Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - Therapy: Admit your bad music loves.

That reminds me, I'm quite fond of the Flash Gordon soundtrack(by Queen).:)

Ha! That's one of the funniest, cheesiest, most badly acted movies of all time. :D But great music... great music...

Koffee

When I was a kid, and we just got cable TV, Flash Gordon was on HBO. My sister and I watched it 18 times that month. One of the finest epic films of all time...:) And the music was great.

Where have you been ZG, haven't seen you around for a while. Did you ever get to see Alice Cooper last summer?

Oh, I'm still here. Had my Bauer swiped but they didn't get the Triumph!

Did I see Alice...Whoohoo! Did I ever!! Vancouver on Oct 19 and Chilliwack on Oct 28. Stage rushed, of course, and got major eye contact thanks to making a total singing, dancing, jumpingupanddown fool of myself. (sigh) I can die happy...

Back to the bad music, today I played Constrictor. Ouch.

Afroman, Mr Hankey's Christman Album, Monty Python Sings, Ren & Stimpy, etc. None of it necessarilly bad, just not normal. My wife is the one with the Jewel CD's. Ichhh!

Jesus Christ Superstar, the original broadway one.

And this is from someone who hates showtunes. For some reason I dig this one (and it has to be the original broadway one, with Ian Gillan singing Jesus. Pretty much everyone in that version sings like a rock singer instead of showtune singer, as opposed to the movie soundtrack which is weak)

I've got a real soft spot for trashy Euro-pop. Barbi Girl, I'm too sexy, and the like.

Okay, (deep breath here) I love Alabama, the band.

Jesus Christ Superstar, the original broadway one.

And this is from someone who hates showtunes. For some reason I dig this one (and it has to be the original broadway one, with Ian Gillan singing Jesus. Pretty much everyone in that version sings like a rock singer instead of showtune singer, as opposed to the movie soundtrack which is weak)

Yeah... the movie soundtrack was so weak. I regret buying the album from the movie. But... there was a version done a few years ago, and it was phat! I bought that cd and jammed real hard to that one.

Koffee

I love the soundtrack to Xanadu.

If you like Pet Sounds, make sure to check out Shine. Brian Wilson put it out solo a year ago, and it's really well done, you know - if you like that sort of thing.

Am I the only one who has this pet peeve? Albums are collections: photo albums are collections of photographs, music albums are collections of songs. A "record" is the old term for putting a recording on a big black plastic disk w/ a needle in the groove and all. Albums are released in several formats; on records, cassettes, and compact disks (and and even digitally for iPods) and they're all still albums.

Ooh, you're right, this is therapudic... Thanks!

I really love Olivia Newton-John. Xanadu was a great album. *sigh*

I have no qualms about saying that. None. Nada. Zip.

Koffee

I'm stunned you would place HER in a "bad music" thread. For about forty years, she has been the second greatest living singer of Broadway music. She takes second place to Cleo Laine, whose versions of Broadway songs are astounding wonderful.

Cleo Laine did an album of "Porgy and Bess" with Ray Charles that is the best recording of those songs ever. They both understood the characters, and she "became" Bess, and Ray became Porgy. Their "P & B" belongs on any list of the "100 greatest albums of all-time".

The current price for that version of "Porgy and Bess" at Amazon.com is $159...it has become an expensive "cult" favorite. On E-Bay, the bidding on a used copy is currently at around $50.

Ok, not bad in the sense of badly sung... but people hate Babs and no one likes to admit they like that diva! I love her.

Ok, how about Yanni? I love Yanni. I also have three (YES, THREE!) John Tesh albums.

Koffee