Your ultimate guilty pleasure song- Lets see the real men...

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Tuesday Sep 14, 2010

lonewolf wrote:Um...what is a guilty pleasure song?

{seriously}

It is a song that you like but wouldn't tell anyone ..

lynch1 · Post by **lynch1** » Tuesday Sep 14, 2010

music wise......Jim Reeves songs, "There Is Something About You" by Level 42. I don't know what it is about that song.

non music wise....eating bacon bits by the handfuls.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Tuesday Sep 14, 2010

There's nothing guilty about liking Level 42 and the bad ass bass wizardry of Mark King.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Wednesday Sep 15, 2010

I agree, Paul. Level 42 is a great band. There is nothing guilty about that. I also like Jim Reeves, He was one of my grandfathers favorite singers.

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

Brace yourself here, I've got a few. Anyone who's been to any Aldo's metal band knows what my preference of music is. Let's see if I can find a few to make you flip...

Donna Lewis. Absolutely awesome Welsh musician, artist, singer,... She does it all! She's best known for her songs, "I Love You, Always, Forever" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqdWTeXWvOg , and a duet with Richard Marx called "At The Beginning" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mct2-ElrXbE

Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc4ZRdPGGTI . The man is quite a contemporary artist. He's made MAAANY different songs, of various styles, and to deny the amazing talent of this man should be considered a criminal act!

Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz182bWa3r0&ob=av3e . Despite the overkill pop spew that the Spice Girls were part of, they actually had a couple songs that were very touching, in their own rights. This song smacks my soft side across the face!

Aside from those as primary, a fair bit of the music I listen to (not guilty pleasures), with exception to local, is foreign bands, a fair bit of which are female-fronted, or dual vocalists, one of which is female. Some such include Epica, Nightwish, Theatre Of Tragedy, Lacuna Coil, Sirenia, Tristania, Angtoria, etc. I do tend to like female vocals, with a little bit of "songwriter" ability, including the likes of Jewel, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, the aforementioned Donna Lewis, and whomever else

All that said, I also get into weird moods where I'm humming something from whatever other person or band. Is any of this a surprise, especially coming from someone who enjoys the look, feel, and sound of metal?

tornandfrayed · Post by **tornandfrayed** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

70's rock or really more the AM radio hits....

Reunion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16kh-AP4OCU

Five Man Electrical Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcwHQfIuCnU

Terry Jacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_Fdly3 ... re=related

Cher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuu2T7Ii ... re=related

This is the kind of stuff that helped to mold my exquisite taste in music!

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

Naga and Dave, they are some good choices. I agree, Dave, the 70's had some great am hits ...

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

Jim Croce is a favorite, and old 70's era country (Merle Haggard, Mel Tillis, Roger Miller and such)

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

backlash bass wrote:Jim Croce is a favorite, and old 70's era country (Merle Haggard, Mel Tillis, Roger Miller and such)

No guilty there - You named some of the greatest of all time ...

Naga · Post by **Naga** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

Come to think of it, if I'd go through my entire list, song by song, and put anything that's not rock, metal or classic rock, I'm sure I'd have a long list. Maybe I'll do this one day...

Jasaoke · Post by **Jasaoke** » Friday Sep 17, 2010

I came out of the musical closet several years ago and am now guilt-free.
Fly that Freak-Flag high!!
Why get hung up on a genre or artist and whether or not anybody else likes them?

That being said:
"I'll Be There for You"(theme from Friends) by the Rembrants
and ANYTHING with Celine Dion

timemoney0 · Post by **timemoney0** » Sunday Sep 19, 2010

Grew up on old pentecostal hymns. Still like to hear old Jimmy Swaggart pump-it-up.

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Sunday Sep 19, 2010

Aside from Nightwish, I'm also on a Jesca Hoop kick. Apparently she was/is Tom Wait's nanny! It's weird stuff along the lines of Waits' music, but with the new age female singer/songwriter vocals.