Musical guilty pleasures

[ManDownUnder]

ok - what are those songs that just hit you "there" when you hear them. The old, nostalgic songs the really hit home... if you have one - you'll know it.

Here's mine.

Sammy Davis Jr - Mr Bojangles. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5bkCkQ3V0)

Used to sing it to my little man while showering him as a none year old... and I have a feeling my Dad probably did something similar - must check.

[Disco Dan]

Talking of songs... That advert for yahooxtra... luv it... heard the whole song, called "fidelity" or something similar. Listen to that over and over!

An oldie?? well would have to be David Bowie - Absolute Beginners :innocent:

[skelstar]

Usually songs from girlfriends past. The Cure catalogue is a good example.

[Trudes]

Anything by Led Zep, especially 'Kashmir' or The Doors, 'People are Strange' and 'When the Music's Over' reminds me of when I lived in Coromandel, the best time of my life (so far).
'Johnny be Good' by Men at Work reminds me of my Brother and 'Driving Wheels' by Jimmy Barnes and anything by Cold Chisel always reminds me of some of the wicked road trips my mates and I used to take!:Punk:

[avgas]

Fresh Prince of Bel Air - did it last night. was so sad.
On another note - Locomotive Breath, diamonds on the soul of her shoes and tusk.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Bob Seger "Hollywood Nights". I know its derivative, MOR completely naff, but its a song that often loops through my head.

and whoever said "Absolute Beginners" by Bowie was an "oldie" must be a child! "old" bowie is some of that awful crap he did in the late '60's: like "The Laughing Gnome" for example: the worst song ever recorded by anyone anywhere.

He did come fairly spectacularly right in about 1972/73 though: that period through to David Live in 1976 is my favourite of his: Ziggy Stardust, Diamond Dogs, David Live.. then Stage after that. (He toured that show here in 1978 I think). He has remained cool ever since which is saying something.

[judecatmad]

'Laid' by James
'Local Boy in the Photograph' by Stereophonics
'She Bangs the Drums' by Stone Roses
and my favourite for reasons which shall remain mine to hold dear to my heart and smile at....
'Champagne Supernova' by Oasis

[Motu]

Saturday in the Park...Chicago.

It's the most button pushing song I hear,I can't get enough of it.It takes me back to when it was a played on the radio in the early '70's - I can almost smell those times,I feel as young and nieve as I did then...a boy in a mans world.There are other songs of course,but Saturday in the Park is a direct connection to sweeping out the workshop in the afternoon,driving my '38 Chev Coupe and riding my B31 with 8'' over chrome forks.....

[Lissa]

For some reason this song: Don't Go Breaking My Heart - by Elton John always brings back nice memories of when I was little.... I use to sing it alot, and was always playing on the radio.

ACDC brings me back to when I was a teenager.. but they arent always good memories.

[James Deuce]

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

[Trudes]

"The Laughing Gnome" for example: the worst song ever recorded by anyone anywhere.



Some smart arse once reckoned that should be my theme song :angry:
I'm rather fond of Bob Seger too, especially like 'Turn the Page', love Metallica's version of that also!

[Joni]

Still love "When doves cry" to this day... I cant belive its 23 years since it was released... :shit:

[Colapop]

"Thunderstruck" AC/DC - most people are after they've met me...


And "Butterfly kisses" - Bob Carlyle. Always gets me. My daughter sings it to me sometimes, and it chokes me up.

[MSTRS]

Alice Cooper's 'Dead Babies' will do 'it' for me. Not what you would think it's about either....Sue Bradford take note -

Little Betty ate a pound of aspirin
She got them from the shelf upon the wall
Betty's mommy wasn't there to save her
She didn't even hear her baby call
(Waaah!)

