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Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: supervixen024 on 09 Feb 2005, 19:14

So, amongst all you indie hipsters here, tell me, what are the bands that you are ashamed to admit you listen to?

I mean, what are the bands, or the singers, that you absolutely LOVE, but everyone else seems to think you're crazy for liking?

It can be as simple as a song--one song.  Because EVERYONE has a song that they dance around to and sing along to in their cars...only when no one else is around.

Mine?

I have a few.  Sad to say, I really like that song by Sir Mixalot.  You know the one I mean.  And if you don't, count yourself lucky.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: swordskill on 09 Feb 2005, 19:27

new found glory...

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Post by: BlueCoatKarma on 09 Feb 2005, 19:43

I guess I don't actually consider anything I listen to a guilty pleasure, except Third Eye Blind. There are a few bands that I enjoy for nostalgia reasons (Millencolin, Dropkick Murpheys) that I otherwise wouldn't enjoy, so I guess those kinda count.

I don't count musicals as a guilty pleasure, which is in stark contrast to most people (and by "most people" I mean those who don't listen to musicals.)

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Vertical Stripes on 09 Feb 2005, 20:11

Kelly Clarkson.   But actually only a few songs, so it's not THAT dirty of a little secret.

I'm just waiting for someone to say Leslie Carter.

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Post by: Johnny C on 09 Feb 2005, 20:32

Sum 41. Prozzak.

That is all.

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Post by: xeno on 09 Feb 2005, 20:54

Hilary Duff.

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Post by: Johnny C on 09 Feb 2005, 21:04

Oh, man.

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Post by: Mnementh on 09 Feb 2005, 21:43

ABBA, Ace of Base, Avril Lavigne, lots of big 80's, and Rush.  To name a few.

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Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 09 Feb 2005, 21:53

ace ov base
britney spears
christian death
the crüxshadows
new order
orgy
outkast
sir mix-a-lot / vanilla ice
stella soleil
VNV nation
wolfsheim
12rods

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Post by: Spike on 09 Feb 2005, 22:07

Rush.. wow that is a dirty secret pleasure (sorry, I just hate rush.)

Mine would have to be Beck.

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Post by: misswired on 09 Feb 2005, 22:18

Eminem.

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Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 09 Feb 2005, 23:21

Quote from: Johnny C

Sum 41. Prozzak.

That is all.

prozzäk are nothing ov which to be ashamed.  they roxor my soxors, and you see i am not ashamed.  and this is couming from someöne who's ambarassed about liking christian death.

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Post by: DeathrockZombie on 09 Feb 2005, 23:29

Quote from: mAlice aforeThought

Quote from: Johnny C

Sum 41. Prozzak.

That is all.

prozzäk are nothing ov which to be ashamed.  they roxor my soxors, and you see i am not ashamed.  and this is couming from someöne who's ambarassed about liking christian death.

You've got the bloood on your hands...

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Post by: KharBevNor on 09 Feb 2005, 23:54

hehe.

Cradle of Filth, probably.

Title: eh?
Post by: Empty Friend on 10 Feb 2005, 00:06

Quote from: BlueCoatKarma

I guess I don't actually consider anything I listen to a guilty pleasure, except Third Eye Blind.

Hey, I don't care what anyone says.  Almost all of the self titled album is good.  I share in that pleasure.

What I do hate to admit is liking Jimmy Eat World and some of Dashboard Confessional.  The later of the two can only be tolerated in small batches, because it's all about the same damn thing.

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Post by: tomgadd on 10 Feb 2005, 03:12

Theres very little that I consider a guilty pleasure now, heh.  Had I answered this a few months ago,  seriously half of what I listen to now would be counted!

I'm still somewhat ashamed to say I like Flogging Molly.

Theres only so much Pogues =//

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: muffy on 10 Feb 2005, 05:06

I hava an uncontrollable urge to sing along to Avril Lavigne's Sk8er Boi when I hear it.  I'm not embarassed by it, but I think other people feel embarassed for me.

Ooh, and James  - I've only just got who's on your avatar - Ace!

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Post by: AndSheeWas on 10 Feb 2005, 05:16

Quote from: Mnementh

ABBA, Ace of Base....lots of big 80's, and Rush.  To name a few.

A few of the many reasons, you rock! Add in a little N Sync and Robbie Williams and you have my guilty pleasure list.

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Post by: wraithzero on 10 Feb 2005, 05:54

I wouldn't call it a guilty pleasure, but I like Vanessa-Mae, and tend to get either the 'Why?' or 'Huh?' look when I say so, so I just don't mention it.

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Post by: rynne on 10 Feb 2005, 06:52

Quote from: mAlice aforeThought

ace ov base
britney spears
christian death
the crüxshadows
new order
orgy
outkast
sir mix-a-lot / vanilla ice
stella soleil
VNV nation
wolfsheim
12rods

New Order, Outkast, and (the first album by) 12rods are nothing to be ashamed of.  :)  VNV Nation, however…  :D

Sad as I am to say it, my guilty pleasure is probably industrial music now.  When I first got into music, I listened to industrial exclusively for at least 3 years.  As my tastes eventually changed, I realized that a lot of the stuff I had was pretty cheesy, though I still liked most of it.

Which isn't to say there aren't a lot of great industrial bands that I like non-guiltily.  I'll never be ashamed of Skinny Puppy, RevCo, Coil, Die Warzau, Chemlab, etc., etc.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: pip_helix on 10 Feb 2005, 07:14

guilty pleasures include (but are not limited to)...

-deadsy
-billy idol
-twisted sister
-my chemical romance
-stellastarr*
-sugarcult

absolutely none of that stuff lines up with my actual musical taste, which is much more lo-fi and acoustic driven. but yeah...there it is.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 10 Feb 2005, 07:20

Hmm. Thinking more carefully, I also have to say that I quite like DevilDriver and Marilyn Manson, which a lot of people who otherwise thinky my musical taste good would ridicule.

Also, since when has VNV Nation or Wolfsheim been a guilty pleasure? If all industrial and synth-pop groups are guilty pleasures I gotta go compile a long list.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Vertical Stripes on 10 Feb 2005, 07:33

I have to agree with James.  I like both Beck and Billy Idol, and I don't exactly see why they're "guilty pleasures."

And I'm STILL waiting for someone to say Leslie Carter.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: supervixen024 on 10 Feb 2005, 08:13

Quote

I'm still somewhat ashamed to say I like Flogging Molly.

What?? What's to be ashamed of?

If they're a guilty pleasure, then lock me up right now!

Hmmm...upon further consideration I'd have to add:

Christina Aguilera [what can I say, I admire her talent.  Her talent.  Not her songs.]
Meatloaf
Evanescence
Maroon 5
and
Meredith Brooks

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Post by: muffy on 10 Feb 2005, 09:16

You make me smile.
I'm not sure either, but I saw it on one of "his" posters on Tuesday night, and it all clicked into place..

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Post by: ASturge on 10 Feb 2005, 11:13

green day

i went to their nottingham show and it was AMAZING

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Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 10 Feb 2005, 11:20

Quote from: KharBevNor

Also, since when has VNV Nation or Wolfsheim been a guilty pleasure? If all industrial and synth-pop groups are guilty pleasures I gotta go compile a long list.

synthpop is a guilty pleasure for me because i hated it for so long, and i'm somewhat embarassed to admit my complete turnaround.  i went through the same thing about a year ago with happy hardcore.

