> This is surely worth sharing...
>
> http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2008/04/yo_yo.html

> Well, Mike Oldfield DID include bagpipe on Ommadawn.

> Tony Elka wrote:
>

>> Well, Mike Oldfield DID include bagpipe on Ommadawn.

>
> I think they were the altogether more mellifluous Northumbrian Pipes.
> Not the screeching shit that this country gave the world, I assume as
> some sort of vile payment for having to live next to the bastard English.

>Tony Elka wrote:
>

>> Well, Mike Oldfield DID include bagpipe on Ommadawn.

>
>I think they were the altogether more mellifluous Northumbrian Pipes.
>Not the screeching shit that this country gave the world, I assume as
>some sort of vile payment for having to live next to the bastard English.

> The following musical description from that website could almost be
> about progressive music itself:
>
> The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between
> loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features
> timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented
> in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be
> large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13%% as the
> most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer
> (the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most
> unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music,
> advertising jingles, political slogans, and "elevator" music, and a
> children's choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted
> subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted
> listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commercials and
> elevator music. Therefore, it can be shown that if there is no
> covariance--someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator
> music as someone who despises the organ, for example--fewer than 200
> individuals of the world's total population would enjoy this piece. ...

> This is surely worth sharing...
>
> http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2008/04/yo_yo.html
>

> On 21 Apr 2008 14:36:26 GMT, nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance)
> wrote:
>

>>Mike Dickson geemail.com> wrote:

>>> This is surely worth sharing...
>>>
>>> http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2008/04/yo_yo.html
>>>

>>
>>I just listened to this all the way through. I surely have
>>additional brain damage; but then, how could I tell?
>>
>>Anyhow, this raises some questions and comments:
>>
>>1) No cats playing theremin?
>>2) DAMN YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY DICKSON
>>3) I'm wondering how they found performers: "I'm making the most
>> unwanted song ever. And I thought of you...."
>>4) No William Shatner? ...

>Tracy_Barber@frontiernet.net wrote:

>> On 21 Apr 2008 14:36:26 GMT, nance@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance)
>> wrote:
>>

>>>Mike Dickson geemail.com> wrote:

>>>> This is surely worth...