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Grex > Music1 > #84: The Worst and Most Annoying Music | |
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carson
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response 50 of 134:
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Jan 26 02:56 UTC 1994 |
They Might Be Giants.
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md
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response 51 of 134:
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Jan 26 13:03 UTC 1994 |
Re #45, when you ask people to talk about music that annoys them,
you're gonna get other people who take criticism of, say, Gustav
Mahler *very* personally, as a direct criticism of them and their
taste in music. Extraneous text happens. (Is that what "Uff da"
means?) Can't be helped. Lighten up, dude.
If you like, chelsea, I'll write a story featuring the
Glitzsteins and the Baguettes. I kind of like them myself,
despite their trendy background music. (*Because* of their
trendy background music, actually, if they're going to be
characters in my story.)
The people we actually did party with over the holidays were
playing 1) disco, 2) country/western and 3) Christmas carols.
Hand on my heart, this is a true story: When we were with family
#3, the woman shouted into the next room for one of her kids to
turn the radio off and put on the Christmas carol tape. Then she
turned to the rest of us and added: "Unless anyone *wants* to
listen to Mahler."
I shall now stop entering extraneous text in your "annoying
music" item forever, vidar. Nice item, btw.
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rcurl
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response 52 of 134:
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Jan 26 15:02 UTC 1994 |
When I was going on more caving trips with groups, the rule was that
the driver (had to be shared, because of the distances) chose the radio
station. It quickly became apparent that there were different tastes
in music, despite a common love of caves. We finally had to agree on
a compromise: *they* would not put on ROCK, if *I* did not turn on
OPERA. Their "As long as its not opera..." line still surfaces today,
decades later.
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vidar
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response 53 of 134:
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Jan 26 17:58 UTC 1994 |
Re#51: No that is not what "Uff Da" means. Thank you.
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omni
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response 54 of 134:
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Jan 26 20:12 UTC 1994 |
I think thathe film "Ordinary People" used P's Canon as it's main theme
hence it's mainstream acceptanceI personally have no problem with the
piece, except that it is a little dull. But, if only one person listened
to that piece and was moved so as to try out some other classical composers
then the film did it's job. Classical can be very boring, especially Wagner
but some like Beethovan and Mozart can be very exiting and uplifting.
Listen to the Pastoral on a cold winter's day and imagine spring yet
to come!!
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vidar
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response 55 of 134:
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Jan 26 22:45 UTC 1994 |
Nice drift.
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polygon
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response 56 of 134:
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Jan 27 00:54 UTC 1994 |
I'm appalled that md dislikes ragtime, but I love his and Mary's dialogue
in this item.
To me, Pachebel's Canon is associated forever with being on hold when
calling the Student Loan Servicing Center of Kansas. Their music-on-hold
consisted of the Canon, played over and over and over and over again.
Never anything else. (Being destitute at the time, I was on the phone
with them a lot.)
Back to annoying, detestable songs (by major line, if not title):
"Yummy yummy yummy, I've got love in my tummy"
"Hey hey, we're the Monkees"
"Smokin' in the Boys' Room"
"I'm hot blooded, check it and see"
"We don't need no education"
"Like a virgin"
"Papa don't preach"
"We will we will rock you"
I could think of lots more, were it not for the fact that I have
successfully cut commercial pop radio out of my life in the last
year or so.
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skeez
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response 57 of 134:
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Jan 27 01:22 UTC 1994 |
Geez up to 57 responses....
ANYTHING By Billy Ray Cyrus. He should be subjected
to a Non-stop Bobby Goldsboro 8-track marathon.
That still isn't harsh enuff.
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remmers
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response 58 of 134:
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Jan 27 05:45 UTC 1994 |
Annoying music:
Anything sung by Pat Boone.
Anything sung by Carmen Miranda.
Anything performed by Lawrence Welk.
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rcurl
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response 59 of 134:
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Jan 27 07:48 UTC 1994 |
We all heard Pachelbel's Canon for the first time, some time. I heard it
first shortly before it hit the "headlines", and got played every hour.
I remember my immediate response to it, not having heard it in the
early days of my musical interest. I was immediately intrigued, as I
had been enraptured by canons and madrigals from the Baroque, and this
was a "voice" - an interpretation - I had not heard. I liked it.
