Also, Michael Jackson. I'm surprised he hasn't been mentioned yet (as far as I can see).

I don't know if it would even be something to feel guilty about if he weren't an alleged paedophile and overall nutcase.

A TRULY guilty pleasure, to piggyback on Biggles' Michael Jackson comment, would be a musician who committed a fairly repugnant crime. The one that leaps to mind would be Charles Manson, although I hesitate to call him a "musician."

I can't think of too many other of these literally guilty pleasures...I guess there's the Jerry Lee Lewis marrying his young cousin thing. And there was a guy who played with Mellencamp for years who traifficked in child porn.

Subtopic in this thread: anyone got others?

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I think one of the guys from Static X raped some women while posing as a lookalike of himself.

Not that I like Static X...just, if I did, I'd feel guilty about it.

I dont understand this thread.Why feel guilty for liking music?Who cares if it is britney spears or michael jackson.

If u like it u like...nothing to be ashamed about.

I have zero guilty pleasures as far as music goes.

It's not that you feel guilty, Imprezu, it's that you don't want to admit you like it to other people.

I can't listen to Thriller anymore even though musically it's fairly good.

Because if you post about bands that you like but aren't cool people jump on you, which you should understand Imprezu since you do it yourself.

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Originally posted by Twowaymonologues:
Because if you post about bands that you like but aren't cool people jump on you, which you should understand Imprezu since you do it yourself.

I do what??
I think the music i listen to is cool yes...and if someone else is bashing it i may say something.
I guess what i like is not that guilt worthy.I inheritley stay away from the radio on most occasions.

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Originally posted by Biggles:
Also, Michael Jackson. I'm surprised he hasn't been mentioned yet (as far as I can see).

I don't know if it would even be something to feel guilty about if he weren't an alleged paedophile and overall nutcase.

I'm with pE, Biggles. This is a really good point.

Over the past year, I've been following the other high-profile criminal case against a well-known musical figure, Phil Spector. I have always enjoyed Spector's work, which is genius, with a nagging discomfort over the way he treated the women in his life, especially Ronnie Spector. If he's convicted of murder, that nagging discomfort will only grow.

I don't expect the musicians I like to be flawless human beings. Goodness knows I still listen to Miles Davis on a weekly basis. In the case of Spector (and Michael Jackson, if he's found guilty), these are hard acts to overlook.

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Okay, I'm going to officially add Wallflowers.

I still listen to Bringing Down The Horse. Not that often, but I enjoy it when I do. Even though One Headlight was a big hit and makes Cinderella references.

And even though 'Breach' wasn't so hot.

But I heard the new single off their website? I like it. I'll have to keep an eye on what the critics say about the new album (24th).

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Originally posted by Bobthespirit:
Okay, I'm going to officially add Wallflowers.

I still listen to Bringing Down The Horse. Not that often, but I enjoy it when I do. Even though One Headlight was a big hit and makes Cinderella references.

And even though 'Breach' wasn't so hot.

I like the Wallflowers. And I don't feel guilty about it one bit. The first two records were good pop-rock. 'Breach' wasn't very good, but 'Red Letter Days' had some good songs on it.

They've fallen far enough that they're playing a fairly small club here in St Louis...I'm gonna try and get one of my discs signed. I've got Bob Dylan's autograph...I'm psyched to go second generation!

That's a definite guilty pleasure. I liked Bringing Down the Horse but boy did I feel guilty about it!

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Originally posted by philosopherEric:
A TRULY guilty pleasure, to piggyback on Peewee's Biggles' Michael Jackson comment, would be a musician who committed a fairly repugnant crime.

Yes.

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Originally posted by Imprezu21:
I dont understand this thread.Why feel guilty for liking music?Who cares if it is britney spears or michael jackson.

We've already suggested some reasons to feel geniunely guilty about listening to a certain artist.

BACKSTREET BOYS

And also that Shakira song where she shakes her ass...o wait, that is every Shakira song.

Great topic:

(mid-to-late 50's vocal harmony...) think: The Fleetwoods, Four Freshmen, etc

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Hall & Oates
Phil Collins
Soundgarden (yes, I know this may strike some as an odd choice... but they never were critical darlings and are even less regarded 10 years or so after their zenith).

That's kind of all over the place I know but...hey.

Soundgarden is listed in the same class as Nirvana as far as grunge goes. And I know Superunknown retrospectively got quite a bit of critical praise. At least, it's almost in the pazz n jop top ten for it's year, so that tells you something.

A lot of people hate Soundgarden (And all grunge for that matter), but not enough to constitute guilt, unless you're hanging out in a real indie-snobbish crowd.

I at least think Superunknown is a great album and Badmotorfinger is a good one.

One of my biggest guilt pleasures is Epitaph punk band NOFX. They're essentially punk revivalists who focus on fast tempos and rather juvenile lyrics. Always fun to listen to, though.

Another more recent guilty pleasure is Kelly Clarkson. I wouldn't exactly blast it as I speed down the highway but I can listen to it.

A few bands I like that aren't too well received critically:

--Alkaline Trio
--Phantom Planet
--Diapatch
--Nickel Creek
--No Use For A Name
--Plain White T's
--Something Corporate

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A few bands I like that aren't too well received critically:

--Alkaline Trio
--Phantom Planet
--Diapatch
--Nickel Creek
--No Use For A Name
--Plain White T's
--Something Corporate

Ahhh, I saw Phantom Planet live. I like a few of their songs, but they're a little too vanilla for me. The funny thing was that they covered Fugazi that night and it was the best thing they did.

As for Nickel Creek, they're actually pretty good. Very good musicians. They do a cover of "Spit on a Stranger" that (in my opinion) trumps Pavement's original. Not bad at all.

ahh...elitist confessional...

well clearly not. I'm no elitist either.

and I have my guilty pleasures.

Keane-Somewhere Only We Know...this is one of the best pop songs I've heard in a while...

Placebo, Nine Inch Nails, Muse, all guilty pleasures...

there are probably more, some which I will never tell...

Oasis, the new one Don't Believe The Truth is really addicitve, the album they should have made after Morning Glory, full of classics

other 'guilty pleasures': Prodigy's current single Spitfire...