Feb 072014
Russian fine-art duo Komar and Melamid made a name for themselves as painters of images that are an amalgamation, based on polls of what people look for in a painting.
I came across a musical recording they did in 2008 called “The Most Unwanted Music.” Based on one of their polls, the team made what they call a “scientific attempt to create the most annoying song ever.” They actually pull off quite an interesting opus of undesirable elements.
Can you make it through?
Still not as a bad as the Lou Reed/Metallica partnering…
I made it about 4 minutes until some bagpipes drove me off. This thing is over 21 mins long! Reminds me of an article I read this week about a service that finds songs on Spotify that have never been played ever: http://www.avclub.com/article/forgotify-helps-shuffle-through-the-four-million-u-107407
Wow. I made itto 2:42. It looked like it might never end, and it’s like being bit by a mosquito and not doing anything about it for however long you listen to it. It makes me mad. I kept thinking, “I’d like to be the one to recommend this to Lester Bangs, as payback for Metal Machine Music.” I sometimes think he died just to spite me, even though he didn’t know I existed.
I thought it was hilarious.
Out on the plains just me and my mind
Took me a break to read some Wittgenstein
Born in Vienna in ’89
He obessessed with theories of language and time
Like “Tractactus” where Ludwig would claim
“The logic of our language is misunderstood”
Philosophy is based on a false pretense
So philosophy itself is nonsense! Nonsense!
Philosophy itself is nonsense!
The first 80 seconds are from BWilson’s long-anticipated follow-up to “SMiLE” called “Goddamnit, I Said SMILE!”
aloha
LD
The abundance of operatic singing about 8 minutes in became too much for me. I had to start skipping from that point forward. That was funny!