# Songs/bands that are your "guilty pleasure" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502 "2007-11-15T06:03:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/21 "2007-11-15T17:36:31Z")
[QUOTE=Aesiron] ..whaaa? APC is a guilty pleasure? [/QUOTE] … Kinda? Maybe I’m just out of touch, but they do seem sort of Korn-ripoffy and not really deserving of their place in the same rack with _Master of Puppets_ and all of my Zeppelin. But looking through the pile, I think that [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decemberunderground) by [these guys](http://www.bmi.com/images/musicworld/a/afi_2_500.jpg) is my true guilty pleasure. I don’t know how I surmounted my shame to even purchase it. (The emo-hair. MY GOD the _emo-hair_!!!) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/22 "2007-11-15T17:39:14Z")
ABBA. My rock & roll soul cringes at the thought of bouncy Euro-pop, but I listen to it semi-regularly. “Dancing Queen” still gets me singing along. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/23 "2007-11-15T17:47:21Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I don’t usually admit this, but I have the majority of Depeche Mode’s catalog. Not that having such is a really big deal, but I’m a pretty metal head kind of guy and this would not be an admission I’d want to make in certain social circles in which I travel. [/QUOTE] There’s nothing wrong with a little Depeche Mode my head banging friend, nothing at all. Not that I personally would have anything by them, nor would I even buy tickets off of craigslist to a sold out show, but there’s nothing wrong with them. Nor would I have any Corrs CDs or songs on my iPod, nope not me. ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/24 "2007-11-15T17:53:38Z")
This punk rock,speed metal listening tough guy you see before you dances and sings out loud almost anything produced by **ABBA** 😃 i feel so dirty lol ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/25 "2007-11-15T18:35:28Z")
I like Garth Brooks somewhat, but that’s not my guilty pleasure. Oh no, I like to go all the way to[Chris Gaines](http://www.amazon.com/Life-Chris-Gaines-Garth-Brooks/dp/B00000K29L/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1195151027&sr=1-1) for that. That’s right folks, I listen to the soundtrack for a ‘movie’ that was never made, by a country artist that obviously wanted to try out his ‘rock star’ persona. And I love it; it never leaves my car. mr.stretch won’t let me listen to it in the house. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/26 "2007-11-15T18:40:28Z")
Eddie Arnold is awsome. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/27 "2007-11-15T18:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] And I still think the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want it That Way” is a great song, although I have no idea what it’s about. [/QUOTE] I have to admit, I like the Backstreet Boys too. Coincidentally, I just got sent this link today (not the BBoys, but an incredible simulation): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU) I need to admit to serious deficiencies, like a shameful love of Air Supply, in their full overwrought poppy glory, Styx (the earlier stuff; Mr. Roboto makes me cringe), and 70s bubblegum pop (Partridge Family, the DeFranco Family, etc.) as mentioned upthread. And **ChiefScott** , there’s nothing wrong with Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell. Do not be ashamed. (And welcome back!) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/28 "2007-11-15T19:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=Orual] … Kinda? Maybe I’m just out of touch, but they do seem sort of Korn-ripoffy and not really deserving of their place in the same rack with _Master of Puppets_ and all of my Zeppelin. [/QUOTE] KoRn? Okay. I’m gobsmacked. To each their own, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/29 "2007-11-15T19:06:31Z")
Lessee… embarrassing things on my iPod that I love: \*America’s theme song to “The Last Unicorn” (it’s a hard heart that doesn’t get chills at the chorus) \*Blue Öyster Cult (even, no, _especially_ their mellow songs, like “In Thee”) \*Depeche Mode (we should start a support group) \*Girls Against Boys (fantastic drum and bass section; terrible lyrics) \*James Taylor’s _Sweet Baby James_ \*Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” (I am powerless to resist this song’s ability to lift my spirits) \*IAMX (sometimes I need a eurotrash fix) \*Several Lords of Acid albums \*Three versions of “Come What May” from _Moulin Rouge_ \*Neil Diamond’s “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show” and of course, “Sweet Caroline” \*Robyn’s “Konichiwa Bitches” \*Several Stevie Nicks albums (for this, I feel no guilt or shame) \*Whitesnake’s Greatest Hits (worse still, “Is This Love?” is my favorite) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/30 "2007-11-15T19:17:43Z")
I don’t have any guilty pleasures. Oh, I have music that I adore that some people would sneer at (Bee Gees, Barry Manilow, etc.) but I don’t care! HA! HAHAHA! You’ll get my Neil Diamond songs away from me when you destroy me and not a moment sooooooooner! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/31 "2007-11-15T19:19:07Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] I have a few Justin Timberlake and Timbaland songs on my iPod. I can’t help it, those dudes are catchy-hit _machines_. [/QUOTE] I came in here to mention Justin Timberlake. I hate boy bands with a passion and laughed when Justin decided to go solo. I thought he’d be a one-hit wonder. But damn, he’s come out with some really good music in the past year-and-a-half. I still have a hard time admitting that I like him, though. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/32 "2007-11-15T19:20:00Z")