Dead babies can't take care of themselves
Dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't want you anyway
Lalala-la, lalala-la, la la la

Daddy is an agrophile in Texas
Mommy's on the bar most every night
Little Betty's sleeping in the graveyard
Living there in burgundy and white

Dead babies can't take care of themselves
Dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't love you anyway
ma ma ma-ma, ma ma ma-ma, ma ma ma

Goodbye, Little Betty
Goodbye, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
So long, Little Betty
Betty, so long

Dead babies can't take care of themselves
Dead babies can't take things off the shelf
Well we didn't need you anyway
ma ma ma-ma, ma ma ma ma-ma, ma ma ma

Goodbye, Little Betty

[Maha]

Just posted it in Big Daves thread......'Higher Trails'...by John Hanlon....1975'

It tells the story of two Hang Gliders in the Southern Alps and how they run out of steam (thermals) and they need to find an updraft to get out of were they are, which is spiraling towards a glacier....meters away from the crashing onto the glacier, they find what they need and climb out of the shit.


Sort of discribes how my life was a few years ago, thats one reason why i love the song.....i also found my Thermal.....:yes:

[Pwalo]

I was a teenage in the '70s, therefore every song I listened to growing up falls into that category. Much to my teenage boys delight. Feck.

[KATWYN]

Angie - Rolling Stones

[Krayy]

I Can Still Make Cheyenne - George Strait :cry:

(It was playing in the plane when I left "love of my life #5" in the UK)

"We have both kinds of music....Country AND Western"

[judecatmad]

Ooh, ooh, Don Henley's 'Boys of Summer' too :)

The early/mid-90s hold so many cool memories - I discovered life. There's so much music that's the soundtrack to those few wonderful years and listening to it all takes me back to a place I'd happily stay for the rest of my days if I could :)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just posted it in Big Daves thread......'Higher Trails'...by John Hanlon....1975'

It tells the story of two Hang Gliders in the Southern Alps and how they run out of steam (thermals) and they need to find an updraft to get out of were they are, which is spiraling towards a glacier....meters away from the crashing onto the glacier, they find what they need and climb out of the shit.


Sort of discribes how my life was a few years ago, thats one reason why i love the song.....i also found my Thermal.....:yes:

I have to go looking for my thermals before every winter ride.......

[spookytooth]

Old Shep
When I was a lad
And old Shep was a pup
Over hills and meadows we'd stray
Just a boy and his dog
We were both full of fun
We grew up together that way

I remember the time at the old swimmin' hold
When I would have drowned beyond doubt
But old Shep was right there
To the rescue he came
He jumped in and then pulled me out

As the years fast did roll
Old Shep he grew old
His eyes were fast growing dim
And one day the doctor looked at me and said
I can do no more for him Jim

With hands that were trembling
I picked up my gun
And aimed it at Shep's faithful head
I just couldn't do it
I wanted to run
I wish they would shoot me instead

He came to my side
And looked up at me
And laid his old head on my knee
I had struck the best friend that a man ever had
I cried so I scarcely could see

Old Shep he has gone
Where the good doggies go
And no more with old Shep will I roam
But if dogs have a heaven
There's one thing I know
Old Shep has a wonde

Always reminds me of my border collie.I was 2 when i got him 12 when he died
seems like a life time ago still can bring a tear to me old eyes :)

[Disco Dan]

and whoever said "Absolute Beginners" by Bowie was an "oldie" must be a child! "old" bowie is some of that awful crap he did in the late '60's: like "The Laughing Gnome" for example: the worst song ever recorded by anyone anywhere.


showing your age methinks... :shutup:

Bowie's stuff is 'old' ...all of it! "labrinth" anyone?

[Motu]

Alice Cooper's 'Dead Babies' will do 'it' for me.


Yeah,I still get flash backs from that one - and it's not asprin either.....

Bet he wouldn't strap you in the chair and turn on the juice eh?