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Post by: El Opium on 10 Feb 2005, 11:23

I have a a tape copy of Van Halen's 1984 I listen to sometimes, I used to count Soundgarden as a guilty pleasure but I took out Badmotorfinger the other day and found my taste for it was entirely gone, so I guess that ones over.I don't know if Joanna Newsom would be a guilty pleasure or not as shes pretty cool right now though a cutesy fey looking woman with a harp seems rather out of place among a lot of the other stuff I've been buying lately most of which tends to fall into the experimental category.

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Post by: Hector Gilbert on 10 Feb 2005, 11:31

Loads of people hate Dave Matthews Band to the point where it goes beyond taste issues, but I've never really understood why.  Most of the reasons I get are really shallow.

...And yes, I do like them quite a bit.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: blindsuperhero on 10 Feb 2005, 12:54

I don't have any 'guilty pleasures', because if I like something I'm not going to feel guilty about liking it, or pretend to not like it, but bands that people are surprised that I like are: Justin Timberlake, The Strokes, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Autechre

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Post by: Johnny C on 10 Feb 2005, 13:56

If New Order, Beck, and Outkast are guilty pleasures then I am in a lot of trouble.

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Post by: Sweet Nuthin on 10 Feb 2005, 14:36

Quote from: Hector Gilbert

Loads of people hate Dave Matthews Band to the point where it goes beyond taste issues, but I've never really understood why.  Most of the reasons I get are really shallow.

...And yes, I do like them quite a bit.

I like Dave Matthews.  It gets to the point, though, when I hear Crash into me one too many times at school dances that that song in particular drives me completly bonkers.  

I have a plethora of guilty songs, but the only band I can think of that nobody else (especially Brits) likes is Muse.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 10 Feb 2005, 15:36

Muse is no guilty pleasure, at least in my opinion.

I frankly love tatu.



......oh yah, and those John Mayer songs.....shut up!

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Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 10 Feb 2005, 16:38

90's gangsta rap.  Not really guilty.  More like rollin down the street smokin' indo sippin on gin and juice.

I thought the singer for Muse was a really skinny women for the longest time.

I feel so left out on not knowing what James' avatar is.

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Post by: Schmung on 10 Feb 2005, 16:39

Greenday, Offspring, Ataris, and Gwen Stefani. What can I say, tenn of the 90s. Though that doth not explain Ms Stefani, I just choose to ignore that side of things.

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Post by: Oerdin on 10 Feb 2005, 17:06

I find myself listening to a lot of Happy Hardcore with a bit of Experimental mixed in.

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Post by: Mnementh on 10 Feb 2005, 17:55

I was thinking about this on the way home from work.  I don't really have guilty pleasures.  I listen to and like a lot of music.

I was just listening to Air Supply and Bon Jovi.  And loving it.  I sing along.

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Post by: FfaMat on 10 Feb 2005, 18:00

meh, i'll listen to anything.  i always need to have music wether it be something at a club (like fifty cent), a rave (like sasha and digweed), pub (same old celtic folk)...

i prefer some bands and genres.  that's why i don't say i am indie.  i hate being classified to anything.

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Post by: Empty Friend on 10 Feb 2005, 18:03

Quote from: Sweet Nuthin

I have a plethora of guilty songs, but the only band I can think of that nobody else (especially Brits) likes is Muse.

Piss on that, Absolution is an amazing album.  Evil Radiohead rocks.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: FfaMat on 10 Feb 2005, 18:08

yeah, because radiohead is such a cheery band.  their song 'happy songs about flowers 'nd stuff,' brightened my day proper.

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Post by: Mnementh on 10 Feb 2005, 18:32

*Superfluously namedrops radiohead*

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Post by: Rune on 10 Feb 2005, 19:07

I don't feel guilty for it, but a lot of people are dissatisfied with the fact that I take pleasure in listening to Tori Amos -- so much so that I went to the show she played with Ben Folds (which was a great show, by the way)

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 10 Feb 2005, 19:57

tori played with ben folds?  i just lost some ov my respect for her.

i saw her a couple years ago, however, and she was amazing.

oh, and another guilty pleasure:  slipknot.  i know they suck, i know they should not be on the face ov this planet, but they're fun to listen to every now and again.  they make me happy.

and though i'm not at all ashamed ov her,people keep beïng surprised that i like sarah mclachlan.  people who already know ov my predilection for tori amos, and yet they're surprised that i also like sarah.  i don't know why.  i lost tons ov respect for her, though when afterglow came out.  she's lost that special something.

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Post by: Johnny C on 10 Feb 2005, 20:13

I forgot one guilty pleasure:

(http://www.eonline.com/On/101/BiggestCelebrityOops/GalleryOfGoofs/Images/gal.shatner.jpg)

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Post by: Mnementh on 10 Feb 2005, 20:56

Damnit, spell "of" right.  It's not fucking "ov."

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Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 10 Feb 2005, 21:05

a) it bloody well ought to be.
b) i am a former TOPY whore.

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Post by: Vertical Stripes on 10 Feb 2005, 21:31

Oh fuck me gently with a chainsaw, I forgot about Maroon 5.

I can hear my brain breaking, but "This Love" is so freaking catchy.

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Post by: Burninated Peasant on 10 Feb 2005, 22:25

Quote from: Vertical Stripes

Oh fuck me gently with a chainsaw

Wow V.S., how many people remember Heathers? That used to be a favoured quote amongst me and my friends in high school.

Hmm, guilty pleasures... I absolutely DREAD 80's mainstream (as most people with any musical taste do), but there is one song in particular that is guaranteed to get me on the dance floor: "Groove is in the Heart" by Dee-Lite. I could be in the deepest funk and that tune will pull me right out of it.

Another guilty pleasure: "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys. Love it. LOVE IT.

Most people I know think Frank Zappa should be a guilty pleasure, but I tend to disagree, mainly because he was the most brilliant man ever.;) Those who know of him only casually have no fuckin' idea what a huge impact he had on the world (not just in music, either).

Title: Bah!
Post by: Empty Friend on 11 Feb 2005, 00:04

I didn'ty namedrop radiohead.  You can not deny the similarities. I like radiohead mind you, but it's not like that's uncommon or elite at all.

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Post by: Hector Gilbert on 11 Feb 2005, 12:43

Quote from: Sweet Nuthin

I like Dave Matthews.  It gets to the point, though, when I hear Crash into me one too many times at school dances that that song in particular drives me completly bonkers.  

I have to admit that out of those that actually dislike Dave Matthews, the most common complaint I hear is "they're so overplayed".  I guess that I grew up and started listening to music just when DMB went out of the spotlight, and living in Ireland might have helped as well, but by the time I did get my DMB fix people were already as divided over them as they are today.

