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Do you secretly listen to music that you wouldn't normally admit to liking? Is there some pop, emo, country or whatever else artist that your friends would give you crap about if they only knew?

My guilty pleasure is Lily Allen (http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic). Now, my defense is that I got her album before she was a big deal. Then everyone knew about her for a while, she made lots of money, got drunk and made Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity. So I figured I was done with her, until I now heard a new song...and lo and behold, she's still getting to me. Maybe it's that it's basically about her doing Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity (it's the first one on the myspace page).

It's weird, but I think I might end up buying the new album as well. Even though it's pop and you're gonna hear it on commercial stations, even though it's MTV.

Now, maybe this isn't as guilty as some of your's, so let's hear it.

I like Polka music.

Bluegrass and Celtic (the real Scottish & Irish jigs and reels, not Enya-type new-age stuff)

Sometimes... When I'm in the car, and my mother has control of the stereo... I tap along with Maroon five. *Cries, Iz ashamed*

When no one's around, I listen to country music, especially Big and Rich.

I used to be a big country fan until a couple years ago, when all the country started to sound the same and they all wanted to be Tim McGraw or George Strait, two country artists I could never stand in the first place. It was about the time Carrie Underwood first came along.

Since then, I have really gotten into rock/metal, but I honestly still like some of the country that I listened to back then that was different, unique. Stuff like Toby Keith, Montgomery Gentry, Garth Brooks and Brad Paisley. I especially still enjoy Garth's Double Live album. It's honestly a great piece of contemporary popular music, a definitive live country album.

And, I actually enjoy a rather unique type of music: medieval rock, which combines stuff like bagpipes and shawms with electric guitars, bass and drums. The German band Schandmaul is a great example of the genre.

What's guilty about lilly allen? Reasonable people may differ about whether or not they enjoy her music, but she certainly is very talented.

My guilty pleasure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upTtQ-rsUuM&feature=related

Actually faith hill. But I refuse to apologize for it.

Er...not really. I freely admit to what I listen to and what I don't. If someone thinks I'm weird for listening to whatever I choose to listen to, well, fine. That's your opinion.

For example, among other things, my current large musical selection features various video game music, Disney songs, Queen songs, Beethoven, and They Might Be Giants.

When no one's around, I listen to country music, especially Big and Rich.
Oh fuck.
*takes BIG step back*
You SHOULD feel guilty. Shame!

I really am not ashamed of my musical tastes. Not my current ones, anyway. I can say i'm not impressed, upon revisiting, by some things i used to listen to, though.
Every song i like, i like for a specific reason, and one i'm willing to argue about (go figure).

The Tubes.

80s band from San Francisco that couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to be Queen, Earth Wind & Fire or another rock 'n roll band, so it was all three plus a kind of show band in its early days with opera-like drama during their live shows.

http://www.zoekeating.com/projects.html

(Thanks to a fellow Generalite..)

Also, I bought a Mummer cd last week..

Surf and ska. Not so much embarrassed, they just don't fit the rest of the pattern, so to speak. I was more self conscious about surf because I really came to the realization that I liked surf enough to have some when I had been going to UC Santa Cruz for about a year, and so I felt like a giant poser-especially since I didn't want to actually surf, I just liked surf music. But dammit, Dick Dale, The Challengers, The Surfaris...that shit is just awesome.

If I was better at pop music and organized I would totally put together a surf/ska/jazz/funk band. That'd be good times.

I also like funk, but no one should be ashamed of liking the funk.

either Nobuo uematsu and all his video game music, or a few of madonna's songs. they're her older stuff, if that makes it any better.

I've currently transitioned to Dolly Parton. Mahalia Jackson (teh awesomest american singer ever in the history of america) next.

I think it's sad that people can't just enjoy teh music for what it is. Most of these people are very talented in the first place. I mean, who wouldn't kill to be able to write lyrics like dolly?

Do you secretly listen to music that you wouldn't normally admit to liking? Is there some pop, emo, country or whatever else artist that your friends would give you crap about if they only knew?

