Guilty Listening Pleasure
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Topic: Guilty Listening Pleasure
Posted By: blbx93
Subject: Guilty Listening Pleasure
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 16:52
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What is your guilty Listening pleasure?
A.K.A. the bands that just don't fit in with the rest of your collection.
I've got a couple.
Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Jack Johnson
Umphrey's Mcgee
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 17:00
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Not feeling guilty about it, but Creedence Clearwater Revival doesn't fit with the rest of my discography.
The soundtrack to Eddie & The Cruisers II : Eddie Lives, by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band I really enjoy also. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 18:39
Skid Row and Manowar. I had more, crap like Kiss and Accept, but sold it all long ago. These two I really like
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 18:41
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Alien Ant Farm and Rage Against The Machine. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 18:43
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Kenny Loggins (and related groups) Hall & Oates Michael McDonald (and related groups) ------------- 
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:00
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Frumpy and Atlantis (the German band of that name). they are at leat prog-related though, in my opinion (any band that throws in an ad hoc version of Bach's famos "Toccata and fugue in d-minor" in the midst of a song during a concert, like Frumpy do on their live album, should be considered to be prog-related at least)
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Posted By: Benjamin_Breeg
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:07
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gorillaz and some trash metal =P ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dream_Thief_/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2"> 
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:10
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America
Stevie Wonder
Swing Out Sister
 Go West ------------- 
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:32
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Switchfoot (a modern rock band)
Foo Fighters
CCR
Johnny Cash
Primus
 Quiet Riot
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:48
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I just learned recently that some of the music that is my guilty pleasure is known as "Yacht Rock", I always thought of it as Soft Rock or Easy Rock. I guess I am a Yacht Rocker! ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 20:32
I don't tend to feel too guilty when I'm listening to tunes other than prog Not that it happens too often
Non related prog stuff I listen to thats out of the norm:
Neil Young (Huge fan. Have most of his material)
Joni Mitchell
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Carole King
Grapes of Wrath (Some guilt here)
The Cure
The Stone Roses
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Posted By: Dr. Evil
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 20:40
hey, you shouldnt feel guilty for hearing the Red Hot... the amazing bass work forgives it all!
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 00:32
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<<Hall & Oates>>
Friggin' love Hall & Oates. And Hall's Can't Stop Dreaming solo disc from a couple of years ago was one of the best discs I bought that year. Mine: Shawn Colvin Alison Krauss Lyle Lovett Jimmy Buffett Poco Chicago Loggins & Messina Kenny Loggins E ------------- 
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Posted By: ResidentAlien
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:08
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Grand Funk Railroad. Haha, how embarassing. But E Pluribus Funk is a freakin' fantastic disc. Corny? Yes, but hella fun.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:13
^Oh yes, I like Grand Funk too
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Posted By: ResidentAlien
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:16
Haha, at least I'm not alone!  |
The Miracle wrote:Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:20
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Justin Timberlake-Sexyback
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Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:42
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 01:43
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Everything fits into my collection because it's mine. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 02:39
i like her i mean some of her songs sometime i feel she sings like Ozzy
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 02:52
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Cyndi Lauper
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 05:44
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CURVED AIR
I think that one has to like the camp elements of it, in order to have patience to find the some good jazzy stuf on their albums, in addition of their pop rock hits.
PS. Guilty pleasures are always the best ones!
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Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 06:41
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Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body) (ultimate euro-disco sleaze....awesome!!!!) i have a very soft spot for trashy 80s hi-nrg euro disco....Sandra, CC Catch, Modern Talking etc
and i love Toto as well....well anything up to 1986 .......
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 07:34
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Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:03
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Well, I've always liked Coldplay... Go on... Flame me. You know you wanna! ------------- 
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Posted By: NecroManiac
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:17
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Badly drawn boy (for a time) Mindless Self Indulgence Korn (for a time) Anime and Game music Nine Inch Nails (Some would say it's guilty listening, I dissagree). ------------- 
What's yer faovrite album? =^_^= |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:20
Hey, they're not so bad!
