Bands you're ashamed to admit you like

[Amaya]

I'm so ashamed :cry:




Come on, confess

[cags]

1. Poison

[MemphisTiger]

18. Guily also, or most any other hairband for that matter

I guess we all have guilty pleasures

[Amaya]

20. Ok, I'm guilty too

I had a picture of Brett Michaels on my wall.




What was I thinking?

[Kat45]

34. You were thinking: he's hot!

I thought the same thing (but I didn't have a picture on my wall.) :-)

:hi: Hi Amye!

[RagingInMiami]

2. Flock of Seagulls

Nah, I'm just kidding. I have to think about that question.

[nickgutierrez]

3. Along those same (facetious) lines

John Ashcroft. Such deep songwriting...

:loveya:

[jeff30997]

7. Let the eagle soaaaaaaar !!!

[nickgutierrez]

10. OMG!

:loveya:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

94. I liked that song too.

John Ashcroft should make a music video for that one. I would love to see that on TRL (if I had MTV).

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. Duran, Duran

[Amaya]

8. the early stuff was good...

I think? :silly:

[neebob]

49. I love Duran Duran

and Poison and Boston and Mötley Crüe, too. And Cinderella! And I'm not ashamed. So there!

[neebob]

53. And you know what else?

I like Echo and the Bunnymen.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. Don't Be Ashamed

The first three albums were superb. They had all the synths, but remembered rock is about guitars. A lessoned learned from The Cars.
The Professor

[AlCzervik]

5. i used to be embarrassed about liking the Carpenters

but I'm not anymore, i like what i like and i feel no shame.

[jeff30997]

6. I will never admit that !

Never ! It's too horrible...such a stupid band with such a stupid name...I will die with my secret.

[Amaya]

Confess, NOW!

[jeff30997]

19. Noooo! It's too embarrassing !

[RagingInMiami]

9. I'm not ashamed of it, but from what I've been I'm reading on DU,

I may as well be ashamed of liking Kid Rock.

[Amaya]

11. You should ASHAMED

:spank:

[RagingInMiami]

13. Yes, I deserve to be spanked

[EC]

12. Culture Club...n/t

[GRLMGC]

14. do you really wanna hurt me?

do you really wanna make me cry? :cry:

[yardwork]

60. I like Culture Club and I'm not embarrassed to say so!

Keith Richards even said they were good.

[name not needed]

15. Dokken, Styx

[NightTrain]

16. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

She's my Tallahassee Lassie...down in F-L-A!



Last night I took a walk after dark,
a swingin' place called Palisades Park!

[pbartch]

41. Is that Merryhill or Maryhill??

was such a thrill after dark?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

46. When the kid on "Malcolm in the Middle" grows up he'll look just like him!

Justin Berfield, who plays "Reese."

[Jade Fox]

50. Why ashamed?

"Palisades Park" is one of my all time favorite records. :hi:

[johnnie]

17. I can't think of any

I have never been ashamed what I liked. If people laughed at me, I had two words for them.. :evilgrin:

[SKKY]

21. Third Eye Blind. I know, they're horrible, but I like them.

[Guaranteed]

78. Nah, their first album was really good.

Had like five hits on it. Good, catchy stuff.

[last_texas_dem]

87. They did some good stuff

Their debut is actually a very good album in my opinion. (And this is even considering the fact that I've always disliked the song "Semi-Charmed Life".) It had some other singles that were quite good ("Losing a Whole Year", "Thanks a Lot", "How's It Going to be?"), but also some very interesting, surprisingly deep tracks towards the end ("The Background", "Motorcycle Drive By", "God of Wine") and some other very catchy could've-been-singles like "Good for You" and "London."

Their second album Blue had its moments, like "Anything", "Wounded", and "Darkness" but it didn't get to me the same as the debut. It didn't seem as personal; it was similar to the debut except with a harder, darker sound and worse lyrics.

Their third album was a disappointment to me, though, 'cause I waited on it to come out forever and only liked a couple songs. It's kind of interesting, with the majority of the songs about the lead singer Stephan Jenkins dating and breaking up with Charlize Theron, but the songs rarely stick in your head which is something 3EB had always done in the past, at least to me.

[cry baby]

22. ABBA

[solinvictus]

23. Chicago until about 1976

[last_texas_dem]

82. Hey, pre-'76 Chicago is nothing to be ashamed of

Well, at least in my opinion... that's some of the best pop-rock of the seventies. They did some good jazzy stuff (especially Chicago VII) and even rocked out sometimes, especially on the earliest albums. Their sound did change in the eighties: they lost their talented guitarist Terry Kath, toned down the horns, and their music developed that sterile "sheen" so common to "pop" music that came out in the eighties. But even then they did some good, if cheesy, singles, even if their albums weren't nearly up to the quality they used to be.