I've introduced myself to The Flaming Lips through "the back entrance" as it were, via their early albums, and I must say that The Flaming Lips EP is great.  They don't show much musical skill here, but the songwriting is immense with creepy and articulate lyrics, and clever twists and turns.  It's probably my favourite from them, having heard everything up until the rather good In A Priest Driven Ambulance.  I must admit that I haven't heard any of their major label albums yet, but I plan to start in a few weeks.

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Post by: AndSheeWas on 11 Feb 2005, 12:46

In re to DMB: I don't like them because they aren't my type of music. Simple as that. I dislike them even more when avid fans won't let that reason fly as supposedly Dave Matthews is the end-all-be-all in music. I don't expect everyone to get Talking Heads, but I also don't hate people for not listening to them.

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Post by: Hector Gilbert on 11 Feb 2005, 14:08

Quote from: AndSheeWas

In re to DMB: I don't like them because they aren't my type of music. Simple as that.

Fair enough!

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Post by: Zeb on 11 Feb 2005, 14:42

Hmm, Maroon 5. My wife caught me listening to it, and she flipped out. She was so happy that I was finally listening to something "good". I immediatly Switched it to the Pixies.

To this day I can't look at myself in the mirror. Shaving is a bitch.

Also, some of my friends tell me I should like Green Day. I F****** hate Green Day, and I'm not even sure why. Something about their sounds just bugs the crap out of me.

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Post by: supervixen024 on 11 Feb 2005, 15:27

I don't consider it a guilty pleasure, but I enjoy Green Day quite a lot.  I don't care that they're not that "talented."  Repetitive guitar riffs aside, they're upbeat with semi-intelligent lyrics, and I find them quite listenable.  

But at the same time, everyone's entitled to dislike them for being the mainstream crap they are.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 11 Feb 2005, 16:25

I agree with Zeb, I fucking hate Green Day, and like him, also don't know why.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 11 Feb 2005, 17:50

I despise Greenday, and I know exactly why. It's called: Being forced to listen to Boulevard of Broken Dreams and American Idiot (both initially tolerable songs) over and over on the radio in my gym, place of meagre employment and sixth form common-room*, until all that the sound of Greenday evokes is the intense desire to stab Billie Joe Armstrong in the face with a rusty pen-knife over and over again.

(*not to mention the fact that someone also bought the American Idiot album into school, and played it on repeat on the common room for about a week on end. Ye Gods.)

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Post by: meganjo23 on 11 Feb 2005, 18:20

I have the same problem. Can't stand Green Day because I've heard them too much. Happens to all the cool "mainstream" songs.


I use quotations because i don't know if my definition of mainstream is the same as everyone else.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: mAlice aforeThought on 11 Feb 2005, 19:20

green day is mainstream by any definition.

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Post by: Cadete on 11 Feb 2005, 19:48

I don't think I have any guilty pleasure songs, if I like a song i'll openly say I like it, even if most of the songs I like are weird and bad by most of my friends standarts. I'm finding more people with similar tastes to mine in university, thought.

I do find myself extremelly annoyed when i start to beat my feet to one tune and then discover it's one of the songs my sister loves.

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Post by: AndSheeWas on 12 Feb 2005, 05:15

If we're going into individual songs: "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston. Damn straight.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 12 Feb 2005, 09:39

THE WORLD IS ENDING!

I yold you all this would happen if you didn't use the 'Artist-Song' format!

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Post by: Praeserpium Machinarum on 12 Feb 2005, 10:08

I kind of like the first track on Futures...don`t stone me ;)

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Post by: supervixen024 on 12 Feb 2005, 10:25

Quote from: James

I... what... this... WHAT IS GOING ON.

Aw.  I think I broke him.

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Post by: ev0lve on 12 Feb 2005, 16:29

the only thing i can think of is linkin park's song nobody's listening.


:(

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Post by: ForteBass on 12 Feb 2005, 17:35

I do not have "guilty pleasures" I listen to music I like. And I like a lot of weird, weird things.

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Post by: Johnny C on 12 Feb 2005, 18:53

Quote from: Burninated Peasant

1) I absolutely DREAD 80's mainstream (as most people with any musical taste do)

2) Another guilty pleasure: "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys. Love it. LOVE IT.

1) Yeah. Make me feel WORSE about it. Thanks.

2) This should not be guilty. Embrace the Beastie Boys. Love the Beastie Boys.

Title: Guilty . . .
Post by: maculated on 12 Feb 2005, 19:08

I have really great music taste most of the time, but I have one, dirty, secret pleasure: Jason Mraz.

Kill me now.

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Post by: Reno on 12 Feb 2005, 19:34

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Rosanne Cash and Patsy Cline

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Post by: Johnny C on 12 Feb 2005, 21:19

Two out of three of the above are good, Reno. I dare you to pick out which ones. ;)

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Post by: Akbar on 13 Feb 2005, 09:51

In my own eyes I have no guilty pleasures, unless we are counting things you used listened to while a kid (I can't see the relevance in that though, since you usualy loved the stuff back then anyway).

In the eyes of my friends I guess I listen to a lot of shite. Mainly because the people I know either listen to christian metal or OD on old-school punk every day.

My best friends, though, all overlap most of the gaps I seem to cross as well, so there all is well.

Oh, but wait, I do have something to confess. I actually liked one of Linkin Park's latest singles. Can't remember the name though. :)

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Post by: KharBevNor on 13 Feb 2005, 10:05

Quote from: Akbar

Oh, but wait, I do have something to confess. I actually liked one of Linkin Park's latest singles. Can't remember the name though. :)

And you were dissing the bloody Murderdolls?

Pistols at dawn sir!

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Post by: Stefu on 13 Feb 2005, 10:36

I actually have a soft spot for Maroon5 *because* of the radio play - after 50th time of hearing 'Dragostea Din Tei' or 'Yeah', the sounds of 'This Love' actually came off as a sweet, sweet relief while I was doing my mandatory army duty for the first half of the last year. Not enough to call them a guilty pleasure, though.

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Post by: Vertical Stripes on 14 Feb 2005, 01:25

Quote from: Burninated Peasant

Quote from: Vertical Stripes

Oh fuck me gently with a chainsaw

Wow V.S., how many people remember Heathers? That used to be a favoured quote amongst me and my friends in high school.

I DO.  YEAH.  JD can be my sexual psychopath ANY DAY.

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Post by: devils_daughter on 14 Feb 2005, 02:46

*takes deep breath* Aqua and Bon Jovi... *runs and hides in a corner*

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Post by: AndSheeWas on 14 Feb 2005, 04:51

I love Aqua. No shame in that.

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 05:04

Quote

I love Aqua. No shame in that.

yes, yes there is....

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Post by: Karl on 14 Feb 2005, 06:17

Sixpence None The Richer

I *heart* thier cover of "Breathe Your Name"

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Post by: Vertical Stripes on 14 Feb 2005, 08:17

Now WHAT is wrong with Sixpence None the Richer?

They are very wispy and lovely, kind of like the Cranberries.

Next you're going to be telling me that the Cranberries are a guilty pleasure. XD

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Post by: Akbar on 14 Feb 2005, 10:08

Quote from: KharBevNor

Quote from: Akbar

Oh, but wait, I do have something to confess. I actually liked one of Linkin Park's latest singles. Can't remember the name though. :)

And you were dissing the bloody Murderdolls?

