Get On, Clip In, Fall Off

Competition time!

Having been taking a good delve around the contents of the UK iTunes Music Store recently looking for things to spend those little impusive 79ps on, I've realised that just as every record shop has its dark corners where you find really awful stuff nobody in their right mind would ever want, so does the iTMS.

I think the worst thing I've found so far is - with apologies to any visiting Americans - this album, and if one track has to be picked out for particular horrendousness it's God Bless The USA.

But there must be worse things out there. With 700,000 tracks on the books there are bound to be some real, unutterable, unforgivable stinkers which only the truly deranged would ever consider dropping 79p on. So let's find them.

I hereby announce a competition. Just find what you think is the worst track on the UK iTunes Music Store (if you're already registered with the US store, you can browse the UK one as well via the link on the front page). You don't have to buy it to make your judgement - in fact, it's a positive bonus if the 30-second previews are enough to make you want to throw up - so it won't cost you anything unless you stumble across something you quite like on the way to finding your personal Worst Track.

Once you've made your choice, mail the link (PC users right click the track and select "Copy URL", Mac users control-click and do the same) to itunes@uffish.net. After a reasonable amount of time, and assuming I get enough entries (more than, ooh, 5, let's say) to make it worthwhile, I'll shortlist the worst of them and put the top few to the vote. The track which wins this vote will be declared the Most Dreadful, winning the person who suggested it what else but.. an iTunes gift voucher to the value of 10 pounds, 15 Euro or US$15, depending on the preference of the winner.

In the event of a tie, or two or more people nominating the winning song, the prize will be shared in some way or another or maybe substituted for something else. All decisions are final, my decisions are final, this is just a bit of fun with a small financial incentive, no correspondence will be entered into.

Posted by mpk at June 24, 2004 3:48 PM | TrackBack