In Minute 69 of The Whole Shebang, Mike and Jenny usher in “the ‘Baby’s on Fire’ sequence,” with a quick discussion of the song, of Brian and Curt on stage together for the very first time, and how this staging reminds us of David Bowie’s “John, I’m Only Dancing” video, Iggy Pop, and Kurt Cobain, and then we go deep into Nirvana and the iconography of Kurt Cobain, and the syncretic union of aesthetics that Nirvana’s brand of grunge embodied, and Arthur’s much more sexually-charged appreciation of glam behind the closed doors of his bedroom.
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