these animals will grow and live in cages for the rest of their lives. there is something so fundamentally wrong with that. it is a ornamental question that they all wrestle with. >> is a captive life fair? i would not want to be stuck in my bedroom my whole life just so people can look at me. >> we probably all think that all wild creatures should live in the wild, but there are the subsets that will never have that reality. >> if there's something you could tell people that don't understand why it is important to save animals and far-off distant lands what would you say to them. >> the planet does not belong to human beings alone. it would be an abysmal existence if we were the only species alive on the planet.

>> i learned how to write for myself and it is ironic that most people relate to it. >> country music has taken over the airwaves. >> the honeymoon is over. >> these girls crazy?

you may think of it as the channel that rattles or china and occasionally her teeth and hypnotizes her children. what you may want to know is mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. ♪ ♪ mtv makes the hits. it's as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. >> and in the 80s in terms of

rock music you're getting a lot of hairbands. yep poison plot warrant, ♪ ♪ a lot of hairspray going on. a lot of sexually suggestive lyrics. it's not deep music but mtv was pushing it so it's selling. >> all of the rock bands looked a certain way. they played a kind of music and they were expected to have a certain facade. >> the ratings are surprisingly small. those that do watch mostly teenagers and young adults purchase a lot of records, tapes, cds. they by the most what they see the most. >> two members of the band aerosmith dropped by to screen their new video and brought a big bag of cash as an incentive. >> they would submit videos on monday and then they would look at the videos and decide who

would get put into the rotation. i was a kid that loved punk rock . i pretty quickly realized that the music that they were playing just was not what i was into. when the new nirvana video was delivered to mtv, i was completely blown away. i said listen they are incredible and we need to give them a shot. of it does not work you can push me out of the music meetings. >> the world premiere video is from the seattle band nirvana smells like teen spirit. ♪ load up on guns, bring your friends. it's fun to lose and to pretend. ♪ >> it was like the musical kennedy assassination of our time. everybody that was alive then can tell you the moment they heard that song because nothing like that existed. it was really transcendent. >> ♪ with the lights out it's let's dangerous. here we are now. entertain us.

♪ >> it sounded like a threat. it sounded like a different during a ration asking what are you going to do from us. >> the slackers or generation x were not being paid attention to. the pressure was building up, especially in the music industry, for something that spoke to them. >> this is the first american generation that will make less than their parents. it's a tough time to grow up. the band and kurt cobain in particular reflect that. >>. been was a great songwriter. with his ability to scream almost into. gave an intensity that was really unique. >> nirvana gave the record industry a wake-up call and said, here is your new audience. start looking for the people was the clothing with the holes in

the knees. you better run to those clubs to get the next one. >> i would go to the clubs to see bands like screaming trees. was a refreshing change from the 80s. it was so cool to be from seattle. >> one of the biggest music stories these days was the so- called rain city renaissance with grunge rock. bands like soundgarden, nirvana, alice in chains, and pearl jam from seattle. >> ♪ feeling outshined, outshined, outshined. ♪ >> why don't you tell me the conception of the seattle music scene. these bands sound pretty different from each other. they were being lofted to the mainstream about this is what grunge is.

>> tell us about the seattle sound. what is in the water? >> ♪ son, she said. have i got a little story for you. what you thought was your daddy. ♪ >> they wanted no part of the machine but there they were selling millions of records >> ♪ i am still alive. i'm still alive. ♪ >> we are used to playing small clubs. we want to go back to plane small clubs. >> an alternative fraktur kicked off at phoenix. it is a multi-group package called lollapalooza .

>> in 1991, we were the first band on stage at the first ever lollapalooza. it was a tremendous thing for my band and i. >> lollapalooza is cool. >> the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground like jane's addiction, nine inch nails, soundgarden, hole, red- hot village chili peppers and get them altogether it felt like a new idea. >> by the mid-90s it had already been parodied by the symptoms. >> it is like woodstock with advertisements and security guards. >> the commercial culture has co-opted the counterculture. >> the honeymoon is over. we are getting down to real commerce. there's some disillusionment going on.

