Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever

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this is more like a Patton project tbh

oh lol wow

Robin van Injury (country matters), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link

Hey look they made a video for it as well!

Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link

(xxxpost) does that man have udders and a nob?

Anyway, this sounds like someone going through all the presets on their Yamaha auto-accompaniment keyboard.

snoball, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link

the last 3 minutes is almost unbearbly moving

cat anatomy expert (ledge), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link

^^^^^this, it's the best bit IMO

Robin van Injury (country matters), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link

greatest agit-prop choral hoedown elevator music...ever

Robin van Injury (country matters), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link

If they removed the kids singing it would be really good.

snoball, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link

I loved the kids choir till they got to holloween

Jackoff Sheesh (Batty), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:37 (fifteen years ago) link

These guys should tour with sun city girls or something. This is awesome.

filthy dylan, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:38 (fifteen years ago) link

You've gotta hear 'the most wanted song as well', it's a lost 80s soul classic. Second verse is a killer.

cat anatomy expert (ledge), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Whoever made the Fiery Furnaces comment was OTM.

ilxor, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Last section sounds like what I'd imagine a Danielson Famile song to sound like.

ilxor, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link

That, or I'm From Barcelona.

ilxor, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link

this song makes me happy. Every so often I think about organizing a live performance.

sarahel, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link

Holy crap that rapping soprano. Words fail me.

― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC), Wednesday, February 11, 2009 5:11 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I need a thread to talk about Dina Emerson and Jonathan Segel's new band Chaos Butterfly

Milton Parker, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link

I simultaneously love and hate the children.

Easter Time / Chocolate Time (joygoat), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link

holy shit hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link

Oh shit Ramadan! Lots of praying, no breakfast.

Easter Time / Chocolate Time (joygoat), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link

I am giving myself a headache trying to muffle laughter omg

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link

i could have sworn we had a thread on this... i halfway think i started one

goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link

I know I heard about this on This American Life or something once upon a time but I never heard the whole thing before.

Easter Time / Chocolate Time (joygoat), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link

Max Tundra already did this

Boring Sign In Name (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link

Komar & Melamid: C or D?

ere tis

goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link

lol "Morning is Broken" interpolation!

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link

OMG THANK U. hahahahaha this thing is amazing. I heard the 'rappin soprano' bit on the WMFU & People Like Us: DIY or Die podcast (a must for people who actually, uh, enjoyed this) and have been searching for it for ages. It goes into total merciless power-up mode when the bagpipes come in.

siskin/skulls, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link

Wow I learned something about Wittgenstein.

Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link

the most wanted song is fucking intolerable

goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link

Good tune, kinda like a poppy NWW.

Otto von Biz Markie (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link

ok the guitar solo is pretty righteous

goole, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link

Sorry I meant the Most Unwanted one.

Otto von Biz Markie (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link

lol the most wanted song is also hilarious, who knew a duet between Karyn White and Bob Seger would be so desirable?

nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link

Actually, the best bit is the little synth wibble just before the kid yells "Hey everybody! It's Labor Day!"

Robin van Injury (country matters), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link

No, the end is the best bit

argh poll this song already

Robin van Injury (country matters), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link

I also lol at the aggressive way the kids yell "Gramma's on the phone, go and tell her that you love her!"

sarahel, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link

Max Tundra already did this

*shudder*

ilxor, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link

the most wanted song is actually equally awesome. I love the start of the scruffy verse talking about the "face of a baby"

baaderonixx, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link

Right!

http://mulatta.org/img/covers/peopleschoice250.jpg

This is the actual CD cover.

Mark G, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link

So is "Gonna buy a lot of Peaches" the most unwanted song, or is it "Lump"?

Mark G, Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm thinking Van Dyke Parks, and I don't think it's just the accordion swaying me! Whatever the case, totez awes.

Ralph, Waldo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link

HOLY SHIT THIS "UNWANTED SONG" IS AWESOME!!

The rapping opera singer!!

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link

totez awes

most unwanted person

The eMo City Don (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:24 (fifteen years ago) link

omigod I have been laughing for about ten minutes straight

i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:29 (fifteen years ago) link

IT'S HALLOWEEN

Robin van Injury (country matters), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link

YOM KIPPUR

i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:37 (fifteen years ago) link

the most wanted song sounds like something out of south park

sonderangerbot, Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:42 (fifteen years ago) link

AT WAL-MART!!!

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link

This has totally made my day.

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link

Where do I find the most wanted song?

i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.ubu.com/sound/komar.html

Am about to listen to it myself

Robin van Injury (country matters), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:56 (fifteen years ago) link

LET ME BE YOUR BRIDE

Robin van Injury (country matters), Thursday, 12 February 2009 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link

whenever there's a terrorist attack or US bombing raid in the middle east, I always think:

WHO KILLED ALL THE INNOCENT CHILDREN?!! YOU DID! YOU!

