So Bad It's Good/Music: Difference between revisions

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* Before William Hung, a nice middle-aged lady named [[Giftedly Bad|Elva Miller]] parlayed her off-key warble and whistling (!) of pop hits like Downtown into ''four albums'' during the middle 1960s. [[The Other Wiki]] discusses her [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Mrs.~~_Elva_Miller~~ here.]

* Before William Hung, a nice middle-aged lady named [[Giftedly Bad|Elva Miller]] parlayed her off-key warble and whistling (!) of pop hits like Downtown into ''four albums'' during the middle 1960s. [[The Other Wiki]] discusses her [[wikipedia:Mrs. Elva Miller|here.]]

* This song was used to try and teach kids how to speak French [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnyoiUjzhHg "La Le"]. It fails badly as it just made them fall over laughing from the awful lyrics, the bad animation and the sexual overtones.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu7kKedoduA Im Gettin Money, Aye!]

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* Yasha Swag's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_egfpIOTpgk "Go Go Go"]. It takes autotuning and ridiculous lyrics to far beyond even Jenna Rose's levels. The video's horrible too, but that's another story.

* Ja Rule's rapping is pretty good. His singing on the other hand... not so much. Not that his horrid singing is a bad thing though, as it provides great unintentional comedy in gems such as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkOwOQCMYtM "Mesmerize"] and [http://youtu.be/yl0DqKHj-Fc?t=59s "I'm Real."]

* [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins~~ Florence Foster Jenkins]. Listen to her sing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6qntPpyZ0 the "Queen of the Night" aria] from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart's]] ''[[The Magic Flute (Theatre)|The Magic Flute]]''. For best results, bring some musicologists and some classical musicians for extra fun (if they don't know about her already, she's pretty infamous).

* [[wikipedia:Florence Foster Jenkins|Florence Foster Jenkins]]. Listen to her sing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6qntPpyZ0 the "Queen of the Night" aria] from [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart's]] ''[[The Magic Flute (Theatre)|The Magic Flute]]''. For best results, bring some musicologists and some classical musicians for extra fun (if they don't know about her already, she's pretty infamous).

** In case you don't have a musicologist or classical musician available, here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ufeyarJxNQ Lucia Popp's rendition] for comparison.

* Some of the karaoke ending songs in ''[[Lucky Star]]'', as expected from traditional karaoke, are hilariously awful. The most popular of these include Konata screaming through [[Dragonball Z]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_cqg6JcwfI\] and Konata trying to sing the English ''[[Monkey Magic]]'' [http://youtube.com/watch?v=anijDDn0oz0 opening] despite not knowing English.

** What makes the DBZ one, at least, is how much Konata is clearly ''enjoying herself''.

** Likely in response to this, [[JAM Project]], the [[Hot Blooded]] music group founded by the guy who sang the ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' intro, did their own epic rendition of ''[[Lucky Star]]'s'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LFReFumVM opening]. Warning: ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' fans that listen to this may get nightmares of [[Humongous Mecha]] dancing in cheerleader outfits.

** Likely in response to this, [[JAM Project]], the [[Hot-Blooded]] music group founded by the guy who sang the ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' intro, did their own epic rendition of ''[[Lucky Star]]'s'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5LFReFumVM opening]. Warning: ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' fans that listen to this may get nightmares of [[Humongous Mecha]] dancing in cheerleader outfits.

*** Well, if you want [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0SOfOKxNU0 giant robots dancing] to ''[[Lucky Star]]'s'' opening... Sadly, no actual cheerleader outfits.

** Also: Everything Shiraishi has ever sung on that show. Particularly that one time in the end credits when he tried to sing "Mottoke! Sailor Fuku" without knowing the words.

** Remember [[Fist of the North Star]]? And its opening, the manliest song ever Ai wo Torimodose (You Wa Shock!)? Then please listen to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7bgTc94kQE this cover] made by Shiraishi and Akira. Also, notice how near the end of the first song they give up any pretension of singing and just start screaming into the mic.

* If you were to take every stereotypical problem associated with amateur, self-made musicians, mix them all together, and crank the mix [[Up to Eleven]], the result would be Jan Terri, an aged, overweight, and often downright mean-looking woman, singing in a chain-smoker-esque voice to background music that often sounds like a badly synthesized midi, and then making ridiculously amateur music videos to them. Try this! Watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE2l6CPna4M her most famous video] with the sound muted, and see how hard it is to remember such an unremarkable home-movie was supposed to be the music video to a love song! The worst part is that she's good enough at songwriting that her music will never leave your head.

* [[The Shaggs]] were four sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire, who were forced to become a band by their father, who was told by his mother that his children would form a popular music group. He forced them to practice every day, perform at local events, and record an album, despite the girls not even having rudimentary knowledge of music theory or how to play their instruments. The result is odd, hackneyed melodies, uneven time signatures, and instruments/vocals that are blatantly out of tune. Despite all of this, as their obscure LP "Philosophy of the World" achieved recognition among collectors, the band was praised for their raw, intuitive composition style and lyrical honesty. "Philosophy of the World" was lauded as a work of art brut, and was later reissued, followed by a compilation album, Shaggs' Own Thing, in 1982. RCA Victor released Philosophy of the World (with the original cover art and track sequence) on CD in 1999, whereupon it was hailed as something of an avant-garde cult classic. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the CD on the day it was released, and The New Yorker subsequently ran a lengthy profile of the Shaggs, authored by Susan Orlean. The Shaggs are now seen as a groundbreaking outsider music group, receiving praise from mainstream artists such as [[Nirvana|Kurt Cobain]] and [[Frank Zappa]]. You can read more at [[That Other Wiki]] [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/The_Shaggs~~ here], and hear their music, such as it is, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCII93TYgM here].

* [[The Shaggs]] were four sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire, who were forced to become a band by their father, who was told by his mother that his children would form a popular music group. He forced them to practice every day, perform at local events, and record an album, despite the girls not even having rudimentary knowledge of music theory or how to play their instruments. The result is odd, hackneyed melodies, uneven time signatures, and instruments/vocals that are blatantly out of tune. Despite all of this, as their obscure LP "Philosophy of the World" achieved recognition among collectors, the band was praised for their raw, intuitive composition style and lyrical honesty. "Philosophy of the World" was lauded as a work of art brut, and was later reissued, followed by a compilation album, Shaggs' Own Thing, in 1982. RCA Victor released Philosophy of the World (with the original cover art and track sequence) on CD in 1999, whereupon it was hailed as something of an avant-garde cult classic. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the CD on the day it was released, and The New Yorker subsequently ran a lengthy profile of the Shaggs, authored by Susan Orlean. The Shaggs are now seen as a groundbreaking outsider music group, receiving praise from mainstream artists such as [[Nirvana|Kurt Cobain]] and [[Frank Zappa]]. You can read more at [[That Other Wiki]] [[wikipedia:The Shaggs|here]], and hear their music, such as it is, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCII93TYgM here].

* [http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/2003/273.shtml Joe Aufricht's "Mockery and Perversion"].

* [http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2008/04/yo_yo.html "The Most Unwanted Song" by David Soldier], intentionally written to combine the genres and topics that people in a focus group most disliked. It is indeed incoherent and, in places, just plain atonal. It's also hilarious, involving such things as ''a soprano rapping about cowboys''.

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*** From the same album, We Are Hungry Men.

