Comments on: The "world's most irritating instrument" is for sale http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 20:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bob N Johnson http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1207662 Bob N Johnson Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1207662 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJiufjaHwg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UJiufjaHwg

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1207528 Donald Petersen Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1207528 +1.  That is one awesome song.  In retrospect, I never expected to hear bagpipes and a mandolin in a song with lyrics like "My Daddy ran whiskey in a big-block Dodge, bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge.  Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side, he just shot a coat of primer and he looked inside."  Somebody on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nontraditional_bagpipe_usage#Bagpipes_in_rock_.28single_or_few_songs.29" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> says it was "bagpipes... played through a keyboard."  Maybe that was for the best.  If you check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvaEJzoaYZk&feature=player_detailpage#t=151s" rel="nofollow">video</a> at 2:31 when they finally reveal the whole band in all its 1988 finery, I don't think Earle could have withstood much more onstage embarrassment.  The mullets, the doubleneck, the headless bass, and the presence of what looks like all the less-famous sidemen from Toto and A Flock Of Seagulls... ol' Steve should have kept them in the deep BG. +1.  That is one awesome song.  In retrospect, I never expected to hear bagpipes and a mandolin in a song with lyrics like “My Daddy ran whiskey in a big-block Dodge, bought it at an auction at the Mason’s Lodge.  Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side, he just shot a coat of primer and he looked inside.”  Somebody on Wikipedia says it was “bagpipes… played through a keyboard.”  Maybe that was for the best.  If you check out the video at 2:31 when they finally reveal the whole band in all its 1988 finery, I don’t think Earle could have withstood much more onstage embarrassment.  The mullets, the doubleneck, the headless bass, and the presence of what looks like all the less-famous sidemen from Toto and A Flock Of Seagulls… ol’ Steve should have kept them in the deep BG.

]]> By: Telegram Sam http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1207077 Telegram Sam Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1207077 <blockquote>Accordian or kazoo, but not bagpipes.</blockquote>I used to have it in for accordions until I recognized they're just harmonicas with bellows and keys.  Then I wonder why rock and roll didn't grasp this much earlier. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYnzRbDE40

Accordian or kazoo, but not bagpipes.

I used to have it in for accordions until I recognized they’re just harmonicas with bellows and keys.  Then I wonder why rock and roll didn’t grasp this much earlier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYnzRbDE40

]]> By: williambillwilliams http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206988 williambillwilliams Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206988 My band did 4 shows with the Red Hot Chili Pipers last year and I can attest that the bagpipes are the worlds LOUDEST instrument. I still have ringing in one ear. If you really want to know what the world's most annoying instrument is just step in to any one of your local music stores on a Saturday afternoon and you will find that it is, in fact, the electric guitar! My band did 4 shows with the Red Hot Chili Pipers last year and I can attest that the bagpipes are the worlds LOUDEST instrument. I still have ringing in one ear. If you really want to know what the world’s most annoying instrument is just step in to any one of your local music stores on a Saturday afternoon and you will find that it is, in fact, the electric guitar!

]]> By: Gregg Iwaszkiewicz http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206900 Gregg Iwaszkiewicz Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206900 maybe the worlds most annoying musicians are circuit benders...they get joy from how not music their music is...its all shtick maybe the worlds most annoying musicians are circuit benders…they get joy from how not music their music is…its all shtick

]]> By: Aya McCabre http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206819 Aya McCabre Wed, 07 Sep 2011 01:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206819 Is that annoying by nature or annoying in the hands of the average person who attempts to play them? If the latter then I would like to nominate the recorder. [My apologies to anyone who can actually play the recorder well. Unfortunately you're out numbered.] Is that annoying by nature or annoying in the hands of the average person who attempts to play them? If the latter then I would like to nominate the recorder.
[My apologies to anyone who can actually play the recorder well. Unfortunately you're out numbered.]

]]> By: Lobes http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206760 Lobes Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206760 Came for Vuvuzela. Leaving satisfied. Came for Vuvuzela. Leaving satisfied.

]]> By: adonai http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206705 adonai Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206705 In Extremo or Tanzwut would bite your head off for that comment, Rob! In Extremo or Tanzwut would bite your head off for that comment, Rob!

]]> By: msbpodcast http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206656 msbpodcast Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206656 While I'm at it, 1968's "Sky Pilot" by Eric Burdon & The Animals was another example of well a applied musical accent, though this was a military march being rendered as the song was ending. While I’m at it, 1968′s “Sky Pilot” by Eric Burdon & The Animals was another example of well a applied musical accent, though this was a military march being rendered as the song was ending.

]]> By: msbpodcast http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206653 msbpodcast Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206653 The scurr of the pipes is often an entertaining sound in genres well outside the gaelic. They are a wonderful and stirring accent to many a tune, I would take your minds back to Steve Earle's 1988 album "Copperhead Road" which has bagpipes mixed in with the country rock of the extremely popular song by the same name.The vuvuzela only plays a single B-flat note, loud and louder, and is more of an annoyance than any kind of musical instrument. The scurr of the pipes is often an entertaining sound in genres well outside the gaelic.

