# What music are you ashamed you liked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219 "2000-07-11T14:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/1 "2000-07-11T14:54:21Z")
OK, in the Stupid Questions thread I said I wouldn’t do this, but I lied. Sorry if this topic has been posted before. I was too lazy to do a search, especially with the boards this sloooww. What bad singers/groups/songs did you really like when you were young and impressionable? What did you listen to that embarrasses you to even think about now? Here’s mine: the very first album I ever bought (when I was in seventh grade I think) was by The Human League. You know, the one with “Don’t You Want Me.” I loved that song, I’m sorry to say. So…anybody else want to admit a similar dark secret from the past? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/2 "2000-07-11T15:29:59Z")
Well, I don’t know if _ashamed_ is the right word, but back in high school I was into country music in a big way, especially the whole Hank Williams, Jr. and Charlie Daniels Band sub-genre. (No, this is not the shameful part.) I would have gotten some funny looks had my friends known I also had “Blondie” LPs hidden down in the stack. I also had a pre-disco Bee Gees. Let’s see, what else? I love the Carpenters. Is that something to be ashamed of? ---
**Author:** ![Megling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@Megling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Megling)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/3 "2000-07-11T15:34:51Z")
Okay, I’ll be brave. Ahem…Hi, my name is Megling and I liked the 80s. I could listen to Guns and Roses, Poison, Bon Jovi and those wonderful compelations they have at the end of the CD rack until I burst from the sheer melodramatic joy of it all. I admit it; sometimes I sing along in the car to Tiffany’s, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” and other perennial favorites. So come on, who’ll stand up with me and unashamedly laud the age of big hair, spandex and different color scrunchy socks? Hooray for bad music, bad taste, and bad movies. Ah, but it was wonderful… ---
**Author:** ![T\_G\_I\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@T\_G\_I\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_G_I_F)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/4 "2000-07-11T17:16:29Z")
I really like old Dinah Shore records. I got a few of the old wax ones handed down, and I can’t play them enough. “My Momma Done Told Me”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/5 "2000-07-11T18:07:33Z")
I can truly say that my CD rack is musically and ideologically pure. Every CD that I have purchased voluntarily over several _years_ is prominently displayed there. Every CD but one. I confess. Hidden away where you will never find it lies the Jesus Jones CD. I am so sorry. MR ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/6 "2000-07-11T18:44:26Z")
Late at night, when no one is around, I quietly reach into its hiding place and pull out _Neil Diamond - Hot August Night._ ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/7 "2000-07-11T20:04:26Z")
I bought tickets and went to a Sha Na Na concert when I was in junior high… :o :o :o I have much better taste now, I swear… ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/8 "2000-07-11T20:29:05Z")
Hello, my name is Dragwyr, and I liked… “Amadeus” by Falco (hangs head down in shame and starts sobbing uncontrollably) I also liked… “She Blinded me with Science” Oh the shame!!! ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/9 "2000-07-11T21:06:01Z")
Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute. Seriously. I’ve whittled my tapes down to just one of his though. Tinker ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/10 "2000-07-11T21:19:12Z")
Hah! I know no shame! I loved 80’s rock; I still do–though I never liked G&R or Bon Jovi. I’m helping my niece do choreography to “One Night in Bangkok”. I like “She Blinded Me with Science” and “Amadeus”–though it can’t match its parody “Armadillos”. My tastes may be warped, but they’re _mine_. Someone liking Zamfir, though…_that_ scares me. At least find some good Andean flute players–I’ve heard some do beautiful things with “El Condor Pasa”. ---
**Author:** ![horowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@horowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horowitz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/11 "2000-07-11T21:20:15Z")
I liked Debbie Gibson in High School. Who am I kidding I still like Debbie Gibson…GOSH DARN IT! Wow I feel so clean. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/12 "2000-07-11T22:32:19Z")
Def Lepeord. yech. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/13 "2000-07-11T22:37:50Z")
I too like 80’s music, hair bands, new wave and all that trully crappy stuff. Truth be told thought I come by it honestly, it was the music I grew up with. The crowning achievement of my young headbanger past was meeting Metallica, Queenscryche, Van Halen and Alice in Chains (everyone now, ooooh). I have since grown out of the huge hair, painted on jeans and harley-davidson sweatshirts, not only that but my current bf actually has short hair. I stiff think of those times fondly and thank god I don’t dress like that anymore. But the tunes, I still like 'em. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/14 "2000-07-11T22:43:45Z")
When I was in Junior High in the late 1970s, I liked … \ … Shaun Cassidy. _The moment that I saw her, ah, m’ heart stood still, Da doo run run run, da doo run run. Somebody told me that her name was Jill, Da doo run run run, da doo run run. Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah, m’ heart stood still, Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaah, her name was Jill, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Willy walked her home (?), Da doo run run run, da doo run run!_ I later learned that the above song wasn’t even a Shaun Cassidy original; it was a cover version of a 1950s song performed by an all-female pop singing group (with “Jill” changed to “Bill”). I have since learned the error of my ways and now like ABBA. ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/15 "2000-07-11T22:52:28Z")
Wow…where do I begin? Um…there is the Hair sound track…The Grease sound track…and, more recently, I have both Britney and Christina. And I plan on getting the new Britney as well, as soon as it gets cheap enough at my local used CD store! ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/16 "2000-07-11T23:03:33Z")
OK I don’t feel bad now, I really liked that song “copacobana”(sp?) Im also really into eighties music. And I like Weird Al. Please don’t spread it around though. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/17 "2000-07-12T00:58:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*I have since learned the error of my ways and now like ABBA. \*\* My name is Teresa… everyone:"_(hi teresa)_" & I **love** ABBA. I also have a wierd facination with Barry Manilow & Blondie. Please don’t hold it against me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/18 "2000-07-12T01:09:56Z")
I have ALL of ABBA’s releases (including the box set!) I also like early Barry, and Blondie (up to and including “Eat to the Beat”). There’s nothing wrong with liking the Carpenters, either. Karen had a beautifully haunting voice that sounded sad even singing the happiest songs. I also have a Debbie Gibson CD. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/19 "2000-07-12T01:42:15Z")
Bobby Darin’s **Beyond the Sea**. Everytime I hear it, I get that far-away look and think it’s time to book another trip. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219/20 "2000-07-12T01:46:46Z")
I’m not ashamed of the music I like; if others think it’s embarassing, it’s just their inferior taste. 🙂 I really can’t think of a song I’m embarrassed to say I like. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-are-you-ashamed-you-liked/25219.md?page=2)