# guilty listening pleasures **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131 "2005-08-15T19:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/41 "2005-08-17T05:11:17Z")
Hair Metal. Def Leppard’s “Photograph”? Oh yeah. The Scorpions’ “Rock You Like A Hurricane”? I’m there. Mötley Crüe’s “Looks That Kill”? Yep, that too. It’s shameful. Pure cheese, but a very fun trip down memory lane now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/42 "2005-08-17T11:52:07Z")
Kelly Clarkson. She’s hot. She can sing. Her album is pure pop music done very well. ---
**Author:** ![Umphreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2bfe46/32.png) [@Umphreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umphreak)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/43 "2005-08-17T12:12:23Z")
> [@PerditaX](#): > > Another “guilty pleasure” is Garth Brooks (nobody will admit to liking him - country fans think he’s a poser and pop fans think he’s a hick). I’m sorry, what? - Garth Brooks has sold over 100 million records! I assure you, he has many, many country music fans. > [@PapSett](#): > > _I_ admit to liking him ! I have to say I LOVE most of his music ! I wish he was still making music . Garth ! Come back ! You have at least TWO fans still alive ! 😛 Of the tens of millions of people who bought his records, in the 90s, you don’t think he has many fans left? 😕 Anyway, **Huey Lewis and The News** …There, I said it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/44 "2005-08-17T13:54:26Z")
> [@Umphreak](#): > > Anyway, **Huey Lewis and The News** …There, I said it. Huey Lewis and the News were a great band. No lie, no irony intended. They had some great bar-rock songs and a tight, killer horn section. My favorite song by them is a less-popular instrumental, “Slammin,” but I still mark out whenever I hear “The Power of Love.” I hear they’re making a comeback as Huey Lewis and Infotainment. ---
**Author:** ![Umphreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2bfe46/32.png) [@Umphreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umphreak)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/45 "2005-08-17T15:06:30Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Huey Lewis and the News were a great band. No lie, no irony intended. They had some great bar-rock songs and a tight, killer horn section. My favorite song by them is a less-popular instrumental, “Slammin,” but I still mark out whenever I hear “The Power of Love.” I hear they’re making a comeback as Huey Lewis and Infotainment. “mark out”? ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/46 "2005-08-17T16:03:55Z")
> [@Umphreak](#): > > I’m sorry, what? - Garth Brooks has sold over 100 million records! I assure you, he has many, many country music fans. > > Of the tens of millions of people who bought his records, in the 90s, you don’t think he has many fans left? 😕 > > Anyway, **Huey Lewis and The News** …There, I said it. Album sales aren’t the issue. Many, if not most, of the bands listed in this thread sold millions. The point is that Garth is “pooh-poohed” by the purists, and nowadays it’s not cool to admit to liking him. I have to agree with you on Huey, though. Ever hear them do the National Anthem a cappella? Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/47 "2005-08-17T16:07:57Z")
> [@Umphreak](#): > > “mark out”? Wrestling term for an enthusiastic, positive fan reaction (“marks” being fans). I use it for everything. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/48 "2005-08-17T16:35:11Z")
“Feeling Stronger Every Day” by Chicago is my main one. I would be embarrassed to buy it, but I turn it up every time it’s on the radio. “Wishing” by Flock of Seagulls doesn’t seem like a guilty pleasure to me, but my wife has sentenced me to death for liking it. ---
**Author:** ![Umphreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2bfe46/32.png) [@Umphreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umphreak)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/49 "2005-08-17T17:56:07Z")
> [@PerditaX](#): > > Album sales aren’t the issue. Many, if not most, of the bands listed in this thread sold millions. The point is that Garth is “pooh-poohed” by the purists, and nowadays it’s not cool to admit to liking him. > > I have to agree with you on Huey, though. Ever hear them do the National Anthem a cappella? Amazing! True, but nowhere close to 100 million +. Country “purists” would probably discount 90% of the popular modern country artists. Kenny Chesney? - Nope. Gretchen Wilson? - Nope. Etc., etc. There was _some_ backlash against Garth after his “Chris Gaines” album, but he is loved and respected by millions, to this day. I was in the deep south recently and I heard GB songs everywhere: on the radio, blasting out of cars, in bars. I must have heard _Friends In Low Places_ a dozen times while I was down there. Purists may say it’s “uncool” to like him, but to the majority of mainstream country music fans, he’s “A-List” all the way. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/50 "2005-08-17T18:13:27Z")
\*Digging your scene \* by the **Blow Monkeys** _Just Got Lucky_ by the **Jo Boxers** The’re both fluffy, but I like them nonetheless. Oh, and the occasional Simon and Garfunkel. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/51 "2005-08-17T22:12:49Z")
Disco. “Don’t Leave Me This Way” is in my top 5 songs of all time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Last\_of\_the\_Puritans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Last\_of\_the\_Puritans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Last_of_the_Puritans)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/52 "2005-08-18T01:22:44Z")
(Dr. Nick voice) Hi! Everybody! My shameful aural confessions are: “Soul Provider” - Michael Bolton “Water From the Moon” - Celine Dion A really pretty slow song by Garth Brooks’ alter ego Chris Gaines. I can’t remember the name of it, but they used to play it a lot on the radio. “Seven Days to Rock” - BR549 “She’s A Lady” - Tom Jones “In the Ghetto” - Elvis Presley (For some reason, I always associate this with Christmas) “Suspicious Minds” and “Viva Las Vegas” - Elvis "Ain’t Gon’ Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex (Say what you want, but the bass line on that song thumps!) ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/53 "2005-08-18T03:56:36Z")
Don McLean “Legend of Billy Jack.” This is a song my parrot is also fond of, though he’s never done anything indicating that he intends to live up to the song’s message. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/54 "2005-08-18T05:37:49Z")
“Beth” - Kiss “Ariel” - Dean Friedman ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/55 "2005-08-19T03:41:37Z")
I listen to [The Lynx](http://www.crikfm.com/) internet radio at work, and they play absolutely great cheese - whole swaths of guilty pleasures. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131/56 "2005-08-20T18:30:56Z")
Man, most of the songs and bands here aren’t what _I’d_ call lame by a long shot. They’re still pretty popular. It’s not lame just because the art house guys and indy rockers say so. Someone mentioned ELO, and that’s one of my two guilty listening pleasures. I’m not gonna tell you the other one . . . (walks off) (Slinks back) OK, the soundtrack to **Xanadu**. It was the summer of 1980, I was 10 years old, and my family life had yet to get complicated. Listening to the soundtrack just kind of reminds me of those happy times. Same with ELO, and the BeeGees and Blondie. OK, that’s four. Yeah, I’m a lamer when it comes to music, but I’m cool about most other things. Plus, I hate Barry Manilow, so that should count for something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guilty-listening-pleasures/317131.md?page=2)