[Curious_AJ]

new radicals ... song? get what you give (actual title cant remember but most people would know it by those words)

cartoon theme tracks

fresh prince of bel air

never be the same again- mel C

everything i do - brian adams

here i am- brian adams

title and registration - death cab for cutie

bright eyes

tribute -tenacious D

everybody hurts- R.E.M

etc etc etc the list goes on forever

[RC1]

freebird, (lynard skynard), any led zep (pre 80s) all the doors music, ACDC especially bon scott era and the list goes on .....on......on......

[kro]

Racey - Lay your love on Me

Kim Wilde - Kids in America

Bow Wow Wow - I want Candy

Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny

Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight.

Shakin Stevens - Green Door

Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn ( how can you not love this song?)

Marty Robbins - El Paso ...... epic song, everyone needs to hear it before they die imo, and I don't even like the genre.

That's enough, the skeletons are running everywhere atm, I best round em up back to the closet.

[The Stranger]

Used to be "Sweet child of mine' - but yeah, doesn't work for me anymore for some reason.

[sunhuntin]

bright eyes by art garfunkel usually brings a tear to my eye. reminds me of dad, cos he loves watership down.

tom cochrane's life is a highway is another favourite.

[MacD]

He did come fairly spectacularly right in about 1972/73 though: that period through to David Live in 1976 is my favourite of his: Ziggy Stardust, Diamond Dogs, David Live.. then Stage after that. (He toured that show here in 1978 I think). He has remained cool ever since which is saying something.

I've posted this here before I think, but it's worth seeing it again! ;)


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I also play the Stranglers version of Walk on By too often...


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[ceebie13]

...'Johnny be Good' by Men at Work reminds me of my Brother :Punk:


Get it right girl... It's "Be Good Johnny" :Punk:


Spine Tingler for me? The Beatles "A Day in the Life"

[Trudes]

Get it right girl... It's "Be Good Johnny" :Punk:


Spine Tingler for me? The Beatles "A Day in the Life"

Are you stalking me?

[ceebie13]

Are you stalking me?

How do I answer that when, by the very nature of answering, it will look like I am?

But in a word.. "no" Trudi ...my stalk is permanently reserved for my better half!! :yes: lol

[judecatmad]

Was listening to one this morning - 'Fake Plastic Trees' by Radiohead

[Trudes]

How do I answer that when, by the very nature of answering, it will look like I am?

But in a word.. "no" Trudi ...my stalk is permanently reserved for my better half!! :yes: lol

ewwwwwww:pinch:

[ceebie13]

ewwwwwww:pinch:

:msn-wink:

[Virago]

The one song that has never lost it....

Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues.

[Teflon]

Neil Young - Greendale DVD-A

Trippy album in surround. Track seven, grandpa's interview is my favorite..

[Lil_Byte]

Clash City Rockers - The Clash

Eton Rifles - The Jam

Both kick in heaps of nostelgia. High school days were a much more laid back time - heaps of fun and memories :scooter: :Punk:

[Oakie]

'Two out of three ain't bad' by Meatloaf. I fell in love as a 17 year old and when it all turned to custard this song was popular. It just seemed to sum up what I was feeling about future relationships quite nicely and did for ages.
Lump in the throat stuff is 'One fine day' Boyz to Men & Mariah Carey(?) or the version of 'What the world needs now' with the voiceovers of Martin Luther King, JFK and the little girl asking "what is bigotry'

[Blondini]

Nothing else matters...metallica..."So close no matter how far......"How sweet it is to be loved by you...James taylor..Machine head....Bush..."Tied to a wheel......."Thank you ...DIDO....These are so special to me as they were my partners funeral songs...But there are so many songs that mean so much...and dig deep...."feels like heaven is so far now that youve gone away"...."if i could then I would go wherever you will go" the list goes on.:love:

[ynot slow]

:yes:
piss on the wall/j.giels band. paradise by dashboard light/meatloaf in your time/bob segar. was played at friends funeral only 29yrs,fucken cancer.

[Motu]

I heard another one that does heaps for me - Volare.I can't speak Italian and don't have an ounce of Italian blood in me,but I can't help but sing it with enthusiasm and much arm gestures.

In a past life I was a Roman Centurian....perhaps that has something to do with it.

[MacD]

Clash City Rockers - The Clash

Eton Rifles - The Jam



Now you're talking!

Police & Thieves - The Clash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU71S6FQM-w)

The Guns of Brixton - The Clash (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfslSpsBJUU)

[Beemer]

The one song that has never lost it....

Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues.

Yes, one of my favourites and also my husband's. I have fond memories of Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight as that is what we chose for the first dance at our wedding, and the Hawaiian guy's version of Over the Rainbow.

I love anything from Frampton Comes Alive, and Bat out of Hell too, they all bring back memories from my teenage years! The Beatles' Ob La Di Ob La Da always takes me back to my childhood too, I can remember hearing it playing when I was only about seven years old.

One song that I have never been able to forget is Rachel, by the Russell Morris Band.

[BarBender]

Songs that send nostalgic chills up my spine???? Shit…we could be here all night!It Must Be Love - Madness; In the Stone - Earth Wind and Fire; Harbour Lights – Boz Scaggs; Cocaine – Eric Clapton; Eyes of Sliver – Doobie Brothers; Maxine – Donald Fagan; Electric Lash – The Ministry; Christine – Siouxsie and the Banshees; Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police; The Heart of the Matter – Don Henley; Tinseltown in the Rain – Blue Nile; Heaven – Fiction Factory; Love My Way – Psychedelic Furs..........etc...etc.....

[SixPackBack]

Used to be "Sweet child of mine' - but yeah, doesn't work for me anymore for some reason.

Guess its more like 'what a drag it is getting old'.....BAHAHAHAAH:sunny:

[The Stranger]

Guess its more like 'what a drag it is getting old'.....BAHAHAHAAH:sunny:

And you would know all about drag (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20220&d=1132184796) wouldn't you?

[BAD DAD]

A MILLION MLES AWAY- RORY GALLAGHER
FREEBIRD- LYNARD SKYNARD
WEATHER REPORT-GRATEFULL DEAD
18-ALICE COOPER
ACHILLES LAST STAND- LED ZEPPELIN
WAR PIGS-BLACK SABBATH

I could probably keep on going but you have probablygot the gist.

[Hitcher]

Two albums have endured despite my first prolonged experiences with them:

1. Fleetwood Mac Rumours. I had a flatmate at university who used to feverishly copulate with his then screamer girlfriend in the room next to mine while Rumours played loudly in an effort to conceal said female vocals and dilute the percussive impact of his innersprung bed that had concrete blocks for legs. Special. But one of rock's best rhythm sections endured despite.

2. Eagles Hotel California. I spent four months working for the world's meanest tee-total sheep farmer at a place called Te Wera -- approximately equidistant between the pubs at Toko and Whangamomona. About 10 days of this sentence was spent confined in a woolshed with two extremely average shearers, no radio reception, a cassette player and one cassette. You guessed it, Hotel California. One of the world's best country music bands triumphed despite. Warm smell of policemen rising up through the air...

[Hitcher]

And you would know all about drag (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20220&d=1132184796) wouldn't you?

I didn't think you were talking about k d Lang's greatest ever album...

[Big Dave]

Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen.
'And the poets down here don't write nothin' at all
they just stand back and let it all be.'

Khe San - Cold Chisel.
I hit that Hong Kong matress.

Blue Day - Mi sex
Unburdened with knowledge of the preceeding Cabaret act he came across as a cool rocker - they were quite huge in Aus.

Us and them.
No words req.

Song for Guy. - Reg Dwight.
Yeah he's an old queen - but what a piana piece.

The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby.
Roll on Roll on Roll on.

Roll me away - Bob Segar
Walked out to my big two wheeler...
I just rolled that power on...
And we rode - we rode clear outta sight.

