# Name the CD that you listen to but would embarrased to admit it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385 "2002-05-16T14:12:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/61 "2002-06-16T19:56:11Z")
**Bearflag70** , there isn’t anything embarrassing about Duran Duran unless it’s the CD of the US version of the first album, with the scary hairdos and the anachronistic inclusion of “Is There Something I Should Know?” (So says the woman whose .sig is a D2 lyric. So there!) On my embarrassing list: Nana Mouskouri ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/62 "2002-06-16T20:21:50Z")
I still have a tape cassette that gradually drifted into my possession when I was a kid. I liked the band when I saw them perform at the Miss Teen USA Pageant (held in my then-hometown of Lakeland, Florida), and apparently my parents did, too, for they got one of their albums soon afterwards. I listened to it again as recently as a week ago, in my Walkman, while doing yardwork. _Air Supply’s Greatest Hits_ I’m so ashamed. [sub]Do I win?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/63 "2002-06-16T20:23:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > **Bearflag70, there isn’t anything embarrassing about Duran Duran** It’s only sometimes embarassing, as they have a reputation of being a bubble-gum-fluff pre-pubescent-teen-girl hearthrob boy band. People may ask me whether my crush was on Simon, Nick, or John. ::eagerly awaits their reunion album:: ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/64 "2002-06-17T11:46:46Z")
Not only did I have Olivia Newton-John’s first two American albums on CD, I also had them on vinyl and (gulp) 8-track. However, I am a purist…I stopped after _Have You Never Been Mellow?_ (8-track only) and didn’t continue on through the gag-inducing _Physical_ era. Thank God for small miracles. The one I’m less embarassed about is Anne Murray’s _Love Song_. Reason one: any album that contains John Lennon’s favorite cover of a Beatles song has got to be good. Reason two: producer Brian Ahern went on to bigger and better things with Emmylou Harris. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/65 "2002-06-17T11:53:34Z")
_The Best Of The Archies_ Including that all-time footstomper: _Everything’s Archie_. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/66 "2002-06-17T16:50:10Z")
Ok, the Partridge Family is bad, but I own exactly one Yanni album and listen to it often. I also own the soundtrack to Oliver! I’m so uncool, that my husband will leave when I’m listening to my music. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/67 "2002-06-17T17:34:05Z")
Bonnie Tyler’s greatest hits. Due to some rather interesting mental conditions, I now want to take that CD to a high volcano and toss it in. But I still like Bonnie Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/68 "2002-06-17T18:33:11Z")
After hearing bits and pieces of their work, I had to get both CDs by **Hayseed Dixie**. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/69 "2002-06-19T05:32:57Z")
**Four Seasons’ Greatest Hits** Doesn’t go over too well with the frat brothers… ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/70 "2002-06-19T05:34:45Z")
**Four Seasons’ Greatest Hits** Doesn’t go over too well with the frat brothers… ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/71 "2002-06-19T07:56:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bearflag70 \* > **It’s only sometimes embarassing, as they have a reputation of being a bubble-gum-fluff pre-pubescent-teen-girl hearthrob boy band.** Wholly undeserved. I mean, really, they’re not NSync. Speaking of which, there’s another to add to my list. I’ve got “No Strings Attached” and I am not ashamed! I also own the 98 Degrees “greatest hits” collection. (How do 98 Degrees and Backstreet Boys have out gh cds when they’ve only been around for a heartbeat? Most bands go a decade before they get that vain.) > [@](#): > > **People may ask me whether my crush was on Simon, Nick, or John.** Choosy fans choose all three! And let’s not forget Roger… ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385/72 "2002-06-19T08:20:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fluffy \* > \*\*Mine would have to be NightRanger greatest hits or maybe the Carpenters greatest hits. \*\* Ok, on the assumption that no one will remember I said this. I play a number of instruments, and prefer the best composers, the best musicians, and the best recordings, etc. However. I think the Carpenters are well worth listening to. Karen had an unfortunate habit of thinking that the fast switching between octaves she was capable of automatically meant her singing was outstanding, and I hate the pretentious art scene in LA, but the Carpenters had more than their share of moments. I’d put them on a par with the Stones, in terms of ability. (Entertaining, but not great.) I’ll also fess up to Elvis. I’m embarassed to buy him, but never to listen to him. Lots of talent, eventually completely screwed up by that drug-dosing idiot who handled him. Finally, I’m embarassed by my fondness for Bing Crosby. I don’t feel his singing needs defense, but I do wonder why his voice isn’t heard more often on the airwaves… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-cd-that-you-listen-to-but-would-embarrased-to-admit-it/109385.md?page=3)