Examining "So Bad It's Good" Music (The Shaggs, Corey Feldman, Metallica, & Farrah Abraham)

Examining "So Bad It's Good" Music (The Shaggs, Corey Feldman, Metallica, & Farrah Abraham) with tags music review, album review, full album, reaction, so bad it's good, the room, tommy wiseau, birdemic, the shaggs, corey feldman, lou reed, metallica, farrah abraham, philosophy of the world, lulu, angelic 2 the core, st. anger, st anger, video essay, camp, met gala

In this month’s case study, I examine the phenomenon of ironically watching terrible movies like The Room and Birdemic, and see if the same principles can apply to music (and why they do/don’t). The albums discussed included Corey Feldman’s Angelic 2 The Core, Lou Reed & Metallica’s Lulu, Farrah Abraham’s My Teenage Dream Ended, and the Shaggs’ Philosophy of the World.

Do you agree? Disagree? Should I just leave my stupid comments in my pocket? Let me know in the comments below!

The Shaggs Backing Band Videos:

Sources:

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Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. “Bills Corpse.” Trout Mask Replica, 1969.

Cooper, Duncan. “Farrah Abraham's Pop Music Should Make Her an Avant-Garde Icon.” The FADER, 21 Nov. 2017, www.thefader.com/2017/11/21/farrah-abraham-album-producer-interview.

Corey Feldman. “Angelic 2 The Core.” Angelic 2 The Core: Angelic Funkadelic/Angelic Rockadelic. CiFi Records. 2016

Corey Feldman. “We Wanted Change.” Angelic 2 The Core: Angelic Funkadelic/Angelic Rockadelic. CiFi Records. 2016

Dukes, Billy. “Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich Recalls Lou Reed Challenging Him to a Street Fight.” Ultimate Classic Rock, 3 May 2012, ultimateclassicrock.com/metallica-drummer-lars-ulrich-recalls-lou-reed-challenging-him-to-a-street-fight/.

Farrah Abraham. "After Prom." My Teenage Dream Ended, 2011.

Farrah Abraham. "On My Own." My Teenage Dream Ended, 2011.

Fricke, David. “When Metallica Met Lou Reed.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 30 Sept. 2011, www.rollingstone.com/music/news/when-metallica-met-lou-reed-20110930.

Handler, Daniel. “Interview with John Darnielle.” The Believer, 1 July 2004, www.believermag.com/issues/200407/?read=interview_darnielle.

Laroche, Sophie. “Discover Kurt Cobain's 50 Favorite Albums from His Handwritten Note.”Konbini United States, 20 Feb. 2017, www.konbini.com/us/entertainment/kurt-cobain-50-favorite-albums-handwritten-note/.

Lou Reed & Metallica. "Brandenburg Gate." Lulu, Warner Bros. & Vertigo, 2011.

Nguyen, James, director. Birdemic: Shock & Terror. Moviehead Pictures, 2011.

Orlean, Susan. “Meet the Shaggs.” The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 19 June 2017, www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/09/27/meet-the-shaggs.

The Shaggs. “My Pal Foot Foot.” Philosophy of the World, 1969.

The Shaggs. “Philosophy of the World.” Philosophy of the World, 1969.

van den Tol, Annemieke and Giner-Sorolla, Roger (2016) Listening to ironically-enjoyed music: A self-regulatory perspective. Psychology of Music, 45 (3). pp. 321-337. ISSN 0305-7356.

Wiseau, Tommy, director. The Room. Wiseau Films, 2006.