Recording Artists you're ashamed to admit you like...

[Karim]

I only recently got into Pink and it ain't bad...

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Billy Joel.

and there was one song by the Spice Girls: "Say You'll Be There" but otherwise they were nails on a chalkboard...

[paperstreetsoap]

norah jones

frou frou

[TLK]

Neil Diamond

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Neil Diamond
There is nothing wrong with Neil Diamond.

I also like Air Supply. :D

[lcjjdnh]

Hootie and the Blowfish
John Mayer

[Airhog]

Michael Bolton

[Coffee Warlord]

Michael Bolton

That no talent assclown?

[Joe]

josh groban

[BigJohn&TheLions]

Kenny G. (again, only one song: "Midnight Motion")

[MJ4H]

SkyDog

[Schmidty]

Dan Fogelberg, Jim Croce, Don McLean, and Bert Jansch. And about 1,000 others.

[Franklinnoble]

Prince.

[oliegirl]

Anything 80's...especially Debbie Gibson and bubble gum pop of that era...

There is a horrible CD from a Disney created band called Steps that I am totally addicted to.

[sovereignstar]

Linkin Park, although I'm not certain why I'm ashamed.

[CamEdwards]

billy squier.

[bosshogg23]

Prince.

Gotta 2nd Prince. Have both of his greatest hits.

[Arles]

Second Josh Groban. I also enjoy listening to Crash Test Dummies when I code for some reason.

[Dr. Sak]

Jessica Simpson

[Eaglesfan27]

Sarah McLachlan. I took Ms. Eaglesfan to one of her concerts for her Birthday and ended up really liking her music. Now, I own all of her CD's.

[Karlifornia]

Nirvana

[JeeberD]

Disturbed

[BYU 14]

Air Supply and Warren Zevon.....and they both go way against my usual tastes...........................but it gets worse.








to really get to the bottom of the Pop barrel, I was really into the Knack back in the day. I had "Get the Knack" hidden behind my Aerosmith, Nazereth, Thin Lizzy and Cheap Trick albums when it first came out, argh!!!

[digamma]

I'm not sure if this really fits in this thread or not, but an apparently straight (he's married) co-worker admitted at lunch yesterday that the only concert he's ever attended (he's 33) is a George Michael show.

[digamma]

dola...
and for me, I guess it'd be Ashlee Simpson.

[Critch]

Rod Stewart.

[Pyser]

the new kelly clarkson stuff.

[Bearcat729]

I've only seen 4 concerts in my life

the one I don't like to admit is I saw the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap in Cleveland when I was 6 or 7.

I can't believe I liked the Monkees.

[Ksyrup]

I'm not ashamed of any artist I like. Now, you might be ashamed of some of the artists I like, and vice versa, but that's not the question...

[Calis]

I can't imagine being ashamed of liking Prince, the man is a genius...and he rocks.

I have to second Air Supply though, it's the first band that popped into my mind when I heard the question.

Too many others, best left unknown..

I think another good question is bands you'r ashamed to dislike, I can think of more of those. ;)

[Fonzie]

Hall & Oates
ABBA
Journey

[Draft Dodger]

probably Kylie Minogue

[MikeVick7]

It used to be John Mayer...but now I think he's the man.

[Sun Tzu]

Hootie and the Blowfish.

Gotta love em.

[Joe]

Hootie and the Blowfish.

Gotta love em.


Skydog and the Blowfish?

[lighthousekeeper]

I've only seen 4 concerts in my life

the one I don't like to admit is I saw the Monkees, Herman's Hermits and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap in Cleveland when I was 6 or 7.

I can't believe I liked the Monkees.


Wow - I saw that tour too - at Great Adventure, NJ. What year was that? (mid-eighties?) I was totally into the Monkees around then too. But that's not what I'm ashamed of.


What I am ashamed of is that I was into Peter Cetera back in the karate kid days. "I am a man who will fight for your honor. I'll be the heeeerroo you're dreaming of..."

[Raven Hawk]

Alan Parsons Project
Oingo Boingo

[Pumpy Tudors]

Celine Dion (sometimes)

[Abe Sargent]

Air Supply

[Abe Sargent]

Air Supply
Dola -

I wrote that Air Supply but without reading teh thread, but now I see that everybody likes em, so maybe I shouldn't be so ashamed.

