Guilty Pleasures
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Topic: Guilty Pleasures
Posted By: ahg33
Subject: Guilty Pleasures
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 20:50
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What are some artists/songs that you wouldn't openly admit to liking, especially in front of all these prog fans? I am ashamed to say that i like one emo band under the name of Saves the Day. They are a very good band in my opinion. Oh and I also like some songs by the Dixie Chicks   |
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Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 20:53
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I used to love Saves the Day. Can't Slow Down was a great pop/punk release and one of my favorite albums for about a year. I liked the subsequent releases through In Reverie. They were evolving nicely and kept every album fresh and interesting and then they spiraled back to playing stuff like Can't Slow Down and Through Being Cool again and that's where I quite following them. Not really my style these days. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 21:29
Spongebob Squarepants opening and ending theme. Wait.... I don't feel guilty about it.  Ah well. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mantra
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 22:22
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Well for me, it's not exactly guilty, except around prog fans. Then it becomes very guilty.
Punk rock, guilty as charged. But in essence I owe it to punk rock for all the music I listen to now. It was a chain effect. Punk got me into classic rock which got me into old metal which got me into newer metal which got me into progressive, and now I listen to everything from punk rock and old prog to death metal.
Yea... you can all say Green Day blows and The Ramones suck and Blink-182 is talentless.. and even though you may be right, they all suck at their instruments, it was / is still very fun music to listen to and I shuffle around with it from time to time. ------------- 
"I was told, theres a new love that's born for each one that has died." |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: July 02 2008 at 22:42
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Aerosmith
Nah just kidding they're terrible. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 12:25
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Equality 7-2521 wrote:Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 12:27
Yeah that sounds kinda like me, but man they are way better than most emo/alternative bands out there. They can actually construct a good riff. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 20:43
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Probably mentioned it before, but my guilty pleasure band is the White Stripes. What can I say, Jack's a hell of a songwriter.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 20:51
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I mean, it's not exactly a guilty pleasure to like bands that some other people might not. There's a ton of bands that I love that everybody else here probably hates yet I don't feel guilty about it. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 21:29
Hey who cares this is fun |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 23:17
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Yeah, no guilty pleasures for me, more of a case of stuff that is prog to me not officially prog here. There's some stuff I taped from live broadcasts: Men At Work, Flock Of Seagulls, etc. that might qualify if I actually bothered to listen to them anymore. If guilty pleasures solely consist of artists that aren't accepted at the PA yet: Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Bruce Hampton, David Sancious, Nine Inch Nails, The Observatory, Harold Budd, Eluvium, Praxis, Talking Heads, L. Subramanium/Stephane Grappelli, Joe Jackson, Blue October, Sally Oldfield, Jon Hassell, Buckethead, Mark Isham, Automatic Man, Shadowfax, Monade, Stereolab, Egberto Gismonti, Various Les Claypool projects, Jaspar Van't Hof, Joachim Kuhn, Joni MItchell, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Miles Davis, Steve Roach, Jerry Harrison, Nirvana, Electromagnets, Eric Johnson, The High Llamas, Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, Pere Ubu, David and David, Bela Fleck, Afro Celt Sound System, Charlie Parker, David Earle Johnson, Gary Burton, XTC, Sting, The Police, Yothu Yindi, Chuck Mangione, The Psychedelic Furs, Rainer Burninghaus, Laurie Anderson, Kitaro, Enya, Michael Hedges, Angelo Badamenti... I am guilty, send me off to Proguantonimocamoleville.     ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 23:19
How long did that take you? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 23:24
Just about 15 minutes, I have a log I went through. 
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: July 03 2008 at 23:27
All AWESOME. ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 10:03
Very good use of your time i must say |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 10:07
No guilt there - 'Icky Thump' is the best album Led Zepp never made  Like that? Try his other band, The Raconteurs - superb!------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 12:49
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^I like a few White Stripes songs, but I simply can not get through a full album of that stuff. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 13:02
| guilty pleasures exist in the archives, too. I like Yellow Magic Orchestra more than most symphonic prog. =P |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 13:11
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I don't own any of his stuff; but, I've always enjoyed the music of George Michael. The man has a great voice. E ------------- 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 13:13
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Oh, and I also like some smooth jazz like The Rippingtons, Lee Ritenour, Fourplay and Spyro Gyra. I'm also a Parrothead (name given to Jimmy Buffett fans), although the luster has worn off just a bit. The guy has been reduced down to a novelty, but his music is fun. E -------------
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 13:14
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Hmmm...Whitesnake is probably my guiltiest pleasure. And since it's not Hair Metal era, I don't even know if I feel particularly guilty. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: preqT0THEseq7
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 14:30
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Taylor Swift...anyone? All country music. ------------- Idk, My BFF Steve. http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 15:24
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 15:25
| Woops, sorry i meant to say that Taylor Swift is the bomb on that reply. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 04 2008 at 16:57
Generally speaking, if it has pedal steel I'm loving it.
