00's: The Anti-Hit of the Decade

Come on folks. Let's come up with some big bad alternatives to that Hits thread. If an ideal pop song is at its simplest a short, comprehensible, uniting statement of strict (and strictly catchy) musical principle, then I want songs that are big, dark, terrifying, unprincipled, confrontational bringers of hell.

For example, Kayo Dot's incredible "___on limpid form", whose studio version is a staggering feat of beautiful mind-abuse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173XU6OE55Q

Entries need not be 15+ minutes long. But they gotta hurt.

(That's not the studio version, obviously, but it's almost as good)

This is a much more interesting premise, imo, but the thread should be about finding the biggest hit that shouldn't have been a hit (in the 80s, i assume "O Superman" would win)

Straight-up metal will be deeply frowned upon here. To many ears, metal is pop. It's principled. It isn't really very dark for the most part. In fact, you are encouraged to think well outside the metal and noise boxes.

Tape Store, that element can be explored here for sure! I'm just not sure that much of an O Superman-level artiness has made it remotely near any chart this decade.

This kinda shit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PMnvZ6_gBg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMssiOp9bbA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0s2LF2Lkw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYRdQIYYHw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q1bcWb1gDI

Pillbox that is a cool video indeed but perhaps not what I'm looking for here (especially as it seems to be largely improv, but also coz it's a bit uh straight-up free-noise)

Scott I am about to consume those with gleeful abandon :D

Scott Walker - Clara, anyone?

Sorry, the name Scott just reminded me of that particular anti-hit peach

i'm not actually giving you what you want either. i'm just bored. and i'm in the mood for hellish.

lol I guess I'm gonna have to get used to this thread being filled with free-noise workouts :P

keep the hellish coming, I likey

you gotta embrace the improv. i mean, it's the opposite of pop.

have you ever heard harry pussy? not the 21st century, but essential. just in case you haven't.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqwtXeI1AFo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhOy5cHitp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUYpLrTqzb8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7EZYftrDYg

the haters!! :D

improv is the opposite of pop, yeh i guess...here i suppose i'm looking for things that are at least constructed, albeit to plans which lie far, far away from pop's rigour, and which use a very open-minded, almost seemingly improvised approach to their construction. but i will totally embrace the improv. bring me more.

oh you brought me more xposts hurrah

i love the comment where someone calls this "cyber satie". otm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBDe-GoGlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMZCiYsxvDI

re: Harry Pussy

...I think I am in <3. Srs. Find me a woman like that, now. Fucking awesomeness.

Suddenly have an urge to play every single Youtube video in this thread at the same time. Will refrain. Will go to bed. But that Cryonic Chants thing looks really promising. I'll check these all again when I wake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClbItWds-U

Quantify "hit"; does something need to have gone top 40?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVGUjSHQmlA

Nice user comment: "This is what Galactus listens to before devouring entire worlds! "