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welcome to the week in rock. the release of the much- anticipated third album by nirvana was released. >> walmart is refusing to sell nirvana's new release which includes a song called rape me . >> they had to change the name of the song. he had that conflict between wanting to maintain that authenticity and also wanting to be popular. >> the star making machine suck nirvana up into its eagle guts and now they had to deal with it. >> we decided to lay low. some would say that's because he's on heroin the whole time. it has been really damaging to us. it has really affected my

personal life a lot. >> i was in the front row of the unplugged performance. it was a serious artistic statement. those songs were chosen for a particular reason. >> ♪ my girl my girl don't lie to me. tell me where did you sleep last night. ♪ i remember watching them play a cover of a leadbelly song. it was emotional for me because i love nirvana and i felt this connection. even when i was young i was so worried about him. ♪ my girl, my girl don't lie to me. >> there was the speculation that he has drug problems. it was a kind of thing like the clouds parted. it seemed like everything was going to be okay.

>> 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 it it did not come as a major surprise but it was devastating because of the way it happened. >> i pulled over and i was there for 20 minutes to half an hour just crying. i don't understand it. >> i think he was the closest that his generation came to a john lennon. he was writing from the heart and he did not play according to the rules. >> i was 16 when that happened. if you turn to music for solace in your life, to then see her hero kill himself it was devastating. it certainly sucks the air out of alternative rock. the best band fell apart after

only making a couple of records. what do you do after that. >> oasis, the verve, blur, the britpop thing was like the hangover of grunge. >> after all, you're my wonder wall ♪ ♪ >> they were the opposite. they wanted fame. no matter how big they were they wanted to be bigger pick >> we know we are the best band in the country. this as simple as that. they have no false modesty. >> creep came out in the early

90s. that was as much of a hit as any of the nirvana or pearl jam songs. it was hardly extraordinary >> everybody does a caricature from that. we have to wait to see if we have a chance to prove we are not just that. >> i remember vividly listening to radiohead's next record. i would seriously geek out on every part. the baseline, percussion, every little nuance. >> the band released a new ballot okay computer. critics are praising. >> okay computer is like dark

side of the men of the 90s. it showed that this was going to be that of finding band of the next 25 years. >> you could tell the story of the evolution of what came out of grunge through radiohead and what came out of alternative through back >> >> i'm a loser baby >> he's mixing in electronic, country, rock 'n roll, everything. >> out of the ashes of nirvana, dave grohl created the foo fighters. >> this is the first time i

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>> the down-home music that was once the preserve of cowboys and rednecks is well on its way to becoming the sound of the 90s . >> this rock 'n roll explosion was going on with country music. these acts were putting up good music they were touring constantly around the country and building up a fan base. >> i showed up in boots and ruin your black tie affair. >> number one answer when i asked for your favorite singer was garth brooks. are you surprised? >> i guess my family knew where

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plenty of acts work their way up and became massive. >> country music is taking over the airwaves and record charts. >> as the boom in the music takes hold, the western dealers cannot keep up with demand for clothing. >> these people are more like you are than madonna is. women in country was a huge thing in the 90s. you had reba mcintyre, martina mcbride, the dixie chicks, shania twain. i remember when shania twain came out i was just obsessed with her. i thought it was because i was attracted to her but i just wanted to be her best friend. >> ♪ the best thing about being a woman is the prerogative to have a little fun. ♪ ♪ totally crazy, short

shirts and skirts. ♪ ♪ >> i think women are just rising to their true place. >> 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 onto the music scene in 1993 with her album tuesday night music club. ♪ all i want to do is have some fun. i have a feeling i'm not the only one. ♪ >> radio has been coming along playing female artists. it's a different environment. ♪ if it makes you happy, why the are you so sad. ♪ ♪ >> they were so marginalized within every aspect of the industry. there was not a lot of space in pop culture for young women and

