Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

JRV said that someone would have to start this thread so here goes!!!

Motorhead - Great stuff to bang your head to, probably the best Metal Band EVER!!!!
Cream
The Doors
Barry Manilow - How's that for honesty???
The Tragically Hip - Just discovered them while in Canada on vacation.
Cat Stevens
Da Da
Stone Roses
Judie Tzuke - The most beautiful songstress I know.

That'll do for starters.

Anyone else like to take a shot?

I'm in!
 

I'll jump in with probably my most embarassing one: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor (I think).

I also enjoy:

Chicago
BTO (for just good straight ahead rock)
Radar Love by Golden Earing
Sarah Maclachlan
Destiny's Child
Neil Young
Gerry Rafferty's City to City
Psychedelic Furs
Strange Advance

I think I'll quit now.

Embarrasment prize....
 

Sorry Zvinki.....I think I still lead with Barry Manilow.

I also have a fondness for kd lang, The Fugs, Doris Day and Frank Sinatra.

The best of these though is Doris!!!!!!! She really is my Secret Love!!!

Most AOR classic rock...

New Age ambient stuff...

The Eagles.

Ow, that hurt!

Avian

Bob Seger

but I'll still defer to Keith's Barry Manilow pick as most embarrassing

Cowboy Music (a little). NOT country - Sons of the Pioneers type stuff. <blush>

OK, I guess I'm going to have to go through with it now. Seeing Barry Manilow on the list gives me courage...I don't think I have anything to top that!

- I went to the trouble to burn my favorite Seal songs to CD, and it has occupied a place of honor in my car's changer for at least 3 years. It's the one CD I can enjoy at any time regardless of mood.

- Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 (Oh, the shame!) (Not to mention a band with a Y2K bug.)

- Basia (It's a noooooooo day for yooooooooo) (A Polish woman singing Salsa-influenced music in English)

- Sara McLaughlin (Zvinke, I include her only because you did, but I've never thought she was one to be embarassed about)

Keith: Jonathan Schwartz, the longtime afternoon DJ of NYC's then-prog station, WNEW-FM, was a loyal Sinatra fan and often worked him into sets. There's even a connection to Barry M. in this: I don't know why I remember this 25 years later, but I remember him playing "I Write the Songs" by Manilow when it was a current hit, then breaking in and saying, "Now, don't get me wrong. Barry Manilow is a moderately talented musician. But this man--this man--writes the songs." Then he played a whole set of Frank Sinatra. (Of course he was dead wrong, Sinatra didn't write anything and Manilow did, but who's counting?)

Guilty pleasures?

Guilty pleasures? Yes I have some:

Meatloaf: Great voice good instrumentation but the cheesiest lirycs I've ever heard.

Neil Diamond: Don't know why, but I always felt something special for "A Hot August Night" live album.

Fleetwood Mac: With Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham.

A few Tom Jones songs..........Kaith, you still lead with Barry Manilow, embarrasing :D

I don't feel guilty for other artists someone mentions here like Cat Stevens, Frank Sinatra and BTO, because I consider they are good in their style.

Iván

Barry Manilow Live!
 

This should make you jealous Keith. I saw Barry Manilow Live!! Yeah, when I was courting my wife. She had tickets and I wanted to get into her pants. I have a feeling that this type of story is not unique.

But getting back to the concert, I think that the highlight was when he did a medley of his commercial jingles including "Bandaids". You know the one: "I am stuck on bandaids 'cause bandaids are stuck on me". The crowd went wild!!!!

Re: Barry Manilow Live!
 

Hmmmmmmmm!

I saw BM live at the Royal Albert Hall (quite) a while back and was amazed at the number of blokes there who were with their wives/girlfriends/mistresses. I think a lot of pants were gotten into that night.........

I blush now when I remember singing alog to "I write the songs".

I'm off to blast my brain with some Motorhead to try and get back to reality!!!!!!!!

Guilty Pleasures
 

All right, I'll give it a try...

Boston - don't own any albums but I'm the first one headbanging when it comes on the radio.
They Might Be Giants - for the quirk in me.
Stryper - so cheesy it's ... really bad. In a fun way.
R.E.M. - no comment, no apology.

my turn
 

Smithereens, Richard Barone, Extreme, STP, Matthew Sweet, Dada.

