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Points: 29560 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2004 at 02:42
Originally posted by landberkdoten landberkdoten wrote:

ENYA – Watermark (there’s something about her…)

 

 

 

 
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More than guilty pleasures, I rather refer to them as that particular dark side we all must have! And they’re:

 

SADE – Lovers Live (just happen to have a fetish upon Sade Adu btw… )

 

STING – Sacred Love (the worst album ever by Mr. Gordon Mathew Summer)

 

ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER – White Winds (I know what you thinking! But just can’t help it now…)

 

ENYA – Watermark (there’s something about her…)

 

DIRE STRAITS – Alchemy (couldn’t have left Mr. Knoppfler out since Sting is here!)

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Points: 139 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2004 at 00:42

Confession time!

Recent non- prog of any kind puchases I have made include;

The Changelings - Astronomica (ever heard of them?)

Erben der Schopfung - Elis (how about them?)

Tesla - Into the Now (I know you've heard of them)

Bearing Strait - S/T

Santa Esmerelda - The Best

Hero / A Rock Opera - Various

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i love death metal and doom metal, they have greaaaaattttt melodies and their music is veeeery touching when in anger mood if you know what i mean  LOL

i feel kinda guity when listening to 80's pop like PeeGees and air supply and bonnie tyler, but i swear they make some good music Embarrassed
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Points: 60 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2004 at 16:30
I forgot about another guilty pleasure of mine. ELP "Taste of My Love" from Love Beach...
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I also used to be a huge fan of Dave matthews. I cannot, however, describe what I got out of it, if there was anything at all..
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 17:16
Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

Originally posted by CrimsonKing CrimsonKing wrote:

Death Metal

With or without the AAAAAAAAARGGGH GGHRRRLLLBBBBB (grunts)?

Why do people feel guilty about these great music styles? I'm proud to own several Death albums, and a few others - selectively picked, as there is a lot of nonsense going on in that genre, it's true.

I'll bet there's at least one forum out there now, where someone is writing in a very similar thread...

(wibbly screen effects...)

"...my guilty secret is that I like prog. Not much - I once bought "Kayleigh" by Marillion, but never threw it away, because I suddenly discovered I liked it. I almost bought their new album, but fortunately my best mates took me clubbing and made sure I listened to loads of real cool house music, then bought me a copy of "Now That's What I Call Music 57". I've booked in to have my lobotomy next week - then maybe I'll be able to get rid of that embarrasing record "

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Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass anyone?

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Dave Matthews band used to be really, really good, so I wouldn't call the older stuff a guilty pleasure, but alot of songs on their past few albums, along with Dave's solo album sometimes make me feel a little guilty. There's something about it that screams "sellout," "over-marketed," and "shiny," to me, but what do you expect from a guy who packs concerts with 2 - 72 year olds? But I think he lost a great deal of his audience during the past few years. It seems like alot of good music from the 90s is evidently turning into a strange, 80s-like movement now in the 2000s. Funny that...

Classic rock makes me feel guilty sometimes. Styx, Fleetwood Mac, Boston - these bands are just so-so, I would say. Therefore, guilt ensues.

I guess I would have to say that I like 90s alt-rock too. Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and such were very big when I was a teen in the 90s so perhaps it's just maudlin feelings. 


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Originally posted by CrimsonKing CrimsonKing wrote:

Death Metal

With or without the AAAAAAAAARGGGH GGHRRRLLLBBBBB (grunts)?
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Points: 6667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 14:37
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

I've got CD's from all of the WRONG bands (Manowar)

However, Manowar???? Twisted Sister???



Errrrr, ahem....

I went to see Manowar once,

voluntarily,

and I enjoyed it.......

sorry

*hangs head in utter shame*

I was only 19........



Well, I still think their music is funny...

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Points: 28 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 14:18

Bon Jovi was my first concert. I was 13 and my dad took me.

I made up for it as my next 2 concerts were Rush and Rush.

My guilty pleasure:

Britney. My wife is always listening to that station that wive's listen to. I think there are subliminal messages or hypnotic something or another because now when it comes on I find myself tapping my foot.

Or it could be the libido.

 

Yeah probably the libido.Wink
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 13:16

I'm not going to tell anyone this, but I once saw Twisted Sister and thought they were great fun...

 

 

 

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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 11:19
Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

I've got CD's from all of the WRONG bands (Manowar)

However, Manowar???? Twisted Sister???



Errrrr, ahem....

I went to see Manowar once,

voluntarily,

and I enjoyed it.......

sorry

*hangs head in utter shame*

I was only 19........





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Points: 5243 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2004 at 11:07
Originally posted by Certif1ed Certif1ed wrote:

Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

I think danbo beats us all.... Karaoke is the most AWFUL thing ever invented! I even think going to a Spice Girls show is 'better' than doing KARAOKE! I once, accidentally, was in a KARAOKE show (I had to play in the same pub with my band, before the karaoke). It was absolutely horrificastendingly. I got so agressive I almost smashed my saxophone...

ok, danbo, no hard feelings    I guess I'm just allergic

I like Karaoke... if I'M doing it!!!

Exactly.... Some people should be taken out and beat about the head and shoulders for their vocal flagellations. Meagor!!!!

Oh yeah, Joren..... I'll take the mic over the Spice Girls.... everytime!!!!
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2004 at 11:09
I agree - "Crime of the Century" is a great proggy album - classic
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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 23 2004 at 09:30

 

HI, THIS IS CÉSAR INCA.

I have a very good opinion of 'Crime of the Century', both in prog terms and as a rock album per se. The beauty of the compositions, the exquisite string arrangemntes, Helliwell's superb sax/clarinet playing, that special somber ambience that flows around the listener's heart throughout the album (with 'Dreamer' being an oasis of good humour)... in my opinion, a classic of '74 prog.

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Points: 453 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 22:21

I find myself liking Crime of the Century, an often scorned album. Should I see a psychiatrist?
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 20:19

 Smile Hey, Foxy, EJ's "Funeral for a Friend" is a very proggish, excellent track.

I really like MATW's "Levon" and "Tiny Dancer," too, though I'm not a huge EJ fan....

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Points: 60 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2004 at 19:35

Guilty pleasures? Well, I'd call it diversity

I love Donna Summer. Especially her Bad Girls, Wanderer, She Works Hard for the Money and I'm Rainbow albums. Awesome voice.

Diana Krall. All records except poppish The Look of Love.

Elton John. However he had a quite progish Madman Across the Water.
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