Guilty Pleasures Sentenced to death for liking junk
#1
Posted 20 October 2004 - 03:27 AM
That's the only one i feel guilty about. Even my taste for soft-rock and acid rock don't make me feel ashamed... well, maybe the acid rock one. Just as long as they don't jam for 20 minutes straight they're good!
Also, and i know i'll regret this when and if i hear the whole album, but certain tracks off Linkin Parks newest have some (though not quite enough) redeeming qualities. And hey, since it's so hip to hate them, i guess that makes me feel less ashamed.
Sum 41's new single shows quite a step forward too. I think in a few albums they may turn out something kinda fantastic if they play their cards right. The clumsy lyrics are the main thing keeping them back, but they're advancing songwriting prowress impresses me!
A lot of people are willing to write off a band after their first couple albums (especially if they started young), but there are lots of groups that come into their own after a few years *coughthebeatlescough*.
If John Mayer ditches the horrendous pop shit he craps out, and plays his damn guitar a bit more, he might be worth something in a few years.
- Hassan i Sabbah
"There's nothing wrong with anything."
- Philip J.Fry
#2
Posted 20 October 2004 - 04:42 AM
Some kids like Motley Crue because they think they're funny. I like them because they rock. The Crue, Twisted Sister, Poison, I likes the hair metal.
New Wave/Synth Pop
Not really "guilty" per se, but I do enjoy the synth-driven stuff that came out of the 80s. Depeche Mode, New Order, Thompson Twins, Gary Numan, Aha, Culture Club, etc.
HIM
I know the lyrics are cheesy, the music simplistic, and the songs somewhat repetitive, but gosh darn it, I love this band.
Kylie Minogue
Her music has become surprisingly complex. Sure, that's more to do with the producers, but I like her voice too. It's sassy.
Sisters Of Mercy
Make all the goth comments you want, "Temple Of Love" rocked and you know it.
Black Metal
I'm very open about my love of the symphonic stuff, like Cradle Of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. However, not many are aware that I really dig the hardcore death/thrash stuff too, like Dark Funeral and Gorgoroth.
#3
Posted 20 October 2004 - 06:23 AM
Speaking of Sum 41 enhancing their composing abilities, Nickleback seems to have done the same. Granted, they are still irritating corporate rock drivel, but it does seem that they are trying to go somewhere. They might be halfway decent in a few more years, but probably not.
Yeah, the early Beatles stuff is kinda boring to listen to. Starts picking up somewhere in Help and Rubber Soul, and then you can safely say "Mmm... them's getting to be good songs."
This post has been edited by Slade: 20 October 2004 - 06:27 AM
#4
Posted 20 October 2004 - 11:18 AM
Less Is More v4
Now resigned to a readership of me, my cat and some fish
#5
Posted 20 October 2004 - 01:05 PM
Damn! I hope you didn't misconstrew my aside as me decrying their early years! I LOVE that stuff (i know their early albums had quite their share of filler too, but whatever)! I'm just saying if that's all they contributed to popular music it would have only been awesome fun, not revolutionary (for lack of a better word).
Rubber Soul and Revolver are hands-down my favorite Beatles albums.
- Hassan i Sabbah
"There's nothing wrong with anything."
- Philip J.Fry
#7
Posted 20 October 2004 - 07:57 PM
I also never tire of hearing "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes or "Magic Man" by Heart.
#8
Posted 20 October 2004 - 11:08 PM
Seriously. I love it.
I love the sound, I love the lyrics, and I still listen to it regularly. Most music that I love becomes the soundtrack for various ideas and storylines in my head, and my god does this CD cover some good ones...
...Also, I have the soundtrack for the Buffy musical episode "Once More With Feeling"...hey, that was a cool show, goddammit!
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#9
Posted 21 October 2004 - 04:11 AM
- Hassan i Sabbah
"There's nothing wrong with anything."
- Philip J.Fry
#11
Posted 21 October 2004 - 03:38 PM
I have a sort of general soft spot for over the top music in general...in more of an INXS way than a broadway sense.
#12
Posted 21 October 2004 - 11:20 PM
There used to be an itunes radio station "superseventies: pop and bubble gum from the groovy decade." I was working on a retro (cabinet hardware) catalog* featuring fonts, colors and trends from the 1970s, so man, that was a trip. Gordon Lightfoot, Andy Gibb, The Hustle, Fly Robin Fly, Angie baby? Yes.
*that was the issue with Han wielding a power drill ("Feel the Force of 14 Volts blah blah blah")
#13
Posted 02 November 2004 - 12:48 AM
I can't stand Sum 41 or Blink 182 AT ALL. Like despise them with every once of my bitter soul can't stand them.
I tolerate the early Beatles stuff, and it's easy to sing along with, but I don't particularly like it. Yay, for paving the way and all that, of course, just not my cup'o'tea. Not assuming you on anything.
#14
Posted 02 November 2004 - 01:00 AM
...Ok, so I like them until I was about sixteen, but still! I've done enough repenting and flagellation over that.
Chyld is an ignorant slut.
- Campbell Bean (David Tennant), Takin' Over the Asylum, 1994
#15
Posted 02 November 2004 - 03:33 AM
Also, about 1/3 of the tracks on Offsprings' "Smash" i can still listen to and enjoy.
- Hassan i Sabbah
"There's nothing wrong with anything."
- Philip J.Fry