The Most Annoying Instrument (Tournament)

Even as murdered and buried in an unknown location I stand by my position... or lie dead next to it.

Nothing in any drum machines ever can live up to the vibrant textures of the real thing.

I knew it. You're one of these guys, aren't you?

Well...

I guess it depends of the context of the genre you are speaking of.

But to use them as substitute for the real thing is disgusting. I am simply a fan of jazz-drumming.

I wouldn't say it's disgusting, but the place where drum machines truly belong is music where mechanization and bluntness (i.e. "not having a soul") is the entire point.

As for synthesized drums... They can't - and shouldn't - replace live drumming. But they're unbelievably flexible. And that's what makes them so great in music where live drumming doesn't work. There would be no modern club music or epic fifteen-minute minimal techno tracks if it was still socially unacceptable to use anything but a drum kit today. For one, you can't hire a drummer just for hitting the bass drum for fifteen minutes, let alone for the length of an entire DJ performance; and the sound of an acoustic bass drum can't hold the bass for the length of time it's necessary in this trade, hence it's not very "sensual"-sounding.

You said it: it's a matter of context. Same with every single other instrument others have listed here. Nearly every one of them got refuted by other people who posted examples of them being used in the right context. And that's why I think this thread is utterly pointless... Have fun.

@muzozavr: The words "shofar" and "performances" shouldn't be in the same sentence. It's a traditional Jewish instrument used for a single holiday, for fuck's sake. Just what kind of weird You Tube videos have you been subjected to? I actually thought you misspelled "so far" for the lulz at first.

I was just youtube searching "shofar" and some performances came up. A few. One was not that annoying, but the melody would be still better off on a different instruments. All the other "performances" were annoying as hell. The recordings of traditional holidays sound even worse musically, but it's not really intended for music, so that's OK.

vuvubagpipe.avi

That made my day.

Yeah, recorders are annoying when little kids play. When you hear real baroque musicians play them it's a bit different...

I vote tromboon. I've never actually heard it before reading this thread, but I think I've heard enough for now...

I think that any instrument can be really annoying if the person playing it isn't very good.

If you wanna talk about potential annoyance, the human voice is the worst instrument of all.

Stylophone?

@Meta Four: Holy shit that's awesome.

There's more where that came from.

I downloaded the first album shortly after making that post, actually.

edited 12th Oct '10 1:58:00 PM by Nyktos

I, too, carry a deep seated hatred for bagpipes.

I'm none too fond of xylophones, either.

@Bananaquit amazing

edited 13th Oct '10 3:39:33 PM by BeatlesNumber9

I think Vuvuzelas top my list, with bagpipes (well played ones at least), sitting near the bottom, those rock IMO.