‘The Most Unwanted Song’ Scientifically Composed
By Morelli
Composer Dave Soldier and artists Komar & Melamid took an online poll on their website, and then used the data to scientifically compose “The Most Unwanted Song” of all time. The song is twenty-two minutes and features instruments like bagpipes, tubas and the banjo, with political slogans, advertising jingles and cowboy lyrics. They manage to translate into orchestral rock-band church-music punctuated with high pitched sounds and abrupt changes in pace and mood that they claim:
“Fewer than 200 individuals of the world’s total population will enjoy this.”
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The fact is, it isn’t very difficult to listen to. The composers at least haven’t made the song so dense that you can’t distinguish the different instruments. Opera singing and children chanting must have rated low on their poll, for those are the vocals you hear throughout. Komar & Melamid had previously created the “People’s Choice Series” in 1994, consisting of the “most wanted” and “most unwanted” paintings of 11 countries.
What do you think? Is this the most unwanted song or have you heard worse?
Source: Wired
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:47PM
not bad! id put this against kanye west to my grandma….
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:21PM
It's pretty annoying, but I got through about 15 minutes of it without getting really annoyed. At times, it was bad to the point of being humorous. They were right to target kids singing, banjos and bad rapping (this phrase is almost a redundancy), but it missed two of the factors that can really make a record bad in a hurry: androgynous voices (think Rush's Geddy Lee, Blind Mellon or Tracy Chapman) and "hot water enema" whining (Michael Bolton, Michael McDonald, Whitney Houston, etc.). Nothing in this track made me want to reach out and break somebody's neck the way Michael Bolton's wretched remake of "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" or Whitney Houston's "You Give Good Love" could.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 6:05AM
I listened to the whole thing. It was 22 minutes of awesome.
Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:07PM
This music has all the good stuff!…. bagpipes, tuba, harp, untrained children, musique concrete…. This music also contains the very best rap I have ever heard, with the possible exception of "The Modern Major General". My only complaint about this music is the inclusion of ads for Walmart; an evil corporation.
I feel honored to be one of the elite 200. Thank you. Thank you very much.
Saturday, February 28, 2009 10:40PM
This music has all the good stuff!…. bagpipes, harp, tuba, soprano rapper, untrained children… Whats not to like?
Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:12AM
I actually kinda liked it, though it hurts my insides.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:42PM
Sweet merciful Internet, I lol'd so hard at the opera rapping about the desert.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:47PM
This is the worst thing ever…hilarious!
Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:53PM
Actually, this is the best song I've heard this year…
Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:53PM
This my new favorite song.
Had me rolling on the floor.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:55AM
It ain't that bad. You could use this as a movie soundtrack any day…
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:13PM
oh my god its horrible! haha
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:13PM
Man this is hilarious…
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:17PM
Are you kidding me? Every time I turn on MTV I hear worse.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:40PM
I'll agree with madjoe, this is probably the best song I've heard all year.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:42PM
…. it was the children that got me. The first… four and a half minutes weren't that bad, really.
but those darn kids.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:43PM
Ooh [x] (like the "ch" in "Bach") is in there. Always thought that sounded ugly when people sing it in Welsh.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:48PM
These composers need to get their heads out of the mainstream.They didn't even incorporate elements of grindcore, noise, power electronics, black metal, etc.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:58PM
Just needs some cowbell, that's all.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:04PM
"Most Unwanted song" > Lil Wayne.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:24PM
actual lil wayne lyric
I am magnificent like Marcus
You might wanna fall back like August
Or late September whatever you call it
garbage.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:40PM
This is a lovely song. I'm going to add it in pieces to my iTunes.
really.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:21PM
You guys are onto something here. If this is the single, when does the album drop?
Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:46AM
It feels like a Sesame Street special with all of the changes.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:56PM
The opera style rapping was definitely over the top but h_larious none the less! There were definitely many elements of this song that I liked! For starters I can appreciate it as the art piece that it is. As a music piece there was a lot that I liked!
-I loved the tubas
-Loved the banjos and kids singing
-The rapping was ridic and h_lar
-There was some interesting percussion stuff
What I didn't like about it was its completely schizophrenic structure. It felt extremely manipulative…. it just seemed like it was trying too hard to be horrible, and that is probably the only real thing I don't like about this song.
2nd rapping verse:
"Philosophy itself is NoonnSenseEeeEEeeeeee"
Thursday, March 5, 2009 6:58PM
I am going to work out to this in the morning.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:03PM
no they just needed Christian Black Metal, cause no one likes Christian Black Metal except people who like Black Metal, only people who like Black Metal hate it because its Christian.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:06PM
much better than drop it like its hot.
"I'm a bad boy. With a lot of hos. drive my own car. wear my own clothes."
well I should fucking hope you drive your own car and wear your own clothes.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:07PM
There is no way only 200 people would enjoy this
Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:15PM
I just had a bad acid flashback. Oh god, I'm freaking out!
Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:19PM
well i listened to celine dione and seriously this was awesome compared to some of hear songs.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:20PM
On monday, at UCSD, this group was trying to get donations by repeatedly playing "Mmm, bop" by Hansen REALLY LOUDLY until 2pm or they got 500 in donations. That is so much worse than this.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 7:32PM
This is actually pretty entertaining. I wouldn't listen to it on a regular basis, nor again, probably, but I have heard worse, on the internet, and on MTV.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:02PM
I's not really that bad. It is utterly disturbing, but not necesarilly "unwanted". Got throught the whole 22 minutes, and now I have a headache, but I've heard more awful stuff.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:06PM
Any nickelback song is worse than this and harder to listen to
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:08PM
no your not…
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:09PM
more cowbell!
but other than that, it was pretty awesome
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:10PM
Someone's trying a little to hard to be different. You know youd like lil wayne if everybody else didnt. Am i right?
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:27PM
CAN't STOP listening to this…
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:37PM
…as though making bad music is a great big accomplishment… *sigh*
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:43PM
I think "Let the dog out" by venetian snares is worse
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:50PM
@ Wal-mart!!!
LoL
Thursday, March 5, 2009 8:55PM
WRONG.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 9:18PM
This is so much better than the crap (soft rock, smooth listening, EZ jazz, etc.) I hear regularly in waiting rooms.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:20PM
The problem with this is that it's:
1) too long
2) too many different styles
3) seems like about 10 different songs stuck together (and yes, this IS different from 1 and 2)
Yes, the vocals are fairly annoying, but… it's not a fair comparison to regular artists.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:21PM
What annoys me is how slow this shit is… No, srsly, this is bad.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:06PM
I am in love with this music. I would much rather hear this than 99% of the commercial crap that floods the sluiceways of the sewer…err…music business.
Thursday, March 5, 2009 11:42PM
ur all lying. it was the most annoying 22min of ur life, accept it.
Friday, March 6, 2009 12:04AM
the best parts are where it's just tons of instruments layered on top of each other in a mass of tubas, bagpipes, and unnamed winds.