* Former Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone's out-of-print solo debut (under the name Dee Dee King) ''Standing In The Spotlight''. While there are songs that are more typically Ramones-esque, most tracks prominently feature him ''rapping'' in a tone of voice that has been memorably compared to [http://www.markprindle.com/ramone.htm#standing "a cartoon moose"] and [[Boastful Rap|making memorable boasts like]] "I'm the cut-creator, the master of rap\ when I walk down the street, homeboys tip their hat". What might be the weirdest moment on a fairly bizarre album is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojs1Pld10q0 a hip-hop update of 60's dance craze "Mashed Potato Time" featuring back-up vocals from] [[Blondie (Music)|Debbie Harry]]. While it's actually an outtake, there's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV7wP76wx4c a silly but adorable rap written from the point of view of his pet cat]. The Ramones themselves ''did'' evidently like "The Crusher" enough to later record a slightly less hip-hop-influenced version without Dee Dee though.

* There's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 this video]. {{spoiler|[[~~Rick Roll~~|Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...]]}}

* There's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 this video]. {{spoiler|[[Rickroll|Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...]]}}

* While [[James Bond]] songs are usually made of [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]], Lulu's "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK75xQR19jE The Man With the Golden Gun]" is so over-the-top, campy, and ridiculous, it loops around from stupid right back to enjoyable. The [[Narm|hilarious]], barely-[[Double Entendre]] lyrics help, too.

* Most of Chicago's earliest music is truly good on its own; but Terry Kath's "An Hour in the Shower" suite, in which he laments not having the right kind of Spam with him while he's travelling, qualifies.

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* The ''entire'' Disco Polo genre falls into this.

** In case you've never heard of: it's a Polish mix of Italo Disco and drinking-folk music.

* Steve Miller's 1984 album [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Italian_X_Rays~~ Italian X-Rays] - it sounds like Miller discovered keyboards and mountains of high quality cocaine, right around the same time. Quality.

* Steve Miller's 1984 album [[wikipedia:Italian X Rays|Italian X-Rays]] - it sounds like Miller discovered keyboards and mountains of high quality cocaine, right around the same time. Quality.

** BONGO BONGO!

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTan0-QINk0 Battalion 88] is an extremely obscure band featuring Belarusian neo-Nazis making black metal/techno songs about [[Warhammer 40 K|the Space Marines]]. If that weren't odd enough, there's also completely jarring viking metal vocals with the otherwise normal black metal vocals, sci-fi sound effects, and broken English lyrics about ancient battle spirits and racial hoo-ha. It goes together about as well as you think it would. But the concept is just so strange that one can't help but love it.

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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo4glASbEh4 video] for Tommy Seebach's version of "Apache."

* [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/the-inimitable-.html Sam Sacks]. It's not clear whether Sam -- who looks like Hans Mulman on the Simpsons and has a 3-note vocal range -- is in on the joke or not. Notable for sing each and every one of his songs at exactly the same pace.

* According to The Other Wiki, Sweden's [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Eilert_Pilarm~~ Eilert Pilarm] is an Elvis impersonator known for "his striking lack of resemblance to Elvis Presley, both vocally and physically; his shaky command of the English language in which he sings; and his apparent absence of enough musical talent to recognize that he is usually out of tune and inaccurate with the timing of his singing." They're [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYyfEJBrr0 not kidding]. It is also this that is said to have caused his success.

* According to The Other Wiki, Sweden's [[wikipedia:Eilert Pilarm|Eilert Pilarm]] is an Elvis impersonator known for "his striking lack of resemblance to Elvis Presley, both vocally and physically; his shaky command of the English language in which he sings; and his apparent absence of enough musical talent to recognize that he is usually out of tune and inaccurate with the timing of his singing." They're [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYyfEJBrr0 not kidding]. It is also this that is said to have caused his success.

* Well known doujin artist REDALiCE produced [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA8ARf2cuw8 a remix of "Love Colored Master Spark"] from [[Touhou]] based on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nmgcVbfKE Pon De Floor by Major Lazer]. The result sounds absolutely nothing like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ssmxWJftyo the original] and is probably one of the most hilariously bizarre Touhou remixes ever made.

* Kenny G's entire ouevre.