MP3:
Cyrus Sullivan - 21 and Legal (4:35)
Cyrus Sullivan - Sex Worker (4:32)
Music files removed at owner's request
Cyrus "The Slammer" Sullivan was possibly the most reviled artist ever on the old mp3.com (see here for some typical opinions). Cyrus's music beds appear to be little more than the "demo" setting on his consumer-grade keyboard-- think of him as the white Wesley Willis, except without the fertile imagination. He does add some "slamming" guitar to his big hit, "21 and Legal", and tries his darndest to sound sultry on "Sex Worker" (who takes Visa AND Mastercard). Truly enervating.
BONUS: A photo of Cyrus Sullivan and an mp3 of Cyrus thanking his fans for downloading "21 and Legal"! (Thanks to Lee Rosevere)
Photo and mp3 file removed at owner's request
MP3:
Super Robot Deluxe - Android Girls of Europa (5:26)
Super Robot Deluxe - Delicious Bobotronic (6:00)
Back in the day, mp3.com was *the* central gathering point for unsigned musicians hoping to get discovered. One such hopeful was Super Robot Deluxe from New Jersey, with his electro-funk paroxysms of cyberlust. He and his debut album Freaktronic are nowhere to be found these days, but these two tracks, downloaded from his mp3.com user page in 2000, will now be preserved forever-- rest assured that our children's children shall have the appropriate soundtrack while traveling in their flying cars to the most fashionable robot sex parties.
- Contributed by: Stark Effect
I remember these!
You wouldn't happen to have the "Taco Song" from Orange somebody or another. I had that and can't find it anywhere.
I miss the old MP3.com. Sniff! :=..(
Posted by: rocketboy | February 05, 2007 at 02:05 AM
I always cruised MP3.com when putting together my Christmas CDs to send friends. Nowadays, I find that much of the same clietele has migrated over to Soundclick and it does the job just as well.
Posted by: John | February 05, 2007 at 09:01 AM
cyrus sullivan! i remember him!
i have 5 cdrs full of mp3.com artists i enjoyed enough to keep, all electronic stuff, some of which has passed the freshness test and i'll still listen to it today :>)
Posted by: mciedh | February 05, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Yeeeeaaaah! Cyrus Sullivan, winner of MP3.com's "Worst of The Worst" contest! "Worst of The Worst" was the greatest - an entire section where MP3.com staffers picked their, uh,
"favorites." One year they had a contest where the public could vote, and chubby, eternally good-natured Cyrus was the winner. Where is he know?!
Posted by: MrFab | February 05, 2007 at 02:03 PM
So glad I got out of bed this morning...
Posted by: Rumple Stiltskin | February 05, 2007 at 02:21 PM
on the subject of internet outsider music, does anyone have any mp3's by a belgian schizophrenic guy named joe burg that used to post massive amounts of spam on usenet advertising his songwriting service? he had a website at joeburg.com, but it's long defunct. his songs were an jumbled, very poorly produced mess, but totally captivating in a shaggs sort of way. you could email him lyrics and he'd set them to music, then post the results on his website. i used to have some of his mp3's but can't seem to locate them now.
Posted by: pea hix | February 05, 2007 at 05:14 PM
Ahh, this takes me back to the good ol mp3.com days. Cyrus, where are you now? Actually, don't answer that. You and Dean Strickland.
Posted by: Ducky | February 10, 2007 at 08:28 PM
very nice. cyrus was a poster child for mp3.com fame. that worstoftheworst.com website was hilarious.
Posted by: milowent | February 19, 2007 at 02:11 PM
i was a HUGE worst of the worst fan and read/listened to all the volumes. some of my favorites:
The Taco song (I would KILL for this mp3)
"Jesus is Smiling", which was accompanied by the description that made me laugh so hard. something to the tune of "Jesus is most definitely not smiling about this song".
archive.org has some good links to worst of the worst. the descriptions will make you long to hear these classics again. or not.
http://web.archive.org/web/20000816150245/http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/44/the_worst_of_the_worst_ver.html
I�M YOUR WOMAN/MAN
by Eve Engelbrite
Gospel
Torture Factor = 8 I have had a flood of requests to add this agonizing hymn of marital bliss. Eve has had success on the WOTW with her smash hit "Jesus is Smiling" This is her follow-up single that is sure to completely obliterate every kind of sexual or romantic feeling from your being for at least three days. Eve includes her husband on this duet. He shines on his vocal part as well as some great drum programming work.
Posted by: aaron | June 06, 2007 at 03:48 AM
You can still listen to Eve Eve Engelbrite on an archive site at http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/02/365_days_36_the.html.
Lots of other funny songs too. Just like the old worstoftheworst.com but sadly, without the comments.
Posted by: sk | December 15, 2008 at 03:08 PM
Eve Engelbrite's painful "I'm your woman/man" duet can be heard at:
http://www.incorrectmusic.com/audio/archive/
(Sorry I posted the wrong link in the previous entry)
It's under the Feb 14, 2001 show at 51:18:00.
Enjoy!
Posted by: sk | December 15, 2008 at 03:18 PM