The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

This album is so unbearable, that my Spotify actually cut off during it.

It’s not good, but it’s not the worst thing I’ve heard either

Made me want to throw the rope up 😵

why is this rated so low it's literally fine, do you people just not like anything that's not the beatles or what's up with that???

I had low expectations just based on the name of this band, but this was wonderful. Beautiful and discordant and melodic and organic. A lovely record that honestly sounds great. Psychedelic for sure. Absolutely loved this.

The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter Your wish is not granted unless it's a fish. Your wish is not granted unless it's a dish. A fish on a dish is that what you wish. One of those albums/bands that I always feel I should have listened to by now, but I never have. It’s a fun, bizarrely engaging listen, particularly the first time around. Each song begins and sounds like it was written and sung by a group of buck toothed, brought up in isolation, hippie fuckwits given some instruments as part of a societal reintegration therapy program. However each song somehow manages to burrow its way into your brain about halfway through, the peculiarity percolating and revealing some amusing, beguiling and memorable if quite odd music; the Indian restaurant vibe and tempo changes of Koeeoaddi There and the wartime Music Hall radio broadcast feel of The Minotaur’s Song, with added creepiness and a deceptively catchy melody. Witches Hat has a real Wickerman atmosphere, with parts of the song being charmingly melodic and other parts charmingly amateurish. A Very Cellular Song is excellent, very infectious and beneath the oddness as quite ordered structure, building from an organ into hand claps and some great harmony singing. It could be Dylan parping about on the mouth organ on Mercy I Cry City, but the harpsichord and drone of Waltz of the New Moon is uncomfortably appealing, the guitar is really very nice, as it plays out into a nicely hypnotic ending. I like how The Water Song’s paganistic lyrics and mediaeval atmosphere lead into an almost Shinto incantation with something that sounds a bit like a Shamisen. Three is a Green Crown feels atonally odd, but kind of opens out towards its crescendo, becoming more and more Indian sounding. Love the percussion sounds in Swift As The Wind, sounds like me trying to carry too much up the stairs and dropping it all. Just needs a for fucks sake. Nightfall has a real hopefully downbeat delicacy to the melody and lyric, an interestingly affecting song. I can totally understand why this would divide opinion, it's striking how it can sound bad and good simultaneously, which is quite the trick to pull off. But maybe it’s the contrast between the sense of innocent outsiderism and deliberately obtuse instrumentation and experimental song structures (or the contrast of good and bad) that I find so interesting. It’s definitely not a straightforward listen, its a real grower, and I found it more charming each time, picking out little moments and motifs and a sense of humour I have no idea is intentional or not. Feels like it's kind of in its own weird little category, so kind of hard to rate, but I’ll go for curiously distinctive 4. 🧙🧙🧙🧙 Playlist submission: A Very Cellular Song

Yuk

# 364 : Can't Listen, don't like it, I'm not sure it inspired anyone, but if the music isn't good, I'm not sure I need to hear it before I die. I can't imagine getting hit by a bus and my last thought being, "shit I never got to that album from those Scottish hicks playing that shit Sitar". Does anyone actually listen to this album, or only us twits doing "this list"?

Pain. It's like a stoner group of Renaissance Fair attendees took a light dose of mushrooms at the fair and tried to "jam" with whatever instruments were handy

Ass ⭐️⭐️ maybe ⭐️

Sjeeeeeemig dit gaaaaaat maar door. Een soort mislukte Kelly Family die hun kampvuurgejengel ten onrechte vinylwaardig achtte. Wat een gedreutel, en veel te lang. Een half zo lange plaat had nog net boven de Frans Bauer-grens uitgekomen.

Dit moet iedereen volgens mij horen vanwege de therapeutische werking. Zit er iets tegen: het kan altijd erger. Dit album voert dat concept tot in de puntjes uit. In het geheel is het een dieptepunt. Maar binnen het album wordt ook elke keer gedemonstreerd dat het erger kan. Van een mislukte Dylan-poging naar een nummer waarvan de uitvoering mij doet denken aan nummers in Monthy Python, naar een pijnigende snaar, naar mislukte Aziatische klanken en zang, naar....naar....naar....Tot een nummer ergens aan het einde dat nog valser is dan alle voorgangers. Dieptepunt in de lijst? Nee dus. Het kan altijd erger!

Voor sommigen van ons staat er teveel rap of teveel (post)punk in de lijst. Ik heb datzelfde bij elke hippieband waar ik nog nooit van heb gehoord. Allemachtig, wat staat er veel van die meuk in waar je duidelijk een hele grote dikke J bij moet draaien of een of andere psychedelisch pilletje in je mik moet hebben gestopt. Je zou denken dat de boomers dit soort muziek massaal de top2000 in stemmen, maar vermoedelijk waren ze toen zo onder invloed van de middelen, dat ze vergeten zijn waar ze allemaal naar luisterden vroeger. Naar de muziek, het is veel te theatraal naar mijn zin. Een soort Kinks gedaan door Monty Python, of Monty Python gezongen door een mannelijke Joni Mitchell. En dan veel te vaak met zo'n irritante fluit er doorheen. Ik vraag me af of ze zichzelf serieus nemen of juist niet. Ik neem het in ieder geval niet serieus. Ik heb het halverwege afgezet. Ik denk dat die beeldschone dochter zichzelf vrijwillig zou verhangen toen ze dit gewauwel aan moest horen. Wat een flauwekul dit weer. Weg ermee.

Unlistenable. Vocalist struggling with the range and generally unpleasant. Mad music.

Weird Folk. Nice!

My second straight day of hearing 60's hippie music that feels very thin in substance to me. It's fine to make music when you are tripping on acid. It doesn't mean everyone has to hear it and it certainly doesn't mean the music has to be in this book. I had some difficulty differentiating each song as well. Based on the other reviews in this book, it feels a bit cliched to make fun of this album. Just because it feels cliched doesn't mean it is not true. The song titles could be part of a parody album and I'm not sure anyone would know. Mentions of Minotaurs, witches, three songs that end in "song," and 13 minutes of the band just dicking around on their instruments. The band can't even say why they named the album "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter," as it didn't mean anything. The quote from Mike Heron on the wikipedia page was a word salad that basically amounted to "I was on acid and I knew my idiotic fans would delve into the title to find deeper meaning that isn't there." I can see how the Incredible (false advertising) String Band would influence other artists like Bob Dylan and Robert Plant. I can only assume it influenced them to create music that sounded nothing like the Incredible String Band. There is just so much sitar on here and rambling lyrics. I can't explain why this album must be heard, as I never wanted to hear it again. Swift as the Wind is the most unbearable song for me. There is nothing redeeming about the grating, annoying lead vocal and obnoxious background vocals. The good news it is difficult to focus on the thin instrumentation when focusing so much on the vocals. Swift as the Wind is a misnomer because the song felt like it was 28 minutes long. The (Not) Incredible String Band have a song called "The Hedgehog's Song" and I am just thankful this song was not on this album.

