As an extremely try-hard, pretentious douche, this is an insult. "Oooh thid is da torturned poest depawtment" no the fuck it is not, this is target. The last real tortured poet died before the Great War, and I can say that, as an English major. Don't call yourself a poet if you write nursery rhymes, don't call yourself tortured if the worst thing you've gone through is mild social disapproval. Really puts the 'department' in department store, seeing as how ... read more
If you like this, and feel that people are being too harsh by calling this cringe, I encourage you to stop, take 18 months for it to stop being used in tiktok-slop, and then come back. You will feel less than nothing about it. This has none of the whimsy of Weird Al, and none of the sincere heart of 'Rock n Roll McDonalds', it's less than music.
The birth of stereo recording, the concept album and prog-rock. It's a fusion of classical orchestra, rock, psychedelic, and the band's R&B roots. This album is the absolute perfect record, for the moment it was recorded. It changed the face of music forever, and never gets enough credit.