The Most Unwanted Music Ever
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 - 3:45pm
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This massive (22 minute) monstrocity was designed to contain the worst combination of musically undesireable and unpleasant things ever. There are supposedly only 200 (approximately) people in the world who will like it.
Sopranos rapping about cowboys, children's choirs singing about labor day, lots of accordion, bagpipe and harmonica, corporate slogans...
An unparalleled auditory abomination.
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Listening to this just makes me laph. The first part isn't that bad. When the rapping commenced, I swear my ears started bleeding.
I appreciate that they made it music, not just noises. That's all I appreciate though. I was going to try to make some witty comment about how I want to have this music playing in my bedroom while I'm trying to get it on with my girlfriend but my ears actually hurt so screw that.
Oh gawd, I let it keep playing and I got past 4 minutes, it just keeps getting worse.
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I actually found it entertaining until they started singing the "christmas time" bit (was just after the bagpipes I think) at which point I immediately had to close it.
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Do you mean at about 5 minutes. The noise.... i almost gouged my eyes out.
Almost made it to 11:00 minutes, although I had to skip through most of the seventh minute as I was getting dizzy and disoriented. I just know the various Walmart songs are going to get stuck in my head.
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I just listened through 22 minutes of it. It's not something I'd pay money for, but it wasn't that bad. It was certainly much less bad than anything I've ever heard by Celine Dione. Or just about all of the pop-crud that keeps being shoved down my throat on daily basis. If we are considering it from the unwanted perspective, is all I'm saying. I'd listen to bagpipes/soprano version of "rawhide" over Britney Spears ANY DAY of the week (and twice on sunday).
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I just couldn't be bothered to listen past the 3 minute mark. I'm going to try and sneak it onto my wife's ipod.
I want to make a movie just so this can be the opening track.
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This is boring....oh wait:
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That was hilariously awesome. Whereas the companion "Most Wanted" piece was dull and asinine.
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This was released on CD about five years ago, along with a companion piece "The Most 'Wanted' Song" which was basically a sappy R&B song that combined romance and philosophy. The creators did something similar with art, generating the the most "wanted" and "unwanted" artwork, but that varied quite a bit based on location.
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I think I'm one of the 200 people in the world who like this.
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Ok I listened up to the first part where some kids started singing. And no kidding, the rapping and that just freaked me out too much. I don't know how to describe it, but it screwed with my head.
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I liked the Walmart ads.
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I'm about 3 minutes in and so far if they took out the singing, this would be kind of pleasant.
And by singing I mean the lady. The kids are actually kind of funny.
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Alright, this seems a little stacked against the listener because of that obnoxious singing. The music isn't that bad. It's something that if you heard it for 2 minutes by itself you'd just start to incorporate it into the background. It's that crappy singing that makes you cringe.
If they can do something like this without have to use a woman screeching at me, then I'll be impressed. So far they just made boring music and then added a dash of "failed voice actress."
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Well I was quite relieved to find out this isn't a Barry Manilow or Zamfir thread but I don't believe that "music" will ever win a Grammy.
I think we've invented a new category of music along the likes of "pop", "jazz", and "alternative".
This one should be called, "Big Bland Music".
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Really? The music is pretty awful. The wood block at the beginning almost made me stick a pencil in my ear to get the noise out. Trashy synth fills? Discordant melodies? Bagpipes? This music is terrible, the singing just makes it worse.
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They said political messages were unwanted elements, but the only real political statement was one kid yelling politicians' names as well as political terms ("PORKBELLY! PORKBELLY!! PORKBELLY!!!") into a megaphone. Hm.
Overall, it was kind of funny, but yeah, it didn't really contain any type of music (or combination of instruments) that I find too appealing... I guess you can mark me up with the other 6,649,999,800 haters out there....
I personally find this really funny. Some of the organ and strings parts are so discordant that they hurt but, other than that, I keep having to muffle my laughter.
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That was hilarious.
Operatic rapping about cowboys over a bagpipe background ... and is that Wagner-mockery? What's not to love? And watching someone else listen ... priceless!
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That wasn't too bad, and some parts were even pretty dam funny. Now if you want something I would truly hate play some new age Jazz. That stuff is annoying as hell.
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Oh man. New age improvisational jazz. My sister in law used to play those CD's and go on and on about how great it was. To be kind, I did not share her enthusiasm, and I like jazz.
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Can you do that to someone else? I thought that line was code for joke seppuku.
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#201 here. It sounds like it could have been on Doctor Demento back in the day.
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