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
*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"?
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.
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
omg the last like minute of this is actually unbelievable, synths, key-changes, multi-tracked vocals and all
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:01 (fifteen years ago) link
whoever said the guitar solo is wicked otm
― i and i overstand ilx bomboclaat formatting n ting (The Reverend), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:14 (fifteen years ago) link
this should inspire us all to go out and create
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:15 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1081/boringso7.png
― Ha ha ha! Germs are everywhere! (libcrypt), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
I swear that this song is less annoying better than 95% of the Cuneiform catalog.
― Ha ha ha! Germs are everywhere! (libcrypt), Thursday, 12 February 2009 03:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha all you guys gushing over the fierce guitar solo...
Composed by Dave SoldierLyrics by Nina MankinExecutive Producer: Charles SimonyiProduced by Jane BausmanRecorded by Rory Young at Big House Studios and Acme Recording StudioFeaturing Vernon Reid On Guitar
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 12 February 2009 08:57 (fifteen years ago) link
hey, can't front
― The Reverend, Thursday, 12 February 2009 09:00 (fifteen years ago) link
GEORGE STEPHANOPOLOUS!
― sarahel, Thursday, 12 February 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, the most wanted/unwanted songs are better than Max Tundra...
― ilxor, Thursday, 12 February 2009 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The Tom Waits verses from Wanted Song should be inserted into Unwanted Song for ultimate lolz, maybe even sung by some death metal belcher. That Unwanted soprano rap is sublime - Charles Ives must be breakin' in his grave...
On the other hand, Whitney, Maria, Beyonce, Leona et al could do some big damage to the first Wanted verses - maybe a super-diva Feed teh World type ego-extravaganza... But that sax is too Kenny G for words.
And for any tech geeks on board, I was listening to Unwanted mp3 in Firefox with the Firebug plugin, and while choking on my looool noticed it was telling me that "This element has no style rules." er, lol
― superflyguy, Thursday, 12 February 2009 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
this is immense. it pleases me greatly.
must. shop. at. wal-mart.
― m the g, Thursday, 12 February 2009 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Yo I'm ropin' up my saddleFor the long, long rideEvery time I see the desertThere's something inside saysYo! Yo! This is the lifeGive me open land and aBig ol' knife to get someBear, deer--even a snakeI light me a fireDo the shake and bakeI say Yo! Yo!I'm a cowboy nowThe sun is hot and dryGonna rope me a cowI say Yo! Yo!I'm loose and freeWhoa there NellyYou're the horse for me!Rope 'em up boysThe desert is a callin'Yahoo, yahoo, yahooSaddle up fellasThe desert is a callin'Yahoo, yahoo, yahooChristmas time! Christmas time!Jesus, Mary, and the mangerChristmas time, Family time,Do all your shopping, at Wal-Mart!Easter Time! Easter Time!Love, forgiveness, and the bunnies!Easter Time! Chocolate Time!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Out on the plainsJust me and my mindTook me a breakTo read some WittgensteinBorn in Vienna in '89He obsessed with theoriesOf language and timeLike the "Tractatus"Where Ludwig would claim"The logic of our languageIs misunderstood"Philosophy is basedOn a false pretenseSo philosophy itselfIs nonsense, nonse!Philosophy itself is non-sense!Bedeutung ist tunEs ist ein SprachspielNonsense! Nonsense!Wörter sind InhaltYahoo! Yahoo!Yom Kippur! Yom Kippur!Self reflection and atonementYom Kippur, that's what forDo all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Oh say can you--Feel the embers glowingAnd the turkey in the oven!America!Hear the children singingThere's a turkey in the oven!Rockets red glare!Candles are so prettyAnd a turkey in the oven!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Buy spurs that jingle at Wal-Mart!Ramadan! Ramadan!Lots of praying with no breakfast!Ramadan, so much fun!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!It's home, homeOn the big ol' rangeYipee tai ohGet along there strangerRope 'em, ride 'emShoot 'em up goodWe're big and badIn the cowboy 'hoodI say Yo! Yo!Got a river to fordWith a life like thisI never be boredI say Yo! Yo!I'm wild and freeWhoa Miss KittyYou're the gal for me!Whoa Miss KittyI say whoa thereWhoa Miss KittyYahoo! Yahoo!Labor Day! Labor Day!Schools are closed andPools are open!Labor Day! All the way!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Oh say can you--Grandma's on the phoneGo and tell her that you love her!America!Daddy's on the phoneGo and tell him that you love him!The Golden Land!Sister's on the phoneGo and tell her that you love her!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Veteran's Day! Veteran's Day!Big parade with guns and soldiersVeteran's Day! What's there to say?Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Halloween! Halloween!Candy corn for lunch and dinner!Halloween, what a scream!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Look out thereIt's an Injun band!Coming this wayGonna fight for my landAnd build a home townGrocery storeAmerican cheeseWorth fighting forCall it "dry gulch"O.K. CorralHoliday SpotFor you and your galTo get some cool shitAnd desert raysCowboy living' the American WayIt's a cowboy livingGo! Go!It's cowboy livingGo! Go!It's cowboy livingAll the way!Rope 'em up boys!The desert is a callin'!Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!Saddle up fellas!The desert is a callin'!Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!People! Coming together out of adesire to obtain political power!Vice Presidential Candidate! Twenty-seven electoral votes! Central policyissues! Two party system! Struggle!Gain control of the government! Executivebranch! Military branch! Foreign affairs!Influence policy! Promote ideology--fascism! Promote individual interests--George Stephanopoulous! ImeldaMarcos! Promote special interests--Sugar! Beef! Bananas! Lumber! Pork bellies!Pork barrels! Coca-Cola!The information superhighway! Threethousand years of oppression!Who enslaved humans of color? Whoinvaded the Carribbean? Whomurdered all the innocent children?!You did! You! You! You!It may be youIt could be meIt's not enoughTo wait and seeAnd when we allLock arms and singThen bells of freedomRing ding ding! Complimentary "The Most Unwanted Song" RingtoneSend "The Most Unwanted Song" Ringtone to Cell Phone
Rope 'em up boysThe desert is a callin'Yahoo, yahoo, yahooSaddle up fellasThe desert is a callin'Yahoo, yahoo, yahoo
Christmas time! Christmas time!Jesus, Mary, and the mangerChristmas time, Family time,Do all your shopping, at Wal-Mart!
