There are a couple of shows on at the moment that I've been enjoying. BBC doing an hour long Top of the Pops show on various individual years. Then Channel 5 are running through the biggest songs of the 80s year by year. Been some brilliant songs that I'd completely forgotten about and a couple of guilty pleasures from this;
There are a couple of shows on at the moment that I've been enjoying. BBC doing an hour long Top of the Pops show on various individual years. Then Channel 5 are running through the biggest songs of the 80s year by year. Been some brilliant songs that I'd completely forgotten about and a couple of guilty pleasures from this;
Hands Up - Ottawan Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Why would Geno be guilty pleasure, it's a classic.
There are a couple of shows on at the moment that I've been enjoying. BBC doing an hour long Top of the Pops show on various individual years. Then Channel 5 are running through the biggest songs of the 80s year by year. Been some brilliant songs that I'd completely forgotten about and a couple of guilty pleasures from this;
Hands Up - Ottawan Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Why would Geno be guilty pleasure, it's a classic.
I mentioned when the thread originally appeared that people were including things that were not "guilty pleasures" at all. Might not be to your normal taste (mine would be "Would I Lie to You" - Charles and Eddie.) but it's not "Agadoo"...
As has been pointed out earlier in this thread by Mr Thundercock music shouldn’t be defined as a guilty pleasure. Music connects on an emotional level and if you like a song then you like it. It doesn’t matter if some think it’s not ‘cool’ or it’s cheese. Music snobs piss me off and they should get off their high horses.
Wham - Club Tropicana The Village People - YMCA Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only Taylor Swift - Shake It Off.
Bona fide classics indeed.
YMCA is truly dreadful and therefore a real guilty pleasure. It doesn’t matter if it’s a guilty pleasure for half the world’s population, it’s still a guilty pleasure.
As has been pointed out earlier in this thread by Mr Thundercock music shouldn’t be defined as a guilty pleasure. Music connects on an emotional level and if you like a song then you like it. It doesn’t matter if some think it’s not ‘cool’ or it’s cheese. Music snobs piss me off and they should get off their high horses.
But sometimes the guilt is related to the source. For example, being totally against the X Factor, everything it stands for and how it manufactures musicians/groups, but enjoying a song from an artist who was on it - that’s a guilty pleasure.
I once worked with a born-again Christian and he had to pretend he didn’t like David Bowie any more. I couldn’t stand him so I didn’t pursue it. He was also always saying that people were making a point of coming only to him and making the sign of Satan.
I hate modern pop music. The over-production, the auto tune, the mumbling - I find it offensive that it's allowed to be called 'music'. But, every now and then... Damn.
PS: Don't ever find yourself as a 47vyear old man belting this out while sat at a set of traffic lights, to find three teenage girls stood at a bus stop, looking at you with a mixture of what can only described as mirth, pity and disgust...
As has been pointed out earlier in this thread by Mr Thundercock music shouldn’t be defined as a guilty pleasure. Music connects on an emotional level and if you like a song then you like it. It doesn’t matter if some think it’s not ‘cool’ or it’s cheese. Music snobs piss me off and they should get off their high horses.
But sometimes the guilt is related to the source. For example, being totally against the X Factor, everything it stands for and how it manufactures musicians/groups, but enjoying a song from an artist who was on it - that’s a guilty pleasure.
So talking about the source I have to admit that in the early 90s I was a huge fan of R Kelly. His music, anything he produced for other artists, I thought he was a genius. Obviously my opinion changed about him after the revelations about his deviancies but I haven’t gone as far as getting rid of my collection of his CDs, 12” vinyl etc. I’d feel a bit dirty listening to his tunes but taken on their own his songs still stand the test of time.
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Hands Up - Ottawan
Geno - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Absolute belter.
Never fails.
I can’t use my daughter as an excuse. She looks at me like I need sectioning when I’m belting this out.
Zombie Nation
My kids used to love this.
Guilty pleasure.
I don't know the current situation in regards to the with allegations.
I hope it's all not true. No idea.
As an artist, he's a genius.
The campest video of all time with some dreadful dancing.
Boystown gang
Europop classic from Sabrina
Stupid but fun
Beastie Boys - You Gotta Fight
As for 'boring' - try listening to the lyrics.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBPtP4t2J1k&feature=youtu.be#dialog
https://youtu.be/bBPtP4t2J1k
The best Chas and Dave - Musn't grumble.
PS: Don't ever find yourself as a 47vyear old man belting this out while sat at a set of traffic lights, to find three teenage girls stood at a bus stop, looking at you with a mixture of what can only described as mirth, pity and disgust...
So talking about the source I have to admit that in the early 90s I was a huge fan of R Kelly. His music, anything he produced for other artists, I thought he was a genius. Obviously my opinion changed about him after the revelations about his deviancies but I haven’t gone as far as getting rid of my collection of his CDs, 12” vinyl etc. I’d feel a bit dirty listening to his tunes but taken on their own his songs still stand the test of time.