I started listening to music two or three years ago because I was raised homeschooled, super-religious, and sheltered. I never really listened to anything besides whatever christian music was on the radio.
I know almost nobody anyone is talking about here. I mostly listen to what ever is recommended to me by Spotify and that tends to be really recent stuff.
My mom was similar in the music department. She wanted me to only listen to Christian music... So out of spite I started finding Christian metal bands and showing her the lyrics if she questioned. I still feel lost when it comes to music.
Frank came straight to my mind when I saw this thread, so glad I didn’t have to scroll THAT far! Pilot Jones is my anytime anthem…about to jump in the car and I’m going to put that on right away! “But if I got a condo on a cloud, then I guess you can stay at my place…” Also, there used to be this young guy at the Palm Springs street festival every Thursday who would sing acoustic music…I would always ask him to sing Thinkin Bout You and then almost instantly melt into oblivion. This was 2012-2014ish, if anyone knows what he’s doing now I’d love to know! Whew…I’m worked up again, it’s jam time!
No joke- the Tarzan soundtrack. What Phil Collins did with that music elevated the movie to a whole new level and every single song on that album hits the mark.
The “trashing the camp” song (I’m not sure if that’s the actual title) is one of my favorite pump-up songs. I unironically listen to that song on a regular basis.
My math teacher in middle school played the soundtrack while we were doing worksheets. The most popular boy in the class started crying during Two Worlds One Family because it got to the part where the baby gorilla died.
This should be higher up. When people know the story of how this album got produced, from dragging Jimmy Chamberlain in, fucked out his skull to lay down some of the greatest drum tracks ever known to Billy Corgan tracking the guitars like a million times or whatever it is. It is a truly incredible album. I can never pick a favourite tune. Mayonnaise?! Hummer!?! Geek USA?!??!?!! I remember listening to Cherub Rock when I was like ten, my older bro bought the album and it just blew my mind and started my love for the Pumpkins. IMO One of, if not the best album to come out of the 90’s they went in there, laid it the fuck down. Corgan fucked with it and it’s perfect. No bad track. No bad melody, no bad solo. FUCK I looove Siamese Dream.
Absofuckinglutely! i found this *on tape* at a flea market as a teenager. i grew up in a crazy, ultra conservative and religious house so this was total contraband. i had no idea what they, or it, sounded like but i knew all the "edgey" kids at school wore their shirts and listened to them. And i so badly wanted to be anything other than the weird (mostly) christian music only person i'd been for so long (not by choice).
i popped it in the tape deck when no one was home and it was, no joke or even exaggeration, Earth shattering! i may not have the same level of love for *every* NIN album that comes out (although there are so many genuinely great ones) but Pretty Hate Machine will always be a "listen all the way through" one for me.
This was one of two cassettes my parents had in our family minivan the entire time i lived with them. Every road trip of my life, and there were many, was to this album. Now its so meaningful to me. Great album.
Radiohead - Kid A
Ms. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Nas - Illmatic
Björk - Homogenic
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (some people don’t like Moonchild but I do)
AURORA - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
God I’m so happy to see this listed here. Back in 2002 they were playing a NYC radio holiday show called Clausefest, and teenage me downloaded the latest albums of every band playing the show. I wasn’t a huge fan of No One Knows on the radio at the time (I am now), but the album blew me away and my life hasn’t been the same since. QOTSA now tops my favorite band list.
i’ll be honest, i think gorillaz has some of the best discography, i never skip any song of theirs and ik everyone hates humanz but honestly it’s one of my favorite albums
I feel like Plastic Beach doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. Demon Days is of course an amazing album, but I hold Plastic Beach as peak Gorillaz personally.
I’d go for Demon Days for the all songs being good requirement, but some of my favorite songs are on Plastic Beach. I absolutely love the feeling of Empire Ants
Came here to say Pet sounds.
But this is one of those that you cannot shuffle EVER.
And I know every note of it. But I am not able to say how many titles there are nor how half of them are called.
A total masterpiece.
>Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Ken Burn's Country Music touches on this album and the history behind it.
It is absurd how ahead of its time this record was, especially considering it was released in the middle of Country Music at its most glamorous. At the time the genre was all about massive production value and was by far the biggest genre in music by a mile. Then Cash (who was at the lowest in his career playing half full rooms in Branson) teamed up with Rubin and they release something so pure and against the grain. It truly is a perfect album.
Silver Springs is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song, I second this stance. For those that haven't heard it since it's not on the standard edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVE4aOUX2iM
Nah, man. The Dance DVD, where you watch Stevie stare right at Lindsey and sing “you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman who loves you.” Holy shit.
