From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Sat Feb 22 2003 - 07:22:47 MST
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--- Some Selected Miserable Melodies (mostly in the worst rating category) Ashcroft, John: Let The Mighty Eagle Soar SOURCE: CNN.com "Ashcroft sings-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft ended a speech at a Charlotte, North Carolina seminary with a rousing rendition of a song he wrote called 'Let The Eagles Soar' (February 25). http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/ashkroft-eaglesoar.ram Rating: Awful Foster-Jenkins, Florence: Queen of Night "For Madame Jenkins' shortcomings as an artiste were nothing short of awesome. A dumpy coloratura soprano, her voice was not even mediocre - it was preposterous! She clucked and squawked, trumpeted and quavered. She couldn't carry a tune. Her sense of rhythm was uncertain. In the treacherous upper registers, her voice often vanished into thin air, leaving an audience with its ear cocked for notes with which she might just as well have never taxed her throat. One critic dolefully described her as 'the first lady of the sliding scale.' Peevishly remarked another: 'She sounds like a cuckoo in its cups.'" http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/ffjenkins-queenofnight.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Iglesias, Enrique: Rhythm Divine "This is a live performance of Enrique Iglesias where his microphone is isolated, much like the Linda McCartney Hey Jude auditory torture. I guess we know Enrique is human, after all." http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/iglesias.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Ono, Yoko: Don't Worry "The full name of this is "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking For Her Hand In The Snow)" and what this means - I have no idea. This one really scares animals and be careful; it might make your head spin." http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/yoko-dontworry.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Portsmouth Sinfonia: Also Sprach Zarathustra "This orchestra, made half of professional musicians, and half of amateurs, really slaughters this one." http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/portsmouth-also.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Reynolds, Burt: I Didn't Shake The World Today "He didn't shake the world with this song or the album for that matter. " http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/breynolds-didntshake.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Shatner, William: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds "Picture yourself in a studio with an actor...this is another William Shatner classic. " http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/shatner-lucysky.ram Rating: Auditory Torture Zonk, Harry: For What It's Worth "This is pretty hysterical. A guy is tap dancing to an instrumental version of Buffalo Springfield's 'For What It's Worth.'" http://www.miserablemelodies.com/ram/zonk-forwhatitsworth.ram Rating: Really Bad -- *********************************************************************** Amara Graps, PhD email: amara@amara.com Computational Physics vita: ftp://ftp.amara.com/pub/resume.txt Multiplex Answers URL: http://www.amara.com/ *********************************************************************** "If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water." --A Bulgarian proverb
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