Guilty Pleasures

Here’s any years ago I used to attend a monthly gathering at a local dealer where like-minded people brought vinyl or CDs to listen on equipment selected by the dealer. It got a bit staid so I suggested a “guilty pleasures” evening - tracks you liked but didn’t like to admit.

My choice was Ain’t no sunshine - the Michael Jackson version & as backup my son’s choice Dreadlock Holiday.

One guy brought in a Cliff Richard medley so I didn’t feel so bad.

I got this idea as a topic after reading & contributing to “songs you can’t stand”

Feel free to participate…. Tom.an outline about what this category is all about

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No such thing as a guilty pleasure - good music is good music

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Most of the music I like is so way out that few will like it. Does not stop me from suggesting it though.

I agree. This is my David Cassidy collection

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Abba: Dancing Queen; Money, Money, Money

Chris De Burgh: Lady In Red

Shirley Bassey: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

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This.

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My guilty pleasures include

Middle Of The Road : Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep

Lipps Inc. : Funky Town

Kool & The Gang : Celebration

Sister Sledge : We Are Family

The Archies : Sugar Sugar

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In what universe is ‘We are family’ a guilty pleasure?

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you like it too :slight_smile:

There is a lot from that era I enjoy that to newer ears sounds dated so my adult kids tell me.

I could go on with likes of CHIC. Earth Wind and Fire, Wild Cherry, Grand Master Flash etc

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The Seekers, terribly dated with the Double Bass and suits etc, but Judith Durham’s voice was so clear

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Not sure about the music but jealous of your streamer…… Tom.

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LazyTown was a programme we all sat down to watch when my children were under 5. Each episode had a themed song, all enjoyable, but this one stood out as a great pop song.

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Here we go….
Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul &Mary
Downtown & Sailor - Petula Clark
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep & Yellow River - Middle Of The Road

There are more, but need to let others get the guilty ones out.

I don’t feel guilty about these, just really like hearing them and the memories they bring back.

I hope we all enjoy our guilty pleasures

:grinning_face:

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Wishing on a Star - Rose Royce. Dear God, the memory of slow dancing to that with a lady of my acquaintance back then.:smirking_face:

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Carpenters - Goodbye to Love. Stonking guitar solo by Tony Peluso.

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Yes and bad music can be good music too - if you’re in the mood for summit bad!

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Noooooooo!

Simon, my respect for your gravitas has just crumbled into turmeric powder.

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Yes! Jackie Hill at the Cheswick Green disco in Shirley, Solihull.

My first slow dance.

Noice.

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I loathe 90+% of pop music…

But I do sometimes play Jurassic 5’s Concrete Schoolyard.

And I cannot resist the super-tight beat and Tim Dog’s wildly OTT aggressive and boastful lyrics, tinged with irony towards the end of BX We Invented Hip-Hop - when someone tells him: “Chill, dog, chill. They had enough. They can’t take no more.”

Jazz fan here but I’ve always liked

Richard Harris - MacArthur Park

Ultravox- Vienna

La Bionda - One For You, One For Me.