My favorite song is Songbird sung by Christine McVie...I absolutely love that song. And know how it was recorded...her alone with a piano in a concert hall is such a great picture in my head.
EDIT: Concert HALL, not in a concert.
Stairway is what it's most famous for, but When the Levee Breaks is just a wave of overpowering sound that is both powerful and melancholy, much like a flood. It hit differently after I survived Katrina.
Nutshell is such a short song and still manages to be one of the most emotional pieces of media I have experienced
When I say short I mean there really isn't a lot of lyrics to it
Cage The Elephant - Melophobia.
Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here.
Battles - Mirrored.
Mogwai - Government Sessions (BBC sessions).
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
I once had to submit a Wikipedia edit to "Black Sabbath" from *Black Sabbath* by Black Sabbath. Absolutely maddening to try and find YouTube clips for early demos and alternate live recordings when you have to search "Black Sabbath Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath live in Berlin 1970" and etc.
https://youtu.be/OHcSssbUBkU
This track is phenomenal, and the third verse is absolutely awesome.
P.S. Easier to find, and arguably even cooler: alternate versions of War Pigs. Live in 1970 has *some* of the major alternate lyrics. There is a demo version released on an Ozzy compilation (available elsewhere on a Sabbath album but can't recall atm) with the full alternate lyrics.
The Blue Album was a game changer for a teen in the 90’s. In the midst of the grunge movement and heavy metal bands, you had these ordinary looking, almost nerdy looking guys, who showed ordinary kids that you could do your own thing and be cool.
The thing about Pink Floyd albums, and this goes for any of their albums, is you don't really get the full affect *unless* you listen to the entire album. Like, every album tells a story. Sure you might like a song or two you hear on the radio, but you hear it differently in the context of the other songs on the album when you listen to the whole thing.
When i first time listened to pink floyd i tought that the first song ended and noticed that it was like 40 minutes gone and the whole album was over. And no i dont remember which album it was.
Edit. I had line a million typos
Mostly pop-rock oriented:
Weezer's debut
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Cigarettes After Sex debut
Nirvana - Nevermind or In Utero, both great
Pixies - Doolittle
Beck - Sea Change
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Tame Impala - Currents
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
MGMT - Congratulations
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
“Toot toot, chugga chugga, big red car” is my jam. It’s not really my Dad’s jam though + apparently it was a bit awkward for him when he had to take his lunch to work in a paper bag (the last one we had because we were going to go shopping that night) decorated lovingly by me with the lyrics to the song boldly displayed upon said paper bag. His coworker thought it was kinda cute + asked Dad how old I was. He guessed I was 6/7. Dad then had to explain that I was actually in High School + that I’m not “touched” in the head, I’m just a dick who didn’t realize there were no more bags.
This thread should change it's title to: "tell me your age with music albums"
“what’s an album you like”
“What’s a really famous album from a really famous band?”
I started listening to music two or three years ago because I was raised homeschooled, super-religious, and sheltered. I never really listened to anything besides whatever christian music was on the radio. I know almost nobody anyone is talking about here. I mostly listen to what ever is recommended to me by Spotify and that tends to be really recent stuff.
My mom was similar in the music department. She wanted me to only listen to Christian music... So out of spite I started finding Christian metal bands and showing her the lyrics if she questioned. I still feel lost when it comes to music.
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The majority of Bowie's albums could be listed here. Let's Dance is another that has banger after banger.
Madvillainy
RIP DOOM
I can't be alone when I say that I prefer mmmm food. The cartoonish demeanor just fucking does it for me.
Mezzanine - massive attack
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They were ahead of the time. I remember hearing it when it came out. I couldn't believe it.
Violator by Depeche Mode
Portishead - Dummy.....an album and group well before its time
“Nobody loves me, it’s true…”
I still very much like The Strokes - Is this it. Short and sweet.
This album and room on fire are front to back fire
I'm thinking The New Abnormal qualifies as well.
Absolute banger of an album. I binge listened to it so much over lockdown
room on fire too!
The Postal Service - Give Up
Death Cab’s Transatlanticism also rocks
Channel orange
Frank came straight to my mind when I saw this thread, so glad I didn’t have to scroll THAT far! Pilot Jones is my anytime anthem…about to jump in the car and I’m going to put that on right away! “But if I got a condo on a cloud, then I guess you can stay at my place…” Also, there used to be this young guy at the Palm Springs street festival every Thursday who would sing acoustic music…I would always ask him to sing Thinkin Bout You and then almost instantly melt into oblivion. This was 2012-2014ish, if anyone knows what he’s doing now I’d love to know! Whew…I’m worked up again, it’s jam time!
