If this sounds different from what you're familiar with, then the following may be informative:
the piece has been orchestrated at least three times, by:
* Modest Mussorgsky (the composer himself); the video above has this version, which is rather different from the versions below
* Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (another Russian composer and a contemporary and colleague of Mussorgsky), who produced the most famous orchestration
* Leopold Stokowski, who conducted his own version as part of the Disney film Fantasia; this version is based on Rimsky-Korsakov's version
So yeah, you're actually listening to Mussorgky's own orchestrated version. It wasn't even performed in his lifetime, nor was it published until 1968, making it a rather obscure gem compared to its more famous alternate version.
because i thought of four songs i don't like ("two princes", "unwell", "this love", and "you're beautiful") and all of them are alt rock according to wikipedia
or at least alt rock with a male vocalist. i can't think of alt rock with a female vocalist off the top of my head
there's also "how to save a life" which i feel ehh about, and while i think the lyrics are nice, the stylistic elements that make me feel ehh are very similar to the reasons i dislike the aforemententioned songs
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