I'm sure someone likes this, and I'm sure the musicians had a good time. They worked hard, have a vision, and are skilled. And boy I don't like it at all.

Clearly a very influential album. I want to be around the kind of people that love it but I'm not one of them. The content all felt cliché and predictable once you realise you are listening to a Tolkein druid album

No, just no!

Couldn’t get into this. Too slow for me

Terrible, but mundane enough that it didn’t become a pain to listen to.

Not my cup of tea. Clickbait

Is it incredible tho?

Silly

If only I was into renaissance fairs...

Some old hippy at work told me to buy this album and I did. It definitely requires a certain time, place and headspace to appreciate, but there's a part of me that secretly enjoys a bunch of wigged out heads out in rural Scotland dicking about with various instruments they can't really play and calling it an album. Weren't Incredible String Band the favourite artist of beardy former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams?

Meandering. Could use an artistic director. Without a potluck and general sense of community, feels selfish

Weird, love it

I don't think I'm on enough drugs to enjoy this in its full capacity... Lyrics from 'A Very Cellular Song' (which is THIRTEEN MINUTES LONG, by the way): "Nebulous nearnesses cry to me at this timeless moment someone dear to me | Wants me near, makes me high, I can hear vibrations fly | through mangoes, pomegranates, and planes all the same | When it reaches me and teaches me to sigh" ............ wtf?? Is that a harpsichord??? A kazoo?? A recorder?? it does seem like everyone on the cover of this album is participating in the music here.

i really wanted to like this more than i did. maybe if i listen to it. much more

Definitely a piece of late 1960's psychedelia. Thankfully I will never have to listen to it again.

3.5/10

Didn't think I would like it at first but this 60's dark folk album wasn't too bad after all.

"The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" is best described as a musical bull, running amok through a china shop of ideas and instruments. The Incredible String Band refuse to stand still for long enough for anyone to get a read, they cycle through themes and tempos with a chaotic restlessness, and they push their quirks to a point of novelty bordering on the ridiculous. What's more, this album (their third) boasts amateurish production, overeager instrumentalists and then threatens to destroy its own credibility with, for example, an entire verse culminating in the line "A fish in a dish, is that what you wish?" And all of that's just track one. So yeah, it's quite a ride. But for all its wilful experimentation and tomfoolery, "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" triumphs in many ways. While I struggled to get on board with a lot of it, I consider it far too bold and ambitious to be considered a true failure. The latest psychedelic album I had before this, Country Joe and the Fish's "Electric Music for the Mind and Body", lost points from me for playing it too safe. That's a criticism I could never level at "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter", simply because it's all over the damn place. There's an endless, demented roster of musical instruments: alongside the omnipresent acoustic guitars are sitars, harmonicas, jaw harps, kazoos, whistles, spoons and rubber bands, all giddily trading places throughout the running time, sometimes between one phrase and the next. It's scrappy and shabby, but somewhat endearing. The vocals are flawed but fine, droning away in the baritone a little like Syd Barrett. Production is handled by Joe Boyd, who had worked on Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne" single and went on to other acts like Fairport Convention's late-sixties gold run and Nick Drake's first two albums. The album's centrepiece is the twelve-minute epic "A Cellular Song": bold and sprawling, with a lovely lulling opening and equally lovely ending bookending some hopeless philosophising. "Mercy I Cry City" is an unlikely gem, with a strong hook and well-executed time signature changes. "Nightfall" is a pleasant, softly stirring track to end on. And trounce it all you like, but I can't deny there's something gently amusing about a call-and-response "Minotaur's Song", with a whole choir (including an uncredited Richard Thompson) earnestly repeating the lead singer's every line, claiming "he can't dream well because of his horns." Maybe I'm just in a freak folk phase at the moment (heralded by Joanna Newsom's dazzling "Ys"… no surprise that she's a big fan of this band). And of course, "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" is not perfect. There are too many missteps like the overwrought "Waltz of the New Moon", the moaning and warbling of "Swift as the Wind" and the navel-gazing self-seriousness of "Three is a Green Crown" to render it a favourite. However, it deserves far more praise and attention than it seems to be getting from most of the reviews here. Give it another listen. Go on. Deep down, you know you want to. No, you really do.

There's a vision, I don't know if I like it or if they fulfilled it, but it's definitely there. I don't know, it feels like a parody or smth When I finally feel like I'm vibing the fucking kazoo comes back; and those boings wtf are they! I feel like a wood nymph, or a fairy, or an elf idk.

What an interesting album and unlike anything I've ever heard before! The folky melodies combined with a variety of instruments from around the world is very innovative and for me it comes together well. Surprised to see such a low score on the app for this as I found it very beautiful and intriguing. Docked a point for Cellular Song which goes on a bit

I'm sure it's great. Many, many people say so. I don't like it.

oh my god

Lovely folk

good vibes but a little too long

Strange psychedelic folk music. I liked it but not sure I would go to it again

8/10. One of the most perplexing albums in the 1001 album list. It's confusing, but in a good way. It has nice ethnic elements. I understand why it may not be everybody's cup of tea. :)

We krijgen weer een stevig stukje CKV voor de kiezen. Ik kan niet zeggen dat ik er op deze manier heel erg op zit te wachten. Twee violen, en een klavecimbel en een luit, als je dit album krijgt ben je nog niet jarig en de vlag die gaat niet uit. De grap is na een nummer of 2 wel gemaakt en dan heb je nog een heel eindje te gaan. 10 keer grofweg hetzelfde nummer. Een hele dikke meh van mijn kant.

No idea what to say the genre is but the music was great

Ugh

Revolutionary hippie music for its time… Does not hold up sixty years later

Really very terrible

Listened to before. Highlights: a very cellular song

Just not my thing

Why? Why? WHY?!?

