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Remember that car commercial where that guy is driving with his buddy who catches him with the "Play: Micheal Bolton"?


This post is inspired by the "indy rock gods" thread posted a couple days ago... I bring you the flip side.  Which is the single most indefensible, indy-rock-cred shattering musical guilty pleasure that you have?

NON-IRONICALLY.  And I am not talking stuff that could be considered vaguely retro nostalgia cool, like Def Leppard, or Loverboy, or Pat Benatar (what?  yes, speak up, I am old).    Not even "Bad" by MJ, which has some (albeit little) coolness factor, or Manowar or Gwar or something intentional/unintentionally funny.

I am talking the pop music equivalent of Air Bud 2: Golden Receiver.  And you have to really like the song too... as in put it on a mix CD and sign aloud in the car on the way to work like I did this morning (alone of course).

Since I know that it's going to come up, I am not sure if Disco counts.  It might count depending on your age bracket.  If I asked this ~10-15 years ago, Disco would definitly be in the "super lame" category, but I think it's been given new respect in the Millennium.


Oh, and I have a *great* one.  So great that I am going to make you wait for it.   I will post my bombshell after I get 25 (for Barry!) from you dudes.  Not that I have any indy rock cred... but still

EDIT: I forgot the best part... I am sure that such an outpouring of embarassment will be awesome karma for the Giants going forward in 2009.  So if you don't pony up, you hate the Giants!!!

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This is too easy.

I love, love, LOVE .38 Special. I always have, and I am completely unashamed of this fact. Just listen to “Hold On Loosely” and try telling me that’s not a great hook and a killer riff. Southern Fried Rock 4 teh win!

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 9:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

great band. great songs.

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2009 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it is a great song.

In fact too great. Disqual’d by the “def leppard” clause.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ooh

Def Lep – definitely a guilty pleasure for me.

Really, I have excellent taste. Damn this thread!

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oops

Didn’t see the def leppard clause. I had no idea that they were retro cool. Sweet!

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Listen to the hook from "Hold on Loosely"

And then go back in time two years and listen to the same hook in “Midnight Rendezvous.”

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Late...

Just got back from vacation. Looks like I missed all of the fun with the Hallady/Rios post etc.

Outlaws. That is all. May fall under the Def Leppard rule.

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by nvsfg on Jul 19, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Green Grass and High Tides

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by nvsfg on Jul 19, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Guitar Army!

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 19, 2009 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do like that song.

by FreshStart on Jul 19, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Early Jimmy Buffett – he carried a KILLER steel player with him in the early reefer band
Genesis – phil collins is a genius on drums neal peart can’t carry phil’s stix
Journey – Infinity will always rock

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

corresponding songs, now that I’ve read the thread:

a pirate looks at 40
abacab
wheel in the sky

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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

meh

not really reprehensible enough, although Genesis is pretty crappy. Journey is clearly “Def Leppard Clause”

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prog Genesis = good
Pop Genesis = guilty pleasure

IMO.

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

+1

Invisible Touch = guilty pleasure
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway = good

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i see abacab as existing in the liminal space between GUILTY PLEASURE and GOOD
i mean, it’s hooky pop, but also pretty prog’d out
that record is kinda all over the place…

duke is a similar conundrum but way harder to take seriously than abacab, at least in retrospect

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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Piss on you.

Home By The Sea (NOT the instrumental) does a few things right…one of them being telling a good ghost story.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m also a fan of Genesis & Journey

by Jakespaar on Jul 17, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you clearly haven’t listened to enough jimmy buffett

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by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Yes" to Early Buffett

“Living and Dying in 3/4 Time” is still one of my all-time favorite albums. I don’t feel guilty one little bit. Is that wrong?

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by tobias on Jul 15, 2009 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really liked Jason Mraz about eight years ago. I really liked A Rush of Blood to the Head. I still like Reel Big Fish and quite a bit of the mid-90s ska. I’m not so much guilty as at a loss to explain.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I loved when Mraz was on SNL this past season and lip-synched twice, followed by host Steve Martin completely out-performing Mraz at the end of the show with his bluegrass band. Martin may not have the golden pipes but his mic was on, and the song was much more entertaining than Mraz’s canned Jack Johnson impersonation.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He’s a horrendous hack now. He had a regular coffee house gig near my house when I was in college, and my indie friends and I loved him and thought he was going to become a huge sensation. he became a huge sensation, but being a horrendous hack.

Incidentally, i wrote a feature article on him for my college paper, the first press he ever had.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So that means you really are a “lyricalkiller!”

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reel Big Fish is good, minus this last album about free monkeys and Cheer Up depending on your mood.

But Turn the Radio Off, Why Do They Rock So Hard, and We’re Not Happy Till You’re Not Happy are all awesome records. No shame there.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Turn The Radio Off is my favorite album,

but what do I know, I’m just a college radio DJ. haha

by jwizzle241 on Jul 17, 2009 5:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We’re Not Happy Till You’re Not Happy is my favorite RBF album.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 17, 2009 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ska

I used to love that stuff when I has in high school.

I saw Reel Big Fish play probably about 7 times between 94-96. I never loved them, and never really went to see them specifically, but they played alot supporting groups that I did love like The Aquabats, The Skeletones, Nuckle Brothers, etc.

These days, I find very little of the ska that I used to listen to enjoyable, but I sure did love that stuff back then.

by sunnyd100 on Jul 18, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You grow , you change...

…into something that gets shot down by the military. I liked Styx as a teenager…when I was 25 or so I brought home Crystal Ball but couldn’t get through a single playing…where was the bass?

I also used to own – more recently – Dan Fogelberg’s Phoenix…however , it is one of the few records I’ve actually taken to a thrift store. But I still like “Leader Of The Band” and “Auld Lang Syne”.

And The Toy Dolls , go figure.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 18, 2009 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I loved The Toy Dolls when I was college. I think I saw on line recently that they were still playing/doing concerts.

Then again I also listened to The Polecats, The Uptones, and WireTrain. Thank-you 415 Records.

by Merope on Jul 18, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Styx. They make me smile.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 19, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Toy Dolls still rule

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by zenbitz on Jul 19, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Recently I would have to say it’s Lady Gaga – Just Dance

Other older ones:
Madonna – Cherish
4 Non Blondes – What’s Up
Huey Lewis – If This is It
Concrete Blonde – Joey

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I

GREAT SONG!!!

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Formatting fail

Title was supposed to say


I <3 “Joey”

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's insane the way we dance along the edge.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 6:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Huey Lewis qualifies, barely..

Madonna would for me cause I’m a punk/metal dude. I like Concrete Blond.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just heard “What’s Up” in Trader Joe’s over the weekend…wait, it was actually L7’s “Pretend We’re Dead.” Either way, I was stoked.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lady Gaga is talentless trash.

There, I said it.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No I dont have to

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now*

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

:O

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 16, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

easy one

I’m a big fan of Techno. not really any particular DJs or whatever, but I really dig the faster beats.

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2009 10:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ace of Base

The Sign album.

also

Madonna- Ray of Light

Shakira- any of her stuff

N’Sync- Digital Get Down

yes I know, I am a little girl.

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Shakira's got cred

Madonna too, for that matter. N’Sync… good luck with that.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Sign — somebody brought that CD into work trying to get rid of it, and I grabbed it. Put that song on repeat for, about three hours. I honestly can listen to it forever.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the Mountain Goats cover that one

So I fear it has indie cred now. It didn’t back when Mr. Darnielle first covered it, though.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

After seeing the Broadway Show “Mamma Mia” a few years ago, I fell in love with ABBA’s music when before it was just ok.

Also, there was a car commercial a couple of years ago where I guy is driving through the forrest and “Rock Me Gently” is playing and various animals join him in singing. I fell in love with that song for the first time.

Finally, I’ve been listening to a lot of Michael Jackson since he died and can’t get enough. I gfell in love with his music all over again when it had totally fallen off my radar.

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by Goofus on Jul 15, 2009 10:05 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don’t think MJ counts as a “guilty pleasure” since he’s pretty well respected across genres.

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ABBA IS NO GUILTY PLEASURE

ABBA IS AWESOME

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight

my parents had that stuff on loop when I was growing up. better than the carly simon. worse than the moody blues.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I <3 The Moody Blues. And I have some nostalgia for Carly Simon (my parents played her a ton when I was a kid too.)

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, the Moody Blues are great

They were like a poor man’s Pink Floyd for me growing up.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Moody Blues are a great answer. An utterly laughable band, but I still like them.

by Evan on Jul 15, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ABBA was borderline

Since Goofus is a guy who dances to .38 special, I am going to allow it.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THIS

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
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by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That car commercial...

“Rock Me Gently” was sung by Andy Kim, who also co-wrote, sang backing vocals and played on the Archies’ “Sugar, Sugar” (and there is one of my guilty pleasures).

