Vicki [1], of Do-or-DIY [2] fame, filled in for a show on WFMU [3] over Christmas Eve. I’ve been subscribed to the Do-or-DIY podcast feed [4] since I was a wee lad. And now I’ve finally caught up to Christmas in my podcast listening.
All of this to say that about halfway through the show she plays a track called The World’s Most Unwanted Song [5].
An international poll was conducted with 500 respondents asking what people liked most and liked least in a song. Then the results were handed off to conceptual artists Komar and Melamid [6]. From these results they created the world’s most un/wanted songs. From the survey, the most unwanted things in a song include
- Opera
- Rap
- Country ballads
- Bagpipes
- Ooompa bands
- Holiday/Festival/Christmas music
- Children’s voices
So they took all of this and combined them into a song. The World’s Most Unwanted Song. Which, oddly enough, is completely awesome! Really, if you have a spare 22 minutes, give it a go.
My favorite lyric (at the moment):
Ramadan! Ramadan!
Lots of praying with no breakfast!
It is with a complete lack of surprise that I say that the World’s Most Wanted Song is entirely forgettable.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Like_Us_%28musician%29
[2] http://wfmu.org/playlists/pl
[3] http://wfmu.org/
[4] http://wfmu.org/podcast/PL.xml
[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPuH1yeZ08
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komar_and_Melamid