[TahitiNut]

24. Yanni and Kenny G.

Yup. :smoke:

[Amaya]

25. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

:smoke:

[TahitiNut]

35. I can't help it ... I like Enya, too.

I still love CCR, the Beach Boys, the Moody Blues, Ray Lynch, Leon Redbone, Leo Kottke, and damned near any Motown group, too. :shrug:

[Jade Fox]

55. Anyone who says they DON'T like Enya's first CD....

is probably lyin', and a careful inspection of their abode would likely reveal
a copy of same. ;)

[jonnyblitz]

57. lol

i managed to have a cassette version of it when I was on a navy ship homeported in Bahrain. the one with Orinoco Flow correct? I found it relaxing to listen to at the end of the day while lying in my bunk on the ship. If you knew me you would be surprised at this confession.

[Jade Fox]

59. I rest my case....

:hi:

[TahitiNut]

61. That's EXACTLY why I like Enya (and Yanni and Kenny G).

Whether or not they're regarded as good musicians by the congniscenti, my body relaxes and many of those below-noticing little pains and aches just go away when I listen. It's not a 'left brain' thing (unless that's where the beta waves are quiesced) - and I refuse to give in to pretension.

Some music I just regard as soul-healing, even if others may regard it with disdain. I refuse to use any music as cannon fodder for my disdain. If it helps the pain go away, I listen.

Some of the music I've listened to for many years, that does this "soul-healing" includes, (off the top of my head) ...

Medicine Woman - Medwyn Goodall
Common Threads - Bobby McFerrin
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Nightingale - Yanni
Chase the Clouds Away - Chuck Mangione
Bellavia - Chuck Mangione
Be Kind To Yourself - David Roth
Out From The Deep - Enigma
Celestial Soda Pop - Ray Lynch

[tanyev]

76. Secret Garden is another band

in that genre. Very soothing.

[jonnyblitz]

91. enya is "ethereal"

:thumbsup:

[jonnyblitz]

27. my mother has seen yanni live a few times.

she swears by him.

[davidlynch]

26. Boston n/t

[jonnyblitz]

28. I LOVE Marilyn Manson live, I am not ashamed but people

always go ewwwwwwwww. I have gone to a few Ozzfests where I couldn't stomach most of the other bands just to see MM. :shrug:

[Amaya]

30. Nothing to be ashamed of

I like um too. I went to an Ozzfest here in CT in 2003, were ya at that one?

[jonnyblitz]

47. yup i was at that one!

so was my sister (who you met). MM played at that one! :thumbsup:

MM took a night off from Ozzfest (i think prior to when they played at Tweeter Center south of Boston) and played by themselves at Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, ME and I went to THAT instead of a DU gathering at People's Republic in Cambridge.

[DS1]

52. That was the meeting where I showed up in my cod-piece and stilts,

just for you, and damn that was a disappointing day :cry:

[jonnyblitz]

54. fuck

:( sorry to have missed THAT.

[vixengrl]

29. Motley Crue. And now that I'm admitting it, I

feel like I should confess--they were my intro to, what I considered then--Metal! I got "Shout At the Devil"--and I liked it! And to this day, I consider "Home Sweet Home" one of my favorite songs. A piece of *art* even. And I sing along when it's on 'MMR. ("Nona" is also rather lovely--"Theater of Pain" is, I believe, underrated. A well-done album.)

[Amaya]

31. That's weird I'm listening to them right now...

I love their old stuff. I saw them in concert in LA many times.

[Amaya]

32. kick

m'kay

[blue neen]

33. Well, it's not really a band, but

Gary Neuman when he sings "Cars." Don't anybody yell!

[underpants]

36. Glenn Campbell (the Jimmy Webb songs in particular)

Not really ashamed though

[Amaya]

37. I'll be ashamed for you

x(

[last_texas_dem]

86. I like those songs, too

"Galveston" and "Wichita Lineman" are both great slices of pop-country-MOR...whatever-you'd-call-it. And "Where's the Playground, Susie?" honestly puts a lump in my throat everytime I hear it. Somewhere towards the end where all the words he's saying have sunk in and it fades out with some nice guitar work... Not sure what it is but it gets to me!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

38. Little River Band

Cheesy as all get up but they had catchy little tunes and I LOVED the lead singers voice.

[last_texas_dem]

95. Good stuff

"Reminiscing" makes me nostalgic for the seventies... and I wasn't even around then!

