Author Topic: Guilty Musical Pleasures... (Read 10370 times)

aupointillimite · « **on:** February 13, 2007, 01:46:07 am »

We're all friends here. I'm curious to know what bands or singers everyone listens to that aren't deemed "cool" by pretentious people. You know... the "dance around your house when no one is around music." The music you're embarrassed to admit that you like.

Mine are as follows.

The Fifth Dimension (I'm listening to "Up, Up, and Away" right now, and it's probably one of the coolest songs ever written.)
ABBA
The Carpenters (Shut up! Shut up! All of you!)
Stevie Wonder
and... I can't believe I'm admitting this... Justin Timberlake.

cph9680 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:02:03 am »

I'm told that everything I listen to is lame

aupointillimite · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:05:32 am »

Quote from: cph9680 on February 13, 2007, 02:02:03 am

I'm told that everything I listen to is lame

Don't listen to those people!

I just admitted to liking Karen Carpenter. And yet... I still be a rock god.

brezee · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:54:55 am »

I like your taste in music. I have a very nice instrumental version of "Up, Up and Away" done by Laurindo Almeida. I also like Percy Faith, and a few other obscure orchestra leaders.

lydgate · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2007, 03:01:00 am »

The concept of a "guilty pleasure" is oh so wrong to me.

Cyrenaic hedonism. Mmm, nice words.

I am too tired to type any more. Good night.

Jay

Queen Tokelove · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2007, 03:57:38 am »

I like listening to some Barry White or Marvin Gaye every now and again. But I don't neccessarily get embarrassed by playing it full blast in my car. When some comments, I simply tell them that because I drive a classic car, (anything 20 yrs or more is considered a classic)so that entitles me to play it.

GSOgymrat · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2007, 05:18:21 am »

There are quite a few CDs that I like that other people would not appreciate:

Dead or Alive, Evolution: The Hits, It's gayest music ever... and I mean that in the best possible way.

Missing Persons, Remixed Hits, The songs went from kitsch to kickin'

William Shatner, Has Been, I thought this was a joke but with artists like Ben Folds, Aimee Mann and Joe Jackson on board it's surprisingly good.

Tom Jones, Reloaded, Ridiculously fun songs. I can't listen to "It's Not Unusual" without unbuttoning my shirt and bobbing back and forth.

allopathicholistic · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:55:11 am »

Quote from: GSOgymrat on February 13, 2007, 05:18:21 am

Tom Jones, Reloaded, Ridiculously fun songs. I can't listen to "It's Not Unusual" without unbuttoning my shirt and bobbing back and forth.

I wanna see you karaoke to that!!! Too cute!!!!

I'll have to say REO Speedwagon!!

(They were ahead of their time I say)

Edited to add 70s stuff:

LOL - Cat Stevens. Thanks Lwood. He's the one that sings "Oo baby baby it's a wild world" la la la

and I like that song that goes "Our house is a very very fine house, with 2 cats in the yard, life used to be so hard, now everything is easy 'cos of youuuu" (The word Cat reminded me)

Olivia Newton John, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Bee Gee's

And tons of 80s stuff: like T'Pau ("Heart & Soul" LOL!)

Lwood · « **Reply #8 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:48:11 am »

Johnny Cash... the original Goth if you ask me.

Cat Stevens, even though he's on the No Fly list.

Emenim, homophobic maybe but he raps pretty well for a white boy just like

Kid Rock, Bawitababa bang de bang.. indeed

which reminds me of a cute little CD I just compiled called " the Otomatopia Collection" ( from LTunes

Surfin Bird ( Trashmen
Bawitababa ( kid Rock)
Atomic Dog
Jesus built my Hotrod ( Ministry)
Mmmmmmm Hmmmmm ( Crash Test Dummies)
Hooked on a Feelin' ( Blue Swede)
Eeep Opp Orp AH AH, from the Jetsons ( Saturday Mornings Greatest Hits )

Pretty damn immature, but I cant make it through the disc without cracking up.

Ihavehope · « **Reply #9 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:50:15 am »

I am embarrassed to say this but

I sing along to Jennifer lopez

I know I know, I should be ashamed of myself but I can't help it.