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by tobias on Jul 15, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have to agree with the MJ stuff (whether or not it qualifies)

Especially (for me) The Jackson 5 stuff. I moved to Oakland from Corte Madera in Dec. 1970. Talk about culture shock! Anyway, I was into the rock & pop of the era, especially The Beatles & The Monkees (do The Monkees qualify?). When I got to Oakland, I was introduced to Soul music for the first time… and I HATED IT! I gradually came to like it. Now, it is some of my favorite music.

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nesmith has huge indy cred.

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by zenbitz on Jul 16, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Monkees probably qualify but you will never hear me say a bad word against Headquarters, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. or the Head soundtrack.

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by jponry on Jul 16, 2009 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Backstreet Boys

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

But seriously, I don’t really have any “guilty pleasures” since I listen to such a variety of things.

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Backstreet boys is pretty dang bad!

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(I don’t really like the BSB.)

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My wife always argues about the concept of guilty pleasures

She gets really high and mighty about how there should be no such thing as a guilty pleasure. Not sure I understand the priority of that battle for her, but to each their own. And she’s hot.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sunny Beaver

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you owe me a J-San no-no DVD for that

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry. It’s the greatest name in the history of names.

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit

I got you confused with “SFGuy”. He’s the one with the DVD.

So, to make it up to me, go steal a DVD from SFGuy, and send it to me.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Coldplay

Please don’t ban me.

(I know that if I mention that I also like early Dave Matthews Band, I’ll get banned, so I don’t plan on saying anyth- aw crap!)

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Coldplay too.

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’VE GOT YOUR BACK

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Coldplay

is merely a “basic” guilty pleasure… not a horrible, soul crushing ban-worthy one.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t get the Coldplay stigma. Who decided they’re uncool? Is it cuz his voice goes high so its girly?

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I enjoy Coldplay.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Coldplay and have seen DMB like 9 times.

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get really sick of Coldplay, but I always like their new songs for a while.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i like coldplay too, but hate…hate DMB. there are few bands that raise my ire like DMB. The only other ones I can think of right now are Puddle of Mudd and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I took my daughter to her first concert last week, it was Coldplay and it was great.

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by igotnothing on Jul 21, 2009 9:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ve mentioned it before but I really do like Panic at the Disco – Pretty. Odd. even if it’s mostly just a ripoff of The Beatles/The Zombies/The Kinks/Big Star/etc. and not the best one at that. It’s just an enjoyable album, to me anyway. (THEIR FIRST ALBUM BLOWS HARD THOUGH, maybe one of the worst albums I have ever heard, if not THE worst.)

The really embarrassing thing is that, now that the band has split into two, I’m pretty sure I’m really going to enjoy what the two guys who left to make their own band are going to do, if they continue in that vein. :(

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I’m with this. And i was just as surprised as you probably were. It’s a bunch of kids dressing up for a costume party, to be sure, but it’s still compelling!

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OH GOD WHY!

Panic at the Disco is like wrapping floss around my eardrums, wrapping the other end of the floss around a two-year-old’s wrist until the line is taut, and then having somebody wave at them until they start waving back.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I totally agree WRT the first album! But the second one is really not that bad!

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Would Avenged Sevenfold count? I guess so if I’m kind of embarrassed to admit I like some of their songs.

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

I would say it counts.

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NO

they’re fucking awesome.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Unholy Confessions contains the second best riff ever.

Right behind Opeth’s ‘The Moor’.

A7X is great.

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like a couple Avenged Sevenfold songs

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like to play their song on guitar hero

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Probably

Even though Waking the Fallen was the on constant repeat when it first came out

by ryanmiles on Jul 15, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have (and like) John Tesh’s Live at Red Rocks and Yanni’s Live at the Acropolis.

I win.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

clearly in the lead.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CRAPWOW

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thread locked. Please come out of the house with your hands up, kicking your old VHS copies of CBS’ coverage of the Tour De France in front of you.

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

i used to own Tesh’s CD of the music from the CBS TDF days.
the team would listen to it on rainy Roller sessions

good times.

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap. I now feel TOTALLY cool about my gigantic love for the Bee Gees.

Serious on both counts.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the Bee Gees have cred, too

..at least, pre-disco. Some of that stuff is really good. Saccharine, but good.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Saw the Bee Gees headline over Aerosmith and the Moulin Rouge girls at… Dodger Stadium.

How’s that for a guilty pleasure?

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed early Bee Gees

ie: “To Love Somebody” was good stuff.

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What’s an anagram for that?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nevermind that-- what's a vaccination for it?

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Best I could do

“JOHN TESH YANNI”

becomes

“HEY JSAN NO HITN”

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SHH! ENJOY AT INN

Yeah, it’s like you have to secretly check into a motel to avoid having anyone notice you listening to it.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

You're good

That was a tough one.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not just a motel

A Bed & Breakfast.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now, having said that...

It’s not like I have those guys’ entire catalogs.

And John Tesh completely lost me when he started SINGING (shudder).

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

doesn’t nadia komenichi, like, dance around during that entire performance?

"I would've been here sooner but I had to shake the Veleasels"

by The Gene Hackman on Jul 15, 2009 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

anagram for "Crappy Musical Taste"

A Catalyst Cum Sipper

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

so far...

I count about 8 valid entries… (no more than 1 per loser)… OH SHIT Yanni and John Tesh.. that’s 2 more

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Sparks

almost all of their songs. They were playing their songs really fast before punk came along so I really got into them. I’m embarrassed to admit that I even liked Russell Mael’s falsetto and his Hitler looking brother.

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 10:20 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

too obscure maybe?

how can you feel guilty if no one knows what you are talking about?

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sparks was great!

“Eaten by the Monster of Love” is a fave.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

too obscure eh?

I knew several posters over here would know them. Other great songs: “Talent is an Asset” , “This Town ain’t big enough for the both of us”, “I Predict”, “All You Ever Talk About is Sex” and “Cool Places” which they did with Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos.

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll defer to a 3rd party judge...

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sparks were kind of edgy in their day

“Amateur Hour” from Kimono My House was a cool (if somewhat manic) song.

Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??

by tobias on Jul 15, 2009 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Andy Wiedlin

I went to college with Jane’s brother Andy. FWIW

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

he must have been embarrassed by that VH1 show in which she bragged about being a dominatrix.

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

who do you think she dominated?

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sparks are kind of like The Tubes or The Residents. It’s a put on by art-school types, but it’s still totally crappy as pop music, with a couple notable exceptions.

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 15, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some notable Tubes exceptions , then.

White Punks On Dope
What Do You Want From Life?
Don’t Touch Me There
Mr. Hate
Amnesia

NL West TempestTeapot
Nothing matters , and what if it did?

by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

those seem more like confirmations to me.

Agree to disagree. I was more trying to dump on Sparks than anything.

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 16, 2009 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cold beer and pretzels takes care of cancer.

Confirmations , exceptions , hits well for his position…and so on and so on and scooby dooby doobee

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Elvis and Lassie had a fleeting affair!

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Tubes are fine. Don’t know what you are talking about. Add to list: “She’s a Lady.”

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, The Tubes were good. They opened for the Stranglers in England and Hugh Cornwell objected to their being introduced as “the greatest rock band in the world.” The next night after his complaint they were introduced as “tied with the Stranglers as the greatest rock band in the world!”

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Joe Dirt soundtrack

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2009 10:21 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

what!

Awesome! Nothing wrong with Lynrd Skynard and Boston and stuff … well, maybe…

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also like....

George Straight, Chris Ledoux (RIP) and the Highwaymen

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2009 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

wait

I assume this isn’t supposed to be junk? Maybe the Highwaymen; a little too overplayed. But Strait and LeDoux? Teh awesome.

Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

There's 3 ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power/ Ginats Way...

by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't own it any more

But I was a serious fan of Alanis Morrisette’s first album when it came out.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

borderline...

I guess if Abba counts Alanis does to. I like Jagged Little Pill.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The irony of non-ironically liking “Isn’t it Ironic”

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

… a song which ironically presents a series of non-ironic anecdotes to illustrate the word “ironic”.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s really….let’s see, what’s the word…

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No shit.

That always killed me. Fucking illiterate.

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jagged Little Pill was a miracle to my 13-year-old hyperfeminist angry bitch phase.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

to this very day, I’m perfectly willing to get on any karaoke stage completely sober, and sing “You Oughta Know”

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d be down for that.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a big fan of "You Oughta Know" the [Alternate Take]

the one that they can’t play on the radio…

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A TRICK!

Like I’m gonna tell you what embarrassing songs I like!!

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 10:28 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

So you’re saying there are more than one?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Kingsman?

Louie, Louie and Tequila
(I know they did one of those)

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

huh? that's just classic ol' party tunes now.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

definitely “starry eyed surprise” by mr. shifty and remixed by paul okenfold

Les Plack = more chicks
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by Headhunter Rollins on Jul 15, 2009 10:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Um, I love "We Didn't Start The Fire",

but, ya know, I don’t even feel guilty for it, maybe just a little bit embarrassed. It may be stupid, but it’s lyrical and catchy and original and somewhat ambitious.