Pistols at dawn sir!

Yarr, let's cross swords right here and now, scumsucker!

However, I feel that my resons to diss the murderdolls are entirely justified, since they managed to massacre, and pretty much urinate on the still warm corpse of, one of the concerts I've hyped the most in my entire life. They played opening act to Iron Maiden when I saw them in stockholm two years ago. Perhaps not entirely because they sucked, but because they felt rather out of context, to say the least.

Also, remember that I am by no standards a die-hard Maiden fan. I figure you can only imagine what the more devoted parts of the audience were shouting at them, already after the first few chords.

As for confessions, I have to add insult to injury and say I also quite liked Slipknot's Duality.

There's no need for a duel, I'll just go hang myself and get it over with.

Title: guilty gulity *slapslapslap*
Post by: mee-kay-la on 14 Feb 2005, 12:13

Eh. My theory on guilty pleasures is that if you like it, then it's not a guilty pleasure. It's only a guilty pleasure if you don't really like it, but pretend you do for the sake of coolness/stereotype.

I don't have any "guilty pleasures" by you guys' standings, however... I mean, the stuff that's so incredibly catchy, like Maroon 5, god, it's better than having someone ass-rape my ears by screaming YEAHHHH for six minutes, but I still don't like it.

Ah yes, Green Day. Green Day, Green Day, Green Day. Why I cannot stand them:
 1. they followed suit with the rest of the bands (the singers who aren't in bands don't do the whole black eyeliner poser goth emo whatever the hell they are thing, ever notice that?) and became a poser punk emo wtf band. 2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Need I say more? At that point, I'd rather have my ears ass-raped by YEAHHHH. At least that's relatively amusing.
3. A girl in my school wore a green day shirt. And as I was sitting across from her, I was stuck looking at it. They had the presidential eagle thing on that shirt. Okay. That eagle thing. IT. WAS. THE. RAMONES. LOGO. GET YOUR OWN LOGO, RETARDS!

Oh look... I found a bag of pistachios... this is my lucky day after all

Title: Re: guilty gulity *slapslapslap*
Post by: blindsuperhero on 14 Feb 2005, 12:29

Quote from: mee-kay-la

1. they followed suit with the rest of the bands (the singers who aren't in bands don't do the whole black eyeliner poser goth emo whatever the hell they are thing, ever notice that?) and became a poser punk emo wtf band.

I wouldn't dream of calling Green Day a poser goth emo etc., sure they ripped off their whole schtick from the Stiff Little Fingers, but they're one of the few real bands left in the mainstream pop punk scene. While Blink 182 have gone for emo and Good Charlotte for goth, Green Day have gone for 70's punk rock, not to mention they play way better songs than those 2 bands. Now I don't like Green Day, but I respect them, for staying true to what they are and always have been, namely a melodic pop punk band. They haven't followed trends or changed to become more popular, they just started out doing a thing that a bunch of people liked, and kept at it.

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Post by: devils_daughter on 14 Feb 2005, 12:36

Green Day have got to have respect for being a FANTASTIC live act. I've seen them twice and should have seen them for a third time a fortnight ago (but that's a long, bitter and uninteresting story) and they're the best live act I've seen. So lively and energetic, really big on crowd interaction. They are real entertainers, not just musicians.

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 13:43

you see em' at nottingham DD?

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Post by: devils_daughter on 14 Feb 2005, 13:46

Nope, saw 'em at Cardiff (I think in 01) and at Reading last year.

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 13:53

cool, they're awesome. billy joe shot me in the face with a super soaker fillled with stella......ahhh...the memories

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Post by: devils_daughter on 14 Feb 2005, 13:56

We had the pink bunny doing the YMCA with god-knows how many punks. So surreal!

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Post by: MilkmanDan on 14 Feb 2005, 14:13

I don't think I'm guilty about anything I listen to. I mean, I have lots of songs I wouldn't play if anyone else was around, but that's just because nobody I know would like them. "Oh, it's nothing but loud, jaring, static for 12 minutes" they'd moan, "There's no rhythm, tune, samples, or melody. Just Noise." Valid criticisms, I'll admit, but rather missing the point.
</ offtopic rambling>

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 14:23

yeah, we had that tooo.

he was drinking beer as well.......crazy drunk punk rocker rabbit doing ymca

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Post by: devils_daughter on 14 Feb 2005, 14:26

He was drinking Smirnoff Ice when I saw them the first time. Not quite so punk!

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 14:28

Smirnof!?

it doesnt get more punk

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Post by: blindsuperhero on 14 Feb 2005, 14:29

Smirnoff *Ice*

As in, lemonade

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Post by: ASturge on 14 Feb 2005, 14:32

ah, point taken

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Post by: Taste_of_blood on 14 Feb 2005, 19:08

Quote from: Sweet Nuthin

...the only band I can think of that nobody else (especially Brits) likes is Muse.

I'm a Brit, I love Muse, I know many other Brits who love Muse, I've seen stadiums full of Brits who love Muse, hell I've seen the entire Glastonbury audience (120,000) LOVE Muse, most of whom were Brits. On this basis I don't understand that statement.

Not ashamed of any of my music kids, seriously namme any band and ask me if I own an album/single/ep/song by them and I'll answer honestly and really not worry.

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Post by: muffy on 15 Feb 2005, 04:38

I think it's only the uber-hip, self consciously cool, have their music taste dictated entirely by the NME who mock muse -but then the paper has a way of claiming that their opinion is the be all and end all..
 I like them, and I'd love to see them live, so no guilty shame there

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Post by: exliontamer on 15 Feb 2005, 09:54

Avril Lavigne. She's hot...and the second album wasn't thaaaat bad.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: ev0lve on 15 Feb 2005, 10:23

Quote from: Taste_of_blood

hell I've seen the entire Glastonbury audience (120,000) LOVE Muse, most of whom were Brits. .

Britney Spears sells out stadiums here, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be ashamed for liking 'her music'... ;)

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Post by: happybirthdaygelatin on 15 Feb 2005, 12:45

Quote from: MilkmanDan

I don't think I'm guilty about anything I listen to. I mean, I have lots of songs I wouldn't play if anyone else was around, but that's just because nobody I know would like them. "Oh, it's nothing but loud, jaring, static for 12 minutes" they'd moan, "There's no rhythm, tune, samples, or melody. Just Noise." Valid criticisms, I'll admit, but rather missing the point.
</ offtopic rambling>

Fucking spot on.  I don't feel guilty about any of my listening taste but I know about tact and what dislikes and likes the people I normally interact with have.  

Also I was smitten to see someone connect Sticky Little Fingers and Green Day.  For some reason.  I'll have to figure out what happened to my SLF and give it a listen.

Maroon 5 seems horrible.  I'm not sure but I'm not in a paticular mind set to find out.

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Post by: ElRodente on 15 Feb 2005, 16:08

Quote from: Sweet Nuthin

Quote from: Hector Gilbert

Loads of people hate Dave Matthews Band to the point where it goes beyond taste issues, but I've never really understood why.  Most of the reasons I get are really shallow.

...And yes, I do like them quite a bit.