Her "I'm Real" and "Get Right" songs are just too catchy for me.

ademas · « **Reply #10 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:02:49 am »

Quote from: aupointillimite on February 13, 2007, 01:46:07 am

We're all friends here. I'm curious to know what bands or singers everyone listens to that aren't deemed "cool" by pretentious people. You know... the "dance around your house when no one is around music." The music you're embarrassed to admit that you like.

Mine are as follows.

The Fifth Dimension (I'm listening to "Up, Up, and Away" right now, and it's probably one of the coolest songs ever written.)
ABBA
The Carpenters (Shut up! Shut up! All of you!)
Stevie Wonder
and... I can't believe I'm admitting this... Justin Timberlake.

There's no shame in these! Maybe a little with Justin, but the others...HELL NO!
Of course, I have a couple of Ace of Base songs on my MP3, so perhaps I'm not the best judge...)

Ihavehope · « **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:07:35 am »

Quote from: ademas on February 13, 2007, 11:02:49 am

There's no shame in these! Maybe a little with Justin, but the others...HELL NO!
Of course, I have a couple of Ace of Base songs on my MP3, so perhaps I'm not the best judge...)

ACE OF BASE?

HAHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH

"I saw the sign" and I open up my and saw the sun. lol

ademas · « **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:09:14 am »

Quote from: Ihavehope on February 13, 2007, 11:07:35 am

ACE OF BASE?

HAHHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAH

"I saw the sign" and I open up my and saw the sun. lol

I know...it's quite pitiful, isn't it...

Ihavehope · « **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:12:46 am »

I kiddin' with you Ademas.

I use to dance to that song when I was 13, so I am as guilty as you.

pozguy75 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:16:40 am »

okay...although this may not be a surprise to anyone...

Lorretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Hank Williams
Barbara Mandrell
George Jones
ABBA
The Carpenters...(yes Benj.."Rainy Days and Monday's Always Bring Me Down" too)
Poison
Tammy Wynette
Johnny Cash
Paula Abdul
Richard Marx
oh, and of course: SHOWTUNES!!!!!

Christine · « **Reply #15 on:** February 13, 2007, 11:55:45 am »

Village People
Chicken Dance Song (yes, the obnoxious song played at weddings)
I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady (badly sung while Waltzing around my house)
ABBA ( I was the annoying person singing and dancing in my seat at Momma Mia)
I Will Survive

Christine

et in arcadia ego · « **Reply #16 on:** February 13, 2007, 12:48:46 pm »

I guess I beat most of you for weirdness. The only "modern" music I listen to is the Grateful Dead.

I mainly listen to the kind of music I play: obscure Appalachian fiddle music from the '20s and '30s.

Boo Radley · « **Reply #17 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:00:18 pm »

Quote from: aupointillimite on February 13, 2007, 01:46:07 am

The Carpenters (Shut up! Shut up! All of you!)...

The Carpenters? You can drop any pretense of being cool immediately. You might as well have said Pat Boone...

My biggest guilty pleasure is Bananarama even though I haven't heard one of their songs in years (since this obsession occurred in the time of LPs I have no replacement CDs and I hate playing LPs now [one side lasts 20 minutes and you have to get up and flip the bugger over...]).

I used to exercise with Bananarama playing because the tunes all had good tempos for keeping on the move. Also, most of the songs are in the 3 minute range so I could time my reps and move to another exercise with each song. Or the B52s, which usually made me dance too much between sets, but they're certainly not a guilty pleasure. They are gods.

The only other guilty pleasure I have is a Pat Benatar CD I bought to replace an LP. "My clone sleeps alone" is one of my favorite songs.

Boo

aupointillimite · « **Reply #18 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:00:43 pm »

Quote from: et in arcadia ego on February 13, 2007, 12:48:46 pm

I mainly listen to the kind of music I play: obscure Appalachian fiddle music from the '20s and '30s.

I love the Anthology of American Folk Music!

The old, weird America!

"First night that I got home
drunk as I could be
There's another mule in the stable
Where my mule oughta be.

Come here, honey!

