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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:08

I love Manowar... but I don't feel guilty about it.

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:10

Fight Club wrote:

Does anyone else end up hating whatever music they play all day at work? I can't enjoy Bohemian Rhapsody anymore

Well, whenever I hear AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long played live by a cover band, or watching one AC/DC's DVDs, I'm one of those people who loses it & start making all sorts of funny "rocker" gestures. If it's played on the radio I switch stations.
My horrendous theory - "Classic" rock radio might just kill it off by overplay of the same 100 songs. Even the so-called deep tracks' shows play songs everyone knows. Heck, if you've got a bunch of people who love 80s Genesis, is it that hard to figure that you could slip in a few older tunes like "I Know What I Like" or "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", you'll differentiate your station from others & introduce people to music from some of their "favourites" that they might not have heard ?
But then, I remember these business are run by accountants, not music fans or other so called creative types ... Confused

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:11

love NWOBM

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:11

i don't think i have a guilty feeling for what i listen to...

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:16

Oops , forgot to add - I love 60s & 70s top 40 radio. I've been able to compile about 10 eighty minute CDs worth of choice select singles. I have no shame or pride, inferiority/superiority complex when it comes to what I like. Prog, Pop, Punk, even a few Polka tunes that I enjoy. Though the only Polka music I own is Weird Al Hooked on Polka medleys.
I guess you could say in brief that I just enjoy music Star

P.S. Good thread, nice to see prog fans aren't necessarily snobs...

Edited by pantacruelgruel - April 22 2007 at 21:17

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:20

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:20

Atavachron wrote:

love NWOBM

Britannia Rules, then begat the American wave, that unfortunately brought out the hair metal trend, that began too much inbreeding that eventually set the stage for Grunge, which I also like.

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:24

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

Do you remember Vicky Leandros? Now THOSE were the days!

AAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such humble beginnings, but they went to become popmeisters. Not prog by any measure, but their compositions & arrangements do show a certain genius in weaving a complex wall of sound into simple songs.

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:28

I ... I think I also kind of like Alan Parson's project. That must be the lowest level one can reach (because I specially -kind of- love Alan Parson's ballads)...

Edited by cuncuna - April 22 2007 at 21:34

¡Beware of the Bee!

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 21:33

ABBA for me..... just damn catchy songs that I sing for days after hearing them!

I'm also a huge deadhead... but I don't feel guilty about that

Edited by Walker - April 22 2007 at 21:34

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 22:31

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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? Wink

I don't wanna fall on any kind of agressive discussion, but you can't find a band uninspiring and enjoy their music, that's non-sense.

And maybe I don't consider any band for me a guilty pleasure, all of them have some positive aspects. So, I have no guilty pleasures.So

Edited by MadcapLaughs84 - April 22 2007 at 22:41

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 22:40

MadcapLaughs84 wrote:

Hatters wrote:

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? Wink

I don't wanna fall on any kind of agressive discussion, but you can't find a band uninspiring and enjoy their music, that's non-sense.

Evidently it isn't non-sense. Besides, that's kinda the point of this topic.. I like some Van Halen and there's nothing 'inspiring' about them.

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 22:45

Maybe I didn't explain myself clearly in what I meant to say.

If you like them, something inspires you in their music, maybe you feel cheerful, agressive, depressing, anything, but they actually cause a reaction on you, and that's what makes you enjoy it. BTW, Van Halen rocks!!!

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 22:45

Not precisely guilty but I really enjoy ther music of many non-prog bands that made a kind of "soundtrack" when I was 13-20 y.o. and Their music still makes me remember those days:

U2: Their albums til Achtung baby! are really good IMO.

Simple Minds: It's impossible for me to forget songs like Alive and Kicking and the classic Don't You Forget About Me.

The Cure: One of the most non-prog amazing bands that I've been heard! Disintegration is a masterpiece!

Johnny Cash: Master!

Tom Waits: MASTER!

Tori Amos: Beautiful songs, beautiful lyrics, beautiful woman.

Diamanda Galas: Amazing singer with some of the most impressive and weird albums that I've been heard.

AC-DC: If I tell you the crazy things we made when we were young with AC-DC music breaking our ears... you would'n believe it!

... E N E L B U N K E R...

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 23:04

Oh gosh...I have at least as much non-prog music as prog. Should I feel guilty about that??? Don't think so!!!! Bands/Artists like Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Neil Young, Simple Minds, Coldplay etc etc I feel no guilt at all. A good new one is Arcade Fire, I like it.

On-topic: The most "guilty" pleasure I have & like is some trance like Alice Deejay.

To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 23:12

Yellowcard. My 15 year old brother showed me some of their songs and I like them

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Posted: April 22 2007 at 23:51

I don't think I have any music that makes me feel guilty when I listen to it, but in certain situations certain bands can be embarrassing to mention. I wouldn't play early Genesis or ELP to my heavy metal orientated friends, or mention that I like Kate Bush and Duran Duran, I wouldn't dare say that NWA or Public Enemy is good in my prog circle (although to be fair my prog circle consists of 3 people), and liking Foreigner and Asia brings a negative reaction. Whenever I play Magma my family thinks I'm weird. LOL

The "you listen to that type of music, your knowledge is of less worth" type reaction I've noticed always comes from people who always stick to popular or highly-respected music you can't possibly attack.

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Posted: April 23 2007 at 00:31

The T wrote:

Andres calamaro

Guns n' roses

Metallica

Sepultura

Faith no more

Los Rodriguez

Enigma

Kylie

U2 every now and then...

Why is U2 a guilty pleasure?

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Posted: April 23 2007 at 00:38

I have no guilt at all in what I like.

In like from Pop to Prog (With soe limits of course)

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Posted: April 23 2007 at 01:31

These days I just don't have any guilty pleasures, I mean I'm into such a wide range of music that I really don't care if I'm judged for certain facets of my taste, I really don't care about being judged on my taste at all to be honest, I enjoy hearing what everyday people think of thrash and death metal.