I like Dave Matthews.  It gets to the point, though, when I hear Crash into me one too many times at school dances that that song in particular drives me completly bonkers.  

I have a plethora of guilty songs, but the only band I can think of that nobody else (especially Brits) likes is Muse.

i love muse! and im not ashamed, and i'm in england, so i win

in fact, i think most of the people in school with semi decent taste in music like muse (semi decent being not-trance) i can only name 1 person off the top of my head that doesnt like them,  and that's just through ignorance

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Post by: ASturge on 16 Feb 2005, 04:38

i dont like Muse, i live in england, am i ignorant?

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Post by: fin on 16 Feb 2005, 05:06

Jay Z / Linkin Park - Collision Course
I don't think I'm alone in the world in imagining this album may be the worst idea since Greedo shooting first. You know it, but... I cant stop listening to it.

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Post by: shumacher on 16 Feb 2005, 05:44

Hmmm....

Britney (feat. N.E.R.D.) - Boys
Robyn - Show Me Love
Bust A Move - Young MC

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Post by: Foxylicious on 16 Feb 2005, 08:15

David Bowie is my guilty pleasures.  I never really liked him and boy X LOVED him and after like two years I finally started liking him, but I always deny it.  *^_^*

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Post by: Foxylicious on 16 Feb 2005, 08:17

David Bowie is my guilty pleasures.  I never really liked him and boy X LOVED him and after like two years I finally started liking him, but I always deny it.  *^_^*

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Post by: Foxylicious on 16 Feb 2005, 08:17

David Bowie is my guilty pleasures.  I never really liked him and boy X LOVED him and after like two years I finally started liking him, but I always deny it.  *^_^*

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Post by: czar0406 on 16 Feb 2005, 08:20

AAIYA!!!
(http://photobucket.com/albums/v508/czar0406/th_vbafbd9e890.gif)
Triple Post!

doncha hate when that happens?

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Post by: AndSheeWas on 16 Feb 2005, 08:21

David Bowie is not a guilty pleasure.

If you said Tin Machine, you might have a point.

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Post by: ElRodente on 16 Feb 2005, 09:27

i dont feel that guilty, but i get the feeling i should, but i like keane ¬_¬

seriously, what's up with the keane-hating?

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Post by: Praeserpium Machinarum on 16 Feb 2005, 10:37

is there such an entity, blasphemous...
I like Keane.

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Post by: scuzzle on 16 Feb 2005, 14:55

MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, mixed with a dash of Queen and some ELO on my playlist

simmer at 350 for a mind trip

DING*

and there you have it, one very messy guilty pleasure in music

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Post by: lprkn on 18 Feb 2005, 01:31

Metallica, any album, any song. No one has said it yet, but some of you are thinking it. I don't know, maybe it's just me. All their stuff takes me back to fun times.

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Post by: emor on 18 Feb 2005, 01:38

pretty much any shitty by-rote old fashined pop song.  you know, those clapclap, clap beated songs that are two minutes long and sound like every other clapclap, clap beated two minute song.

I love them, either old or new

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Post by: mee-kay-la on 18 Feb 2005, 03:13

Like the tempations/four tops/ motown stuff from the 50s/60s?

I bear the burden of a parent who adores motown. *fallonground* *twitchviolently*

...If I had to say a guilty pleasure, I guess I'd have to say Train. I like them. I hated them when they were constantly on the radio, but they're okay now.

After seeing Metallica's One video, I can hardly call them a guilty pleasure.

God, it sounds like we're talking about porn for our ears...

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Post by: Mnementh on 18 Feb 2005, 04:06

Quote from: El-Rodente

Quote from: Sweet Nuthin

Quote from: Hector Gilbert

Loads of people hate Dave Matthews Band to the point where it goes beyond taste issues, but I've never really understood why.  Most of the reasons I get are really shallow.

...And yes, I do like them quite a bit.

For me it has to do with the fact that I really can't stand them.  They're not pleasing to my ears (you're talking a a big phish fan here too), they think they can jam but they really can't (well, Tim can, the rest...meh).  They're trite and I find that a large portion of their fans are pretentious pseudo hippies who leave the show in the brand new Porsche daddy bought them.

Also, I saw them live and it was the most boring concert experience I've had.

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Post by: mee-kay-la on 18 Feb 2005, 04:14

Ack! Pseudo-hippies are the spawn of Satan. Someone should eat their soul.

Yeah, everyone always assumes the Dave Matthews Band is a hippie band with followers who run around in their tye-dye... As there are no such people... *whacks them all with rolled-up newspapers*

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Post by: Abattur on 18 Feb 2005, 04:26

[Is a pseudo-hippie]

Eep...

But back to the topic....

Ah yes ofcourse. I Luuuv Offspring!

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Post by: dancarter on 20 Feb 2005, 06:16

in reference to synthpop 'guilty pleasures', i'm in the same boat with those who said nonsense like 'it's crap, big steaming piles of it' and suddenly find that i've amassed quite a lot of it.  I'm really digging Assemblage 23....but then, i always have.

VNV Nation is something i'll definitely put on from time to time, totally forget about for months and then have a strange urge for.  the new album previews i've head are quite nice.

selected Apoptygma Berserk songs too.  Icon of Coil, XP8, Angels and Agony, Lights of Euphoria....

hmm, what else?  Furnaceface. Fleshpaint....and, um....Natalie Imbruglia*sigh*.

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Post by: dancarter on 20 Feb 2005, 06:16

in reference to synthpop 'guilty pleasures', i'm in the same boat with those who said nonsense like 'it's crap, big steaming piles of it' and suddenly find that i've amassed quite a lot of it.  I'm really digging Assemblage 23....but then, i always have.

VNV Nation is something i'll definitely put on from time to time, totally forget about for months and then have a strange urge for.  the new album previews i've head are quite nice.

selected Apoptygma Berserk songs too.  Icon of Coil, XP8, Angels and Agony, Lights of Euphoria....

hmm, what else?  Furnaceface. Fleshpaint....and, um....Natalie Imbruglia*sigh*.

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Post by: MilkmanDan on 20 Feb 2005, 08:17

Quote from: shumacher

Bust A Move - Young MC

Don't be hating on the young MC! The fact that every single one of his songs sounds like a not quite good enough version of 'know how' is no reason to be ashamed.

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Post by: blindsuperhero on 20 Feb 2005, 09:27

Quote from: Awkward Silence

Is it bad to like NoFX?

It's okay if you do it properly. Like them because they wrote some good songs, not because they're "funny" when they sing about drugs and sex. So Long and Thanks... is pretty good, as are White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean, and Punk In Drublic.

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Post by: kilconey on 20 Feb 2005, 17:35

justin timberlake.  i didn't realize he was a guilty pleasure for me until my sister was playing it in the living room the other day, and i was having a fantastic time dancing all by myself in the kitchen doing dishes...
ace songs to dance to, if nothing else.

in fact, most good dance songs i claim to hate, but then slowly realize i'm obsessed with them.  see: fatboy slim, britney spears, etc.
viva la bad pop music.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 20 Feb 2005, 21:13

Quote from: lprkn

Metallica, any album, any song. No one has said it yet, but some of you are thinking it. I don't know, maybe it's just me. All their stuff takes me back to fun times.