They are a wonderful and stirring accent to many a tune, I would take your minds back to Steve Earle’s 1988 album “Copperhead Road” which has bagpipes mixed in with the country rock of the extremely popular song by the same name.The vuvuzela only plays a single B-flat note, loud and louder, and is more of an annoyance than any kind of musical instrument.

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206635 Listener43 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206635 A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes, but doesn't. A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes, but doesn’t.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206632 Rob Beschizza Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206632 You absolutely may. Email me at my last name at gmail! You absolutely may. Email me at my last name at gmail!

]]> By: pita http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206622 pita Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206622 I agree that the bagpipe is the most irritating instrument.  I can never tell if the person playing the bagpipe is any good at it or not.  I'm convinced nobody can, and all the bagpipe players out there are having big laugh about how bad they are and nobody knows it. I agree that the bagpipe is the most irritating instrument.  I can never tell if the person playing the bagpipe is any good at it or not.  I’m convinced nobody can, and all the bagpipe players out there are having big laugh about how bad they are and nobody knows it.

]]> By: Brian C. http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206468 Brian C. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206468 I WON THE AUCTION! Dear BoingBoing, once I receive it can I send you my review? I WON THE AUCTION!
Dear BoingBoing, once I receive it can I send you my review?

]]> By: tsa http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206449 tsa Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206449 Hmmm I hear a mysterious ticking noise... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4 Hmmm I hear a mysterious ticking noise…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1XIm6q4r4

]]> By: Mikael Andreasen http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206438 Mikael Andreasen Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206438 No love for the Gaffone? http://comicwiki.dk/images/Viggo.jpg No love for the Gaffone?

http://comicwiki.dk/images/Viggo.jpg

]]> By: scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206428 scatterfingers Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206428 My goodness, that music is hard on the ears. My goodness, that music is hard on the ears.

]]> By: jwepurchase http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206408 jwepurchase Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206408 I was out with my bagpipes in the back seat of my car and I needed to go into a store. I was only there for a minute, but by the time I had got back someone had broken into my car. Now I have two bagpipes. I was out with my bagpipes in the back seat of my car and I needed to go into a store. I was only there for a minute, but by the time I had got back someone had broken into my car. Now I have two bagpipes.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206390 Rich Keller Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206390 The text doesn't specify that it's the most irritating _musical instrument_.  For that, I would go with the vuvuzela, too, with doumbek running a close second. I like bagpipes, but as Mischa of Wolgemut says about them, "..they're either on or off." The text doesn’t specify that it’s the most irritating _musical instrument_.  For that, I would go with the vuvuzela, too, with doumbek running a close second.

I like bagpipes, but as Mischa of Wolgemut says about them, “..they’re either on or off.”

]]> By: geekcalif http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206385 geekcalif Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206385 This unfortunate looking unit rates right up there with the twentieth century's most annoying artists :) This unfortunate looking unit rates right up there with the twentieth century’s most annoying artists :)

]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206386 technogeekagain Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206386 No imagination. The world's most irritating instrument would be one that periodically goes into a mode that makes no sound at all, no matter how you argue with it -- but that is interesting enough when working that you can't stop fighting with it. No imagination. The world’s most irritating instrument would be one that periodically goes into a mode that makes no sound at all, no matter how you argue with it — but that is interesting enough when working that you can’t stop fighting with it.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206365 Guest Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206365 It sure looks like a Vogon Poetry Generator. It sure looks like a Vogon Poetry Generator.

]]> By: Larry Rice http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206364 Larry Rice Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206364 Q: What's the difference between an onion and a bagpipe? A: No one cries when you cut up a bagpipe. Q: What’s the difference between an onion and a bagpipe?
A: No one cries when you cut up a bagpipe.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206350 irksome Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206350 I' ye dinnae loov ye pipes, yer crap! I’ ye dinnae loov ye pipes, yer crap!

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206344 scifijazznik Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206344 Chris Burden?  If so, I've been a huge fan of your work for more than 20 years and can't wait to take my kid to see Metropolis II.  Chris Burden?  If so, I’ve been a huge fan of your work for more than 20 years and can’t wait to take my kid to see Metropolis II. 

]]> By: -v- http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206336 -v- Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206336 Good call...they are astonishing. You never really look at the bagpipes the same way again. Good call…they are astonishing. You never really look at the bagpipes the same way again.

]]> By: Clark Sullivan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206333 Clark Sullivan Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206333 What about the theremin? What about the theremin?

]]> By: Don Ankney http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206331 Don Ankney Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206331 Isn't this just a metronome with a broken power switch? Isn’t this just a metronome with a broken power switch?

]]> By: scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206322 scatterfingers Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206322 My goodness, that's some terrible music. My goodness, that’s some terrible music.

]]> By: Mushimatosis http://boingboing.net/2011/09/06/the-worlds-most-irritating-instrument-is-for-sale.html#comment-1206305 Mushimatosis Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=116463#comment-1206305 0:17, sorry, hadn't copied the right link, it's whenever they say "las hacechanzas del Demonio" 0:17, sorry, hadn’t copied the right link, it’s whenever they say “las hacechanzas del Demonio”

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