Explain this thing to me.
How come another mule in the stable
Where my mule oughta be?

Oh crazy, oh silly!
Can't you plainly see?
Nothin' but a milk cow
Where your mule oughta be.

I've traveled this world over
Million times or more
Saddle on a milk cow's back
I've never seen before."

Boo Radley · « **Reply #19 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:05:53 pm »

Quote from: Christine on February 13, 2007, 11:55:45 am

I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady (badly sung while Waltzing around my house)
Christine

How dare you include My Fair Lady as a guilty pleasure!!?? It's the only musical I ever liked (besides Bye, Bye, Birdie) until I was well into my 20s and found Stephen Sondheim.

"Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.
His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
who never thereafter were heard of again.
He trod a path that few have trod
did Sweeney Todd
the demon barber of Fleet street."

Boo

pozguy75 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:27:51 pm »

Quote from: Boo Radley on February 13, 2007, 01:05:53 pm

How dare you include My Fair Lady as a guilty pleasure!!?? It's the only musical I ever liked (besides Bye, Bye, Birdie) until I was well into my 20s and found Stephen Sondheim.

"Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.
His skin was pale and his eye was odd.
He shaved the faces of gentlemen
who never thereafter were heard of again.
He trod a path that few have trod
did Sweeney Todd
the demon barber of Fleet street."

Boo

SPOKEN
Mrs. Lovitt: Well I what are going to do abou the Italian?
Sweeney: Later on, when it's dark, we will take him out of the trunk and bury him.
Mrs. Lovitt: Well, I suppose we could do that...I don't suspose he's got any relatives going to poking around lookin' for him...but you know me, bright ideas just pop into my head, and I keep thinking...

SUNG
Mrs. Lovitt: Seems a down right shame...
Sweeney: Shame?
Mrs. Lovitt: Seems an awful waste...
Sweeney: Waste?
Mrs. Lovitt: Such nice plump frame, what's his name has...had...has...nor it can't be traced...seem's an awful waste...
Sweeney: huh?
Mrs. Lovitt: oh...I mean with the price of meat, what it is, when you get it...
Sweeyny: HA!
Mrs. Lovitt: Good you got! I mean finding pussy cats and toast, and a pussy's good for six or seven at the most...

SUNG Together

Sweeny: Mrs. Lovitt you are eminantly practicle and appropriate as always
Mrs. Lovitt: There'll pleanty of flavors...Lots of gentlemen will be coming in for a shave...
Sweeny: How I lived with out you all these years...I will never know! How delectable, also undectable, How sweet, how rare...
Mrs. Lovitt: Won't they think of all...them...PIES!

Sweeny: For what's the sound of the world out there?
Mrs. Lovitt: Oh, Mr. Todd, ohh, Mr. Todd what does it tell?
Sweeny: Those CRUNCHING noises pervading the air!!!
Mrs. Lovitt: And Mr. Todd, too Mr. Todd, who gets to sell?
Sweeny/Mrs. Lovitt: And those above will serve those down below...And everyone goes down well with beer!

mjmel · « **Reply #21 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:31:26 pm »

Well, lets see......no particlular artist for dancing around the house........I just tune in (via internet) to cajun music out of local radio stations in Lafayette, LA.......but the dogs get really worked up and start biting at my pant legs which makes it even more fun.
Also Vince Gill and love to listen to Dead Can Dance now and again.

Boo wrote: "The Carpenters? You can drop any pretense of being cool immediately. You might as well have said Pat Boone..."
Very Funny Dish!

ademas · « **Reply #22 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:37:38 pm »

mjmel · « **Reply #23 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:44:48 pm »

ademas, a stomach hurtin, knee slappin fit of laughter. I laughed till I cried!

It's why I keep coming back to this forum. You just never know where it'll pop up.

bear60 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 13, 2007, 01:46:07 pm »

The Beach Boys!!!
modified to add: Benj is really an 80 year old who puts his teeth in a glass every night and watches Lawrence Welk

Boo Radley · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:05:31 pm »

Quote from: ademas on February 13, 2007, 01:37:38 pm

Oh, how I wish I'd remembered to get my late mother's copy of Mrs. Miller's hits when we were going through her possessions (my mother's possessions, not Mrs. Miller's).