Yeah, I’ve got whole albums from The Killers, My Chemical Romance, and Good Charlotte on the ol’ iPod. Of course, to balance it out, I also have the greatest song ever, Boston’s “More Than a Feeling.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/33 "2007-11-15T22:00:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*America’s theme song to “The Last Unicorn” I’m Alive! I’m ALIIIIIIVE!!! 😃 I had no idea that was in MP3 Form. My favorite song from that movie is the ‘‘Now that I’m a Woman’’ one. I didn’t realize music from movies counted. It’s not really embarrassing to love the soundtrack to Evita, is it? Or to have every word memorized? And to sing loudly to it as I cruise down the interstate? …didn’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/34 "2007-11-15T22:08:03Z")
**Alien Ant Farm** : My favorite band for years. Everyone would say “I didn’t think you listened to stuff like this!” because apparently being a quiet, intellegent girl I was supposed to listen to Classical or Backstreet Boys or whatever genre I’m supposed to fall into. 😛 I really am impressed by the band’s variety though, especially in their TruANT album. **Hot Action Cop** : Pretty much the same as AAF. Caught my attention once, and I got hooked. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/35 "2007-11-15T22:21:07Z")
[QUOTE=ChiefScott] Meatloaf – “Bat Out of Hell” [/QUOTE] Seconded! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/36 "2007-11-15T22:21:01Z")
I’m a big fan of things produced by Gamble and Huff. Don’t recognize the names? Think of those 70’s disco/funk tunes that featured a lot of strings. Yeah, _that_ stuff. > **[Gamble and Huff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff)** > > Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s. In addition to forming their own label, Philadelphia International Records, Gamble and Huff have written and produced 175 gold and platinum records, earning them an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the non- Gambl... ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/37 "2007-11-15T22:27:14Z")
[QUOTE=gallows fodder] Lessee… embarrassing things on my iPod that I love: \*America’s theme song to “The Last Unicorn” (it’s a hard heart that doesn’t get chills at the chorus) [/QUOTE] Where on earth did you get that? I must have it!!! “When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain…” 😃 So another embarrassing selection on my MP3 player: the Scissor Sisters “I Can’t Decide”. I don’t feel too bad about this one though, as it has dirty words in it and is very dark in a jaunty little way. I like playing it in the car and scaring the hell out of my passengers. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/38 "2007-11-15T22:38:08Z")
I hate everything about it (it’s from the stupid sequel to a stupid movie, it’s demeaning to women, it has a stupid title, it’s a _Puff Daddy_ song, for goodness sakes.) I’m horribly ashamed of it, but “Shake Ya Tailfeather” is a good workout song. Comparitively, the fact that I love “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” is no big deal. Nor is the fact that in my car, I will sing along loudly to any Christina Aguilera song that plays on the radio. Or the bad pop-country music. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/39 "2007-11-15T22:48:02Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] Comparitively, the fact that I love “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” is no big deal. Nor is the fact that in my car, I will sing along loudly to any Christina Aguilera song that plays on the radio. Or the bad pop-country music. [/QUOTE] For some reason I have “escape” permanently associated with “American Dream” by the Dirt Band in my mind. As a matter of fact, while these two are the closest associated hearing any of these songs brings to mind a whole slew of 70s-'81 soft rock songs, most of which are guilty pleasures of mine: Escape American Dream Reunited Summer Breeze I’d Really Love to See You Tonite Day After Day One of the first things I am going to download when I get hi-speed in my home is singles of these songs, since I’m pretty sure there isn’t an album collection with ALL of them and i am certainly not going to pay for each of the albums! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502/40 "2007-11-15T23:11:19Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I’m Alive! I’m ALIIIIIIVE!!! 😃 I had no idea that was in MP3 Form. My favorite song from that movie is the ‘‘Now that I’m a Woman’’ one. I didn’t realize music from movies counted. It’s not really embarrassing to love the soundtrack to Evita, is it? Or to have every word memorized? And to sing loudly to it as I cruise down the interstate? …didn’t think so. [/QUOTE] Note to self, stay away from loud, swerving cars that sing bad music loudly on I94. Edited to add: Vanilla, Ice, MC Hammer, cheese 80’s metal… _hangs head in shame_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-bands-that-are-your-guilty-pleasure/426502.md?page=3)