History SoBadItsGood / Music

* Music/TheMostUnwantedSong[[http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2008/04/yo_yo.html by Komar & Melamid and David Soldier, lyrics by Nina Mankin]], [[StylisticSuck intentionally written]] to combine the genres and topics that people in a focus group most disliked. It is indeed incoherent and, in places, just plain atonal. It's also hilarious, involving such things as ''a soprano rapping about cowboys''.

* Rednex:

* Even though the producers on his tracks do not fall into this at all, the rapping of Yung Lean falls into this. Although it may be a joke, his flow, {{vaporwave}}-esque image, and attempts to come off as a serious rapper despite being a white guy from Sweden push him into this category. His song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgkt9jdjTU Kyoto]]" is a prime example of his ridiculousness in action.

* Creator/WilliamShatner [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBlZzuadLQ should]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbt3wRsZYw never]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_K_pUKEJY sing.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I Ever.]]

* Lene Alexandra's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zB7fJb_PPQ "My Boobs Are OK"]]. It's almost three minutes of a girl singing about how she's stupid and useless, but it doesn't bother her because "[[GagBoobs her boobs are OK]]".

* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdaDLnxce0 "Take Care (注意身体)"]] by Yanni is, on its own, a mostly innocuous children's song about healthy living. What propels it into So Bad, It's Good territory is its video, which sees the artist accompanied by obvious knockoffs of the animated band members of {{Music/Gorillaz}} (there's a reason why the [=YouTube=] video linked above titles itself "Chinese Gorillaz"). Seeing these [[{{Expy}} Expies]] behave in such a sanitized manner compared to the more mature personas of the real band turns the blatant act of plagiarism into something ActuallyPrettyFunny, to say nothing of the stiff animation and facial expressions.

* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdaDLnxce0 "Take Care (注意身体)"]] by Yanni is, on its own, a mostly innocuous children's song about healthy living. What propels it into So Bad, It's Good territory is its video, which sees the artist accompanied by obvious knockoffs of the animated band members of [[Music/Gorillaz]] (there's a reason why the [=YouTube video=] linked above titles itself "Chinese Gorillaz"). Seeing these [[{{Expy}} Expies]] behave in such a sanitized manner compared to the more mature personas of the real band turns the blatant act of plagiarism into something ActuallyPrettyFunny, to say nothing of the stiff animation and facial expressions.

* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdaDLnxce0 "Take Care (注意身体)"]] by Yanni is, on its own, a mostly innocuous children's song about healthy living. What propels it into So Bad, It's Good territory is its video, which sees the artist accompanied by obvious knockoffs of the animated band members of Music/Gorillaz (there's a reason why the YouTube video linked above titles itself "Chinese Gorillaz"). Seeing these [[{{Expy}} Expies]] behave in such a sanitized manner compared to the more mature personas of the real band turns the blatant act of plagiarism into something ActuallyPrettyFunny, to say nothing of the stiff animation and facial expressions.

* Music/TheShaggs were four sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire, who were forced to become a band by their father, who was told by his mother that his children would form a popular music group. He forced them to practice every day, perform at local events, and record an album, despite the girls not even having rudimentary knowledge of music theory or how to play their instruments. The result is odd, hackneyed melodies, uneven time signatures, and instruments/vocals that are blatantly out of tune. Despite all of this, as their obscure LP "Philosophy of the World" achieved recognition among collectors, the band was praised for their raw, intuitive composition style and lyrical honesty. "Philosophy of the World" was lauded as a work of art brut, and was later reissued, followed by a compilation album, Shaggs' Own Thing, in 1982. [[Creator/RCARecords RCA Victor]] released ''Philosophy of the World'' (with the original cover art and track sequence) on CD in 1999, whereupon it was hailed as something of an avant-garde cult classic. The Wall Street Journal reviewed the CD on the day it was released, and The New Yorker subsequently ran a lengthy profile of the Shaggs, authored by Susan Orlean. The Shaggs are now seen as a groundbreaking outsider music group, receiving praise from mainstream artists such as Music/KurtCobain and Music/FrankZappa. You can read more at Website/ThatOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs here]], and hear their music, such as it is, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slCII93TYgM here]].

* Creator/{{Infogrames}} spent $50,000 making a song called [[https://youtu.be/522bVV-82qQ "Infogrames Rocks My World"]] that was to be used at events such as E3 2002. However, it appears they weren't pleased with it, as they ended up firing everyone involved in the production of the song and [[BuryYourArt tried to suppress its existence]] until a developer snuck it into the code of ''VideoGame/{{Driver}} 3'' and got fired for it. The song itself has some rather hackneyed lyrics - especially in the chorus - but what keeps it from entering DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible territory is the gospel-style sound that makes the song genuinely catchy.

** [[https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Bob_Macabre/6126 His Metal Archives page]] is a sight to behold and gives you a great idea of what's in store. Song/album titles and band names that sound like they came straight from a random metal name generator or the biggest edgelord ever, cover art so tastelessly edgy that you can't help but be in awe at their existence, and an almost comically huge discography list are just the tip of the iceberg. Metal blog Toilet ov Hell goes into more detail in the article [[https://toiletovhell.com/youll-cowards-dont-even-listen-to-bob-macabre/ You'll Cowards Don't Even Listen to Bob Macabre]], the title of which mockingly likens him to the rapper Viper (also mentioned on this page). To put the icing on the cake, he founded a record label whose roster consists of ''only his own projects' - [[https://macabremastermindrecords.bandcamp.com/ check out their Bandcamp here]] if you want to check out some of his stuff yourself.

* There exists an extremely obscure musician by the name of Bob Macabre, with the only thing close to resembling a claim to fame regarding him being the fact that Mike Hrubovcak, singer for famous Florida death metal band Monstrosity, also an acclaimed digital artist, designed the artwork for a few of his releases. His projects span several genres, but generally fall under the grindcore, death metal, and black metal umbrella. Here's the kicker. He has over ''two dozen'' projects which nearly all consist of him doing all the vocals and instruments, the vast majority of which, in addition to sounding nearly identical, are as if someone dialed every cliche surrounding extreme metal culture and music up to ludicrous extremes both regarding sound ''and'' aesthetic. [[https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Bob_Macabre/6126 His Metal Archives page]] is a sight to behold and gives you a great idea of what's in store. Song/album titles and band names that sound like they came straight from a random metal name generator or the biggest edgelord ever, cover art so tastelessly edgy that you can't help but be in awe at their existence, and an almost comically huge discography list are just the tip of the iceberg. Metal blog Toilet ov Hell goes into more detail in the article [[https://toiletovhell.com/youll-cowards-dont-even-listen-to-bob-macabre/ You'll Cowards Don't Even Listen to Bob Macabre]], the title of which mockingly likens him to the rapper Viper (also mentioned on this page). To put the icing on the cake, he founded a record label whose roster consists of ''only his own projects' - [[https://macabremastermindrecords.bandcamp.com/ check out their Bandcamp here]] if you want to check out some of his stuff yourself.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7MF-FHra4o Massacration]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g852UyVRUJQ Just]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93UrXBHDXw Massacration]].

* Outsider rapper Viper, possibly the most important man in the history of music, is offended. Why? Because [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfnuyyjaB0 you'll cowards don't even smoke crack]]. The jury is out whether his music is actually, shock, good-- one of his 316 mixtapes or albums released in 2014, Fuck tha World It Ain't Real I Bend a Spoon Wit My Mind 2, has several pieces, particularly Tha Decompression, which are accepted to be quite-good pieces of VERY out-of-the-mainstream hip hop.

* The Wauhob Family were an old-time country Gospel group who played worship music at their church, then recorded four studio albums, though only one of them was ever released: ''[[https://danielamosboots.bandcamp.com/album/country-style-revival Country Style Revival]]'' (1984). Their sound was anachronistic to begin with (the studio owner who oversaw the recordings said they [[https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/columnists/horlyk/horlyk-the-improbable-musical-success-of-a-hospital-dishwasher/article_1826e170-c36c-5bf3-9f69-4549fba4232c.html "would have even been out of step 50 years before, yet alone in the 1980s,"]]) but their uniquely untalented approach to the material elevated them to legendary status. Some of the musicians monotonously strummed the same chord for entire songs; others veered wildly about, playing everything ''except'' the melody. When Robert Darden, the gospel music editor at ''Billboard'', received a copy of the album, he was compelled to write a satirical review for the magazine ''Wittenberg Door'', in which he assumes all the mistakes are completely intentional and concludes that the album is a masterpiece of avant-garde free jazz:

* Some time in the 90's, a teenager named Tom Clark apparently recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388QnbEqoDE a hilariously bad cover]] of Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Nevermind'' as a way to apologize to his friend for losing a copy of a mixtape he had borrowed. It was recorded on a karaoke machine with a pause-and-record style that left the majority of the songs with no instrumentals whatsoever, and Clark's puberty-filled cracking voice is far, far from good enough to carry it on its own. It has to be heard to be believed.