Um, sometimes I can be a little slow to change the station when “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips comes on… we’ll call that my guilty pleasure.

Good job with the ground rules, Zenbitz… left to their own devices most people frame their guilty pleasures to try to make them look cool.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 10:30 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nice

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

DAMN YOU IT IS STUCK IN MY HEAD NOW

IF YOU HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD OOOOOOOOOOON FOR ONE MORE DAY YEAH

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ROCK AND ROLLER COLA WARS
I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORRRRRRRRRRE!!!!!

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

CARNEY WILOLSON!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Midnight Oil is definitely not a guilty pleasure.

Or crap, maybe it is, and I’m just too old to know that it’s hopelessly uncool.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Midnight Oil is definitely not a guilty pleasure.

Agreed With the whole statement.

Also Men At Work. Australian pop music.

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by nvsfg on Jul 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WE DIDNT LIGHT IT BUT WE TRIED TO FIGHT IT!

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Billy Joel says...

man, I’m wasted. I need a tenth track. …. I’ll just write down random phrases until I come up with a catchy title.

(15 minutes and 5 feet of paper later)

Ah, crap, I’ll just sing this instead. GIT R DUN

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh we are at the Panda's 48 so I'll spill

(or we were a few seconds ago.. maybe I’ll hit timmy’s 55)

This is somewhat anti-climatic after Stuttering John, but…

I really like Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated”

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:31 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

A song can’t be all bad if it generates a Weird Al parody.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, you kind of have to respect a song that sounds that brings the Canada with such ferocity.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you mean... because the parody makes a positive contribution to society...

I’m not sure it balances… I give you the “Enter the Sandman” bit from the Weird Al Polka.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great song.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Britney Spears – Toxic

and that song in the geico commercials with the stack of money

I ALWAYS FEEEL LIKE SOMEBODY’S WATCHIN MEE

Everybody loves money

by fwoty oz on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like "Toxic" too

Especially the video.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Toxic is a good song.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 15, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, when Local H is singing it.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

as is circus

Minor White > Ansel Adams

by say hey nation on Jul 15, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don’t like Toxic, but I like Toxicity, the System of a Down song, of all things.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like this one too =)

Everybody loves money

by fwoty oz on Jul 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Great baseball lyrics, too: “Eating seeds is a pastime activity.” Damn straight!

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

System of a Down is good.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I disagree.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree w/ HTS

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

System of a Down is one of my favorite bands

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can’t argue with that.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

One of Zito’s faves as well. Not my cup of meat.

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by bgunn on Jul 16, 2009 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SOAD is a great band. Some people shy away from politcal bands because they are ‘preachy’ but I usually tend to like them.

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually just think they sound bad.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

toxic is killer

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OK, about eight years ago there was a Budweiser commercial. I loved the song so much I downloaded it and actually put it on a mix tape for someone, in between Love and Neutral Milk Hotel. I figured I could get away with it because it seemed ironic, but really I freaking loved that song….

Can’t find the commercial, but here’s a guy doing a cover of the song. You’ll recognize it right away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgGWGcYc3vg

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I really liked En Vogue and have taken a lot of crap for it over the years.

The first CD I ever bought was Ace of Base.

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 15, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Steely Dan

“They call Alabama the Crimson Tide…Call me Deacon Blues.”

It may be jazz-rock, but I love it anyway.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Steely Dan was truly great, especially in that period. Judge, is that a guilty pleasure?

If on a jury, I would vote that it’s not a guilty pleasure.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, maybe stretching the bounds, but I’ve caught a lot of flack over the years for Steely Dan. Guess it depends on who you hang out with when you’re talking about guilty pleasures. I wouldn’t call “Toxic” from Britney Spears a guilty pleasure, since I don’t know many people who won’t dance to that song.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Madonna qualifies

Brittney does to, for sure. But I agree it’s arguable. Unless you are a teenage girl, in which case it’s obv. not a guilty pleasure.

But if you were a teenage girl, you couldn’t be posting on the INTERWEBZ… ZOMG PARADOX

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would argue Brittney is definitely a guilty pleasure, or should be, because it’s shite. Madonna, definitely not.

Steely Dan is a hard case. I grew up listening to them, and at the time, they were a critics’ band, so it’s difficult for me to fathom that they could be considered a guilty pleasure. But many of my (even slightly) younger friends are like OMG WTF if I play that, so… I don’t know. Maybe. I would say Aja is way more of a guilty pleasure than, say, Countdown to Ecstasy, which really does rock and doesn’t seem so dated, at least to my ears.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you gotta understand

that in 1984, Madonna WAS Brittney Spears. Now, you can argue that she turned into something more than pop fluff hotty / tabloid darling of the day… but first impressions are hard to break.

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by zenbitz on Jul 16, 2009 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I was there. In 1984, “Like a Virgin” could certainly have qualified as a guilty pleasure. But now, with the nostalgia factor, and the fact that Madonna went on to become an enduring artist who has made much better records, I don’t see how it counts in 2009.

by taliesin on Jul 16, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whether you like her music on not,

Madonna clearly has talent. Brittney… not so much!

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agree

“Awesomeness” is not a guilty pleasure.

What about Toto? I kinda like them, and not just because they’re the focus of the greatest episode of Yacht Rock. “Hold the Line” and “Rosanna” are great tunes.

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"99" and "Georgy Porgy" are on my iPod, man.

I like your picks, and would add “Africa.” They are not a guilty pleasure in my book. If they aren’t retro-cool yet, they will be. But I would say that if Eric Benet does a cover of your song (“Georgy Porgy”— a great version of it, with Faith Evans doing the background vocal), you’re not a guilty pleasure.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Toto = Loverboy

I like a couple Toto songs (Kansas and Rosanna) but I am way more embbarassed about the Avril.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh man Toto really s**k. That is a guilty pleasure fo’ sho’. Also Yacht Rock rules.

“She says she wants to align our chakras, which means she totally wants to f**k me.”

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Steely Dan

Definitely not a guilty pleasure. I get bagged on sometimes for having them in my collection, but by no-nothings.

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 15, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Know nothings"

stupid typing hands.

“No-nothing” sounds like it could be a euphemism for the game Sanchez pitched, a no-hitter plus that should have been a perfect game except for a lame-ass error.

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 16, 2009 9:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OTOT

JUST (as in last night!) watched Dirty’s finest hour in its entirety…Uribe was clearly upset and embarrassed with himself for a bit there. What did him in finally was the hop the ball took on its way back towards the plate , when it hit the lip of the grass and he couldn’t find the handle.

Jesus Fucking Christ , Pablo nearly hit that completely out of the park…

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rick Springfield – Jessie’s Girl
Jefferson Starship – We Built This City
Lady Gaga – Poker Face
Bay City Rollers – Saturday Night
Orleans – Still the One

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 10:42 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That Poker Face irritates me beyond belief. Though not as much anymore as I do not hear it on the radio very often.

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by Giant among Angels on Jul 15, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jefferson Starship – We Built This City

Looks like you’re in the lead now.

Anagram of "knowing how to win" = WOW, I KNOW NOTHING

by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

walkoff baltimore chop’s other guilty pleasures: Mao Tse-Tung’s “Great Leap Forward”, Pol Pot’s “Year Zero”

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What in the what are those? (Seriously, I’ve never heard of those.)

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks. Now that I’ve seen that, I think I might’ve read about it before, but I’m not really familiar with it. (I never studied history outside of American and European, actually.)

emperor nobody: "can ben copeland play third will the mcgwire throwback jersey be sponsored by balco labs i think i am having non-nerve-damage related chest pains well there’s holliday’s homer for may"
Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 15, 2009 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it’s hard to top that.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

didn’t vh1 pick “We built this city” as the worst song of all time?

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

which

considering that it was VH1 sort of counter-intuitivly invalidates the selection.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the runner up is...

First two and last one are pretty bad.

Bay City Rollers are d’qualed for being retro cool…. I don’t know Poker Face.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I always liked “Jane” by the late starship.

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You mean you liked "Jane"

by JEFFERSON STARSHIP. I liked them, and that album in particular.

No Jefferson = blargh

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by natteringnabob on Jul 23, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know what I don't like:

That 3-minute Taco Bell song they played last night during the ASG, “All About The Roosevelts.” Thanks a lot, Jack in the Box, now every damn fast food company is going to compete to see who can create the most annoying song that’ll stick in your head for weeks.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You’ve just summed up the entire music industry as a whole.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was in the bleachers when the Giants screwed up their possible sweep against the Natinals, and these girls behind me were happily singing the “Mini Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich” song before I had seen the commercial. Then one of them spilled beer on me. I don’t think those events were coincidental.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I blame Lonely Island. Fake rap, done poorly, is the devil’s music.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are many dark chapters in our nation's history,

but none darker than the Selleck/Danson/Guttenberg rap in “Three Men And A Baby”

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

good call… I actually paid attention to the whole thing just because I was like… wtf??