Damn you!

As someone who at least pretends to be pretty metal, I am simply not allowed to express a liking for anything Metallica did post the Black Album. However, I must admit, that some of it is pretty cool hard rock (Fuel, their cover of Stone Cold Crazy, etc.), though none of it's Master of Puppets.

Whilst I'm at it, and safely ensconced on a non-metal form, let me also say here and now that I prefer Cradle of Filth's cover of Iron Maiden's 'Hallowed be thy Name' to the original. Same goes for Dimmu Borgirs cover of Twisted Sisters 'Burn in Hell'. Oh and Dimmu are still actually pretty good, bitches! Oh yeah, and In Flames are a cool band, and Clayman is a better In Flames album than Whoracle. Hell, you know the Trigger EP that everyone hates? I QUITE LIKED THAT EP!! Hah! Also, Opeth are way more metal than you elist cack-heads will ever be, they play better guitar than almost anyone and Mikeal Akerfeldt's voice is amazing. Arch Enemy? Better with Angela Gossow. Nightwish? Once is a great album! King Diamond's mid 90's albums are better than Them and Abigail.

Hmmm.

Oh yeah. All those Immortal albums were Abbath was on drums that it's super fashionable to hate nowadays were awesome. And Post-Black Metal is awesome. All of it. Yeah, even the 'awful techno shit' like ...And Oceans. And Dead shooting himself in the face was the best thing that ever happened to Mayhem. Euronymus owned him.

Wow, that felt good to say. If I'd posted this on Metal Archives, Ultraboris would probably just Durst* me on the spot.

 It's like banning, but worse. I don't think I need to explain the etymology...

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Post by: Johnny C on 20 Feb 2005, 22:10

Quote from: KharBevNor

Durst me

This needs to be a cuss word now. I think society can agree that "Durst" would make a good swear.

"Durst off!"

or

"Piece of durst!"

or

"Son of a durst!"

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Post by: Not An Addict on 23 Jun 2005, 07:43

Quote

justin timberlake. i didn't realize he was a guilty pleasure for me until my sister was playing it in the living room the other day, and i was having a fantastic time dancing all by myself in the kitchen doing dishes...
ace songs to dance to, if nothing else.

Lord, so true. And "Rock Your Body" has that great bassline and breakdown near the end. That shit gets my head bobbing, I tells ya.

As does Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl". I fucking love that song and I don't care who knows it!

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 07:57

i know, hollaback girl is mind control.
Green day. i legitimatly like some of thier stuff. fuck you.

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Post by: Mikendher on 23 Jun 2005, 08:00

that stupid song:

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

goddamit. stupid cliche processed song that is addictive!!!
there's not much else besides that. the closest thing to a guilty pleasure would be goo goo dolls, and I think they are pretty good anyway

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Post by: sp2 on 23 Jun 2005, 08:56

Quote from: Mnementh

They're trite and I find that a large portion of their fans are frat boys who leave the show in the brand new Porsche daddy bought them.

Fixed for accuracy.

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Post by: Merkava on 23 Jun 2005, 11:26

Quote from: heretic

i know, hollaback girl is mind control.
Green day. i legitimatly like some of thier stuff. fuck you.

Warning and American Idiot are two legitimately good albums. Really. I'm serious.

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 11:42

oh come on, dookie didn't kick ass in fourth grade?

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 11:53

dookie isn't pop-punk, at least not to me. it's more..ah fuck i don't know, but it's not pop-punk, that would be Blink 182 and the like

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 12:01

i usually reserve pop punk for things that try to be punk but are too pop. IMO green day isn't trying to be punk. but yeah, you've got your opinion i've got mine

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 12:06

i do. i've always used pop punk to mean, well yeah descendants, sure, but also blink 182, jimmy eat world, other radio shit. stuff that's barely punk, but the 13  year olds who buy the albums think it is

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: deborah on 23 Jun 2005, 12:31

jimmy eat world hasn't been anything remotely like pop punk since before they signed to a major label.
green day used to be punk and now they're just pop music.

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 12:37

well i guess that settles it then:D

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: LibertinesFan on 23 Jun 2005, 13:53

N.E.R.D are my guilty pleasure

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Post by: heretic on 23 Jun 2005, 13:55

i used to rock out to teh NFL 2002 soundtrack, hell yes

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Merkava on 23 Jun 2005, 14:51

Quote from: Awkward Silence

I went through a pop-punk phase several years ago when I was actually happy, and Dookie was my bible. Now I'm cynical, bitter, and jaded; Castaways And Cutouts is my bible.

Your Bible sucks. As do the people who conjured it.

Anywho...

I don't really have any guilty pleasures, since I listen to a whole slew of genres, but I guess liking Tiny Dancer by Elton John is a guilty pleasure, seeing as how I don't like anything else from that part of his carreer.

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Post by: Not An Addict on 23 Jun 2005, 17:02

I was too young to remember Dookie, but Nimrod was the CD everyone in my 6th-grade class had. I still think "Hitchin' a Ride" is their best song.

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Post by: Kai on 23 Jun 2005, 17:42

Quote from: Merkava

Your Bible sucks. As do the people who conjured it.

That is so awesome it deserves to be quoted again.

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Post by: mizaktik on 23 Jun 2005, 17:47

Yeah, my two major guilty pleasures are most certainly Green Day and.... Bowling for Soup..

SHHhhh.... Don't tell anyone.

I'm not sure why I like those bands at all, for some crazy reason I just like their sounds...  But I know better than to admit is loudly.

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Post by: Menzallol on 23 Jun 2005, 17:48

Durrr...AFI.  I can't help it.

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Post by: ebullientsoul on 23 Jun 2005, 18:43

Nine Inch Nails is the main offender here. Love that 2-disk downward spiral...

Fall Out Boy, though I don't feel too guilty listening to them.

After all, they've toured their asses off, promoted Chicago artists like its their job, and are genuine dudes.

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Post by: heretic on 24 Jun 2005, 05:57

ah yeah, NIN is another one. closer mario remix kicks ass

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Post by: McTaggart on 24 Jun 2005, 07:46

It's less guilty pleasures than stuff I don't mention when some of my school friends are around. So I like Iron and Wine, so I like Michael Franti, so I like Beck, so I like Bright Eyes. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT!? It's not fault I don't like your rock crap boring and shallow.

Actually, one guilty pleasure; I'm partial to the odd bit of the 'Chilli Peppers

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: zekterellium on 24 Jun 2005, 07:48

all girl summer fun band. everyone i know hates them but i think they're the cutest bandin the world. it's a real shame.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Merkava on 24 Jun 2005, 08:53

Quote from: McTaggart

It's less guilty pleasures than stuff I don't mention when some of my school friends are around. So I like Iron and Wine, so I like Michael Franti, so I like Beck, so I like Bright Eyes. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THAT!? It's not fault I don't like your rock crap boring and shallow.

Actually, one guilty pleasure; I'm partial to the odd bit of the 'Chilli Peppers

I like all of those artists AND I like "rock crap boring and shallow", which means that I am better than you. :P

But seriously, you obviously have no idea what you are talking about, or how to write. "rock crap boring and shallow" is both untrue and incorrectly written. There's just as much depth in rock as there is in other genres; mabe even moreso. Please refrain from making baseless claims.

