Musical guilty pleasures

[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....

[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).....

[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 [B]still do this to my life!''

[Goblin]

True guilty pleasures!

[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]

Both have strong memories attached to them for me.