60 Songs That Explain the '90s

This book works best if you think of it as a musical memoir, not any kind of definitive analysis of 1990s music. Building off of his podcast of the same name, Harvilla earnestly and humorously describes the impact of such diverse artists as Celine Dion, Nirvana, Notorious B.I.G., Spice Girls and Wu-Tang Clan on his white, middle-class, Midwestern childhood and young adulthood. He can spend pages rhapsodizing about the New Radicals' only hit, You Only Get What You Give, and dismiss the Backstreet Boys in one paragraph as “walking sex furniture.” You might learn something you didn't know about music from the last decade before Napster, or you might just have a good chuckle. Typical chapter opener:I'm pretty sure I peaked as a teenager and hit rock bottom as a human being on the night I tried and failed to toilet-paper a suburban mailbox after a Rage Against the Machine concert.Highly recommended if you liked [b:Your Favorite Band is Killing Me 26245024 Your Favorite Band is Killing Me Steven Hyden https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1458496509l/26245024.SX50.jpg 46238652], [b:Party of One: A Memoir in 21 Songs 28257149 Party of One A Memoir in 21 Songs Dave Holmes https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1450679721l/28257149.SX50.jpg 46165336], or pretty much anything by [a:Rob Sheffield 25839 Rob Sheffield https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1277414943p2/25839.jpg].