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link

xp - we could always do this. We could start by creating ILX's most unwanted song

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link

extrapolate it from a bunch of unwanted posters

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:49 (seven years ago) link

so the lyrics would be composed of tanuki, gabbneb, loujags, and whiney g posts

definitely should involve a non-hemiola for old tymes sake

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link

LJ and Turrican should collaborate on the music for it.

Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link

i think you mean the musical content

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 April 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link

xp - we could always do this. We could start by creating ILX's most unwanted song

― sarahell, Monday, April 10, 2017 6:46 PM (twenty-one minutes ago)

I'd be up for running a ballot survey and doing this, but I fear the most wanted music would just be overrun with votes for Gaz Coombes and Toilet Duck.

emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link

now there's a collaboration that needs to happen

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

Not trying to say I'm *not* on Team Toilet Duck, btw. Duck is definitely on my team (quack).

emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

Also we could just do this in google forms, couldn't we? No need for complex ballots. HMMMMM.

emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link

geez I still need to do a toilet duck remix of our recent singer-songwriter's train track

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 18:28 (seven years ago) link

feel guilty about stalling on my own esperantish megamix

anyway e.mily this is not a terrible idea and i promise not to duck boost if it goes ahead

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 April 2017 18:49 (seven years ago) link

Their 'most wanted painting' survey is all online, but I can't find the music one anywhere, so I'm going to have to make it up from scratch. I am into this idea, though!

emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link

I don't think it was a ranked choice survey, I think some of the questions were yes/no, with some multiple choice.

It was something like this (though I added things here and there)

Genres: pop, rock, R&B, opera, country/western, classical (instrumental), classical (choral), rap, jazz, military/national anthems, electronic dance music, non-idiomatic free improv

Subject matter: love, sex, holidays, food, politics, history, philosophy, art, literature, television and films, family, fashion, transportation, science, religion, jokes

Instruments: guitar, electric bass, drums, flute, piano, organ, electronic noise generators, violin, cello, viola, contrabass, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tuba, trombone, trumpet, saxophone, sousaphone, flugelhorn, bagpipes, oud, drum machine, field recordings of nature sounds, field recordings of urban sounds, xylophone, classical percussion, ethnic percussion

vccal styles ...

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link

too hard

Raul Chamgerlain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 April 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link

This doesn't really need to be done as The 1975 have put two albums since 2009, so take your pick.

...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link

*out

...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Monday, 10 April 2017 20:12 (seven years ago) link

don't they make children's music?

sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link

America's Most Wanted Painting
http://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidAmericaMost.jpg

France's Most Wanted Painting
http://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidFranceMost.jpg

China's Most Wanted Painting
http://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidChinaMost.jpg

Holland's Most Wanted Painting
http://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidHollandMost.jpg

I wonder if I'm too old to learn Dutch.

I think France's Most Unwanted Painting is my favorite of the lot:

http://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidFranceLeast.jpg

behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Monday, 10 April 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link

I am giving myself a headache trying to muffle laughter omg

― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Wednesday, 11 February 2009 20:13 (eight years ago) Permalink

^^^ OMG this! How have I never heard this before today? Much of it sounds like my record collection (accordion, tuba, opera, Residents) thrown into a Cuisinart.

Dan Peterson, Monday, 10 April 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link

France's most unwanted painting rules!

JRN, Monday, 10 April 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link

That's my new national flag

The Jams Manager (1992, Brickster) (El Tomboto), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:11 (seven years ago) link

Closest in sensibilities to the Least Wanted Song is probably the Italian Least Wanted Painting

http://awp.diaart.org/km/ita/least.jpg

behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Monday, 10 April 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link

Denmark's Least Wanted is awesome
http://awp.diaart.org/km/den/least.jpg

Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:44 (seven years ago) link

Inspired by this revival, I played the Most Unwanted Song on the radio this afternoon and totally made some six-year-old girl's day, her mom called me in awe.

sleeve, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 01:49 (seven years ago) link

Denmark really hates Custer's Revenge?

example (crüt), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:22 (seven years ago) link

I had the two songs on one CD, the third track was The Hoosiers' "Stop giving me verses" aka the least wanted song.

Mark G, Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link

Delighted to see that so many other people agree with me that operatic soprano is the most annoying sound in music.

Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 April 2017 07:33 (seven years ago) link

two years pass...

Still a jam in 2020.

romanesque architect (pomenitul), Saturday, 15 February 2020 17:51 (four years ago) link

if i ever get married, this song will be played at the wedding.

sarahell, Saturday, 15 February 2020 19:31 (four years ago) link

it occurs to me that SDSS14+13B (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter) might just be scott walker's attempt at this concept

Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 15 February 2020 19:37 (four years ago) link


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