Friday, March 6, 2009 4:12AM
This is so amazing. The first part wasn't bad. Almost Bela Fleck-esque. Then it went downhill in a hurry. Still hilarious. The Funk Tuba was awesome.
Friday, March 6, 2009 5:38AM
THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH THAT IT'S BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD THE WHOLE DAY AND I'M GOING TO LISTEN TO IT AGAIN NOW
Friday, March 6, 2009 9:40PM
If fewer than 200 people in the world will like this song, then all of those 200 people have already commented on this post.
Friday, March 6, 2009 11:50PM
I actually like this….
Saturday, March 7, 2009 12:02AM
Grindcore, noise, power electronics, black metal, etc. are all trendy musical forms with devoted followers, i.e. paying customers. The idea here was to come up with something that had no appeal.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 12:09AM
I don't think that most people here understand it's not supposed to be your least favorite song that's impossible to make everybody's least favorite song but it's just supposed to be nobody likes it. And in order for nobody to like it everybody is going to have at least one part that they like because people have different taste but there are also lots of parts you don't like; you can't tell me that listening to this didn't give you a headache at least at some parts.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 12:52AM
OH GOD IT BURNS!!! IT BUURNS. no seriously the first, oh, 30 seconds weren't horrible. after that its just god awful. the chords remind me of my sister's singing (not good)
Saturday, March 7, 2009 1:33AM
Seriously, this isn't that bad at all. I've heard FAR worse in my day. Check out the local noise venue in your city, and you'll probably find at least six or seven acts in any given month that would, by comparison, make this a pleasure to listen to.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 1:44AM
I agree. I especially liked the righteous chick near the end.
Who enslaved humans of color?
Who invaded the Carribbean?
Who murdered all the innocent children?!
You did! You! You! You!
Saturday, March 7, 2009 1:58AM
*you're
Saturday, March 7, 2009 2:46AM
It's wonderful. So painfully wonderful.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 2:49AM
FUCK YEAH THIS SONG IS BANGIN' HARDER THAN HELEN KELLER AT BREAKFAST TIME!
Saturday, March 7, 2009 2:52AM
Throw in some Miley Cyrus, THEN it's the most unwanted song.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 3:48AM
I like it…. I guess I'm one of the less than 200 folks
Saturday, March 7, 2009 4:26AM
fuck it, i couldnt do it. you win.
Saturday, March 7, 2009 11:21AM
Where can I find the lyrics?
Saturday, March 7, 2009 4:50AM
Well, I found It quite charming and a bit funny. as and 18 year old that listens to EVERY type of music i can tell you there IS something worse than this its called KIDS SONGS! honestly it just sounds like a bunch of kids playing instruments that they dont know how to play, with a bad knock off of sesame street playing on the tv in the background, psht is this all they've got? Ive ignored far worse, I actually found this tolerable. I can see what there trying to do though, by playing various types of music at the same time there trying to find the combination that dosent sit right. unfortunately dosent work on someone who listens to 50cent,daft punk,muse,The Police, and Chopin in the same day AND has a 6 year old sister I DARE YOU TO TELL ME THIS IS BETTER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxlWvE2U0nw
Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:07PM
One thing the song you linked to has going for it is it's a lot shorter. Of course, when around a kid that wants to listen to something like that over and over repeatedly, that point is completely nullified. x_x
Sunday, March 8, 2009 12:55AM
this be kool musik dud! omg, it just got better! scottish electric! cristmas time? genious.
Monday, March 9, 2009 8:42PM
It was like a walk through every ad, musical, and weird jingles I ever heard. I wonder if that is what is stored in our brains? I thought it was interesting. It made me smile.
Monday, March 9, 2009 9:37PM
I laughed to hysterical crying and stomach pain listening to this. This may be the greatest musical composition in the history of the fucking universe. Houston, Texas watch out, for you will share in the hilarity whether you want to or not at stop lights and heavy traffic.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:19AM
I agree Whole-heartedly
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:35PM
I lol'd… seriously began to laugh at the beginning of each "section"
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 8:12AM
Please come to my office and let's talk, I'm going to force this onto the entire world.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:14PM
I gotta fever, and the only cure is more opera rapping…
Friday, March 13, 2009 1:23AM
This is the internet, there is so much worse. Like Brokencyde. Or Burzum.
Friday, March 13, 2009 2:16AM
I absolutely love this song.
Friday, March 13, 2009 6:21AM
this was actually rather entertaining, some parts i genuinely liked. then others were fucking ridiculous, but i got used to them and then they were just funny. dont think anyone could really hate all of it or like all of it.
Friday, March 13, 2009 7:51AM
as a supposed-to-be-bad song, it is unfair, as it has lotsa different unpopular parts losely packed together. so it is not one song, but at least 5.
anyway, it was actually quite pretty. i enjoyed most part of it. i can imagine it as the music of a stage performance, opera, something grotesque or satiric. so this being the worst? fail.
if you like this, definitely give a try to Tiger Lillies (any work). and also the arrant modern opera Einstein on the Beach, composed by Philip Glass.
Friday, March 13, 2009 9:04AM
I like it. Ironic avant-garde.
DO ALL YOUR SHOPPING AT WALMART
Saturday, March 14, 2009 12:25AM
I just laughed the whole time lol.
Saturday, March 14, 2009 3:36PM
not bad..the little kids were adorable
Saturday, March 14, 2009 8:36PM
the first minute and a half are decent
then opera rapping comes in and i lol
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:54AM
LABOR DAY! LABOR DAY! SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND POOLS ARE OPEN! LABOR DAY! ALL THE WAY! DO ALL YOUR SHOPPING… AT WAL-MART!
I love all the holidays that nobody actually shops for.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:56PM
I actually quite enjoyed this song. If you gave me a choice of this or the best of Miley Cyrus..well…yeah…
Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:11PM
i tried. i made it 5 min…christmas time?!!?
DRUM MACHINES?!
walmart?!
oh god no…
Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:55PM
It was horrible. Discordant and disjointed at times; completely awful. I challenge all people who listened to that and claim they enjoyed it to listen to it 5 times in a row, and not skip any of it. Yes, there are parts that I was able to somewhat enjoy, and I was entertained by the humor of it, but it was still completely awful.
To put it another way: If this song was on the radio, would you change stations?
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:23PM
Fuqq yeh TUBAS
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:23PM
You mean MTV actually plays music videos?
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:34PM
It's certainly more accesable than The Berzerker…
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:41PM
I think I liked this song more because its supposidly the worst song of all time
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:50PM
I. Love. This.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:51PM
This snog made my gos ru in circles until it stopped…now they look exhausted and angry. It seems like this music really annoys them at points!
Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:03PM
100% truth right here. Start a website. People need to read your wisdom on a daily blog.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:07PM
Agree.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:50PM
Well its certainly better than contemporary music
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:02PM
Nice
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:03PM
Agreed
Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:11PM
Yeah, this is way more inventive than, say a Celine Dion ballad. Which makes it more listenable. I think all it confirms is that the general public are bloody idiots when it comes to music.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:12PM
The 1st minute is actually really nice, going through till the 2nd minute though, I decide it would be best to find a more pleasurable alternative than spending 20 minutes of my life trying to decide if this is the most unwanted song ever.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:23PM
I'd actually rather listen to this than Radiohead. They are seriously the worst band of all time.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:35PM
daaaaamn, this song really sucks, well, at least it was made for that
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:53PM
its true, making bad music isnt hard, but making music so bad that the shittiness transcends cultures, that is an accomplishment
Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:56PM
lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
i love the wal-mart/yom kippur ads.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:00PM
haha the opera singing had me laughing hard
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:13PM
ugh i'm a minute in and i want to stop it
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:16PM
"Dontcha" by the Pussy Cat Dolls is still my least favorite song of all time.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:21PM
I really enjoy this!
The tuba rocked, especially during the rap-ish stuff, very Youngblood Brass Band in the beginning…
I don't think its the instrumentation that makes band music, but how you use it.
I was either digging the music or laughing the entire time. If you want bad children singing, there is some CD out that had some really bad singing, but the name escapes me. I'll find it out.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:45PM
Well, it certainly was bad. The opera rap had me laughing but those children's holiday songs were infuriating. It is truly incredible that could be music so bad that effectively nobody would like it.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:58PM
"Ramadan…Lots of praying with no breakfast" Best line ever!
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:08PM
Hahaha, I love this! I guess I'm one in two hundred!
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:09PM
have to say, this wasn't even half bad.
them saying that fewer than 200 people will like this is a bit for fetched imo.. there's tons of hippies that will love this .
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:09PM
some of it was really bad other parts were ok
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:34PM
I think it's HILARIOUS.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:41PM
yea. i have also heard worse. i'm curious to see this online poll they used to make this.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:55PM
This song makes me want to die…
Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:26PM
This is actually pretty cool.
Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:41PM
I think I'm gonna listen to this again. saying that, I might do it later. I seem to have an incredible urge to go shopping at walmart first
Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:04PM
youtube search complete hoogie boogie land. t
Monday, March 16, 2009 1:03AM
13:25 is fuckin hilarious
Monday, March 16, 2009 2:42AM
you're crazy. i love radiohead :[
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:17AM
[...] ‘The Most Unwanted Song’ Scientifically Composed [...]
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:39PM
I think what we need to take away from this is that someone has to make an opera/rap band asap.
Monday, March 16, 2009 11:03PM
i love it!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 1:22AM
"Ramadan….Ramadan….Lots of praying…with no breakfast!" Absolute brilliance.
Monday, March 16, 2009 6:40PM
*wince* That was horrible. And hilarious. Brought us to tears. First from laughing, then from crying.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:29PM
the shaggs may have beat these gents with their philosophy of the world album
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:31PM
Everyone listen to this and tell me you can't imagine the first 5 minutes of instrumental as the background of an old Disney movie. ROFL.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:12PM
Anyone ever listen to Japanese noise, way less appealing than this…
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:30PM
Eh… The only thing that I found truely unwanted about this was the pieces where it was a clash of various instruments that clearly were made to sound terrible. But, I didn't really consider that part of it, personally. I thought the rest made sense, I saw why people wouldn't like these things that others might like, but to be honest, who thinks the clashing instruments sounds good that isn't trying to make themselves look "funny"?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:58PM
I'm a little high right now, so it gave me a good adventure. I'd probably put it on my itunes as a joke, but you're right. It's a terrible song lol.
And to all of you whining about who likes what music. SHUT UP
music is an opinion, no one is right, no one is wrong.
smoke a little weed man.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:04PM
whatever, this song kicks ass!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:23PM
They should have run the operatic vocals through a ping-pong delay and flanger just to heap on the sonic abuse. The whole thing sounded like channel surfing with lots of public access shows. Ecch.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:25PM
Hey, Brian Wilson and They Might Be Giants have been doing things like this for quite some time now. THese guys did a pretty good job. Personally, I like it a great deal. Now if you are talking 'Unwanted" (and I mean REA:LLY unwanted) you need to go to 'Dancing in Your Head' by Ornette Coleman. That epic can clear out a room in under seven minutes. You can hear/see it here at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72SVN9sO4P4
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:00PM
"you're" a dick
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:07PM
It's not as bad as it could have been, really. Plenty of pop songs are much, much worse.
Moreover, this isn't that big of a scientific achievement. The song is incredibly long, and variates between styles and genres(That are in general not very popular) repeatedly, so chances someone likes all of it are minimal.
Call me when science makes a three to five minute-long song nobody likes, and I'll be impressed.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:12PM
Fuck yeah man.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:43PM
awesome.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:52PM
"that's" what she said
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:54PM
It'd be better if you…. PUT A DONK ON IT!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:45PM
Mickey Mouse, really?!?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 9:38PM
LOVED THE CHILDREN / WAL-MART SEGMENTS; I WISH JUST THAT IN ITSELF WAS IT'S OWN TRACK.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:13PM
MTV= 80's real music
MTV 90's = maybe
MTV 2000+ = Material Television
any rap song is worse than this
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:27PM
would much rather listen to this over any Kenny G song.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:58PM
If they really wanted to make this horrible, they should've produced it badly, with lots of phasing issues and bad filters. And considering that I couldn't understand half of what the woman was saying…
The sad thing is, this is good compared to some of the other crap I've had to listen to, especially that on mainsteam radio.
This wasn't so much a song as like a bunch of tracks put together… should've been a little more coherent, in my opinion. But whatever. My cat didn't like it, if that helps.
Oh and… BAGPIPES AND OPERA ROCK!!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:56AM
Hahahaha, this stuff is hilarious.
Some parts are just plan bad, but most of it it really funny.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:09AM
Is it weird that I like the most unwanted song way more than the most wanted?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:10AM
Black Angels: Departure by George Crumb is worse. and it's only 5 and half minutes long.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:11AM
Yes, obviously. Because if you didn't enjoy it, nobody else could have. Get over yourself, please.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:23AM
Truthfully, I enjoyed it. It was far from "good" music, in my opinion, and down right cacophonous at points, but I found it entertaining. It made me laugh a good deal, at least.
The one problem I did have with it, as several other people have pointed out, is that it was very disjointed. It really did seem more like ten songs put together, and so I had trouble viewing the whole thing as one piece. The only real cohesive aspect to bring the whole thing together was the childrens' Walmart ads (which I found downright amazing, by the way), and to a degree the opera. Aside from that, the transitions from genres I found to be very jarring.
That said, there seem to be enough people to respond positively to this that I wouldn't call it the most unwanted song. There are certainly more than 200 people who would enjoy this. The sheer ridiculousness of this makes it inherently enjoyable to some.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:39AM
ahahahahahaha oh my gosh!! the easter time just got me. i cant stop laughing. its so terrible. i love it.