My guilty pleasure is Lily Allen (http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic). Now, my defense is that I got her album before she was a big deal. Then everyone knew about her for a while, she made lots of money, got drunk and made Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity. So I figured I was done with her, until I now heard a new song...and lo and behold, she's still getting to me. Maybe it's that it's basically about her doing Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity (it's the first one on the myspace page).

It's weird, but I think I might end up buying the new album as well. Even though it's pop and you're gonna hear it on commercial stations, even though it's MTV.

Now, maybe this isn't as guilty as some of your's, so let's hear it.

She got trashed and looked awesome at the same time, and her music doesn't suck. *nod*

Totally forgot-co-worker got me into Nancy Sinatra.

Hey, almost my entire music collection is a guilty pleasure. Guilty that my neighbours have to listen to my death metal through these lovely thin walls...

Fleetwood Mac

Celtic music here as well (The folksy stuff; like Lord, not Enya-style; jigs; Scottish, Irish, Welsh...). That and Nordic.

Listening to it right now. Lowri Evans.

ABBA. Oh the shame lol (I'm 17 lol) I blame my mother!

On consideration, I think this band (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Forgotten+Archetype), and most specifically, this song (http://www.last.fm/music/The+Forgotten+Archetype/_/As+the+sun+rises), is my most guilty pleasure. Hybrid of electro-pop and death metal, and the opening guitar bit is taken from a Hanson song :p

I find the song "Barbie Girl" by Aqua really catchy. Sometimes I look it up on YouTube, if I'm confident no one else will be able to see me.
I'm waiting to see someone say that, actually, he or she is a huge fan of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley.

well there is:

Kylie (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oBi0p4gRcDY)

Natalie Imbruglia (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8bPndxNNKfA)

All-American Rejects (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGur1dz9k) (then again I don't know why this is seeing as how they are awesome <3)

and ALF sponsored madness (http://www.last.fm/music/Crass/_/Sentiment) (most horrifying album pic/song evar)

Hanson, Aqua, Paula Abdul. Cheesy pop that people don't tend to admit to liking.

And, I actually enjoy a rather unique type of music: medieval rock, which combines stuff like bagpipes and shawms with electric guitars, bass and drums. The German band Schandmaul is a great example of the genre.You may like Korpiklaani.

The Tubes.

80s band from San Francisco that couldn't make up its mind whether it wanted to be Queen, Earth Wind & Fire or another rock 'n roll band, so it was all three plus a kind of show band in its early days with opera-like drama during their live shows.
The Tubes predated Queen by a bit and were WAY cooler than Queen would ever be. "What Do You Want From Life?" is one of my favorite songs. If you like The Tubes, you do not have to feel guilty because it just means you are too hip for your friends who don't like them.

I don't feel guilty about any of my pleasures. :p I listen to a lot of stuff that no one else has ever heard of, but usually, if they do give a listen, they get turned onto it, too. I create guilty pleasures for others. :D This includes my polka and Swiss yodeling collections; my 1950s French novelty bands and/or accordion albums; my 1920s/1930s Rudy Valee collection; my favorite selections from Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones; my 1980s New Wave collections; my collection of versions of "My Way" by Sinatra, The Gypsy Kings, The Sex Pistols and a few others. Every time my friends hear some of that, they roll their eyes, but within a few minutes they admit they like it, and on later visits, they ask me to play more of it.

At the moment, I'm addicted to KC and the Sunshine Band. I listen to an oldies radio station at my current job, and every time a KC song comes on, I turn it up. Co-workers laugh at me, but within seconds we are all disco-ing down and having a good time.

My guilty pleasure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upTtQ-rsUuM&feature=related

It is posts like this that tempt me back on this site time and again...

The Tubes predated Queen by a bit...

...of course, slackly researched ill-informed basic factual misrepresentations like this are also a major attraction.

I wouldn't say I feel guilty about any music I listen to. The opposite, in fact, I feel what I listen to shows different facets of my personality.

I just spent a week singing and listening to nothing but Spanish sacred vocal music between c.1480 and 1620, and loved every minute of it :)

Britney Spears is my guilty pleasure. Curse her Louisiana ass!:mad: And yet, when I hear songs like ¨Opps, I did it again!¨ and ¨Lucky¨, I can´t help but dance. I must die!!

Oh fuck.
*takes BIG step back*
You SHOULD feel guilty. Shame!
I really am not ashamed of my musical tastes. Not my current ones, anyway. I can say i'm not impressed, upon revisiting, by some things i used to listen to, though.
Every song i like, i like for a specific reason, and one i'm willing to argue about (go figure).

Yes, I know *hangs head* and there's my Jethro Tull addiction, too. Is there a twelve-step program for this?

It is posts like this that tempt me back on this site time and again...



...of course, slackly researched ill-informed basic factual misrepresentations like this are also a major attraction.
You're right. I checked again and Queen's first album was released in 1973 and The Tubes' first was in 1975. I was wrong. Are you now as happy as you are bitchy?

(Another major attraction of NSG are the posters who love to cop a superior attitude over other people's mistakes without bothering to post the correct information, especially in light little chit-chat threads like this, where it's so important to make sure you crush the opponent's ego.)

You're right. I checked again and Queen's first album was released in 1973 and The Tubes' first was in 1975. I was wrong. Are you now as happy as you are bitchy?

(Another major attraction of NSG are the posters who love to cop a superior attitude over other people's mistakes without bothering to post the correct information, especially in light little chit-chat threads like this, where it's so important to make sure you crush the opponent's ego.)

Well when you start yaking about how much better one band is then another, expect to be verbally slapped, for any minor mistake. *Verbally Slaps Muravyets for denying the awesomeness of Queen*

Well when you start yaking about how much better one band is then another, expect to be verbally slapped, for any minor mistake. *Verbally Slaps Muravyets for denying the awesomeness of Queen*
Oh, I see, when a person cannot deny the truth of another's argument, the way to defeat it is to attack an error that has nothing to do with the winning point. The fact that Queen came out two years before The Tubes has nothing whatsoever to do with whether Queen was a mainstream bubblegum pop band whereas The Tubes were cutting edge indie cult innovators.

Hey, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with making easily digestible pop music that every suburban 12-year-old can dance to. Queen was arguably the best of that kind of band that ever was. I had three of their albums -- on vinyl, when they were actually were new! and I had a junior high school crush on Brian May -- and played them till they were destroyed. But The Tubes were cooler. The fact that I have shitty calendar memory doesn't change that.

*Verbally has CM's lungs filled with verbal water for daring to challenge her at all*

Oh, I see, when a person cannot deny the truth of another's argument, the way to defeat it is to attack an error that has nothing to do with the winning point. The fact that Queen came out two years before The Tubes has nothing whatsoever to do with whether Queen was a mainstream bubblegum pop band whereas The Tubes were cutting edge indie cult innovators.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*Wheeze,hack* AHAHAHAHAHAHA*Cough,cough* hahahahoo*Hack,hack,hack*

Hey, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with making easily digestible pop music that every suburban 12-year-old can dance to. Queen was arguably the best of that kind of band that ever was. I had three of their albums -- on vinyl, when they were actually were new! and I had a junior high school crush on Brian May -- and played them till they were destroyed. But The Tubes were cooler. The fact that I have shitty calendar memory doesn't change that.
Easily digestible pop music. You mean like "Great King Rat", or "Boheimian Rhapsody", or "The Prophets song", or "Jesus" or "The seven seas of Rhye", or....

Queen was a mainstream bubblegum pop

Actually, this wasn't the case for a large portion of their career, they only became like that when they suddenly sky rocketed into the charts.

Actually, this wasn't the case for a large portion of their career, they only became like that when they suddenly sky rocketed into the charts.

Wasn't that when Freddy grew out his mustache? Also, I want it all was still good.

What's guilty about lilly allen? Reasonable people may differ about whether or not they enjoy her music, but she certainly is very talented.

My guilty pleasure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upTtQ-rsUuM&feature=related

whoa. the song was indeed a guilty pleasure but the freaking COMMENTS are a trip into a whole new mindset.

I have a soft spot for Latin pop music. I freely admit that some of the songs I enjoy are not, well, good per se, but gosh darn it, they're just so fun to shake one's tushie to. I don't care if "Livin' La Vida Loca" and "Hips Don't Lie" are musically crap; they make me happy. :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B7Zc6NAiPzc

I listen mostly to electronic, synth rock and indie music and none of my friends understand why I like Coldplay so much. I don't either, but I do.

