Something said on another thread started me thinking about this. What is your favorite guilty pleasure in music. You know the artist that you know most will laugh at you liking?

Mine is John Denver...yep. Everytime I hear Sunshine on My Shoulders, Annie's Song, Take Me Home Country Roads, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, Rocky Mountain High I get a huge smile on my face.

What about you guys? What is your guilty pleasure?

Well, I know My Chemical Romance aren't very popular on here, so you can all laugh at me because purely on a musical level I think they're very good. Green Day are also one of my favourite bands, which generally isn't a good thing to admit these days for some reason.

I don't know if there are any better examples... I like the occassional song that will get me laughed at... like SOS by Abba which was mentioned in another thread not long ago... The Final Countdown by Europe... I love Baby I Don't Care by Transvision Vamp (I Want Your Love by the same band is also good)... I have a liking for Elvis Costello's music, I don't know if that's considered a bad thing...

Maybe I'll think of some more later. Good question!

I can't say I have one.

oh that required some thought...Blondie
The Go-go's

blondie is cool, and i like the go-go's too. i geuss i would have to also say abba, i love them so, and also neil diamond, so a guilty pleasure. oh and nelly, i know, but when he sings "it's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes" it just does something to me.

i really dont have guilty pleasures, i take pride in music i like.

yteah wrote:
i really dont have guilty pleasures, i take pride in music i like.

But that wasn't really the question. It's music you like that you think most people generally wouldn't.

80's music

I agree with yteah.
I take pride in liking Michael Jackson, George Michael, Nora Jones, OutKast and Justin Timberlake.

Flock of Seagulls-I Ran (you all know that song)
and The Clash-Rock the casbah

There was this group on American Bandstan called Times Two and they sang a song Strange but true...I was all crazy over for about a week..I would love to hear the dumb song again...That was soooo 80's..the guy was hot what can I say

No-one should feel guilty about The Clash, they are awesome!

Geek N.Z. wrote:
I agree with yteah.
I take pride in liking Michael Jackson, George Michael, Nora Jones, OutKast and Justin Timberlake.
Michael Jackson ftw

I do love some Usher and LL cool J

PistolPete wrote:
Geek N.Z. wrote:
I agree with yteah.
I take pride in liking Michael Jackson, George Michael, Nora Jones, OutKast and Justin Timberlake.
Michael Jackson ftw

OW!!!

*pops out pelvis*

Obviously I should have been clear in my question instead of being vague.

epitome got exactly what I was asking. It has nothing to do with being ashamed of anything.

I think you two are projecting your feelings onto the question. And in that I think maybe you are hiding something music wise deep within....

But still the question is what song or artist do you like that you feel that others won't understand or generaly wouldn't like.

PistolPete wrote:
80's music

same

and brand new...not sure if thats bad
ohhh, also--the fray (just thos two really catchy songs though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i swear)

HeavenlyAlchemy wrote:
But still the question is what song or artist do you like that you feel that others won't understand or generaly wouldn't like.

What I said applies then.

Oh, and The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

epitome wrote:
yteah wrote:
i really dont have guilty pleasures, i take pride in music i like.

But that wasn't really the question. It's music you like that you think most people generally wouldn't.

thats a hard one... im pretty sure all the music i like, other people like also?

maybe... coheed and cambria? no body likes claudios voice...
smashing pumpkins? everyone hates billy's voice...
kanye west? oh wait, EVERYONE loves him

i guess i would have some guilty pleasures in music if my friends didnt know what kind of music i listened to, which is impossible considering i burn cd's with various songs and go over and be all like "check out this sweet ass song" and its the strokes being played to a gangster. lol.