Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Joe Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John(my nickname was Elton in high school because I was such a huge fan, Sparks(one of my favorite bands), Alice Cooper(eaten in his restaurant in Phoenix many times), A Flock of Seagulls(saw them back up the Go-Go's, most fun I ever had at a concert), David Lee Roth, Gary Numan, Joan Jett, Kiss, Meat Loaf, and yes Elvis Presley.

JJ
 

say what you want about his demeanor, but he's an absolute genius. No pangs of guilt should be associated with him.

Sparks?

Yes, Rick. Sparks, mainly there earlier punk rock style. But I do have some of their newer electronic stuff. Ron Mael humor is wonderful, and Russell's falsetto singing is enjoyable to me. Is that worse than Barry M?

what I mean...
 

is I never heard of them. I was into the Plasmatics, Ramones, Richard Hell, etc. but never heard of sparks.

Cool!

http://www.allsparks.com/home_h.php
If you ever saw the movie "Rollercoaster" with George Segal and Timothy Bottoms and Helen Hunt as a young teenager. Sparks was the live band in the movie with the piano player throwing his piano bench around the stage ala Pete Townshend smashing his guitar. They also did a song on MTV in the early 80's with Jane Wieldlin from the Go-Go's call 'Cool Places'. They have been around since the early 70's and just released a new album which I don't have yet, but has been getting good reviews. They didn't get much airplay here, but in England they had some Top 5 hits with 'Talent is an Asset' and 'This Town isn't Big Enough for Both of Us'. Their best albums are 'Woofer in Tweeter's Clothes', 'Kimono My House', 'Propaganda', and 'Indiscreet'. I have most of their albums or cd's. If you wanna try one get 'Kimono' first. If you haven't seen 'Rollercoaster', rent it it is a great movie.

P. S. Sparks is the only band my mom banned me from playing when I was growing up because she couldn't stand the singer's voice. Of course I played it anyway. That's how I got my own record player for my room.

Wow!
 

After I narrowed the web address down to allsparks.com, I found a band I never knew. How does this happen? What a fascinating bio - very cool.

Love the pics of the drummer, though she looks like she can kick my ass.

The names of the records are a scream, too.

speaking of brazil 66
 

hey jrv,
i happen to have loved loni (hall i think) singing with brazil...some of my best memories are singing...when a summer turns to snow...guilty as sin i am of still lovin them...even did out the album and play it (if my turntable worked):rolleyes:

and Sparks!
 

teemin8r, i saw them one nite on some music show...couldn't stop singing their stuff...had them preserved on tape...but alas it finally broke.:D

albert's a wiz! he a genius!

Are we not men?
 

I don't know how I forgot these guys. I used to listen to Devo's first three records all of the time! Pink Pussycat, Blockhead, Mongoloid, what fun stuff. The "Duty Now for the Future" record is a gem.

I was watching one of my son's shows, "Rocket Power" (which is great) and the Devo guy Mark M. does the music. He also did Pee-Wee Herman's music and tons of others.

Sometimes I'd rather listen to their versions of "Satisfaction" and "Secret Agent Man" over the originals.

Whip it good!

i luv that cartoon rick!
 

mark also has been the musical input for rug rats from the beginning! another show i like...he had tabs in real monsters too, i believe...

we are DEVO

and i confess to M&M too:(
i'm a word monger, what can i say.

No Guilt In Music
 

I have no guilt in any of my pleasures music or otherwise but keeping in the spirit of the thread here I go. Sabbath with Ozzy, Ozzy with Randy, Iron Madian with Paul, Van Hallen with David, Accept, Motör Head, Montrose, Ummm Carol King, The Carpenters, Joni Mitchell, ZZ Top, B.O.C., Living Color ( my first CD ). My first concert was Neil Diamond..Went with the prenatal units Fleetwood Mac ( my first LP )

Montrose
 

ah, part of the birth of Journey - Ross Valory - killer groovy bassist.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

In a different thread I mentioned a fun thing we had going about Guilty Pleasures.

We have enough new members of the family now to resurrect it I think. Read back through the previous posts and have a laugh. Then add your own to the list.

Re: No Guilt In Music
 

That's two yrs old but still well said...

I finally just bought the Devo CD referred to a couple of posts back.

Money well spent.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

My first album was
The Monkees !
You never forget your first one.
Another pleasant valley Sundaayayay...

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My first record was Grease, the soundtrack!!

I admit to liking The Bee Gees and Abba.

In the 80s, I secretly listened to Duran Duran...

