Guilty Pleasures?

MagicMarker

Do you have any ''so good it's bad'' albums?

Mine would be ''Stranger in this Town'' by Richie Sambora, cheesy blues/rock/pop from the Bon Jovi guitarist released in the early 90's. Everything about it is quite bad but i can't help but love it.

GhostInTheRuins

So good it's bad? I don't have any albums that are so good they're bad. I do have a few that are so bad they're good. :P

MagicMarker

Touché:D

ShawnRaven

I gotta say i've recently become partial to HIM's "Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights", musically it's a pretty decent album but god, what's with the effeminite lyrics? Ville Vallo has to be the Whitney f*cking Houston of this genre! All the songs on the album seem to be about breakups or on the verge of!

That said, it's a good album to have on when yer getting ready to head out, knowing me though, i'll change my mind in a few hours and delete this post.

damonjewel

Most of friends think of me as fairly Hard Rock, but one night I had my friends back and put on Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (yes the one with Candle in the wind) without thinking of my reputation, they had thought I'd gone soft. But alas a guilty pleasure was found out. Early Rod Stewart (tonights the night, killing of Georgie, The first cut is the deepest) is my Sunday morning perfect sounds, and although I hate to admit it I think there is something quite wonderful about Queen upto their want to break free and Radio Ga-ga period. Its all out now! The shame, the SHAME!

Karl Hungus

I have no guilty pleasures, only pleasures. I listen to what I like, and don't feel guilty about any of it.

damonjewel

Come on Karl, you must like something that if it were outed you might be slightly embarrassed aboot? Or are you keeping your Boardsie 'cool'? :pac:

ShawnRaven

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I have no guilty pleasures, only pleasures. I listen to what I like, and don't feel guilty about any of it.

I call f*cking bullsh*t!

ShawnRaven

damonjewel wrote: »

I think there is something quite wonderful about Queen upto their want to break free and Radio Ga-ga period. Its all out now! The shame, the SHAME!

I win there, as Bohemian Rhapsody was #1 in the UK chart the day I was born!

I actually got my hands on a very good quality boot of the Freddie Mercury concert back in 1992. Still remember going up to my mates place and we were glued to the television for about 7 hours solid. But most of the stuff that got me into Queen was from around that period of time, The Works/A Kind Of Magic.

In fact, i think anyone their late 20's/early 30's will say the same, as they were kids growing up hearing it.

Karl Hungus

damonjewel wrote: »

Come on Karl, you must like something that if it were outed you might be slightly embarrassed aboot? Or are you keeping your Boardsie 'cool'? :pac:

No man, it's not a case of keeping an image, it's more the fact that I'm shameless.

I mean seriously, I like Elton John too, I own that same HIM album Shawn is on about, and Queen were my first musical love, there's nothing about them I'd be embarrassed about. Add to that some of the horrendously cheesy Japanese pop music I like, extremely cheesy female fronted metal bands like Nightwish and Within Temptation that I've even gone to see live, that I like Phil Collins, and god knows how much more stuff I own that could be considered cheesy or embarrassing by some, but not to me.

Nah, I got nothing I'm ashamed of.

lord lucan

i was into A-HA back in the day:o

recently heard 'take on me' on the radio and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. class pop music,don't make 'em like that anymore:D

Motley Crue

Katy Perry, but prob only because I want to marry her, such a sexy girl

ShawnRaven

lord lucan wrote: »

i was into A-HA back in the day:o

recently heard 'take on me' on the radio and the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. class pop music,don't make 'em like that anymore:D

I still have Hunting High and Low on tape somewhere! That was such an awesome album for it's time.

damonjewel

Motley Crue wrote: »

Katy Perry, but prob only because I want to marry her, such a sexy girl

But she's into girls and likes it, apparently.

ShawnRaven

Motley Crue wrote: »

Katy Perry, but prob only because I want to marry her, such a sexy girl

She angers me and makes my blood boil! She'll vanish into thin air by the time 2010 rolls around.
(thank Christ for that!)

