Guilty Pleasures.....

LloydXmas

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

decides2dream

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

ok, i'm sorry...but i don't think either of your first two choices are something to feel guilty/embarrassed about, at ALL. as to 80s music, well that's the prime of my youth and i will never be embarrassed about that, tho sure...some bands, yea.....

LloydXmas

decides2dream wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

ok, i'm sorry...but i don't think either of your first two choices are something to feel guilty/embarrassed about, at ALL. as to 80s music, well that's the prime of my youth and i will never be embarrassed about that, tho sure...some bands, yea.....

I guess the definition may vary because a lot of people I know don't know steely dan or 10,000 maniacs/NM.

Brisk.

NM is great.

All 80s crappy cock rock music is fucking terrible, cant understand why anyone listens to that crap, you know like def leppard. Nothing appealing about it in any shape or form.

Johnny Abruzzo

This sounds like an "Other Music" thread, but whatever.

Yeah, Steely Dan and 10,000 Maniacs are too good to be considered guilty pleasures.

I might say Hall & Oates, although they are also quite talented.

Other candidates for me:
Goo Goo Dolls
Def Leppard (i.e. Love Bites, Hysteria - power ballads!) P.S. - Sorry Brisk.
Journey

Brisk.

There needs to be a 'vomit' smiley

decides2dream

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

ok, i'm sorry...but i don't think either of your first two choices are something to feel guilty/embarrassed about, at ALL. as to 80s music, well that's the prime of my youth and i will never be embarrassed about that, tho sure...some bands, yea.....

I guess the definition may vary because a lot of people I know don't know steely dan or 10,000 maniacs/NM.

well yea....i'm old.
and steely dan is perfection.
natalie merchant/10,00 maniacs pretty damn fine too.
love em both.


but sure, huey lewis, not that's embarrasssing...;)

g under p

Brisk. wrote:

There needs to be a 'vomit' smiley

Yes that smiley for Hewey Lewis.

Peace

FenwayFaithful

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

BabaBooey, I dig all those above acts. No need to be ashamed of anything there.

Since we're all friends here, I have something I need to get off my chest. I have a guilty pleasure band/artist that may shock people here. Please don't judge me. Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20. Love it.

Please know that I am a 27 year old heterosexual male who likes Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20. There. I feel much better now.

Cliffy6745

FenwayFaithful wrote:

BabaBooey1979 wrote:

Defined as a musical group/artist that generates weird looks when you say you listen to them. We've all got them and some may be too ashamed to admit them. Mine are:

Natalie Merchant/10,000 Maniacs
Steely Dan
80's music (Hewie Lewis, Ah ha, Men at Work, etc)

BabaBooey, I dig all those above acts. No need to be ashamed of anything there.

Since we're all friends here, I have something I need to get off my chest. I have a guilty pleasure band/artist that may shock people here. Please don't judge me. Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20. Love it.

Please know that I am a 27 year old heterosexual male who likes Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20. There. I feel much better now.

Also a Red Sox fan, I won't hold any of it against you though...haha.

chiquimonkey

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

I might say Hall & Oates, although they are also quite talented.

same here, love 'em!

although i feel no shame for any band i love. i figure it's everybody else's problem if they don't get it also love journey and def leppard

pjhawks

John Denver
Styx
Taylor Swift (gotta admit a few of her songs are pretty good)

oh and those that said Def Leppard - Pyromania is still one of my 5 favorite albums - fucking awesome

BinFrog

Brisk. wrote:

All 80s crappy cock rock music is fucking terrible, cant understand why anyone listens to that crap, you know like def leppard. Nothing appealing about it in any shape or form.

It's the era I started developing my musical tastes in. My first tapes were stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Thomas Dolby, Run DMC, Asia, Poison, etc. PJ (and Rush show I got into just before PJ) and a lot of the early 90's bands are what drove me down the path I eventually took. From there I broadened my horizons into all sorts of stuff: Phish, The Beatles, jazz, fusion jazz, classical, solo acoustic guitar, some funk, blues, you name it.

But the stuff in the 80's is what got me started. So I guess I have a soft spot for SOME of it.

Question: how old are you?

Lizardjam

BinFrog wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

All 80s crappy cock rock music is fucking terrible, cant understand why anyone listens to that crap, you know like def leppard. Nothing appealing about it in any shape or form.

It's the era I started developing my musical tastes in. My first tapes were stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Thomas Dolby, Run DMC, Asia, Poison, etc. PJ (and Rush show I got into just before PJ) and a lot of the early 90's bands are what drove me down the path I eventually took. From there I broadened my horizons into all sorts of stuff: Phish, The Beatles, jazz, fusion jazz, classical, solo acoustic guitar, some funk, blues, you name it.