I like 80's hair metal and 80's pop too although I'm not embarassed about anything if I like it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:38
| U2 |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:41
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Boston
Live
Cinderella
Wasp
Foreigner
Not really embaressed about it though
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:01
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I'm not embarassed about *any* album in my collection. Ok, Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic comes very close ...
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:19
Wow that takes some guts to admit liking these guys. I personally could not.
Well they're not that bad.
Somehow, I have problems understanding how one can have guilty pleasure in arts. One can admit to porn-watching , sexual deviation, a strong penchant for the bottle, or feesting on cream puffs as being guilty pleasures, but in music?
I can even see it as far as TV shows are concerned. Or cartoons. But not music?
Then again, since I have perfect tastes I cannot go wrong, therefore everything I listen to is acceptable for everyone and if they don't like it, they've a problem and no taste.
   I do not have one single album I am embarrased to show to friends.
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:32
| I've never been embarrassed with the music I own. I like bands such as A-ha, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Simple Minds. Also some hair metal although I don't listen to it that much these days. I like Toto, Boston, Foreigner and Journey. Some power metal bands if they have something interesting to show. Same for 80s metal artists. That's all for now... |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:37
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Linkin Park
Limp Bizkit
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:54
Admit it, you only bought it for the cover anyway.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:05
"Mark Farner's wild, shirtless lyrics, the bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher, the competent drum work of Don Brewer!" What's not to like? (Thank you Homer Simpson) I'm not embarrassed about anything in my collection. It all has relevance on some level. Although, some people might scoff at my copy of Triumph's "Just a Game," or my wide selection of The Monkees. 
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Posted By: rainbow111
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 16:16
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Oh let's see now...Well looking at my CD's it's mostly old heavy metal Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden-stuff like that)...
the stuff that really doesn't fit in is...
ELF
Blackmore's Night
Renassance
Joe Lynn Turner
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Posted By: soundsweird
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 19:51
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I think I have everybody beat........
How about string-laden country cover songs by a TV actor???
Michael Parks, star of the 1969-1970 motorcycle odyssey show
"Then Came Bronson".... I have multiple copies of his LP's and an
expensive Australian (possible bootleg, since it's taken from vinyl)
"best of" CD. He's made a comeback in the movies in recent years,
thanks to Quentin Tarantino.......
BTW, I don't have these because they're cheesy, I love them in
spite of their cheesiness. He was a good, unique singer.
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Posted By: rainbow111
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 19:56
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Rainbow-the later, AOR kinda stuff
Joe Lynn Turner
Blackmore's Night ------------- It's got to be slow Taking love the only way It's got to just flow Making love and taking time to let it grow |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 21:10
Yes, I do!...but I liked them too...at least until their outstandingly mediocre album X & Y. I like: 311 Live Soul Coughing Rage Against the Machine Static X (but only Wisconsin Death Trip) Hey, it was the better music of my younger years. I can't turn my back on it! -------------  
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 21:13
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I actually really like The Avenged Sevenfold song 'Bat Country'. It has an awesome solo, additive hook, and is about Hunter S. Thompson. Good enough for me! -------------  
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 21:28
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<<Well, I've always liked Coldplay... Go on... Flame me. You know you wanna!>>
Not from me. I love Coldplay. Just listened to A Rush Of Blood To The Head yesterday. "Warning Sign" is still one of my favorite songs. E -------------
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 21:41
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Do I still have to like them? Cause if so, nothing... but if not, Green Day (I know...I know...), Slash snakepit...really crapy, AC/DC and Rolling Stones ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 02:16
Well, I'm not so fond of the guys but more of the confused lady...
