Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Day 11

It’s been a bit of a week and I haven’t posted for 7 days. I can’t promise next week will be any better. Our choir is part of a mass choir in an outdoor event, to open the Arts Festival. We perform in 5 days time, we had less than a month to learn the music and we still have some to learn! But I’ve nearly finished Part 2 of my article on depression, so fingers crossed I’ll have that up within a couple of days.

Now, carrying on with @jokossita’s music challenge that I came across on a post by @ravenruis. Today it’s music I don’t like. A few days ago @ravenruis had this one, and everything she picked I like. I wonder if she will like the ones I hate?

Day 11: The last song that you hated

I’ve got two candidates here. They’re not recent but go back into my distant past.

Runner Up

This song was very popular, back in the day, but I found it really irritating. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin

I don’t know why, maybe I’m just a grinch.

First place

Now this song I really, really hated. So much so that when someone wanted to play it at a party, I begged him not to, as I hated it so much. He smirked and played it anyway, and somehow the contents of my glass found their way all over him. Dunno how that happened. I would never tip a glass of wine over a complete stranger, even if he did smirk.

It’s “Get Out of Your Lazy Bed” by Matt Bianca, and our local radio station used to play it every morning, to my disgust and horror. Though I have to admit that it doesn’t sound quite as ghastly now as I remembered.

I wonder if it’s because it’s kinda jazzy and I hate jazz!

Styles of music I hate

I think I have quite a big range of music I like, or at least tolerate. But there are some styles I just can’t be doing with. Drum and bass, electronica that’s really repetitive, not too keen on gangsta rap, metal that’s really heavy, a lot of the more contemporary classical that, but top of the list is jazz. And the thing I hate most about jazz is scat.

Wikipedia says:

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. In scat singing, the singer improvises melodies and rhythms using the voice as an instrument rather than a speaking medium.

Ella Fitzgerald is generally considered to be one of the greatest scat singers in jazz history.

That doesn’t sound so bad, does it? But boy, do I hate it! If anyone really wants to have a listen here’s seven minutes of Ella scatting (if that’s the word), but don’t make me listen to it!

Thanks for reading and listening (and feel free to share what your most hated song is.)

Videos from Youtube

@jokossita’s most recent challenge post – Day 24
@ravenruis’s Day 23 – songs she can’t stand – you get some bonuses with this one, if you scroll down to the comments

My previous music posts

• Benefits of joining a community choir ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1957 to 1966 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1967 to 1971 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1972 to 1976 ~
• Singing carols with the NZ Symphony Orchestra PLUS my best loved Christmas music ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1976 to 1983 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1983 to 1988 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1988 to 1994 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 1994 to 2001 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 2001 to 2007 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – 2008 to 2014 ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – some randoms ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – more randoms ~
• 60 years of my favourite music – Kiwi classics ~
• My choir singing on the streets of Wellington ~
• Some New Zealand music ~
• 60 years of music - Musicals I’ve been in ~
• Hang out in my kitchen this weekend - help me cook and listen to some music!
• What Steemit friends are for
• Rest in Peace Dad, and some music to remember you by
• Summer music routine for my arthritis class
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Days 1 to 3
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Day 4
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Days 5 to 7
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Days 8 to 9, part 1
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Days 8 to 9, part 2
• Music Challenge – 25 days, 25 songs – Day 10

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