Aah the opra singer is so freakin funny. opera and tuba=BEAST
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:41AM
forward it like it's hot
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:49AM
Man. This is just avant garde music. Tons of weirder, more unlikable things exist out in the music world.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:24AM
This whole thing is so unnecessary. All they had to do was post Nickelback.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:52AM
I love it!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:20PM
I hate children so much
At Wal Mart!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:31AM
i.ve heard much
much worse!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:43AM
Well, it seems there are about 192.5 other people out there to like this song, since there were a number of comments of people saying they liked it here
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:47AM
This song is AWESOME!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 3:47AM
Interesting…very interesting
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:05AM
This is so awesomely funny, It's so great
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:23AM
You are full of shit if you like this. (which btw im not talking about the two guys above this but some futher down) There's a difference between liking it and being ok to listen to it without it driving you nuts for 22 minutes. In some parts it's quite comical but at the 13 mintue mark and on is just rediculous; hardly music at all. If a person were to take the last 30 seconds of the 13th minute and repeat that for about 3 minutes then you would get a worse song. Also Lil Wayne is not a bad rapper, in fact he is by far one of the best rappers ever. Just listen to some of his better songs; it is better than most poetry for the most part, dealing with ryhming and rythme, not meaning.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:29AM
haha i agree with the nickelback comment! i like this song's funky beat and alien feel. it could have been sooo much worse.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:32AM
i work retail.. this is nothing
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 4:40AM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-63727965…
^That's worse. About the same length…but at least this 22 minute freak of nature has some musical appeal.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:09AM
Holy crap after a while it gets really bothersome.
Hey everybody, it's Christmas Time!
I think it's mostly very annoying because of it's length. You just have to shove a bunch of shitty songs together to get something like this.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:15AM
Okay, reading through this, some poeple have entirely missed the point. The point of this was to create the most unwanted song in existence (aka the song that the largest amount of people would dislike) Every example people give for something they claim this song is better than has other people who enjoy it.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:53AM
I completely agree. There are a lot of prog fans out there who listen to weirder stuff than this. Take away some of the disjointedness and this isn't really unlistenable at all.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:55AM
interesting song. i actually liked a lot of it, especially the opera rap parts. and i would agree that nickelback is by far less desirable to listen to
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:20AM
"Also Lil Wayne is not a bad rapper, in fact he is by far one of the best rappers ever."
You're a moron. I'd tell you to dig deeper into the genre of rap, but it seems like you don't even know what rap is. "Young Weezy" is FAR from one of the best rappers ever. Get a fucking clue.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:11AM
PLEASE GOD WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:16AM
it had a harp at the intro! thats what i play! very offended
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:22AM
Bah, at least the singers in this are in tune for the most part and don't have southern accents.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:30AM
HAHAHA! it makes me laugh
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:54AM
WINNER
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:14AM
"better than most poetry" I am going to assume your intelligence level is that of an eighth grader. If Biggie Smalls was still alive, lil Wayne would be working at McDonalds. and Secondly, this is unbearable to listen to.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:00AM
lil wayne is a douche he couldn't write a song with any meaning if he tried in fact the "music" he writes has about as much lyrical stability and meaning as this song does if u want some good rap get into the underground and out of the mainstream…get into something that inspires instead of demeans
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:14AM
I just can't get over the rapping woman's voice. Every single time she starts, I just crack up. It's awesome and awful at the same time.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:07PM
i think this is kinda funny, its really not all that bad lol
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:45PM
I think I enjoyed it only because I went into it not taking it seriously. It was all about entertainment value to me.
Plus, I like bagpipes. D:
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:06PM
This is easily one of my new favorite songs.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 5:47PM
Have you read any poetry? Or listened to…Jurassic 5? Dilated peoples? Anything? Sure, Lil' Wayne trumps Baudelaire. Why not. Incisive cultural criticism.
Also…poetry deals with "rhyme" and not with "meaning"?
I don't even know where to start. You moron.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:06PM
I enjoy the kids singing for every holiday
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:00PM
Any rap song?
Are you a moron, or completely ignorant? Good rappers are still about.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:06PM
this song is terrible, mtv is horrendous, lil john and lil wayne can suck the fattest part of my ass and biggie is a legend of his time. the song itself actually isn't that bad from a production viewpoint but it has no real structure or organization and it sounds like some guys sat down and figured out how to use fruity loops (FLStudio) in a matter of a couple hours. definitely better than most of the crap put out on the radio nowadays. all in all, i'd never listen to it again but it makes me appreciate more the talent and skill that it takes to make GOOD MUSIC.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:24AM
If the radio played music like this, I might actually listen to the radio.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:07AM
better than miley cyrus or avril lavigne or jonas brothers.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:55AM
Any kind of rap is worse than this.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 8:30AM
This is far from being the worst song ever. I mean its bad, but its not unlistenable and I happen to be a fan of avant garde. The children chanting really makes it cooler too. There's much worse though. Anyone ever heard of Fallout Boy, Linkin Park, Green Day? Worse than this shit.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:24AM
The early half is like a They Might Be Giants epic.
Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:18PM
If it weren't for the headache this song gave me, I'd honest-to-goodness like it. Just judging by the music and not by the pain, I did. But with the pain, no way.
Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:28AM
It wasn't bad except every time the children-holiday-walmart parts came on I died a little inside. But yes, other than that it was tolerable and even enjoyable in small parts
Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:16AM
[...] ‘The Most Unwanted Song’ Scientifically Composed [...]
Sunday, March 22, 2009 3:55PM
That was retarded. How is that "scientifically composed"? I could sit here and slam on a piano and call it "the most scientifically horrible song ever"….. Lame!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:32AM
I've heard much worse.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:35PM
I'd sooner listen to this than most of the music currently on the radio. And because it wouldn't be the internet without responding to previous comment travesties, Lil Wayne sucks. He is not a lyrical genius. Everyone seems to think that because he goes to college he must be a scholar. I'd say all things considered he is my least favorite rapper… ever. Line up a show with Lil Wayne and another with Biz Markie you better believe I'm going to the latter. Back o this music, its pretty non sequiter, but Its pretty well done. Its like listening to Yes or Emerson Lake and Palmer, only with children and opera ladies.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:05AM
This song makes me wish I were aborted.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:19AM
I agree. But still, this beats disney-produced music anyday.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:14AM
lol… this is great. I guess I qualify as a minority now.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:20AM
you guys all gay
Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:23AM
well, it did say fewer than 200 people would actually enjoy this. makes for one helluva acid trip.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 6:24AM
yes, any rap song is worse than this. ANY!!
Friday, March 27, 2009 9:09AM
i love when you scholars out there (correctly) point out that lil wayne sucks, and then refer to Biggie Smalls and Tupac as great lyrical minds.
Friday, March 27, 2009 4:04PM
Dude this is like Naked City but not cool.
