A cousin of the guilty favorite. This is music you unabashedly enjoy, but others probably feel you should be both abashed and bashed.
My taste in music tends more towards female singer-songwriters with guitars or piano (think Tori Amos), but I like a lot of other stuff and **Nickelback **is the band that I generally cite when this kind of topic comes up. I know all their songs sound alike and the lyrics are often insipid, but I still like all their singles. Even the stupid one about getting a blowjob.
The band that actually made me think of this as a thread idea are The Veronicas, though. I really, really like electronic music in most of its flavors, though I tend to prefer industrial or indietronica to the dance pop The Veronicas sing, but I can’t help but turn my player up every time they come up in queue.
Another band that I think is amazing, but a lot of people think of them as nothing more than a novelty act are The Monkees. It’s pure pop, and they were a manufactured band, yes, but they had some real song craftsmen writing some of their songs and each of the members had genuine talent. My favorite is Mike.
A final band that I doubt many here have heard of is Northern State. They’re a female rap trio from New York that I sometimes hear described as a “female Beastie Boys”, but more often hear them called “untalented and horrible”. I saw them open for Tegan and Sara a couple years ago and have liked them ever since, though.
(I really like The Monkees, too, Aesiron. You’ll get no flak from me.)
My shameless pleasure: I love '90s industrial music – bands like KMFDM, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Ministry, Front 242, Skinny Puppy, etc. This is partially because my friends and I listened to it in high school and it reminds me of those friendships, and partially because it is, well, kind of awesome. I get a little kick out of listening to it on my way to work: here I am in my nice polished outfit, looking to all the world like a mild-mannered librarian, and all the while Skinny Puppy is making an ungodly ruckus in my earphones. And it really is an ungodly ruckus, and I should be too old for this [del]shit[/del]cacophony, but I just can’t give it up yet.
I also love Whitesnake’s song, “Is This Love?” The answer to that question is an unabashed YES. And I’m not talking “love it in a too-hip, eyebrow-quirked-in-ironic-amusement, isn’t this just so droll, I ask you?” way, either. I love the chords and the general air of melancholy suffused throughout the song, and I think it’s pretty.
I like disco music that’s heavy on the electronics. I have no clue what stuff is called, seeing as how a lot of music that sounds pretty much alike to me ends up under different labels, but I like it. Makes me wish I could dance, in fact.
As a 26yo, self confessed in the pit hip-hop “elitist”(snob). I have more than my fair share of guilty pleasures in my playlists.
90’s(early to late) R & B( from BBD, Bobby B., Jodeci to Donnell Jones, Dru Hill and Next, and almost everything between)
Some Disney(Dumbo, Jungle Book, a bunch of stuff from those old story book tapes; and the Ren & Stimpy album)
Thanks to my older siblings, 80’s hair rock (G&R, Poison, Skid Row, Motley Crue, etc…)
From road trips with my parents, I developed an appreciation for Oldies, particularly the Kingston Trio.
Kriss Kross, MTV Party To Go Vol.2, Young MC - the first CDs I ever bought. Young MC is still a brilliant hiphop classic. The other two? What can I say, I’m sentimental.
…and the ultimate guilty pleasure: the theme from Super Nanny. d&r
For what ever reason when I hear it, I imagine it being sung by Ace Ventura’s mental hospital “character”. It cracks me up every single time. And yes, I do often worry about that
Yeah, there’s a lot of cheese on that list, but I have no qualms about saying there is some damn fine music on there too.
I won’t apologize for having some ABBA, Manilow, Monkees and Kingston Trio on my iPod along with more current and respected artists.
What I will apologize for, however, is this weird liking I have for “easy listening” music of the Percy Faith/Perez Prado/Nelson Riddle type. No, I don’t have any on my iPod, but this elevator music soothes me and takes me back to when my parents were young. When I worked nights and slept days, I tuned my radio very softly to an easy listening station as I dozed off. No singing–I prefer that string-rich, instrumental, melodic equivalent of a warm bath and a cup of cocoa. I also like the more up-tempo elevator music like Tijuana Brass, Sergio Mendez, and the Ventures.
When it’s on, I can watch the Lawrence Welk show with non-ironic enjoyment.
Thinking about it, if I could, I’d edit out my line about R&B from this thread. I love that music and while there is definetly some cringe worth stuff, for the most it’s probably not so rediculous and is too broad a genre as to deserve being “abashed and bashed”.
I think mostly the examples I picked were wrong for this thread. Actually, those would probably be the artists I would suggest to someone looking to get in to the genre(Jodeci and Donell Jones in particular).
Rather, this is more what I had in mind- **Brotherhood Creed **- Helluva. A favorite of mine, but still, it’s audio cream corn. Or, perhaps, PM Dawn?
Sorry for the double post, but digging around youtube, I thought I’d pay **Kris Kross **some dues and point out that they weren’t just kids rapping about jumping around in backwards clothes; they actually had some socially - consciousstuff that still holds up well today.
80s music
90s numetal
female alternative singer/songwriter (think Tori Amos or Sarah MacLaghlan)
90s and 00s dance music (incluing early 00s house, trance and other electronica)
most rap and hip hop
00s pop-punk
As a 36 year old white male professional, I’m not really sure what I’m “supposed” to like. Maybe 90s alt rock, punk and jammy Americana like Jack Johnson, Dave Mathews and John Mayer (all of which I like).
I probably should listen to a lot less 1930s pop music. It’s totally irrelevant to contemporary existence, and as much as I love it, it doesn’t strike me as compatible with a well-rounded social life. Most of the people I know who really appreciate my kind of music are socially awkward in some way or another.
Fair enough though, no room for pride in this thread. FTR, I’m not saying they are Talib Kweli and Mos Def or anything, just that they did offer a little more than just ‘Jump’ and their dyslexic dressing ablities.
As I said, I may just be overly sentimental, but I’ve noticed that once I like a song or album, I generally always will; despite how wack it maybe later.
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Give Mason Jennings a shot; Birds Flying Away is a good album. While I’m generally not a fan of those three, he is pretty good and fits that style.
I like music with a political or protest theme, even when I disagree with the position of the singer/songwriter, or when I agree in principle but consider the lyrics to be too extreme. I guess I’m impressed that people can express such passion for something other than sex or romance.
This reminds me of the musician at the pub I went to this St. Patrick’s Day. He was mostly playing requests. When someone would request an Irish Republican song, he’d play it - but he’d segue back and forth between rebel songs and On the One Road. This worked incredibly well, (and I told him so) and proved that one can enjoy a song for its musical, cultural and historical significance without agreeing 100% with all the lyrics.
I don’t understand the premise of this thread. There are “others” who hate pretty much every kind of music that exists. Why would I care about their opinions?
I get a little kick out of listening to it on my way to work: here I am in my nice polished outfit, looking to all the world like a mild-mannered librarian, and all the while Skinny Puppy is making an ungodly ruckus in my earphones. And it really is an ungodly ruckus, and I should be too old for this [del]shit[/del]cacophony, but I just can’t give it up yet.