I sometimes wonder if this list of albums is just fucking with me

That was a pleasant bike ride to work album

I found it uninteresting until A Very Cellular Song piqued my interest. To be honest, though, it was hard to maintain. Did the collective energies of the late 60s inspire a lot of this to the point of tedium? Others may find the psychiness profound, the experimentation daring, the spirituality inspiring, but it didn't work for this pedestrian. Perhaps on another day, but not this day.

Interminable - can well and truly folk off!

No.

I tried. The relevance of this one is totally lost on me. There was a Monty Python element to "The Minotaur's Song," which goes a long way to describe my reaction to the bulk of this material.

I love this, though I can totally understand why so many people don't. It's adventurous and playful, brilliant and bold without being pretentious. It's filled with tradition (many traditions) while embracing the unconventional and the avant-garde. I love their bizarre song structures and use of dissonance one minute and their ability to switch to perfectly catchy folk tune the next. This album speaks to me like few others do. Is it perfect? No. I think it's maybe a song or two too long and the second side isn't quite as magnificent as the first. But when it flies it soars. "Koeeoaddi There" is one of my favorite songs of all time and I just can't imagine how someone wrote it, let alone how it fits together so beautifully when it seems so desperate to fall apart.

If you are familiar with Amy Sedaris' character, "The Lady Who Lives in the Woods"...this is the kind of music she would be listening to. In fact, I reckon Amy listened to THBD for inspo. Hard to get beyond the kitsch on this listen. But hey, I like kitsch and hippies so I'll go straight down the middle here.

Weird, psychedelic hippie music.

Kinda cool stuff. Creative writing. I can see where many bands were influenced by them.

All the markings of folk-psychedelia on display here: sitar - check, harpsichord - check, recorder/flute - check, kazoo - obviously. There is some complicated layering and the songs themselves are fine, but I really didn't find myself hooked in at any point other than the run from Three is a Gold Crown to the end of the album. I appreciate that someone appreciates this style of music, but it isn't really for me.

This is an album I'd expect to hear at the Renaissance Festival. Definitely had it's moments with the harp. Paired nicely with a walk in the woods.

That may have been the kookiest album I have ever listened to. I don't know how you even come up with music like that. Multiple times I just found myself staring out of my window listening to some of the strangest lyrics I have ever heard. The water song was really cool though.

Was really hoping for some better shit for acid folk. I enjoyed the sitar in songs but rest was so meh. Not the worst but def a low 2.

The moment I dreaded in this project has finally come - the point when I receive an album that I really don't like, but dogged as I am, will hear it through to the bitter end. This was a painful listen. I appreciate that the \"artists\" were probably off their faces on Acid, but surely there must have come a point when their sensibilities returned and they realised what a godawful cacophony they had created, although, apparently not. My first one-star album. There you go!

Incredibly hippy album lol. It's fun, but hard to listen to for long. It's sooo slooow. I think this is what people think Simon & Garfunkel is. There's a lot of fun influences. Rock, Appalachian, Hindustani, Singer Songwriter, Folk Since of the songs are whacky long lol

Wacky and fantastic, but these are hard bardy types of tunes dipped in hippy dust. Thus, it's a tough listen.

its easy to tell its a 60's album even if you didn't know off rip. its an interesting folk/psychedelic sound with an interesting mix of choir vocals and a really interesting mix of instruments. A Very Cellular Song was one of the most interesting and unique songs I have heard, it felt like it had like 8 different styles Favorite Song: Mercy I Cry City

experimental and eccentric psychedelic folk music. with sitars, foreign vocal runs and an almost medieval sound, this album is peculiar among anything else. this is an album that almost feels like a portal into the renaissance era, with all the stringed instruments, posh sounding keys, pipes... despite the usual psychedelic trends that happened around this time, this album does it in a way that's a little different from the others. this is music that a family of gnomes would listen to, sitting in a quaint little cottage in the cold autumn.

It has its moments but it's a bit overindulgent and airy fairy. Could have done with a bit more editing. Still good though.

This album has a loose, wandering feel, like it’s figuring itself out as it goes. The folk elements mix with a strange, almost psychedelic vibe, kind of like early Pink Floyd but more acoustic and raw. There are some nice moments where everything clicks, but other parts feel a bit scattered. It’s an interesting listen, though not the most focused.

It’s like they found a sitar and slide whistle at a pawn and decided to make an album. Unlistenable to modern era.

This is some tripped out hippie shit.

The Shitty Beatles? Are they any good? No, they suck.

For a person who's not into folk (e.g. me) this is not bad. I like the psychedelic style. It's almost like if a high on LSD John Lennon met Bob Dylan. Bad thing is, I despise Bob Dylan. Overall, not bad, but not for me.

The beginnings of freak folk. I thought they could use some more string though and maybe a bit of brass.

good instrumental sounds, lots of interesting twists and turns in songs, just not my style

This record was a trip. Psychedelic in all senses. I felt like I should be on acid and attending Hårga in Midsommar. By the looks of the cover, I thought perhaps this was going to be a ln all family oriented album like the Osmonds. Or something of that nature. I was not expecting the weird lyrics, and odd timing psychedelic folk rock. It's definitely not my style of music but I would be lying if I said it didn't pique my interest. In fact I was always wondering what will happen next. Again, it's not that great of a record. But I didn't mind it. I have no need to revisit this record though.

A slightly awkward bit of 60s psychedelica. Reminded me a bit of Pink Floyd's first offering without the "this will end up being one of the greatest bands" aspect. Releived when it ended.

Incredibly fun, don't think I'd listen again but I'm glad I've heard it now

I cannot believe how low people have rated this hear. It shows that they're not in this to appreciate different kinds of music. As a huge fan of Syd Barrett Pink Floyd, this was a great revelation for me. There's just something so calming about this kind of trippy folk music. It makes you think of simpler times, and I don't see how the silliness of it doesn't just make you smile. Sure, it wasn't as put together lyrically or musically as early Pink Floyd, but it gives a great sense of whimsy and is just generally good.

Folk rock, 60’er, lidt eksperimenterende

This record seems so lacking in self-awareness of its camp, it is practically gagging for parody. In fact, I'm quite sure it has been skewered someplace mercilessly, probably in something Christopher Guest wrote — it's giving "listen (shh!) to what the flower people say" in a major way. "Mercy I Cry City" and "Waltz of the New Moon" swooped in to rescue this from the lowest of the low.