Edit: I think I like the way they layer their instruments.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vGaNufCuvOs

Do you secretly listen to music that you wouldn't normally admit to liking? Is there some pop, emo, country or whatever else artist that your friends would give you crap about if they only knew?

My guilty pleasure is Lily Allen (http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic). Now, my defense is that I got her album before she was a big deal. Then everyone knew about her for a while, she made lots of money, got drunk and made Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity. So I figured I was done with her, until I now heard a new song...and lo and behold, she's still getting to me. Maybe it's that it's basically about her doing Paris Hilton impressions without the nudity (it's the first one on the myspace page).

It's weird, but I think I might end up buying the new album as well. Even though it's pop and you're gonna hear it on commercial stations, even though it's MTV.

Now, maybe this isn't as guilty as some of your's, so let's hear it.Rock on, mate. I love Lily Allen (Littlest things anyone?) and my second guilty pleasure would be P!nk I guess :)

Oh, I've been singing in a very hard core Heavy Metal band for the last 17 years by the way - this info would hurt our fan base very much :)

Cheerio!

The Tubes predated Queen by a bit and were WAY cooler than Queen would ever be. "What Do You Want From Life?" is one of my favorite songs. If you like The Tubes, you do not have to feel guilty because it just means you are too hip for your friends who don't like them.

I don't feel guilty about any of my pleasures. :p I listen to a lot of stuff that no one else has ever heard of, but usually, if they do give a listen, they get turned onto it, too. I create guilty pleasures for others. :D This includes my polka and Swiss yodeling collections; my 1950s French novelty bands and/or accordion albums; my 1920s/1930s Rudy Valee collection; my favorite selections from Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones; my 1980s New Wave collections; my collection of versions of "My Way" by Sinatra, The Gypsy Kings, The Sex Pistols and a few others. Every time my friends hear some of that, they roll their eyes, but within a few minutes they admit they like it, and on later visits, they ask me to play more of it.

At the moment, I'm addicted to KC and the Sunshine Band. I listen to an oldies radio station at my current job, and every time a KC song comes on, I turn it up. Co-workers laugh at me, but within seconds we are all disco-ing down and having a good time.

Excellent post. Queen predated The Tubes by a year, tops. Queen achieved mass airplay and fame sooner, which was why I made the comparison. Still, you are spot on about both them and your attitude about music. You rock.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*Wheeze,hack* AHAHAHAHAHAHA*Cough,cough* hahahahoo*Hack,hack,hack*
*performs Heimlich Maneuver, pops out the bubblegum CM was choking on*

There ya go.

Easily digestible pop music. You mean like "Great King Rat", or "Boheimian Rhapsody", or "The Prophets song", or "Jesus" or "The seven seas of Rhye", or....
Yeah, exactly like that. They pretty much stopped being entertaining, let alone meaningful, to me once I hit 15.

Actually, this wasn't the case for a large portion of their career, they only became like that when they suddenly sky rocketed into the charts.
I disagree, but I guess it's in the ear of the listener. They were always lightweight to me.

I disagree, but I guess it's in the ear of the listener. They were always lightweight to me.

What exactly do you mean by lightweight?

Excellent post. Queen predated The Tubes by a year, tops. Queen achieved mass airplay and fame sooner, which was why I made the comparison. Still, you are spot on about both them and your attitude about music. You rock.
Thanks. :)

I just saw Mongol (everybody, turn off the computer and go see that movie now!!), and the music that plays over the closing credits is something I really need to own. The soundtrack hasn't been released yet, so a very brief google didn't come up with a track list so I could get the artists' names, but think Mongolian throat-singing hard-rocking rap. :)

Hmm, think only things I've listened to but wouldn't listen to with my friends around would be love songs. Not that I would be that embarrased about it, but rather that listening to love songs with just me and one or two other males doesn't fit my heterosexuality :p

What exactly do you mean by lightweight?
Well, so far, I've described them as "mainstream," "bubblegum" and "suburban 12-year-old can dance to" them. To my ear and taste, their songs had way more style than substance. Yes, they tackled some heavy subjects, but they did so in what I consider a shallow, "yeah, and?" kind of way. Yes, their style was fresh and original, but in the end it wasn't enough to keep me from getting bored with them.

Hmm, think only things I've listened to but wouldn't listen to with my friends around would be love songs. Not that I would be that embarrased about it, but rather that listening to love songs with just me and one or two other males doesn't fit my heterosexuality :p

Not only does my best friend (who's straight) sing love songs around me, he also sings them to me.

:)

Well, so far, I've described them as "mainstream," "bubblegum" and "suburban 12-year-old can dance to" them. To my ear and taste, their songs had way more style than substance. Yes, they tackled some heavy subjects, but they did so in what I consider a shallow, "yeah, and?" kind of way. Yes, their style was fresh and original, but in the end it wasn't enough to keep me from getting bored with them.

Well ok, I do find this a bit odd since you like The Tubes, but I guess they were more punky. But yeah it is essentially pop in a lot of their songs, but that's kind of the point. I don't really care particularly for their style, the only reason I like their music is... well for musical reasons. They are actually very clever in my opinion, managing to use awkward chromatic melodies and bizarre operatic musical techniques whilst blending it with mainstream hair metal to produce, to my ears (and many others) a fantastic sound.

Do you secretly listen to music that you wouldn't normally admit to liking?


"Weird" Al.

"Weird" Al.
:)

"Weird" Al.

I'm not so sure Weird Al would be a "guilty" pleasure. I wouldn't mind at all admitting that I like his music; not necessarily for the quality of the music itself, but it's so damn funny!

:cool:

A lot of people would consider 99 Luftballons a guilty pleasure... I'm not one of them. The song has a nice melody, and though it suffers a bit of aging stress from the... Odd choice of instrumentation, it's still an enjoyable song to listen to.

Do you secretly listen to music that you wouldn't normally admit to liking?

No, I like the music I like, if anyone has a problem with it, well, that's their problem, not mine.

Tom Jones.

I don't have any guilty pleasures. All my musical tastes are available if anyone should want them.

I don't have any guilty pleasures. All my musical tastes are available if anyone should want them.

*takes Londim's musical tastes*
:D

I'm not so sure Weird Al would be a "guilty" pleasure. I wouldn't mind at all admitting that I like his music; not necessarily for the quality of the music itself, but it's so damn funny!

:cool:

I got a music video collection of his songs from somewhere (I honestly have no idea where from anymore O_o ) on my comp. One time we spent hours with my friend replaying "Smells like Nirvana" trying to figure out the lyrics and notice all the "easter eggs" in the video :p

Brad Paisley... he makes me smile, and sometimes get teary eyed.

I'm not so sure Weird Al would be a "guilty" pleasure. I wouldn't mind at all admitting that I like his music; not necessarily for the quality of the music itself, but it's so damn funny!

:cool:

Well, the 20-year-old kids I've been at this University with for the last 3 years assure me that everything I listen to should be classified as a guilty pleasure -- then they crank up Kanye West or Gwen Steffani.

Well, the 20-year-old kids I've been at this University with for the last 3 years assure me that everything I listen to should be classified as a guilty pleasure -- then they crank up Kanye West or Gwen Steffani.

These people are 20 and should have developed actual musical taste by now! This is a travesty, I blame the parents :D.

These people are 20 and should have developed actual musical taste by now! This is a travesty, I blame the parents :D.

Somebody's got to be at fault for them preferring Kanye to Led Zepplin.

Somebody's got to be at fault for them preferring Kanye to Led Zepplin.

Yes, and the schools are blamed for enough so its the parents' fault.

*takes Londim's musical tastes*
:D

Damn you! Good thing I made copies...

Oh man, never before have I been so glad that noone I have to see on a regular basis is on nationstates...

I confess that I am addicted to bubblegum pop *sobs*
I can't help it!
Aqua, Toybox and Chipz are all hidden on my ipod under different names...
And I am so ashamed :(

"Weird" Al.
Hey! :mad:
I'm not so sure Weird Al would be a "guilty" pleasure. I wouldn't mind at all admitting that I like his music; not necessarily for the quality of the music itself, but it's so damn funny!
Depending on the day, i'll just start up with "Trash Day", "Couch Potato", "Confessions Part 3", "You Don't Love Me Anymore", "One More Minute", "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead", "Genius In France", "Virus Alert", "Germs", "Grapefruit Diet", "Truck Driving Song", "White & Nerdy", or "Jerry Springer". Or a plethora of other songs he's done ... and done well, i might add.
Any remaining shame has long since subsided.

I just saw Mongol (everybody, turn off the computer and go see that movie now!!), and the music that plays over the closing credits is something I really need to own. The soundtrack hasn't been released yet, so a very brief google didn't come up with a track list so I could get the artists' names, but think Mongolian throat-singing hard-rocking rap. :)Huun-Huur-Tu?
http://www.huunhuurtu.com/

Yes, I know *hangs head* and there's my Jethro Tull addiction, too. Is there a twelve-step program for this?
Only two steps that i'm aware of. One of the steps requires a guess ;)

My giulty music pleasures... let me see Twisted Sister, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, Skid Row, Motley Crue, Y&T et al...

yes I like bad 80s hair metal, but the one thing that I will never admit to my friends is my weakness for that other curse of the 80s music scene the power ballad (hangs head in shame)

the one thing that I will never admit to my friends is my weakness for that other curse of the 80s music scene the power ballad (hangs head in shame)*cues Every Rose Has Its Thorn from Poison and Don't Know Whatcha Got (Til It's Gone) from Cinderella*

Yeah there's some... in a music collection largely consisting of rock, electronic and hip hop, I also have a bit of Gwen Stefani, Destinys Child, All Saints, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Abba, Girls Aloud, Justin Timberlake and S Club 7. And I'm not ashamed to admit it!

I also have Lily Allen's album, but I wouldn't even class it as a guilty pleasure.

Cascada.

Oh, I almost forgot, Alanis Morissette, in this stage of her singing career feels like a guilty musical pleasure to me. Her On the Tequila song just kills me and I end up dancing to it.

I'm a HUGE Falco fan.

!Wiener Blut!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMrwcix41sY

Oh, I almost forgot, Alanis Morissette, in this stage of her singing career feels like a guilty musical pleasure to me. Her On the Tequila song just kills me and I end up dancing to it.

GET!OUT!OF!MY!HEAD!
I seriously *almost* posted Alanis. You did it first. Yikes.

I'm a HUGE Falco fan.

!Wiener Blut!This surprises no one.
I can't help but to picture you pimping out to "Just Can't Get Enough" from Depeche Mode.

This surprises no one.
I can't help but to picture you pimping out to "Just Can't Get Enough" from Depeche Mode.
Hehehe...you called that one :D

And because of that, I now *AM* pimping out to Just Can't Get Enough via Youtube.

Really though, I'm a sucker for 80's music. Pardon the pun, but I just can't get enough:D of 80's music.

This one just does it for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHK1erAT5AQ
The Sound of Musik

I'm really sad that I'm too young to have been rocking out during the 80s. I would have almost illegally enjoyed the 70's and indeed the 80's.

GET!OUT!OF!MY!HEAD!
I seriously *almost* posted Alanis. You did it first. Yikes.

Well, Jhah´s gone so is my turn to occupy that vacancy in your body.:D

But seriously, I liked the old Alanis, this new one just... doesn´t... quite cut it. You know, she´s Canadian, she has that against her so she needs to kick ass musically, and she did. But now... she saddens me. She just saddens me.

Huun-Huur-Tu?
http://www.huunhuurtu.com/
There was just one throat singer in the track. I'll have to wait for the recording to be released this month.

Btw, Huun-Huur-Tu are so amazingly wonderful. :)

Well, Jhah´s gone so is my turn to occupy that vacancy in your body.:D Hallelujah! :D
*proves contortionist ability*
Oh yeah, watch out for Maineiacs' fingers.
These things are always touching me in... places!
Heheheh, yeah, they get around.
-

But seriously, I liked the old Alanis, this new one just... doesn´t... quite cut it. You know, she´s Canadian, she has that against her so she needs to kick ass musically, and she did. But now... she saddens me. She just saddens me.Certainly there's another Canadian who can surrogate? Like, perhaps ... Bryan Adams? (remember, this is guilty pleasures)

There was just one throat singer in the track. I'll have to wait for the recording to be released this month.As will i.

Btw, Huun-Huur-Tu are so amazingly wonderful. :)Oh yes. And, typically, sold-out if you don't jump on the tickets when the news comes they're coming to town. :(

-
Certainly there's another Canadian who can surrogate? Like, perhaps ... Bryan Adams? (remember, this is guilty pleasures)
OK, I see the guilt, but where's the pleasure? :p

The Putin Girls and the Veronicas *cries*


I am a horrible, horrible person.

Supertramp - it irks me that they've almost entered the language as something that will likely never happen.

'I hear Nationstates 2 is near completion'
'Yeah, and Supertramp are making a comeback'

Supertramp - it irks me that they've almost entered the language as something that will likely never happen.

'I hear Nationstates 2 is near completion'
'Yeah, and Supertramp are making a comeback'

I like Supertramp... I don't count it as a guilty pleasure though... I like older music like that... I dunno... I guess Neil Diamond is a guilty pleasure...

... and Gackt

Nickelback. Yeah, that's right.

Hallelujah! :D
*proves contortionist ability*
Oh yeah, watch out for Maineiacs' fingers.

Just let me know when can I move in.

Maineiacs's fingers... *ponders* Oh dear.

Certainly there's another Canadian who can surrogate? Like, perhaps ... Bryan Adams? (remember, this is guilty pleasures)

Yeah, or Celine Dion. :s

I like Supertramp... I don't count it as a guilty pleasure though... I like older music like that... I dunno... I guess Neil Diamond is a guilty pleasure...

... and Gackt

We should make a club for the guilty pleasure of enjoying Gackt's music. The gods know I even have a crush on that Japanese androgynous man/wahtever. I have issues.:p

I like a wide variety of music, the only one I feel any sense of shame about liking is Cameo. I still love Word up and Candy despite all the crap I take from friends about it.

My giulty music pleasures... let me see Twisted Sister, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, Skid Row, Motley Crue, Y&T et al...

yes I like bad 80s hair metal, but the one thing that I will never admit to my friends is my weakness for that other curse of the 80s music scene the power ballad (hangs head in shame)

Bad hair metal and power ballads are the least embarassing part of my music collection :p


I love Mika. My friends would find this hilarious if they knew.

Has anyone mentioned Mika (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPUpxIBkcjM)?

Lots of 80s stuff coming out of the wood work, Cameo and Depeche Mode are'nt that bad neither is Supertramp I like Supertramp Roger Hodgson has a funny voice but then I also like Neil Young... damn there's another one for the list. (hangs head in shame, again)

Has anyone mentioned Mika (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPUpxIBkcjM)?

Psh. Mika is NOT a guilty pleasure. I'm generally a metal fan, but even I have to admit that guy is awesome. Aside from that "Big Girl" song, which is musical fail in its purest form.

Just let me know when can I move in.

Maineiacs's fingers... *ponders* Oh dear.

*evil laugh*:D

I love Mika. My friends would find this hilarious if they knew.

Oooooh, me too!

Ashamed of music? Nope.

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes and my friends have come to accept that...or they don't stay my friends. So I'll jam out to some 80's Megadeth or ZZ Top rocking while cleaning my place, or sit back with a good book and leave some 'sounds of nature' playing softly in the background. Sometimes I'm in a classical mood and will throw on Chopin, Scarlatti, or Bach. Other times I'll have Elvis or early/classic rock playing. I love techno/electronica and don't mind listening to country either. I'll very happily crank up the Dave Steven's Swing Orchestra (or any nu-swing band), Duke Ellington (or the original swing bands), The Squirrel Nut Zippers, even have some Rag Time music. Blues, Jazz, Pop, 60's-70's rock...doesn't matter, I listen to and love it all.

The only thing I will not listen to is Gansta Rap. No love for it, and can't stand the stereotypical "Yo dawg, I'm gonna Rape a Cop, Kill a Virgin, check my bling bling while I pop a cap in ya azz" lyrics.

Ashamed of music? Nope.

I'm very eclectic in my music tastes and my friends have come to accept that...or they don't stay my friends. So I'll jam out to some 80's Megadeth or ZZ Top rocking while cleaning my place, or sit back with a good book and leave some 'sounds of nature' playing softly in the background. Sometimes I'm in a classical mood and will throw on Chopin, Scarlatti, or Bach. Other times I'll have Elvis or early/classic rock playing. I love techno/electronica and don't mind listening to country either.

The only thing I will not listen to is Gansta Rap. No love for it, and can't stand the stereotypical "Yo dawg, I'm gonna Rape a Cop, Kill a Virgin, check my bling bling while I pop a cap in ya azz" lyrics.

Gangsta Rap I can't stand but there are some talented rappers out there who focus on other things. I recommend Fort Minor who raps about:

Alcoholism and its affects (Red to Black is the song title)
The effects of the internment camps that were around during WW2 in the US (Kenji)
The current state of society (Right Now)

Sometimes... When I'm in the car, and my mother has control of the stereo... I tap along with Maroon five. *Cries, Iz ashamed*

They played a Maroon 5 song at work the other day, and I took immense pleasure in it. I used to love them. And I realized the song was about some controlling guy telling his girlfriend she would never escape him, and that she'd be like freaking out in bed because nobody could screw her as well as him. I found it arousing.

Gangsta Rap I can't stand but there are some talented rappers out there who focus on other things. I recommend Fort Minor who raps about:

Alcoholism and its affects (Red to Black is the song title)
The effects of the internment camps that were around during WW2 in the US (Kenji)
The current state of society (Right Now)

Hey, I can agree with that. RUN DMC, Master Flash, Beasty Boys, MC Hammer (just to name a few) I can enjoy.

It's the 50 Cent, Lil John, Xibit guys that I can't stand.

OK, I see the guilt, but where's the pleasure? :p

Run To You? Heaven?
... really don't have a lot. Nanatsu No Tsuki had it better with Celine Dion.

Just let me know when can I move in.
I'll let you know when you can move in & out, actually.
As is, i don't seem to have a cleaning spray strong enough to do the job. You don't scare easily, do you?

I'll let you know when you can move in & out, actually.
As is, i don't seem to have a cleaning spray strong enough to do the job. You don't scare easily, do you?

Nope, I don't scare easily.
What, like, did Jhahannam left a lot of emotional baggage in you or something?:confused:

I....


I like....

*sigh*

:gulp:

I like....

Celene Dion. *Glares at Celene Dion CD*

oh why can't I quit you...

*sob*

I....


I like....

*sigh*

:gulp:

I like....

Celene Dion. *Glares at Celene Dion CD*

oh why can't I quit you...

*sob*


*strangles*

*strangles*

grrrrrk:eek:

I....


I like....

*sigh*

:gulp:

I like....

Celene Dion. *Glares at Celene Dion CD*

oh why can't I quit you...

*sob*

Why do you hate freedom?

Why do you hate freedom?

O_o

huh?

O_o

huh?

Celine Dion is a commie. You know it, I know it...even Canada knows it.















;)

Celine Dion is a commie. You know it, I know it...even Canada knows it.

;)

Meh so were Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Doesn't stop me from watching "I Love Lucy" ;)

Celine Dion is a commie. You know it, I know it...even Canada knows it.















;)

Commies in Canada? OMG!:eek:

Duran Duran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran)

If my friends know this, they will die laughing.

Duran Duran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duran_Duran)

If my friends know this, they will die laughing.

I LOVE Duran Duran...

But then, I am a child of the 80s.

I LOVE Duran Duran...

But then, I am a child of the 80s.

Unfortunately, so am I.:( But I like the music from the 90s way better.

I do like some 90s music ther was some good stuff, but there was an awful lot of very very bad manufactured pop, not justworse than some of the preceding decades in quality terms but almost overwhelming in volume, I admit I did at one time like Oasis (who blatantly ripped off the Beatles) I've now progressed to much better... Whitesnake, oh dear. (sighs, hangs head in shame once more)