Also, something I will admit that many would be ashamed of is that I like all the big hit songs called "Lady": Little River Band, Styx, and Kenny Rogers. I probably like any other ones that I'm not sure of the existence of as well!

[Bo]

39. When in rome

[LanternWaste]

40. Partidge Family, Monkees, Abba, Bing Crosby

Partidge Family, Monkees, Abba, Bing Crosby


I'm not sayin' that I've downloaded music from the ptp clients, but...

O8)

[mvd]

42. Not many, but there are a few

I like many pop artists both old and new, but I'm only ashamed of my like of a few.

Lindsay Lohan - her debut album is driven along by a likable energy on upbeat songs and an earnestness on ballads, but the album Speak is not that good

Hanson - because they are known for the girls liking them so much and I'm a male

Rachel Farris - talk about a young sounding voice! But her music is catchy and she's a good writer

Phil Collins - SOME of his work (for Genesis; on albums But Seriously and Testify) is enjoyable

Britney Spears's In The Zone and a couple songs from before that album

[Left Is Write]

43. I have no shame. I like what I like.

I can't think of a single artist or band I would be "ashamed" to say I liked.

I own music from such varied sources as The Statler Brothers, The Carpenters, Frank Sinatra, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, John Taylor, The Go-Go's, The Bangles, Tony Orlando, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Rick Springfield, Dean Martin, Aerosmith, and dozens of others.

My tastes can't be pinned down to any single genre or type, and I am ashamed of none of them.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

48. From reading previous posts, I find I am woefully ignorant about music

I tend to stick to my personal favorites, most of whom would be ridiculed here, I'm quite certain.

[48pan]

44. Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge

Probably the two worst bands of their era, but Summertime Blues and You Keep Me Hangin On were great!

[last_texas_dem]

68. I love Vanilla Fudge

Maybe they employed the "take the pop song and make it 'metal' by doubling/tripling its length and adding in heavy drums and bass and dramatic vocals" gimmick one too many times... but often, the result was better than the original. "You Keep Me Hangin' on" is my favorite version of the song, and "Some Velvet Morning" totally transforms that one also, and in a good way. They also had some great originals like "Come by Day, Come by Night", "Take Me for a Little While" (their second-biggest hit, charting at #39), and "Where Is My Mind?"

I just discovered the band that they morphed into, Cactus, as well. They are harder, faster, bluesier, not quite as psychedelic, and also very good.

[sakabatou]

45. Ayumi Hamasaki

What? So what if its a band you never heard of?

[psychopomp]

65. Not a band

and yes, you should be ashamed.

[Bok_Tukalo]

51. ABBA

May God forgive me.

[Longgrain]

56. Styx

I was a huge fan as a teen, now Styx bashing is in vouge...

I never really took music that seriously...

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

58. I like Kelly Clarkson.

Yeah that's right, whatcha gonna do about it?!

:D

[last_texas_dem]

73. I'm a little ashamed to admit...

I've discovered I kinda like that "Breakaway" song by her!

[Patiod]

62. Loggins & Messina

Had "Kenny Loggins on Ice" on TV yesterday. My SO, the Clash Fan, came in, saw what I was watching, and just shook his head.

"This is It", "Celebrate Me Home", "I'm Alright", "What A Fool Believes" (he co-wrote it)

Pop, pop, pop, but that's okay

[LWolf]

63. My first ever concert, in 1974 (?) was Loggins & Messina

I think Anne Murray opened for them.

I like what I like; I'm not embarrassed by any of it, or worried that I don't seem to like much that other people love.

I have a particular reason for still being fond of Loggins and Messina all these decades later, that I won't post on a public message board.

I have to say that, while I've heard some of what Kenny Loggins has done since they broke up, I have no idea whatever happened to Jim Messina.

[Patiod]

64. My SO asked the same thing - what ever happened to Messina?

I'm not ashamed of liking Kenny Loggins; it's pure pop, and not the "arty" or innovative music my SO treasures. It might be self-consciously mushy, but "House at Pooh Corner" atill tugs the heartstrings (no, I don't own any Thomas Kinkade "art" either).

I have a theory that anything that was popular when a person was between ages 14-18 is going to rise to the top of their favorites list even if its the worst sort of dreck

[LWolf]

67. Good theory.

I can still sing, word for word, songs I listened to between the ages of 12 and 18, and enjoy it, even though I know, from a musical standpoint, that it's garbage. I'm still a teenager when I hear it, I guess.

House at Pooh Corner is a favorite; I can sort of play it on the guitar. I always thought it was a song about lost innocence; it reminds me of my oldest son, and brings tears to my eyes.

[Touchdown]

88. Since you said Loggins, I'll say Buckingham

Linsay Buckingham. Better than Christine, better than Stevie (sorry, it's true!).

