CONFESS!!! CONFESS YOUR MUSICAL GUILTY PLEASURE!!!!

[Taverner]

For me it's Neil Diamond and Neil Sedaka....

[taterguy]

1. KC and the Sunshine band

or maybe Van Halen

[Phillycat]

2. Bon Jovi

Mmmm....I love me some Jovi. :)

[borlis]

116. Bon Jovi is never a guilty pleasure....

Just a pleasure.......;)

[Phillycat]

125. You're right about that.

Last year at Live 8, he performed wearing the tightest red leather pants you've ever seen...I'll tell you, he still has an amazing body for an old guy. :evilgrin:

[asthmaticeog]

3. Pleasure is never guilty.

:freak:

On edit: misspelled "guilty" - Freudian slip?

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. '80's electro-pop...

stuff like Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Tears For Fears, OMD, etc.

[XNASA]

5. Late 50's, early 60's C&W.

[idgiehkt]

6. Electric Light Orchestra

particularly the soundtrack to "Xanadu".

[LynneSin]

7. Barry Manilow and the Spice Girls

Not necessarily together though

[Phillycat]

8. ...although I really wouldn't mind hearing that...

[LaraMN]

9. Blondie.

JackMN likes it, too.

[tishaLA]

65. no shame in loving Blondie

Debbie is the shit.

[arwalden]

10. Erasure, Pet Shop Boys, Army Of Lovers, Level 42, Depeche Mode, New Order,

and Abba.

[Iniquitous Bunny]

63. Don't feel guilty.

I love that stuff. :thumbsup:

[elshiva]

94. Totally agree. Those are some good groups.

[patcox2]

11. Abba

And Blondie, and The Raspberries and Badfinger and all power pop from the 70s.

And disco. I hated it then, hated it, but the fact is, Donna Summer was great.

[mvd]

96. I always see Abba on these threads and wonder why

IMO they are masters of the pop hook.. one of my faves. Yet, I don't feel guilty as often as many at DU.

[eyesroll]

12. I had a "who was Queensryche's biggest fan in 1991" contest last night

with a new friend.

(She won, but only because she's from Seattle.)

[Initech]

42. The 'Ryche is back, man!

Buy Operation:Mindcrime II, it fucking ROCKS!!

[johnnie]

13. Not to be a stick in the mud

But I was never shy about what I liked to listen to. So I guess that I have none. If my friends didn't like what I put on, I would just tell them to fuck off..lol.

[donheld]

123. You are exactly right!

I claim no guilty pleasures. If I like it I like it. If others don't agree they can listen to something else.

[tjwmason]

14. The Eurovision Song Contest.

It's an annual celebration of all that's bad about pop music - and I love every single moment of it. :bounce:

http://www.eurovision.tv/english/index.htm

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

68. Me too ...

I loved every corny part of it LOL.

[RubyDuby in GA]

15. Ace of Bass

Please do not mock me.

[ironflange]

16. Bobby Vinton

Strange thing is, I otherwise prefer heavy-duty classical stuff.

[terrya]

17. Lesley Gore

There, I said it. :-)

I grew up listening to her songs and liked them very much. The sugariest of pop. But, well....hey, I liked it.

Apparently, she just put out a cd a year ago.

[medeak]

62. she's incredible

met her years ago...terrific writer and her brother is even better...have no guilt at all.

they both have moved on to be forces in the music arena behind the curtains.

[mvd]

97. Wow - a year ago?

I'll have to check that out. Love Lesley.

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. sorry, double post. me bad.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. I love classical.

If I were going to be locked up with myself and could pick one thing to listen to, it would be classical.

[BlueJazz]

61. I love it when you talk like that.

[LouisianaLiberal]

73. Classical for me too...twentieth century mostly

but I had a bit of a crush on Karen Carpenter in the eighth grade, and I still love to hear her sing.

[dannofoot]

20. Haysi Fantayzee

"Shiny Shiny," "Holy Joe," etc. Go 'em all on my Zen, and listen to them while working here at the Symphony.

[HughBeaumont]

132. Hee hee, I have 2 mp3's of them

Thought I was the only one who remembered this weird-ass duo from the MTV Golden Years .. .

[HughBeaumont]

133. Dupe

Delete

[Courtesy Flush]

21. The Monkees n/t

[Gato Moteado]

26. the monkees rock!

nothing to feel guilty about.

[Radio_Guy]

22. Piano instrumentals

"Music Box Dancer" for example helps me unwind at the end of the day.

[Mutley]

23. That song Barbie Girl by Aqua.

Cracks me up! :rofl:

[huskerlaw]

34. I'm a Barbie girl...

in a Barbie woooooorld. Life is plastic, it's fantastic! You can brush my hair, undress me anywheeeeeere...