There’s only two possible explanations as to why this album is on this list: Someone in this band has naked pictures of the author & blackmailed him Or a warning as to why too much acid is a bad thing

Step 1: get sitar Step 2: take plenty of mushrooms and acid Step 3: walk into forest Step 4: cosplay as a joke band from the 14th century and/or skyrim Only gets a 2 because it was relatively pleasant in parts if you didn't actually pay attention 32/100

This is not very good. It it, however, very, very weird

I hate hippies

This album gives big Renaissance Fair energy.

People hate this? Really? I know it’s one of the lowest rated albums on this site, but it’s actually really good. It’s wonderfully weird in that 1960s way, but it’s also innovative and influential. Reading that this album influenced Robert Plant is totally evident in early Led Zeppelin songs. I hope people give this an honest chance because it’s actually fantastic and completely deserves it’s critical acclaim and place on the list.

What creatively void hippy nonsense was this. Irritating AF. I feel like they were taking the piss. Not good

oh that was all over the place, a real mess. I found little to enjoy in it. Everytime the guitar sounded nice or it had a good melody it would go off in some mega hippy way and I struggled. This being said it's a real time capsule of music though which I guess is nice.

More power to the people that enjoy this, but I am not one of those people.

Literally one of the most tediously twee things I’ve ever listened to

I did not necessarily expect to like this based on the description, but, I like it! I have a soft spot for weird, when it's done authentically and honestly. It doesn't feel like they are trying to be anything, they are just doing what they want. It's odd and interesting and makes me smile frequently! I especially like when the vocals imitate the sitar.

This was horrible. Diddling and unstructured nonsense with weak vocals and uninteresting songs. To top it off it was much longer than it deserved to be. One of the worst albums I've heard on here. 1/5

I don’t know where to start. I’ve never listened to an album that’s made me want to collect a group of lads, slip on a few jazzy caftans and head to the woods to sacrifice a maiden. It actually almost made me excited about the idea. I mean, that had never even crossed my mind before this album. Powerful stuff! It also made me sing a made up song about Robert California for 4 hours. Really highs and lows and if I’m honest, quite confusing. 2.0

If Monty Python needed a backup band, these guys would have gleefully obliged with their harpsichord cringe goof songs.

Superlatives in a band name have proven to be a sign that they are the opposite of whatever they claim to be, at least in this list so far. I guess I just need to stop torturing myself and forget trying to making to 1001. Out of the 600+ albums I've heard so far, I've only come across of maybe 10 that were amazing that I hadn't heard before.

The musical embodiment of NPR taking too much LSD. Extremely experimental, equal parts folk, sea shanty, Sitar, psychedelic, and strongly Scottish vocals. Very of its time. Not for me.

What

Un poco rollo este folk.

A bit low fi for me today

Definitely stringy. Sounds like a band (of bearded hippy types I'd wager). Perhaps not incredible, maybe more average.

The drugs that created this no longer exist to make it palpable to the ear in this century.

This was atrocious and horrific in so many confusing and bizarre ways. The kind of album that makes other people hearing me hear it think "what's wrong with him?"

This album reminds me of ending up at an after party full of pretentious drugged up wankers with acoustic guitars playing weird music that I just don’t understand. I’m glad when it’s time to leave.

It's definitely not as bad as some other reviews lead me to believe. It is experimental and a product of its time. These were musically uncharted waters in the '60s and they would have an impact on future music. It's not always good or not always bad, but always quirky and eclectic. It was an interesting listen.

Waltz of the New Moon is too slow; other songs are also kind of slow

Sounds like these scallywags had one too many goblets of mead. Honestly, sounds like somehow some medieval musicians found a mixtape of The Beatles. Baby, you can drive my ox cart.

A psychedelic mess

Very interesting instrumentation. I’m sure it was groundbreaking when it came out in 1968. I’m not sure it’s aged as well though.

Well that was obnoxious. It’s like a group of strangers was given a bunch of random instruments and drugs and told to write an album. They made an album I guess, but it was a meandering mess. Like were they dared to cram as many random instruments onto this as possible? I’m worse for having heard this.

This felt like it was actively trying to get me angry. And worst of all, it succeeded. It’s only 49 minutes long but it felt twice as long. And it just keeps going. It just turns into noise after a while

A psychedelic folk album of pure sound of acoustic instruments, strings and human voices.

I was born a generation after ISB’s glory days, but in my twenties I went through a hippie phase. I steeped myself in ISB for a few years, and even preformed some of their songs for friends on occasion (Chinese White at Christmas is a perfect song). Revisiting this album now though, from a sober, critical point of view, I find the first half a little grating. I hate to say it, but I was irritated. Even on the Minotaur’s Song, which I used to think was so fun and interesting, I’m just kind of over it. A Very Cellular Song takes the tactic of those before it on the album of having zero repeating structure, exploring and rambling to the point of incomprehension. My interest simply has nothing to grasp except for a poetic line here or there. I’m left wondering, what’s the point? The second half delves into very eastern-inspired sessions which reach for spiritual places, so I do feel some redemption there. But overall, I see this album as more of a snapshot of an era than an album I’d turn to for enjoyment. Maybe my opinion will change ten years on, but right now, I feel a bit curmudgeonly, like a parent forced to watch their child’s hour long self-produced play. I will say that the case of Licorice McKechnie’s disappearance is fascinating, and I’m surprised Netflix hasn’t run a deep-dive investigation documentary on her yet. I hope she’s alive out there, living a very normal life as someone’s very normal grandmother.

This was almost as weird as JD Vance

I’m not even halfway through this album and I can already tell you what I think: dreadful, absolutely dreadful. Do yourself a favor and seek out some of the folk music from this period that’s actually worth listening to.

If this were instrumental I may have like it more but the singing killed it for me. When I started to listen to it the first time, I reacted negatively and turned it off. I came back to it and stuck it out, but only barely. Really unlistenable for me.

