# "annoying" music that you adore **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042 "2008-04-27T04:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/61 "2008-04-29T05:58:04Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] Now about those Disney albums. Does that include the full hour It’s a Small World? 'Cause I’ve got that on vinyl. [/QUOTE] I had that as a kid; I’d love to have it burned to a CD now. The longest version of it I have runs about 15 minutes (starting with the clock ticking/parade of children on the outside to a run-through of the entire ride). ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/62 "2008-04-29T07:46:37Z")
Backstreet Boys and O-Town. Trust me, it doesn’t fit my image or friends in RL at _all_. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/63 "2008-04-29T12:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=Pochacco] I saw her at UCLA a couple of weeks ago. You’ll be pleased to know that she drove about 1/4 of the audience from the hall over the course of a two hour concert. 😃 [/QUOTE] I saw her in Providence, RI a few years ago. I was geeked because she was one of the few people I wanted to see live before I died. But it was without a doubt, the most boring concert I had ever sat through. Mind you, I was one who sat fascinated listening to “United States Parts 1-4” non-stop when it first came out on CD. But her whole schtick that night was to come on … say a few words … play her violin a bit … say a few words … play her violin a bit .. etc, ad finitum. There was none of the variety of sound, music and text that I had expected. I was extremely dissappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/64 "2008-04-29T13:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] [Derek Bailey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XE2N4mxeRw&feature=related) I have lots of friends who don’t believe me when I say it takes phenomenal skill to be able to play like this… [/QUOTE] Wow, I can handle a lot and appreciate even more, but that sucks eggs. While his technique might be tighter than a dolphins rear end the end result is harder to listen to than Sun Ra. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/65 "2008-04-29T17:02:19Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Wow, I can handle a lot and appreciate even more, but that sucks eggs. While his technique might be tighter than a dolphins rear end the end result is harder to listen to than Sun Ra. [/QUOTE] Well, as long as you don’t think any worse of me for enjoying Derek Bailey’s music, what the hell? I don’t think any worse of you for not liking it. So now I know what not to put on when you come over for a dram. (Unless you overstay your welcome, in which case I know how to drive you out of the house.) Interesting that you bring up Sun Ra - I love that whole stream of free jazz, from Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman to Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton. It’s not the only stuff I listen to, but when I’m in the mood, there’s nothing like it. I almost never use the shuffle everything switch, though. I just find it too jarring to go from Palestrina to Xennakis to Og knows what. And sometimes silence is cool, too. That’s the John Cage influence, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/66 "2008-04-29T17:12:49Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] Well, as long as you don’t think any worse of me for enjoying Derek Bailey’s music, what the hell? I don’t think any worse of you for not liking it. So now I know what not to put on when you come over for a dram. (Unless you overstay your welcome, in which case I know how to drive you out of the house.) [/QUOTE] I never think less of someone because of musical taste unless they really like the Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/67 "2008-04-29T22:16:50Z")
Female Japanese pop. Most people I’ve met just can’t get past their voices. Like my favorite, [aiko](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pcKHPqP3DNs). People think I’m listening to some little girl sing, and don’t believe me when I tell them she’s over 30. The bulk of the music on my 4GB iPod Nano consists of the nearly complete catalogs of aiko, Rush, and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/68 "2008-04-29T22:19:49Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] Female Japanese pop. Most people I’ve met just can’t get past their voices. Like my favorite, [aiko](http://youtube.com/watch?v=pcKHPqP3DNs). People think I’m listening to some little girl sing, and don’t believe me when I tell them she’s over 30. The bulk of the music on my 4GB iPod Nano consists of the nearly complete catalogs of aiko, Rush, and ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic. [/QUOTE] Canadian Objectivists, American Absurdists, and J-Pop. That is one WEIRD iPod… ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/69 "2008-04-29T22:34:38Z")
**The Annoying Song** by the Butthole Surfers? ---
**Author:** ![counsel\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@counsel\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/counsel_wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/70 "2008-04-29T22:57:13Z")
Adore might be pushing it for some of these, but I have a fairly odd music collection. In times past I’ve deliberately gone looking outside the standard musical range presented in the mainstream media. Not everything I’ve found I’ve liked but some of it has stayed with me. Merzbow: Japanese noise based soundscape artist. I tend not to listen to this at the ear-splitting recommended volume but as a white noise background. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pGzrL8J0t-c/hqdefault.jpg "Merzbow - Minus Zero") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGzrL8J0t-c) Mongolian Folk Music: A flatmate of mine introduced me to this. Most typically identified with its unusual vocal technique of throat singing I find it pleasant to listen to and evocative of a culture completely different to my own. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1pcEtHI\_w](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY1pcEtHI_w) (The distinctive throat singing style starts at about 0:16) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TVyyhHFKI8E/hqdefault.jpg "Kongar-ol Ondar on TV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVyyhHFKI8E) Pauline Oliveros: Specificaly one album called deep listening. Recorded in an abandoned cistern. Difficult to categorise it but i suppose it fits under soundscapes again. > **[Deep Listening \[IMPORT\]: Amazon.co.uk: CDs & Vinyl](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Listening-Pauline-Oliveros/dp/B000000R2K)** > > Product Description Deep Listening by Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & PanaiotisWhen sold by Amazon.com, this product will be manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. ... John Adams: Whilst regarded by some as a great composer none of my friends can stand his stuff. Shaker Loops is something I regularly listen to and enjoy very much. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1aLwfDoaCsw/hqdefault.jpg "Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling) by John Adams") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aLwfDoaCsw) ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042/71 "2008-04-29T23:44:56Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Canadian Objectivists, American Absurdists, and J-Pop. That is one WEIRD iPod… [/QUOTE] 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-music-that-you-adore/447042.md?page=3)