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Wikipedia has a nice page about worst music.

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In Reply to: RE: A Slave Galley Upon the River Styx: What is the Worst Pop Song Ever to Chart? posted by John Marks on March 09, 2023 at 17:46:57

Found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_considered_the_worst
But why limit 'worst music' to pop songs? Classical music has plenty cringe-worthy material as well. Ravel's Bolero is a good example of excruciatingly monotonous dreck.

Speculation about Bolero... (Open in New Window)

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Bolero = proto-minimalism - Brian H P 14:39:28 03/17/23 (0)
Ravel's whole idea was to repeat a theme, without variation, and "develop" it only by expanding the harmony as more and more instruments pile in on each repetition. He was apparently quite surprised by its ensuing popularity.

But it is quite a bit more accessible than later "minimalist" works of Glass, Reich, etc., simply because that repeated theme is so catchy.
Re: A Slave Galley Upon the River Styx: What is the Worst Pop Song Ever to Chart? - Inmate51 05:45:38 03/10/23 (0)
"why limit 'worst music' to pop songs?"

Because the thread title/idea is "...Worst Pop Song Ever to Chart".

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Worst than Bolero - Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man! nt - cawson@onetel.com 03:32:40 03/10/23 (3)
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- Copland wanted to wake the dead with that knock-you-out blast of the gong. n/t - vacuous 09:02:23 03/10/23 (0)
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- RE: Worst than Bolero - Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man! nt - Todd Krieger 07:36:56 03/10/23 (0)
  Aaron Copland's "Fanfare" was actually a snippet taken from his Third Symphony..... (I don't know if "Fanfare" or the Third Symphony came first... ) With only minor differences in orchestration..... The beginning of "Fanfare" in the Third Symphony is played by the winds instead of the brass.......
  I personally think Copland's Third Symphony is one of the all-time underrated symphonic works in the repertory..... An "introspective" read of this symphony can bring a listener to tears. (Too many reads of this symphony treat it more as a "show piece"..... Most notably Leonard Bernstein..... The depth of the music gets totally lost.)
  
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- RE: Do Tell ... Please - B. Scarpia 04:25:18 03/10/23 (0)
  I admit I'm biased because of all the times I've been a part of the back row of the orchestra with all the brass and percussion. It's thrilling to play and never gets old.
  
  What don't you like?
  
  Novus Ordo Seclorum

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