This is so bizarre, so utterly awful, that I could hardly believe it's labeled "music" . . . but it is. According to Wikipedia, the Estonian group Winny Puhh is a "metal/punk band formed in 1993". The term "band" may be optimistic.
My attention was drawn to them by a reader who sent me the link to a 2014 article in Fashionista magazine. I quote:
For those of you who haven't had the great fortune of being in Europe during the Eurovision, allow me to explain. Eurovision is an international, televised song contest celebrating unity between countries and bad taste. The winning country gets to host the contest the following year. It's ripe with generally terrible music, head scratching choreography, and some incredible British voiceover commentary. People throw Eurovision parties and consume lots and lots of alcohol. Witnessing the Eurovision is like watching the birth of 10,000 glorious GIFs. You have to see it to believe it.
Sadly, the Estonian heavy metal band Winny Puhh (which, yep, translates to 'Winnie the Pooh") didn't quite make it past qualifying rounds for the 2013 Eurovision finals that took place in Sweden this past May--perhaps Estonia wasn't too keen on being represented to the rest of Europe and beyond by men who sometimes glue Wookie fur all over their faces and hang upside-down from the ceiling while wearing wrestling gear.
But master of cool Rick Owens saw past all that. He had a vision--as designers are wont to have. He reached his mighty hand down into the deep, dark depths of the Internet and rescued Winny Puhh from certain Eurovision-reject-obscurity. He plopped them down on his spring 2014 menswear show's runway this morning in Paris and what happened next, according to UK fashion writer Charlie Porter, was "HEAVEN." The rockers stood up, they sat down, they laid down, and then eventually were pulled up by their ankles towards the ceiling--all while playing some melodic tune destined to never see the light of Eurovision GIF glory. But no matter: Twitter went cray. Vine went cray. And Instagram video had a small seizure.
Aaaaaand . . . here's their performance from the 2013 Eurovision trials. Brace yourselves. (And turn down the volume.)
If that's music, I'm . . . oh, never mind. At any rate, there's your Sunday Morning Cacophony!
Peter
15 comments:
great
My hed hertz.
The band seems to be in the same genre as the much better band, "Rammstein." Rammstein has a recognizable music, although it leans heavily into the Euro-trash, nihilistic industrial rock music. But this "band" here is just wretched.
Nope, not "music", but definately attention getting. I actually rather enjoyed it.
Ok, I'll say it up front: I'm old. ...so old that this is MY kind of music:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G56juZ6JM/
Now GET OFF MY LAWN! :- )
What the hell?!? I much prefer the Mongolian folk/metal band The Hu. Their throat singing is much better than whatever Whiny Puh did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4xZUr0BEfE
I was given to understand that they were invited to audition for Eurovision, knew they didn't have a chance in hell of winning, and decided to have a little fun. I respect that.
Well, I prefer it to rap.......
Wow. That was so bad it's brilliant.
I know! Let’s see how irritating we can be!
Eh, no. I will take something well-done in AI over that noise.
Something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm9codc_zwk , perhaps.
Maybe they could get Yoko Ono to jam with them.
Now that's taking things way too far. >};o0
Phil B
If you can, watch the Father Ted episode, The Eurovision Song Contest.
It is the Producers, but Oirish, shorter and funnier.
Y'know that scene in the Blues Brothers where they take the stage at Bob's Country Bunker, try to sing "Gimme some Lovin'" and Bob flips the lights off, and the audience just pelts the chicken wire barrier with glass bottles? That's the reaction I am hoping for to this "Music".
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