I think I got you all beat
OMG..I forgot about David Hasselhoff...I'll never get those three and a half minutes back...this is a close call!
Playmates - Beep Beep (The Little Nash Rambler)
From her recordings it is apparent that Jenkins had little sense of pitch and rhythm, and was barely capable of sustaining a note. Her accompanist can be heard making adjustments to compensate for her tempo variations and rhythmic mistakes. Her dubious diction, especially in foreign language songs, is also noteworthy. Nonetheless, she became popular for the amusement she provided. Critics often described her work in a backhanded way that may have served to pique public curiosity.[citation needed]
Despite her patent lack of ability, Jenkins apparently was firmly convinced of her greatness. She compared herself favorably to the renowned sopranos Frieda Hempel and Luisa Tetrazzini, and dismissed the abundant audience laughter during her performances as "professional jealousy." She was aware of her critics, but never let them stand in her way: "People may say I can't sing," she said, "but no one can ever say I didn't sing."[citation needed]
Her recitals featured a mixture of the standard operatic repertoire by Mozart, Verdi, and Johann Strauss (all well beyond her technical ability); lieder by Brahms; Valverde's "Clavelitos" ("Little Carnations"), a favorite encore; and songs composed by herself or accompanist Cosmé McMoon, who reportedly made faces at Jenkins behind her back to get laughs.[citation needed]
Jenkins often wore elaborate costumes that she designed herself, sometimes appearing in wings and tinsel, and, for "Clavelitos", throwing flowers into the audience from a basket (apparently on one occasion, she hurled the basket as well) while fluttering a fan and sporting more flowers in her hair. After each performance McMoon would collect the flowers from the auditorium in readiness for redistribution during the next show.[citation needed]
After a taxicab crash in 1943 she discovered that she could sing "a higher F than ever before", and sent the cab driver a box of expensive cigars.[4]
In spite of public demand, Jenkins restricted her rare performances to a few favorite venues and one annual recital at the Ritz-Carlton ballroom in New York City. Attendance was limited to her loyal clubwomen and a select few others; she handled distribution of the coveted tickets herself. At the age of 76 she finally yielded to public demand and performed at Carnegie Hall on October 25, 1944. Tickets for the event sold out weeks in advance. Jenkins died a month later at her residence, the Hotel Seymour in Manhattan.
That's it. I'm naming my homestead "Fuh" as of today. :silly:
All Hail!Now I can blame you for getting this and a number of other Brute Force tunes stuck in my head.
Get ready for some nightmares... ladies and gentlemen, perhaps one of the most ill-advised covers in history: David Bowie and an uncomfortably affectionate Mick Jagger with their cover of Martha and the Vandellas' "Dancin' in the Street."
Joe Meek was one of Britain's biggest and most successful record producers of the early 1960s. Meek engineered some of the early hits by Lonnie Donegan, a highly influential and successful "skiffle" singer. With his in-house band, The Tornados, Meek produced the international #1 hit "Telstar" in 1962. For a time, the Tornados were legitimate rivals to the then-biggest band in Britain, Cliff Richard and the Shadows.
Things started to unravel for Mr. Meek right about the same time he rejected The Beatles as a "knockoff" band. He encouraged the Tornados' bassist to quit the band and pursue a solo career. The Beatles took off, while the Tornados (and Meek's career) fell apart.
Finally, in 1967, Meek decided to release his last record. A closeted homosexual, Meek decided to insert some risqué gay banter into the end of a piece of elevator music the Tornados had just recorded (by this time, the Tornados were on their third completely different lineup). Shortly after the record was released, Meek killed himself.
Here's The Tornados with "Do You Come Here Often?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6K6gxSKld8
Meek thought he was the reincarnation of Buddy Holly, and held regular seances to channel the real King of rock n' roll. He became more and more bizarre as tiome went on, culminating in his suicide. As they say at UPS, h ewasn't wrapped too tight. :smokin:It's amazing to read the guy's story. He was a production genius, yet (especially in his later years) absolutely batty. But alas, a lot of the geniuses of the industry are, and that's perhaps why they have so many personal problems.
It's amazing to read the guy's story. He was a production genius, yet (especially in his later years) absolutely batty. But alas, a lot of the geniuses of the industry are, and that's perhaps why they have so many personal problems.
The worst Christmas song EVER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERztVh-6y4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XERztVh-6y4)
By the way that was Christmas number two in 1987. They were beat by the Pet Shop Boys. Weak year I guess.
There are quite a few people who love that tune, so I was hesitant to include it.
WARNING: This next entry features extreme and pervasive adult content.
The next band made its name in shock rock and made the rounds on the talk show circuit in the 1990s. The song is so offensive that I can't even mention the name here. I will allude to its content with an old Johnny Carson joke:
What to Iranian men do when their wives refuse them by night? Ghotzbadeh.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present GWAR.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vCNYK_9hKDk (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vCNYK_9hKDk)
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Jukebox from Hell, a thread started by Chieftain back before she stormed off in a fury over posting Tweets on the threads.
