History Music / SFSorrow

* PastInTheRearViewMirror: All of the Mirrors in the Mirror Hall Sorrow is taken to shows events from his childhood past.

* BreakTheCutie: We get to see Sorrow go from happy child to an isolated, depressed man.

* [[Music/TheRollingStones Dick Taylor]] - guitar, vocals

* DownerEnding: Unlike Tommy from ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', or Pink from ''Music/TheWall'' who at least overcame their isolation, Sorrow remains isolated by the end of the album, and it appears he will never get over the tragic events that isolated him in the first place.

* EldritchAbomination: Implied with Baron Saturday, who is suppose to represent the Voodoo god Baron Samedi.

''S.F. Sorrow'' is the fourth studio album by Music/ThePrettyThings, released in 1968. It was released on the same week as ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' by Music/TheBeatles and ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety'' by Music/TheKinks. However, it wasn't released in the US until August 1969. It is their final album to feature drummer Skip Alan, who suddenly quit during the recording of this album. He was replaced by John "Twink" Alder, who helped complete the album. ''S.F. Sorrow'' was [[UrExample one of the very first]] [[ConceptAlbum Concept Albums]] ever created by a Rock Band, along with Nirvana's [[note]]The 1960's band Nirvana, not [[Music/{{Nirvana}} the 1990's one]][[/note]] ''Simple Simon''.

* UseflNotes/TheHindenburg: Sorrow's wife takes the ''Windenburg'' to get to Amerik. Unfortunately for her, [[HistoryRepeatsItself it does the same thing as the Hindeburg]].

'''''S.F. Sorrow''''' is the fourth studio album by Music/ThePrettyThings, released in 1968. It was released on the same week as ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'' by Music/TheBeatles and ''Music/TheKinksAreTheVillageGreenPreservationSociety'' by Music/TheKinks. However, it wasn't released in the US until August 1969. It is their final album to feature drummer Skip Alan, who suddenly quit during the recording of this album. He was replaced by John "Twink" Alder, who helped complete the album. ''S.F. Sorrow'' was [[UrExample one of the very first]] [[ConceptAlbum Concept Albums]] ever created by a Rock Band, along with Nirvana's [[note]]The 1960's band Nirvana, not [[Music/{{Nirvana}} the 1990's one]][[/note]] ''Simple Simon''.

The story told in the Album centres around a man named Sebastian F. Sorrow, who is born to a standard family in the UK and grows up with a vivid imagination until he has to get a job at the Misery Factory. He is eventually drafted into UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and, upon serving his term in a forgotten haze of Gunfire and Artillery shells, marries and moves to a Country called [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates Amerik]]. However, his wife happens to take the [[UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg Windenburg]], which bursts into flames and kills her. Sorrow, depressed over his wife's death, finds himself in the presence of a mysterious figure named [[BaronSamedi Baron Saturday]], who invites Sorrow on a journey to his inner mind and steals Sorrow's eyes for his own purposes. Sorrow is flown towards the moon by the Baron, which turns out to be his face, and enters his mouth that leads him to a room full of mirrors. After Studying the mirrors, which contain memories of Sorrow's childhood, Sorrow realizes the world is unkind and uncaring, and that he can't trust anyone ever again. In a state of despair, he blocks himself off from the rest of the world and subjugates himself to eternal loneliness.

The story told in the Album centres around a man named Sebastian F. Sorrow, who is born to a standard family in the UK and grows up with a vivid imagination until he has to get a job at the Misery Factory. He is eventually drafted into UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne and, upon serving his term in a forgotten haze of Gunfire and Artillery shells, marries and moves to a Country called [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates Amerik]]. However, his wife happens to take the [[UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg Windenburg]], which bursts into flames and kills her. Sorrow, depressed over his wife's death, finds himself in the presence of a mysterious figure named [[BaronSamedi Baron Saturday]], who invites Sorrow on a journey to his inner mind and steals Sorrow's eyes for his own purposes. Sorrow is flown towards the moon by the Baron, which turns out to be his face, and enters his mouth that leads him to a room full of mirrors. After Studying the mirrors, which contain memories of Sorrow's childhood, Sorrow realizes the world is unkind and uncaring, and that he can't trust anyone ever again. In a state of despair, he blocks himself off from the rest of the world and subjugates himself to eternal loneliness.

* DownerEnding: Unlike Tommy from ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', or Pink from ''Music/TheWall'' who at least overcame their isolation, Sorrow remains isolated by the end of the Album, and it appears he will never get over the tragic events that isolated him in the first place.

The story told in the Album centres around a man named Sebastian F. Sorrow, who is born to a standard family in the UK and grows up with a vivid imagination until he has to get a job at the Misery Factory. He is eventually drafted into UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne and, upon serving his term in a forgotten haze of Gunfire and Artillery shells, marries and moves to a Country called [[TheUnitedStates Amerik]]. However, his wife happens to take the [[UsefulNotes/{{Hindenburg}} Windenburg]], which bursts into flames and kills her. Sorrow, depressed over his wife's death, finds himself in the presence of a mysterious figure named [[BaronSamedi Baron Saturday]], who invites Sorrow on a journey to his inner mind and steals Sorrow's eyes for his own purposes. Sorrow is flown towards the moon by the Baron, which turns out to be his face, and enters his mouth that leads him to a room full of mirrors. After Studying the mirrors, which contain memories of Sorrow's childhood, Sorrow realizes the world is unkind and uncaring, and that he can't trust anyone ever again. In a state of despair, he blocks himself off from the rest of the world and subjugates himself to eternal loneliness.

* UseflNotes/{{Hindenburg}}: Sorrow's wife takes the ''Windenburg'' to get to Amerik. Unfortunately for her, [[HistoryRepeatsItself it does the same thing as the Hindeburg]].

* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Baron Saturday takes Sorrow into the centre of his own head (That is the moon) in order to reflect on his life and find the truth.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: In order to avoid the harshness of reality and the cruelness of others, Sorrow shuts himself down mentally and isolates himself physically.