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Hey Moon Buds…
It has been a wile for me here in the forums. I am working 2nd shift wile the wife is still working 1st at the Buffalo Museum of Science. With lil Isabella now 1 year old i'm down to 4-5 hrs of sleep a night. A friend of mine has around 2500 cd’s and I have been adding them to my iTunes at about 10-15 cd’s a week. Recently I have added the complete collection of; Accept, AC/DC, Bernie Torme, Budgie, Frank Marino, Gary Moore, Riot & Thin Lizzy. I have Tygers of Pan Tang on deck for this week.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Hey man,

Nice to see you here...

I listened to Jailbreak and Johnny the Fox yesterday...:-o~

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the boys are back in town! :D

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I don't know if this counts as a guilty pleasure (I don't, but some will), but I'm totally into the Cranberries right now.

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Just don't let Grandma catch you!:rofl:

(sorry I just had to)

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Zombie!

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Ah, guilty pleasures. There have been many that I've found here on the moon that most people question my tastes by listening to. I question their intelligence, but that's not the point. My guilty pleasures: Yanni, a lot of the no-name "Third baptist church of Springfield Gospel Choir" type groups. UFO, when I feel like giving myself a headache. Bob Dylan when I want to give someone an idea of what it's like to have a bird poop on your shoulder. And some North Georgia Appalachian music. Stuff from the heart by people who are by and large illiterate.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

what happened to some of these folks...and who was the moderator "extended play" ?
i must've been off protesting the war at mp3.com.au, besonic :-V

guilty pleasures... growing up, i had all the Herb Albert/TB records.
"the lonely bull" still holds up IMO. i liked all that stuff, theme songs
like "hang 'em high" by Hugo Montenegro, the john barry 007 soundtracks..
...GO-WOLD-FING-AHHHH.... :p

"love is blue" by paul mauriat was the 2nd single i purchased w/
my lawn mowing money. the 1st was "green tambourine" by the lemon pipers,
then came "words" (Bside "i started a joke") 3rd, by the BeeGees.

it was a great time for music, much less "format" or genre oriented.
we'd hear the beatles, followed by "winchester cathedral"
(New Vaudeville Band) then like "apple,peaches, pumpkin pie" or
something by the supremes.

basically, there was 2 kinds of music- the kind you liked,
the kind you didn't.8-)

@dot- the "oh brother..." soundtrack did miracles for americana folk music!
...anyone else get into that? awesome!

kirk

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

> what happened to some of these folks

Well, Kirk, speaking for myself, I got married a year ago 3/19. I haven't posted here much since the birth of the Guilty Pleasures thread in my single days, but I still listen to AM when I can. I was a more frequent poster (and listener) as a single-without-children, when I had more leisure time!

This thread was among my AM forum "favorites" so the recent e-mail notifications brought me back. And, more specifically, I felt compelled to reply to your post because we had such similar tastes.

I didn't have all the Herb Alpert LPs, but I had 3 or 4. And Lonely Bull was my first (and, I agree, probably the best).

I also loved Paul Mauriat/Love is Blue as a teen. I remember the sexy album cover caused some controversy in my very conservative household! But they let me keep it anyway. Probably helped that it sounded enough like Mantovani to make my parents relax. (But if I recall, that model on the cover was very, very hot! Clothed only in body paint. Fueled some young teen fantasies.)

And Winchester Cathedral...one of my faves as a young kid. I was probably 8 or so when that came out. Had a 45 of it that I played to death. The other favorite 45 I had from roughly the same era--odd, but not quite as odd as Winchester Cathedral--was Washington Square by the Village Stompers. Anyone remember that?:dunno:

> the "oh brother..." soundtrack did miracles for americana folk music!
...anyone else get into that? awesome!

Are you talking about O Brother, Where Art Thou, with George Clooney? Happens to be one of my wife's favorite movies. She introduced me to it; I'd never seen it. That was a fun movie & great soundtrack.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

hey Jeff- O brother, long time no hear from!
you're right, "O brother..."...grammatic as the word "O"
may be...:hrm:
wait a mo...you were 8 when winchester cathedral was released..
and you just had an addition to the family!?!?:(

not to worry, you'll be fixing up a corner in the basement
or somewhere soon..dad's little getaway(AKA "the dadcave")
w/ all the "off limits" stuff that makes the wife doubt your sanity...
the LPs, comic books, old natlamps and playboys...
we'll leave a light on for you.

keef- if you intended to do this, great idea!
hopefully, there'll be others that have thread notification
enabled, check in.

kirk

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

My "additions to the family" are a stepdaughter, 13 and a stepson, 15. No plans for additions via biological means! :smoooch:

And the stepdaughter just reminded me to add that O Brother, Where Art Thou is also one of her favorite movies.

Another thing I forgot to mention: Not only did I like Love is Blue...I liked it so much I had the sheet music and used to play it on the piano! Being a guilty pleasure spectator is one thing. Being a guilty pleasure producer raises it to a different level.

Alas, no (residential) basements in swampy, tropical Houston. They would be under water without expensive pumping systems like they use in commercial buildings. But at least I'm allowed a little cave time in my home office.