I can hear Colin Meloy telling me how important this album is but that doesn’t make me enjoy it necessarily

This is so 60s, and not in a good way. There were some parts where I thought that the vocalists might be tone deaf. But the instrumental arrangements were kinda cool I guess.

mmmmm I can't deny that the fall vibes were strong, but it was not for me. 1.5

one album. two questions. 1) why are so many "folk/americana" albums on this list from non-US musicians? this is a constraint of my music streaming app's set genres, sure, but it's curious 2) why are so many "folk/americana" albums on this list "trippy renn faire" folk and so few "phil ochs, barter economy, workers rights"

This scratched an itch I didn't know I had. The Water Song spoke to me. A Very Cellular Song feels like a 13min masterpiece.

This is such a strange album. It sounds like complete nonsense most of the time. I think I'd need to take A LOT of drugs to enjoy this. I didn't completely hate it but I can't imagine a scenario which I would listen to it again.

I have no idea why this is one of the lowest rated albums on the list. It's fairly standard 60s psychedelic folk. Has a pretty cool celtic tinge as well, which made it stand out for me. Some early Pink Floyd vibes as well. It's good. Yet again, my bizarre infatuation with goofy medieval music carries.

Crappy hippie renaissance fair music with some sitar mixed in, and lots of off-key singing made for a very unpleasant 49 minutes.

I was reading Robert Plant was influenced by this album. Let's just say it's a good job jimmy page played the guitar and not the harpsichord

Worst one so far.

Not sure how this list is compiled but if it’s by votes then this feels like a ‘Boaty McBoatface’ style troll. Absolute tosh.

I'm going to do what no one has ever done before. I get this album is love it or hate it but I'll rate it right down the middle anyway. There's some really refreshing and good ideas here; at the same time some of the ideas are just a tad over the top. At some points the execution is flawless; at some points it is a bit sloppy.

I like weird. I like rough. This just felt unfinished. Recorders and kazoos and made up on the top of your head vocals don’t go well with unfinished.

I didn't really enjoy it, found it a bit repetitive and difficult to listen to. However, I think this is a case of it not being for me. I prefer the poppier end of the psychedlic folk spectrum. 2.5

Medieval

Again, not my style of music. This doesn’t do anything for me.

Haha WTF is this. Honestly not as bad as some of the reviews suggest. This has to be satire, right? +1 for uniqueness

If you're going to listen to stoned idiots bang on instruments like toddlers, put some punk on. At least they're done sooner.

SO first off when I glanced at the musician I thought it said string cheese incident. Needless to say I was going to quit this list if that was true, so anything is a relief. That being said, this album is UN-listenable. It's just a group of people drugged out of their mind making noise. But that being said, I'm happy this album exists and is definitely of an era. I'll give it a 3.

This album is weird and way too long

This is pretty good!

7.5/10

1.7/5 listened 1x while driving to Nashville with Ashley

A weird album, but honestly not bad. It's on the edge of being weird in an obnoxious way, but doesnt quite push enough to be so.

Fucking sucks

Awful

Kill me now

Fader Folk mit experimentellen Einschüben, langweilig. **

Dancing around the Maypole to piccolos is not my thing.

How did this make the list? This is just horrible.

Like a poor imitation of Monty Python

4.5. Loved it, need to look into more of this type of music

Der findes ikke nok flydende LSD, i denne verden til at jeg skal høre denne plade igen!

Jeg tog pauser i det her lårt... Det er heldigvis et semi kort album. Dog stadig ret kedeligt.. Ikke det værste jeg har hørt, men jeg vil aldrig høre det her igen..

Når det rammer noget skots folk lyden, særligt lyrikken, så kan det noget.

Not for me - stopped listening 2 tracks in

I was really primed to hate this but god damn it it got me. It seems it’s a real marmite album but I love marmite so you can all go kick rocks. Put me on an acid folk kick for the rest of the morning.

Thought I would like this more, but nope.

This was weird and not that fun to listen to.

I almost turned this off about 30 seconds in and declared it total garbage, but I'm glad that I didn't. It is totally ridiculous, and may still be garbage, but I'm now enjoying it immensely with the same part of my brain that loves the Shaggs and certain Daniel Johnston songs. The musicianship is better than both, but the songs are totally stupid and amazing.

I can see a place for it in Monty Python movies.

Listen to again

Folk No! Such 60’s era nonsense. Pretentious, acid fueled sleep sounds. Hangman missed the mark here.

Christ it's awful

Soooo weird but I like it.

zvery wierd but at the same time enjoyable and interesting. Liked it

An enjoyable listen but not something I will return to often

Always had a weak spot for "A very cellular song" but cannot stand the rest of the album.

I had strong associations with In an aeroplane over the sea by Neutral milk hotel. However, that is a fantastic album whereas this is ... well ... nearly unlistenable, especially toward the end. A very cellular song is ok so 2 stars.

Pretty interesting folk album with a lot of really cool instrumentations.

Lots of 1 star reviews on this, can't say I disagree. You must be extremely stoned to find this in anyway acceptable. Not being stoned I too can't give more than 1 star.

I lasted 1 1/2 songs

Kind of stinks. Couldn't finish it

This is so fun and goofy! I love how they just randomly throw every single instrument they can in at random intervals just to be silly. Doing that in a way that still manages to keep a cohesive album is insanely impressive. The core folk backing here has to be very strong to hold it all together and it does.

Not my cuppa tea, but I could see the Hobbits singing these ditties as they begrudgingly go on their adventures.

Very mystical sounding and pretty cool... Kind of a bizarre mix of mystical/dramatic with some pretty silly/nonsensical lyrics. All in all I really liked it but it did get a bit old after a while, and the opening song was my favourite perhaps for that reason

I looked at the reviews and thought that they were exaggerating. well, they were not

Monty Python but not funny and dull

2/5 - suddenly the Arrested Development joke makes sense.

What is this? Prog folk?

Couldn't finish. The cover art is quite representative of what to expect.

This is a hard one to judge. I recognise it as quite groundbreaking and original/experimental. At the same time it's not really enjoyable.

Enjoyed the style at first but did become repetitive

It’s so fucking insane I was worried a South African was going to put a gravy boat up my anus. But far more interesting than half the stuff on this list. Obviously bad, and hard to listen to, but interesting.

Album cover is so captivating, but the sound is too psychodelic and messy for me.

I really don't like the lead vocals, singing style.. or lyrical content. Too folky for me. I'm trying! ...Nah. I'm tapping out. not fair to rate it though as I didn't listen properly. or is that a 0? Not sure I can really give anything a 0

So silly. I love these hippies.

