Saturday, April 19

Scienticians derive foulest music possible.

I didn't even know Russia had conceptual artists yet (other than as filler in their meat-blends), but apparently two slipped through the apparatchik's fingers to create a little jingle that reminds my brain of the sensation I forced on it as a youth with all the pop rocks colors on my tongue at once.
Here is a breakdown of their 'concept.'


"The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13% as the most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer (the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music, advertising jingles, political slogans, and "elevator" music, and a children's choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commercials and elevator music. Therefore, it can be shown that if there is no covariance--someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator music as someone who despises the organ, for example--fewer than 200 individuals of the world's total population would enjoy this piece."

4 Comments:

Blogger ryanerik said...

Hey, there's a story about this song on an episode of This American Life from maybe 2003 or so. It's great.

9:40 PM  
Blogger keith said...

Oh, fine. I hate those talented, informed assholes.

10:44 AM  
Blogger Jared Thiele said...

The best part about that was the "best" song was rather lame, and the "worst" song was fucking awesome. Those little kids singing "Labor Day, Labor Day", makes me with it were Labor Day every day.

3:31 AM  
Blogger ryanerik said...

yeah, hah, that one that was supposed to be the BEST... hilarious.

11:53 AM  

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