The fact that you like the Chilli Peppers is preventing me from getting angry. ;D

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: heretic on 24 Jun 2005, 09:00

chilli peppers are pretty consistantly non-shitty

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: McTaggart on 24 Jun 2005, 09:17

I think I had it as just 'rock crap' and then went back and added in adjectives (I was probably aiming for 'boring and shallow rock crap' but wasn't paying attention.). I never said that all rock was crap, boring and shallow. Just the stuff they try to make me like.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Korlin on 24 Jun 2005, 10:12

Joining many others in this thread, I admit to:

Slipknot
Funeral for a Friend
Will Smith
Rob Zombie
Dave Matthews' Band
Dee-lite
Brand New
Everclear
Goo Goo Dolls
The Hives
Incubus
lostprophets
Jimmy Eat World
OKGo
Snot
Korn
and a bunch of other mainstream metal/nu-metal/rock

Blame it on my lack of a radio.

EDIT'D: Also, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake.

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Post by: Sydney on 24 Jun 2005, 10:12

bunch of my 'friends' like good charlote, insisted on playing it. so there. Eventually i did a "your music sucks" override and played my music.(yeah we spent most of the day (week?) sitting on leather sofas playing cards and plugging our mp3 players into convenientley placed speakers.)

I like chilli peppers but they are repatative and sometimes crap.  I never really thought of it until i saw it on tv, the gold paint video, and i thaught, this song sucks, sucks like monica lewinski.

I don't think i have any guilty pleasures, no guilt, just, yea i like this, screw you. I sometimes avoid playing shivaree because stupid heads don't apreciate real music. Screw it, come monday i'll make them listen to it.

My latest CD purchase was god's kitchen classics :-p (club/dance/trance) but it's got those CLASSIC anthems. But i like it, so what, not ashamed.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Johnny C on 24 Jun 2005, 10:29

Quote from: Merkava

ANGER RAGE FURY WITH A SMILEY THROWN IN

Music elitism isn't cool, kids. It's fair enough to defend your favourite genre but "you obviously have no idea what you are talking about, or how to write"? No need for that, okay?

For some reason I feel guilty for liking the Fiery Furnaces despite the fact that they're one of the awesomest bands EVER.

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Post by: Merkava on 24 Jun 2005, 11:07

EDIT: quoted wrong person

I see. I apologize for overreacting, but there's no need to denounce a whole genre just for a few bands. It's kind of funny since I like the music you listen to as well. Heh, I was most likely in a bad mood at that point.

But yeah, I see what you mean. My bad.

Fwiends? *holds out hand*

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Post by: heretic on 24 Jun 2005, 11:13

oh yeah... slipknot... i just can't shake my nu-metal phase completely

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 24 Jun 2005, 15:23

Quote from: Korlin

I admit to:
Funeral for a Friend
Rob Zombie
Dee-lite
Brand New
The Hives
Incubus
OKGo

SECOND'D!

But I don't think that neither The Hives or OK GO are guilty pleasures ;)

Also, in the dark depths of my soul, there's that little girl who likes Kelly Clarkson........I feel so dirty.

EDIT'D: I hate grammatical errors.

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Post by: ASturge on 24 Jun 2005, 15:24

^ So you should

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Post by: heretic on 24 Jun 2005, 15:30

there are guilty pleasures and then there are marks of shame you should wear with a heavy heart. kelly clarkson is a mark of shame. wear it with such

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Post by: Johnny C on 24 Jun 2005, 15:42

"Since U Been Gone" is a good song and I don't care what anyone says.

Anything else she's done, though, uh, well, can't say I approve.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: darkhorizons on 24 Jun 2005, 17:29

Quote from: ebullientsoul

Fall Out Boy, though I don't feel too guilty listening to them.

After all, they've toured their asses off, promoted Chicago artists like its their job, and are genuine dudes.

I was definitely about to say Fall Out Boy.

Dashboard Confessional,

And basically every song ever popular in the eighties.  Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds springs to mind.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Highlander on 24 Jun 2005, 20:36

Not really a guilty pleasure since I'm not ashamed of it, but my friends make fun of me all the time for liking Fantomas. Other than that, I also like Nickelback - How you remind me.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Merkava on 25 Jun 2005, 08:14

I like Fall Out Boy, and so does AMG. ;D

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Not An Addict on 25 Jun 2005, 18:02

Quote from: Sydney

this song sucks, sucks like monica lewinski.

[Kicks Sydney back to 1998, where he belongs.]

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Kai on 25 Jun 2005, 19:44

1998 ruled. You know what ruled even more? 1776. Fuck yeah.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: esacetaminophen on 25 Jun 2005, 21:49

Erm... Everlast and 50 cent. Bleh.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Sydney on 26 Jun 2005, 01:55

Quote from: Not An Addict

Quote from: Sydney

this song sucks, sucks like monica lewinski.

[Kicks Sydney back to 1998, where he belongs.]

I'm sorry, but i just don't like that track, not even slightly. It is by far the worst chilli peppers track. Plus i'm not old :p

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: McTaggart on 26 Jun 2005, 05:31

Quote from: Merkava

EDIT: quoted wrong person

I see. I apologize for overreacting, but there's no need to denounce a whole genre just for a few bands. It's kind of funny since I like the music you listen to as well. Heh, I was most likely in a bad mood at that point.

But yeah, I see what you mean. My bad.

Fwiends? *holds out hand*

I could probably have been less angry in the initial post and avoided all this completely. Sorry about the whole misunderstanding.

*shakes hand*

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Post by: MilkmanDan on 26 Jun 2005, 06:42

Quote from: Korlin

Will Smith
Dee-lite

There is no guilt in liking Dee-lite. They are mucho fresh awesome.
Will Smith, depends. He's pretty wack nowadays, but you can't hate on anyone who did 'Summertime'

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: ElRodente on 26 Jun 2005, 08:41

Quote from: Korlin

Joining many others in this thread, I admit to:


Will Smith
Dee-lite
Goo Goo Dolls
The Hives
Incubus
lostprophets
OKGo

EDIT'D: Also, Reel Big Fish and Less Than Jake.

haha
me toooo

but seriously okgo kick mucho ass

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Not An Addict on 26 Jun 2005, 09:47

Quote from: Sydney

Quote from: Not An Addict

Quote from: Sydney

this song sucks, sucks like monica lewinski.

[Kicks Sydney back to 1998, where he belongs.]

I'm sorry, but i just don't like that track, not even slightly. It is by far the worst chilli peppers track. Plus i'm not old :p

I was talking about the Lewinski joke. Hell, any Chili Peppers track is the worst Chili Peppers track, in my opinion. Which is why I hate the radio.

Title: Guilty Pleasures?
Post by: Johnny C on 26 Jun 2005, 17:24

Quote from: Kai

1998 ruled. You know what ruled even more? 1776. Fuck yeah.

1812 was pretty kickass.