Everybody loves money

by fwoty oz on Jul 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

that song was my guilty pleasure

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

on the same note...

the Mini Sirloin Burgers song is something I can never turn off when it’s on.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 7:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All Alan Menken Disney songs. I know practically all of them by heart.

And I have never thought much of the concept of “indy cred”, obviously.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

One Jump Ahead from Aladdin!

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can do all the parts from “Little Mermaid” on.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pervert.

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit... Maybe.

by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, in real life, I am.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I never see you at the meetings.

Which, come to think of it, is probably good for both of us.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fully agreed.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In college, I lived on an all girls hall. We would do the “Sound of Music” on study breaks during finals.

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by timmeh on Jul 15, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except I’m not ashamed.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And that young Luke

is why you fail.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In your opinion.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josh Groban

is another guilty pleasure of mine.

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2009 10:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That's nothing to feel guilty about, Miss.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My mom and sister love Josh Groban. I have never heard another male say that they like Groban lol.

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I sing “More Than Words” at the top of my lungs every time I hear it. Great song.

by Grant on Jul 15, 2009 11:04 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

dig deeper

I like “Beth” by Kiss and “Every Rose Has it’s Thorn” by Poison and I am not ashamed, dammit!

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I brought Every Rose Has Its Thorn into my guitar lesson a few weeks ago. I think my teacher was embarrassed to teach it to me.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Here's a G, here's a D, and here's a C

Now you can play every hair metal ballad ever recorded.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You should be.

Both those songs had been relegated to the spare neurons in the back of my brain, but now you’ve mentioned them and I have to remember them again.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If “More Than Words” is not a guilty pleasure, then the impeachment hearings start soon. The official arbiter will be removed by force.

by Grant on Jul 15, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m gonna have to agree there. I had to google that… thing, and oooh boy that was awful. Their nail polish was nice though.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

objection withdrawn.

Man, that is a terrible song. Even for a hair band ballad.

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by zenbitz on Jul 16, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can’t listen to anything by Poison anymore, even the stuff I used to like, because Bret Michaels is such a fat, dirty sleaze I feel greasy and dead inside just hearing his voice.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Get the funk out.

"He is Tim Lincecum...the Most Interesting Pitcher in the World."

by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That and Be With You by Mr. Big

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

if it's on "Power Ballads"

you fail. Even bad boys have a soft side, after all.

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

MONSTER BALLADS

They taught us how to live.

They taught us how to love.

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by RDreamer on Jul 16, 2009 10:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Monster Ballads.

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by Natto on Jul 16, 2009 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prefab Sprout

This straddles the line between quality and guilty pleasure. I really love their first album (my copy’s the UK version, Steve McQueen, which I think is a little different from Two Wheels Good which came out in the US). It’s essentially ’80s blue-eyed soul, a genre I pretty much dislike.

Their later albums are kinda lame, but I still listen to the compilation occasionally (and everyone I know gives me shit for keeping it around).

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 15, 2009 11:06 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

too much cred

Sorry to be the perpetual bearer of indie cred, but I see all these records on collectorscum-types’ shelves.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, Two Wheels Good is a fine album. Not even close to a guilty pleasure.

by Evan on Jul 15, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Always have been a huge fan of ELO, doesn’t really make me feel guilty. Lots of disco I’ve always liked, definitely doesn’t make me feel guilty (on a related note, I’d cheerfully execute anybody I hear making a positive reference to Journey).

My pavlovian joy at hearing Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” come on the radio — oh yeah, I feel bad about that.

My Bucardo is better than yours.

A hot August weekday, before a small crowd, when the only thing at stake is the tissue-thin difference between a thing done well and a thing done ill. Insofar as the clutch hitter is not a sportswriter's myth, it is a vulgarity, like a writer who writes only for money.

by Roger on Jul 15, 2009 11:07 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love ELO. They should not be in this thread.

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer Journey to ELO

and I don’t think either really belongs here.

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Bangles – Eternal Flame

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 11:12 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like their cover of "Hazy Shade of Winter"

plus Susanna Hoff is still hot.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Word.

Hoffs’ self-titled solo album (her second, I think) is actually really great.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m goin’ down to Liverpool to do nothin’
All the rest of my life.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah that first Bangles album was actually pretty good. And if “Walk Like an Egyptian” qualifies, then I’m guilty. But “Eternal Flame” had better be a guilty pleasure or the term has no meaning.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really like both Susannah Hoffs and Matthew Sweet, so it really bugs me to see them working together and turning out crap.

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess "Earth, Wind and Fire" counts for me

since im 18 and im supposed to listen to Lil Wayne and the rest of that crap. I also like a couple Katy Perry songs.

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 11:15 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

"A couple Kate Perry songs"

Translation: “I Kissed a Girl” and “I Kissed a Girl (acoustic)”

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah that one probably qualifies...

especially if you are still listening to it 4 years from now.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I complained about this song at work, saying it’s not original because there was a song with the same name and idea a few years ago by Jill Sobule, and all the Katy Perry teenage chicks at my job got all offended. Don’t mess with that crew!

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Katy Perry sucks. She’s getting a weird amount of credit for being not-edgy and writing stupid songs.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 7:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you kidding? She’s the edgiest of edgy.

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by jponry on Jul 16, 2009 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I just cut my finger reading her name.

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by Natto on Jul 16, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah, like I’m going to take your word for it, Miss Panic at the Disco!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, I’m saying edgy as a bad thing here. You don’t think a “scandalous” song about how she kissed a girl (BUT SHE’S STILL STRAIGHT LOOK AT HOW STRAIGHT SHE IS NO LESBIANS HERE NO SIR SHE HAS A BOYFRIEND) is a sad attempt at being shocking and edgy?

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by jponry on Jul 16, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Total agreement.

Phew. I’m sure glad I didn’t turn that into some weird, confusing mess of a conversation.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

lol

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by jponry on Jul 16, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The thing that really pissed me off about that song is that the video didn’t involve her kissing any girls. If you’re going to sing a song about kissing a girl, and make a video for it, it’s really expected that you’ll kiss a girl at some point in the video. Remember tatu? This country used to gave standards, dammit.

I’m just so disappointed that she pussed out.

Technically, I guess I’m actually disappointed she didn’t.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 16, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That was a lot of work to get to that joke.

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 16, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I lost interest halfway through

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by CB30 on Jul 16, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was a joke?

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by EliminateMe on Jul 16, 2009 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is why my jokes never take more than a few words at most.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 8:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You make jokes?

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 16, 2009 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You might not have known it at the time, but if you’ve wasted your time on any of my comments then you’ve read one of my jokes.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IKR? I think Jill Sobule’s song is fun. I like her anyway. When I heard that Katy Perry did a song by the same name I wondered if she did a cover or something.

PS I hate Ms. Perry. She says incredibly retarded things and her music is blah.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 16, 2009 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

EWF = high quality, well constructed music. Not a guilty pleasure.

That would be like a young person saying that Duke Ellington is a guilty pleasure just because your peers don’t dig it.

Ooooohhhhhh, crap….. you really WOULD regard EWF and Duke Ellington as contemporaries of each other, wouldn’t you??? Oh, christ, I am old.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

EWF

is the soundtrack of many, many trips from the C Valley to summer SF fog when my sister wanted to come here for every birthday or celebration. Now she lives in Death Valley North, and I live in SF. Go figure. Anyway, that’s what I think of whenever I hear EWF or Sir Duke by Stevie W, or even ELO for that matter.

KFRC FTW!

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YES - KFRC

Grew up listening to it. Dr. Don Rose BABY!

by Jakespaar on Jul 17, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

actually

I think it doesn’t count because you’re 18 and didn’t live through the “DISCO SUCKS” era.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This era has ended? Can I stop wearing the t-shirt?

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe I’m just old but EWF not a guilty pleasure.

Crazy Crab despised in the 20th century and beloved in the 21st century. Hey it only took over 20 years, so don't give up hope.

by timmeh on Jul 15, 2009 12:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get weird looks and raised eyerows from friends my own age

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Apparently I’m nearly twice your age, so let me give you advice: ignore all such looks and comments. Be yourself. Like what you like, study what you don’t, and if, at 33, you end up friendless and alone … uh … oops. Nevermind!

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s a roundabout way of recommending Nirvana.

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

John Tesh is awesome

And here is why.

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:16 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I so want to click on that

But I’m at work, and can’t bare the thought of my employees hearing John Tesh coming from my office.

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, bear

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There’s no singing, if you’re worried about that.

