You want cheesy and uncool? I’ll give you cheesy and uncool. Hell, it’s cheezy with a “z,” it’s so uncool.
I have a collection of '80s era commercials and TV themes on my computer. I just got done listening to the ending theme to WKRP in Cincinnati. I used the old school ending theme to Sesame Street on my graduation demo reel at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. And I’ve pulled my SO in with me, thanks to the Benson theme.
I am the KING of uncool! BOW BEFORE ME!
I like Duran Duran.
At least, I like old Duran Duran. I don’t know about any of the new stuff.
Jesus Christ Superstar, and the music of Andrew Lloyd Weber in general.
Boytronic
Alphaville
Cat Stevens
Steely Dan
Dolly Parton
Rush
the Monkees
Neil Diamond
Tom Jones
I read the OP’s question as music which I personally feel guilty for liking. I know some of the people on my list are generally recognised as having artistic merit, but I’m still ashamed.
The Archies
I have all their albums, including “This Is Love” which was released after they lost the license to the characters (so the cover shows generic teens.
Also, I have most of Tony Burrow’s work: Burrows was a big bubblegum-music guy, and he was something like 5 different one hit wonders.
He was (off the top of my head)
Edison Lighthouse/“Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes”
White Plains/“My Baby Loves Love”
First Class/“Beach Baby”
and at least two or three other one hit “groups”.
He was also the guy who did the vocals on the “I’d Like to Teach the World To Sing” Coke commercial.
Fenris
Duran Duran was the first band to come to my mind when I read the thread title! That and Billy Idol.
I too have a long-standing affinity for hair metal - Poison, Warrant, Whitesnake, especially Skid Row, even lesser known bands like Bang Tango and Salty Dog. I’m not really ashamed of this, but then again, I don’t advertise it either.
I’m not sure if Guns N’ Roses qualifies as hair metal, personally I don’t think so, but others may disagree. But I am still proud to say I love GnR, I still have the black Calvin Klein embroidered denim jacket my parents gave to me for my 15th birthday, and I don’t care what anyone says, it’s still cool!
Then you’ll wet yourself when I tell you that I saw both of them (Billy opening for Duran Duran) in Syracuse, NY on March 4, 1984.
I’m suddenly so ashamed for remembering the exact date. :o
First I have to say that To Sir with Love is a classic.
Earth Wind and Fire are not cheesy
You’ll only get chastised for listening to and ABBA song if you’re singing along with them. this is from personal experience.
The Monkees are cool even if they were one of the first corporate throw togethers. Take the Last train to Clarsville and I’ll meet you at the station…
BUT THE CHEESIEST SONG OF ALL TIME HAS TO BE:
Midnight at the Oasis by Minnie Ripperton
How many people can get away with saying cactus is our friend and still be considered normal???
I sing it all the time off key and at the top of my lungs
The irken dude got me beat.
I bow before thee
Chalk up another for Gordon Lightfoot. I love his work.
Sugar, Sugar - by the Archies
I Think I Love You - by the Partridge Family
Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Oak Tree - by Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tammy - by Debbie Reynolds
Anything by the Carpenters
Last Song - by Edward Bear
Dead Skunk - by Loudon Wainwright III (didn’t he appear once in an episode of MASH?)
Moon River - by Andy Williams
My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames
I LOVE THE OLDIES!!!
Midnight at the Oasis was Maria Muldaur, not Minnie Ripperton…
Wow, a whole thread full of music I love! Except I’m not really familiar with Herb Alpert. I’ll have to check him out.
My favorite cheesey band that’s not been mentioned yet: Blue Oyster Cult. Heavy metal cheesey goodness! Oh yeah!
Already Gone - The Eagles
You’re So Vain - Carly Simon
The Morning After - Maureen McGovern (love theme from The Poseidon Adventure)
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Planet Earth - Duran Duran
some bands that have cheese factor, but I don’t feel guilty about liking… Cheap Trick, Kiss (Destroyer), The Vapors, Neil Diamond, Petula Clark and The Sweet.
I just had to start reading this, didn’t I?
I like the Insane Clown Posse. A lot. It wouldn’t be so bad if I were a pimply faced seventeen year old suburban skinny white boy gangsta wannabe, but I’m not. People get a little weirded out by the fortyish broad with the unlikely haircolor blasting out “F**k The World” at max volume… Oh dear…
And I love Lords of Acid, too. And The Cramps. And Dick Dale. And Dada. And Men Without Hats. And Butthole Surfers. And Romeo Void. And cheezy oldies. And T.Rex and Argent… It goes on, but I’ll just slink out now…
Well, one thing that helps make my morning commute even remotely bearable is singing along to Pretty Boy Floyd, an 80’s hair Metal band that’s so cheezy they make Poison look and sound like Slayer. “Whooaaaa-ohhh-ohhhh, whoaa-ohh-ohh-oh! A little louder now! Whoa-ohh-ohhh…”
And oh yeah, Aldo Nova owns.
There is no reason whatsoever to feel guilty about recognizing Steely Dan as the geniuses they are. 
I have actually stopped to listen to Duran Duran when one of their videos are on TV. (Not all their stuff, just some of their “Classic '80s” stuff.)
I’m so ashamed.
Please help me!
In my cars cd visor holder right now:
Flash Gordon Sountrack (Queen)
Technotronic (Pump up th Jam)
Taco (Greatest Hits) (Puttin on the Ritz)
Yello (Oh Yeah) (from ferris buellers day off)
Mmmbop is one of the top 5 songs recorded in the 90s. I won’t argue about this.
I own every Poison album.
My two computers are named Edmund and Fitzgerald.
Noddygrrl, Rush is a “guilty pleasure”? What manner of madness is this.
Okay, don’t laugh:
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler. Yes, I possess a Y chromosome, and I know the words to this song. I don’t even think I was born when it came out! OTOH, if Bruce Willis knows the words…
Round and Round - Ratt. I know it’s stupid, but I still sing along every time I hear it on the radio…
Anything by the Scorpions. My brain says “Crap!”, but my larynx won’t listen.