Nightwish

I love 80's cheese like Falco and Midnight Oil. Then again, I dont feel guilty about it. Anyone who knows me, knows I like it. I also have all the Queen albums, including The Works. I also have all of the HIM albums. Deep Shadows is probably their worst album though.

ShawnRaven

Nightwish wrote: »

I love 80's cheese like Falco and Midnight Oil. Then again, I dont feel guilty about it. Anyone who knows me, knows I like it. I also have all the Queen albums, including The Works. I also have all of the HIM albums. Deep Shadows is probably their worst album though.

YES!!
When i was 10 years old, i actually had the 12" of Rock me Amadeus! (Urban Tropical on the b-side). Of course, when you're 10 years old you don't know how to look after sh*t, so it ended up scratched to bits, unplayable and eventually left behind in my old place.

I hated Midnight Oil when i first heard them, that would have been around 87-88, Diesel and Dust era. But Blue Sky Mining is still a regular fixture on my playlist to this day.

rainbow kirby

I love Abba. Have their greatest hits album on iTunes.

There, I've said it.

*awaits ban from Rock & Metal*

Apart from that - other embarrassing ones I have would be the soundtracks to various video games, Lauryn Hill, and Lordi.

Nightwish

Lordi are nothing to be ashamed of! I Mr. Lordi

Karl Hungus

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I love Abba. Have their greatest hits album on iTunes.

There, I've said it.

*awaits ban from Rock & Metal*

Apart from that - other embarrassing ones I have would be the soundtracks to various video games, Lauryn Hill, and Lordi.

Nothing wrong with Abba really, one of the best pop acts of all time really. And soundtracks to video games, something to be ashamed of? Which ones are we talking about here, because a lot of them are absolutely brilliant.

rainbow kirby

Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy, and the wonderfully cheesy J-pop of Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy.
Koji Kondo, Kenji Yamamoto and Nobuo Uematsu are awesome.

Mushy

Must say I'm quite impartial to Rick Astley or Meat Loaf myself:D

Karl Hungus

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy, and the wonderfully cheesy J-pop of Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy.
Koji Kondo, Kenji Yamamoto and Nobuo Uematsu are awesome.

If anything, you deserve a ban for thinking the great Nobuo is something to be embarrassed about. :pac:

joenailface

give it up for nobou and koji who feels guilty about music though seriously...i have slayer, dr dre, the chemical brothers, the sugar hill gang, bad religion, charles mingus and yann tiersen on my ipod i like country and j-pop and liquid tension experiement, they might qualify for 'so bad its good' for some people but i dont think so hell i've even listened to justin timberlake and gone 'thats a cool bassline'

and that proves my point cheesey as **** but savage, i mean i dont expect to not get slagged about it but people shouldnt dole out the slags unless they're willing to have their taste scrutinized

mike65

Not really rock/metal some of these choices. Sticking with the genre, I cant admit to owning any seriously naff albums but am partial to the odd white trousered/big hair AOR moment. Jefferson Startship - Jane, REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (that guitar solo is teh win!), assorted Asia, Foreigner, Journey tracks etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfFjb3B9RRw

Mike.

joenailface

I own St. Anger...guilty but not a pleasure :P

Karl Hungus

Speaking of Nobuo, you heard The Black Mages, right? It's the band he formed so he could play some of the Final Fantasy music live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9f-M45toE

Legend.

mike65 wrote: »

Journey tracks etc.

Journey are great though, they've an extremely strong catalog of songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxOyGK1pMk

Pyr0

Karl Hungus wrote: »

No man, it's not a case of keeping an image, it's more the fact that I'm shameless.

I mean seriously, I like Elton John too, I own that same HIM album Shawn is on about, and Queen were my first musical love, there's nothing about them I'd be embarrassed about. Add to that some of the horrendously cheesy Japanese pop music I like, extremely cheesy female fronted metal bands like Nightwish and Within Temptation that I've even gone to see live, that I like Phil Collins, and god knows how much more stuff I own that could be considered cheesy or embarrassing by some, but not to me.

