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The music equivalent of “A young man dressed as a gorilla dressed as an old man sits rocking on a rocking chair for 56 minutes and then leaves.” It’s a goofy and interesting idea on paper that gets boring very quickly in practice.
I do respect it a lot for nailing the accuracy aspect of the insane ramblings, however. I could totally imagine a real person with a few screws loose saying all this. I like the idea of the sprinkler as well, it gives the soundscape a distinct sense ... read more

It’s incredible to me that this was nominated for a Razzie for “worst musical score” in 1983, this is one of the few soundtracks that really stuck with me long after finishing the movie. The absolute highlight has to be that ending scene… it’s one of my favorite endings in film history, and the score is a huge part of why it hits so hard.

Also as a completely unrelated side note, the theory that Childs is the Thing because “you can’t see his breath ... read more

Review context at the end bc nobody gaf about the yapping. This review is brought to you by Elijah Craig because listening to a dropkick murphys album sober is like listening to pitbull and not dancing or listening to code orange and not headbanging. Which is to say probably not how it’s intended to be listened to.
My first thought is that a lot of these songs are a lot sadder than I expected. I was expecting it to be like fun party music to drink to (and it absolutely is), but then I pay ... read more

Why does AOTY have such a hate boner for this album? It’s just a regular black metal album. Sure, it’s nothing special and Behexen’s made much better stuff than this (in particular their next album, “By the Blessing of Satan”), but 48 for this is crazy to me.