Ok, so yes, I love this song too. ;)

[Mutley]

48. Woohoo!

I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one, I'm not the only one. :D

[Ariana Celeste]

36. I'm with ya on that

First time I heard it, my little sister was playing it and singing along, I thought to myself... what the hell is this crap. Then I read the lyrics! Cracks me up, too.
Now the rest of the album, I can do without. :P

[Mutley]

50. I've never even heard the rest of the album.

I just saw that video one day, and I fell out of my chair. What an earworm!

[elshiva]

24. Abba

[Left Is Write]

25. I do not feel guilty for anything I listen to. Period.

[Initech]

44. Ditto.

I listen to anything and everything. I dont feel this thing called a "guilty pleasure".

[Throd]

27. Duran Duran

I normally listen to hardcore punk and thrash metal

[Catch22Dem]

32. I have no guilt about digging Duran Duran

I loved them back in the day. I recently caught some live show on TV and was blown away. I thought they did great!

[Guava Jelly]

28. Avril laviegne and Barry Manilow

:)

[stlsaxman]

29. Van Der Graaf Generator

"H to He Who Am The Only One"

and "Pawn Hearts"

It's a guilty pleasure because everyone I know HATES it when I put them on...


but, oh- they fuckin' rock!

[LaurenG]

30. Nearly all of the above + some of the backstreet boys and insync

stuff.

[Catch22Dem]

31. George Michael (n/t)

[Iniquitous Bunny]

33. I teared up listening to Dan Fogelberg today.

That's a bit cheesy. :shrug:

[Hissyspit]

39. "...the snow turned into ... rain."

:P

[Iniquitous Bunny]

54. .

That one can get me, but this time it was:

"The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through
My instrument
And his song is in my soul"

:cry:

[Hissyspit]

60. I figured that was what you were talking about.

[leftyladyfrommo]

80. Heavy, man,. heavy.

[6000eliot]

35. I like both. Plus The Carpenters

and sunshine pop. I don't feel in the lest bit guilty.

[Southsideirish]

56. I love Karen Carpenter's "clear as a bell" voice. nt

[LostinVA]

99. Karen Carpenter was one of the best female singers EVER -- no shame

[Sanity Claws]

37. Disco

It's got a great beat. I put it in on when I'm cleaning the house and want to move real fast.

[Ediacara]

67. Me too

Everything about disco I hate, but the music's pretty good.

[flvegan]

38. I love Poison, Avril and Alanis.

And I don't care who knows it.

[Mutley]

58. I like Alanis.

:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

40. I'm listening to Nick Lachey right now

:blush:

[bedpanartist]

41. fly a little snowbird

Anne Murray

[Initech]

43. Coming from someone who's more into prog/metal, I say reggae.

Progressive rock / metal dominates my CD collection but I've been buying reggae albums left and right lately!

[iconoclastic cat]

45. Mother Love Bone.

So I
I made proclamation
to control my masturbation, baby
I'm Captain Hi-top, the Love Commander.

[sakabatou]

46. Ace of Base...

[Ava]

52. i use to love Ace of Base

[Lady Effingbroke]

47. At the present moment, "Layin' It On The Line" by Starship,

simply for the drums in the chorus and solo!

(I despise "We Built This City", however). :puke:

[wyldwolf]

49. GREAT Song!

Mickey Thomas rocks!

[Ava]

51. some of Kelly Clarkson's stuff

i can't stand that i actually like some of her music!

[Iniquitous Bunny]

55. Because of You did it to me when I first heard it.

(Did I just admit that? ) :hide:

[Ava]

59. i don't like that one

but i do like the new one and i liked the hazel eyes one.

[mvd]

81. Don't worry about that one

I love Kelly and am not ashamed - it's just good pop. "Because Of You" is no standard Idol ballad - it's a fave of mine. Lisa Tucker gets credit for trying it.

[madrchsod]

102. Charlotte Church is much better

than Kelly. Charlotte can actually sing....

[mvd]

122. I like Kelly a lot more..

Plus, I'm not a big fan of Charlotte's operatic soprano style.

[Lucy - Claire]

126. I love Charlotte Church's's new stuff....

She has made a very smooth transition from child opera to pop music...I love Crazy Chick and Say My Name....

[mvd]

139. Yeah, she's gotten better

Still not the type of thing I'd buy, whereas Kelly is.

[wyldwolf]

53. If I must confess...

... one guilty pleasure is 80s electric funk. Teena Marie, Egyptian Lover, Midnight Star.
... but my guiltiest pleasure is....

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[Broken_Hero]

57. techno music...*cries*

I'm a major metal fan, i got fear factor, lamb of god, a bunch of metal, and a lot of other various genre's...but the one, that usually gets people scratching their head, is when they find, Aqua, Gina G, and other techno cds in my collection...so, techno is my guilty music pleasure...*cries*...:)

[Castilleja]

70. that doesn't seem so weird to me, because

My daughter and I both listen to metal and we once heard a couple of techno songs on the radio, got all excited thinking someone had started a new station with techno on it, you know, something different. (We have mainly Tejano and Country and 1 whole "rock" station)

Turns out it was just a song or two, but we decided that if we won a big lotto, we would start a radio station for the metal heads here, and it would have a techno hour. Maybe it goes together...somehow? Then again, we might have had too much sun that day. :D

[lildreamer316]

89. It does go together.

My husband is a dj of 16 years and a music major. We spend hours upon hours analyzing what music is related to which. really good techno pulls from everywhere;and is often structured sonically like rock songs. What is REALLY cool is that I have TONS of tech remixes of rock/metal songs; and there is a new trend in tech/dance to use guitar riffs to give energy to an otherwise "girly pop" sound.
We're all about this stuff.
To clarify; he's a topless club dj (you have to know EVERYTHING to be that; and he is NOT the cheesy kind; I promise)and spins tech (Technics Grand Masters).

[lildreamer316]

90. According to most ppl on this board....

Nickleback is my horrible guilty pleasure. I get irritated; because no one seems to give this new album the kudos it deserves; or likes the obvious homage they pay to past metal and rock greats. It's a work of genius and I seem to be ridiculed for thinking it as such.

Other than that; I like almost everything; My hubby is a DJ My library goes on forever. Jazz; Musicals; Classical; New Age; 60s; 70s; 80; (pop, new wave,rap, r&b and rock); 90s;(all) a decent amount of the metal and rock and some of the pop from 2000+. oh; and I like country too! But mostly the "new" (late 80s and up) stuff. We are HUGE tech heads.

Favorite embarrasing song picks:

Treat 'em Right--Chubb Rock
The Prisioner--Howard Jones
I Don't Care--Shakespeare's Sister
Bad is Bad--Huey Lewis
When We Kiss--Bardeux

I could go on for hours; and ususally do.

[mvd]

91. I also love a big range of music

Not big on metal, hip/hop, or pure techno, but I like most else from pop to classical. I don't agree on the Nickelback album, but respect your opinion!

[Twillig]

64. Hanson

and it's not a guilty pleasure, You're guilty for not admitting it.

[Jade Fox]

69. Loved mmmmmbop....

[tishaLA]

66. Streisand

at least her stuff until ~1974. Then she started doing "rock" and that MOR crap, at least until she did The Broadway Album.

She could sing like nobody's business.

[BlueIris]

71. I have almost all of those "Now" CDs. Shut up.

Just...seriously. Look at the rest of this list before you judge.

[reyd reid reed]

72. Y'know what?

I don't have any.

I like what I like and I like all different kinds of music and I don't feel at all guilty about it.

My music, my choice.

No guilt.

[Strangefire]

74. Meat Loaf, how I love ye. (nt)

[enigmatic]

75. "Toy Soldiers"- Martika

I know, I know; I'm a weirdo...

[ghostsofgiants]

76. I would probably be shunned at punk/hardcore shows for it...

But I dig Fall Out Boy. Mind you I'd punch Pete Wentz in the throat just to get that smug grin off his face. Don't think I'd call them a guilty pleasure, though.

[Maestro]

103. No, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! primate1

:rofl: Just kidding man I like dance/techno/EBM/breakbeats. Stuff like DJ Icey, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, New Order etc...along with my As I Lay Dying, Between the Buried and Me, Darkest Hour, DevilDriver. Being eclectic is not bad. If you are into punk, I'm sure have listend to Anti Flag, right?

[mykpart]

77. Kenny G, Barry Manilow

and Harry Conick Jr.

[njdemocrat106]

78. My guiltiest musical pleasure: watching American Idol

I don't own any CDs that have been relased by Idol contestants, but I'm hooked on the show.

Other musical guilty pleasures:
Styx, REO Speedwagon, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson

[Blue_Tires]

79. Elton John

and anyone that knows me knows that is the kind of thing i could never ever admit irl

[NNadir]

82. Michael McDonald

[mvd]

83. I really don't have many

I have to have a really good reason for a pleasure to be guilty. I guess Brie Larson counts because she's so teen pop, but then she suprisingly can appeal to a wide audience. Stella Soleil can't sing very well, but she's fun, so she counts. SOME Phil Collins music would qualify. Also The Click Five - their music is cheesy catchiness, but hard to resist. And some of those country novelty songs.

[KitchenWitch]

84. Neil Diamond here too!

[mvd]

85. I'm proud to like him and others here

Hi, KW! :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

87. Hi mvd!

How are you these days?

:hi:

[mvd]

88. I'm good, but kind of busy

I don't even expect to be posting after the American Idol finale. BTW, some would consider AI a guilty pleasure. :-)

How are you?

[leftofthedial]

86. I'm busted.

I like to listen to music while committing crimes.

