Interactive Poll # 666 - GUILTY!

For something different, this week’s theme is the Guilty Pleasure.

For this poll, we’ll define a guilty pleasure as follows:

A piece of music that you enjoy despite feeling that it may not be generally held in high regard or seen as weird/unusual.

Some of you may think you have nothing to be guilty about and your taste is impeccable. Then you are lying to yourself. Dig deep and find your guilty pleasure. There is no shame. Think of this group as a safe place (actually, I can’t promise that…).

Doesn’t have to be a popular song, but it could be (pull out the Beyonce if you so are inclined, I am sure Queen Bey wouldn’t mind being mentioned on prog rock forum). It could be a genre or an artist you might feel a bit sheepish about (novelty songs, hair metal, William Shatner, David Hasselhoff, …). We’ll be flexible around here.

Some basic rules:

1. Artist must not be on the PA database.

2. Must be a piece of music you like.

3. We’ll try Mickey’s suggestion and you can nominate a piece and include alternatives if you want. You must at least nominate an initial song to reserve a slot on the poll. I’ll put in your screen name in until nominations are final.

4. Nominating will be kept open until end of day Friday July 3. Edit your original post to finalize your nomination. If it is unchanged, I’ll put in the song that is there.

Link to playlist with nominated videos:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zzvl_w6Fx4lXiWIkGvPwQCourjfAKIq

5. Voting starts when I get all selections in the poll on Saturday July 4 and goes until whenever.

6. Vote for up to three selections not your own. If you really think other people should be guilty and the only worthy selection is yours, I have a place for you in the poll, and if you didn’t nominate and don't want to vote for anyone’s selection, I also have a place for you in the poll.

7. Have fun!

Participation in this poll may mean that you are DAMNED! (Cue segue into a bonus video just for Mickey since we didn’t have any music videos with explosions last time.)

Link to playlist of most of the videos in this thread: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zzvl_w6Fx7bp-OmxczZChS0cJ6z7_Nl

Edited by mathman0806 - July 04 2020 at 04:42

far out man!!!  I'll go with 3 myself...  if anyone dislikes them particularly.. I likely choose that one!!!  hahah. If no one vomits.. I'll just choose one for the voting option.

no surprise to most..  I love this band.. few here do  then again.. what do they know about 'fun' man..

Edited by micky - June 30 2020 at 16:24

Raff wrote: I don't really believe in the whole "guilty pleasure" thing. However, this particular song (which I have always loved) might sound rather out of character to some people:

micky wrote: no surprise to most..  I love this band.. few here do  then again.. what do they know about 'fun' man..

Edited by Lewian - June 30 2020 at 16:42

mathman0806 wrote: micky wrote: no surprise to most..  I love this band.. few here do  then again.. what do they know about 'fun' man.. Love these guys. One of the first rock concerts I went to was this weird festival in which the bands, in order, were R.E.M., Berlin, Ratt, Huey Lewis and the News, and the Cars. It was a one day show, and Ratt was playing in the middle of the afternoon, clearly hungover, and talking about banging groupies between songs. It seemed like most of the crowd was there for Huey Lewis, so it wasn't going over well. The loudest applause during Ratt's set was when, in a Spinal Tap-ish moment, Huey Lewis's helicopter came down next to the stage.

Edited by micky - June 30 2020 at 16:44

Ok.  There's a theme here.  I hope I can be forgiven. From 1967, 1970 and 1967, respectively.  And the first is my (ab)nomination, the other two are alternatives for the theme.

Edited by Snicolette - June 30 2020 at 16:54

LINDA!!!!!!  sorry Nickie..  that is out.. too damn good to be a gulity pleasure.

This is my nomination. 

Here comes the first song I've shared from my country, Turkey.

I honestly think I don't have a real guilty pleasure related to the arts. I must have shared or I can share anything I like notwithstanding how absurd it might seem.

Closest to being a guilty pleasure can be this Islamic religious song, as I'm an open atheist. It is about divine love, and its translation is "Come and See Me", and its complete name is like "Come and See What (divine) Love Has Done to Me". As I said this is not an actual guilty pleasure, since I mentioned that I love this tune in various places and to more than several people I know.

I could've picked a ridiculous song too, but this comes closest to the criterion for me, here.

Eyüp Hamiş - Gel Gör Beni (The performer is Eyüp Hamiş, but this religious song belongs to Yunus Emre and has lyrics. I love this both as instrumental and with vocals & lyrics, yet this instrumental version is the best I've found on Youtube.)



Edited by Shadowyzard - July 02 2020 at 15:36