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Melomaniac 
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:40 |
Now this can be funny. We all have a band we love in our collection that most people dislike, or whatever. Which is yours ? I'll tell you mine a bit later on! 
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Raff
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:43 |
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I don't know about most people, but I love ELP (at least until "Welcome Back My Friends..."), and they don't seem to have that many fans around.
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Barla
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:44 |
 Ghost Rider wrote:
I don't know about most people, but I love ELP (at least until "Welcome Back My Friends..."), and they don't seem to have that many fans around. |
Do you see embarrasing to love ELP ?  
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Raff
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:46 |
Not at all... I actually don't see anything as embarrassing, music-wise. However, ELP seem to be the prog band that most people love to hate, so this is why I mentioned them. I don't really have any other musical skeletons in the closet. 
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:47 |
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I'm not ashamed really of any band I listen to. If I like it, then it must be good music!
Anyway here's a list of bands that many people give me crap for listening to:
Incubus (Brandon Boyd rules, I don't care if they're pop)
Presidents of the USA (yes, the guys who brought you "Peaches")
Andrew WK (only because there is a local band that does A. WK covers, and they are the most fun live shows EVER)
Phil Collins (yeah, I have No Jacket Required on vinyl. get over it.)
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Barla
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:48 |
I don't care what most of people will say about this, but I love ZZ Top !! ... and I bought the first Gorillaz's album when I was 12 (relax, I don't like Gorillaz any more) ...
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:51 |
Barla wrote:
I don't care what most of people will say about this, but I love ZZ Top !! ... and I bought the first Gorillaz's album when I was 12 (relax, I don't like Gorillaz any more) ...
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Actually, the Gorillaz last album wasn't bad at all
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Dantallion
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:54 |
My secret joy is Klaatu. I would'nt say I am truely ashamed to admit this, but they are a little poppy, and the song are a bit korny. But hey I love them any way 
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Mikerinos
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:54 |
Nothing I'm ashamed to like, but there is quite a bit I wouldn't play out loud when my parents are home. Examples include Magma (I think they'd disown me...  ), Island, some VdGG, Taal, Hoyry-Kone/Alamaailman Vasarat, and some others. And I love Spock's Beard/Neal Morse, no matter how cheesy it might be.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:55 |
All right, bring it on!
My skeleton in the closet, as of late, has to be Triumph. They sound dated, at times cheesy, but I like them !
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eugene
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 12:55 |
If I like a band - they must be playing good music, great music or superb music, otherwise what I would like them for? So what could possibly be embarassing in loving good music?
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eugene
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:01 |
Thinking about it - the only embarassing could be some dirty lyrics. For example there is Russian guy called Alexandre Laertskiy, whose lyrics can be quite embarrassing, and I would not play his opuses in front of parents, children or certain women, but again, I am not embarrassed at all to have his works in my collection.
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Dirk
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:02 |
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On this site Abba probably qualifies as embarassing. Other candidates: Fleetwood Mac (with Nicks and Buckingham), Elo, Sheryl Crow.
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:03 |
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Still a fan of bands like Journey, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, and .38 Special.
Although I don't own any of his stuff, I've always like George Michael. Guys got a great voice.
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eugene
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:11 |
Dirk wrote:
On this site Abba probably qualifies as embarassing. Other candidates: Fleetwood Mac (with Nicks and Buckingham), Elo, Sheryl Crow. |
Do know about others, but ABBA is my favourite disco band of all time. I think that their song "Let the music speak" from "Visitors" album is very much in progressive vein.
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postrockprince
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:12 |
Electric Light Orchestra is pretty bad, but I like some stuff. But my worst guilty pleasure is the fantasy metal band DRAGONFORCE. They rock/suck really hard.
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Mogwai? Mogbecause!
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:45 |
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stonebeard
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:49 |
Whitesnake
Europe
Incubus
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Raff
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 13:55 |
Dirk wrote:
On this site Abba probably qualifies as embarassing. Other candidates: Fleetwood Mac (with Nicks and Buckingham), Elo, Sheryl Crow.
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Wait until my fellow Horseman gets wind of this... (ELO I mean)  And what's wrong with liking Fleetwood Mac and Sheryl Crow? I've got her live album, and it rocks!  And Stonie, as for Whitesnake, I used to be a major fan of theirs - when they were still a hard rock/blues British band, before they went hair-metal with "1987". They really rocked at the time!
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Vompatti
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Posted: August 01 2006 at 14:16 |
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Bon Jovi is quite embarrassing, isn't it? I haven't listened to their albums for a long time, though.
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