And I'm certain that there is an artistic gold vein hidden within the more uninteresting stuff what they did.EDIT: Typos (again)
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Posted By: peroxidess
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 04:41
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Pozers, they are so much fun... to be honest I wouldn't listen to that at home but I would go to a club every now and then and laugh and move around... And Enya, mellow to the bone but some of her tracks trully move me... P.S. although what I trully feel guilty about are the greek pop songs that I don't feel offended by... ------------- The universe is in constant pursuit of a celestial home. |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 11:10
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The Human League and alot of 80s Synth pop like Gary Numan,Men Without Hats etc ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 15:37
| I don't feel guilty about anything in my collection. I believe everything I have is tasteful and interesting, regardless if it's Prog or not. When looking for new music to listen to, I am very selective. I only choose bands/artists who meet my criteria for what good music should sound like. I'm not embarrased to show any part of my music collection to neither friends nor strangers. |
Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 18:12
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Pomp Rockers Angel reissue of their first two albums is the most recent add to my collection that can be called a guilty pleasure.
In general, Pomp Rock, AOR and 80s Rock is my guilty pleasures.
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Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 20:45
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The only CD I can think of that is somewhat embarrassing & I like a lot is
Alice Deejay - Who needs guitars anyway (=very melodic Trance)
I am not embarrassed by the liking of (a.o.) Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Live, Coldplay, Eurythmics and Fisher Z, those I think are great bands (artists) but not Prog. ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 05:11
Yuuuuuuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................
That is not guilty pleasures anymore, more like complete and dangerous deviance.
   And it should be punished with a guilty sentence for life ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: NecroManiac
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 13:57
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Oh! I also like Drum 'n Bass.
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What's yer faovrite album? =^_^= |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 15:39
Can I just say I love Curved Air and don't care who knows about it- I don't feel ashamed about it, either.
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Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 16:19
| Love the Pet Shop Boys. Clever and very catchy pop songs. |
Posted By: NecroManiac
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 17:12
Yeah, I also liked Coldplay, untill their latest medicore offering which was hailed as the seacond coming of christ by music critics everywere and I couldn't turn on the radio without being bored to death by it.  -------------
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 18:04
| Guilty of enjoying a fair bit of pop on the local commercial radiostations. Totally unrepentant. |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 17:57
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I like Sarah McLachlan. Sorry! I can't help it, I love her voice. -------------
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Posted By: tdbark
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:01
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I have been thinking about it a lot lately, and after reading the opinions in here, it's amazing what differences we all have in our tastes. For instance, I love much of the 70's and 80's and just abhor most of the 90's and 00's. So, for me, in this forum, my guilty pleasures are different than say an 80's forum. That said here is a list of music I have grown to love over the years, but could be considered a guilty pleasure:
Meatloaf, REO, Pat Benatar, Eagles, Don Henley, Kiss, Heart, Foreigner, some Bee Gees (before SNF), Judas Priest, Bad Company, Ted Nugent, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Def Leppard, some Whitesnake, Lita Ford, Joan Jett, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim Croce, Harry Chapin, ELO, Paul McCartney and Wings, The Cars, The Shirts, Blondie, early Elton John (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is a GREAT album), some Duran Duran... you get the picture.... So, I listen to all types of music, classical, jazz, rock, heavy metal, folk, new wave, and, especially, progressive. BTW, it absolutely broke my heart that CBGB's closed recently... ------------- Twenty men crossing a bridge into a village, are twenty men crossing twenty bridges into twenty villages. Wallace Stevens |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:26
Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that about X&Y. My current guilty pleasure is "Video killed the radio star" (although that does of course count as prog-related).
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:34
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My guilty pleasure is one song by Eiffel 65. Blue (Da Ba Dee). I feel so horrible but this was played on the radio a lot when I was younger and I am addicted to it for some reason. |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:36
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My greatest guilty listening pleasures are (non-prog and even non-(non-prog)) ... old video games music ! Sounds are quite dated, but some songs are just amazing for the electronica fan (for example Turrican's soundtracks by Chris Huelbeck, one of the best music of video games), and there are even "progressive" tunes which last more than 20 minutes with changements in it ! If played with electric guitar, certain tracks should sound like progressive metal... This is my child-ish guilty pleasure |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:40
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there's no shame in liking Chris Huelsbeck. no more than liking any rock music you care to name. :D
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 11:51
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I believe I posted this on another similar thread or maybe years ago in anther forum (I seen at least 20 "guilty pleasure" threads), but it doesn't hurt.
