What do we really know about this album though? What does its narrative actually mean?
Who are each of the characters and what do they represent? And what do the things they say mean?
Hardy was coming to terms with being gay at the time of writing the music so that's why the music is so depressive, but what does Homer's stuff mean? What do you guys think?
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>tfw too stupid to understand Not Available
doesn't mean I can't enjoy them weird alien fuckers rockin out
I haven't exactly looked into the history of it, but I heard this album wasn't even necessarily supposed to make it to production because the group made it as an exercise in group therapy or something like that
i think it's deliberately crafted in a manner that suggests coherence from afar but upon closer inspection elides signification, in a sense the residents subverting the very concept of the concept album. but its melodies and passages are still oddly yet deeply moving, and i don't think its apparent narrative emptiness detracts from that whatsoever. maybe that's what it ultimately "means."
Well it's not hip hop, classical, electronic, or avant garde so I don't care
I only listen to genres that don't rely on lyricism, as that is the most shallow aspect of music hands down
No like I literally agree with you and that’s a huge reason why I love this record, and it’s narrative tone accents the style of this music in a significant way. I only made this threads because I love this album so much and o had only just now thought about this and have never thought about this before.
how could you reply seriously to such terrible bait
>hip hop
you’re too trusting now stop it
It feels like they were venting out shit in residents fashion
Beginnings are endings for all but a few...
TO SHOW OR TO BE SHOWN
The narrative in Not Available is commonly depression. Edweena doesnt want to leave her house due to a severe lack of motivation (hence "Not Available"). Eventually, the isolation drives her to madness, which is where the catbird comes in. Its a very bare bones way of looking at it, but thats the closest thing to a narrative i found.
the residents apparently escaped their label and began recording eskimo and then their label put out not available because they were contracted to release something
I have a feeling the backstory is BS, The Residents are notorious for making up stuff and selling out, Just see: pledgemusic.com
who ever made this is GOAT pepe memer.
I think it's more raw than overt. Like the ambiguities make you think of it and relate it to yourself. That's part of the power. And the raw emotion of some of the songs make you just feel
This could be true, but I don't think it's like a straight forward story. on their website they have "Uncle Willies" take on the story.
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>its not avant garde
.....what?
existential horror
>selling out
I mean the first 5 or 6 albums are hardley selling out. Maybe after the Mole Trilogy you could say that but they also lost half their creative force by that point.
Yeah but the selling out is part of the art so that makes it okay
Well it can see why he's mad. They said the point of this album was to use the theory of obscurity and basically that is no outside influences can touch the work and you release it after you forget about it. That way it's pure and untainted by the outside world.
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay
Is the answer to be shown? or will it be a question with an answer that will never known?
lol I was being facetious, but yeah the modern activity is jumping the shark like crazy but they're still doing what they've always done
Can two be more than three?
I get the impression that a significant portion of the lyrics are about the loss of a parent, through divorce or otherwise