# Fromage! Help me create a cheesy, cheesy iPod mix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923 "2009-07-04T20:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/1 "2009-07-04T20:39:48Z")
I am trying to put together a mix of cheesy tunes for my iPod. So far, Air Supply is featured prominently, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” has earned a spot do to its overwrought power baladness. I’m thinking some tunes from Chicago in the adult-contemporary Peter Cetera era… Possibly some Barry Manilow. Is Leo Slayer too obscure? What must haves should be on my cheesy mix? Level of difficulty: no Celine Dione or Whitney Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/2 "2009-07-04T21:09:17Z")
How about the works of Bread, Styx and Poco? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/3 "2009-07-04T21:36:16Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > How about the works of Bread, Styx and Poco? Oh, I’ve already added “Come Sail Away” and whatsitcalled… “Babe” ---
**Author:** ![Rin\_Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/4 "2009-07-04T21:39:55Z")
What a great mix- what gave you the idea, **Eats\_Crayons**? Damn, you’ve already got Air Supply in there. Well, you definitely gotta have, “I Want to Know What Love” is by Foreigner. And can you stomach any Michael Bolton? Like, “I Said I Loved You, But I Lied”? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/5 "2009-07-04T21:43:48Z")
How about the hokey late 80’s/early 90’s smooth R&B like Boys II Men, Al B. Sure, and Color Me Badd? ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/6 "2009-07-04T21:52:16Z")
Do include “Everything is Beautiful” by Mr. Ray Stevens. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/7 "2009-07-04T22:20:38Z")
My MP3 collection is divided into sixty-three (yes, I counted) subgenres of music, and all but three are legitimate subgenres. The others are “covers”, “oldies” (pre-1990, but also not new wave or synthpop) and “lame pop.” Let’s see if Lame Pop can help you out at all. Britney Spears (nine songs, I think I’m going to lose musical cred admitting that. All singles from the late 90s to first half of this decade) Nine Days “257 weeks”, “Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)”, “Brand New Me”, “Good Friend” Savage Garden “Break Me Shake Me”, “To The Moon and Back”, “I Want You” Eagle Eye Cherry “Save Tonight” Blessid Union of Souls “Could’ve Been With You”, “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)” The Backstreet Boys “Everybody”, “Larger Than Life” N’Sync “It’s Gonna Be Me”, “Bye Bye Bye” Five For Fighting “Dying”, “Superman” Jessica Simpson “Irresistable” Evan and Jaron “Crazy For This Girl” Hillary Duff “Come Clean” Hayden Panettiere “Your New Girlfriend” Hoku “Another Dumb Blonde” Bon Jovi “It’s My Life” The Heights “How Do You Talk To An Angel” (I even watched the show! I was young) Semisonic “Singing In My Sleep” (I’m shocked I don’t have “Closing Time” etc) PM Dawn “I’d Die Without You” Hmm. This stuff is all newer than the songs in the OP. Maybe I should look in “Oldies” or “New Wave” instead. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/8 "2009-07-04T22:29:46Z")
_Hips Don’t Lie_, by Shakira _I Am Woman_, by Helen Reddy _I Need to Know_, by Whatshisface who is married to Whatshername _Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves_, by Cher ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/9 "2009-07-04T23:03:38Z")
> [@Rin\_Twisted](#): > > Well, you definitely gotta have, “I Want to Know What Love” is by Foreigner. Brilliant! And I will add some REO Speedwagon to that. > [@Rin\_Twisted](#): > > And can you stomach any Michael Bolton? Like, “I Said I Loved You, But I Lied”? Well, now there I have to draw the line. I’d rather jam knitting needles in my ears. > [@elfkin](#): > > Hmm. This stuff is all newer than the songs in the OP. Maybe I should look in “Oldies” or “New Wave” instead. Yes, I’m looking for the kind of cheese that will bring a nostalgic tear to one’s eye and be understood and appreciated as an ironic choice. Leo Slayer crooning “When I neeeeed you, I just close my eyes and I’m with you…” in a voice that’s so girly, Mary Poppins has more testosterone in comparison, will obviously be understood as a deliberately cheesy choice. Jessica Simpson would just be embarassing. I had no idea Hayden Panettiere had a recording! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/10 "2009-07-04T23:34:03Z")
What about that weird 80s song, about the Kilimanjaro rising like a leopress above the Serengeti… “Africa” by Toto. Oh! and “No Myth (Romeo in Black Jeans)” by Michael Penn. Oh my god, I’m on a roll. “When the Children Cry” by horrific hair band White Lion ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/11 "2009-07-04T23:38:28Z")
Hair bands and power ballads: the brie of the music world! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/12 "2009-07-04T23:39:52Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Is Leo Slayer too obscure? That’s pretty funny, though I’m not sure if it’s intentional or not. And, I’d absolutely say you need to include “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”. He’s not too obscure; he did host “The Muppet Show”, after all. I’d also say you need to include the disco version of the “Star Wars” soundtrack, by Meco. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/13 "2009-07-04T23:48:53Z")
> [@Eats\_Crayons](#): > > Hair bands and power ballads: the brie of the music world! Now you got me started. “When I’m with You” by Sheriff “Winds of Change” by The Scorpions (although they maybe get pass for being _actually_ formerly-West German. Pretty cheesy though.) “Domoarigato Mr. Roboto” by Styx (Thank you very much-o!) BTW, this list reads like my 7th grade mix tapes. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/14 "2009-07-05T04:39:23Z")
Afternoon Delight by Starland Vocal Band ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/15 "2009-07-05T04:55:55Z")
She ran callin’ Wiiiiillldfiiiiirre… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/16 "2009-07-05T05:05:09Z")
Stand back. I grew up in the seventies. You kids don’t try this at home. “All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You” by Heart “All Out of Love” by Air Supply “Amanda” by Boston “Come Sail Away” by Styx “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” by Byran Adams “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman “If You Leave Me Now” by Chicago “The Kid Is Hot Tonite” by Loverboy “Kiss On My List” by Daryl Hall & John Oates “Leader of The Band” by Dan Fogelberg “One More Night”" by Phil Collins “Shadows of the Night” by Pat Benatar “Take It On The Run” by REO Speedwagon ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/17 "2009-07-05T07:11:00Z")
_You’ve Got The Touch_ by Stan Bush? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/18 "2009-07-05T08:08:01Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > My MP3 collection is divided into sixty-three (yes, I counted) subgenres of music,. What are these subgenres? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/19 "2009-07-05T08:29:19Z")
You might want to try the various Rankin-Bass soundtracks (animated, and stop-motion)—_The Last Unicorn_ had a gem or two, including one sung by cast member [Mia Farrow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIUnq2d9pMU) (strangely, this one used a different singer for the soundtrack release, for some reason); and [anything with Glenn Yarbrough](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=864VY2jux7U). ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923/20 "2009-07-05T10:43:48Z")
“Cherry Pie” by Warrant “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” by Rod Stewart “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice “Girls Girls Girls” by Pretty Boy Floyd “Hot for Teacher” by Van Halen “Send Her My Love” by Journey “Pour Some Sugar On Me” by Def Leppard “We’re not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister “Fight for your Right” by Beastie Boys “How Deep is Your Love” by Bee Gees “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder “Islands in the Stream” by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers Man this shit brings back memories! I got lots more, but gotta get to bed! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fromage-help-me-create-a-cheesy-cheesy-ipod-mix/501923.md?page=2)