Guilty Pleasures

no guru · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:41 am

PopTodd Wrote:

listening to my own album is a bit like masturbating... there is some guilt, but it still feels good.

There's a quote for review blurbs. I'll call Spin.

Mick · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:44 am

I only listen to good music.

Timis · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:12 pm

dashboard confessional
my chemical romance (first record)

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

frosted Wrote:

Polka, I think very few of us actually spending time worrying about that. "Guilty Pleasure" is a catch-all phrase. For some it means music you know is dumb but you like it anyway. For others it means other music that those who agree with what you usually like would laugh at you for liking.

Anyone who actually worries about it probably worries about a hell of a lot of other stuff, too.

the person who started this thread was talking about it. therefore that is why I said that.

"which aren't exactly very hip or indie."

I just don't think it should matter, is all.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:15 pm

Okay, how about this -- artists that I am mostly to receive crap about from my friends for liking:

Vitamin C
Pink
Kylie Minogue
T.A.T.U.
...and, as much as I hate her, I even have one or two Madonna albums. And no, I won't even pretend it's because I DJ -- I have two of her more cool collaborators -- the one with William Orbit, and the one before that. I even like the most recent one.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:42 pm

wow this is a great thread about how open all of your minds are to shitty music

splates · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:46 pm

you like Okkervill River

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:47 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

wow this is a great thread about how open all of your minds are to shitty music

If you don't take chances, you stay "safe".

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:48 pm

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

Leon · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:16 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

exactly

harry · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:16 pm

In the spirit of the intent of the thread... and matching a discussion a while back

AC/DC

played very loud(ly)

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Erasure - I like about half of their catalogue. I can't stand most of their first album though.

Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time," "Slave 4 U," and "Toxic" are good pop singles.

Madonna - "Holiday," "Material Girl," "Like a Prayer," "Erotica," "Ray of Light," "Beautiful Stranger," "Hung Up," just a lot of cool timeless singles.

Tears for Fears - I pretty much like everything they've done (except for maybe half of RATKOS). I even like Roland's solo album. Never got into Curt's solo related stuff (Mayfield, etc.)

t.A.T.u. - I'm not really into them in a big way but I do really like the song "Friend or Foe" from the new album. And they got Sting to play bass too.

bluejayway · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:11 pm

Borg166 Wrote:

Let's just say I own a lot of Ronan Keating albums.

<---- points, laughs

I lived in Dublin when he got all famous and stuff and every time he blinked it was front page news.

I have more than one INXS album, more than one Sisters of Mercy album, and that one Spin Doctors album myself ...

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:28 pm

Pyromania still gets REGULAR play from me. Quite possibly the album I've heard the most times through in my life. I may go 7 or 8 months without hearing it, but it always comes back up.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:33 pm

harry Wrote:

In the spirit of the intent of the thread... and matching a discussion a while back

AC/DC

played very loud(ly)

Bring over some budweiser reds and it's on.

I regularly play "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" albums.

Then again I'm unapologetically a fan.............and I like to drink heavily.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:35 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

harry Wrote:

In the spirit of the intent of the thread... and matching a discussion a while back

AC/DC

played very loud(ly)

Bring over some budweiser reds and it's on.

I regularly play "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" albums.

Then again I'm unapologetically a fan.............and I like to drink heavily.

You seem like a good..no, great man.

Those three albums and a bunch of beer are just about the best combo ever.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:03 am

DumpJack Wrote:

Rick Derris Wrote:

harry Wrote:

In the spirit of the intent of the thread... and matching a discussion a while back

AC/DC

played very loud(ly)

Bring over some budweiser reds and it's on.

I regularly play "Back in Black", "Highway to Hell", and "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" albums.

Then again I'm unapologetically a fan.............and I like to drink heavily.

You seem like a good..no, great man.

Those three albums and a bunch of beer are just about the best combo ever.

Derris will get as JAIL as you wanna get. To me the Bells on Hells Bells have nothing to do with Trevor Hoffman, and everything to do with closing The Roadhouse.

"Shoot to Thrill" is another personal anthem

My guilty pleasures are more movies like 10 Things I Hate About You, Drive Me Crazy, and the until-recently-overlooked Mean Girls.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

in that vein, i heard some carrie underwood songs in my sister's car over the holidays and thought one or two were alright. and i am ashamed to say that, so i am guilty.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:12 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

(shrug) Don't really care what you believe. Or anyone else that wants to "call bullshit" (so: nothing personal). Feel free to ask around at RaveRecs -- I am truly shameless. Or ask Davey or Snowbunny or Tentoze or Ex-Lion Tamer or anyone else that came from over there...

hot. wax. · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:04 pm **Posts:** 251

Kylie Minogue;
Green Day (the newest album, especially)

Everything else I listen to is indie as fuck.

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:09 pm

shiv Wrote:

i like that one fallout boy song but haven't heard anything else by them.

Idiotjed · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:59 pm

Right now, The Veronicas.

Girl (twin sisters!) power pop-ish band from Australia. Some say it sounds alot like Avril Lavigne but I would compare them to Nina Gordon.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

i dunno, that bright eyes album was in my top 20.

neuroboy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:29 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

once again mr. law school succinctly states exactly what i'm thinking and saves me the effort. . . :wink:

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:02 pm

neuroboy Wrote:

HaqDiesel Wrote:

i'm just saying nobody believes that you're so secure. they're guilty pleasures - just answer the question and stop trying to convince people you don't care what anyone thinks.

once again mr. law school succinctly states exactly what i'm thinking and saves me the effort. . . :wink:

That's why lawyers will always win

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