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Interspersed between the songs are psychedelic and piano interludes to set the mood. When listened to as a whole album these are enjoyable. the song "hare krishna" is super weird, and it steals the beat from the song "I want candy". Up next is a solid collection of some of the most brutal hardcore up to this point; still ravages today. If you have like, problems, listen to "pride", "I'll never forget you", and "the biggest lie".

After that you have a collection of slower, weirder tunes that I think we get into the shit that inspired the grunge genre or at least a bit of 1990s music. The most obvious example is the opening to "whats going on" and "1979" by the smashing pumpkins. These tracks are introspective and searching.

Then, you get into the final section of the record. Song 17, "Pink Turns to Blue" written, sung and drummed on by Grant Hart, is an eerie look into the protagonists relationship with a drug user who's lips have turned from pink to blue. reminds me of what that bastard Walter White did to Jessie, even if its not the exact same scenario. Next is "Newest Industry", which is a part of a series of Husker songs aptly titled by me as "1984" with another prominent example being "Divide and Conquer" after a song on the later Flip Your Wig. This song is a look into a post apocalyptic wasteland of the United States after constant war destroyed us all and used up all the resources. After all of this the author can only say "I'll sit around, smoke cigarettes and I'll babble, "what the fuck?" Next is the piano interlude "Monday Will Never be the Same" which transitions nicely into the epic "Whatever" which is a massive song because its deep, hard hitting stuff that really makes you think about how you look at others and yourself, which you didn't get much of out of this genre until a little later. This is the song where it seems that the narrator has decided to go home, pledging to his parents he'll do whatever they want. Despite the use of the word "whatever" the words in this song carry a lot of gravity. "mom and dad i'm sorry. mom and dad, don't worry. i'm not the son you wanted, but what could you expect? i made my world of happiness to combat your neglect" that's some deep shit. "The Toothfairy and the Princess" brings back some more trippy aspects, as we move to "Turn on the News". This is a very nice rock track, Grant Hart, or somebody also knows how to do the Spongebob laugh (source: 29 seconds) which ive always felt comical. This track shows that while Bob Mould wrote and sung most of the tracks, he clearly had some talent. He also recorded drums and vocals at the same time if I am not mistaken making it even more awesome.

Then, we get to track 23, "Reocurring Dreams", which is the end. Everything up 'til now has been flat out pedestrian. The end of the loosely based narrative arc is he was dreamin' is a 14 minute free jazz whatever instrumental track. This showcases Hart's talent as being a legendary drummer. You didn't have shit like this in punk rock at the time. There's a chance in studio he was drumming barefoot as well. He keeps a solid, tight rhythm as the bass dances along and the guitar alternates from being quiet and droning to hard and heavy. This is a really interesting musical experience. In the video "camden palace 1985" available on Youtube they transition from this song into their searingly haunting cover of "eight miles high" by the Byrds effortlessly producing one of the sweetest transitions of all time. Anyways, the music reaches a climax I've called "the edge of the earth" then drops off a cliff.