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Post by: Merkava on 26 Jun 2005, 18:55

Quote from: Not An Addict

Quote from: Sydney

Quote from: Not An Addict

Quote from: Sydney

this song sucks, sucks like monica lewinski.

[Kicks Sydney back to 1998, where he belongs.]

I'm sorry, but i just don't like that track, not even slightly. It is by far the worst chilli peppers track. Plus i'm not old :p

I was talking about the Lewinski joke. Hell, any Chili Peppers track is the worst Chili Peppers track, in my opinion. Which is why I hate the radio.

Dude. Scar Tissue.

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Post by: Radiowar on 26 Jun 2005, 19:03

Daft Punk and Darude. Yeah I had a phase.

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Post by: Johnny C on 26 Jun 2005, 19:04

^TUNNEL OF DOOM

Radiowar: Daft Punk are still pretty a-ok.

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Post by: Radiowar on 26 Jun 2005, 19:05

Quote from: Johnny C

Radiowar: Daft Punk are still pretty a-ok.

I dunno, 'Technologic' makes me want to impale myself. I still listen to Discovery and Homework though.

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Post by: sp2 on 26 Jun 2005, 19:13

Quote from: Korlin

Rob Zombie

Talentless hack with one exception.  The guy is damned good with samples.

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Post by: Johnny C on 26 Jun 2005, 19:24

Okay I should have said Discovery and Homework are still a-ok because I forgot they put out a new album.

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Post by: MilkmanDan on 27 Jun 2005, 03:47

And oh dear God is it a bad one.

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Post by: Not An Addict on 27 Jun 2005, 09:35

Yes, it's teh worst. But "Da Funk" makes up for whatever stumbles the band may make. Because it's the best song ever.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 27 Jun 2005, 11:06

Quote from: sp2

Talentless hack with one exception.  The guy is damned good with samples.

Has anyone acually ever worked out what any Rob Zombie song was about.


Also, he has pretty damn good music videos. At least, Dragula had a really cool video.

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Post by: sp2 on 27 Jun 2005, 11:11

I'm pretty sure he writes most of them about 50s B-movie monsters.

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Post by: KharBevNor on 27 Jun 2005, 11:26

That's what all White Zombie songs were about, a lot of them even had the same titles and so forth, but Rob Zombies solo stuff tends to just be a collection of totally random cliches that sound cool but signify nothing.

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Post by: Cpt.Fantastic on 27 Jun 2005, 12:22

Duran Duran
George Michael
Alice In Chains
Duran Duran
Bloc Party
Bryan Adams
ELO
Jay Z
Goldfinger
Maroon 5
NWA
Green Day

...

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Post by: ElRodente on 27 Jun 2005, 13:09

you forgot duran duran

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Post by: Sophi on 28 Jun 2005, 00:49

I love how half of the things that people are listing as guilty pleasures, I listen to totally sincerely.
Anyways, mine. I don't know if you could really call these guilty pleasures, but had I any shame (come on, I'm a theatre kid), I would probably list these.

ABBA (on my audioscrobbler chart for last week? mamma mia was the number three song)
Britney Spears
*Nsync
Pat Benatar
Kylie Minogue (although, if you ask me, no one should ever be ashamed of loving Kylie. ever.)
Emma Bunton
The Spice Girls
Lots of assorted American/Canadian Idol performances (I know, I'm a tool.)
Toy Box
Aqua
The Spin Doctors (IT'S CATCHY.)

I'll... stop now. Before I lose all my street cred.
*shifty eyes*

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Post by: sp2 on 28 Jun 2005, 08:54

This thread's about confessing your guilty pleasures, not about confessing to drowning puppies in truckstop toilets.

My god, I hate to sound elitist (actually, no, I don't) but you should probably be locked up for listening to some of that stuff.

You know, for your own good and all that.

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Post by: sp2 on 28 Jun 2005, 09:13

Actually, I was responding to Sophi.  I don't think it CAN get worse than that list.

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Post by: Not An Addict on 28 Jun 2005, 09:20

I have a soft spot for "Love is a Battlefield". And "Toxic". Tell anyone and I'll kill you.

Also, does Chic count as a guilty pleasure? Because I'm listening to "Le Freak" right now and I think I should be feeling ashamed, but...not so much.

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Post by: Kai on 28 Jun 2005, 10:23

Quote from: sp2

This thread's about confessing your guilty pleasures, not about confessing to drowning puppies in truckstop toilets.

SP2 wins the "Best Poster Ever Next To James" Award. woo!

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Post by: ASturge on 28 Jun 2005, 11:56

Quote from: Awkward Silence

Twee.

Architecture in Helinski is kind of Twee.

Twee is ace-tastic and not to be ashamed of.

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Post by: D-Wayne on 30 Jun 2005, 20:11

I've got a few that i don't really consider 'guilty pleasures', more just bands that a lot of people hate. like Greenday, the Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, a good few punk bands, Beastie Boys, Placebo, a bit of Jimmy Eat world, Bright Eyes...
Plenty more too.

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Post by: Gryff on 30 Jun 2005, 20:32

Quote

Will Smith... He's pretty wack nowadays, but you can't hate on anyone who did 'Summertime'

Truer words have never been spoken.

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Post by: TScho on 30 Jun 2005, 21:39

Of a Revolution (ironic that it's in my sig, right?)

And a bit of Sage Francis.

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Post by: Devalian on 01 Jul 2005, 00:30

Being new here.... I'll get the embarassing stuff out of the way.

Lamb of God and Sevendust are my guilty pleasures. Im a metalhead through and through and still love QC. So it's not just for you indy folks. :p

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Post by: MilkmanDan on 01 Jul 2005, 04:04

How the hell is Sage Francis is a guilty pleasure? He fucking rules.

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Post by: Devastator on 01 Jul 2005, 07:15

No one should ever feel guilty about Sage Francis. Ever.


As for me, I like bits of everything so I'm usually not ashamed. The only thing I could really think of is the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack, but I'm really not ashamed to admit it, and don't really hide my love for it or anything like that.

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Post by: Sophi on 01 Jul 2005, 16:26

Quote from: sp2

This thread's about confessing your guilty pleasures, not about confessing to drowning puppies in truckstop toilets.

My god, I hate to sound elitist (actually, no, I don't) but you should probably be locked up for listening to some of that stuff.

You know, for your own good and all that.

Yeah, I figured that would be the reaction. I'm not going to trot out a list of actually good bands that I listen to, because I'm not here to impress people (and also because I'm lazy), but that really is a small percentage of what I listen to, and I realize it's bad. I'm not going around saying that Britney Spears is a paragon of musical genius, but damnit, Toxic is a good song. I love dancing, and that's what this shit is made for. I love fun music.
But seriously, I'm not ashamed of anything that I listen to. If I was, I probably would have said
<smallvoice>sometimes if a Britney Spears song comes on the radio, I don't change the station!</smallvoice>
but I didn't, because I think that's lame. It's ok to have fun when you're listening to music, kids.

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Post by: D-Wayne on 01 Jul 2005, 20:52

Maybe the thread should be called "Bands you like that other people hate you for".

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Post by: lastclearchance on 02 Jul 2005, 07:30

Quote from: Sophi

damnit, Toxic is a good song

Damn straight.