I don't think anything I can hear from this album will make sense with the cover art. It's such a hodgepodge of hats, outfits, a mask? So weird. Apparently a different version is just two guys. Musically, this kind of starts off as a ren fair and as much as I'd think I like that style, it definitely has to be the right time. I do like having an artist to look towards when that time is right. During a couple of tracks there is a barrage of what sounds like recorders, so that part kind of makes sense with the cover of it's a classroom of kids just blowing away. Later on it gets a bit more folksy so a little more variety than I anticipated after the start. There was one track I just had to skip mid way through."Swift as the Wind" I think it was.... The moaning or whatever you call it was just obnoxious. I am interested in using this band and album as a start of a ren fair playlist, and was generally an interesting listen. Favorite track "The water song" 3/5

oh god no

3 man what a doozy. This album is both amazing and borderline unlistenable at the same time. Each song had points of genius and ten seconds later it would switch to the most comically bad song I’ve ever heard. But I still kinda enjoyed it.

Погружение в некий транс, психодел. Очень необычный набор музыкальных инструментов. Но во время прослушивания было ощущение, что это сильная троечка.

What is this? It's garbage, that's what it is! Look, I was not looking forward to this. It's another album on the "worst albums" section of the global stats page on this website, and I can see why. The most enjoyment I got from this album was when the first song mentioned the name Bridget, which made think of Guilty Gear, leading to me playing Guilty Gear. I really like Guilty Gear, but I do not like this album. The sound is unpleasant to listen to. Not quite in the same way as an album like Kollaps or the Throbbing Gristle one, but enough to say that I didn't enjoy listening to the album. The singing is a part of that. It's kind of annoying. The writing is just there. The whole album feels like an acid trip at a really shitty renaissance fair. However, I wasn't sure that this deserved a 1/5 for a bit. I mean, it's bad, but my disdain for it isn't nearly as high as it is for an album like Haunted Dancehall or Hypnotised. I really had to ask myself the question of "Am I upset that I had to listen to this?" When I think about it, I hate the album, but every reason that I don't like it is just a lesser version of a reason for albums that I hate more. As stated earlier, it's not fun to listen to, but not as painful as some of those noise albums I got. It certainly drags, but not as much as an album like Haunted Dancehall. I don't respect the band for getting into Scientology, but they're still not as evil as someone like Jerry Lee Lewis or Marilyn Manson. But honestly, I think it's the fact that all of these things are in combination with each other that makes me answer that rhetorical question with a yes. I am upset that I listened to this album, just not as upset as some of the other albums. High 1/5 (that means closer to a two).

Hippie shit

I can imagine a medieval peasant from France bumping this shit crazy in the tavern with his mate Pierre after a hard days labor on his liege lord's land. Unfortunately my dopamine addicted brain does not yearn for the lute.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band felt like a journey into a fantastical realm, similar to Lord of the Rings, but with a twist that didn't quite resonate with me. The album's use of a droning sitar became a bit nauseating towards the end, and I found myself questioning why it was considered a must-listen on the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. While I appreciate the band's experimental spirit and unique blend of folk-rock and Eastern influences, the meandering compositions and niche sound left me feeling disconnected. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None

Somehow the album is funny. The music fits the cover very well. A confused extended family crawls out of the forest and plays at a medieval festival. The vocals are not bad at all. The whole arrangement seems very amateurish and sounds thin. In fact, some of the harmonies remind me of the psychedelic passages and experimentation of some of the real greats of the time. Nevertheless, after playing a few tracks, I had had enough of the bumbling. 2/5

Damn. Rough.

Super weird - this is the archetypal psychedelic rock band imo. Not super my thing but a very fun listen nonetheless

Wtf

ekki fyrir mig

You don’t have to hate music to like this album but it helps.

there was some cool stuff but generally i didn’t love this. it gave me some Selling England by the Pound vibes but never as good

I love folk like this but this is not it dawg Okay actually by the end of it i was pretty intrigued. Its not gonna be for everyone but i do think its art and appreciate it exists. Torn between a 1 and a 5 so im gonna average it out to a very memorable 3

Whimsical and slightly archaic. I struggled to place what this reminded me, some kind of mixture of Roy Harper and the theme music from Easy Rider, with medieval ballads thrown in. It was certainly odd, but in a good way, and I enjoyed it enough to give it 4 stars.

Super woodsy folk music, not all great. The rougher parts really pulled it down as a whole

At first I thought the album was really going for something unique, but as I listened to more I found repetitive, bland, and uninspired. Would not listen again.

This album kinda intrigued me before swiftly being replaced by boredom and hatred for the sound. None of the songs are particularly great, but “A Very Cellular Song” is a very clear standout terrible track and imo contains everything terrible about the album. I honestly wanted to tear my ears off during it. The lyrics do not make up for the unappealing music, and there isn’t any reprieve from the awfulness. I expected them to throw one or two palate cleansers in there, but it was just a never ending hurricane barrage of shit. I will not be returning to this album. I would give a 0 if I could. This could be removed from streaming services and I would not notice nor care

you know I wanted to give it a 2 but putting this in the same category as Gorillaz would be an insult to fucking gorillas

I didn't really care for this album at the beginning, but as it went on I found myself enjoying it more and more (and I think that it will continue to grow on me on repeat listens). Favorite tracks were "Waltz of the New Moon" and "Three Is a Green Crown."

Why is this in this list of albums we must listen to ? Why? It probably got its place for its very badness. I didn't have the option to give it a zero rating so reluctantly it gets one although it represents zero.

so whimsical fuckkk

I love that albums like this one are included on the list. They capture the atmosphere of a particular scene. Each track offers a distinct journey, blending traditional instruments with unexpected sounds and vocals that evoke a sense of mystical exploration. It's a testament to the band’s influence on the genre and remains a pivotal listening experience for anyone interested in the roots and evolution of psychedelic folk music.

For a band called "The incredible string band" their flute/bag pipe players do alot of work. It was a good, old, folk album. But I won't come back to it.

Mjög spes. Hittir ekkert sérstaklega í mark hjá mér.

Tem um dos reviews mais votados que disse que para esse álbum ele é 1 ou 5 estrelas, e não pode ser nada entre isso. E eu escolhi 1 estrela.

Not as exciting as it sounded the first time I heard it

Dreadful

I concur with the majority of other reviewers here. This is dreadful hippy shite. What is going on with those vocals on "Three is a Green Crown"?

Over when the pawn?