But the stuff in the 80's is what got me started. So I guess I have a soft spot for SOME of it.

Question: how old are you?

I don't think anyone has to explain themselves over 80s music....it's a whole range anyhow, just because someone says 80s doesn't specifically mean hair bands, or madonna, or whatver pops into your head when someone says 80s(Brisk). Ask nearly any band after the 80s and the members will have some 80s idol that inspired them.

My guilty pleasure is definitely not 80s. I blast that shit with pride!

Guily would just be chick music in general.....or something like john mayer....i roll with the windows down on that stuff!!!!!

Enkidu

I've been listening to Lone Justice lately. I love Maria McKee's voice.

And I bought Adam Lambert's version of A Change is Gonna Come for iTunes.

Gary Carter

Bon jovi
Hootie and the blowfish
Darius Rucker
Blink-182
Keith urban

dcfaithful

g under p wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

There needs to be a 'vomit' smiley

Yes that smiley for Hewey Lewis.

Peace

Dude! Blasphemy! C'mon, it's hip to be square... :ugeek:

Mine:

Nickelback
Creed
Linkin Park
Limp Bizkit

Just kidding, but if I wasn't, I'd welcome the ass kicking that would make my life flash before my eyes.

Seriously though, here are mine:

Sarah McLachlin
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Dio -- Although I am in no way embarrassed about this. :twisted: :twisted:
Bob Seger

Ya know, the more I think about it...I'm not embarassed about any of these.

Long Live DIO!!!! :twisted:

Brisk.

BinFrog wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

All 80s crappy cock rock music is fucking terrible, cant understand why anyone listens to that crap, you know like def leppard. Nothing appealing about it in any shape or form.

It's the era I started developing my musical tastes in. My first tapes were stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Thomas Dolby, Run DMC, Asia, Poison, etc. PJ (and Rush show I got into just before PJ) and a lot of the early 90's bands are what drove me down the path I eventually took. From there I broadened my horizons into all sorts of stuff: Phish, The Beatles, jazz, fusion jazz, classical, solo acoustic guitar, some funk, blues, you name it.

But the stuff in the 80's is what got me started. So I guess I have a soft spot for SOME of it.

Question: how old are you?

Okay 80s i completely generalised lol i just mean like power metal, its just the same generic boring drums beats (EXACT same sounding kits which are horrible), singers are annoying and boring, lyrics are so crap, same structure to every song etc.. okay a song doesnt have to be technically good for it to be good but still the whole type of music sucks.

Def leppard, whitesnake, poion, kiss ETC

I'm 19.

BinFrog

Brisk. wrote:

I'm 19.

See there ya go. I am 33, and I can't stad the stadium rock crap from the 70's like Boston, Foreigner, Kansas (well, most of it), Journey, etc. I think it's all relative. You probably have a soft spot for some cheesy stuff from the late 90's because you have memories of it when it came out and was fresh.

pandora

Lisa Marie Presley- people don't believe me that we follow her and Pearl Jam- they look at us very strange- but people don't know how much they both rule

dcfaithful

Brisk. wrote:

BinFrog wrote:

Brisk. wrote:

All 80s crappy cock rock music is fucking terrible, cant understand why anyone listens to that crap, you know like def leppard. Nothing appealing about it in any shape or form.

It's the era I started developing my musical tastes in. My first tapes were stuff like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Thomas Dolby, Run DMC, Asia, Poison, etc. PJ (and Rush show I got into just before PJ) and a lot of the early 90's bands are what drove me down the path I eventually took. From there I broadened my horizons into all sorts of stuff: Phish, The Beatles, jazz, fusion jazz, classical, solo acoustic guitar, some funk, blues, you name it.

But the stuff in the 80's is what got me started. So I guess I have a soft spot for SOME of it.

Question: how old are you?

Okay 80s i completely generalised lol i just mean like power metal, its just the same generic boring drums beats (EXACT same sounding kits which are horrible), singers are annoying and boring, lyrics are so crap, same structure to every song etc.. okay a song doesnt have to be technically good for it to be good but still the whole type of music sucks.

Def leppard, whitesnake, poion, kiss ETC

I'm 19.

Yeah, I'm 21...some of it appeals to me...mainly for humor sake, because 80's metal is just easy to make fun of. But let me say this, and Brisk, I say this with all the respect in the world because I generally love your posts and agree with your musicial taste.

If you EVER bad mouth Ronnie James Dio...terrible things will happen to you....and I mean terrible. Not by me, not by BinFrog, not even by Dio....but the powers that be will bring horror into your music loving life and rid it of all your good taste. ......

Okay, I know that was way too intense, but god damnit, it's Dio! Aggghh! I'd start a Dio appreciation thread if I didn't think that no one would be as pumped about it as I am. :P :ugeek: