The most boring music you've heard

[Sid]

I don't know about boring (exactly), but I find the music of Ferde Grofe to be extremely cliched, predictable and not engaging. It seems to be music written to be immediately accessible to the masses, but appealing to the lowest common denominator imo. He seems to be a textbook orchestrator, too, his arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue lacks the soul and joy of the original jazz version...

[Brian]

his arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue lacks the soul and joy of the original jazz version...

I agree with you 100%. However, you should probably know that Grofe arranged the original jazz version too! Classical music was a sort of night job for him, as his primary work was arranging jazz tunes for the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Grofe also wrote instrumental jazz versions of many George/Ira songs.

[Sid]

Well, if Grofe arranged the original jazz version, then maybe this makes amends somewhat for his uninspiring "classical" works (like the dreary Grand Canyon Suite and the rather pallid Piano Concerto). Gershwin probably only needed a hand at orchestration briefly while he was learning the ropes. Later works with his own orchestration (like the Piano Concerto in F) show he could do it pretty well or maybe even better on his own...

[Beetzart]

Most of western vocal music  is boring to death 

All  music of the baroque can be summarized into two or three pieces  (not only Vivaldi's) 

[Opus106]

All  music of the baroque can be summarized into two or three pieces  (not only Vivaldi's) 

I'm just glad that that's not true.

[DavidRoss]

Most of western vocal music  is boring to death 

And I'm glad that's not true, either.  Which reminds me that it's been too long since I last heard Karl Böhm's terrific studio recording of Cosi!

[jhar26]

The annoying footbal tune, "Olé, olé, olé, olé! We are the champions, we are the champions! Olé, olé, olé, olé! We are the champions, we are the champions!"
Everytime I hear it I hope that the opposing team will score a few goals so that the drunks will stop singing that infantile tune.

[Franco]

I don't remember ever hearing any boring music. 

[DavidRoss]

I don't remember ever hearing any boring music.

hen you must have missed this: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,16826.msg431406.html#msg431406

[Superhorn]

   Years ago, before the CD era, I heard a Philips LP of the Vivaldi opera "Tito Manlio" conducted by Vittorio Negri which I took out of my local library.
  It was as long as Die Walkure, 10 LP sides, and an endless series of formulaic Da Capo arias. At the end,I felt like dacapo-tating myself !  It was beyond boring.

[Franco]

   Years ago, before the CD era, I heard a Philips LP of the Vivaldi opera "Tito Manlio" conducted by Vittorio Negri which I took out of my local library.
  It was as long as Die Walkure, 10 LP sides, and an endless series of formulaic Da Capo arias. At the end,I felt like dacapo-tating myself !  It was beyond boring.

Thanks for bringing this work to my attention, it would be interesting to hear something out of the ordinary from Vivaldi.  After reading some other reviews, it does not sound as bad as you make out and there are a couple of newer recordings that look attractive.

[Beetzart]

And I'm glad that's not true, either.  Which reminds me that it's been too long since I last heard Karl Böhm's terrific studio recording of Cosi!

Well, I think that western vocal music lacks charm and even (lyricism) in comparison with oriental vocal music !!

BUT western orchestral music is much superior.

[DavidRoss]

Well, I think that western vocal music lacks charm and even (lyricism) in comparison with oriental vocal music !!

BUT western orchestral music is much superior.

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion.  A Westerner by birth, I have been conditioned to and familiar with Western vocal music all of my life.   Although certainly true of some Western music, the charge that it "lacks charm and lyricism" is hardly true of all or even most vocal music of the West.  Noting that you list your home as Jordan, I cannot but wonder if you might not have had adequate exposure to such music to be able to arrive at an informed opinion.  On what do you base your opinion?

I have not heard a lot of Eastern vocal music, certainly not enough to make gross generalizations about its quality (or even qualities), so I cannot comment intelligently on your comparison. 

[Gie663]

I know a lot of pieces with beautiful moments but boring quarters of hours. But the pieces on this cd written by the French composer Vincent D'Indy do lack any of the beautiful moments. I know it can't always be Mozart or Beethoven, but, dear o dear, what uninspired music this is; it drags itself to an end (which never seems to come). Why on earth did I buy this second-hand cd ?

[TheGSMoeller]

http://www.youtube.com/v/9f9uN7EGQB8

[J.Z. Herrenberg]

I remember being bored to fury at the Concertgebouw by Galina Ustvolskaja's Piano Concerto.

[Karl Henning]

Maybe this qualifies as Schadenfreude, but I am glad to know it, Johan : )

[Szykneij]

http://www.youtube.com/v/9f9uN7EGQB8

I usually enjoy rock music but this guy is too stoned.

[Cato]

I know a lot of pieces with beautiful moments but boring quarters of hours. But the pieces on this cd written by the French composer Vincent D'Indy do lack any of the beautiful moments. I know it can't always be Mozart or Beethoven, but, dear o dear, what uninspired music this is; it drags itself to an end (which never seems to come). Why on earth did I buy this second-hand cd ?

A suite based on the story of Medea -     one of the most brutal women in literature    - turned out to be boring?!

That does take a kind of talent!

[drogulus]

     Since I don't get bored, I imagine it must be something like being anxious.

     If I did get bored Ein Heldenleben would be boring. I find it incomprehensible in a way that doesn't arouse curiosity. That itself is a curious fact.