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Guilty pleasure music?

How about this for a thread -- name some of your guilty pleasures musically. What albums/CDs/tapes do you dig out of their hiding places and put on when nobody's looking? What do you like that you'd hate to admit to the Keepers of the Cool? I'll start with ... Stand Up by David Lee Roth. Okay, the guy's a jerk and has about a 4-note range. But this song, along with "Just Like Living in Paradise," really kicks. Steve Vai casually tosses off guitar leads that smoke, the drumming is punchy and the bass packs a nice whomp. Just the thing to blare through a pair of headphones as you get your workout in high gear. So, who's next? Anybody wanna fess up to liking Alice Cooper? Bad Company? Early Chicago?
michaelb
1439bhr
85 posts
 
Lynyrd Skynyrd. 'nuff said.
dsod_009853
2 posts
 
Some great choices, I actually listen to Black Flag, Circle Jerks, TSOL, Poison 13, Gun Club, Big Boys, The Vandals, Agent Orange, etc. Thru a pair of Magnapans, wouldn't that make some people cringe. I wouldn't consider any of them guilty pleasures, mine would be Bread (yeah, that's right) The Carpenters, Burt Bacharach, Andy Williams, Dan Fogelberg, and the one I can only listen to when the wife is out of the house--Type O Negative. And You're right Carl, Def Leppard is a GREAT band.
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
Thank you, Dsod! The only valid criticism I've ever seen is that they've succombed to commercialism a little overmuch. But, they love music more than I do, and love playing it live more than any other rock band, except maybe The Stones, or most especially The Dead. Anyway, that's how highly I think of the Sheffield boys.
eldragon
707 posts
 
Yes, more and more often i prefere: SILENCE! And don't... feel guilty about it.
john_l
782 posts
 
The intro to Hells Bells.. Best when played with the following audiophile setup: - Ancient Aiwa tape deck (w/variable pitch!). - 100W Soldano Guitar head (aka an amplifier). - Pole mounted Marshall speakers. - Old downtown Detroit warehouse practice space w/30 foot ceilings. All of $150/month in downtown detroit circa 1990, BYOB (Bring Your Own Bullets). With this combination, I found that I was listening to the music rather than the equipment.....
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