Sounds of then - Gangajang.
An Aussie anthem.

Downunder.
Who's 6'4 and full of muscles.

[SixPackBack]

And you would know all about drag (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20220&d=1132184796) wouldn't you?

Giz a kiss ol' boy:love:

[Macktheknife]

Anything by Queen, but especially Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the Champions, and Who Wants to Live Forever.

Billy Idol, White Wedding
Elton John, Daniel.
Judd Strunk, Daisy a Day.
John Denver, Sweet Surrender.
And many others I can't be arsed posting.

[Lorax]

Night Swimming - REM

Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through - Meatloaf

Turn the Page - Metallica

I Ain't Mad at Cha - 2Pac

All very diff genres but hell's of goodness.
Oh and so many more!!!!!!

[pzkpfw]

Too many to list, but playing Warren Zevon's Greatest Hits right now on my PC.

Lawyers Guns and Money
Werewolves of London
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
Down at Detox Mansion
etc.

[Maha]

Judd Strunk, Daisy a Day.


Is it ok to say that i know that song?.....:innocent:

Old Dogs and Children and Watermelon Wine......:Punk:
Funeral for a Friend......Elton John....Haunting with a pinch of rock...
Rock n' Roll All Night abd Party every Day.......KISS.....:thud:

[Big Dave]

Funeral for a Friend......Elton John....Haunting with a pinch of rock...

The epic meatlof wishes he'd thunk of.

[smoky]

When I hear 'harvest moon' by Neil Young, I remember a certain Ausy girl and I dancing naked in the Rye by moon light (pissed).

Also 'Put another dime in the dukebox baby' by Joanie Jet and Black hearts, it takes me back to when it first came out, I heard it at a party dancing the night away with a certain georgous girl called J9.

A perfect date; a good bottle of wine, a sexy woman (my wife now days) and music by Lenoard Cohan - 'dance me to the end of love'.

[Quartermile]

It's not that old, but 'How you remind me' by Nickelback is defiantly mine with 'we built this city' a close second cos it reminds me of Riding probably cos of this video clip:
damm can't find it, its an Adrenaline Crew one anyway

[vifferman]

showing your age methinks... :shutup:

Bowie's stuff is 'old' ...all of it! "labrinth" anyone?
And perhaps you're showing your ignorance (including of spelling - it's "Labyrinth"). Bowie has always (apart from that awful 60's crap we won't mention ever again) been avant garde and somewhat ahead of his time. And he's still active in his 60's. What about "Heathen" and his Tin Machine stuff?

I'm kinda freaked out by some of the crap that pushes people's buttons. Dear oh dear...

Mind you, I have some very strange musical button-pushing going on myself.
My oldest musical memory is from about 1964-ish (yes, I'm fucking old - get over it). "Downtown" by whoever was playing on the radio when we were in SeedKnee, on our way back to UnZud. I don't particular like the song, but it makes me feel weird when I hear it (thankfully, not very often, especially as I don't listen to the radio).

I have some good memories from the 70's - I heard Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water when they were first released (magic!) and listened to some kewl stuff: Uriah Heep, Led Zep, Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, Emerson Lake & Palmer, T-Rex, Steppenwolf, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, etc. Strangely, I didn't really get into Bowie till later (along with MOR stuff like Supertramp, Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young), The Eagles and - like Beemer - Frampton) then Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers, Neil Young (especially live stuff), Lynyrd Skynard, JJ Cale, etc., and in the 80s was distracted by punk, Talking Heads, Split Enz, The Cure, The Clash, The Angels, Cold Chisel, Devo, B-52s, and a whole lot of forgettable stuff like Gary Numan and Ultravox.

When I became for a time a born-again, fundamentalist looney, I got ride of my pile of vinyl and tapes, and have since replaced an awful lot of it with CDs of exactly the same stuff. Unfortunately, some seems to be irreplaceable.