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 00:31
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The very thought that i would be ashamed of enjoying anything so harmless as a musical group's output or release gives me the feeling of wanting to explode into fits of defamatory laughter. I could see why a pedophile, a racist, a misanthrope or other slime like type of human being might feel the need to hide their true nature and likes/dislikes. But musical tastes ? I love the Bay city Rollers' Saturday Night. I still enjoy the early Beatles albums. Pilot's "Magic" still figures among the best songs ever in my book. You don't like it, or you want to spew some "nasty" diatribe against my preferences or "tolerances". Take your best shot. Let's hope you're wearing a metaphorical "cup". I've got enough "populist" snot to put your snob butt in traction. After all, it is only music. It's yet to be proven to kill, impoverish, enslave or harm people, eh... ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 02:57
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I'm not really ashamed of listening to stuff like this, but I guess this is stuff you wouldn't expect me to listen to:
Michael Jackson (HUGE fan)
Abba
James Blunt
B*Witched (I know, but it's just such happy music)
Five's first album is alright
Glen Mitchell
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Posted By: Rubidium
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 19:02
They may not be people, but it's a scientific fact that Slim Whitman's yodeling is fatal to Martians... |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 21:46
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Kylie Minogue...
Now, try to beat me... ------------- 
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 21:47
Not approving of Kylie, but hey, we got a winner ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: July 05 2008 at 22:53
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Snoop Dogg
The Geto Boys ------------- 
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Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 10:46
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Ha, I'll listen to a little rap if I'm in the car with some friends or lifting weights, but never on my own. But I do like 2pac
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Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 13:12
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Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 13:39
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I'm not ashamed of my music taste, so I will just name some artists which are not that.. usual for me..
The Rasmus, Green Day, Billy Talent, Starsailor, Akon, Action Film Survivors, Within Temptation, Wise Guys, Depeche Mode ..
(no, no mentions of my metal/jazz/classical records)
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 16:31
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I Don't feel guilty about any of my Pleasures , but i do love a bit of Frank Sinatra on a Sunday afternoon
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 19:29
Damn this is turning into a death match....
But if I mentioned that there is a Kylie collection in my vaults... this would be over immediately....   -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 06 2008 at 20:51
| Eminem |
Posted By: ahg33
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 19:34
Man I don't know if I can agree. Maybe on songs like Kill you and Lose Yourself.  |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 07 2008 at 21:00
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Today it's: My
This is my ultimate "I'm p!ssed-off with the World, so get out of my  king way!" driving album  ------------- What? |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:17
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I unabashadly like Rammstein
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 15:11
 I have Du Hast as my ringtone.------------- What? |
Posted By: preqT0THEseq7
Date Posted: July 09 2008 at 22:20
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You ever listen to the English version of that song? lol ------------- Idk, My BFF Steve. http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: February 23 2009 at 18:29
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outlaw country (not really guilty about it):
Johnny Cash
Merle Haggard
Waylon Jennings
Charlie Daniels Band
Marshall Tucker Band
Billy Joe Shaver
Hank Williams
David Allan Coe
Willie Nelson
Kinky Friedman
The Outlaws
The Highwaymen
Pure Prairie League
Roger Miller
also:
Weird Al
Motorhead
The Eagles
Dewey Cox (the Walk Hard soundtrack)
Wunderlust King - Gogol Bordello
Scatland's World - Scatman John (can't listen to it without smiling)
and then there are the 80s:
99 Luftballoons - Nena
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Down Under - Men At Work
Video Killed the Radio Star - Buggles
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (yes, I enjoy getting Rickroll'd)
Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
super guilty pleasures:
Mother - Danzig
there are a couple songs each from Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, and Alabama I enjoy
the Family Matters theme song
Heat of the Moment - Cartman/Asia (used to have a great video on youtube that spliced the versions but alas it's gone now)
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