Guilty Pleasures

[Heno]

yup, i can live with this song a little

black box was another from back in the day


but the one thats appeared to me most recently is the first two u2 albums

at the same time the cure were doing their thing

[Shush]

Wishful thinking - China Crisis

What can I say, it reminds me of the 80s.

Not saying the 80s were good -- feel JS is on a mission to remind us that they weren't

But, if you were a teen "back then", then which ever decade "back then" has fond memories. You are really being sentiment for being young and innocent, whichever decade it was.

[Master Ray]

Wishful thinking - China Crisis

What can I say, it reminds me of the 80s.

Not saying the 80s were good -- feel JS is on a mission to remind us that they weren't

But, if you were a teen "back then", then which ever decade "back then" has fond memories. You are really being sentiment for being young and innocent, whichever decade it was.

This, so much.  As an 80's teenager, I didn't get into 'proper' music  until the very late 80's and 90's.  Doesn't mean I don't have an awful lot of fondness for tunes that, if I heard them for the first time today, I might not like.

So, if we're still posting things, I do love this tune, Laura Branighan 'Self Control', shame she died so young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8-pP4VboBk

 

[Shush]

Neil Young, Harvest moon. It;s not very punk or alternative, but it's nice, just nice. When me and my good lady have a session watching music vids on youtube, its a wonderful easy song to finish on. I like the simple easy video also, I gather the people in the audience are friends and family. -- again, nice !

Aaand also,, in the same scenario, Johnny Cash, Hurt. Amazing song, amazing video. Both full of pure emotion. I seem to remember hearing the sad irony that his wife in the video actually died before him, even though this was his final sign-off. I suppose some couples are just fated to always be together

[Stephanie]

To be honest...I don't even feel guilty for anything I have listened to or still enjoy listening to.  Well, I suppose most of us aren't really, are we?

We have a radio station here, playing mostly rock music, Radio Bob - and they have this feature where you can phone in and "confess" the musical sins of your youth. You confess, are forgiven and then get some cool stuff to keep you on the "right path" - all quite tongue in cheek, of course.

That made me think - what have I listened to that I might want to confess? But, if I am to be totally honest, I am not really ashamed of anything - at the end of the day, all of it has led me to where I am now...and I am fine with that.

Things I like/used to like that most people nowadays tend to find surprising is Culture Club (actually got tickets to see them in June), German band Dschingis Khan - and indeed lots of 80s pop music that still brings back fond memories. 

[jc]

The only thing I am guilty of musically in my younger days was being too dismissive of too much  when really there is no such thing as bad music only what you like and what you don’t yet understand.


Cheers

jc

[Master Ray]

OK, I'm bringing this thread back to life, the concept of 'Guilty Pleasures' (I maintain there is no such thing, you like what you like and never apologise for it) but howzabout some more recent and somewhat fashionable acts that you checked out and were surprised how good they were.

I'm gonna go with Billie Eilish.  I heard she was very famous, ignored her due to the usual middle-aged musical snobbery but checked out her first album just for the heck of it... it was excellent.  As has much of her output been since.  Not just some silly pop act but someone genuinely willing to push the boundaries and take on influences from the past and with some damn good lyricism thrown in as well.

[Ghosttrain]

Thought her set at Glastonbury 2023 was brilliant.....loved it  ...