Poignant memories? Frampton's Baby I love Your Way (girlfriend of 1977), and Boz Scaggs (girlfriend of '78, who's now my wife).
For over 30 years I've had the lyrics to Desperation by Steppenwolf (their Rest in Peace album was the first album I bought) playing in my head whenever I feel crap. Due to the wonders of modern technology, I listened to it just a few minutes ago, but due to the crappiness of late-60s recording, the supposedly remastered edition sounded worse playing on the PS3 through 6 channels of the 115W/channel Onkyo and the B&W speakers than it did on my parent's crappy valve-amp Hi-Fi.

What else is a button-pusher? I've found some new stuff. The live version of Sarah McLaughlin's Building a Mystery makes me feel really sad, and for a while the opening lyrics of Better Be Home Soon were my theme song,. U2's One and With or Without You have also made me sad at times.

I have a strange brain that plays music almost continuously, sometimes not stuff I'd listen to by choice, so I have to be careful what I listen to, lest I'm plagued by some particularly drossful piece of elevator music.

[Maha]

I have some good memories from the 70's - I heard Stairway to Heaven and Smoke on the Water when they were first released (magic!) and listened to some kewl stuff: Uriah Heep, Led Zep, Iron Butterfly, Iron Maiden, T-Rex, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, etc. Strangely, I didn't really get into Bowie till later (along with MOR stuff like Supertramp, The Eagles and - like Beemer - Frampton) Neil Young (especially live stuff), Lynyrd Skynard, Talking Heads, Split Enz, The Cure, Cold Chisel, Ultravox.


Add to that KISS and Skidrow and we could be friends....:yes:

[SPman]

So many years - so much music.........

Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't bring me Down...the track I played a lot when I was at a real low spot in my life.....

The Rocky George intro - all quiet, then the

What the hell's going on around here?!!!

kicking into the main riff and summing it up with...

Just cause you don't understand what's going on don't mean it don't make no sense
And just cause you don't like it, don't mean it ain't no good
And let me tell you something;

Before you go taking a walk in my world
You better take a look at the real world
Cause this ain't no Mister Roger's Neighborhood

Can you say "feel like shit"?
Yea maybe sometimes I do feel like shit
I ain't happy 'bout it, but I'd rather feel like shit than be full of shit!

And if I offended you, oh I'm sorry...
But maybe you need to be offended
But here's my apology and one more thing...fuck you!

Yeah - that sort of summed it up, at the time

[MisterD]

I thought Guilty Pleasures was about stuff you can't help liking despite the fact you know people will probably laugh at you...rather than just listing all the stuff you like...

Guilty pleasures for me?

The whole of ELO's "New World Record"....ok you can stop laughing now.

[Maha]

"Downtown" by whoever was playing on the radio

That be Petula Clarke (sp).....:yes:

[Motu]

When I became for a time a born-again, fundamentalist looney, I got ride of my pile of vinyl and tapes,


A very good friend of mine did that - he was a mentor of mine through the bad years,one of those who had been there done that,and was ready to hold the hand of someone else walking the tightrope.We were as one in our thinking,and shared many books and records.He shifted out of Auckland and I dropped into see him on my way to the Sth Island....2 weeks later on my way back he had become a Born Again and burned all MY books because they were evil!

Have to go and see him tonight - last night in the pouing rain I abandoned a car at his place...there was no one home,so I removed the plates and left it there.I know what he's going to say - ''35 years,35 years and you still[B] do this to my life!''

[Goblin]

True guilty pleasures! :whistle:

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[Banditbandit]

Quite a few ...

The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider

Leonard Cohen - Bird on a Wire

Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee

Bob Marley - Redemption Songs

Cold Chisel - Breakfast at Sweethearts

Rolling Stones - Wild Horses

... thasss enough for now ..

[unstuck]

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Both have strong memories attached to them for me.:Punk::Punk: