Florence Foster Jenkins sings Bach

[DOOMcal1ber]

anyone find this not that bad?

[Tigerkos]

@DOOMcal1ber No...

[TheNexler]

Holy shit!

[TheRetroman]

I listen to this when I masturbate.

[booboowilson10101]

oh yeah, and i like crack

[booboowilson10101]

beautiful?

[AleksandraPlamenac]

here are the lyrics! the poem is 'Besi', not 'Biassy' I'm sure the label didn't want to put shame on poor Pushkin and misspelled it :D Мчатся тучи, вьются тучи; Невидимкою луна Освещает снег летучий; Мутно небо, ночь мутна. Еду, еду в чистом поле; Колокольчик дин-дин-дин... Страшно, страшно поневоле Средь неведомых равнин! „Эй, пошел, ямщик!...“ — „Нет мочи Коням, барин, тяжело; Вьюга мне слипает очи; Все дороги занесло; Хоть убей, следа не видно; Сбились мы. Что делать нам!

[dekada00]

And...she just killed music.

[sauroid1]

The pianist's name, Cosme McMoon, is definately an alias. Gotta love her though, old Florence is giving 110% and it is still a dreadful racket.

[aspidae]

It's definitely russian but it's so distorted i can hardly superimpose her singing on the original Pushkin's text. Amazing work.

[yesman2079]

How on earth did the piano player get through this without bursting into a fit of laughter?

[GintokisGirl95]

...this is really, really bad.

[alutka791]

she sings like madame Edith in "Allo, Allo" series

[245ikl]

i could kick a puppy for the same sound lol.

[SaintNight]

This is sin.

This is the type of shit people in the 9th circle of hell freeze to while wondering who they fucked over so bad to deserve such a cruel punishment.

[WeFoundAtlantis]

I really enjoy this actually.

[Zzyyxxyyxx]

This is the kind of thing you play to old people that prattle on about how much better music was "back in their day".

[TheTubePortal]

Can someone who speaks Russian explain to the rest of us what it sounds like she's saying? I can only imagine the pronunciation is hilarious, but is it even recognizable as words?

[toni7777ful]

@TheTubePortal I am russian and i can't make anything out of it. Is it in russian? I thought it was such english but very not clear at all.....

[jewelmarkess]

@toni7777ful Nobody can figure out which language she is singing in.

[n0ym]

в конце ёбаный ад

[nexxonline]

Блядь, я ни слова не понял.

[funvit]

о, клеви рингтон!

[kubannoid]

в ноябре в ноябре все деревья жепь ебре

[madeinnovember]

бля, нахуя я это посмотрел?!

[JudicialMaxim]

что это за хуйня?

[Spb436]

Видимо ролик захвачен...8)

[xDReflection]

лепра привет

[nosorojka]

@xDReflection лепра миф

[Partisanenkrieg]

The Tiger Lilies

[sarunanas]

БЕСЫ Мчатся тучи, вьются тучи; Невидимкою луна Освещает снег летучий; Мутно небо, ночь мутна. Еду, еду в чистом поле; Колокольчик дин-дин-дин . Страшно, страшно поневоле Средь неведомых равнин! "Эй, пошел, ямщик!" - "Нет мочи: Коням, барин, тяжело, Вьюга мне слипает очи, Все дороги занесло; Хоть убей, следа не видно; Сбились мы. Что делать нам! В поле бес нас водит, видно, Да кружит по сторонам.

[bgfrxst]

@sarunanas спасибо!

[sleepw41ker]

@sarunanas спасибо бро, с тобой я начал её понимать. немножко.

[sarunanas]

@sleepw41ker Да не за что, я погуглил Пушкин "Бесы"

[sarunanas]

kolokolchik ding ding ding [x]

[elmortekh]

gimme subtitles! And yes I`m Russian!

[nosorojka]

im sorry, does she sing in russian?

i want to know this language

[petroniusa]

@nosorojka She tries to sing in Russian but it's an EPIC fail, take my words as a Muscovite...

[schedlovski]

my mind is full of fuck

[JubalCalif]

Too bad they didn't have the Grammys back then. And a category called "Most Atrocious Recording". This woman's singing has to be heard to be believed. Did she really think she could sing? She took being "delusional" to new heights! THANKS for posting....so odd, so bizarre, so weird...but yet oh so strangely compelling! :)

[WormYourHonor64]

Dead cats...

[piemanfireninja]

"Your Portrait In Sound"? Well damn I'm ugly.

[johnyprestige]

man too funny. Why the hell did they go ahead with the recording.

[BoHoVsGolf]

sounds like baby

[DrunkenTundraMonkeys]

0:40, "faaaack uuuuu"

[MamuVies]

3:29 = Fail has never been so epic.

[rockmanx412]

I hear "muck myuchk much hebilyuk miiiiiiiiii yup yup bebalyup biiiiiiiiiiiii" xD

[9darkdays]

I think my ears are bleeding.

[BillyClubCondor]

15 seconds...that's all I could do.

[5196Tpffan]

WTF is this?

[MidnightPrince13]

what....the...fuck.

[tmlkrs]

Where my cracked niggas at?

[brassbend]

Oh my gotd!!!  WHAT WAS THAT?

[EmdrGreg]

Her first name was actually Narcissa. That explains a lot...

[realgeorgew]

It buuurrrrrnsss usssss

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

It's genderbent Tommy Wiseau!

[SerialKiller1986]

She sounds like a mix between a singing chicken and yelping dog , lol !

[MultiFortran]

cracked?

[LlamaJudge]

Tiny Tim?

[kourosh89]

Florence Jenkins: The Rebecca Black of her day.

[Matt75003]

The piano part was included so that this could be identified as music.

[Montanarus]

the antolghic parts: -0:01_ 3:49

[Montanarus]

poor lady !!!

[egz10]

What a language is it? :D

[sedtamensum]

With much strain the text is identified as "Besy" (Demons), a short poem by Alexander Pushkin, believed to be the greatest Russian poet ever. Melody, as noted below, is by J.S. Bach, believed to be the greatest German composer ever. The good news is that the sheer genius of Ms. Jenkins shines through, sequentially overcoming such obstacles as melody, pitch, rhythm, tempo, dynamics and lyrics. Viva la diva! (seriously, she is so bad, it is almost inspiring)

[goodguysdoll]

Can anybody tell me what language she could possibly be singing in? And what the F is she saying???

[jphd81]

@goodguysdoll

It's sounds like a bad imitation of Chinese

[kurrizzle]

@goodguysdoll Words are by Pushkin, so I assume it's Russian

[pyrioni]

Thank you Ms. Jenkins, you gave me a hope, that however I suck, I still have a hope to be famous someday.

[HerrWarja]

I like the part where the singer shut up. Bach is nice. 

[TalkinXbox]

Now I know where Inga Wagner came from in No One Lives Forever.

[sexhaie]

its so bad its beautiful ;w;

[ganymedia]

I suspect this repertoire was a concoction by "Cosmo McMoon" for his virtuosa's benefit as of course there was Count Nikolai Pavlovich Igniatev but no record of the Count mentioned; nor have I heard of a work called "Biassy", either, by Pushkin. The score the pianist is playing is a (near) verbatim version of the Bach G minor prelude that we all know well and therefore the Count's input would have been academic anyway had he existed.

[coffeescup]

I knew Flo Jey could rap.

[AmberFaithChloe]

what language is that...?

[HendrixHarley]

wtf she cannot sing at all O_O

[herakles120]

Any versions on CD on Amazon? I want to buy all her albums. She is just simply horribly adorable........

[benedetti]

@herakles120 I absolutely agree with you: she is adorable indeed!!

[TheQueenOfMediocrity]

@herakles120 Wasn't she? I know she was simply awful, but she was also so entertaining!

[mammers11]

Wilkes-Barre's finest

[SunshineInWoods]

She's something in between Janis Joplin and The Wise Hen (Silly Simphonies), maybe The Residents would have appreciated her for one of their songs... E' qualcosa a metà tra Janis e La Gallinella Saggia, I Residents l'avrebbero voluta per una delle loro canzoni!

[charrogent]

LMAO!!!

[SymbioticMonarch]

3:30 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHaHAH

[Treemeadow]

People loved her because she was so terrible.

She was the William Hung of early 20th century Opera.

[marinafart]

@Treemeadow Exactly my thoughts!

[ladyphantomny]

she said "People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing."

fine i'll give her that

but it doesn't mean you can sing good

[marianarivas]

That sounds like a deseased bird...

[ArwenOfLorien]

@marianarivas exactly!!))

[Hybrid933]

D:!...

[ERICMOUQUET]

Love it ! the pianist is a real gentlemen !

[miabuelitatocaelpian]

@ERICMOUQUET Are you kidding? Cosme McMoon was making funny faces behind her while she was singing!!! (Taht's not a gentleman... a funny guy, maybe, but not a gentleman)

[CelloKarin]

Even my dog sings better than she does!

[torquemonster290]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh­h!!!!!

[BCRSIX]

Sounds like Chinese!

[lordsorgo]

This is terrible. My ears are fucking done.

[xmetbass]

@lordsorgo Just remember, SHE PACKED THE HOUSE. CARNEGIE HALL AT THAT.LOL As one who performed opera at the Met, I find it funny. I'm going to send these recordings to a soprano friend of mine.

[JesusDeSaad]

It's like listening to a parrot! Hahahahahahahahahahah!

[rhubarbcub]

Some may say that she couldn't sing.

Yet none may say that she DIDN'T sing!

<3

[xRequiem666]

Rhubar, You should probably give her credit for her own quote.

[AAErikCO]

I believe she moved her vocal chords... that is all.

[morningstarscrew]

dying puppy, anyone?

[WeatherMondacicci]

I so want to run this through autotune!!

[janeyanna]

omg, do it!!! DO IT!!! O.O :D

[msymsed]

@WeatherMondacicci I don't think that would help...

[Frankenpalin]

meow meow meow meow

[msymsed]

@Frankenpalin Yes....it sounds like the kitty on the old Mr Rogers Neighborhood show...Meow Meow Kitty

[dudevoc]

fabulous!!

[SirChickenhead]

I actually like it. It's so bad it's kind of cute.

[BrujaKulia]

Amazing! A Cult Piece!

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Ouch!!

[saisson]

Just saw a play about her.

Souvenir

@ Northlight Theatre in Skokie, IL.

She sounds worse than the actress in the play!!

[funkophone]

well, you've got to give her kudos for atleast trying, eh?

[mariasarda]

Non, elle a osé......

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

mais oui

c'est incroyable

n'est pas?

[Ca950]

A couple of years ago I saw a piece of theatre about this remarkable woman, who apparently was so adorable, and sweet no one would ever tell her she had no talent. She never heard herself as we hear her -- she thought she was marvelous. It is a testament to how kind people can be that no one ever revealed the truth to her. Touching really.

[goadh]

OHH DIOSS! pero quien cometio la locura de decirle a esta señora que tenia buena voz? deberia estar en la carcel! xD o tener una buena multa al menos! xD

[dahwang12]

She deserves a standing ovation. . . for sheer audacity.

[lloydbeesley]

funny fact: Whenever the laughter got too loud or mean, florence would dismiss it as spite from those less talented.

LOL

[godelike]

Oh my god! I want this to be played at my funeral!

[pumpkinshellz]

@godelike  LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

[Kelennis]

This always perks me up when i'm depressed

[morinoroba]

:-D I enjoyed it !

[Manxypop]

Double Double - Toil and Trouble - Can;t you just see her adding eye of newt to the cauldron - sounds like one long muttered incantation to the devil!

[xMissNoni]

I tried not to laugh.. but the last 20 seconds was too much, LOL.

[Demusics]

una belleza

[meanmoegel87]

Dimostrazione che la persistenza ha la sua ricompensa... peccato che qualche volta si persiste troppo! :-)

[bassist4141]

Genius.

[EvilCleric]

Ow. Just, just ow.....As much as I hate the show, I'd love to see someone show up on American Idol and play a recording of this.

[DarkAngelAzreil]

xD, that would be gold...better yet have them play the recording of her singing Der Holle Roche. Simon would crap his pants.

[mytotallyawesomename]

omg

[xxERiKAxxRAWRxx]

I nearly died laughing. (:

[SnoocheeBoochees]

i may have to use this track in my next short film. Its about a murder. She sounds painful enough.

[alabama2561990]

wow that was funny couldnt stop cracking up

Cracked

[GypsyDancer17]

1:46 *KILLED* me, hahaha

[woytynowska]

it's a bit like "hojotohooooo" :)))))

[nousfaira]

im so glad im not the pianist, it's a wonder how he went through with it

[silentplummet]

@nousfaira Mr. McMoon, despite his mediocre pianism, was yet perceptive enough to realize that his career with Ms. Jenkins was a ticket to a certain kind of immortality. History would not have remembered him any other way.

[jewelmarkess]

@silentplummet I think the pianist is quite good. Notice how he manages to always catch up with her, he doesn't just play he waits for her and makes sure how they are always together. It mustn't have been easy. I don't think he had much thoughts of immortality, he simply needed the money, and then he's grown fond of her personally. There used to be an interview with him on the web, but unfortunately it was pulled now.

[toycaterpillar]

She reminds me of that singing chicken in the old Disney cartoons!

[lautta]

Thanks Cracked! I'm laughing in tears right now. Gotta hear this again.

[skubischta]

I started laughing about 30 seconds into it and didn't stop. I can't believe I listened to the whole wretched thing. I kept thinking "Hey, I want this played at my funeral" just to make it even more odd. The end was a scream... seriously I think I can do better myself.

[singbraille]

Hmmm, I thought this was okay....except the fact that I couldn't distinguish any words and then the END! Oh my.

[cindys99]

She had a great accompanist!!

[plaparen]

It's very hard to play when your laughin, so yes, he/she must hae been.

[zzzxtreme]

would love to own her LP

[ragnarpendon]

i wonder what would happen when we play this backwards? >:D

[mew6112]

my fucking ears. Oh and I agree it does sound like there is a cat involved.

Cracked FTW

[Phobotech]

Oh, and thanks Cracked! :D

[Phobotech]

It sounds like a starving cat trapped in a bag.

[adr525]

it sounds like someone is trying to strangle her while she's "singing"

[Moothyknight4534]

I think i shit myself as I fell of my chair

[devowan]

Damn you Cracked!!! What would I do without you!? HAHAHA!!!  FAIL!!

[rob6van1dam9]

cracked brought me here

LMAO!!!!!!! EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!! FAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLL­LLLLLL

[WetKant]

weel, she still sings better than Shakira

[Bread23000]

wow....... this is HORRIBLE

watch?v=_q6chUtSef4

[wildfun]

So horribly sung that it's HILARIOUS!

[Matty272]

Sounds like something from Monty Python.

[classicalsinger27]

Oh, my god, you're right!

[AlphaXymor]

jesus christ, the horror!

[DasKapital]

the note at the end is hilarious.

[afiVSblaqkaudio]

you mean you listened to thre whole thing :O:O:O

[DasKapital]

Yeah, because it was amazing!

[TairyHesticles]

Oh. My. God. This is so bad.

Cracked!

[afiVSblaqkaudio]

Haha yep - Cracked :D

[melikeyyeah]

oh lawd

[guEEk]

I lol'd

[closetneko]

Uuunnnnnnhhhhhhhh... So bad...

[jaaaaaayynnee]

check out some of my videos

ALSO

( this is one of my favourite Florence recordings )

it's dead funny.

[lulyscap]

JAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJJA

es la peor!

[xXxHumpDeBump]

yes. Yes, it is.

[saradeluna]

After this hell.. everything seem to sound marvelous!

Thank you Florence!

hahaahaha

[1deretz]

mais c'est qui qu'on egorge là ? elle a massacré mozart, delibes, et Bach mais c'est une arme de destruction massive,

ou est la massue qu'on utilise pour les Bardes gaulois ?

[JahnosSardonis]

non, pour Bianca Castafiore de Tintin. C'est vrai, elle est une personification de Foster Jenkins :P

[Gabriel13187]

It´s good that its a direct transfer from 78.... could get the volume of those noises a little louder... It sounds more interesting...jajjajajjajajaj

[Snarkymom]

Thanks for posting. Surely the worst ever!