Guilty pleasure songs

Yamanoto · 27-04-2013 01:20AM

I love the Beach Boys, but that's a whole heap of crap

Meangadh wrote: »

Aaaah no way! I was going to mention Kokomo as one of my guilty pleasures, I flippin LOVE it! It's terrible but I don't care...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5_AD9wXuY

Little Acorn · 27-04-2013 01:23AM

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

JRant · 27-04-2013 01:42AM

Toto Afrika is up there,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

JRant · 27-04-2013 01:46AM

And this little gem from Charles and Eddie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-nSdyHhZeM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

RikkFlair · 27-04-2013 01:49AM

Larianne wrote: »

Oh wow - love this song. Never knew who it was by.

/follows thread for iPod downloading

Yep, for many years I never knew who sang it, always pictured a white guy with a mullet and a smoke machine.

Havermeyer · 27-04-2013 01:55AM

Latchy wrote: »

I've posted this recently in another ' guilty pleasure songs ' thread ...

This from a man (moi) who's a life long Ultravox fan and who went to see them twice in concert last year . :cool:

Are you ****ting me? What the hell is wrong with that song?

Shame on you for being ashamed. :pac:

Edit:

Better version here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOjVjc5vJ6I

dgt · 27-04-2013 01:56AM

AH version of the cringeworthy thread! :P

Smidge · 27-04-2013 01:57AM

Not sure if it qualifies as a guilty pleasure as it is a great song(imo)

But Don Henley's "Boys of summer" is a little ditty that I tend to sing:D

Meangadh · 27-04-2013 02:03AM

JRant wrote: »

Toto Afrika is up there,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

AMAZING song! And some brilliant spin-offs from it are:

This choral version, the weather effects they make are class!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw

And this skit from Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9F86cAoi3o

guppy · 27-04-2013 02:04AM

I need to learn how to link properly

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=safety%20dance&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAjPau5QYtYs&ei=PiR7UZanNsjd7QaCyIGgDA&usg=AFQjCNGwR_uSisKYJXSu_IV9zOdQnGnZyQ&bvm=bv.45645796,d.ZGU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWgG5v7A3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Latchy · 27-04-2013 02:05AM

nummnutts wrote: »

Are you ****ting me? What the hell is wrong with that song?

Shame on you for being ashamed. :pac:

Ashamed my ass ....don't let the title of this (or any thread ) fool you :pac:

Actually ,I do prefer the Lennon sisters version ( although there isn't all that much difference in both ) but that one above is probably the better known one .The song was also sang by Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters in the 1979 movie The Jerk , more recently in American Horror Story and been used in recent travel advertisement ,which shows that a good tune cuts across all genres and can fit into any soundtrack on a movie, regardless of topic .

guppy · 27-04-2013 02:12AM

guppy wrote: »

I need to learn how to link properly
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=safety%20dance&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAjPau5QYtYs&ei=PiR7UZanNsjd7QaCyIGgDA&usg=AFQjCNGwR_uSisKYJXSu_IV9zOdQnGnZyQ&bvm=bv.45645796,d.ZGU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsWgG5v7A3A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

guppy · 27-04-2013 02:15AM

Smidge wrote: »

Not sure if it qualifies as a guilty pleasure as it is a great song(imo)

But Don Henley's "Boys of summer" is a little ditty that I tend to sing:D

Not guilty, IMO, just great!

dark crystal · 27-04-2013 02:24AM

guppy wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvyNOg4jSRg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViftZTfRSt8

Brilliant!

JRant · 27-04-2013 11:45AM

A little tears for fears when nobodies around always goes down a stromer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8L_hLS21cw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Smeggy · 27-04-2013 03:50PM

They don't make guilty pleasures like this anymore....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccenFp_3kq8

(also some Michael Bolton songs

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OneArt · 27-04-2013 03:53PM

JRant wrote: »

A little tears for fears when nobodies around always goes down a stromer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8L_hLS21cw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Tears for Fears are f*cking awesome.

Though they have some really weird stuff too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX644qU-tYo

Chucken · 27-04-2013 04:00PM

Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Cant beat a bit of cheese

Anything from the Stock Aiken and Waterman school

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

...ah, I dont feel one bit guilty!!

/boogies

Rioghain · 27-04-2013 05:10PM

Jonny Logan - hold me now

I'm only in my early twenties!:o

Dr conrad murray · 27-04-2013 05:12PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndzHqFv9Mdo

Pumpkinseeds · 27-04-2013 06:39PM

Kim Carnes - Betty Davis Eyes

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Those would be two of my guiltier musical pleasures, probably a bit of Bonnie Tyler in there somewhere too if I'm honest:o

dd972 · 27-04-2013 09:58PM

Hall and Oates or Bryan Ferry, that kind of quality pop isn't made anymore.

dd972 · 27-04-2013 09:59PM

Chucken wrote: »

Tarzan Boy by Baltimora. Cant beat a bit of cheese
Anything from the Stock Aiken and Waterman school

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

...ah, I dont feel one bit guilty!!

/boogies

and he was a Nordie to boot !

daithi1970 · 27-04-2013 10:05PM

Murder on the dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bextor..

anhedonia · 27-04-2013 10:11PM

Kate Bush - running up that hill.

Edit: yeah and ditto Kim Cairns - Bette Davis Eyes

DazMarz · 27-04-2013 10:25PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cD9cBEaNBc

What a tune. Add to the fact, when I sing along with it, I can hit the same high notes as the singer. Dear god...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUyVDkS2w0

The song that made me fall in love with 80's music for the pure cheese and sound of synthesizers. This epitomised cool in the 1980's. Dear god, again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Pq0xYr3L4

More top quality 80's cheese. Referenced in Pulp Fiction when Jules refers to a kid as "Flock of Seagulls" in reference to his floppy-fringe haircut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixEV13jggvY

King Kobra. A hair-metal band so cheesy that it sent metal fans with lactose intolerance running for cover. So bad it's good... or maybe just so bad it's terrible...

27-04-2013 10:33PM

Smidge wrote: »

Not sure if it qualifies as a guilty pleasure as it is a great song(imo)

But Don Henley's "Boys of summer" is a little ditty that I tend to sing:D

That song is NOT a guilty pleasure, this one however....:D