There's so much worse music. so much. Turn on the radio.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 10:50PM
Whatever happened to Rap is Crap? Sorry guys, but even if Lil Wayne really is the best rapper, which by popular opinion on this thread he is far from, that's still like being the skinniest anorexic woman… who cares?
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 6:12PM
you gays all guys
Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:30PM
I find some parts of it enjoyable, some parts comical, and some parts annoying. However, like some others have commented, if you just flick on your TV or listen to just about any Clear Channel radio station, you will certainly find worse.
The track seems sort of like a satire/parody of modern music culture.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 7:20PM
better than hannah montana
Monday, April 6, 2009 10:05AM
I am one of the Elite. This song rocks.
Monday, April 6, 2009 1:42PM
This song seemed to transition between not too bad and hilarious. It was more or less a couple of other songs stuck together anyways, so you could just cut it up and turn all the similar part into separate good or funny songs.
Monday, April 6, 2009 7:10PM
Brilliant! My brother and I lasted the entire way through and actually adored it! We both felt sad when it finished. ;(
Monday, April 6, 2009 7:11PM
But this had appeal – it was different, sure, but you'd have to have included rap music to make it unappealing.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 7:16PM
Nickelback is much worse…
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 9:13PM
I'd rather listen to that than to most rap songs
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 11:10PM
Yea I can't take it
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:43AM
I love it :3 It starts off a bit slow but then it makes me giggle. I dunno why but it makes me happy.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:52AM
a-fucking-mazing. better than any rhianna. without the black eye
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 5:43PM
if i didnt hate kids so much…the tubamanship is quite awesome tho
Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:24AM
This is really sad but I've just started listening to it for a second time, back-to-back…..still killing myself over the operatic tuba rap.
Seriously it sounds like a multiple pile-up of the tour buses of Beck, TMBG, Zappa, French folk, old cowboy westerns with a japanese edge, Annie soundtrack, Beyonce and the Scottish regiment marching band with a bit of Floyd and experimental classical progrock thrown in. Absolute genius. Sending it to my friends of whom I can guarantee at least Phil will love it
Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:33AM
Oh god….it's actually better the second time around as well! Genius. Might well have to check out the composer and artists now:-)
This can't actually have been designed to be the most unwanted song ever surely – it must be part of some experiment in reverse psychology, yes?
Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:06AM
Excellent point.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:14AM
gays guys all you
Friday, April 10, 2009 7:49AM
anything by the millionaires is worse
Friday, April 10, 2009 9:26PM
Actual Lupe Fiasco lyric
And I'm brainless
Which means I'm headless
Like Ichabod Crane is
Or foreplay-less sex is
Which makes me stainless
With no neck left to hang the chain with
Which makes me necklace-less
Like a necklace theft
Brilliant.
Friday, April 10, 2009 10:10PM
lol. theres waaaay worst stuff out there.
Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:04AM
I think the novelty of it made it bearable, the opera rap was pretty intense.
Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:19AM
this song is amazing. Seriously
Saturday, April 11, 2009 8:49PM
At around 14 minutes I lost it, because they threw opera AND the kids at me. =[
Sunday, April 12, 2009 7:30AM
All this proves is that everyone who voted in that poll lied. Obviously over 50% of the people who listened to it enjoyed it, therefore, it is nowhere near the 'most unwanted song.'
Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:50PM
It just reminds me of Brian Wilson's Smile and early Frank Zappa but more modern.
Monday, April 13, 2009 1:27AM
It's alot better than most of the pop pretty princess plastic shit my niece listens to.
Or some of the crap that half of today's so call music world loves and adores.
Plus it makes me lol, so it's all win.
& Downloaded for lulz
Monday, April 13, 2009 9:49PM
i would rather listen to this than nickelback….
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:32AM
this should be called more like "The Most Scientifically Awesome Song Composed"
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:55PM
I love it.
I guess im the weird individual then.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:25AM
thats because those are good
Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:44PM
good. its not that bad compared to rap
Friday, April 17, 2009 5:44AM
okay, adenoidal children's voices and an operatic alto and christmas and easter and yom kippur with accordion and bagpipe and casio rhythm machine is freaking hysterical, but the bad rap is almost to easy a target…
Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:15AM
its not bad at all…the kids singing was too cute! 20 min is sort of long though, but i didnt hate it enough to stop listening to it ! i'd say it needs more work to really live up to its name "most unwanted song "
Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:18PM
Frank Zappa lives!!!!
Friday, April 24, 2009 3:29AM
eh, its not bad, actually quite enjoyable, i bet this would be great high…
Friday, April 24, 2009 4:53PM
Anything by the Chariot is worse.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:26AM
wtf?
Count me as one of the 200…..
This is all different kinds of awesome lol
I would rather listen to this that any of Kanye Wests tripe….
Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:44AM
unoriginal. disney perfected their unholy and incorrigibly ear grating audial torture with the jonas brothers
Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:24PM
I Love You….Dearly
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:03AM
Wow, if you actually believe this, go fuck yourself in the ear with a knife.
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:12AM
i love it is better than the soulja boy lilwayne crap out there..
Sunday, May 3, 2009 5:28AM
This is actually pretty fucking sweet.
I kind of resent that the slightly zany should be classified as "scientifically undesirable." This is more like a logical extreme – pop culture and post modernism meeting at a coffee shop and smoking methamphetamine.
Bagpipe marches are always awesome.
Sunday, May 3, 2009 11:34PM
Me too! lol
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 3:18AM
I think this song is pretty good for a song about cowboys who shop at Walmart.
The only thing I absolutely hated was the megaphone lady at the end.
The rest made me lmao!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 5:00AM
I could only last 7 mins., but mainly b/c i'm hungry. I've got some coconut cream pie calling my name.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 6:47AM
its like listening to jesus' crucifixion
yay!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:29AM
I honestly thought this was brilliant
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 4:51PM
This is certainly no worse than the majority of pablum played over the air waves these day. besides the tuba has always been an exceptional base line instrument, there's even a blues band out of the blues hot bed of Prague that uses a tuba instead of a bass guitar.. hot stuff…. While this song is nothing great (the kids chanting is funny as hell AT WALMART!!) its not near as terible as the scientific method suggests, unless of course i am just that messed up, which i suppose is possible
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 7:55PM
oh the kids… the walmart…. hahaha
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 8:55PM
I don't know, I have heard a good bit of Nickleback EL OH EL
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 4:44PM
This is my favorite song. My wife likes it too. Where are the other 198?!
Monday, May 18, 2009 4:27AM
It was awful in a really wonderful way! Like Sefan said, More Cowbell!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:11AM
My 2-yr old loves it. Dancing her butt off right now.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:26PM
With a setup like, “Fewer than 200 individuals of the world’s total population will enjoy this", what is the motivation to download and listen to this? I'll stick with lastfm…
Thursday, May 21, 2009 2:22AM
i woulden't be listenin to it everyday or anythin but i woulden't go as far to say it's the worst song i've ever heard
Thursday, May 21, 2009 5:44AM
you stumbled.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:47PM
LET'SGETFUCTUP!
Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:11AM
this actually isn't that bad… it is more interesting than most mainstream music… I wanna get a hold of the tuba part for this shit.
Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:28AM
They're exaggerating things by using dissonance to make you try and hate it more…. But what I've heard so far isn't that awful, surprisingly…
Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:44PM
I imagine this as something to be played after spending a long time in a nuclear fallout shelter. People from all different types of cultures/backgrounds being placed together in a tiny place and having nothing else better to do than make up their own song. I liked it personally. The only part that I thought was "un like able" was the slow drawn out section on the cowboy ostinato.
Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:00PM
the foolishness of it and where they lose is that its not really one song… its more like a bunch of different songs. the fact that they're seperated by moments of silence makes it possible to say they aren't the same song… and listened to on their own, they aren't really that bad. :S I mean, they didn't even crack vanilla ice on this one.
Saturday, May 30, 2009 2:29PM
I enjoyed this actually.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:59PM
reminds me of pink floyd, mixed with mc 900 foot jesus and ween, and the chicken from parappa the rappa. not so bad, better if you were doing the same drugs as the people who made it.
Friday, June 5, 2009 3:31AM
This sounds like the kind of song I would compose while stuck a little too long in traffic. Therefore, it doesn't bother me at all. However, I'm posting this only about five minutes in. We'll see if my ears start bleeding later.
Sunday, June 7, 2009 9:14PM
i'd listen to this over nickelback anyday.
Sunday, June 7, 2009 10:27PM
this is nowhere near as horrible as the jonas brothers, they define unwanted music
Monday, June 8, 2009 6:19AM
Is Something wrong with me? Because I enjoyed this to an extreme!!!!!!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:01PM
Yea, its bad
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:36AM
Where can I download this song… it's pure win!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:29PM
I've got a fever
and the only prescription–
Friday, June 12, 2009 1:55AM
Other than the slight headache it gave me and the horrible megaphone propaganda, it entertained me greatly. I'd rather listen to this over and over for a few hours than ever hear another Rage Against the Machine song in my life. Oh God, the pain that band causes me.
Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:59AM
Every once in a while I'll call up the MoviePhone line and listen to the guy with the deep voice talk about romantic films while I jerk my meat and jizz all over the phone
Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:26AM
how do i put this on my myspace
Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:12PM
It plainly states that this song sucks right here on this song’s web page. It was intentionally made to be horrible and all they had to do to get you all to listen to it was say it sucks the MOST. Then, you felt the need to listen to it so you can chime in about whether or not you agree. They created controversy out of garbage, and wasted your time. Sure you can make it something other than garbage by clowning on it and playing it for your friends, but you can pick up a cat turd and play with it just as easily.
I’m not even going to listen to it. Stumbleupon took me here and Stumbleupon will take me away.
You’re all a bunch of suckers!
Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:24PM
It really wouldn't be that bad. Just the awful accordians during the opera.
Monday, June 15, 2009 6:24AM
I listened to the whole god damned thing. It was one of the most excellently crafted pieces of audio in history. It's so brilliantly executed. If you're gonna listen, listen to the whole 22 minutes. It's worth it. You'll laugh at least once.
Monday, June 15, 2009 11:47AM
it's too comical for me to despise it! i think they failed in their task
Monday, June 15, 2009 5:57AM
i love this song!
Monday, June 15, 2009 5:58AM
and who are these people who don’t like bagpipes?
Monday, June 15, 2009 10:07AM
dear god… ow…
however, it's better than some of the shit on the radio, believe it or not.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:54PM
It's not nearly as bad as Nickleback. I would listen to this on a continuous loop before I would listen to just ONE Nickleback or Creed tune.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:48AM
it isnt that bad its just not one song it sounds like many songs like what would be called a popurri, those things are bad no matter with what you mix them. and i agree its the best i've heard all year long
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:30AM
well what can i say!!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:36PM
awesome song i will buy a special ipod for this only song hahahahahahahah
Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:54AM
it's actually not that bad. i've heard much worse.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:26AM
Geddy Lee is the man. You have bad taste in music.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:35PM
it's almost a Mr. Bungle record…
Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:32AM
Actually it is a pretty amazing work. Frank Z would be proud. If you heard the antithesis to this work you would understand the concept….. the "other" song that was written was like any other banal POS that would make it on the radio at the time of creation. It even has kenny G sax behind a cookies cutter vocal.
Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:06AM
Holy shit, 22 minutes of pure win and awesome.
Sunday, June 21, 2009 6:15PM
ha!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:54AM
I wonder what kind of 'scientific research' went into this project…sounds like something a bunch of stoners did in a garage somewhere to me. Maybe they were researching how many times they could hit the gravity bong and still figure out how to work the recording equipment. Beck is probably listening to this right now and thinking, "Man, these guys are brilliant!" Speaking of brilliant, I think Kid Rock is sampling this song for his new single. Personally I gotta say I hear crap far less mellifluous than this every day on mainstream radio. And they left out two of the most annoying aspects of popular music of all time: synthesizers and auto-tuned vocals (think T-pain).
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:08PM
OMG! that was the music equivalent to troll 2!! I laughed so hard I started coughing! I especially like the part about George stephanopolis. But really this song wasn't repetitive enough to be the worst song ever. just about anything by the jonas bros is worse. Also the cheesy violins really should have come in earlier.
in the immortal words of comic book guy: BEST. SONG. EVER.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:08PM
lol
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:10PM
Oh! I forgot: this song was so bad it actually caused my mom to leave the room and shut the door all while giving me a dirty look.
Monday, June 29, 2009 11:11PM
i thought it was awesome. i can't listen without smiling.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 4:53AM
There are a few awful parts in this song. But there a lot of amazing ones. I would definitely say that this is nowhere near the worst song of all time.
Sunday, July 5, 2009 6:33AM
OMG I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BLAZED TO THIS!!!!!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 7:51AM
Best song ever.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:55AM
simple plan is much worse
Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:53AM
Agreed.
Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:45PM
"Hey everybody, it's Christmas teim!!!!1"
"CHRISTMAS TEIM; CHRISTMAS TEIM!!!"
"EASTER TEIM; EASTER TEIM"
"walmart"
ROTFLCOPTER!!!
Friday, July 17, 2009 12:21AM
Bad?… yes. in part, and some very bad.
Good?….. yes in part. a few very good licks
Saturday, July 18, 2009 5:22PM
it's really not that bad *shrug*
just goes to show that scientists should leave music alone. they really don't know what they're talking about..
Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:15PM
wot no kazoo?
Thursday, July 23, 2009 8:59PM
I liked it. So much better than the usual crap I hear on TV or the brief moments on the radio while I'm changing CD's in the car. I'm putting this song on CD for the car. It'll be a nice little break between showtunes and wizard rock.
Friday, July 24, 2009 3:35AM
3:35 was amazing
Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:37PM
I would pay to hear this performed live any day. Reminds me of old Thinkin Fellers Union or Ween.