Obviously, so did a lot of other people!
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vidar
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response 60 of 134:
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Jan 27 18:03 UTC 1994 |
Re#57: I agree partially. I think Bill Ray should be subjected to 1 entire
year of his own "Achey Brakey Heart" and then we'll see what he thinks about
writing dumb shit like that. I like country music, but everyone who likes
country hates "Achey Brakey Heart" and most other songs by Billy Ray.
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albaugh
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response 61 of 134:
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Jan 27 20:21 UTC 1994 |
I was under the impression that BRC did not write ABH, but it's his rendition
that has given it (in)fame. Corroboration, anyone?
Re: Taco Bell's Cannon :-) This piece is quintessential "progressive embell-
ishment." It doesn't qualify for "theme and variations." So if the
progressive embellishments don't grab you - say the way ones might for
improvized jazz - then you're not going to care for P'sC very much, and will
probably find it boring. Annoying, if you hear it a lot! :-)
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md
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response 62 of 134:
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Jan 27 21:20 UTC 1994 |
Well, if you're gonna repeat the same eight chords over and
over again, you'd better be a Bach passacaglia, or the finale
of Brahms' 4th, or a really dynamite Rolling Stones number,
if you're planning on doing it in front of me.
Connie Francis used to annoy me a lot, if anyone remembers her.
She had the weepy tone in her voice that made you want to
slap her silly.
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vidar
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response 63 of 134:
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Jan 27 23:14 UTC 1994 |
Infamous music, Joel...
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omni
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response 64 of 134:
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Jan 28 03:43 UTC 1994 |
Connie Francis isn't that bad, but too much can lead to adverse results.
WOMC radio for 5 days will drive anyone loony. The same 43 songs over and
over again. OTOH, WHND plays a lot of the obscure 50's rock that really doesn't
get a lot of airpla but should.
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rcurl
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response 65 of 134:
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Jan 28 06:59 UTC 1994 |
I wonder if Ravel modeled the Bolero on Pachelbel's Canon? "Progressive
embellishments" gain a lot of aficianados. I think what grabbed me
about the Canon was it was stripped to its essentials - indeed,
quintessential. But there isn't a great deal more to hear on repetition,
so I never board a copy!
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robh
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response 66 of 134:
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Jan 28 11:56 UTC 1994 |
Re #50 - Yup, this confirms my belief that the music I love is the
music teenagers hate.
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md
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response 67 of 134:
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Jan 28 14:07 UTC 1994 |
Re 65, there's not much by way of embellishment in Ravel's Bolero.
It's an exercise in orchestration, where with each repetition of
the (rather long, two-part) theme, new combinations of instruments
are introduced. Some of the effects are really ingenious. My
favorite is the one where he has a piccolo shadow the theme with
high overtones in a precise imitation of bells chiming. Ravel
himself called the Bolero "fifteen minutes of orchestra without
music," which is a pretty accurate description. I would be stunned
to learn that Ravel had ever heard a performance of Pachelbel's Canon.
I can imagine what that elegant and fastidious Frenchman would
have thought of it.
I'm annoyed by much serialist music.
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vidar
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response 68 of 134:
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Jan 28 18:01 UTC 1994 |
Gospel Stinks (to those of us who are Atheists or Pagans)
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katie
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response 69 of 134:
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Jan 28 22:01 UTC 1994 |
I love to listen to and perform gospel music. even tho I am not a religious
person.
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vidar
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response 70 of 134:
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Jan 28 22:35 UTC 1994 |
That's why I had the disclaimer, but I admit I did not mention that bit.
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skeez
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response 71 of 134:
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Jan 28 23:06 UTC 1994 |
No, I disagree. Gospel music of some kinds is really good stuff....
I like some of it alot...
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vidar
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response 72 of 134:
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Jan 28 23:10 UTC 1994 |
Thank you for your commentary.
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skeez
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response 73 of 134:
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Jan 29 00:19 UTC 1994 |
Anytime bro
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vidar
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response 74 of 134:
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Jan 29 01:04 UTC 1994 |
<vidar hugs one of his many leetle brothers>
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