Maybe you're too embarrassed to admit it. Maybe you find yourself humming Neil Diamond songs during the day. Maybe you just can't get enough Emerson Lake and Palmer. Disco Inferno? You bet! Does anybody take guity pleasure in being a fan of what's generally considered bad music? Do you have a vote for the worst song of all time? Let's hear it...................or not.

My guilty pleasures:

Saves the Day
The Get-Up Kids
Superstitions of the Sky
Project X
Youth of Today

At least I listen with ear buds on, so I won't inflict others:
Ace of Base
all of the other stuff is so old, but that what you get from living through the 60's and 70's: ELP, ELO, Genesis before Peter Gabriel left, Frank Zappa, the Monkees, Todd Rundgren, Steppenwolf, Steely Dan....

I probably just told you more than you wanted to know...

Yes, Rush, the Monkees, Neil Diamond, ELO, Pearl Jam, Generation X, Sammy Davi Jr., Dred Zeppelin, Hall & Oates, Elvis, REM(everything up til "Green") U2(everything up til "Pop") And thats just the short list!

Rockapella (actually, they're really good, but it's just plain embarassing to listen to all-male a cappela group that's best known for the "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" theme song)
Alan Thicke
David Hasselhoff


Yes, Rush, [...] Neil Diamond, ELO, Pearl Jam

Since when have those been "bad music"?

Since when have those been "bad music"?
Since the general public decided not to touch it with a ten foot pole. I may have misunderstood the point of this thread, but I thought we were listing what we thought was good music that most people think is crap.

<snip>all of the other stuff is so old...Genesis before Peter Gabriel left...Steely Dan<snip>

I am a huge fan of the early Genesis! Trespass being one of my faves... Prog Rock in general is probably my biggest guilty pleasure... I love it all (especially King Crimson and Can)

(and that was my point - good music that most people think sucks - or music that sucks that you like anyway)

-- Steely Dan was also incredible, up to a point... I consider Aja to be their last good album.

Oh, I thought that we were listing music that was actually bad, not music that isn't on MTV because it's antiquitated.

Oh, I thought that we were listing music that was actually bad, not music that isn't on MTV because it's antiquitated.

either one... I just wanted responses. Maybe we can get a good flame war going.

I am a huge fan of the early Genesis! Trespass being one of my faves... Prog Rock in general is probably my biggest guilty pleasure... I love it all (especially King Crimson and Can)

I recently discovered this prog rock web radio station. They play some pretty good cuts:

http://gagliarchives.com/

Old Genesis is completely awesome, and even a lot of the early Phil Collins stuff. I think a lot of these bands aren't just unpopular cuz they're not on MTV, but because their fans are complete WEIRDOS. Like all the Dungeonmasters that listen to Yes and Rush, or the "guitar store *******s" who listen to Satriani, Malmsteen and Zappa.

the "guitar store *******s" who listen to Satriani, Malmsteen and Zappa.

I don't play the guitar or work at a guitar store, but I love Malmsteen (and Satriani and Zappa, and Jeff Beck and Steve Vai, for that matter).

I really like the old Canturbury music such as Gong, Soft Machine, Caravan, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, etc.... Such great music, so intelligent and creative. I'm actually glad that they aren't as well liked as they should be.

I don't play the guitar or work at a guitar store, but I love Malmsteen (and Satriani and Zappa, and Jeff Beck and Steve Vai, for that matter).
I'm sorry. I'll just have to take into account that everything I say will offend you.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Duran Duran! One of my favorite bands EVER, not very well remembered, though.

I really like the old Canturbury music such as Gong, Soft Machine, Caravan, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, etc.... Such great music, so intelligent and creative. I'm actually glad that they aren't as well liked as they should be.

Check out this Rhino box set: http://www.eurock.com/features/rhino/index.aspx

Post-sellout Goo Goo Dolls.

ABBA. Don't tell anyone.

Yes, Rush, the Monkees, Neil Diamond, ELO, Pearl Jam, Generation X, Sammy Davi Jr., Dred Zeppelin, Hall & Oates, Elvis, REM(everything up til "Green") U2(everything up til "Pop") And thats just the short list!


There is nothing wron with rush or pearl jamn!

AAAAAHHHH I have vertigo by U2, but i keep humming it and singing it. :mad:

Yes. Pre Fragile.
in fact I think their first album (with Harold Land) is the best they've done.
I have a serious affinity for Gordon Lightfoot left over from
my pre hippie, folkie days.

Marty

I seriously LOVE Tom Jones. I would kill to see him in concert.

I am planning a big Barry Manilow fan. I'm making plans to get some tickets to his show when I'm in Vegas for the next Interbike this fall. I can't wait!

Koffee

P.S. Nothing wrong with Steely Dan. I have all their music up to Aja also.

REO Speedwagon

The Smiths first album.
Antidote: 'Morrisey rides a **** horse.' >Warlock Pinchers.

William Shatner and Ben Folds, William Burroughs and Kurt Cobain, Lydia Lunch and Roland, uh, I forget his name, Howard? Early Chili Peppers, like True Men Don't Kill Coyotes, Lydia Lunch and Foetus, Consolidated, The Brady Bunch(It's a Sunshine Day!).

