OK besides this below and DEVO coming out of the Kent State massacre, what are other facts you have about the evolution of art / music /etc that wouldn't be obvious if you didn't know but, retroactively, explain and/or illuminate a LOT ?
He wrote a song called Nun liebes Weibchen, also known as the Cat Duet, with the lyrics being a conversation between two people that slowly devolves into meows, and this all feels like cursed knowledge.