Easter Time! Easter Time!Love, forgiveness, and the bunnies!Easter Time! Chocolate Time!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Out on the plainsJust me and my mindTook me a breakTo read some WittgensteinBorn in Vienna in '89He obsessed with theoriesOf language and timeLike the "Tractatus"Where Ludwig would claim"The logic of our languageIs misunderstood"Philosophy is basedOn a false pretenseSo philosophy itselfIs nonsense, nonse!Philosophy itself is non-sense!
Bedeutung ist tunEs ist ein SprachspielNonsense! Nonsense!Wörter sind InhaltYahoo! Yahoo!
Yom Kippur! Yom Kippur!Self reflection and atonementYom Kippur, that's what forDo all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Oh say can you--Feel the embers glowingAnd the turkey in the oven!America!Hear the children singingThere's a turkey in the oven!Rockets red glare!Candles are so prettyAnd a turkey in the oven!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!Buy spurs that jingle at Wal-Mart!Ramadan! Ramadan!Lots of praying with no breakfast!Ramadan, so much fun!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
It's home, homeOn the big ol' rangeYipee tai ohGet along there strangerRope 'em, ride 'emShoot 'em up goodWe're big and badIn the cowboy 'hoodI say Yo! Yo!Got a river to fordWith a life like thisI never be boredI say Yo! Yo!I'm wild and freeWhoa Miss KittyYou're the gal for me!
Whoa Miss KittyI say whoa thereWhoa Miss KittyYahoo! Yahoo!
Labor Day! Labor Day!Schools are closed andPools are open!Labor Day! All the way!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Oh say can you--Grandma's on the phoneGo and tell her that you love her!America!Daddy's on the phoneGo and tell him that you love him!The Golden Land!Sister's on the phoneGo and tell her that you love her!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Veteran's Day! Veteran's Day!Big parade with guns and soldiersVeteran's Day! What's there to say?Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Halloween! Halloween!Candy corn for lunch and dinner!Halloween, what a scream!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
Look out thereIt's an Injun band!Coming this wayGonna fight for my landAnd build a home townGrocery storeAmerican cheeseWorth fighting forCall it "dry gulch"O.K. CorralHoliday SpotFor you and your galTo get some cool shitAnd desert raysCowboy living' the American WayIt's a cowboy livingGo! Go!It's cowboy livingGo! Go!It's cowboy livingAll the way!
Rope 'em up boys!The desert is a callin'!Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!
Saddle up fellas!The desert is a callin'!Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo!
People! Coming together out of adesire to obtain political power!Vice Presidential Candidate! Twenty-seven electoral votes! Central policyissues! Two party system! Struggle!Gain control of the government! Executivebranch! Military branch! Foreign affairs!Influence policy! Promote ideology--fascism! Promote individual interests--George Stephanopoulous! ImeldaMarcos! Promote special interests--Sugar! Beef! Bananas! Lumber! Pork bellies!Pork barrels! Coca-Cola!The information superhighway! Threethousand years of oppression!
Who enslaved humans of color? Whoinvaded the Carribbean? Whomurdered all the innocent children?!You did! You! You! You!
It may be youIt could be meIt's not enoughTo wait and seeAnd when we allLock arms and singThen bells of freedomRing ding ding! Complimentary "The Most Unwanted Song" Ringtone
Send "The Most Unwanted Song" Ringtone to Cell Phone
― baaderonixx, Friday, 13 February 2009 11:00 (fifteen 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
don't they make children's music?
― sarahell, Monday, 10 April 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
America's Most Wanted Paintinghttp://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidAmericaMost.jpg
France's Most Wanted Paintinghttp://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidFranceMost.jpg
China's Most Wanted Paintinghttp://www.gwennseemel.com/images/blog09/KomarMelamidChinaMost.jpg
Holland's Most Wanted Paintinghttp://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
― 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
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