Pearl Jam

I was surprised by Pearl Jam. I always had the impression that they were just heavy hardcore rockers who abused alcohol and drugs but I was proven wrong by this documentary. They did party and drink but they are good people and have messages in thei music. Early on one of their band mates died and it sobered the other members up. They dedicated themselves to their work and tried to make a difference in the community, which I thing is a very good thing to do.

Pearl Jam Twenty

I thought that te Pearl Jam documentary was pretty cool. It gave a very inside picture of the band. My favorite part was when the film showed a scene from one of their concerts. A young, drunk fan was being pulled out of the crowd and supposedly being mishandled by security officers. The lead singer for Pearl Jam who was known to be a quite and shy guy beforehand started talking about it on the mike, and singing with new vigor. I thought that was really cool. I thought that the band members were cool too.

MTV

MTV sucks now. I wish it were like it was in the old days when music was actually played on the channel. If it were the same way today I would probably watch it. However, the only thing I find on it nowadays is Teen Mom and other trashy shows. If MTV played music 24/7 it would be so much more popular than it is now.

Nirvana

I used to really hate Nirvana but I have come to like them. I knew some of their songs such as Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come as you Are, but I didn't realize that they had many other very good songs. I liked their Unplugged Concert a lot, and I realized that they didn't just play loud electric guitar. Kurt Cobain was really entertaining, and he seemed like a really cool guy. Unlike most musicians we seemed humble and nice, and didn't always try to steal the show. It's a shame he died so young.

Suge Knight

Suge Knight was one of the smartest but also one of the dumbest people that was interviewed in the documentary we watched today. The documentary provided pretty strong evidence that he was somehow involved in the plot/s to kill Biggie and Tupac, but some of the things he said were so stupid. Particularly when he claimed that he had been shot in his head, and the doctor had to split open his cranium, and when he got hit in the neck, an inch away from his spine. The truth was that the only wounds he received were small glass shard wounds on his hand. He seemed to be the mastermind behind the deaths, but was also so dumb and aloof.

Biggie and Tupac Filmmaker

I didn't like the Biggie and Tupac filmmaker. He just seemed super pushy and annoying. He pressed on every single question, and seemed to be drawing huge comparisons where there were none. Although most of the details were shady and hard to uncover, the filmmaker went about it in a super annoying way. He even attempted trickery to get as much as possible in his film. He was interviewing a former police officer and claimed that the camera was off, when in fact it wasn't. The film was entertaining, but I did not at all like the filmmaker.

Aerosmith-Run DMC

I actually liked the Aerosmith-Run DMC collaboration song. Just thinking about it I thought that it was going to be terrible, but the two groups meshed really well, and incorporated each of their styles into the song. Aerosmith still had time to show their prowess, and same with Run DMC. The music video was also really cool. It showed the two groups practicing next to each other, and trying to outdo one another. The latter part was kind of weird but I still liked the way the two groups performed.

Hip Hop

I thought that it was very interesting to see how much Hip-Hop had changed over time. Early hip-hop was ten times less directly vulgar than current hip-hop and rap. The difference lyrically between someone like Will Smith and Lil Wayne is astounding. While the former insinuated very well and indirectly rapped about the same things, the latter is way more direct and vulgar. I like older hip-hop songs because of the funk sound they have, but I also like current rap because of its fast beats and quick rapping. The evolution of hip-hop over time definitely seemed to change when NWA came along. They were so foul-mouthed that I'm sure most parents were horrified, but most kids probably thought it was awesome. I like their songs but I definitely don't agree with their lyrical content. I find it interesting to see how much hip-hop has changed.