Holiday Road beats I'm Alright for cheesy Chevy Chase movie songs any day! Go Insane and Trouble are just icing on the cake!

[StopTheMorans]

69. U2-Achtung Baby

please beat me now; I'm so embarrassed :cry:

[Amaya]

71. I slept with Bono once

I'm still embarrassed about that one. Good music, but he's lousy in the sack x(

[StopTheMorans]

72. i bet. he was probably whining about his relationships and God.

:eyes:

[Amaya]

74. LOL :o)

no, but he wore lifts to bed :silly:

[StopTheMorans]

75. did he have on those stupid yellow hipster sunglasses too?

:puke:

[Amaya]

79. No, he was wearin' the red ones

[StopTheMorans]

80. i hope that you shower after posting that pic, i'm leaving work early

to head home and shower right now :puke:

[last_texas_dem]

70. Not many

I like a lot of groups that many people would be ashamed to admit to liking, but I've gotten to where I take pride in my "musically incorrect" taste. Some bands I like that are "uncool" include Chicago, Styx, Uriah Heep, Kansas, and Bread. I also like a lot of late-sixties bubblegum (the early stuff, where the term actually applied to a certain "sound", rather than just anything teenybopper girls liked) like the Ohio Express, the 1910 Fruitgum Co., etc. I like one-hit-wonders (often actually three-or-four-hit wonders) from all eras... to me, just 'cause an artist never had much success beyond a couple of songs doesn't mean they never did other good stuff; sometimes it's fun to discover what else they did. So with everything from Iron Butterfly and Paper Lace to Seven Mary Three and Third Eye Blind (with some Milli Vanilla thrown in for good measure) in my collection, there's plenty for me to be ashamed of... but I'm not. :-)

[banjosareunderrated]

77. Shawn Colvin n/t

[Ryano42]

81. ABC

80's glam at it's best and worst! Great vocals tho IMHO...

"When Smokie sings...I hear violins"

:silly:

[GOPBasher]

83. 80's glam bands: Bon Jovi, Poison, Motley Crue, some others.

I'm really not embarrased, though; I just think maybe I *should* be.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

93. I like Bon Jovi.

Wanted Dead or Alive is one of my favorite songs.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

84. Milli Vanilli

It don't make me a bad person

[last_texas_dem]

85. Awesome

Good to see someone else admit it!

You know what I never got about the whole Milli Vanilli thing is this... OK, if someone always thought their music sucked, from the beginning, before the "scandal", etc., that's one thing. I know there's a lot of people (probably plenty of people on DU) who felt/feel that way. But what I never got were the people who bought the album when it was big, presumably because they liked the music... and then decided they wanted to return it, they hated it, etc., etc. after they found out the guys who "played" Milli Vanilli in the media weren't really the people singing. That makes no sense to me. If you like how music sounds, how can you suddenly dislike how it sounds because the people you thought were singing it turn out to be fakes? Now, I can totally understand reassessing the "talent" of the musicians you have now determined to be lipsyncers, or reassessing the ethics of all of those involved in the act and their music... But if you liked how the music itself sounded I just cannot see how finding out it's someone else singing would deteriorate its quality at all.

Anyway, that was just a pointless ramble of mine, but that's just something that has always bothered me about the whole Milli Vanilli debacle.

[Malikshah]

89. Judas Priest-- early stuff

Stained Class and British Steel-- Loved it then, love it now

:)

[HEAVYHEART]

90. None n/t

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

92. I'm not ashamed but maybe most wouldn't admit to liking

The Wiggles - My son watches one of their DVDs a lot. They're a lot of fun and their songs are catchy. It's really cute to watch my son try to sing some of their songs and imitate their dance moves too.

N'Sync - They have good voices and sound good together. I liked that Bye, Bye song. A lot of their songs I think are cheesy, but they are great performers and can sing very well. Justin Timberlake is very talented singer, even though a lot of people like to trash on him. I though Cry Me A River was a good song, but I don't like the rest of his solo songs.

Destiny's Child - They also all have great voices and sound very good together. They are very talented. I think it's a shame when they waste their talent on some of the more ghetto sounding songs. I think Beyonce is way better with the group than without them.

Christina Aguilera - The girl has a awesome voice, I just wish she could do some better songs.

Celine Dion - The same can be said for her too.

All disco music - I love it! KC rocks! The Bee-gees and ABBA are cool too. I love that Fernando song. Disco music is so fun.

Duran Duran and B-52's- Their music is so fun!

Jessica Simpson - I think she has a good voice.

Rammstein - I love how scary they sound. Heavy metal sounds really threatening when sung in German.