The Five Pieces You Never Want To Hear Again!

[Bogey]

yeah, that one definetely

any Beethoven symphony, Wagner opera, any cheesy American nationalist junk by Gottschalk or Copland, hard to narrow it down to 5

Kullervo and Hornteacher,
I have this one covered.....sending my best man in the field to deal with it.

[S709]

Baalal, 1982: for electroacoustic tape - It's Berio, but well, not. 23 min. of people talking and yelling in Italian, I think played backwards at times, random woodwinds, microtonal chant, opera singing, harpsichord banging, street sounds, a mock sportscast, people burping, spitting and blowing raspberries, with a few minutes of decent music sandwiched in.

That sounds like something I might actually enjoy... 

In any case I wasn't aware of this piece so I will have to look for it.

[Kullervo]

Kullervo and Hornteacher,
I have this one covered.....sending my best man in the field to deal with it.

We're gonna nip it in the bud, Andy!

[S709]

I'd like to append another piece to my list:

La Monte Young - "566 to Henry Flynt" (1961)

(Described as: "response to Henry Flynt’s Concerto for Kitchen Sink and Monkey Orchestra, 2 January 1961")

[ChamberNut]

In no order (except for the # 1 )

1) Bolero
2) Cuban Overture
3) Grand Canyon Suite
4) Rodeo
5) Wellington's Victory

[(poco) Sforzando]

What's wrong with 1812 overture?

It's nearly two centuries out of date.

[david johnson]

It's nearly two centuries out of date.

temporal point of origin is a disqualifier?

dj

[david johnson]

most rap
country narrations
gospel narrations
mid-late 20th century jazz that relies too much on scale patterns
vocalists with absurd vibrato

dj

[Ephemerid]

Songs from Liquid Days by Philip Glass.  Or almost anything by Philip Glass from Satyagraha on... There's only so much you can do with arpeggios, you know?  

I could live without hearing Grofe's Grand Canyon Suite again...

[Ephemerid]

As far as music I absolutely DETEST:

Anything by Celine Dion or Bette Midler (I could go on and on on THAT list)

But the worst of all is Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You."  Hearing that song makes me want to do something violent.  Absolutely excruciating.

[MN Dave]

My mother and sister played "You Light Up My Life" by Debbie Boone so much that now if I hear it I will immediately kill anyone nearby.

[BachQ]

As far as music I absolutely DETEST:

Anything by Celine Dion or Bette Midler (I could go on and on on THAT list)

I absolutely HATE Bette Midler .........

[Ephemerid]

Oh, and let's not forget Michael Bolton or Kenny G.  RETCH!!!

(I think Michael Bolton did an "opera" CD once  )

But the worst, most despicable, vile and disgusting thing is once hearing Kenny G OVERDUB (!!!! ) his aimless noodling over Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World."  I heard that in a resteraunt once, thinking it was the original song, of course, thinking, "Oh, that's cool" and then hearing his wretched unimaginative playing on top-- I thought I was overhearing music from a different station or something-- and when it dawned on me, OH THE HORROR!!!!     

That man is evil, I tell you!

[not edward]

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Kenny G's ability to do circular breathing merely means that he both sucks and blows at the same time.

[Ephemerid]

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Kenny G's ability to do circular breathing merely means that he both sucks and blows at the same time.

LOL

[c#minor]

Bolero....... i refuse to ever play that again and wonder why in the world this is considered good. BBBOOORRRIIINNNGGG

Tchaikovsky- the nutcracker

Anything Broadway......... seriously i hate Broadway..... with a passion

[greg]

most rap
country narrations
gospel narrations
mid-late 20th century jazz that relies too much on scale patterns
vocalists with absurd vibrato

dj

[matti]

I absolutely HATE Bette Midler .........

Have you seen her do stand up? She is a funny lady, not much of a singer perhaps, but one funny lady.

[Chrone]

1) Pav
2) ane
3) by
4) Fau
5) re

That about covers it. Now off to find some ear bleach to get that insipid little melody out of my head.

[vandermolen]

All Country and Western music

Matthews "Pluto"

Walton's "Facade" (I point out that Walton's First Symphony is one of my all time favourites)

R Straus "Ein Heldenleben" (sorry to Strauss fans)

All Gilbert and Sullivan