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

few of your employees would know it's John Tesh

and if they ask you can tell them you were a fan when he was still cool and underground

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thoroughly enjoyed that

ROWAND I LOVE YOU SON!

old signature:
"apparently the adoptive parent of the 2nd best hitter on the team.
/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really like that first Lil Jon song

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 11:17 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

and 70’s Elton John, but I don’t think that counts because it owns

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lil Jon yearbook, assuming this hasn’t been debunked:

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So his grill does have a functional purpose.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lil Jon is a fruit bat?

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also

Lil Jon graduated high school?

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by RDreamer on Jul 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Reminds me of a grasshopper.

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by RichH on Jul 16, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Disney music

especially the Gaston song.

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by j14 on Jul 15, 2009 11:19 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I'M ESPECIALLY GOOD AT EXPECTORATING!

The Gaston song might be humanity’s greatest achievement.

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

It's second

to “Africa” by Toto, the greatest song ever.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can't speak for them

as I am not a Toto fan, just a fan of Africa, and the SEH-reng-get-tee.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try those, then. Gorgeous songs.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, okay. But I’m drawn to individual songs when they’re about something I already care about, not (consciously) for any musical achievement behind them. I respect chops but I’m firmly wedded to lyrics. Ballads, in the sense of “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”. “Africa” just lit up my mind as a child with visions of Kilimanjaro, and it still does.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sarcasm?

Must be. I hope?

by FreshStart on Jul 18, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“99” and “Georgy Porgy” are genuinely good songs. They are both Toto favorites of mine. I have a hard time thinking of them as guilty pleasures.

If you want a Toto guilty pleasure, maybe something like “I Won’t Hold You Back” would better qualify. But does anyone actually experience pleasure (guilty or not) listening to that song?

My Toto guilty pleasures are: “I’ll Supply the Love” and “I’ll Be Over You”. They are pretty lame songs, and I enjoy listening to them. And I don’t care who knows it!!

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by tobias on Jul 15, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

" ...rising like a leopress... "

C’mon , leopress?

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rush

Let the beatings begin.

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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 15, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

bah!

I forgot to mention to keep you dumb Rush jokes to yourself… I’m amazed it lasted this long.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not joking.

Seriously a guilty pleasure.

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by Smotheredinhugs on Jul 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

it’s just a pleasure for me

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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pop rap/hip-hop, such as California Love- Tupac, Big Pimpin’-Jay Z etc

by seyheystretch on Jul 15, 2009 11:28 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If you’re guilty over listening to Jay Z, your parents really did a number on you

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that’s like being guilty over listening to Outkast.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nothing guilty about either of those.

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All legit

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by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s like saying, “I don’t know why, but I just seem to like Matt Cain for some reason. Don’t judge me!”

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

California Love is a great song

And awesome video. And Jay-Z is legitimately talented. I really liked his unplugged stuff.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does “All Star” by Smash Mouth count? I was always slighly embarrassed to like it, all the more so after the Shrek exposure.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah, kinda

or anything by Chumbawumba. As long as you are a 20 something who should have better taste.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

OMG

I hate “Tubthumping” SO MUCH

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure, but let me ask you a question:

When you get knocked down, what do you do?

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get up again

And proceed to kick the members of Chumbawumba right in the gonads.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“Pissing the night away…”

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m never gonna keep you down!

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually love Tubthumping.

I considered mentioning it here, but I figured Chumbawamba being an anarchist collective and the fact that I was already into them pre-Tubthumping would be mitigating factors against guilt.

However, I’m not a 20 something, I’m 40-plus. Does that mean I don’t get to be guilty any more?

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

senility

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The first time I heart Tubthumping...

…I had an onion tied to my belt, which was the fashion at the time….

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

heard, not heart

Although I do (heart) Tubthumping.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GIVE ME 5 BEES FOR A QUARTER!

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shane Victorino dancing to that in a tutu

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by hairball on Jul 15, 2009 11:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since it is no longer 1999 or whenever that album came out, I would say it counts.

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by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love both those songs

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fixed

San Jose’s finest!

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by EliminateMe on Jul 16, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think this is really guilty

but … I have (re) discovered Berlin’s “Metro” song which I HATED when it came out (being an angry young metal nerd). Also Alphaville “Forever Young”…. yow, that one is pretty bad…. Not Tesh/Starship/Yanni bad, but bad.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:29 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love Forever Young. It’s on the soundtrack of my life.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

FOREEEEEEEVER YOUNG I WANT TO BEEEE FOREEEEEEVER YOUNG

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hated Forever Young. Alphaville had a song like I really liked though, called “Dance WIth Me.”

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Metro is a great song, but “Take My Breath Away” was the song that pissed everyone off and their fans began to call them sellouts. I heard that one of the guys in the group hated the song so much he quit rather than play it in concert every night.

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worse than Rod Stewart’s “Forever Young?”

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s the forever young in napoleon dynamite, right? I actually think its kinda good. :P

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by raisingcain on Jul 15, 2009 4:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you can stop now.. someone likes "We Built This City"

See above. If you like the worst song ever recorded, you win.

I am in awe. And I like the 1910 Fruitgum Company.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:50 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

PS — my entry would have been Hansen’s ‘Mmmbop’. But nobody can top WBTC.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yow

that might catapult you into 3rd or 4th place though

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where do these rank relative to WBtC?

“Sara”
“Can’t Fight This Feeling”
“Broken Wings”

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll take “High Art” for $500, Alex.

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where do these rank relative to Cy Young in total wins?

Christy Mathewson
Warren Spahn
Greg Maddux

They’re in the rankings, for sure, but nobody’s anywhere near catching that #1 spot.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yay

Ok, how about “I’ve Never Been To Me”?

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

IMO “Sara” and “Broken Wings” are much worse than WBTC, but (can’t believe I’m saying this) “Can’t Fight this Feeling” is better. I’d dance to it at a wedding after enough beers.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All this “We Built This City” talk made me think about another guilty pleasure of mine from the late ’80’s: “Heart And Soul” from T’Pau.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 11:54 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Heart and Soul too. I think I’m close to crossing the line between having guilty pleasures and just having shitty taste.

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Me lampooning “We Built This City” last year on my music blog (note the date)

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by Stuttering John Tamargo on Jul 15, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

in the Napster days my wife and I would play "download the worst song"

It was all pretty competitive until she broke out WBTC (in response, I believe, to my playing a live recording of Tori Amos covering ‘Killing Me Softly’).

We agreed to end the game and never speak of it again.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have done this!

And won! With Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, that one's pretty bad

There are worse, though. I shudder, remembering.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That’s not even the worst Whitesnake song. Don’t forget “Is This Love.”

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, I don’t know about that, when I played the song, my girlfriend flipped out and got really mad. It was actually pretty funny.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I was in Montreal covering UFC 97, one of the Canadian fighters used “Here I Go Again” as his intro song. I had to root for the guy, just on principle.

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like that song!!!!!!

f you hairband haters!

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

again,

if it’s on “Power Ballads”, it’s awesome. Get a clue haters.

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:08 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Tori Amos cover I really hate is her cover of “Strange Little Girl” by the Stranglers. Leave that great song alone!!

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Judges: is liking the Pet Shop Boys a guilty pleasure if I don’t happen to be gay? (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 11:59 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait, gay guys sang “West End Girls”? Next you’re going to tell me “Father Figure” was dedicated to a younger man.

(Extra points for the Seinfeld reference; my dad still makes my stepmom mad by making that joke at parties. She’s VERY P.C.)

by Bay Area Sports Guy on Jul 15, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What if you like “You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive? Can you be straight and like that song without being embarrassed?

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dope did a cover of it that’s really kinda awesome.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 12:01 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Now I refuse to feel guilty for loving Prince, one of my favorite artists of all time, but I can and do feel guilty for loving the song Kiss and singing it at the top of my lungs in my car, I’m also 19 so I can sympathize w/ CB30’s strange looks

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by TexasRanger on Jul 15, 2009 12:25 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Prince is one of the greatest musicians, songwriters, arrangers, and performers of all time.

There is no way that meets any definition of “guilty pleasure” other than the solipsistic sense that makes Beethoven a guilty pleasure if and only if you’re in junior high school.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I may be the 2nd biggest Prince fan on the board, but...

… there are more than a few guilty pleasures in that discography. “My Name Is Prince” probably tops my Prince guilty list.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prince recorded some clunkers

..and so did the Elvis, the Beatles, Aretha (especially Aretha!), and [fill in your favorite great, culturally significant zillion-selling artist here]. None qualifies for this crown, though. Sorry.

by wcw on Jul 15, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's sort of embarrassing to admit now,

but I paid to see Purple Rain in the theater.

by Jakespaar on Jul 16, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude... I paid to see Graffiti Bridge in the theater, OK?

I saw Purple Rain shortly after graduating junior high. I walked into the Seavue Twin annoyed by the Prince hype and upset that Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom was sold out, and walked out of the theater a Prince fan for life. Nothing in my collection of Cars and Hall & Oates cassettes had prepared me for the Purple Rain guitar solo.

by pantalones on Jul 16, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

what the fuck is embarrassing about that?

I stood in line for it. I waited for weeks for it to come out. I still love “let’s go crazy,” and there is no guilt to be had.

by FreshStart on Jul 16, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why wou;ld you be ashamed, all I will say is that song kiss is a guilty pleasure, but the movie Purple /fuckin Rain kicks ASSS!

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by TexasRanger on Jul 19, 2009 1:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Prince is incredible. No shame at all in thinking that.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I dont, just the song Kiss is my guilty pleasure, i think he fuckin ROCKS!!!!!

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by TexasRanger on Jul 15, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“Kiss” is a guilty pleasure???? Is “Don’t Be Cruel” a guilty pleasure for Elvis fans?

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

R.E.M. obviously isn’t a guilty pleasure band but I think “everybody hurts” just might qualify

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by i did my job on Jul 15, 2009 12:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You should feel guilty for thinking that.

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by lyricalkiller on Jul 15, 2009 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Nightswimming"

only REM song I really, really love. Although I kinda have a thing for “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite”.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Every song on “Reckoning” would like to have a few words with you outside.

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by Kitspool on Jul 15, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, but thanks for the invite!

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And Murmur

And Chronic Town.

by FreshStart on Jul 16, 2009 10:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shiny, Happy People is probably worse...

…I remember taking part in many “whoa… are they serious?” discussions in college when that came out.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

the term is guilty pleasure, though.

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by i did my job on Jul 15, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

this is true

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are other great songs on Out of Time that trump that song. Endgame and Low are among my favorite songs ever, from any artist.

And I loved Monster. Loved it.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And, of course, SHP did lead to an epic Sesame Street moment, so it’s not all bad.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“Everybody Hurts” is a not-guilty unpleasure.

by Evan on Jul 15, 2009 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I forgave REM for all of those songs when they came out with “Accelerate” last year. What a great CD that was. Better than anything they did in their glory years.

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Better than anything they did in their glory years.

No.

by taliesin on Jul 15, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would go with “Not completely embarrassing in comparison to their glory years, which is more than you can say for most bands 25 years down the road.”

by Evan on Jul 16, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

seconded (the No)

It’s OK, but they seem to be sort of running out the clock these days. No urgency. I think I played out REM during my teenage years and unfortunately I don’t even listen to the early albums that much anymore (by early I mean pre-Document—the beginning of the end for us oldsters).

by Duelling Brandos on Jul 16, 2009 9:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oy vey.

This is troubling.

by FreshStart on Jul 16, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hurt when I heard the song.

by SFGuy on Jul 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sad bastard music ahoy

Loads of it, whether it be rock or trip-hop. Sneaker Pimps and Glassjaw are frequent in my lineup. Brian McKnight and Babyface do well in the soul portion of sad bastard songs. They can sing, sing, sing, though.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

sneaker pimps is great we want embarassing like hide it from the coworkers stuff

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Most of my embarrassing stuff falls into the nostalgia category (Def Leppard, Boston, et. al.) or it’s Eurotrash stuff you can shake your ass to.

I listed my top five favorite songs of the moment on my Facebook: stuff by U2, Deep Purple, Mary J Blige, etc. Some dumb blonde bitch felt compelled to leave a comment that said “never heard of any of this crap!” This unfortunate young lady looks like if she had a brain in her head, she’d be allergic to it and thus expel it from her body.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The thing with "Guilty Pleasures" is...

…art is subjective. I always say this to myself whenever I read on the innerwebz about anyone like this band or that movie or some book and so-on that I find banal at best. We all come to art from different places, so we’re all going to have different opinions on what constitutes “good” and “bad” art. I think with this guilty pleasure tag, though, we admit that we are betraying our own standards and tastes for something we find aseptically or aurally pleasing. Like finding an incredibly conventionally attractive person sexually appealing even though that person is despicable and/or brainless, our own personal sense of taste is betrayed for a just a moment of primitive animal pleasure. And though it is somewhat embarrassing to find out that we, as humans, are yet another animal on this planet distracted by jangling shiny keys, it’s also the great leveler, because we all do it.

And with that, I give you god damned Belinda Carlisle’s “Mad About You.”

Let’s not mention this again.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah... how did we make it this far with no Go Gos reference.

Extra double shame points because she’s a certified Dodger lover.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I did mention Sparks duet with Jane Wiedlin.

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some truth to this, but less than you might think.

Neuroscientists (real ones; that’s not a band name) are finding very interesting stuff with the use of active MRI and other measures that show how people respond to all kinds of stuff, including to art/non-art. For instance, they find that caricatures of people are recognized faster than an actual photograph of that person (articles always use caricatures/photos of Richard Nixon, for some reason).

Anyway, groups of neuroscientists were wondering why people tend to respond more to what we recognize as great art than they do “lesser” art. And it turns out that people really DO have more brain activity when looking at a [fill in blank with ‘great’ art] than they do a bunch of paint smears done by my son. There are some theories, and an Indian doc in particular is trying to figure out what the great artists knew that we don’t. But it appears that there really IS something that happens in great art that humans respond to, but not in lesser art.

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by Mayor of 311 on Jul 15, 2009 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did they do similar experiments aurally, or just the visual?

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This Is Your Brain On Music

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by SF Pete on Jul 15, 2009 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’d like to see studies on this with modern art. Have 2 groups: 1 familiar with jackson pollack, 1 not. See if theres a difference in their MRI. I think those familiar with it may recognize it faster/light up because of previous knowledge of the work, not visual aesthetic.

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/shrug"

by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All I’m saying, Mr Mayor, is one’s own life story is going to play heavy into what response one gets. Using his brain and experience, Jesse Helms sees a Mapalthorpe one way, while Patti Smith, using all she brings to the table, will see it another. And I think that’s great.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So it’s not the [art] you really unashamedly love but which others lampoon you for, but the [art] that you can’t stand yourself for liking?

In that case, I change my answer to … (scans his iTunes) … uh … got it. I have songs from American Idol runners-up, one of whom I bought only because I thought he was cute: Jon Peter Lewis and Bo Bice.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh oh

and Death Cab for Cutie bought only because Seth Cohen liked it on The OC. Although I actually don’t like it, I just don’t want to delete the files I paid for.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Death Cab for Cutie

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 19, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Love the intro to "I Will Possess Your Heart"

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 19, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You know, I enjoy the Postal Service CD, but anytime I hear anything by Death Cab I want to shove a knife through my speaker.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 19, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Transatlanticism is a good album but the rest does nothing for me.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
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by jponry on Jul 20, 2009 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, since art is objective, the only thing one is “guilty” of is being embarrassed despite one’s self. Because if it’s the other way, I would make fun of everyone on that Greatest Albums of the 90s thread, making everything they like a guilty pleasure.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

*

SUBjective, sheesh. I lose internet for half an hour and all hell breaks loose.

by satyricrash on Jul 15, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Some disco: act like you know, and the beat goes on

3 or 4 Korn songs – yeah, still

Recoil and/or the Golden Palominos – sounds great, probably has street cred but is creepy and makes me feel like a sadistic perv or something. which im not of course.

Girly music
Aqua – barbie girl, anything Jpop and catchy, especially freckles by judy and mary, and the english version as well.

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 1:57 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I like Korn

Even when they went mainstream, they were still pretty good.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really liked Korn when I was younger but I can’t seem to listen to them with the same pleasure that I used to.

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

aqua - barbie girl

is one of my top 500 or so.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aqua has even worse songs than that.

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by oldjacket on Jul 15, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

sad but true

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by The Enchanter on Jul 17, 2009 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Savage Garden

There, I said it.

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 2:05 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I WANNA STAND WITH YOU ON A MOUNTAIN

Okay they’d go on my list.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh God I wept to this song in 1998 … I was on Lone Mountain, you see, and … /is verklempt

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YES

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Jul 15, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

/applause

Randy Winn is in time out until his OBP gets back over .330.

by oldjacket on Jul 15, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ooooooh. This is the first one I think I’m on board with. I used to know all of that chicka-cherry cola song. And I still might. Except for the title.

Oh yeah, it’s called I Want You. I remember thinking that video was cool.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m not sure one-hit wonders should count as guilty pleasure. I mean everyone liked them at one time. How can you not like catchy crap like ‘ice ice baby’ or ‘who let the dogs out’

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 2:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Now that is a guilty pleasure for me

Who Let the Dogs Out. I hated it utterly, but then the 2000 Giants made it their theme song, so at the division clincher game I was woofing it along with most everyone else.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe I shouldn’t count individual songs, now if you listen to ALL of vanilla ice’s music then you have a guilty pleasure.

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by lincypoo i wuv u on Jul 15, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a great cover of Ice Ice Baby by... someone

I dunno who… BUT IT’S GOOD… like an industrial neu metal cover of it.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vanilla’s hard rock performance (won’t call it a cover) is pretty good.