[magellan]

92. Michael Crawford

And a Japanese group from the 80s called Off Course....

[mvd]

93. Another young pop singer

Cheyenne Kimball sounds quite good.. the record companies are finding young talent instead of giving us more Ashlee Simpsons in the making. Not sure she's a guilty pleasure yet, because LeAnn Rimes was making great country at 14! And Sonya Kitchell sounds as mature as someone twice her age.

[mvd]

98. But one thing

I'm going to listen more before buying the Cheyenne Kimball.. I only heard 2 songs. I'm not making the same mistake I did with Emma Roberts, who has no appeal outside her age group. I doubt Cheyenne is that way, but I'm making sure.

[elshiva]

95. Anthony Newley.

[LostinVA]

100. Madonna's "Evita" soundtrack and Bo Bice

[madrchsod]

101. abba and evita

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

104. Sean Paul

I typically do not like rap/hip-hop type music, but I like his songs for some reason.

[General Zod]

105. 70's & 80' s Arena Rock......

.......you know, the usual suspects: REO Speedwagon, Boston, Styx, Meatloaf.

From the 80's: Night Ranger, Quiet Riot, Loverboy.....you get the picture.

Oh, I'm also a huge Pet Shop Boys fan. Go figure.

[hyphenate]

106. It's a bit sad

Though.

Hank Williams and Jim Reeves. I've never been into too much modern C&W (sorry, but I call it "twang" music), but the oldies were different for some reason. I don't mind some crossover pop, though, but I tend to listen to either pop or classical. (What a combination, huh?)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

107. kylie minogue

the 'fever' album

[Lucy - Claire]

127. I love Kylie too

n/t..

[w8liftinglady]

108. I am a huge Weezer fan...have all their albums

[MassLiberal]

109. The Carpenters and Bread

:yoiks:

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

110. Solar Radio

:blush:

[Marshall McClueless]

111. Dude! Another SR nut!

How cool is that?

Man, I was listening to the Shimmer and Stars EP from '81 yesterday - how the hell did they manage to avoid fame?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

112. Sometimes things fly over the heads of the masses

It's better for us in the know. Y'know?

[Marshall McClueless]

114. I know.

Check out War Make War live at the Basel Totentanz on the ill-fated '84 tour - it's up on youtube.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

117. ahhite

[Beware the Beast Man]

115. The Camera Obscura LP pretty much did them in,

from an artistic standpoint.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

118. that may be so

or not

[Akoto]

113. E Nomine.

I never understand what they're singing about, but something in the rhythm mesmerizes me. :) Especially "Das Omen," which I just happened to hear in someone's homemade music video.

[deadparrot]

119. Josh Groban and other popera.

:blush:

[kineneb]

120. early 60s instrumental surf music.

Pipeline
Wipe Out
Walk Don't Run

[Opening_Day]

121. Masters of War!

Bob Dylan

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[Burma Jones]

124. Neil Diamond, ELP, and one Rick Wakeman album

Journey to the Center of the Earth......

Loving You by Minnie Ripperton and a lot of other 70s pop dreck (see the Have a Nice Day series from Rhino) is also something I do not gladly acknowledge as favorites....

[noonwitch]

128. John Denver

It makes me think of the trip I took to Young Life camp in 1981.

[bridgit]

129. Scritti Politti...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scritti_Politti

[leeroysphitz]

130. Ugh.... Here goes.

OMD "Pacific Age"

Adam Ant "Friend or Foe"

Edie Brickell "Ghost Of A Dog"

[HughBeaumont]

134. FRIEND OR FOE is AWESOME!

Be PROUD of your Antiness. I'm a slobbering AATA fan myself despite my love for groups like Napalm Death, Cephalic Carnage and Sleep. It's nothing to be ashamed of!

[long_green]

137. The best AATA album is Kings of The Wild Frontier

"Dog Eat Dog" is a great song, period. "The Human Beings" is ludicrous, but fun (BlackfootpawneecheyenneCROW!Apachearapaho).

[warrens]

131. Mud and Sweet

And every other lightweight thing Chin-Chapman created.

[HughBeaumont]

135. Ain't no shame in my game, T.

I likes what I likes and that will be all.








Really.











OK FINE! I LIKE THE NEW KELLY CLARKSON SONG, BUT THAT'S MORE FOR HER THAN THE SONG, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A PASTICHE OF OLD JANET JACKSON!!!

[martymar64]

136. Uriah Heep and Blue Oyster Cult

Don't fear the Reaper, baby!

[long_green]

138. "Fantasy," by Aldo Nova

I can't turn the car radio up loud enough for that song.

[Placebo]

140. Missy Elliot!

I love her so much. And if any of my friends found out I liked a rap star they'd disown me! :P

[sarge43]

141. Bubblegum Music

Yes I know. I'm going to rot in hell.