Wow, what a condescending little shit this guy is.

Straw men and hyperbole set to pretty music is not the basis of a convincing argument.

I say not an abomination. What he's doing with the hand he's freed up isn't easy. And it allows multiple non-standard tunings on the fly without having to change guitars or spend time retuning just for the sake of one song. Great for buskers or for people who don't have the time to retune their guitar in the studio!

Besides - the pretty music, it sound nice.

That was pretty music, too.

I have to declare this one non-cheesy. Great songwriting, instrumentation, and vocals. Cheesiness set in with their "Diamond Girl" era. Jim Seals (guitar and lead vocal), was not as cheesy as his brother, Dan Seals of "England Dan and John Ford Coley" Their youngest brother, Troy Seals was recently voted into the Nashville Country Songwriters hall of fame. It was a pretty musical family.

Newsom writes and performs such a pretty music.