When was the last time you were genuinely shocked by a song/album/etc?

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Not shocked in a good way mind, more of a "wow, people will accept any old shit as music given the right context these days"

Similarly, "Fit But You Know It" by the Streets makes something iside me curl up and die. It's just soooooo awful in so many ways. Like Jilted John without any jokes. The only shocking thing is that people like it.

Because I loathe Oberst, but this is quite good and I've been listening to it on repeat since last night.

I cringed hearing it for the first time. I didn't really pay attention to the rest of the album I just downloaded, barely listening. Then it perked my attention. I felt sort of disgusted and thought, "My God, people I like and respect enjoy this band?" I promptly deleted the entire CD without giving it another chance.

Also, somewhat more recently, Metheny's Zero Tolerance for Silence.

And even more recently, my first listening of Squarepusher.

Of course they were "shocking" in different ways.

One made me hide under my blankets and the other made me laugh, but both made me say "what the fuck?" more times than anything else I can remember music-wise.

Having heard Kid A tons of times, then hearing it on decent headphones for the first time while stoned the other evening was also pretty astounding.

A couple years ago when I was still downloading music I came across the most bizarre album I've ever heard in my entire life. To this day, it still holds that title. It was tagged "metal," but I wouldn't call it that. The album starts off with this really gloomy, dark instrumentation. It sounds like the intro to a black metal song before they really go crazy or something. Then a guy starts talking. He's not speaking his lines poetically or anything, just talking. What makes it really bizarre is that he's reading some Bible-esque prophecy shit about the coming apocalypse. As he reads it, it's like how an older brother might have read you horror stories when you were a kid. Really fucking dramatic, but not to the point that it becomes silly. He's taking it dead serious.

So, I listened for about a minute and started to think, "This is one fucking long intro..." Skipped. Same stuff. Skipped some more. Same stuff. The whole fucking album was that! Gloomy instrumentation with the "lead singer" prophesizing the apocalypse. The entire album! I went to the bands webpage, and oh my God, not only are they dead serious, but they dressed in black metal type costumes too.

After discovering this, Christ, I can't even explain the mix of emotions I felt. It was a jumble of confusion, disgust, embarrassment, and a loss of faith in humanity. I deleted that shit off my harddrive faster than Xiu Xiu.

Now listen I dont want you to think that this is a
one sided affair , no no
because my old lady also understands that a man must
have respect
what I mean is , if she must play around dont let me
catch her , because what I dont see cant hurt me , you
understand? but on the other hand , If I should ever
catch her Im not gonna talk about-a
and call her a bunch of bad names like you all might
no no mh
what Im gonna do , Im gonna go down-town to the
hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe ,
come back , square off, and believe her soul´s gonna
belong to the good lord
because her head's gonna belong to me , and I
guarantie she'll know what I mean when Ill say..

Matos was there to witness my jaw falling to the floor. He may have been shocked by a song since, but this is still the last memorable one for me, anyway.

Still has a similar effect today.

Aheheh*cough*sorry.