Bonds stands alone.

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by nostocksjustbonds on Jul 15, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

best cover ever

Jim Carrey on In Living Color

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did you really just say: “how could you not like who let the dogs out” ????

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ninja Turtles - Coming Out Of Thier Shell

I owned the album and saw them live.

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Of course, if you take "guilty pleasure" literally...

…what songs literally make you feel guilty for liking them? I can’t even listen to G&R’s “One In A Million” anymore, so it doesn’t qualify, but I do still listen to PE’s “Welcome To The Terrordome” and cringe through the handful of anti-Semitic rhymes.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

That Babyshambles song

Because, while with most other artists I have an expectation but not a certainty they would be using my money to fuck up themselves on drugs, I knew Pete Doherty would.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jedi Mind Tricks make me feel guilty in that way. Dude is such a bigot and a moron, but the beats are soooooo good.

by microwave donut on Jul 15, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is impossible for me

My first and most thorough approach into a song is its lyrics. If the lyrics offend or displease me, I can’t like it. The first time I became aware of any sonic or musical pattern to songs I liked was when I first tried Pandora. or was it another of those services? Anyway, it analyzed my favorite songs and then told me I liked songs in a major key with such and such a tempo and such and such chord progressions or whatnot, and then built me the playlist, and while I found the results pleasant, most of them had lyrics I found unappealing, so they never made a big impression on me.

This is aside from my general rules, which are occasionally waived: no rap, no metal, no electronics, no sexy girlz.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Christina Aguilera

I love her “Candy Man” single and video. I’m not sure I’m unashamed about it.

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“Jumper” – Third Eye Blind
“Spinning Wheel” – Blood, Sweat & Tears

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“Don’t give up” – Noisettes

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

“Endlich Ein Grund Zur Panik”- Wir Sind Helden

by Lars The Wanderer on Jul 15, 2009 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

well, if you’re going to go German. Rock Me Amadeus by Falco!

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by rxmeister on Jul 15, 2009 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Falco RIP

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by The Enchanter on Jul 15, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic, as was Jose Uribe. My wife is from there, and when it happened to Jose, I yelled at her and said “what the hell is wrong with the way people drive in your country? You’re killing all my heroes!!”

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like Third Eye Blind.

Except all of their new music sounds terrible. Dammit.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Final Countdown.

Suck it bitches!!!!!!!

Oh, and anything off the Spicegirls first album.

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by RichH on Jul 15, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

If you know us, you’d know that Final Countdown is far from a guilty pleasure.

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have a hairband pedigree

thus liking Final Countdown cannot be admitted to among my other hairband loving friends.

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by RichH on Jul 15, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

also, Arrested Development made it cool

It really is a terrible song, though.

by wcw on Jul 16, 2009 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

pshaw.

Not even Night Ranger levels of guilt.

Spice Girls is pretty embarrassing… like if you got caught with the video you’d have to claim that you turned the sound down.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on, man, “Final Countdown” is pretty embarrassing. That’s very silly.

by taliesin on Jul 16, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Night Ranger

Going to see them live Saturday. Yay me!

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by RichH on Jul 16, 2009 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think I've got you all beat...

by a mile

Some of you know I teach young children, so I have in my cd collection things like Linda Arnold, Charlotte Diamond, Greg & Steve, Hap Palmer, and Raffi.

Raffi’s Bananaphone has 3 songs on it that I will listen to at home or in the car and sing along:
The Changing Garden of Mr Bell
Down by the Riverside
Simple Gifts

Granted somewhere around here I have a Mahalia Jackson version of Down by the Riverside, but it’s the Raffi one that gets stuck in my head.

I’m just going to go crawl under a rock and die now.

by Merope on Jul 15, 2009 2:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

The Wiggles!

Although I don’t think they’re a guilty pleasure, are they?

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 2:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm much more Raffi-tolerant as a parent than I would have guessed...

A combination of "lack of sleep’ and “gratitude that our premature son was home and healthy” made me very susceptible to some of these tunes. “Oh my, Raffi… you’re right! I’ve never given the matter much thought, but now that you mention it, all I really need is a song in my heart, food in my belly, and love in my family. I’m gonna go make a sandwich.”

That song was on a Celebration of Family CD that we checked out from the library and listened to a lot in those early days. One day my wife caught me tearing up to Faith Hill’s “Before You Grow” and made me go take a nap.

by pantalones on Jul 15, 2009 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have never heard of any of those

by kimmyg on Jul 15, 2009 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you're not responsible

since you’ve been held at binky-point and forced to listen. I think it’s how the SLA got to Patty H., although I don’t think they had Raffi to work with.

Still, this thread is “guilty pleasure” not “punishable offenses”. All that stuff reminds me of hypnopaedia from Brave New World.

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:11 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bananaphone is great

My friend and I were singing it harmony-style last night in public.

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by RDreamer on Jul 16, 2009 10:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A few bands I consider guilty pleasures

Dashboard Confessional
Yellowcard
My Chemical Romance
50 Cent

by BleedBlackNOrange on Jul 15, 2009 2:47 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I used to listen to Dashboard back in high school, but I can’t deal with anymore. Too much waaah waaah, not enough not-waaah-waaah.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

musical theatre

Is it guilty pleasure to love showtunes? Like having the entire soundtrack to Chicago and Grease on your iPod?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

since you are not a gay man

yes. Grease might qualify for the nostalgia clause if you were over the age of 30.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I played tenor sax in the orchestra for my high school’s production of Grease. Also played bassoon in the Music Man, and clarinet in Fiddler of the Roof, which was probably the greatest musical experience of my life.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

is there a "band nerd' clause??

I guess so. I know, orchestra != band, but to “Dorks like him, they are”

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope it's evident by now

That I am a thirty-plus gay man.

That said, I can’t stand camp. Oh oh, guilty pleasure: Cher’s “Believe”. I really hate most gay diva icons. Except Bette Midler. OOH OOH “From a Distance”!

by shanghaijim on Jul 15, 2009 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh hell then I fall into this category. Just a few from the ipod: Cabaret, Chorus Line, Phantom of the Opera……I’ll stop listing now.

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by timmeh on Jul 15, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"What's Up Doc?" by the Fu-Schnickens w/Shaq

Furious rhyming! And Shaq doesn’t sound half bad, either. I really like this song.

by '83 Fleer on Jul 15, 2009 3:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dashboard Confessional- Hands Down
TATU- All the Things She Said
Tori Amos – A Sorta Fairytale
Blackstreet – Don’t Leave

Billy Ripken is not a fuck face

by Karlifornia on Jul 15, 2009 3:35 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love that Blackstreet song

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agree on the TATU song. English version only though.

Chris Dominguez: Bringing dingerz back to The Bay (In a while)

by CB30 on Jul 15, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Blackstreet

No Diggity

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by jhiat00 on Jul 15, 2009 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WHERE'S MY THIRD REC!!!!!

Damn you guys are cold. Slice like a ninja, cut like razor blade.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

DON’T GIVE IT TO HIM

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ALRIGHT WHO’S THE JOKER WHO DID IT? FESS UP!

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by Natto on Jul 15, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was gonna, but then you called me senile so I’m withholding my rec out of spite.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh not worried

you’ll forget why you were mad in 20 minutes or so.

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by zenbitz on Jul 15, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who was mad?

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by EliminateMe on Jul 15, 2009 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well...

How ‘bout “Two Princes” by the Spin Doctors? I’m pretty ashamed, especially with the ingenious lyric that goes:

“Dit-dit-dit! Dit-dit-dit-a-dobba-dobba-dobba dobba.”

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by rhys on Jul 15, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

oh

and I bought the single

49-39 - Giants Series Record: 17-7-4, 13-2 at home

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by rhys on Jul 15, 2009 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and i’ve seen this about 12 times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC-KaKAmmEY

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by rhys on Jul 15, 2009 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As soon as they finish the first line I start an endless succession of “Just go ahead now.”

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes

that whole damnable first album of theirs.

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by oldjacket on Jul 15, 2009 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have that album and as with everything in my collection, I like it and have no guilty about any of it.

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by timmeh on Jul 15, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Two Princes is a good song. Well, I mean, I like it anyway.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 15, 2009 10:20 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I lived across the street from Mark White, who is the bass guitarist for the band. He’s younger than me, and I used to see him walking down the street, a black guy with long rock star hair, always carrying his guitar and I used to think it was kind of funny. Who’s laughing now?

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uhh…I give up. Who is laughing now?

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by EliminateMe on Jul 16, 2009 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right now? The guy in the cube across from me. I don’t know why, though.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is he carrying a guitar? Maybe he’s Mark White.

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by EliminateMe on Jul 16, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Assuming he made plenty of money in their heyday, I would say him. If he spent it all on drugs, then me, the dispenser of drugs.