Rating: 1/10 A truly heinous album, it sounds like a bunch of people that are beginners and are playing whatever they want without rhyme or reason with folk instruments. And because it's so bad and different this album is seen as experimental, but really it's some utter bullshit. There are some good ideas on here like in The Minotaur's Song and the first few minutes of A Very Cellular Song, but this gets overshadowed a thousandfold by how horrendous and unlistenable the rest of the album is.

J'ai l'impression d'écouter de la musique qui jouerait à un GN. Ça fait beaucoup trop troubadour médiéval. C'est monotone et je ne comprends pas ce qu'il y a de mémorable à cet album. 4/10

A simultaneously bewildering yet simple album. With perplexing scenes and imagery throughout the lyrics here, you can't help but feel like you've wandered into some strange ritual in the middle of the woods. What this album lacks in consistency (I can't say I enjoyed the abrupt transitions of the medley 'A Very Cellular Song'), it makes up for in sheer charm through its eclecticism. As instrumentally it ranges from more traditional folk instrumentals, like on the call-and-response track 'The Minotaur's Song' to something more brooding and Eastern-influenced with the inclusion of sitar and oud on 'Three is a Green Crown'. Again, I'm very confused about my feelings on this album - but I do appreciate how unabashedly strange it is compared to many other folk records of its time.

It's nice folk rock album with lots of energy.

Mi spiace ma non mi è piaciuto tanto, ascolto veramente difficile e pesante. Sarebbe 1,5

un ascolto innegabilmente difficile, ma non come altre volte. e se non altro è particolare. e immagino che la quantità di droghe pesanti consumate durante la creazione di questo album sia sufficiente a mandare in overdose l'intera popolazione di un piccolo stato. yolo, i guess?

Talmente brutto da essere meraviglioso.

Non capisco tutte queste recensioni piene d’odio per me è un tranquillissimo album da 3

This deserves more time than I’ve given it today, as it has churned up and answered confused feelings I have about British folk: at core, I love it, but I often find it confusing - do these count as tunes or sing-song stories? - and embarrassing - never trust a hippy, and so forth. By the time The Minotaur’s Song finished, its content and delivery close to those of a deranged Shellac track, I realised this is a great work. The instrumental embellishments, the strident eclecticism seem thought-out and pointing towards a universal folk-epic form rather than, say, poor Kula Shaker. That Celtic strain of epic storytelling drives the words, rhythms and incidental sounds. Love it. Feel sheepish towards the freak-music friend who dumped all the ISS albums on me over 15 years ago, and to whom I lied when I said I’d check them out immediately. Sorry, Tom C!

Dreadful - twee folky background tunes with weird noises on top. The sound quality is awful, the singer is terrible and the songs go on forever without mercy. A shame as I probably like much of what this inspired - perhaps this is "The Velvet Underground and Nico" for folkies, but regardless it's one of the worst things I've ever heard.

Cool ass hippy music.

How does someone come up with music like that? And instead of hiding the fact that listening to this crap was a waste of time, it ends up on the list of "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" so that others will also waste their time listening to this.

too folky for me, bad lyrics, bad vocals

“Scottish psychedelic funk” sounds like fun. But loosely translated to English, it simply means, “we have a sitar and nonsensical lyrics.” This album is a 49-minute trip to an extremely awkward Renaissance Fair. I know that’s redundant, but I think that helps underscore the experience of listening to this.

While amusing at first, by the end of the album and the beginning of a second listen, I felt all that was missing was electric shock therapy and some official insisting that this is what good music sounds like.

Flips between being laughable and beautiful and sometimes both at the same time. Was not always sure what they were singing about, but the album held my attention and I found it entertaining nonetheless. Quite an array of instruments and sounds. "Porridge for my porridge bowl" are lyrics I can get behind.

Was this a joke? It isn't funny

Now I truly understand why folks hated hippies in the 60's. If there was a good singer amongst this merrily annoying band of Scots, I might have given this 3*s. But nope! 2 it is. Fight me.

I think I'm figuring out that folk isn't quite my thing.

My phone now smells of patchouli and has offered me psychedelics, thanks a lot.

This is fuckin' abysmal. I mean, it's not instantly terrible like Bob Dylan is, but insidiously terrible. You'll start listening to it, thinking that it's uninspiring or perhaps even boring, but before long you'll start to get this uncomfortable feeling grow, where you realise that you've had your earballs filled with utter shite. The really awful thing is that every so often you'll hear something that you think "maybe this isn't do bad" - but it genuinely is. This is the worst "not country", "not Bob Dylan" record on the list. The low rating is entirely justified.

Better than expected. I can probably grow to like it. 3.5

Incredibly shit, lots of (as I found out) North African AND Indian instruments like the sitar (too present I think) and gimbri. Trying to hard to be psychedelic/different.

Hmm not as bad as I was expecting, not to say I will be listening again though! I would say 1.5

Challenging listen as I'm not acquainted with the Celtic genre

a whole album that sounds like the cast of monty python after smoking a serious amount of grass. don't get it.

Nope. I tried to give it a chance, but no thanks.

shockingly shite

This was a truly terrible listen.

This starts out like a simple folk album but rapidly mutates into something stranger bringing in multi-tracking, sound effects, weird instruments, psychedelic lyrics and a 13 minute concept piece about an amoeba. Very 60s but it makes you wonder what was in that mushroom stew they were eating.

"A fish on a dish is that what you wish". OK, I think I really needed to listen this album to find at last my most profound need. Or perhaps it just shows how good 'shrooms were back in the day. There are also deep universal truths as "amoebas are very small". OK, enough laugh. The album is really dated, the usage of middle-eastern or asian instruments is really typical of this period. It has a characteristic folk sound, and that's not my favourite flavor of folk. The way the singer sings is also pretty annoying. It may have been influencial, but I found it pretty difficult to listen to.

Those negative reviews sum up the experience of listening to this album very well, it's just really bad psychedelic folk with ridiculous pretentious lyrics

Went from Celtic to Indian vibes and all around. A bit like he was singing hymns or prayers at times? Pleasant to listen to at least

Helt ok

The Minotaur’s Song

Sounds like 60s weed. Kind of like Donovan but not good. Swift as the Wind was a standout song that the end of was okay.

Not bad. But not really for me either.

