"What I dislike, and have always had problems with, is the unquestioning idolization and overvaluation that his fans (not limited to but especially practically an entire generation) give him."

I'm dubious on the hip-hop claim, but I'll still behind my punk comment. Dylan's 65-66 "electric" tours were purposefully confrontational toward the audience. I can't think of another major artist in rock history before then that set out to perform music that he/she KNEW would piss the audience off. That was a pretty…

I love 8 of those songs, so, yeah.

I think what you're really saying is "I don't care for Bob Dylan very much," which is fine. But Dylan's monumental importance in rock history isn't really a matter of opinion at this point.

I'm telling a story about how I interacted with music during the 90s, when I went from age 12 to 23. The purpose of writing about myself is to make this as specific as I can. I don't know how much more clear I can be about this I can be. This is a very personal story. Grunge was important TO ME; I'm not arguing that…

Hm, we're either not on the same page here and you're intentionally twisting my words. Either way, I'm glad you're still reading, even if you don't like what I'm doing.

If either one of you are book publishers, I'll be very happy right now. :)

You need to write an essay series about why this music was important from the perspective of a 13-year-old kid to school people like me, just like I did about grunge to school all the Husker Du and Black Flag fans from the 80s who say Nirvana was overrated.

Yeah, there's lot of stuff I could've covered. Beck would've been fun. Trent Reznor would've been fun. I really wanted to write more about one-hit wonders and bubble-grunge bands. Oh well, can't do it all, I suppose.

Honestly, I don't have much of an opinion. Obviously an important band—same with Green Day, which gets mentioned in the comments a lot—but my personal experience with them is limited, and I don't really have much to say about them.

Another person that missed the point. This is getting depressing.

One of the points of the piece was to discuss how the generational torch was passed for me this year; I became the adult, and was therefore clueless in a way about the music. Also, I'm not writing anybody off. I'm afraid that wasn't made as clear as I hoped in the final part of the essay.

But is that really a "comment" on homophobia, or two guys saying a buncha gay shit because it sounds funny?

Attention people of 1985
I was hoping people would get this from the essay, but in case I wasn't clear: I'm not really casting aspersions on the good people of 1985 and beyond. I think if you read to the end that becomes a little more clear. Thanks for reading!

Please see my comment below.

I hope the irony of the intro is made pretty clear by the end.

If I had written this Recap, it would've been one long "YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" followed by "WE WON MOTHERFUCKERS!" approximately 1,000 times.

Yeah, I can't see an argument against Danko having a great voice.

Confession time: The beard is fake. So's the hair.

The fact that Richard Manuel isn't universally regarded as the best singer in The Band (all due respect to Levon), I think, has a lot to do with how he's ignored in "The Last Waltz." Damn shame.