All funk of the 70's, pre-disco - Ohio Players, Commodores, EWF, Rufus.

JUDAS PRIEST RULES! (I like Maiden and Sabbath better, but that's not really Guilty).

Sorry, but I really like The Cult, although Astbury sings too much.

Aimee Mann, the Indigo Girls (yes, I know), Tommy Bolin, I Mother Earth, Tool, Thomas Dolby.

Joe Jackson is the MAN.

I even have Jill Sobule and Juliana Hatfield CD's (of course that's balanced out by the Hatfield and the North CD).

Ramones, Pretenders, Richard Hell. I think Blood Sugar.. by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a masterpiece.

I dig the Cars, Gary Numan, TFF.

Voivod is excellent.

XTC is a personal favorite.

time to go.............................

Oh my God, just reading that a prog head was singing "I write the songs" makes me blush". :D

I must be honest, I think this will win, 2 or 3 months ago they showed a concert of the Bee Gees on HBO. This guys are the symbol of what I always hated about POP, but I found myself humming and following the rythm of more than one songs. And I found them less cheesy than 25 years ago.

This is embarrasing, I believe this are the first symptoms of Alzheimer.

Iván

I don't own it, but sometimes wish I did: Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Are we all mad??????
 

Ye gods guys!

I guess there's nothing as odd as musical taste. This has been proven by the on going debate on the pros and cons of Classical Music and esp. the merits (or not) of Philip Glass.

Ivan: Sorry mate but the Bee Gees don't really qualify as embarrasing. Their Album Odessa (released long before their disco masterpieces....did I say that?????) is superb.

JRV: I DO own MJ's Thriller, and Bad and the Jackson's albums and ............

Rick: Nice to see another mention of DaDa. Their album Puzzle contains a number of excellent tracks and "I know a girl, who believes a girl, who believes she used to be a dog"...Woof, Woof!

As for all this being the onset of Alzheimers. I'd forgotten about that.

'Even Now' there was 'A time in new England' when I was with 'Mandy' and I thought 'Could it be Magic?' Then 'Somewhere in the night' at the 'Cocacabana' I got the 'New York City Rythmn' and thought 'Where do I go from Here?'

Nurse..................the screens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dare I say it?
Toto

and I always wanted to be Barry Manilow...
and how about The Bangles? someone else mentioned Til Tuesday. great band. uh, Huey Lewis, Dan Fogelberg. always liked Head East, and Boston and Journey rank right up at the top... have to dig through the old vinyl... :cool:

replies
 

Dada's next record, "American Highway Flower", is real good too. I was to see them, and they had an "illness", and cancelled. Since then I've lost track of them.

In the vein of MJ, Prince has some decent stuff, although I don't own any.

Speaking of Toto, I grew up listening to 70's radio - there are numerous songs to mention - "Jackie Blue", "How Long", "So Into You", anything by Sweet - I can still enjoy them, especially since the listening is so infrequent. Remeber "Magic" by Pilot? The lead in that tune sounds like Brian May.

Watch the inclusion of Journey, Yesspaz may get you on that.

Fogelberg has a song called "Power of Gold" that I really like.

On a folk vein, John Gorka is very cool.

I don't own any Til Tuesday, but I do have two Aimee Mann solo records, and they're GOOD.

I still put on the first Foreigner CD. And yes, Styx is still a favorite. But I digress - that's down the path of old rock & roll. I'm sure everyone has a favorite Kiss tune.

I'm waiting for mention of Leo Sayer.

Agree with that, early Bee Gees albims are good, but I have no excuse, I was humming the Saturday Night Fever songs by the Bee Gees :rolleyes:

Iván

my boys, ages 12 and 8, favorite song is "Tragedy"...
my wife won't let the CD in the car... :D

Barry Manilow should be on the AM playlist! Who's with me?!

Right on!!!!!!!!!!

Could it be Magic starts with a quote from a Rachmaninov piano piece so that could please the Classical Music bods and kill two birds with one stone......LOL!