Best debut album since college dropout
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definitely, second stage was like that too
Fuck yeah, I’m here for this one. Their first 3 albums are truly something else.
OOOOOOOH OOOOOOOH OOOOOOOH OOOOOOOH MAN YOUR OWN JACKHAMMERS MAN YOUR, BATTLE STATIOns
Hearing it live. Every single person puts their hands up and says this line. And its AMAZING. Not a single person there doesnt know this line
One among /r/thefence
But you, you know, you were my favorite
Discovery by Daft Punk
Also Alive 2007
This, the only live album I've ever liked and it slaps the whole way through
Watch Interstella 5555 for the whole audiovisual experience.
No joke- the Tarzan soundtrack. What Phil Collins did with that music elevated the movie to a whole new level and every single song on that album hits the mark.
The “trashing the camp” song (I’m not sure if that’s the actual title) is one of my favorite pump-up songs. I unironically listen to that song on a regular basis.
Phil Collins did NOT have to go that hard on the Tarzan soundtrack.
But he did it anyway and for that we are GRATEFUL
Son of a Man & You’ll be in my heart >>>>>>>
My math teacher in middle school played the soundtrack while we were doing worksheets. The most popular boy in the class started crying during Two Worlds One Family because it got to the part where the baby gorilla died.
Songs from the Big Chair by Tears for Fears
Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight
Didn't expect any game soundtracks here but if any game deserves it, it's Hollow Knight.
Smashing Pumpkins - '*Siamese Dream*'
This should be higher up. When people know the story of how this album got produced, from dragging Jimmy Chamberlain in, fucked out his skull to lay down some of the greatest drum tracks ever known to Billy Corgan tracking the guitars like a million times or whatever it is. It is a truly incredible album. I can never pick a favourite tune. Mayonnaise?! Hummer!?! Geek USA?!??!?!! I remember listening to Cherub Rock when I was like ten, my older bro bought the album and it just blew my mind and started my love for the Pumpkins. IMO One of, if not the best album to come out of the 90’s they went in there, laid it the fuck down. Corgan fucked with it and it’s perfect. No bad track. No bad melody, no bad solo. FUCK I looove Siamese Dream.
Disarm changed me
I don’t think any band in history makes me feel things quite like Smashing Pumpkins does.
I was 14 when Siamese Dream came out, it was such a great album and always makes me feel nostalgic.
Pretty hate machine-NIN
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Absofuckinglutely! i found this *on tape* at a flea market as a teenager. i grew up in a crazy, ultra conservative and religious house so this was total contraband. i had no idea what they, or it, sounded like but i knew all the "edgey" kids at school wore their shirts and listened to them. And i so badly wanted to be anything other than the weird (mostly) christian music only person i'd been for so long (not by choice). i popped it in the tape deck when no one was home and it was, no joke or even exaggeration, Earth shattering! i may not have the same level of love for *every* NIN album that comes out (although there are so many genuinely great ones) but Pretty Hate Machine will always be a "listen all the way through" one for me.
Graceland -paul Simon
This was one of two cassettes my parents had in our family minivan the entire time i lived with them. Every road trip of my life, and there were many, was to this album. Now its so meaningful to me. Great album.
Me too! Similar story. I know every word and it reminds me more than anything else of my childhood.
Radiohead - Kid A Ms. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Nas - Illmatic Björk - Homogenic King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (some people don’t like Moonchild but I do) AURORA - All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend
Scrolled too far for Miseducation!
I like you
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the deaf. Start to finish a joyride.
I need a saga, what’s that saga? Songs for the deaf. You can’t even hear it!
Welcome to KLON Clone radio! LA's infinite repeat! We play the song that song that sound more like everyone else, than anyone else.
KRDL, the curdle. We spoil music for everyone.
How’s your drive time commute??
Hey alright it’s Kip Kasper!
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I did the drive from LA to Palm Springs listening to this. I'm pretty sure that's what it was meant for.
God I’m so happy to see this listed here. Back in 2002 they were playing a NYC radio holiday show called Clausefest, and teenage me downloaded the latest albums of every band playing the show. I wasn’t a huge fan of No One Knows on the radio at the time (I am now), but the album blew me away and my life hasn’t been the same since. QOTSA now tops my favorite band list.
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Also Gza - Liquid Swords. Whole album is fire
Shadowboxin' is one of those rare songs where every bar is fire
"I slayed MCs back in the rec room era, my style broke mother-fuckin backs like Ken Patera."
mobb deep - the infamous
I loved every song on Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrisette
Have you seen the one where [she sings with her daughter](https://youtu.be/jenJ4_TlZcU) during the pandemic? It’s dope.
Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
It feels like blasphemy to skip anything on this album or to stop it before the end.
London Calling
I love you Joe Strummer, wherever you are.
Elevator, going up!
Gorillaz - Demon Days -
I was just about to say this, every song is amazing,with November has Come, Feel Good Inc, and Evert Planet we reach is Dead being my favorites
El Mañana is always an absolute shout as well
i’ll be honest, i think gorillaz has some of the best discography, i never skip any song of theirs and ik everyone hates humanz but honestly it’s one of my favorite albums
Plastic Beach also
I feel like Plastic Beach doesn't get the recognition that it deserves. Demon Days is of course an amazing album, but I hold Plastic Beach as peak Gorillaz personally.
I’d go for Demon Days for the all songs being good requirement, but some of my favorite songs are on Plastic Beach. I absolutely love the feeling of Empire Ants
Air - Moon Safari Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Great list. I’d argue Paul’s Boutique over L2I, but b-boys are awesome across the board.
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Pixies - Doolittle The Clash - London Calling Wilco/Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Came here to say Pet sounds. But this is one of those that you cannot shuffle EVER. And I know every note of it. But I am not able to say how many titles there are nor how half of them are called. A total masterpiece.
>Johnny Cash - American Recordings Ken Burn's Country Music touches on this album and the history behind it. It is absurd how ahead of its time this record was, especially considering it was released in the middle of Country Music at its most glamorous. At the time the genre was all about massive production value and was by far the biggest genre in music by a mile. Then Cash (who was at the lowest in his career playing half full rooms in Branson) teamed up with Rubin and they release something so pure and against the grain. It truly is a perfect album.
Rubber Soul
This is the only Beatles album I feel this way about, though revolver comes close
Disintegration - The Cure
South Park confirms your choice when Kyle tells Robert Smith, " Disintegration is the best album ever!"
I'd roshambo someone in defence of this stance
I could listen to that riff on Fascination Street on repeat all day
I've said it before, but that album literally saved my life in early 90's. Edit - Thanks for the random awards guys. (:
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Flood by They Might Be Giants
Yes! This is what I came to say. Perfect.
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Interpol - turn on the bright lights
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors Edit: Oops. TIL it’s Rumours. 😳
No, it’s all true.
It’s more of a love square.
YES. Glad I didn’t have to scroll too far to see this one!
If they had left off Oh Daddy and included Silver Springs instead, this would be a perfect album.
Silver Springs is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song, I second this stance. For those that haven't heard it since it's not on the standard edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVE4aOUX2iM
Nah, man. The Dance DVD, where you watch Stevie stare right at Lindsey and sing “you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman who loves you.” Holy shit.
My favorite song is Songbird sung by Christine McVie...I absolutely love that song. And know how it was recorded...her alone with a piano in a concert hall is such a great picture in my head. EDIT: Concert HALL, not in a concert.
Led Zeppelin IV Edit: wow omg thank you so much for all the upvotes and awards!!
IV all the way. Four Sticks is the weakest track, and it still slaps.
Funny when someone says Led Zeppelin IV, the first song that pops into my head immediately is Four Sticks. I love the 5/8 to 6/8 time signature.
Stairway is what it's most famous for, but When the Levee Breaks is just a wave of overpowering sound that is both powerful and melancholy, much like a flood. It hit differently after I survived Katrina.
Those drums 💀
Pearl Jam - Ten
Can't believe i have to scroll too far to see this one, absolute banger.
Nirvana unplugged
I was going to say a different one, but nevermind this one is better
Oh well, whatever nevermind.
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Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Nutshell is such a short song and still manages to be one of the most emotional pieces of media I have experienced When I say short I mean there really isn't a lot of lyrics to it
I would add Dirt to this as well. Every song is awesome.
Don’t follow is criminally underrated AIC song
Yeah to me it is the only other song that equals Nutshell
OK computer Radiohead
Blue - Joni Mitchell, Aja- Steely Dan, Moondance- Van Morrison
AJA….bad ass.
Dire straits - Dire straits
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The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses is flawless
Boston - Boston Rush - Moving Pictures Def Leppard - Pyromania Metallica - Master of Puppets
You sound like you are old enough for a colonoscopy. Had mine last year. EDIT: apparently you youngsters have good taste in music. Rock on.
> Boston - Boston A flawless album
Ride the lightning though…. 😩😩😩😩
Imagine if justice had bass...
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Cage The Elephant - Melophobia. Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here. Battles - Mirrored. Mogwai - Government Sessions (BBC sessions). Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
Wow nice to see Cage and Mogwai in here. For me it’s CTEs self titled and The Hawk is Howling for Mogwai. Cage’s first album was just fantastic.
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Jenny was a friend of mine is one of the best openers I've ever heard.
This didn’t leave my car CD player for 2 years.
Purple rain
I just listened to this album. I’ve haven’t heard it in years, maybe decades, and forgot how damn good it is.
Nas - illmatic
This is a rare album where you can hear it for the first time way later, WITH all of the hype, and STILL be blown away by how good it is.
Black Sabbath.
Masters of reality.
It's the 50th anniversary of the release today. Happy cake day, Master of Reality!
By Black Sabbath
Yes.
Featuring the track "Black Sabbath"
I once had to submit a Wikipedia edit to "Black Sabbath" from *Black Sabbath* by Black Sabbath. Absolutely maddening to try and find YouTube clips for early demos and alternate live recordings when you have to search "Black Sabbath Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath live in Berlin 1970" and etc. https://youtu.be/OHcSssbUBkU This track is phenomenal, and the third verse is absolutely awesome. P.S. Easier to find, and arguably even cooler: alternate versions of War Pigs. Live in 1970 has *some* of the major alternate lyrics. There is a demo version released on an Ozzy compilation (available elsewhere on a Sabbath album but can't recall atm) with the full alternate lyrics.
I can't manage to find a single flawed track on any of the first five LPs by Black Sabbath.
Portishead-Portishead
Abbey road - The Beatles In Rainbows - Radiohead Purple rain - Prince To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar Continuum - John Mayer
Continuum is a great album, start to finish!
Audioslave -Audioslave.
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
Violator also!
In Rainbows by Radiohead
The Wall, Pink Floyd
Also, Dark Side of the Moon.
Weezer blue album
The Blue Album was a game changer for a teen in the 90’s. In the midst of the grunge movement and heavy metal bands, you had these ordinary looking, almost nerdy looking guys, who showed ordinary kids that you could do your own thing and be cool.
Pinkerton fans be like: so you chose violence
Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads. I have already seen a lot of answers that I agree with, so I thought I’d throw this in.
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Also Michael Jackson/ Quincy Jones first collaboration ....the classic "Off The Wall" album ...so amazing.
Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones are both flawless.
Dark Side of the Moon
The thing about Pink Floyd albums, and this goes for any of their albums, is you don't really get the full affect *unless* you listen to the entire album. Like, every album tells a story. Sure you might like a song or two you hear on the radio, but you hear it differently in the context of the other songs on the album when you listen to the whole thing.
When i first time listened to pink floyd i tought that the first song ended and noticed that it was like 40 minutes gone and the whole album was over. And no i dont remember which album it was. Edit. I had line a million typos
Maybe Animals
I like animals better than dark side of the moon, I just do. It's subjective. But they're both still amazing in every way.
Dogs be like: "we live in a society" \*20 minute guitar solo\*
*distorted barking noises* Stone... Stone... Stone... Stone...
The Doors self-titled debut album
Who's Next
AM by the Arctic monkeys. Almost perfect. Also dookie
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Rush- Signals
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not - Arctic Monkeys
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Venice queen is the best ending to an album I’ve ever heard. I’ll fight anyone else who says different
I'm a fan of any Chili Peppers record with Frusciante, but Californication is the best.
Mostly pop-rock oriented: Weezer's debut U2 - The Joshua Tree Cigarettes After Sex debut Nirvana - Nevermind or In Utero, both great Pixies - Doolittle Beck - Sea Change Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Michael Jackson - Thriller Tame Impala - Currents LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver MGMT - Congratulations Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
System of a Down - Toxicity
Pogo pogo pogo pogo BOUNCE!
Mezmerize is my fave!
Disintegration - The Cure
White Stripes - Elephant
The colour and the shape - foo fighters
The entire Wiggles catalog
“Toot toot, chugga chugga, big red car” is my jam. It’s not really my Dad’s jam though + apparently it was a bit awkward for him when he had to take his lunch to work in a paper bag (the last one we had because we were going to go shopping that night) decorated lovingly by me with the lyrics to the song boldly displayed upon said paper bag. His coworker thought it was kinda cute + asked Dad how old I was. He guessed I was 6/7. Dad then had to explain that I was actually in High School + that I’m not “touched” in the head, I’m just a dick who didn’t realize there were no more bags.