All of those links had me rolling on the floor.BBP wrote:[rant]
Badness in music is not new, and it has always had some form of popularity. For instance:
Florence Foster Jenkins - Der Holle Rache. Jenkins's life story has been glued on and popularized: allegedly she was once hit by a cab, and after that her voice suddenly became higher, so she sent the cab driver a box of cigars to thank him. That probably never happened, but she was a wealthy woman who recorded about 8 songs (all available on Naxos's release "Murder On The High C's") and considered herself a great singer.
Her popularity? Besides from still selling, she performed in a sold out Carnegie Hall.
This equally bad performance is more recent, but gets a lot of viewers nonetheless.
The Portsmouth Sinfonia made three well-selling records of popular classical tunes at their worst. All musicians on it either never touched an instrument, or played an instrument that was completely new to them.
Mrs Miller - Downtown
Her first album sold 250,000 copies in the first three weeks.
Badness is what the whole first few weeks of American Idol and all its incarnations is based on.
Worst song ever? I still vote for the Belgian (sorry Rudy) Eurovision 2008 entry. I'd type the title but the song would get in my head. I'd post a Youtube link but it'd mean I'd have to listen to it again.
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Even this 14 year old does a far better job of the Aria of the Queen of the Night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ijwfRT ... re=related