Is that because it's the "Steps" version and not the Bee Gees or does Mrs Roger hate the Bee Gees too?

heh. nah, it's the BeeGees. the CD is mine... :p

and yes, Mrs. Roger(:D) hates the BeeGees!

I thought I was embarrassed enough for liking Hawkwind.

Nothing wrong with liking the Ramones, Richard Hell, and so forth. But I blush to admit liking the Psychedelic Furs.

Hidden classic from the new wave catalog: Tom Verlaine's Warm and Cool. All instrumental, very simple, wonderful music.

My wife likes a lot of mid-70s radio rock so I find myself listening to "Radar Love," "Come Sail Away," and so forth. It's not so bad...better than Madonna or Eminem, anyway. Or Barry Manilow. (My dad calls him Barely Manenough.)

Barry
 

That's the funniest nickname I've heard since Englebert Humperdick!

THIS IS THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR - COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP! DROP THE BARRY MANILOW RECORD! DROP IT!

If Barry makes it on the playlist, I'm taking my CDs and going home.

But, this has got to be the most entertaining thread in a loooong time. Thanks to everyone's shameless revelations. I've got one more - I've always loved the soundtrack to "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", particularly the main theme. I know that California Guitar Trio covered it, but I'm talking about the original version...

My dad also calls that other prog titan "Elfin" John. :)

Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about Doris Day then Jim??????

Lets all blow into the Windy City. The Windy City is mighty perty!!!!

Agreed. Humiliation has never been so much fun!

Elton
 

I sensed sarcasm in the title "prog titan". He's done some proggy kind of stuff.

Elton is a hard one for me to classify. I wasn't even thinking of him in this thread. I like everything he's done immensely through "Blue Moves", which is a great record.

Keith - I think you must have slept with Doris - or could you have mistaken her with Florence Henderson?

'Madman Across the Water' for example. Especially the long version (bonus track on Tumbleweed Connection)

I must confess I love early Elton and I'm proud of it.

Madman
 

I was not aware of this bonus track. Interesting!

The 'standard version' is better, though. The extended version has a sort of mick-ronson-psych-wank-guitar-solo part which is quite out of place there.

More Elfin!
 

I agree about his earlier stuff being good, but Funeral For a Friend has always been my personal favourite. Just felt that I had to throw that in during this Elton John love-fest.

I Agree
 

it's my favorite by him. I guess I meant earlier in comparison to his 80's schlock. My favorite record is Captain Fantastic.

I accept Elton John is a great artist, but I don't like most of his music.

Can you imagine what would happen if he had been accepted by King Crimson when he auditioned for them?

In the Court of the Crimson Queen?

Sorry couldn't resist the joke.

Iván

Re: Elton
 

If only.....if only!!!!!!!!

Trying to forget about this bulge I'm developing thinking about Doris let's get on the subject of Elton.......oh! It's gone.

"Yellowbrick road" is, for me, his best album. The opening "Funeral for a friend" and "Love lies bleeding" would grace any top ten I tried to put together.

It's a shame that "Candle in the wind" was SO OVER USED a few years back as it totally ruined it for me. I can't hear it without thinking about that wave of mass hysteria that swept over the UK (and other parts of the World) at THAT time.

EJ is a very important artist in the history of popular music. No doubt about that!

Seems to me
 

It's a travesty he used that song for Lady Diana - it lost all of its original intention. As always, I like the more obscure cuts from that record.

my guilty pleasures
 

First, the heavy:
Iron Maiden (betcha couldn't guess that one!), Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica (the new album is the worst piece of crap I've heard in a while, however), Anthrax, Rammstein, Ministry, Static-X, L7, and Overkill.

Then the alternative (at least, at one time):
REM, Weezer, Presidents of the USA, Nirvana, Ween, They Might Be Giants, Primus, Hum, and Radiohead.

The eighties:
Blondie, Men At Work, Duran Duran, Elvis Costello, The Church, and The Police.

The seventies:
Foreigner, Dire Straits, Boston, Meat Loaf, Tom Petty, Journey, and Rainbow.

Lastly, some newer rock bands that I find enjoyable:
The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Shins, Interpol, and Wilco.


There's not much embarrassing stuff in there, except maybe for the fact that I still listen to all of the above bands on a regular basis.