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thatguyryan t1_iy6segq wrote

Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons: 'The first time I heard it, I thought it was the worst thing I'd ever heard. It was just a sloppy cacophony. Then I listened to it a couple more times and, about the third time, I realised they were doing it on purpose – they meant it to sound exactly this way. About the sixth or seventh time, it clicked in, and I thought it was the greatest album I'd ever heard'.

Andy Partridge of XTC backs him up. 'I put it on and just thought, "What the f*** is this? They're mucking about! They can't even play their instruments. They're all out of tune. The drummer can't drum in time. The singer's not even singing, he's just growling…". Eventually I had a road-to-Damascus experience. It just clicked'.

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rluen OP t1_iy746ma wrote

I read that they recorded it very quickly, not because they played random stuff, because they practiced for months! It's like a Picasso, that dude could paint realistic stuff but rather do something unique.

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