Bad Music
Everyone loves good music but when is music bad? Tom Service brings out the worst!
Everyone loves good music, but when is music bad? Can we objectively define bad music - are there any rules to help - or is it a matter of taste and fashion? What music was once thought good but we now regard as bad? (And vice versa.)
Join arbiter of taste Tom Service as he dispenses judgment, both considered and otherwise.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D minor 'Wagner Symphony'; Finale - Allegro
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies.
- Warner Classics.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, Act III; Liebestod
Performer: Birgit Nilsson. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: Georg Solti.- Tristan und Isolde.
- Decca.
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The Tweets
The Birdie song
- Birdie Song.
- PRT.
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Black Lace
Agadoo
- Agadoo.
- Flair Records.
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Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Fanget an! So rief der Lanz in den Wald
Performer: Ben Heppner. Performer: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra. Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch.- ENI.
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Judas Priest
March of the Damned
- Redeemer of Souls.
- Epic/Sony Records.
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The Portsmouth Sinfonia
Classical Muddly
Performer: The Portsmouth Sinfonia.- Classical Muddly.
- Springtime Records .
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hooked On Classics
- Hooked On Classics.
- K-Tel.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor; I Allegro moderato
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies.
- Warner Classics.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor; IV Finale - Feierlich, nicht schnell
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Bruckner: Complete Symphonies.
- Warner Classics.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto for violin and orchestra (Op.35) in D major, 2nd movement; Canzonetta
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Czech Philharmonic. Performer: Jakub Hrůša.- DG.
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Huey Lewis and the News
Hip To Be Square
- Fore!.
- Chrysalis Records.
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Alfie Boe and Michael Ball
Anthem
- Together.
- Decca.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontakte
Performer: Karlheinz Stockhausen. Performer: David Tudor. Performer: Christoph Caskel. Performer: Gottfeid Michael Koenih.- Wergo.
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Richard Wagner
American Centennial March
Performer: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Varujan Kojian.- Naxos.
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Peter Skellern
All or Nothing at All
- Cheek to Cheek.
- BMG.
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