I thought there had been some sort indication that Chieftain was a "she" (but I could be wrong)... and yes, he did like to piss off neighbors and build sheds, in fact, I believe that was the inspiration for this thread.
Wasn't Chiefain a male....who liked to piss off neighbors and build sheds? :whistle:
April Winchell, the daughter of voice-actor Paul Winchell (but no relation to gossip columnist Walter Winchell), recently restored her massive audio archive of strange and awkward musical pieces to her Web site. (The archive, which was part of the inspiration behind my fascination with bad music, disappeared for a few years after she decided to focus her site on bad Etsy projects.) I'm thrilled, and this means there is a treasure trove of countless other pieces I can post here.
This piece is Eminem's (uncensored, so standard warning: NSFW disclaimer) hit composition "Without Me" set... to a Scott Joplinesque ragtime accompaniment.
http://www.aprilwinchell.com/h/mp3/Mrag.mp3
Where is the controversy? It's a pretty standard Jpop beat and lyric. She was way better as a punk though.The controversy apparently stems from the fact that she's a white Canadian and that it comes off more as racist satire than genuine homage.
Well, that is a minute of life that I will never get back.I'm not sure if you're familiar with the 22-chapter epic that that song is based on... look up R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet." It's way too long to put here but it is something truly strange.
I'll top you, with 12 minutes of time which will be unrecoverable. If you can afford it, here it is. It is a little long. But, technically, in my humble opinion, it is in fact clever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk)
The title of the last post reminded me of South Park. The show did a spoof on Christian music with the 'joke' being that Christian Rock songs are just simple pop love songs with Jesus put in the place of a lover. A song called 'Jesus Use Me' would fit in to the South Park idea of Christian music.No offense taken here! I have a lot of the same issues with modern Christian music; hence, even though I do quite a bit of it as a church musician, I almost never listen to it outside of church. There's a church in my town (not surprisingly, they also happen to be a King James Only church) that ONLY does hymns because of that very phenomenon, and although I won't go THAT far, I definitely prefer some of the older stuff that's a little bit deeper than a cookie sheet.
No intent to be sacrilegious, however this is fairly strong. Anyone easily offended should not click. It was pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU1taFr17QU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU1taFr17QU)
That was, like, groovy man...If you think that one's groovy, wait 'til you hear this one.
Now we know why Santa Claus sneaks down the chimney every Christmas Eve… here's Albert King with "Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin'."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjc2KwhlrtA
That one's pretty funky. I'm diggin' it.I occasionally put some good stuff in here—as long as it has some sort of weird edge to it.
Here's country singer John Anderson with "Somebody Slap Me!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QzqV28LdJ8
Here's another one from the April Winchell library.
This piece was composed by the Evolution Control Committee, whose main claim to fame is basically stealing other people's copyrighted work without permission (the ECC opposes copyright law outright) and mashing it up to create weird combinations. This piece is pretty typical of their approach: the tune from our national anthem, set to the jingle from Oscar Meyer hot dogs.
Here is "Star Spangled Bologna."
http://www.aprilwinchell.com/h/mp3/StarSpangledBlogna.mp3
Another one that people will probably think is either brilliant or nuts: Jewish surf music. This group's called Meshugga Beach Party, and they record mostly Jewish themed tunes, in Jewish garb, in the style of Dick Dale and the Del-Tones. (Take a listen to their recording of “Hava Nagila,” which sounds suspiciously like Dale's “Misirlou.”)
Anyway, this piece is from Fiddler on the Roof: “If I Were a Rich Man.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQVEPYlK1s
I'd rather listen to Weird Al backwards than hear that again.Look a little further up in the thread and you'll find a couple backward tunes. Actually, this whole thread is a goldmine for ear-grating noise... and a few bizarre but awesome-in-their-own-special-way pieces to boot.
These 6 country songs sound like the same song. Music by formula.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY8SwIvxj8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viK3i0fRDRs
Hey, what's Corey Feldman up to these days? (Said no one, ever.)
For the record, this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqIv2tc9BCI
You just had to "go there",didn't you?Of course I did. This is, after all, the Jukebox from Hell.
'I am going to save you all from the horrors of a 60's song where the atonal "singer" (?) mindlessly repeats "The bird,bird bird,the bird is the word". It should actually be a crime to ever play that for any unsuspecting innocent that may end up flushing their ears out with acid.
If you're going to throw Mairzy Doats onto the pile, i can only respond with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKU1S0lWxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jEllSHWAsU
You can find it on this CD: Symphonic Music of the Rolling Stones (https://www.amazon.com/Symphonic-Music-Rolling-Stones-Jagger/dp/B000003FOM)
Jerry Hadley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Hadley)
Just when you thought this tread was dead, here's Engelbert Humperdinck with "Lesbian Seagull."I can't put my finger on it, but there's something fishy about this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTXVqETBM4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTXVqETBM4)