The Most Annoying Song Ever
An online poll conducted in the '90s set Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier on a quest to create the most annoying song ever. After gathering data about people's least favorite music and lyrical subjects, they did the unthinkable: they combined them into a single monstrosity, specifically engineered to sound unpleasant to the maximum percentage of listeners. Amazingly, this "most unwanted music" contains little dissonance -- that would have been too easy. For the most part, they seem to have tried to assemble these elements in a listenable way.
Komar & Melamid and David Soldier's list of undesirable elements included holiday music, bagpipes, pipe organ, a children's chorus and the concept of children in general (really?), Wal-Mart, cowboys, political jingoism, George Stephanopoulos, Coca Cola, bossanova synths, banjo ferocity, harp glissandos, oompah-ing tubas and much, much more. It's actually a fascinating listen, worthwhile for the opera rapping alone.
You can listen to the song and download it to your computer at this link: The Most Annoying Song Ever...
Using the same survey data, Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier also put together "Most Wanted Music." This "most wanted" version combines the elements the 500 people surveyed said they wanted most -- love, soprano sax, humble ambition, tenor sax, a marriage proposal, cheesy electronic drum fills, working the night shift, string swells, power chords, and saccharine male/female harmonies.
You can listen to the song and download it to your computer at this link: The Most Wanted Song Ever...
Ironically, if you read the comments posted to the Most Annoying Song Ever, most people love the 'song'. In fact, I haven't laughed and smiled so much in ages. I've downloaded a copy to my computer so I can listed again - and again - and again. Go figure.
Komar & Melamid and David Soldier's list of undesirable elements included holiday music, bagpipes, pipe organ, a children's chorus and the concept of children in general (really?), Wal-Mart, cowboys, political jingoism, George Stephanopoulos, Coca Cola, bossanova synths, banjo ferocity, harp glissandos, oompah-ing tubas and much, much more. It's actually a fascinating listen, worthwhile for the opera rapping alone.
You can listen to the song and download it to your computer at this link: The Most Annoying Song Ever...
Using the same survey data, Vitaly Komar, Alex Melamid and David Soldier also put together "Most Wanted Music." This "most wanted" version combines the elements the 500 people surveyed said they wanted most -- love, soprano sax, humble ambition, tenor sax, a marriage proposal, cheesy electronic drum fills, working the night shift, string swells, power chords, and saccharine male/female harmonies.
You can listen to the song and download it to your computer at this link: The Most Wanted Song Ever...
Ironically, if you read the comments posted to the Most Annoying Song Ever, most people love the 'song'. In fact, I haven't laughed and smiled so much in ages. I've downloaded a copy to my computer so I can listed again - and again - and again. Go figure.
Labels: Alex Melamid, compilation, David Soldier, medley, music, Vitaly Komar
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