Worst Song In The World
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Topic: Worst Song In The World
Posted By: TheCaptain
Subject: Worst Song In The World
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 21:16
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Now this isn't a thread about what you think is the worst song in the world. Apparently a group of scientists took what was supposed to be the most pleasurable sounds in the world and did the complete opposite. Of course when I saw the headline I thought there'd be a decent chance some people here on PA would like it. There are definitely some prog tendencies at places in this piece which clocks in at over 20 minutes. There are some parts of the song that are downright enjoyable (most notably the very beginning and starting at minute 18 or so) whereas others can be downright annoying (particularly the parts with singing children). It's hard to call this a song because there isn't really any unifying theme. There will be movements a couple minutes in length that, without any rhyme or reason, transform into a completely different sound. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/02/the_scientifically_engineered.php - http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/02/the_scientifically_engineered.php I definitely don't fall into one of the 200 people in the world that enjoys this, I don't think it's particularly awful. Leave your thoughts. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 21:30
| The fact that I did not just hear "Christmas Shoes" means that science is wrong. Also, the title "Worst Song" is misleading; I imagine they went with it because "We threw together a bunch of crap noise for a long time" wouldn't get as many hits. |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 21:56
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http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51650&KW=most+unwanted+song&PID=2962948#2962948 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51650&KW=most+unwanted+song&PID=2962948#2962948
This has been talked about before.
But yeah, I love the most unwanted song. My favorite parts are the children singing at various hollidays, like christmas and yom kippur. ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 15 2009 at 22:28
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The opera singer rapping is classically hilarious.
-------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 19:10
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They did a little blurb on this on NPR a couple-three weeks ago. An odd experiment.....
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 19:26
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There wasn't even a part I thought was annoying or anything. I'd even say some parts are really cool. I could easily come up with a worst song. -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 16 2009 at 19:37
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I found it almost throughly enjoyable. I can see myself buying an album with similar stuff... its biggest flaw is that it's not coherently connected so it doesn't flow well at all, but I am sure a creative dj would be able to mix that into something really cool. I actually own Merzbow cd's with more "irritating" music than that Try listening to this: I don't play those albums often but every once in a while it's quite a trip. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 00:47
| I find the Merzbow track above much more enjoyable than that hotchpotch of a "song". |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 01:50
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Isn't that song off of MDK? [edit] - oh good god. Chirstmas shopping at Walmart? This is as far as I go... I'm getting off this train! I BAIL!! Chirstmas chocolate walmart trumpet.... uuuuuuuuuuuuuu *passes out* |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 14:46
So do I, as I've said it needs some creative remixing to make it coherent  ... My point was that any convention of what "music" can be broken. I'm
sure there are people who disagree and think that anything remotely
avant garde is garbage, but I'm certainly not one of them... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Vompatti wrote:Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 14:49
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Ramadan Ramadan Lots of praying with no breakfast Ramadan So much fun Do all your shopping... at Walmart! ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Diaby
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 14:58
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Rolling on the floor, guys! ------------- yeah |
How can somebody write such a thing???Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: February 17 2009 at 23:22
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sorry scientists "My Heart Will Go On" will never be bested as worst song -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:13
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I can not download it so I don't know.
However, isn't the idea of doing exactly the opposite of what is loved by most people the very true musical idea of King crimson ? ------------- omri |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: February 18 2009 at 09:15
Yes, but I don't think that Crimson clinically engineered their music to be just awful  You can't download the song, you have to stream it |