Nah, I got nothing I'm ashamed of.

You used to be cool man.. :pac:

Oh I quite like that song Disturbia by Rhianna..

Does that make me gay ?

Karl Hungus

Pyr0 wrote: »

Does that make me gay ?

No, but Spiderman will make you gay.

Mr. CooL ICE

When I was 6, I was couldn't sleep on christmas eve night because I was tool excited about santa bringing me Waking Up The Neighbours by Brian Adams!

I'm quite partial to a bit of Bee Gees. Some fantastic tunes, but were ruined by countless boybands doing terrible covers. New York Mining Disaster still sends shivers down my spine

SwirlsAllAround

Def Leppard.... I know I shouldn't, but I do. I'm come to terms with it now, accepted who I am (a Def Leppard "fan") and I am willing to admit it in public.... and the more awful the song lyrics, the more I seem to enjoy it too.

rainbow kirby

SwirlsAllAround wrote: »

Def Leppard.... I know I shouldn't, but I do. I'm come to terms with it now, accepted who I am (a Def Leppard "fan") and I am willing to admit it in public.... and the more awful the song lyrics, the more I seem to enjoy it too.

I always wanted to see them live out of morbid curiosity about the one-armed guy.

adox

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I have no guilty pleasures, only pleasures. I listen to what I like, and don't feel guilty about any of it.

Excately. At my age I really dont give a **** what I`m supposed to like. If I like it I like it.

Why would anybody be embarrassed to like a group or act?

Anyways seeing as this is the rock/metal forum I`ll throw in a couple of albums that I am listening to alot that arent in that genre and I`m sure some people will shake their heads and tut tut.

Santogold - Santogold

Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

Geranium

SwirlsAllAround wrote: »

Def Leppard.... I know I shouldn't, but I do. I'm come to terms with it now, accepted who I am (a Def Leppard "fan") and I am willing to admit it in public.... and the more awful the song lyrics, the more I seem to enjoy it too.

I'm going through a bit of that personal crises myself. At the moment its just a few "hit", "fun" songs... who knows how long it'll be before I buy an album?

Convinced myself that I liked Europe in some sort of annoying postmodern ironic way for a a while. But really they're just great and I love them. They must have been a gateway drug.

SwirlsAllAround

Geranium wrote: »

who knows how long it'll be before I buy an album?

At least now if you do find yourself going down that road, buying an entire Europe album for example, you can do it online. You won't feel that same urge to lie to the shop assistant, saying that it's not for you, but that you're buying it for your friend with dodgy taste as a birthday present. Isn't online shopping just fantastic?!

ShawnRaven

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I always wanted to see them live out of morbid curiosity about the one-armed guy.

Nowt wrong with Leppard! Saw em live in 96 on the Slang tour where Rick Allen ditched the electronic set for semi-acoustic drum kit and sounded f*cking awesome.

Songs From The Sparkle Lounge, and their covers album, Yeah are worth checking out, especially the latter for their covers of Waterloo Sunset, 10538 Overture and Hanging On The Telephone.

ShawnRaven

Mushy wrote: »

Must say I'm quite impartial to Rick Astley or Meat Loaf myself:D

Ban warranted for having Rick Ghastly in the same sentence as Meatloaf!

James Bong 79

The King himself, Elvis Presley, especially the vegas live period!

Mushy

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Ban warranted for having Rick Ghastly in the same sentence as Meatloaf!

It all started when Josh Homme sang some Rick during Feel Good Hit in Bristol...and yes, EVERYONE loved it!

violetdream

Karl Hungus wrote: »

No man, it's not a case of keeping an image, it's more the fact that I'm shameless.