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movie star was arrested and charged with sodomy and sexual assault. police had arrested tupac earlier for shooting two off duty police officers. >> he was in jail when sug knight swooped in and offered to pay as bail if he signed a contract. >> you will be paid one of these days. >> even though he's an east coast guy by birth he is now on the west coast with deaf throw. >> from oakland to the barry area and back down. >> sug knight was trying to expand death row all over the country but who controlled most of the music in the east at that time? bad boy. >> what up?

it's all good in the hood. >> sean puffy combs found it bad boy. biggie smalls was his marquee artist. >> ♪ ♪ >> i make music about what i know. if i would have worked at mcdonald's i would've made rhymes about big macs and fries. in brooklyn i see hustling, killing, gambling, that is my environment. >> the winner is notorious b.i.g. >> may home almost broke out

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>> rockstar tupac shakur died after a rough life in a rough business. he was 25. >> shakur was in the middle of a battle between east and west coast rappers. >> a star in the often brutal world of gangster rap has been gunned down. >> it is speculated that smalls' death could be payback for the murder of tupac shakur. >> when they were assassinated it was a watershed moment. it was the death of a revolution. >> these were two of the most successful artists in history.

>> both of them had talked about trying to break out of the violence. they say they were trapped in the world they created and they were forced, in a word, to keep it real and that's a sad commentary. >> i remember seeing news reports about how violent it was. editorials about how can we let our children listen to this when these artists have been killed at an incredible rate. i thought rap was going to end. >> at least one radio station in los angeles that has made a lot of money from gangster rap sick has stopped playing it. >> the vacuum was there for a while. it was like, okay. what are we going to do? >> it seems like yesterday we used to rock the show. so far from hanging on the block. ♪ >> i'll be missing you was the song about b.i.g. suddenly it's like, he's going to be a legitimate solo act.

their interest the next phase of hip-hop. >> there is sampling and there is sampling. to take the sample and rap over it he finds a way to appeal to young listeners and their parents. everybody wants to party. puff daddy 10 empire out of it. >> the sound shifted. the use of samples exploded. it was a sample that an older crowd could hear and say that sounds familiar to me so maybe it's not all bad. you have songs like gangsters paradise which is a heavier song, but the hook is so inviting and warm. >> hip-hop hit this point where it had become mainstream and all of a sudden it starts

appearing at other forms of music. there is this sort of rock wrap happening. there's hip-hop found in pop music. there's r&b and rap mixing for new jack swing . teddy wiley was the big new jack swing producer. he produced everybody. he had his own group. he did have ed on the boys. it all had this rhythm that means you have to dance. >> new jack swing was somebody that could sing like stevie wonder with the background of public enemy. >> ♪ i like the way you work it.

no diggity. ♪ ♪ >> hip-hop was a male-dominated industry. women with thought, you are not sexy. get out of here. >> i want to take a minute or two and get much respect to the man who's made a different in my world. ♪ ♪ >> it was not a phenomenon until salt n pepa. it opened up the door for people to go, who else? >> ♪ ♪ >> and then who is this queen latifah and then who is missy. they were respected as artists. they did not have to shake booty or where a low-cut

blouse. they changed the way viewed things. >> the best two female mc's to come out of the 90s are missy elliott and lauren hill. >> you see the role of women in hip-hop changing. >> it is something that has always been there. whether they get the acknowledgment they should have they have always been there. >> ♪ that thing, that thing, that thing ♪ ♪ >> she sings, she can rap. there is heartache involved. >> the miseducation of lauren hill. >> with her record-breaking fifth grammy win many echoed what she was thinking. >> this is crazy. this is hip-hop music. >> she already is a big star.

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it's hot news for electronica, the multifaceted techno dance genre touted by many tastemakers as the next big musical thing. prodigy's new album "the fat of the land" enters the billboard pop chart at number one. ♪ fight the pressure ♪ >> up until the end of the '90s, dance music was just a deejay, it was a beat. then all of a sudden there's a face to it.

