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English needs a better term for "least favorite"

I've worked in supermarkets and coffeeshops, and have thus listened to a lot of terrible, repetitive music, but nothing beats the music I listened to on the job I just quit.

It was an office, and most of the day it was just my boss and I in there.  He had a CD player with a single album in it.  The album was a bunch of famous songs covered by Korean women, with synthetic backing sounds.  The songs included: "Memories," "Dust in the Wind," that opera tune by the blind Italian guy, and "Have I Told You Lately How Much I Love You."  They were all sung in the same high, lilting voice, and I could just barely make them out, being a good 20 feet away.  But that first note of "Memories" always brought me back.  And this CD was on repeat FOR 18 MONTHS.

Yes.  Through interviews, inspections, tense talks about going out of business, that album was playing throughout, no breaks.  I think it was on all night, so the cleaning staff could enjoy it as well.

But I am thankful.  I will never find an album I hate more than that one.  There's something reassuring about this.

Posted May 18, 2010 by Sam 
May 18, 2010
Your wife said...
It was just my boss and ME in there.
May 18, 2010
Chris said...
Is there any way you can get me a copy of this album? Sounds like my cup of tea. I promise I won't play it on the way to the Philly gig.
May 18, 2010
Not Keef said...
"Oh, and my boss's name? Satan."
May 18, 2010
Bruce said...
Do you think your boss, if denied that one tape, would prefer a lifetime of Aerosmith or the Rolling Stones?
May 18, 2010
Rett said...
I worked in a cafe in 1992 that played adult contemporary all day. "Saved the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams is hardwired into my DNA.