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Shallowed 07-27-2021 01:25 AM

Anyone seen the new documentary on Woodstock 99?
 
I have a morbid fascination with this bizarre event.

The documentary is on HBO and is pretty good in my opinion. There's quite a lot of footage I've never seen anywhere else, in particular of the turmoil on the festival grounds aside from the stages. There is already loads of professionally shot footage that was broadcast live on pay-per-view, but it mostly focuses on the performers. I'm mostly interested in the coverage of the masses of people and the rapid deterioration of the atrocious conditions, which the documentary shows quite a lot of.

A lot of people have criticised the doco for being too "woke" but I think it's mostly on the mark.


Shallowed 07-27-2021 01:33 AM


reprise85 07-27-2021 01:38 AM

sexual assault moshpit

Shallowed 07-27-2021 01:45 AM


Shallowed 07-27-2021 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reprise85 (Post 4581420)
sexual assault moshpit

the documentary discusses it better than any other retrospective I've seen

Shallowed 07-27-2021 02:22 AM

I was gonna post a few of my favourite Youtube videos from various sources but it seems like a lot are getting taken down. Muchmusic had a good video which included interviews with the artists. There was a really good video shot by an attendee, similar to the one above, of the rioting and fires, but with a kind of amateur news correspondent tone, interviewing other attendees and documenting the looting and destruction.

Shallowed 07-27-2021 02:25 AM

this guy recently uploaded three hours worth of his own personal footage

comes across as a major creep being sure to get lots of shots of the women and saying "CHECK OUT THE TIDDIES ON THAT ONE"

he could have been a perfect fit as a camera operator for the PPV


Shallowed 07-27-2021 04:43 AM

Smashing Pumpkins were invited to perform at Woodstock 99, but I think Billy said it looked too commercial or something

imagine Smashing Pumpkins playing this festival

run2pee 07-27-2021 12:56 PM

Thanks for the links. Gonna check this out

Joey Goldberg 07-27-2021 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shallowed (Post 4581426)
Smashing Pumpkins were invited to perform at Woodstock 99, but I think Billy said it looked too commercial or something

imagine Smashing Pumpkins playing this festival

just seems liked it'd be a more fucked up Lollapalooza '94 for the Machina era

TuralyonW3 07-29-2021 08:36 AM

Pretty good reminder that the 90s weren’t as great as everyone thinks

Shallowed 09-18-2021 11:04 AM

if we're allowed to do halloween this year i wawnna go as fred durst at lollapalooza


FoolofaTook 09-18-2021 04:25 PM


MyOneAndOnly 09-19-2021 09:38 PM

watching it now....

Dexter Holland looks soooo old. I met him about 7 years ago and he looks 20 years older in his interview for this doc.

I forgot how truly shitty the line-up was for that concert. There's a scene where Moby is complaining about how he wasn't billed on the sign at the Gate, and they show the board with all the band names and it's like a laundry list of every shitty Nu Metal band that existed.

It's not surprising that it became a nightmare because it attracted every 20 year old angry misogynist backwards cap wearing frat boy in the country with that list of bands!

MyOneAndOnly 09-19-2021 09:40 PM

"Nu metal embraced the troglodyte elements" - Moby

I've never liked Moby, but his comments in this film are spot on. He talks about how sad the 90s were because they started with Nirvana and seemed so primising... and then it ended with frat boy rape music

Only 3 female acts out of 100 bands

MyOneAndOnly 09-19-2021 09:42 PM

I can't believe i'm agreeing with Moby. I hate Moby.

FoolofaTook 09-20-2021 02:40 AM

fwiw, I heard he has a nice cock

MyOneAndOnly 09-20-2021 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shallowed (Post 4583855)
if we're allowed to do halloween this year i wawnna go as fred durst at lollapalooza


what is a mosh pit of 40 year olds like?

MyOneAndOnly 09-20-2021 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TuralyonW3 (Post 4581491)
Pretty good reminder that the 90s weren’t as great as everyone thinks

All i remember is that most of what was big on the radio, just like in the 80s, was terrible.

I think it was marginally better than the 80s overall.

smashingjj 09-20-2021 06:15 PM

whoa...they really still got it

Fred Durst in 2021:

lyrics:
stage presence:
voice:

"maybe I am just a little fucked up/life's just a little fucked up"

wow

tell me honestly who still makes music of this quality these days?

MyOneAndOnly 09-20-2021 08:06 PM

Fred Durst does

teh b0lly!!1 09-26-2021 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smashingjj (Post 4584017)
whoa...they really still got it

Fred Durst in 2021:

lyrics:
stage presence:
voice:

"maybe I am just a little fucked up/life's just a little fucked up"

wow

tell me honestly who still makes music of this quality these days?

I think you better quit talkin' that shit, or you'll be leaving with a fat lip

Joey Goldberg 09-26-2021 12:12 PM

just THINK about it...

smashingjj 09-26-2021 04:54 PM

Hey kid, take my advice
You don't want to step into a big pile of shit

MyOneAndOnly 09-26-2021 09:19 PM

Ain't it a shame that you can't say fuck?
Fuck's just a word and it's all fucked up

Shallowed 07-22-2022 11:07 AM

rising tone

boom

fade to silence

"yeah shit was fucked"


Joey Goldberg 07-22-2022 11:23 AM

wait, so there are 2 new, separate documentaries for this thing now? lmao, good lord

looking forward to Hulu's exclusive additional look soon enough as well. maybe a spin from AppleTV+!

Shallowed 08-07-2022 01:55 AM

the Netflix doco is actually pretty decent, and better than the HBO doc overall. it has a bit less of an angle, and is somewhat more focussed. it hits many of the same beats when covering the culture of the time, but the Netflix doco doesn't dwell on it as much. i think almost everyone who was interviewed actually attended and/or worked at the festival. there's plenty that one doco covers that the other doesn't so they complement each other quite well. Micheal Lang and John Scher come across as complete bumbling children as usual, heavily downplaying the numerous issues and deflecting blame.

Shallowed 08-07-2022 01:55 AM

analog misery tourism

Joey Goldberg 08-07-2022 12:54 PM

well then

by god

gimme somethin' 2 break


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