So this is what the most annoying and most enjoyable song sounds like...

This is well over a few years old at this point, but so is the Armonica, so who really cares? My non-existent readership? (That will either be slightly funny, or incredibly depressing...depending on your own opinion of this blog. hahahaha)

I'm talking about the Komar & Melamid and David Soldier compositions. It's an attempt at composing the most annoying/hated song, as well as the most liked song.

What they did was conduct a survey which tried to find out what instruments, topics, styles and so forth, that the general listener enjoyed/hated the most. Using that data, they combined all the most "enjoyable" elements into a song, and combined all the most "hated" elements into another song. The results? ...strange... very...strange.

The most unwanted song is statistically likely to be enjoyed by fewer than 200 people in the whole entire world. It is 25min long, with children singing holiday songs and jingles about Walmart, bagpipes, opera and rap etc.....dysfunctionally pieced together in abrupt changes. There's actually hardly any dissonance, which is pretty neat: They created the most "listenable" unlistenable music. It's totally fun to listen to, although yes, it's pretty bad. Check out the opera singer rapping. It's hilarious:


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In comparison, the most liked song is statistically likely to be enjoyed by 72% of the population, plus/minus 12%. It is of radio friendly length, moderate tempo, with guitar, piano, low male and female vocals singing slow rock/r&b etc. So what does that all add up to? Easy Rock. Adult contemporary, easy-listening. I have to admit, the string-swells, the key changes, and the sax...kinda made me cringe. But don't take my word for it! Experience it yourself:


Right Click to Download "The Most Wanted Music"

I copied these links from the Wired blog, so for more information check their page.

For more detailed information about the compositions, check the composers webpage.