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guilty Pleasures Redux

The Ballad Of Chasey Lain by the Bloodhound Gang

I have one of you to thank for that.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 15, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Rush.

Rush. A thousand times Rush. Neil Peart is a god among men.

"Snow woulda had it!!!"
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by beat_la_25 on Jul 15, 2009 7:38 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Neil Diamond, The Carpenters.

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 7:55 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

What’s wrong with Neil Diamond?

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 15, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could never figure that out either, but he’s got his share of haters.

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by Sabertooth on Jul 15, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

didn't hate

until all that “Sweet Caroline” nonsense

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by natteringnabob on Jul 16, 2009 10:12 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sukiyaki by Ryo Sakamoto
September by Earth Wind and Fire.
Jesse’s Girl by Rick Springfield.
100 Years by Five for Fighting.
If you were here by Thompson Twins
Two out of Three Ain’t Bad by Meat Loaf

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by The Enchanter on Jul 15, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I will fight anyone who thinks there’s something wrong with Earth Wind and Fire.

And Five For Fighting is good, but that song annoys me.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 16, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

If someone doesn't like Meatloaf...

I don’t know what to say to them other than…Fail.

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by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 8:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

=100000000000000000

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by RichH on Jul 16, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh

= = +

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by RichH on Jul 16, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NEW MATH!

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by The Enchanter on Jul 16, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like Meatloaf

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Clayton Tanner. I have nothing witty to add.

by walkoff baltimore chop on Jul 16, 2009 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

SONGS BY JIM STEINMAN

lawl…

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like meatloaf with A1.

The singer… not so much

by microwave donut on Jul 16, 2009 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I liked him in Rocky Horror...

…back when I was a teenager who went to such things, sometime last century…

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by EliminateMe on Jul 16, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My first roommate and I went to see Night Of The Living Dead and walked in on Rocky Horror by mistake.

This was 1979. I was 19.
We lasted about 90 seconds.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was one of the losers who went every week and learned all the words. At least I didn’t dress up like all the characters though.

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

RICK SPRINGFIELD

yeah, that’s winner (uh loser) right there.

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by zenbitz on Jul 16, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does Duran Duran count?

by SFGuy on Jul 15, 2009 8:24 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes. Yes it does.

I am a terrible singer, but sometimes I try to sing on “Rock Band.” I often fail out or just scrape by, that’s how lousy I am. But for some reason I can just slay “Hungry Like the Wolf.” In some ways I find this worse than just being bad at every song.

by taliesin on Jul 16, 2009 8:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Beautiful songs

Save it For The Morning After
Come Undone
Ordinary World

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I definitly have a soft spot for RIO

and yeah, counts.

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by zenbitz on Jul 16, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still see Duran Duran whenever they come to New York for concerts. My wife likes pop, and they’re one of the few groups I like that she likes. Their two most recent cd’s weren’t great, but had several good songs.

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Guilt is for little people

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by S.F. Giangst on Jul 15, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Coheed and Cambria’s first CD, Second Stage Turbine Blade.

I’m not even that guilty about it. Screw you guys. Awesome. Prog-rock, Rush-esque!

/ducks

by ryanmiles on Jul 15, 2009 11:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I think they’ve gotten progressively worse with each album (the last one was awful) but I thought that first album was great too.

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by jponry on Jul 16, 2009 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Haven’t even heard the latest, but I enjoyed the second one as well

by ryanmiles on Jul 16, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have (at least) three

En Vogue – “My Lovin’ (No You’re Never Gonna Get It)”
Electric Six – “Fire in the Disco”
Journey – “When the Lights Go Down in the City”

I’m afraid none of these can compete with John Tesh, Yanni, and “We Built This City.”

Also, I feel a little guilty about liking New Order’s Technique album (it’s pretty cheezy, but I still love it), but earlier New Order I just like, shame-free.

And I don’t feel the least bit guilty about liking Prince, Madonna, or Steely Dan. That’s just silly.

by taliesin on Jul 16, 2009 12:08 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I love New Order

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 16, 2009 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Then you better own a copy of Substance (1987)

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 16, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, Low-life, baby.
The perfect kiss in the kiss of death.

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by The Enchanter on Jul 17, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And a few minutes and repetitive riffs later...

…frogs.

That’s tickled me for decades.

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by victor frankenstein on Jul 19, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Electric Six is tight. And steely dan is bomb too.

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by beat_la_25 on Jul 16, 2009 3:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

New Order is great. Check out their last CD before they broke up for good, “Waiting For the Siren’s Call.” Not as good as their heyday, but pretty damn close.

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Gay Bar has the catchiest riff ever

And a great video. Sexy Lincoln FTW

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by RDreamer on Jul 16, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I love Electric Six. They’re just so funny and off the wall.

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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 16, 2009 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hard to narrow it down to a few...

I think for music to qualify as a “Guilty Pleasure”, the listener has to have a strong sense that the music is of low quality, and yet the listener must also experience a distinct and fairly consistent sense of pleasure when listening to said music.

This all results in what happened to me the other day. A friend of mine called me on the phone and asked, “What are you listening to right now?” I didn’t want to tell him I was listening to “Daybreak” by Barry Manilow.

Every one of these songs can be found on my ipod…

Archies — “Sugar, Sugar”
Ambrosia — “Biggest Part of Me”
Baha Men — “Who Let the Dogs Out”
Bananarama — “Cruel Summer”
Belinda Carlisle — “Mad About You”
Bill Pursell — “Our Winter Love” (listen to this and you will become your grandparents)
Bobby Goldsboro — “Little Things”
Bobby Sherman — “Little Woman” (this one really embarrasses me)
Charles & Eddie — “Would I Lie to You?”
Christopher Cross — (entire first album)
The Cowsills — “The Rain, the Park And Other Things”, “Indian Lake”, “Hair”
Eddie Rabbit — “Drivin’ My Life Away”
Fatboy Slim — “The Rockafeller Skank”
Garth Brooks — “Cowboy Bill”
Gino Vanelli — “I Just Wanna Stop”
Ghostland Observatory — “Cause a Scene”
Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine — “Bad Boy”
Green Day — “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
Hanson — “MMMBop”
Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass — (lots of stuff)
John Denver — “Take Me Home Country Roads”
Johnny Nash — “Stir It Up”
Kaiser Chiefs — “Never Miss a Beat”
Len — “Steal My Sunshine”
Lenny Kravitz — “Fly Away”
Leo Sayer — “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”
Lipps, Inc. — “Funkytown”
The Maharajas — “You for President”
Melanie — “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)”
Ohio Express — “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy”
Paul Davis — “I Go Crazy”
Republica — “Ready to Go”
Rick Astley — “Never Gonna Give You Up”
Roxette — “How Do You Do!”
The Rutles — (entire album)
Snow — “Informer”
Sweet — “Fox on the Run”
Trashmen — “Surfin’ Bird”
The 5th Dimension — “Stoned Soul Picnic”

Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??

by tobias on Jul 16, 2009 1:18 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Len — "Steal My Sunshine"

I hate this WAY more than WBTC. Although, both pale in comparison to my most hated sone of all time “Lady Marmalade”…the remake for Moulin Rouge. It takes every part of my being to not shove a pencil in my ear when I hear it.

by briandean on Jul 16, 2009 1:26 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

even when you put a song up by a group I like, it’s usually one of the songs I don’t care for! Leo Sayer was good early before he became popular. Anything by Sweet is good and the same for Kaiser Chiefs.

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by rxmeister on Jul 16, 2009 5:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

even when you put a song up by a group I like, it’s usually one of the songs I don’t care for!

I feel guilty about that.

Why couldn't McCovey have hit the ball just three feet higher??

by tobias on Jul 16, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you should

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think the song itself is OK, but it’s so overplayed now that I wince whenever I hear it now.

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by Natto on Jul 16, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NOT ENOUGH NOWS IN THAT SENTENCE

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by Natto on Jul 16, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait, when?

GROUGTHINK ALERT

by groug on Jul 16, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you happen to know if Green Day’s new album is as godawful as it sounds from the singles?

I wanted to buy it because I like Green Day, but I can’t get myself to do it because those songs kind of suck hard.

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by howtheyscored on Jul 16, 2009 7:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can tell you it sucks without listening to the record.

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no.

We're all basically Pedro Feliz.

by SF Pete on Jul 16, 2009 9:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah, my nemesis

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Jul 16, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

:-)

I actually don’t like the new album nearly as much as American Idiot

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by SF Pete on Jul 16, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Early Green Day was good, but they’re just turning out the same crap now over and over. It all sounds the same, with the obligatory ballad that my grandmother would have loved. I think they’re just looking to make money now and appeal to 12 year olds. (along with granny). I give them credit for Foxboro Hot Tubs though. I think they knew their new fans wouldn’t go for those songs so they changed their name.

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by rxmeister on Jul 18, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs