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Guilty Musical Pleasures
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Perhaps "Jump" by Van Halen because it's so cheesy (the reason I like AND dislike it).
I barely like it - and only when I'm in the mood really. Its uber cheesy but sometimes I find it entertaining LOL. 
I dont find any music I like really a guilty pleasure because I choose not to care what people think
 But my favorite band is Hanson (they are awesome now!) and I admit, I still listen to the Backstreet Boys. and maybe the spice girls.
Cher
"I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate" -Jeff Buckley
Oh no I'm not REALLY guilty. I thought I'd post anyway.
Its not a guilt really - its more of a: "I know the music is cheesy but I like it anyway sometimes. And its like I'm 'guilty' of liking such cheesiness." I don't FEEL guilty. I don't care what others think about music I like. Some people dislike my absolute favourite music that I totally adore! With the cheesiness that I'm 'guilty' of sometimes liking to listen to it basically just means I can't play it when they're around because they will make me turn it off lol. Yes of course: The word guilty needs to be in scare quotes ('guilty'), at least for me. I mean some other people dislike it and think its lame. And I'm 'guilty' of liking it. That kind of thing. I don't feel remotely guilty: its fun. And you can always just pretend to like it more than you actually do to piss them off if you want, lol. Oh and in cases like that - I don't choose to not care what people think because I just don't care anyway P.S: Just messing with you I'm sure EvF  RE: Guilty Musical Pleasures
February 28, 2009 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2009 at 5:45 pm by Kyuuketsuki.)
(February 27, 2009 at 1:28 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: You want examples? Yeah but are they *guilty pleasures* (songs you feel a little or a lot embarrassed to admit liking (the way you list them, and the fact that I've never heard of them, suggest they aren't)? Kyu (February 27, 2009 at 8:31 pm)padraic Wrote: @kyu? LOL ... only in my mind  (February 27, 2009 at 8:31 pm)padraic Wrote: I thought ONJ was great in "Grease", I fancied her rotten for years, especially when she brought out " Let's Get Physical". Most Aussie males of my generation I know still think the world of Livvy. I vaguely recall the video but no, never really, got it ... I just like "Grease" (mind you I like "Chick Flicks" anyway ... love a good romance). That could be another thread. (February 27, 2009 at 8:31 pm)padraic Wrote: I've actually admired Travolta as an actor,since "Pulp Fiction". (although I think the film, like that pretentious wanker Tarantino is grossly overrated) Oh I like Tarantino ... I absolutely loved "Kill Bill" and "Pulp fiction" also his other ones, only one I haven't seen is "Reservoir Dogs" but like his other ones too, even enjoyed "From Dusk 'Til Dawn" in which he starred. (February 27, 2009 at 8:31 pm)padraic Wrote: As for Abba,I remember when they first came out.I thought and still think Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus especially were brilliant musicians and the best popular composers of their era. Besides,I thought Agnetha had a superb arse which I could admire all day. We're just going to have to agree to disagree on that. Kyu (February 28, 2009 at 9:56 am)Rockthatpiano06 Wrote: I dont find any music I like really a guilty pleasure because I choose not to care what people think I have to say I do like their "Mmm-bop" one ... awesome summer record. Kyu Angry Atheism
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Don't know about " guilt " sounds a bit catholic to me but talking music,
I can enjoy the following: Uptown Girl by whoever...I think it works Summer the first time Bobby Goldsboro mostly anything by Banamarama some Bucks Fizz do I go on...I hope not!  A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
You know that Uptown Girl was actually nicked off Mozart?
How the tune goes is basically a Mozart track only slowed down much slower. Its normally fast. So however cheesy the rest of it is - its bound to be a good tune. No wonder. Whether you like mozart or not you can still (probably!) see that his music is technically good at aleast I guess. (February 28, 2009 at 7:58 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: You know that Uptown Girl was actually nicked off Mozart? I like Mozart too! A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
Cool. I like what I've heard. I haven't really listened much though!
Basically I've only heard him on TV or whatever. I have some J.S Bach. Excellent stuff. What I really love about the great classical composers is to me they seem to be extremely consistent in comparison to a lot of music artists these days when its kind of pick and mix. You like some, dislike others. With Orbital I love every track. But they're kind of like the new classical for me really. Only electronica, the classical music of the future perhaps I think I also read somewhere that they had neo-classical ambitions or something. Anyway I think they're absolute immensely awesome. And I favour sound completely over lyrics. I like poetry, but for me, music is music. I'm not bothered about words so much - its about the sound for me. And sometimes I think the words can be a distraction. I often just prefer voices without words to voices with words. More harmonizing etc. And if words, I prefer it when the words are a background to the song, not the rest of the song kind of the background to the lyrics. I'm not arsed with lyrics. They're more of an addition for me than a central thing. I find it actually quite weird that so many people love a song because of great lyrics or hate it because they don't like the lyrics. Despite however they think how good it actually sounds. If a song has shit lyrics and sounds great I'll like it I'm sure. If it sounds crap but has 'great lyrics'. Then I'd rather just read it like a poem than hear it if it sounds so awful! Music= stuff you want to hear just because of how it sounds for me. And how it makes you feel through the sound. Who cares what it "means" (in comparison to how it sounds). Songs 'mean' stuff to me because of how they make me feel. Whatever the lyrics are or whether they have them or not. Its about how good it sounds. Magnificent sound makes me feel magnificent. I love music, I love sounds. Lyrics are kind of a separate addition "added on" for me rather than a central theme. Sometimes they works, sometimes they don't and you're better off without them. Depends, and it depends what type of music it is, how long the song is - and WHAT song the song is. I dunno, maybe that's just me? That's what I think anyway.  (February 28, 2009 at 5:36 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Yeah but are they *guilty pleasures* (songs you feel a little or a lot embarrassed to admit liking (the way you list them, and the fact that I've never heard of them, suggest they aren't)? I never feel guilty about anything I like. But most if not all examples with the exception of I feel love from Donna Summer which I don't believe for a second you never heard of, are all songs or artists or genres despised by the general music buying audience. Birdhouse in your soul is a great song but most of what They Might Be giants made was all to difficult or not catchy enough. I think making a song about the Mesopotamians is a stroke of brilliance but virtually no one agrees with me. Look up Insane Clown Posse and be amazed at the amount of vile spewed their way. I don't feel guilty about liking them, but i get a lot of flack for it (you should read my inbox for the fansite, it's so funny when some Eminem fan wants to put his 2 cents in).
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(March 1, 2009 at 5:27 am)leo-rcc Wrote: I never feel guilty about anything I like. But most if not all examples with the exception of I feel love from Donna Summer which I don't believe for a second you never heard of, are all songs or artists or genres despised by the general music buying audience. Birdhouse in your soul is a great song but most of what They Might Be giants made was all to difficult or not catchy enough. I think making a song about the Mesopotamians is a stroke of brilliance but virtually no one agrees with me. Yeah OK, I heard of DS ... quite liked her early stuff actually (got "A Love Trilogy" and "Love To Love You Baby", still want "Four Season Of Love"). My excuse is I'm collecting stuff I used to like as well as exploring the kind of thing I like now. I suppose DS's version of "Could It Be Magic" could be considered a guilty pleasure. The rest means ... well ... not much to me. Eminem is only known to me coz one of his songs got on Kerrang ('spose coz it had some metal in it) and since then they put almost every rap tune he released on the channel, go figure but it's part of the reason I prefer Scuzz. Kyu Angry Atheism
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