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Thread #14130   Message #122553
Posted By: MAG (inactive)
10-Oct-99 - 07:43 PM
Thread Name: What is the worst song you ever heard?
Subject: RE: What is the worst song you ever heard?
Florence Foster Jenkins doing Queen of the Night belongs on a thread of recordings so bad they're funny, which is why it got (gets?) played on the Midnite Special a lot.

If you've missed her, she was a society lady with operqtic pretensions - had the dough to vanity record, and throw concerts for her friends to attend. the sad/funny part was, she had the notes in her range, just couldn't be bothered to actually learn the material. she could have afforded the best voice coach money could buy, but didn't.