♪ block rocking beats ♪ the chemical brothers come up. >> this is very much the recycling age. is this music recycled? >> everything is secondhand. you take things from different places and create something new in it. ♪ >> all of this stuff was going on at the same time. massive attack, moby, so you're seeing what we called electronica which is edm, which is techno, really starting to kind of take hold beyond dance clubs. ♪ all these artists end up laying the seeds for what would become a pretty huge revolution of music. ♪ ♪ around the world ♪ >> everybody's talking about them, and they're headed to america. it started with the beatles and then the stones. well, move over, boys, and roll over beethoven. the spice girls are coming. ♪ if you want to be my lover ♪

♪ you got to get with my friends ♪ >> there's never been a group where every person had their own personality and every fan could choose a different one that they related to. and it was brilliant. ♪ taking this too easy ♪ ♪ but that's the way it is ♪ >> there needed to be some music to be the sorbet and the palate cleansing for the intensity that was the earlier part of the '90s. >> the recording industry does not need to be told that it's a teen/teen world. >> there were about to be more teenagers than any other time in america's history. teenagers wanted to be entertained. they wanted to have fun. ♪ even in my heart ♪ ♪ i see ♪ ♪ you're not being true to me ♪ >> the backstreet boys made a video for "quit playing games with my heart." them in the rain, getting all wet, being all sexy. and it became a hit. ♪ quit playing games with my heart ♪ ♪ with my heart ♪ ♪ with my heart ♪

>> this is where it all started, right here, in this house. the guys coming here, doing vocal recording. i had a little karaoke machine that i had. >> their manager lou pearlman said, i think i need another one of these. ♪ tearing up my heart when i'm with you ♪ ♪ but when we are apart i feel it too ♪ >> it was a little overwhelming to be, you know, 16 years old and have that many people trying to attack you. it was craziness. and it felt like a dream. >> one by one, the breathless few got their lucky autographs. most were missing school. many had mom as chaperones. >> all these people who would go on to be huge pop stars began on disney. so many people came out of the mickey mouse club. keri russell, justin timberlake, cristina aguilera, j.c. chasez, ryan gosling, britney spears. >> that's like the 1927 yankees in terms of pop. ♪ oh baby baby ♪

♪ how was i supposed to know ♪ ♪ that something wasn't right here ♪ >> teenagers are the biggest consumers of music, and britney has become their queen. ♪ i'm not that innocent ♪ ♪ oops i did it again ♪ >> britney was the madonna whereas christina was like the mariah. ♪ i'm a genie in a bottle ♪ >> christina, you know, very tiny girl, she's under 5 feet. and when she opened her mouth, it was like this burst of like wind came through your hair. you were like, that voice is coming out of that girl? >> the end of the '90s is a really precarious, strange time for music because mtv stops playing music videos and start doing some more kind of reality

television programming which everyone's like, that's never going to take off. >> music would be as much or more in people's lives than it ever had been, but the economics of it would vanish. ♪ another turning point a fork stuck in the road ♪ ♪ time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go ♪ >> the '90s represented being who you are. this is the kind of music i'm going to make, and i don't care who likes it and who doesn't like it, and i'm not going to sound like anybody else. this is who i am. ♪ something unpredictable ♪ >> people were starving for authenticity, they were starving for what the real experience was, the messy, chaotic, fallible experience of being human. and the '90s gave complete green light permission for that to be explored. >> you talk about this band a lot. then you go oh, wait a minute. you can't talk about the '90s without this one, oh, and this one, and this one, and this one. where there's so many monumental bands one after another. that's the '90s.

♪ so take the photographs and still frames in your mind ♪ ♪ hang it on a shelf and get up in good time ♪ ♪ tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial ♪ ♪ for what it's worth it was worth all the while ♪ ♪ it's something unpredictable but in the end it's right ♪ ♪ i hope you had the time of your life ♪ >> that's all. in recent years, americans have been challenged to redefine what a family can look like. >> so, elijah, what's it like to have two moms?