Monday, July 27, 2009 6:02AM
Sounds like grindcore. If you threw in a double bass drum rolling impossible beats, and a guitar with ultra high gain..yep.. grindcore… I'd buy the t-shirt if it had a mutilated clown on it.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:49PM
@ walmart!! lol that was wicked xD
I liked the song I'm so gonna downloading it
You can't get more epic than opera rapping
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:00AM
This is the kind of song that people who have their heads up their asses thinking they know all about music and are better than you will like.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:41AM
@James
Hahaha xD True.
I enjoy the music in rap but rarely the lyrics.
"See I know y'all be talking about and you don't like what you hear sometimes
But um um since I'm so bright I'm gonna put the spotlight on you baby"
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:44AM
I have definitely heard worse than this.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:27AM
I'd love this on acid.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 2:53PM
I found it enjoyable up until the dischordant opera/organ part at 7:22. Sorry, but Lady Florence got to me first:
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/classical/151…
Monday, August 3, 2009 12:27AM
LMAO. This was good for some laughs, definitely. Not horrible to listen to, just really really funny
Monday, August 3, 2009 3:34AM
not as bad as little wayne
Monday, August 3, 2009 3:04PM
well it is pretty funny. awful…but funny.
Monday, August 3, 2009 5:52PM
This is so demented and AMAZING! "Do it while you're shopping, AT WALMART!"
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 9:02AM
Not that bad! I was expecting much worse.
Thursday, August 6, 2009 12:23AM
I honestly like this. If you wanna hear the worst song ever, put in a Lil Wayne or Fall Out Boy album.
Friday, August 7, 2009 5:48PM
If you told me that was the new Fiery Furnaces album, I'd probably believe you
Saturday, August 8, 2009 4:58AM
this isn't long enough
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:48AM
This was the hardest thing to listen to in my life. It wasn't even two minutes in and I already wanted to kill this song, but I was determined to listen to the whole thing.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:33PM
The most hilarious thing I've ever heard. My tummy hurts now. *Wips imaginary tear*
Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:44AM
I tried to listen and not smile. But I felt a smile groing as the song evolved. Whoever decided this is the least desirable song is clearly deaf.
Monday, August 31, 2009 6:04AM
shits hot
Saturday, September 5, 2009 9:01PM
Kids would like this, can you not see this as like the theme music for treehouse or some loony kids show?? I've heard worse
Monday, September 7, 2009 12:18AM
Guys, I don’t meen to offend you, but how can you speak of the worst music ever without ever listening to the modern Russian pop? =)
Monday, September 7, 2009 8:39PM
Diversified and artistic…more than 90% of music is not. Though it’s made to be bad and annoying….and the children really overdid it. I say bravo and encore!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 4:02PM
if u think this is bad then never listen to band like, Negativland, People like us or The Tape-beatles. this track is actually pleasing to the ear don't know how u would label it as 'Unwanted'
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:41AM
best comment ever.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:39AM
four words to describe what is worse than this: anything by Miley Cyrus.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:47AM
[...] world? There is a new “scientific” way to compose a truly repulsive song – the Most Unwanted Song. A composer took data about what people do not like to hear, and built a song around it. (Talk [...]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:57PM
Frank Zappa would've loved this!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:58PM
This song was so awesomely bad, I was lol-ing my way through the whole thing. XD
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 3:16PM
I couldn't stand the song when the opera rap starts. LOL. THE SONG IS DAMN ANNOYING
LOL!!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:18PM
I FUCKING HATED IT !!!!!!!!! DISGUSTING !…BAHHH
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:01PM
For me, statistics didn't work here. I know at least 50 people who would enjoy the sound. Well, I come from Eastern Europe, which probably doesn't help me to act as an average listener
Anyway, the "song" actually sounds like an entire play-list. And it's nice!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:10PM
wow – that is bad
Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:55AM
Sounds like a condensed cowboy bebop soundtrack.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:25AM
They should have asked *musicians* what makes music unlistenable, instead of just handing a list of multiple choices to a bunch of VH1 listeners.
Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:39AM
Unfortunately all the various parts are too well played. Drums are in time, instruments are in tune, operapper sings in one language at a time, etc etc – the tragedy….
Now, let's hear it again with a drunken (and beligerant) drummer, all the instruments out of tune, a schitzophrenic quasi-lingual operapper (on meth and maybe acid) and make the kids miserable sounding (put them in room decorated with mutilated kittens….or something).
The accordion was perfect though….
Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:42AM
I think the only problem with this song is that it takes 22 minutes. I guess if u listen to no matter what song for 22 minutes u'll be annoyed
Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:00PM
Still better than Brokencyde.
Friday, September 25, 2009 7:05PM
isn't the point for it to be bad? good job pointing out the obvious. Thanks!
Saturday, September 26, 2009 1:26PM
I honestly enjoyed the funk tuba. I found this much more interesting and certainly far less predictable than most main-stream pop music.
Monday, October 12, 2009 4:50AM
sooo funny i was almost in tears
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:06AM
the party starts at 4:05 when the little kids start singing. that my favorite part. lol!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 6:08PM
this is absolutely hysterical. i would listen to this until it became unbearable anymore. but thats pretty hard seeing as the opera singer makes it amazing
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 7:28PM
I think it would be a tad bit more impressive if it was compiled into a shorter song length.
It's more like a long adventure of annoying noises. Sounds like my ipod seizing haha though I did enjoy it!
Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:20AM
This was supposed to be annoying? It had its ups and downs, and some quite musical moments. It put me in a really good mood, and made me laugh several times.
I really enjoyed it.
If they really wanted to annoy people, they totally missed the main culprit: repetition. This piece remained interesting throughout. If it had just been the kids verse repeated ad infinitum it would have been a lot more effective.
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:19PM
whitney houston? micheal mcdonald?
you have to do a little research on the "easy listening" tip.
they are both well respected in their field.
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:26PM
get over yourself
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:30PM
your an idiot.
go buy 'the bends' and never voice your opinion about music ever again
Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:29AM
this is great
unwanted = unique
unique = awesome
Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:53PM
shit….
Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:55PM
i made it to the christmas time part. thet just totally destroyed my day.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:18AM
i thought it was bad… then the opera rap came on, and i LOL'd so goddamn hard!
thn i got bored…
then i was writing this, and the kiddies came on..
LMAO!!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:35AM
such an awesome song!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:00AM
I feel like strangling myself when the bag-pipes enter the song.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:24AM
Here are just a few things I know of that I'm sure would be more unbearable to a lot of people:
- John Cage string quartet compositions
- "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed
- the band Fantomas
- the band Melt Banana
- Chinese opera
- Tibetan Buddhist incantations using horns and cymbals
- the Flaming Lips – "Hell's Angels Cracker Factory"
I thought this piece of music was fully awesome, and actually holds its own as avant garde/musique concrete/pop culture satire, whether that was the intent or not.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 5:23PM
boring but bearable. the rap part hilarious…
Friday, November 6, 2009 8:31PM
Right away, it goes into the southwest theme from the Disneyland train ride. I was like "who the hell doesn't love this song?"
While I was waiting for thunder to crack and dinosaurs to come out, it suddenly transitioned to what I'm pretty sure is the Parappa the rappa singer for the "cheep cheep cheep" song when Parrapa is bakin' a cake.
Then, right before it got to the "cheap cheap cheap's the name of my soul part," it's back to Disneyland, and still no fucking dinosaurs, and I was all like: I get it now. This whole thing is just one long-ass tease, without any dinosaurs, anywhere on it.
Needs a t-rex.
But I kept sitting there listening anyway, because it's not like I'm actually busy at work. Just sitting in my stupid little cubicle clicking through stumbles while I watch documentaries on Hulu, and these obnoxious kids start getting all gleeful (in the song) about Christmas, and I was like "Christmas? FTW!" but then it got to Easter and I was like "oh crap… is this some kind of religious music?"
And the giant chicken started rapping about philosophy and I started having de ja vu to this one night I spent taking mescalin out in the desert.
Then it was time to go get a cigarette, so I didn't ever get to the dinosaurs.
Sunday, November 8, 2009 2:25AM
That was AMAZING!!! im 1 of those 200 people in the world
Sunday, November 8, 2009 4:20PM
This is just a waste of time song. It sounds like something you would hear on Sesame Street. I like most of the music going on in, even the children singing about walmart and yom kippur. The problem is that this has way too much sonority and fun shit going on.
The Pat Metheny album, The Sign of 4, has this beaten hands down by far. If you can listen to all three discs in one sitting then my hat's off to you. After that, try listening to the album by Fantomas and you'll be sitting pretty.
Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:39PM
It isn't the worst song… but it's pretty bad.
You want worse? Get the kids to play all those instruments!
Monday, November 23, 2009 5:10AM
haha i loved the opera singer! she has really good enunciation! actually i really like this song! especially liked the banjo. i've heard worse. like listening to people song out of tune in my voice class….horrible….
Monday, November 23, 2009 7:01PM
I loved it!! It reminded me of performance art from the eighties. Definately the most interesting thing I have heard in a very long time!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:48AM
I think I've heard this on a CD by The Residents.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:45AM
Other then the rapping its well done for being original. The tuba and bagpipes at 3:40 rocked.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:37AM
there is always worse but that one has got to be at the top of the list
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:38AM
"untrained children" = lol
Friday, November 27, 2009 3:41AM
o god….it hurts….it hurts…. but funny at the same time. i only got about 6 minutes in, then skipped through to the end but didn't finish. wow.
Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:08PM
LABOR DAY, LABOR DAY. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED AND POOLS ARE OPEN.
Monday, December 7, 2009 4:27PM
Oh man this is so bad its actually good!
Sunday, December 13, 2009 3:25AM
I like it, its cool for people with ADD
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:51AM
I like it.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:16AM
i win
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:50AM
The first half was not bad, the “Yahoooo!” was okay after a while. The damned WalMart jingles with the kids were the most annoying shit ever.
Sunday, December 27, 2009 6:29AM
it sounds like a song you'd here on the tim and eric show on adult swim. you sure you didn't take that from there?
Thursday, December 31, 2009 8:27PM
Of Montreal featuring Soulja Boy, right?
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 10:06PM
closest thing to "the brown note" that I've heard in a while. nicely done.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 6:57AM
OMG
the reckless hilarity.
Saturday, January 16, 2010 1:33AM
ditto lol
Saturday, January 16, 2010 6:37AM
This isn't that bad. Listen to something composed by John Cage. That is bad!
Sunday, January 17, 2010 6:29PM
it beats lady gaga…that opera rap is gonna change the world
Sunday, January 17, 2010 7:46PM
i loooove this, especially the woman singer. sooo brilliant.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:52AM
Man, this is amazing, it reminds me of zappa with Tina turner, this is grandiose avant-garde!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:58AM
Hah, it reminded me of modest mouse..it's chill
Saturday, January 23, 2010 1:25PM
FRANK ZAPPA WOULD BE PROUD
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 3:15PM
This is pretty darn awful,
Creed is worse.
Not even god loves Creed.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:08AM
Raggacore, breakcore, hardstep, breakstep,
BOng-ra, shitmat, floorclearer. Give these a listen I bet you make it about 5 seconds.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:48PM
still better than any Nickleback song
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:14PM
Isn't this already a Lady Gaga song? I swear I've heard it on one of the infinite crummy radio stations…
Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:41AM
not funny lol
Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:44AM
What is wrong with some people here, can you honestly say you'd rather here this over the majority of mainstream music? This is horrible
Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:00AM
sorry, but there's absolutely exquisite rap/hip hop out there
maybe you're just not open minded enough to appreciate it?
Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:03AM
Michael McDonald is a sex god. You're just jealous.
Friday, January 29, 2010 9:32PM
This is the most spectacular thing I've ever heard.
Monday, February 1, 2010 8:06PM
This makes me want to rip my face off ._.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 5:57PM
i actually really liked most of it! especially the rapping parts with the tuba. reminded me of Balkan Beat Box, one of my favorite bands.
and the bagpipes! gotta love the bagpipes
overall, it's a really fun song and it doesn't take itself too seriously (obviously).
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:44AM
This is brilliant!
But then again, I listen to free-jazz/avant-garde, minimalism, hip hop, noise etc.
Monday, February 15, 2010 4:49PM
They got it right by saying unwanted. Not that its horrible, its you wouldn't want to here in this song in like most situations. Like sitting, or reading, or browsing the internet. Well I guess you could but it eventually gets so annoying. I'm 9 mins in.
Monday, February 15, 2010 10:54PM
I loved the collage at 4:00, right before the Christmas time section. Overall, though, it was near as bad as "Seasons in the Sun" guh…. Sorry, I throw up in my mouth when I say or think of that song.
The Opera Rap is inspired.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:24PM
idk, alot of this sounds like the ending to a lot of indie songs that ive herd, some of its obnoxious, but some it was borderline awesome… easter time anyone? how about chocolate time?
Saturday, February 20, 2010 5:54PM
I think that it is all of Joe Mc Eldery's songs, you know, the one who won the x-factor.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:43AM
labour day! labour day! school is closed and pools are open! This work is genius! best chorus ever.
Sunday, May 2, 2010 12:09AM
Xmas time!!
Here in brasil there's a "genre" named "funk carioca" that sucks so sooooo bad. This "most unwanted song" is awesome compared to "funk carioca".
Sunday, May 2, 2010 12:09AM
Funny… i honestly apperciated every component.. but the composition is just so freaky!
Weird stuff..
Saturday, June 26, 2010 7:12PM
the first bit of singing sounds a muppet
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:38PM
Fools to think people wouldn't enjoy this. People like to watch two girls shit or puke in a cup and then drink it. Of course they would like this. I love it!!!!!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010 2:58PM
John Mayer will always be a player.
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