A different world, a different time

What an undeniably unique record. Experimental, psychedelic, ambitious… both the writing and the instrumentation have a ton of depth and beauty despite the oddity. Definitely not an album for casual listening, but with an active ear it’s much easier to appreciate and feel the intention behind the music.

Scotish folk with a touch of magic mushrooms - not my taste

This sounds like a parody record. Are we sure this isn’t a joke? It’s such a random combination of sounds. First song has a banjo, sitar, rubber band and spoons. Oh no, second song is worse. This is not good. If this was recorded by Monty Python it would make more sense. But as a collection of music intended to be listened to and enjoyed, no.

Звучит как... Академический, но такой прямо истеричный Neutral Milk Hotel. Неплохо, но мне нужно больше времени с этой музыкой, чтобы прямо заценить ее. Лучшая песня - A Very Cellular Song.

Incredible no. Average yes. Today it be hard for them to find work anywhere but the local ren fair.

I'm not familiar with this band or album, but a psychedelic folk album with a user score of 2.14 and a song that's over 13 minutes? This is going to be an adventure! This album turned out to be about what I expected based on what I knew heading into it. I can't think of anything painful I'd rather have inflicted on my anus than listening to this album, but I'd definitely say I didn't enjoy this. I can appreciate the ambition that went into dreaming up this album, and the work that went into crafting these uniquely strange folk songs. I think the songwriting here is a little above average when it comes to the lyrics; sure, some of it is pretty goofy, but I imagine that Robin Williamson intended it to be goofy in parts. Musically though, I thought this album was a mess. With lyrics like this, I would have imagined that the sound would have been a bit more dream-like and softer, but this album really didn't have any good melodies that matched the feeling of the lyrics. I think the sitar was used way too much, and that this album would have benefited from some softer string sounds, like a harp or a lute, or just an acoustic guitar. I really hated the usage of the jaw harp too; it felt completely out of place to have its twang peppered throughout this album. The only parts of this album that I enjoyed musically were the first and last movements of "A Very Cellular Song." While this album wasn't to my liking, I'm still glad that I can say I got to experience it and form my own opinion. Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention a few things that this album made me think of as I was listening to it: -You could have told me that this album was made as part of a Christopher Guest movie, and I would have believed you without even looking it up. -This album sounds like something Bob Belcher of Bob's Burgers would have in his collection, and there'd be an episode where he somehow finds himself trying to mend relationships in the band so they can put on a reunion show. -I half expected this album to feature the Tom Bombadil song from Portlandia.

Enjoyed it! Good songs

One star for music, an additional star for band name (a bit of a stretch!) and album name (very creative!)

This is what being forced to go to church sounds like

OOOOOF... From the first thirty seconds, this just sounds like a distillation of everything I hate about 1960s psychedelic counterculture horseshit. I sprained my finger trying to get it to stop.

Further proof that hippies are bad people.

Not my favourite. The first half of the record I was kinda with them - the pseudo-medieval lute-poet vibe was 'a thing' for a while and I was trying to catch their drift. But they lost me on the second half of the record and overall it's about 2-3 times longer than it should be. I don't know why this would be considered an 'essential listen' really...? but FWIW I'm glad I had the one listen. I'm sure I'll never put this on again though.

Hilariously bad, need to be on the same amount of acid as these guys when making this shit

Weirder than I thought it would be, kind of mental. Funny that Neil performed it in the Young Ones. And all the Kazoo, Jaw Harp, and other strange instruments. I'm glad I was exposed to it here

Charming and strange. I vibed to it, Not perfect but for weirdness of it I give it a 4

2 - Okay, at first, I didn't really get why this was so low rated on here. I thought people were just being dramatic. I had even listened to snippets and thought, "well, that's not too bad. I kinda like it, even." But, uh, this sort of annoyed me at points, and I actively listen to annoying music, so I can't imagine how the average person would react to this. It's not all bad, but any moments I care about drowned out by the moments I don't like. There's just not enough here to hook me and help me get past the oddities of this album. If I only listened to one song off of this record, it'd probably be more forgiving towards it, but having to listen to the whole album wore me down and left me dying for it to finally finish.

I gotta say, this was week with the listen. So fucking bizarre. I really enjoyed this, but alas never again.

That was different. Dug Minotaur & Cellular.

Its both awesome and terrible. Few can do that. I couldn't help but sing along to The Minotaur. If more of the album was like that it would have been better. Apparently if you had access to a Sitar in 1968 it was required to be put on the record whether you're any good playing it or not. They're not. This really dragged on making me look forward to it finally ending

I gave it a crack and I like some folk bullsheet. But this one hurt my brain.

Fucking hippies

#tooktoomuch

ASS

Nope.

I briefly found this amusing and charmingly eccentric until I realised it was a load of tuneless self-indulgent tosh. The drugs are no excuse.

All I can say about this is that it sounded like a Monty Python spoof album and I wish it had been.

For heavy drug users, by heavy drug users. Kind of agony to listen to sober. Will try again next time I trip

Nuts And not in a great way

A psych folk trip thru the cosmos.

67/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

The Unlistenable String Band.

truly incredible

Did not care for this. Maybe I was in the wrong mood or something.

Hilarious... Pretty sure they weren't trying to be funny as they were too busy kidnapping drifters and forcing them to watch while they pranced around wearing the masks and silly hats on the album cover and singing these songs. Hope that dog's okay. The drifters surely aren't.

such 60s, much folk

Psychedelia in music, different

pretty good, but kinda samey throughout

Just hippie bullshit. I can’t stand this kind of stuff. Like kids pretending to be a rock band. 1/5

Weird and wonderful psychedelic music. Not surprising this isn't well reviewed but I like this kind of music.

Comus eri luokkaa.. Mutta ei komeile comus listalla.. Vaan komeilee protoversiot..Leikitään eri genreillä ja viisastellaan.. Ei sentään ole chilling and wibing heh

It wasnt bad as much as annoying. I would have liked it when I was 13

Well. I think I get it, but I find myself skipping the songs after about 30 seconds each.

I really want to give this a 5 to spite its low rating, but it’s really not THAT good. Still definitely doesn’t deserve to be one of the bottom ten rated albums on this site though.

Not my cup of tea at all, rather yucky end to end.

Folkmusik goes psykadeliskt. Är det bra? Är det på skoj? Jag förstår inte. Det kanske är ironi. Fast det borde jag förstå. En 1a. Och då är jag snäll.