And I second that this thread needs to be bumped periodically!




Okay, everybody sing along--

Oh-bo-de-o-do
Oh-bo-de-o-do
Oh-bo-de-o-do de-do-duh

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Does 50's music and punk count as guilty pleasures? I kind of hedge on it because 50's r and r is really the roots. And early punk was really an extension of a lot of that. I was innundated with 50's rock as a kid. I still love the Coasters, Little Richard, and especially the vocal groups like the Platters.

And give me the Ramones or Plasmatics any day.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

ah, OK.. that makes sense...

yeah, "love is blue" fascinated me, no idea why it made
such a connection.

i'm wondering if anyone else here remembers the syndicated
"upbeat" show...it was sort of a forerunner to MTV.
the host Don Webster announced acts, then cut to a film (before tape)
of a top band. they carried the illusion that all these bands
were playing one after the other.
i remember steppenwolf, blue cheer, tommy james & the shondells,
the who, black sabbath on the same show.
hey,found a link! - http://www.esquirerecords.com/citimusic/Upbeat.asp
check out "pictures".
the guys that later would become my 1st bandmates would
gather on saturdays to watch the show,dream of growing hair as long
as Blue Cheer's.
FYI- host Don Webster is now the director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

of course, there was the network shows Hullabaloo, Shindig.
Hullabaloo magazine, became "Circus", which i believe is
still around.

@Rick- SURE the 50's count! the Beatles wouldn't have existed w/o
Little Richard, Chuck Berry..

kirk

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The Upbeat Dancers look like a karate club! Thanks for the pics///:thumbsup:

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The Classics IV.

"Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you"

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Hey Ricbass!

Where else do i know you from? are you on Yesfans?
At any rate, welcome!

i've seen the Classics 4 on the aforementioned Upbeat show many times.
very original, mellow grooves. "Stormy" was another great one by them..

Bands like them and the Boxtops got me through the
1910 Fruitgum Co. period.:urp:

kirk

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Kirk:

Although I am a Yes fan. I have never been on that form. Must be my twin RickenbackerBass brother. (as I genuflect and pay homage to Chris Squire.)

I love that fact that Dennis Yost played the drums while standing.

I still get choked-up about past loves when I hear "Traces" :heart:Sigh!

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

[quote=RickenbackerBas]

Well...you should check it out! www.yesfans.com
It's like an online city w/ a membership in the thousands.
It's mostly us proud sons and daughters who knew the knowledge
of the land...;) , and a load of musicians.

are you playing in a group, any stuff posted?

i have a new one posted to www.songplanet.com/zenpool
a much less proggy number than the last one, a feelgood sorta
Latin-based progressive world tune (whew!) "Mamaya".
it's my 1st recording w/ the new Chapman Stick,
a rare flute performance.

kirk

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Kirk:

I am doing music now - mostly Christian stuff. It has been interesting introducing prog arrangements to individuals who have almost never heard of, nor even considered, the genre. Actually the music director at my church and one of the musicians, both of whom have degrees in music and are accomplished musicians, were fascinated with the concept of progressive music. I burned a CD for them with some classic prog stuff and lifted some info describing prog music from the internet. They were both impressed with the concept and the music and wondered why they had never encountered the genre before.

One day I hope to do produce some progressive arrangements of traditional church hymns. (Somewhat inspired after hearing Chris Squire do a bass solo using Amazing Grace as the melody line in 1976!)

Anyway, I do have some stuff available on line. Look at www.download.com/fragilecreation. My favorite is “Lord, you have My Heart”. “To Him/In the Holy Place” is moderately proggy, especially if you know the original song arrangements. “Cry” is an original written by a friend who was a bit surprised after we produced it as my arrangement changed the character of the song somewhat and moved it towards a progressive feel. “Creation Worships” will never be confused for a prog song.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Kirk:

Just visited your web site: Good stuff, really enjoyed it. We’re kind of neighbors. I’m in the Port Townsend area.

RickBass

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Somewhere else there was a suggestion that ressurecting old threads for the benefit of new Moonbuds was a good idea.

Well here we are:

We know that you all like prog bands but what other music is there that pushes your buttons which you would only admit to true friends?

Read back and you will see that I am a life long Barry Manilow and Doris Day fan.

Roger.Lee likes Bob Dylan and Rick and Roll likes being whipped by scantily clad nurses. 8-o OK I made that last one up (I think) but what other guilty pleasures are there on the Lunar Surface?

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

I love Alison Krauss.

and Rufus Wainright.

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Lawrence Welk :o (not EVERY week)

#1 Q-Tip show. I must be there.

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I can't believe I've fessed up to that.

8-o

Well, at least my taste in music is eclectic :rolleyes: