Yeah, maybe I got a higher tolerance level to rap than most here, but I didn't mind it at allOriginally Posted by Scrotum Scissor
Even kind of fun, really
This however...
Yeah, maybe I got a higher tolerance level to rap than most here, but I didn't mind it at all
Even kind of fun, really
This however...
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Disco Duck
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
rap has nothing to do with why I started the thread with that song -- It was the chorus of the song which is sung and nowhere in the vicinity of "on pitch" yet was released as a single....... Is it a grand "spoof" by Biz Markie? Possibly
A month or so ago, I heard a new song a few times on the radio with the usual 808/909/SP1200-ish analog sub-bass kick added but I cant remember which particular song it is. Anyway, the chorus of this song has four chords -- On the last chord, the sub-bass drum is tuned half-a-step out (the other three were correct) and it creates this godawful dissonance in the low end spectrum. The first thing I thought was "How much ca$h did this producer make yet have such a shit-storm get released?" and "Did nobody else hear this?". That is the stuff I intended this thread and the Biz Markie song to be about. I haven't heard it since so it must have fell off commercial radio pre-programmed rotation pretty quick. EDIT: Club DJs probably heard the low end shitstorm very well and probably opted not to play it - If my theory is correct, I'd wager that may be part of the reason why it fell off the radio so fast
Last edited by klothos; 03-09-2016 at 08:58 AM.
Yeah, I had read you well, I believe... The Mozart spoof is more funny than appalling (IMHO, anyway), sort of a reverse slave-racism thing , but done with humour...
I didn't find the words all that offensive either >> I've heard 100 times worse in rap songs
I certainly wouldn't say we've "hit the bottom" with that clip.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Have you not heard Sentimental Journey?
Plus, he dated Barbara Eden.
Wow, that could be a tough one to top.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
I don't count recordings like "Disco Duck", which are intentionally silly. Any merit they have is in making people laugh rather than making people enjoy music, and that's the way the writer would want it."Shaddap You Face" doesn't count for the same reason, at least not in my book.
+1
I'd hazard a guess that quite a few people were thinking along these lines when they first heard a distorted guitar on the radio.
I'm not claiming this as the ultimate low point, but if you want an example of something which I consider a godawful song, and which is apparently intended in all seriousness as a pop song rather than a spoof, I nominate "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" by Baccara. I will not inflict the clip on you.
I don't think thats the same thing: a distorted guitar is an effect.........it isn't causing dissonance in the audio spectrum of the song. A person may not like the sound or equate it to a blown speaker, but thats subjective. What Im talking about could be a clean or distorted guitar, but not tuned and played in a different key.
What Im driving at is similar to hearing the Portsmouth Sinfona (who are doing this intentional, so they don't count either)
I've posted a rant before about "lo-fi". A particular hate of mine is songs that sound like they are being played back from a cheap cassette recorder on which the tape is starting to occasionally get stuck, causing an annoying high-pitched squeal. I've heard this quite a few times, mostly in the hip-hop genre.
Australian hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods seem to be serial offenders in this regard.
Was Biz Markie being silly or was he being serious? For assisted reference, please refer back to the music video.
This gets my vote. I absolutely hate this piece of crap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqr9w6zp7pw
Bill
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
The ad that preceded it was nice though. Too bad about the "song".
Not sure this is contemporary...
"Someone left a cake out in the rain. It took so long to bake that I don't I can take it. Again, Oh no"... or words to that effect.
To be or not to be? That is the point. - Harry Nilsson.
thats not what Im talking about....but, OMG, what a horrible song
At least she was hot........I cant say that when I hear similar music from William Shatner
What makes you think the lowest point has passed us? It could get worse.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I know thousands of Dutch people that can do as bad, if not much worse
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
There is much worse in La Chanson Française, even by resected artistes like Gainsbourgthats not what Im talking about....but, OMG, what a horrible song
At least she was hot........I cant say that when I hear similar music from William Shatner
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
But this guy makes a living from it
But this guy makes a living from it
I've been 11 years in North Halland, ad the Dutch never cease to amaze me
BTW, a few Flemish can rival to him as well.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Macarthur Park was, IMHO, the best single of 1968.
Wow, is that crap or what? And this "rappa" is probably worth millions.
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
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