I mean seriously, I like Elton John too, I own that same HIM album Shawn is on about, and Queen were my first musical love, there's nothing about them I'd be embarrassed about. Add to that some of the horrendously cheesy Japanese pop music I like, extremely cheesy female fronted metal bands like Nightwish and Within Temptation that I've even gone to see live, that I like Phil Collins, and god knows how much more stuff I own that could be considered cheesy or embarrassing by some, but not to me.

Nah, I got nothing I'm ashamed of.

Phil collins rules!...amazing drummer as well....Miami Vice + in the air tonite = genius ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVqZyUmPL0

ShawnRaven

violetdream wrote: »

Phil collins rules!...amazing drummer as well....Miami Vice + in the air tonite = genius ...

Big Genesis fan here!

DenMan

Not ashamed to admit this as my mates know what I am into. Don't feel guilty about them either.

Really love the Def Leppard videos from the 80's. "Pour Some Sugar On Me", "Photograph" and "Love Bites".

GhostInTheRuins

Nothing wrong with a bit of Def Leppard! High N Dry is a great album

StormWarrior

My friends take the piss out of me for loving ultra-cheesy 80's glam metal. Bands like King Kobra, Dirty Rhythm, Fate and Tobruk for example, but I think that stuff rocks. Anything with a backcombed mullet and skintight spandex and leather will do it for me.

ladystrange

Its Bon Jovi for me, cant help it. I know I'm being such a girl but I love 'em.

Censorsh!t

Good Charlotte(the first two albums):o:p

big b

Karl Hungus wrote: »

that I like Phil Collins,

violetdream wrote: »

Phil collins rules!...amazing drummer as well....Miami Vice + in the air tonite = genius ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlVqZyUmPL0

ShawnRaven wrote: »

Big Genesis fan here!

Heyyyyyyyyy, I knew there had to be a few more out there!

I've been a massive Genesis fan since the Foxtrot album & never missed a tour until the last one. Even back in the 70's, they were an uncool band to be into, too public schoolboy. They had great success & popularity in the 80's with Invisible Touch & We Can't dance, but that just about coincided with the start of the negativity towards Phil Collins, so it was never too cool to be a big fan of theirs.

I've always appreciated their music, and never gave a damn about why others failed to get the magic.

mike65

They were Phil Collins backing band by the time of Invisible Touch though, 1983s Genesis (Mama album) was the last gasp of real Genesis for me.

Mike

big b

mike65 wrote: »

They were Phil Collins backing band by the time of Invisible Touch though, 1983s Genesis (Mama album) was the last gasp of real Genesis for me.

Mike

A common misconception, Mike!

A lot of the slushiest Genesis lyrics ( & music) were always written by keyboard player Tony Banks. Whilst there's no denying that Phil was a fan of stripping a song down to it's base level, it's unfair on him - and more so the band- to belittle them by calling them a backing band. (he had a damn fine backing band of his own anyway!)

Phil's solo career had really taken off by the time Genesis became "hot"...and they had hits with songs like In Too Deep, so the conclusions are understandable, I suppose. But the band had shaken off their stuffy image & were writing much simpler songs alonside more traditional stuff like Domino & Fading Lights.

I'd agree if you said the music had become more mainstream, less exciting, less for the head & more for the feet. But I think blaming PC for all that changed just ain't right!

ShawnRaven

Definitely, he'd already had a UK number one with You Can't Hurry Love before the Mama album had been released.

And there's no way you could call Genesis the "Phil Collins backing band" by the time We Can't Dance came around. No way would Collins have tried marketing a dark subject like No Son Of Mine as a solo artist.

On the subject of Genesis, i wanna say that i actually enjoyed Ray Wilson's time with the band too. I think Calling All Stations got a terrible amount of slack without a proper listen. Some of the b-sides from those singles are really good, especially Sign Your Life Away.

GhostInTheRuins

I can definitely say ELO are a guilty pleasure for me, my dad was always playing their records when I was growing up and I've always kind of hated them and loved them at the same time.