All right…coming off of that first edition of The Case for (Phil) Collins, I’ve been thinking a lot about what people consider ‘guilty pleasures’. I have a hard time using the word ‘guilty’ when it comes to appreciating music. It’s either pleasurable to you in some way or it’s not. So, I ask of you, can you present us with 5 of your guilty listening pleasures? Maybe even throw in one ‘innocent pleasure’ at the end…someone that you love to listen to that hardly anyone would argue with unless they’re a total grump-dog. So that’s six items total, after the jump…
I’ll get ‘er started, umm-kay?…
(In no particular order)
1) Level 42
2) Yes
3) Phish
4) Hall & Oates (except they’ve almost turned the corner back to cool)
5) Supertramp
Innocent pleasure… gotta say Bob Dylan.
How ’bout yers?
September 12th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
1. Black Eyed Peas (just that one album Elephunk)
2. Level 42 (they’ve got a couple of cool tracks)
3. Cake
4. The Mama’s and the Papa’s (take California Dreamin’ on 45 and play it at 33)
5. Rammstein
Innocent Pleasure
Yes. Shouldn’t feel guilty for listening to something so good.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
You’re so right about Yes. But you know the usual bullshit people give them!
September 12th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Yeah, but they’re hiding their jealousy and their own insecurities about their failed musical abilities.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:23 am
Guilty Pleasures:
1. Michael Jackson
2. Michael McDonald era Doobie Brothers
3. Justin Timberlake
4. The Go-Gos
5. Queen
Innocent Pleasure:
Any R.E.M. up to Monster. After Monster, eh, not so much.
September 13th, 2007 at 2:29 am
My guilty pleasures:
1.) Hall and Oates
2.) Journey
3.) Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Band
4.) Shelby Lynne
5.) The “Guys and Dolls” soundtrack
My innocent pleasure: Joni Mitchell
September 13th, 2007 at 2:46 am
Cool. I’m loving these lists! Dave, I love me some Michael McDonald too.
September 13th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Oh man… So many to choose from!
1. Phish
2. Disco Biscuits
3. Panic! at the Disco
4. Alanis Morissette
5. Spin Doctors
Innocent Pleasure: Miles Davis
September 16th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Unfortunatley for me, I think that EVERYTHING I listen to qualifies as a guilty pleasure:
1. Mary J Blige
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Bonnie Tyler
4. Bette Midler
5. John Mayer (Continuum album)
Innocent Pleasure: Nina Simone
September 18th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Guilty Pleasures
1. Abba
2. The Carpenters
3. Steely Dan!! (God damn it!!)
4. Alizée (French pop star—YouTube her: wow.)
5. Early Elton John
Innocent Pleasure
The most innocent of all: The Beatles!
October 9th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
i’m with you fakebloodspam, but here ‘goes:
1. billy joel
2. sondheim
3. mamas and the papas
4. yes (with a special guilty crush on jon anderson and his elfin voice)
5. indigo girls
innocent pleasure:
stevie wonder(ful)
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