* [=MC=] Miker G and DJ Sven's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LtYaCm5njY Holiday Rap]], a cheesy but incredibly catchy European 80's pop-rap hit. What really brings it into so-bad-it's-good territory is the lyrics: "I'm the number one rapper, yo my name is Sven/ I can rap more raps than a superman can". And next time you hear Madonna's "Holiday" (which it prominently interpolates), expect to end up with ''both'' songs in your head simultaneously. Also hilarious is the the fact that the artist's names are displayed onscreen at the two minute mark, and then promptly contradicted when "MC Miker G" immediately calls himself both "Sven" ''and'' "Miker G" within the next fifteen seconds.

* The inimitable "Music/ShineOnMe" by Chris Dane Owens. Ordinarily, it would simply be an outrageously 80's love song that just happened to be released in 2008. But the music video, which steals scenes from every fantasy movie, video game, and book cover ever made, is truly a beautiful travesty which must be seen to be believed. The sequel video, "Light Speed", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRumTSNXTe0 was released in March 2014]].

* Former Music/TheRamones bassist Dee Dee Ramone's out-of-print solo debut (under the name Dee Dee King) ''Standing In The Spotlight''. While there are songs that are more typically Ramones-esque, most tracks prominently feature him ''rapping'' in a tone of voice that has been memorably compared to [[http://www.markprindle.com/ramone.htm#standing "a cartoon moose"]] and [[BoastfulRap making memorable boasts like]] "I'm the cut-creator, the master of rap\ when I walk down the street, homeboys tip their hat". What might be the weirdest moment on a fairly bizarre album is a hip-hop update of 60's dance craze "Mashed Potato Time" featuring back-up vocals from [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]] [[note]] The cover seems to have been done entirely for the sake of a StealthPun - the original version is by Dee Dee Sharp[[/note]]. The Ramones themselves ''did'' evidently like one song enough to remake it, though - they recorded a version of "The Crusher" that altered the lyrics, removed the RapRock elements, and featured Dee Dee's replacement CJ Ramone on vocals.

** From ''DJMAX Technika 2'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8W8VBFdOUk Xlasher]] by [[VideoGame/RidgeRacer Shinji]] [[VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster Hosoe]], an 80's style song with [[NarmCharm hilarious]] {{Engrish}} [[http://www.djmaxcrew.com/community/techBoardRead.asp?idx=417&page=1 lyrics]]. This song is REAL FACT, REAL ADVANTAGE!

* The 'Alphabet Rap' from 80's TV show ''Series/QuantumLeap'', as performed by actor Creator/DeanStockwell [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEceLbENFt4 here]]. What make this even more hilarious is that the lyrics in this release have been sanitized into a slightly more positive message to teach kids. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHV9nIZUut0 In the original show]], Stockwell's lyrics began "You're a looney-tune in a big white room..." Which he freestyled to, yes, an imprisoned mental patient.

* OneHitWonder pop rap duo Tag Team contributed a song to ''{{Film/Gordy}}'', a family-friendly movie about a talking pig: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bztQNlOVHs PIG POWER IN DA HOUSE!]] Even WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic loved it!* An ImageSong for ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' gives us, said in [[GratuitousEnglish Engrish]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZyoSjTPfw "Do you know Oyashiro-sama? Yes, Hinamizawa. I kill you you kill me, no Hinamizawa"]]. It MakesSenseInContext and is probably very intentional. Neither of the singers are exactly cool, it's set in TheEighties, and it's making fun of a mystery-murder series.

* The soundtrack to 2003 film ''Biker Boyz'' includes {{Music/Metallica}} and Ja Rule collaborating on the song "We Did It Again", which is almost as unlikely a pairing as Metallica and Lou Reed were. Basically the band sent RecordProducer Swizz Beatz some unfinished ''St. Anger'' instrumentals, which he [[{{sampling}} sampled]] into a RapRock beat for Ja Rule to rap over, with James Hetfield then adding some new sung vocals after the fact: It's as disjointed as you'd think it'd be given the circumstances, but still oddly catchy. The fact that the hook includes the lyrics "just when you thought it was over / just when you thought it was done" also becomes unintentionally funny, as the song eventually develops a case of EndingFatigue (despite being just under 5 minutes long).

* The soundtrack to 2003 film ''Biker Boyz'' includes {{Music/Metallica}} and Ja Rule collaborating on the song "We Did It Again", which is almost as unlikely a pairing as Metallica and Lou Reed were. Basically the band sent RecordProducer Swizz Beatz some unfinished ''St. Anger'' instrumentals, which he [[{{sampling}} sampled]] into a RapRock beat for Ja Rule to rap over, with James Hetfield then adding some new sung vocals after the fact: It's as disjointed as you'd think it'd be given the circumstances, but still oddly catchy. The fact that the hook includes the lyrics "just when you thought it was over / just when you thought we were done" also becomes unintentionally fitting, as the song eventually develops a case of EndingFatigue (despite being just under 5 minutes long).

* An ImageSong for ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' gives us, said in [[GratuitousEnglish Engrish]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZyoSjTPfw "Do you know Oyashiro-sama? Yes, Hinamizawa. I kill you you kill me, no Hinamizawa"]]. It MakesSenseInContext and is probably very intentional. Neither of the singers are exactly cool, it's set in TheEighties, and it's making fun of a mystery-murder series.

** The soundtrack to 2003 film ''Biker Boyz'' includes Metallica and Ja Rule collaborating on the song "We Did It Again", which is almost as unlikely a pairing as Metallica and Lou Reed were. Basically the band sent RecordProducer Swizz Beatz some unfinished ''St. Anger'' instrumentals, which he [[{{sampling}} sampled]] into a RapRock beat for Ja Rule to rap over, with James Hetfield then adding some new sung vocals after the fact: It's as disjointed as you'd think it'd be given the circumstances, but still oddly catchy. The fact that the hook includes the lyrics "just when you thought it was over / just when you thought we were done" also becomes unintentionally fitting, as the song eventually develops a case of EndingFatigue (despite being just under 5 minutes long).
* OneHitWonder pop rap duo Tag Team contributed a song to ''{{Film/Gordy}}'', a family-friendly movie about a talking pig: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bztQNlOVHs PIG POWER IN DA HOUSE!]] Even WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic loved it!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bztQNlOVHs PIG POWER IN DA HOUSE!]] Even the Nostalgia Critic loved it!
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg The moon. Beautiful.]] [[LargeHam OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]] [[BigYes YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH]]!

** The soundtrack to 2003 film ''Biker Boyz'' includes Metallica and Ja Rule collaborating on the song "We Did It Again", which is almost as unlikely a pairing as Metallica and Lou Reed were. Basically the band sent RecordProducer Swizz Beatz some unfinished ''St. Anger'' instrumentals, which he [[{{sampling}} sampled]] into a RapRock beat for Ja Rule to rap over, with James Hetfield then adding some new sung vocals after the fact: It's as disjointed as you'd think it'd be given the circumstances, but still oddly catchy. The fact that the hook includes the lyrics "just when you thought it was over / just when you thought we were done" also becomes unintentionally fitting, as the song eventually develops a case of EndingFatigue (despite being just under 5 minutes long).

** Metallica had a less well known but equally unlikely collaboration with rapper Ja Rule in "We Did It Again", from the soundtrack of the movie ''Biker Boyz''. Basically the band sent RecordProducer Swizz Beatz some unfinished ''St. Anger'' songs, which he then [[{{sampling}} sampled]] into a RapRock beat for Ja Rule to rap over, with James then adding some new sung vocals after the fact: It's as disjointed as you'd think it'd be given the circumstances, but still oddly catchy. The fact that the hook includes the lyrics "just when you thought it was over / just when you thought we were done" also becomes unintentionally fitting, as the song eventually develops a case of EndingFatigue (despite being just under 5 minutes long).

* Kenneth Higney's 1976 album ''Attic Demonstration'': The songs were clearly ''supposed'' to be typical folk and blues-rock, but his limited vocal range and frequently out-of-tune guitar-playing, coupled with an equal amateurish backing band, often resulted in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ofbVeR6bW8 something unintentionally bizarre]]. Admittedly, as the title suggests, it was originally meant as a demo, with the intention of using these recordings to sell songs to professional musicians. Regardless, the album's strangeness made it sought after by record collectors, and there was still enough of a cult following for there to be an authorized CD reissue.