Outsider Music Legend Jan Terri

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Tv Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Long before folks enjoyed watching oddball viral videos on the Internet, the only way to see these outrageous movies was to share physical video cassette tapes from person to person.

One of the stars of this tape sharing phenomenon was musician Jan Terri, whose wonderfully weird music videos got the attention of a lot of people, including celebrities Marilyn Manson and his girlfriend at the time Rose McGowan. Manson even had Jan open for him in concert.

After taking some time off for personal reasons, Jan made a spectacular comeback in the early days of YouTube when the video for her song “Losing You” became a hit as the “Worst Music Video Ever.” It still ranks as the top video for the term, with 5.9 million views to date.

Today counterculture legend Jan Terri joins us to look at her roller coaster life in music, putting out a children’s book and a cookbook for folks living in dorms and life as an accidental internet superstar, long before there was an Internet.

CHECK OUT JAN TERRI:
https://janterri.com

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0:00.0	Long before folks enjoyed watching oddball viral videos on the internet,
0:10.0	the only way to see these outrageous clips was to share physical video cassette tapes from person to person.
0:17.0	One of these stars before the internet even existed was musician Jan Terry, whose wonderfully weird music videos got the attention of a lot of celebrities, including Marilyn Manson and his girlfriend at the time, Rose McGowan.
0:31.1	Manson even had Jan open for him in his concert.
0:35.2	After taking some time off for personal reasons, Jan made a spectacular comeback in the early
0:40.0	days of YouTube when the video for her song, Losing You, became a hit as the worst music
0:46.8	video ever.
0:48.8	It still ranks as the top video for the term, with 5.9 million views to date. Today counterculture legend
0:56.6	Jan Terry joins us to look at her roller coaster life and music putting out a
1:01.0	children's book and a cookbook for folks living in dorms and life as an
1:05.0	accidental internet superstar long before there was an internet. I'm Fausto
1:09.8	Furnos. I'm Mark Fillion.
1:11.5	And this is Feast of Fun.
1:14.1	Before we begin, let's listen to Jan Terry's song Losing You, released in 1993, not just as a track, but also as a music video that was passed around all the time.
1:38.2	The video eventually became known as the worst music video ever in 2006 when it was uploaded to YouTube. I don't want to lose you tonight. I don't want to lose you tonight.
2:16.6	You're the only thing that matters. I don't want to lose you tonight You're the only thing that matters
2:19.3	I don't want to lose you this way
2:23.3	Just need you alone
2:25.3	I don't want to lose you tonight
2:30.3	You're the only thing that matters
2:33.3	I don't want to lose you this way
2:37.0	Just need your love
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