after the number of record sales ive had. Play 200 instead of 2,000 and be on mtv 1,000 times rather than once a month. Thought id reach the goals and find some sort of peace and i didnt. Im more miserable now than i ever was. We, the people, are tired of being surprised with extra monthly fees. We want hd. And every box and dvr. All included. Because we dont like surprises. Yeah. Like changing up the celebrity at the end to someone more handsome. And talented. Really. And british. Switch from cable to directv. Get 4 rooms with hd, dvr, and every box included for 25 a month. Modern life deserves a mits sold out. Ay. Dont fret, my friend. I masterpassed it you can use it online and on your phone i masterpassed it. You got the tickets . Onward playing the hero priceless masterpass. The secure way to pay from your bank dont just buy it. Masterpass it. So being cool comes naturally. Hmm. I cant decide if this place is swag or bling. 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The chain wants to be sensitive to its customers moral standards. To get into walmart they had to change the title from rape me to waif me. I dont think kurt was too happy about that. Kurt wanted to maintain punk authenticity and also wanted to be popular. Rape me the starmaking machine had sucked nirvana up into its evil guts, and now they had to deal with it. We decided to lay low and obviously that was you know, someone would say, oh, because kurts on heroin the whole time. It was just like its been really damaging to us. Tell you the truth. Its really affected my personal life a lot. [ applause ] i was in the front row of the unplugged performance, and it was a serious artistic statement. Kurt didnt play the hits. Those songs were chosen for a particular reason. My girl, my girl dont lie to me tell me when did you sleep last night i remember watching him play the cover of a lead belly song where did you sleep last night . It was emotional for me because i love nirvana and i felt a connection to kurt cobain and even when i was young i was so worried about him. My girl, my girl in that era, the speculation of kurts not doing well. Kurt has drug problems. And nirvana unplugged was this kind of thing, like, the clouds parted. You know . Seemed like everything was going to be okay. Night through [ cheers and applause ] from seattle tonight, word of an untimely death. The lead singer of nirvana shot and killed himself at his home in seattle, washington, today. It didnt come as a major surprise, but it was devastating, because of the way it happened. I pulled over and i was there like 20 minutes, half an hour just crying right there. I just dont understand it. Thats all. I think he was the closest that his generation came to a john lennon. Yes. In that he was writing very much from the heart, directly, and he didnt play according to the rules. I was 16 when that happened. And if you turned to music for solace in your life, to then see your hero kill himself, it was devastating. It certainly sucked the air out of alternative rock. You know, the best band be fell apart after only making a couple records. You know . What do you do after that . Oasis, it was the hangover of grunge. My heads pounding. Insane. Lets turn on oasis. The opposite of nirvana, because they wanted fame. You know . No matter how big they were they wanted to be bigger. We know were the best band in the country. Simple as that. Its that simple. The thing about oasis in a way they have no kind of, no false modesty. How can anybody go were the its like anybodys whos got the balls to do that is good in my book. Creep came out in the early 90s. As much of an alt rock hit as any of the nirvana or pearl jam songs but hardly extraordinary. Inevitably, the first song that become as hit everybody characterizes the band from that. We have to wait and see whether we have a chance to prove were not just that. Okay. I remember vividly listening to radio heads next record, the bends nonstop and seriously geek out on every part, the bass line, percussion, every tiny little nuance. Dont leave me dry this week releasing a new album, critics are chirping with praise, too. , computer is like dark side of the moon of the 90s. Showed this is going to be the defining band of the next 25 years. You could tell the whole story of the evolution of what came out of grunge through radio head, and what came out of alternative through beck. In the time of chimpanzees i was a monkey i was always interested in hiphop. Nonlinear word connections. Im a loser, baby, so why dont you kill me beck is defining whats happening now with that mesh of styles. Mixing electronic, country, rap, rock n roll everything. Everything. Throwing the kitchen sink in. Out of the ashes of nirvana dave created the foo fighters. 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It all adds up to our most Reliable Network ever. One that keeps you connected to what matters most. The down home music once the preserve of cowboys and rednecks is well on its way to becoming the sound of the 90s. One of the things overlooked by all of this rock n roll explosion going on was Country Music. These acts were putting out good music, touring constantly around the country, and building up a fan base. Blame it all on my roots i showed up in boots and ruined your blacktie affair when they asked people their favorite singer, number one in the nation was garth brooks. Are you surprised by that . Yes, sir. I guess my family knew they would be asking the questions and got there to answer before i did. Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases my blues away living in mississippi, country was a huge part of my life, and it was all because of garth brooks. The first time i ever saw him in concert, i was probably 10 or 11 years old. To the oasis i said that is exactly what i want to do. Garth brooks is the biggest selling artist of the decade and the fastest selling artist ever. Hes been described as a cross between john wayne and mick jagger. The looks of a cowboy and moves of a rock n roll star. It sounded like rock roll. Guitars. Thats what people liked about rock shows, everybody singing along. The acts became less twangy that expanded their audience. Artists like George Strait or brooks dunn, plenty of acts worked their way up and became massive. Over the last two years Country Music has taken over the airwaves and record charts with over 2 billion in sales and climbing. As the boom in the music takes hold, western wear dealers cant keep up with demand. You have kids, a house payment and these people are more like you are than madonna is. Is there life out there so much she hasnt done women in country was huge thing in the 90s. Reba mcentire, martina mcbride, the dixie chicks, shania twain. Lets go girls i remember when shania twain came out. I was obsessed with her. I thought i was attracted to her. But found out i just wanted to be her best friend. Prerogative to have a little fun and, oh, oh, oh totally crazy in all fields in our society now women, i wouldnt say dominating. I think that theyre just rising to their true place. I feel like a woman [ cheers ] as things wore on it became a great decade to be a girl. After years of singing backup for such stars as Michael Jackson and rod stewart, she exploded on to the music scene in 1993 with her album tuesday night music club. All i want to do is have some fun i got a feeling im not the only one radio has been so long in coming playing female artists. So its definitely a different sort of environment and attitude now. If it makes you happy artsists like sheryl crow, liz fair, had success but routine had been marginalized within every aspect of the industry. There was not a lot of space in pop culture for a young womans thoughts, feelings, voices, respected or taken seriously. Im just a girl such a strange dichotomy to gwen stefani, kind of tough and front of a band of all guys. That you let me be im just a girl in the world and thats all that youll let me be. Like the middle finger up to every guy that ever annoyed you. Look whos here. Alanis. Ran in together. Just shopping, thought wed take you with us. Alanis has a brand new album, brand new look i noticed. I was dropped from mc records after having made records through my teens and my personal promise i wouldnt stop until i wrote a record that really every exemplified and named on the head what was truly going on for me. Is she perverted like me would she go down on you in a theater like what did she say . Women could say that . And, yeah, they could. Singing about a relationship that had obviously gone wrong but it wasnt a nice, oh, my god, you left me, im sad. This was rage at this man. You didnt hear that a lot from women. To remind you of the mess you left me in when you went away its not fair in america alone, jagged little pill sells 50 million albums. Its alanis moment. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you oughta know over the last four years learned how to write for my own reasons and write for myself and ironic the moment i started doing that was the moment most people related to it. An old man turned 98 you know, that egocentric tendency on my part and perhaps everyones part to think youre alone in your pain. I quickly realized i was not alone and that millions of other people were feeling along with me. People were tired of sublimating, being inauthentic about their real experience and conforming. There was a door that busted open, and i was on the crust of the wave. Its like rain like a wedding day its a free ride on your ironic really funny. What she was talking about wasnt ironic at all but she was one of the big stars of the 90s. Theres lots of other women making music, too. Lets celebrate all of it. The latest trend in rock n roll. Women. Last night some of the top female artists took the stage to launch lillith fair, a series of summer concerts rocking the world and shatters misconceptions. A lot of the summer festivals are male dominated and i thought it wasnt representational of all the music out there. This is a way to even the scales a little bit. I went to the darkness i went to the mountains i looked to the children i drank from the fountain theres more than one answer to these questions lillith fair was lillith fair was incredibly powerful. Our ambitions. It validated a lot. Im the one yeah [ cheers and applause ] yeah, well it was 30 before my fees, like the dogsitting fee. And the rummage through your closet fee. Who is she, verizon . Are those my heels . Yeah yeah, were the same size. In shoes. 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