I hate the term guilty pleasures.
 I feel no guilt in liking any genre, style or kind of music, of course I'm a Proghead and a purist (Never even worried in denying it) but this doesn't mean I must only listen Prog, I love Classic Rock, some POP and of course the great talent of one Latin Jazz/Salsa musician called Ruben Blades.Why must we talk about guilt? (Unless you speak of Donna Summer or Snoop Dog
There's no guilt in liking different genres of music. I will list some:
I could follow for hours....Prog is my first love and 90% of my musical listening but this doesn't mean I feel any guilt for listening something different. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Kid-A
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 13:56
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Well then you don't have any guilty listening pleasures ^^, cause you're not embarresed about any of them. ------------- 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 14:04
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Wow Ivan, you like El Tri, i never thought to find somedy here who listens to them, i actually dont like them.
Some of my guilty pleasures:
Jane´s Addiction
 Bjork
Lucybell
Nelly Furtado
The Police
Ravy Shankar
Depeche Mode
Just to name a few ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 16:20
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Memowakeman wrote:
Well, I’m not a fan of El Tri, as a fact what I like most of them is El Tri Sinfónico with La Sinfónica FM, the orchestral arrangements are simply outstanding. It’s true that Alex Lora can’t sing at all (He just shouts with throat) but the guy who plays the acoustic guitar in a Flamenco style is wonderful, the drumming is solid, the backing vocals when done in studio are very good also. Their music is extremely simple and could even sound amateurish, but that’s precisely the charm of the band, they don’t pretend anything, they just give their best and surely they are able to rock. As I said I only have El Tri Sinfónico DVD and a couple of samples specially Triste Canción de Amor in Bolero style (MTV Unplugged) and honestly I enjoy both recordings. -------------
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 16:52
What's wrong with Jane's Addiction?  -------------
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:03
more importantly, what's wrong with Björk?  ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:07
Actually there´s nothing wrong with none of them, i´m listening to Bjork´s Debut right now, i just wrote those names because the first poster said which are those bands /albums /artists which doesn´t fin in with your collection, Bjork and Jane´s Addiction simply doesn´t fit in with my collection, the only one that makes me feel embarrased sometimes is Nelly Furtado ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:09
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I like Nelly Furtado
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:10
hell yeah im not alone   ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 17:19
Hell yeah, very entertaining joy & melancholy, rhythm & rhyme, singing & production altogether. I'm only not sure about the latin girl-power self-image from the videos, but otherwise  I've only recently started developing what might be called a collection so I have nothing that doesn't fit; I'll mention my first ever favourite band that I like to recall from time to time: Roxette. I still enjoy them, especially their late works.------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 21:26
I use to think she was pretty good until her "re-invtention."
I'm Like a Bird
Promiscuous -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: January 29 2007 at 21:31
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Fiona Apple
Van Halen The Mermen |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 13:22
 Wow! Somebody else likes Roxette too! Ah, childhood ------------- |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 14:44
 I don't have it in my collection (at least not yet), but I honestly think it's a great album. |
Posted By: Norm Cash
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:17
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I have a lot of "easy listening", crooner type stuff in my collection. Love it. I'm also a big fan of Scottish trad/rock fusion stuff by bands such as Wolfstone and the Peatbog Faeries. Right now, however, I'm listening to an album that I only just discovered last night. It's been played through 3 times today already and I love it more every time I hear it. Has Been by William Shatner What a fantastic piece of work!! ------------- 
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:47
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Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: February 19 2007 at 17:54
| I like the song el camino of Aleks Syntec y lagente normal |