The Mighty Musical Observations Thread

[Dr. Medulla]

Couldnt be certain as the present day charts are a complete mystery to me but i suspect the novelty hit factory has had its day. Trio sold a pretty mind blowing 13m copies of da da da in 1982. I think that was the heyday pretty much.

Yeah, I'm ignorant of chart music so I can't say either. The most recent novelty song that was a hit that I can think of is Baz Luhrmann's "Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen" from some time in the 90s.

There was that crazy frog one from a few years back, sure there are others. But may be you tube hits have supplanted the charts as the go-to engine of choice for novelty chancers, sorry, artists. Not really sure though.

I suspect you're right, which speaks again to the declining relevance of the charts to measure audience interest. It covers a thinner and thinner sliver of public interest as other forums exist for different kinds of audiences.

[Wolter]

Fuck me, that is just horrible. I cant beat that but this is up there too, though only reached a high of 53 in the uk charts in 1979.

I'm curious whether that kind of weird awful catches the public ear and rises up the charts anymore, or is everything sufficiently contained now to prevent contamination from the offbeat.

I believe this even made the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

Not on the soundtrack album, according to Wikipedia, but, yeah, I believe it does make a brief appearance in the movie.

Oh yeah. That’s what I meant. It definitely plays in the movie.

[101Walterton]

O Superman made #2 in UK thanks to JP!!

Kids songs still seem to chart like Baby Shark.

[Heston]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

[Dr. Medulla]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

It's like feedback right from his larynx.

[Silent Majority]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Gonna sing this song forever.... Who are you punishing?

[Marky Dread]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Bloody awful. I wonder if he can't hear the monitors.

[WestwayKid]

Went to a nice neighborhood vegan restaurant in Chicago on Saturday night. The whole experience was great...EXCEPT for the fact that they were playing some incredibly awful Grateful Dead boot. It was like tuneless, meandering light jazz rock that just went on and on and on. I think my girlfriend found it funny that it bothered me so much and usually I can tune out music I don't like...but that was bottom of the barrel terribleness and I seriously can't understand how anyone can enjoy listening to it.

[Dr. Medulla]

incredibly awful Grateful Dead boot

Editorial pro-tip: "incredibly awful" is a redundant descriptor of a Grateful Dead boot.

edit: Yes, perhaps there is something called a pro-top, but that doesn't apply here.

[revbob]

Went to a nice neighborhood vegan restaurant in Chicago on Saturday night. The whole experience was great...EXCEPT for the fact that they were playing some incredibly awful Grateful Dead boot. It was like tuneless, meandering light jazz rock that just went on and on and on. I think my girlfriend found it funny that it bothered me so much and usually I can tune out music I don't like...but that was bottom of the barrel terribleness and I seriously can't understand how anyone can enjoy listening to it.

Yeah unfortunately it tends to come with the territory.

[101Walterton]

Went to a nice neighborhood vegan restaurant in Chicago on Saturday night. The whole experience was great...EXCEPT for the fact that they were playing some incredibly awful Grateful Dead boot. It was like tuneless, meandering light jazz rock that just went on and on and on. I think my girlfriend found it funny that it bothered me so much and usually I can tune out music I don't like...but that was bottom of the barrel terribleness and I seriously can't understand how anyone can enjoy listening to it.

Yeah unfortunately it tends to come with the territory.

Isn’t it ironic that a vegan restaurant plays Grateful Dead.

[Heston]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Bloody awful. I wonder if he can't hear the monitors.

That's not monitors, it's someone struggling with the key it was written in. I wasn't surprised when he lowered the key and rearranged the song in recent years.

[Marky Dread]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Bloody awful. I wonder if he can't hear the monitors.

That's not monitors, it's someone struggling with the key it was written in. I wasn't surprised when he lowered the key and rearranged the song in recent years.

Weird that footage looks like it's from not too long after the release of Eileen. Live tapes and sessions I have from the time sound much better than that.

[Heston]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Bloody awful. I wonder if he can't hear the monitors.

That's not monitors, it's someone struggling with the key it was written in. I wasn't surprised when he lowered the key and rearranged the song in recent years.

Weird that footage looks like it's from not too long after the release of Eileen. Live tapes and sessions I have from the time sound much better than that.

Whatever it is, it's bloody awful. But surely poor monitoring couldn't cause that inhuman shrieking sound at 57 secs.

[101Walterton]

And you thought Simon Le Bon's bum note at Live Aid was bad?

This is pretty treacherous in general but I can't stop playing the note he hits at 0:57...

Bloody awful. I wonder if he can't hear the monitors.

That's not monitors, it's someone struggling with the key it was written in. I wasn't surprised when he lowered the key and rearranged the song in recent years.

Slowed it down too