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
:D
― Robin van Injury (country matters), Friday, 13 February 2009 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i love komar and melamid so much. they make actual "art" too, i.e. objects
Ramadan! Ramadan!Lots of praying with no breakfast!Ramadan, so much fun!Do all your shopping at Wal-Mart!
― baaderonixx, Friday, 13 February 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ otm
― nosotros niggamos (HI DERE), Friday, 13 February 2009 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
The most wanted song is "OK", if they could lose some (about 75%) of the sax, it'd be fine.
The most unwanted is a piece of total beauty!
― Mark G, Monday, 16 February 2009 10:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I haven't listened to the annoying song yet, but I imagine they oughta experiment with really high frequency noise the whole song even if its just in the background during the whole song
― CaptainLorax, Monday, 16 February 2009 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
― ledge, Monday, 16 February 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Would that U2 would do this much research!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 12:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Ventolin really isn't that unlistenable at all. In fact, I'd say it was pretty catchy.
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Wednesday, 4 March 2009 12:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey Everybody! It's LABOR DAY!
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Monday, 7 September 2009 18:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Labour day! Labor day! Do all your shopping - AT WALMART!
― this must be what FAIL is really like (ledge), Monday, 7 September 2009 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
confused brit inserts extra 'u'
I always thought the Yom Kippur one was self-reflection and a trumpet ...
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Monday, 7 September 2009 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i recall reading about this in carl wilson's celine dion book, curious to hear this
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 September 2009 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
this song just makes me retardedly happy ... like, if I was to make a list of things to do to cheer myself up when I'm bummed, listening to this song would be on it.
― what happened? i am confused. (sarahel), Monday, 7 September 2009 19:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I finally heard this yesterday!
― sleeve, Monday, 7 September 2009 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a permanent fixture on my 'phone.
(both, that is...)
― Mark G, Thursday, 10 September 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
My friend sent me a text on labor day that just said "Pools are closed and schools are open!" and I lol'd loud.
I remember the first time I heard it was on All Things Considered. I was listening to the podcast while I was walking to class and they played a clip of the opera singer rapping, and right after she was done that bagpipe kicked in and I just fucking lost it and started laughing uncontrollably on the crowded sidewalk. I think I ended up rewinding/relistening like 3 times.
― An adult loves to win awards (Stevie D), Thursday, 10 September 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Just the fact they were trying to cram ALL these "unwanted" things into one piece, and hearing an 1)opera singer 2)rapping about 3)cowboys/western themes, interjected with such an intentionally obnoxious 4)bagpipe
― An adult loves to win awards (Stevie D), Thursday, 10 September 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator music as someone who despises the organ.
― m0stlyClean, Friday, 11 September 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
You know what the "Most Annoying Song" reminds me of, funnily enough, is the "Kangaroo?" album by the Red Krayola with Art and Language. Which is one of my favorite albums ever.
― Maltodextrin, Friday, 11 September 2009 08:04 (fourteen years ago) link
stumbled across this on futility closet, i like it
― nxd, Monday, 10 April 2017 10:03 (seven years ago) link
I had forgotten exactly how hilarious the rapping soprano is.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Monday, 10 April 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
haven't heard this in years but I do remember the bagpipe causing me to laugh out loud
― frogbs, Monday, 10 April 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
made it without cracking up until the kids singing about yom kippur and spiritual atonement with the national anthem playing and wal-mart plugs
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:24 (seven years ago) link
okay the last couple minutes of this are great
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
Ahhh, I loved this so much, always glad to be reminded of its existence.
― emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link
I'd like to see the whole project revisited, tbh. I wonder if tastes will have changed.
― emil.y, Monday, 10 April 2017 17:43 (seven 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
― 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