Guilty Pleasure Bands

E-Dub wrote: I've been and am still a fan of Journey's music--a huge part of my childhood. I also listen to a little Jimmy Buffett from time to time, Hall & Oates, and newer non-prog bands like Train, Matchbox Twenty, Sister Hazel. I don't consider this a guilty pleasure, but I'm also a huge Jackson Browne fan. E

Geuss what, I might be joining a band with Trains ex-guitarists kid.

Atomic_Rooster wrote: Music's music... whatever - even Robert Wyatt did a Neil Diamond/The Monkees cover (I'm a Believer)My guilty pleasure is probably Bob Dylan for several reasons:I like prog and Bob is sort of the antithesis.  He writes many poppy short/repetitive songs; he's a horrible singer; he's a bad instrumentalist; he became overly topical in many of his themes; and his lyrics - for all the hype - are not actually that great (I'm a professional poet, and my opinion of them is not very high; Hammill and Wyatt are much better lyricists)But I still like Bob's music for some inexplicable reason; I think one of my older friends whom I looked up to in high school was a huge Dylanologist, so that might be it.

Sorry, Rooster, I disagree. Technically speaking, something may be wrong with Dylan's singing (especially nowadays), but just think of his performances on albums such as BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. No-one else could have sung those songs better, or with greater sensitivity. (It doesn't come as a surprise that Ian Bostridge, Andreas Scholl and other singers of classical "Lieder" admire our Bob.)

My own guilty pleasure would be the Black Crowes, a band I have included among my favourites in my Prog Archives Profile. When they're good, I just ADORE them. Especially AMORICA!

At the same time, I'm fully aware that, in the eyes of the world, albums like A TRICK OF THE TAIL must be guilty pleasures as well. (Phil Collins singing his heart out about some half-baked fairy tale characters? Get lost!) Not to mention TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS, parts of which always move me deeply!

*takes a deep breath* Post-1987 Whitesnake.....don't judge me! @.@
Ok, so this pretty much qualifies as guilty pleasure, I'm sure, but I grew up listening to it and grew very fond of Dave's music, that feel-good flashy, but somewhat tasteful (considering others), tunes and its vaguely mellow and sober counterparts...even the simply "softies" like Deeper The Love.

I know, I'm a bad, bad person.

Edited by Aspiring hope - April 22 2007 at 15:16

Music's music... whatever - even Robert Wyatt did a Neil Diamond/The Monkees cover (I'm a Believer)

My guilty pleasure is probably Bob Dylan for several reasons:
I like prog and Bob is sort of the antithesis.  He writes many poppy short/repetitive songs; he's a horrible singer; he's a bad instrumentalist; he became overly topical in many of his themes; and his lyrics - for all the hype - are not actually that great (I'm a professional poet, and my opinion of them is not very high; Hammill and Wyatt are much better lyricists)

But I still like Bob's music for some inexplicable reason; I think one of my older friends whom I looked up to in high school was a huge Dylanologist, so that might be it.

Vintage Eurovision Song Contest songs: Boom Bang a Bang, Ding a Dong, La La La, Maman Maman, Primaballerina etc...


Edited by Rocktopus - April 22 2007 at 14:25

The Cure

andu wrote: In large parts of this forum, saying you enjoy Pink Floyd or Genesis is guilty...

In large parts of this forum, saying you enjoy Pink Floyd or Genesis is guilty... 

No guilt just pleasure for me .. except that time a found an empty flower pot and I put on my head and started sing "whip it"   but thats another story

Mine is DT. I hate listening to them 'cos there music is so conventional and uninspiring but then again I enjoy it. Going to see them anyway in Newcastle soon.

Don't really listen to any guilty pleasure non-Progressive bands really except the odd Rammstein or Slipknot track. Then again they aren't really pleasurable are they?