Jeromy,

TODD: (spoken) These are desperate times,
Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!
LOVETT: Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!
TODD: What is that?

LOVETT:
It's priest. Have a little priest.
TODD:
Is it really good?
LOVETT:
Sir, it's too good, at least!
Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh,
So it's pretty fresh.
TODD:
Awful lot of fat.
LOVETT:
Only where it sat.
TODD:
Haven't you got poet, or something like that?
LOVETT:
No, y'see, the trouble with poet is
'Ow do you know it's deceased?
Try the priest!

TODD: (spoken) Heavenly!
Not as hearty as bishop, perhaps,
but then again, not as bland as curate, either!

LOVETT:
And good for business, too -- always leaves you wantin' more!
Trouble is, we only get it on Sundays!

Lawyer's rather nice.
TODD:
If it's for a price.
LOVETT:
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
TODD:
Anything that's lean.
LOVETT:
Well, then, if you're British and loyal,
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it's clean.
Though of course, it tastes of wherever it's been!
TODD:
Is that squire,
On the fire?
LOVETT:
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You'll notice it's grocer!
TODD:
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
LOVETT:
No, it has to be grocer --
It's green!

Angela Lansbury is one of the most amazing actors ever. Just watching the Manchurian Candidate should convince anyone!!

Boo

aupointillimite · « **Reply #26 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:29:21 pm »

Quote from: bear60 on February 13, 2007, 01:46:07 pm

The Beach Boys!!!
modified to add: Benj is really an 80 year old who puts his teeth in a glass every night and watches Lawrence Welk

Damn! You caught me!

GSOgymrat · « **Reply #27 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:33:00 pm »

In my book ABBA, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and The Beach Boys are nothing to feel guilty over. Now excuse me while I find my a-ha CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C1fjfSysaI

pozguy75 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:33:58 pm »

Boo,

Nothings gonna harm you, not while I'm around, nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around! Demons are prowling, every where, nowadays...nothings gonna harm you...not while I'm around!

Not to worry, not to worry, I may not be smart, but I aint dumb! Being close and being clever, aint like being true, I won't need to, I won't never, hide a thing from you...like some! Nothings gonna harm you, not while I'm around, nothing's gonna harm you...not to worry mum!

pozguy75 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:34:49 pm »

Quote from: GSOgymrat on February 13, 2007, 02:33:00 pm

In my book ABBA, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and The Beach Boys are nothing to feel guilty over. Now excuse me while I find my a-ha CD.

I just found my Whitesnake TAPE!!! Anyone have a cassette player??

pozguy75 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:46:36 pm »

Quote from: GSOgymrat on February 13, 2007, 02:33:00 pm

In my book ABBA, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and The Beach Boys are nothing to feel guilty over. Now excuse me while I find my a-ha CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C1fjfSysaI

OH MY GOD...that HAIR!! What ever were we thinking??? I LOVE THIS!!

Boo Radley · « **Reply #31 on:** February 13, 2007, 02:55:45 pm »

Quote from: pozguy75 on February 13, 2007, 02:33:58 pm

Boo,

Nothings gonna harm you, not while I'm around, nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around! Demons are prowling, every where, nowadays...nothings gonna harm you...not while I'm around!

Not to worry, not to worry, I may not be smart, but I aint dumb! Being close and being clever, aint like being true, I won't need to, I won't never, hide a thing from you...like some! Nothings gonna harm you, not while I'm around, nothing's gonna harm you...not to worry mum!

Do you promise? Yumm!!

"City on fire!! City on fire!!
Lunatics yelling at the wind!
It's the end of the world!
City on fire!"

Boo

pozguy75 · « **Reply #32 on:** February 13, 2007, 03:01:08 pm »

A little Lorretta and Dolly for your pleasure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tccCq4cImJU

Okay it's bad Brittish drag but it works!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWhcN-ejir8

bear60 · « **Reply #33 on:** February 13, 2007, 03:10:15 pm »

pozniceguy · « **Reply #34 on:** February 13, 2007, 05:40:22 pm »

I really enjoy most of the country and western songs...not so much the "new" hard rock types but the "classics like Dolly, Waylon , Willie, and the boys....also high on the listen list is Tina Turner.....wow what a singer and a great tour show...ABBA can be good for a short while..great for falling asleep after a long day.....