Boney M owns this thread.

Abba. Fleetwood Mac. Streetheart. Heart. Veruca Salt. Gypsy Kings.

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Um, maybe I don't understand the term "guilty pleasure". Some posters are listing bands that are actually considered "good". Some of the bands listed I've never even heard of, so how can you feel guilty about listening to them when nobody has ever heard of them?

I truely enjoy those cute oldies likes of "I want to be Bobby's girl" "Itsy bitsy yellow polka dot bikini" "Big girls don't cry" etc.
These are not bad songs but I don't want to be caught listening, even worse singing along, to them. That makes it more enjoyable.

AHHH.. I love the 80's mostly all the new wave stuff. The Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasure (don't tell), Duran Duran. You know that stuff that comes on the radio and people are like what is that.

I have a weakness for mid 60's pop music. Brings back memories of riding in the back of the station wagon listening to AM radio.

I'm sorry. I'll just have to take into account that everything I say will offend you.
Oh yeah, I forgot about Duran Duran! One of my favorite bands EVER, not very well remembered, though.

Nothing offensive about Duran Duran; their new album isn't half bad, either.

their new album isn't half bad, either.

No it's ALL bad. Kidding.

Some of the bands listed I've never even heard of, so how can you feel guilty about listening to them when nobody has ever heard of them?

It's possible for music that most people haven't heard of to be horrible enough that you feel guilty for liking it. I mean, there's a reason no one has heard of it...

I absolutely love The Pac-Man Fever soundtrack..you can't go wrong with 'Froggy's Lament', 'Do the Donkey Kong', 'Ode To A Centipede'...
and of course Duran Duran, The Cure, Wall of Voodoo, Prince, Depeche Mode, The Thompson Twin's...I love the 80's.

Laughing Gnome by David Bowie

Well, since we're talking about music that isn't bad but the average idiot would be too embarassed to admit to listen to: Tom Jones. That's right.

Boney M owns this thread.

Abba. Fleetwood Mac. Streetheart. Heart. Veruca Salt. Gypsy Kings.

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Um, maybe I don't understand the term "guilty pleasure". Some posters are listing bands that are actually considered "good". Some of the bands listed I've never even heard of, so how can you feel guilty about listening to them when nobody has ever heard of them?


I guess some people have peers who mock them for thier tastes and they can only listen on thier walkmen.

Well, since we're talking about music that isn't bad but the average idiot would be too embarassed to admit to listen to: Tom Jones. That's right.
He has a nasty habit of pleasing the ladies.

I can't believe nobody else has mentioned Boney M! I am disappointed in all of you! :(

Laughing Gnome by David Bowie
That song rocks! Always brings a smile to my face

For the Rap fans out there, Ghetto Boys are both enjoyable AND horrible. Everytime I hear "Damn It feels Good To Be A Gangster" I always wonder how many 40 oz have been poured out to this song. They aren't really all that good at rapping, their beats are crappy, and there's a midget with an eyepatch in the group. They also did a theme song for Chucky in one of the "Childs Play" movies.
Oh, I looked up Boney M. I'll have to find some of their music, hopefully it's as spectacular as they look!

half the music mentioned in this thread I'm not ashamed of listening to.

Europe, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Michael Jackson, Warrant, LFO, and maybe a few others.

AHHH.. I love the 80's mostly all the new wave stuff. The Cure

I'm going to see them for the second time in September. First time I seen them was ten years ago and I've been a fan for about eight years before that.

Anyways, my selections include...

Anything by Debbie Gibson
"Sister Christian" by Night Ranger
"Glycerine" by Bush
"Grease" by Frankie Valli
"Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order
"Why Don't You Get A Job?" by The Offspring
"Remind Me" by Royksopp (yes, the Geico caveman tv ad)

Anything by the great Tom Jones

The Smiths first album.
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Nothing guilty about that pleasure.
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My guilty pleasure: STONED IN LOVE by JOURNEY

:love: SADE:love:

http://home.clara.net/firstuniversal/sade_files/sade.jpg

Jeez.

I'm an unabashed 80's hair metal fan. I grew up with Ratt, Twisted Sister, Poison, Warrant. Of course, I jam out to Poison on the earbuds when my wife isn't pestering me about sticking them on iTunes, and yes, I watched Rock of Love.

Poison is the reason rapstars have to make songs like "Party Like a Rockstar".

Kinks, Frank Sinatra, ABBA, Bob and Doug Makenzies version of the twelve days of christmas, and of course the Village People.

Did someone say The Villlage People?....

http://www.songlyricscollection.com/lyrics/v/village-people/can-t-stop-the-music/can-t-stop-the-music.jpg

I seen this movie at the drive-in...:eek:

Petula Clark, Alabama--a few years ago shocked a girl driving with her window down--radio was playing "If You're Gonna Play in Texas" and I pulled up alongside on la bici, semi-consciously singing along.

Player "Baby Come Back" Use to hear it on the radio when I was a little kid, eating my cheerios for breakfast on school mornings.

Afroman. I hate, nee loath rap music. But I love Afroman. His stuff cracks me up.

Monty Python Sings. A classic! But too tedious to have to explain to others who dont get it.