I miss my 8track player and my "new cassettes" I have transfered or bought new versions of my favorites to a CD......haven't progressed to MP3 player yet...what happened to Anne Murray?

Boo Radley · « **Reply #35 on:** February 13, 2007, 06:01:54 pm »

Quote from: pozniceguy on February 13, 2007, 05:40:22 pm

...ABBA can be good for a short while..great for falling asleep after a long day.....

Falling asleep to ABBA? How could you?

Quote

I miss my 8track player and my "new cassettes" I have transfered or bought new versions of my favorites to a CD......haven't progressed to MP3 player yet...what happened to Anne Murray?

My 1994 Nissan pickup has a cassette player so I grabbed my ghetto blaster and recorded several tapes from CDs. I'd forgotten what a pain in the arse tapes are. Luckily my parents were too cheap to buy an 8 track player or, for that matter, BetaMax or VHS players, a CD player, and certainly never a DVD player, so my major music investment was LPs and cassette tapes. My first CD player was 1996 so I held out a long time.

But I digress off-topic... excuse me.

Boo

whizzer · « **Reply #36 on:** February 13, 2007, 07:53:02 pm »

I"ll come again when you have judge on the menu.

pozguy75 · « **Reply #37 on:** February 13, 2007, 08:13:06 pm »

NICKY
Well, okay, but just so you know --

(sung)

If you were gay
that'd be okay.
I mean 'cause, hey,
I'd like you anyway.

Because you see,
if it were me,
I would feel free
to say that I was gay
but I'm not gay.

ROD
Nicky, please! I am trying to read...
What?!

NICKY
If you were queer
I'd still be here,
year after year
because you're dear
to me.
And I know that you
would accept me too,
if I told you today
"Hey! Guess what,
I'm gay!"
But I'm not gay.

I'm happy
just being with you.
So what should it
matter to me
what you do in bed
with guys?

ROD
Nicky, that's GROSS!

NICKY
No, it's not!
If you were gay
I'd shout hooray!
And here I'd stay,
But I wouldn't get
in your way.
You can count on me
to always be
beside you every day,
to tell you it's okay,
you were just born
that way,
and, as they say,
it's in your DNA,
you're gay!

ROD
But I'm not gay!

NICKY
If you WERE gay.

ROD
Argh!

020501 · « **Reply #38 on:** February 13, 2007, 10:05:52 pm »

i stumbled across a box full of old cds in the garage last weekend, flipped through them and pulled out all the Hootie and the Blowfish. i should've stopped after one listen, but no... now they're on the ipod.

et in arcadia ego · « **Reply #39 on:** February 14, 2007, 02:45:46 am »

Quote from: aupointillimite on February 13, 2007, 01:00:43 pm

I love the Anthology of American Folk Music!

The old, weird America!

"First night that I got home
drunk as I could be
There's another mule in the stable
Where my mule oughta be.

Hadn't thought about this one in years. Thanks for the smile! I needed it tonight.

Mike

Queen Tokelove · « **Reply #40 on:** February 14, 2007, 05:22:05 am »

Someone mentioned Pat Benatar...I loved "Love is a Battlefield"....Since no one is gonna mention it, I will..I loved Duran Duran especially Simon Le Bon....Hungry like the Wolf.....Whatever happened to Swing Out Sister? I also liked Boy George w/ and w/o Culture Club.. I have been trying to find that one song by Boy called Don't take my mind on a trip...

carousel · « **Reply #41 on:** February 14, 2007, 05:37:42 am »

Queen Tokelove · « **Reply #42 on:** February 15, 2007, 03:46:14 am »

Quote from: carousel on February 14, 2007, 05:37:42 am

If I was them, swinging from a rafter. They would have to be pretty shameless to show their faces in public again, after that assault on pop music.

Can I buy a clue. I'm sure this incident happened awhile ago, but what happened? And whatever happened to Lisa Stansfield?

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