-Anxiety

[Abe Sargent]

Dola -

I wrote that Air Supply but without reading teh thread, but now I see that everybody likes em, so maybe I shouldn't be so ashamed.

-Anxiety

Super Dola -

I'm surprised that my firends have never noticed how many gay acts I have in my CD collection. I'm currently watching/listening to Erasure's DVD with their 35 videos on it. I love Pet Shop Boys (my 2nd fav band). George Michael CDs? Check. There's been rumors about a member of Depeche Mode (my fav band). Of couse, Air Supply is gayer than a rainbow. Etc. If the guys I play Magic and D&D with ever realized the sheer amount of gay artists I have they'd rib me about it for six months straight.

-Anxiety

[SackAttack]

If the guys I play Magic and D&D with ever realized the sheer amount of gay artists I have they'd rib me about it for six months straight.

I think they have more important things to worry about, frankly. Don't you?

[Draft Dodger]

I think they have more important things to worry about, frankly. Don't you?

gold.

[TroyF]

I'm not ashamed of any artist I like. Now, you might be ashamed of some of the artists I like, and vice versa, but that's not the question...


Exactly. I'm not ashamed at all. If the rest of the world hates a musician I like, that's their problem, not mine.

I hear a song or artist I like, I don't have an issue with telling anyone that I like it.

[Bearcat729]

Wow - I saw that tour too - at Great Adventure, NJ. What year was that? (mid-eighties?) I was totally into the Monkees around then too. But that's not what I'm ashamed of.



Well if the link I found on Google is right it was 1986 which sounds about right.

[Airhog]

I think they have more important things to worry about, frankly. Don't you?

Like if their wizard's robes match their wizard's hats?

[Honolulu_Blue]

Sarah McLachlan. I took Ms. Eaglesfan to one of her concerts for her Birthday and ended up really liking her music. Now, I own all of her CD's.
Nothing to be ashamed of, mate. I've seen her 7 or 8 times in concert. Amazing voice. Don't be ashamed just because she's a chick.

[thealmighty]

REO Speedwagon

Never be ashamed of ABBA...I saw the play with all the ABBA songs when I was in Vegas. It was really good (can't remember the title at this time, but it will come to me in a more lucid moment).

[Northwood_DK]

Garth Brooks

[Young Drachma]

Ludacris

[TLK]

damn.... can't believe I forgot this one.....

Chicago

I hide my Chicago cd's anytime my parents visit my house :)

[Senator]

Enuff Z Nuff

[Cringer]

Alanis Morrisette

[ice4277]

Hillary Duff and Kelly Clarkson

[cody8200]

I saw REO Speedwagon and Journey...gotta tell you guys I love both of these bands and am not ashamed whatsoever. I think I'm most ashamed about liking some Blink 182 and Elton John.

[Ksyrup]

Enuff Z Nuff
How could you be ashamed of them? Take away the faux-glam band style (which was gone by the early 90's anyway), and they are a solid hard rock/power pop band.

[TheOhioStateUniversity]

Justin Timberlake, only his last album not the nsync crap.

[CamEdwards]

How could you be ashamed of them? Take away the faux-glam band style (which was gone by the early 90's anyway), and they are a solid hard rock/power pop band.

I played the living shit out of Enuff Z Nuff's first album. I think I bought the 2nd one as well, but it doesn't seem as memorable to me. Are the albums after that (if there are any) worth trying to find?

[Abe Sargent]

damn.... can't believe I forgot this one.....

Chicago

I hide my Chicago cd's anytime my parents visit my house :)

What!?! One of the best groups from the 70s? You are ashamed of a fusion of jazz and rock with a tremendous experiemental spin? Or are you hiding the 80's power ballad Chicago - I could understand that.


-Anxiety

[cuervo72]

I'll list ABBA and the Monkees as others have done. And Prince, I *guess* could be embarassing depending on who you tell.

Also: KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summer (ok, there's a lot of disco I like), Laurie Berkner, Enya, The Escape Club, Tom Jones, The B-52s, some Wiggles songs...

[DeToxRox]

I'll list ABBA and the Monkees as others have done. And Prince, I *guess* could be embarassing depending on who you tell.

Also: KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summer (ok, there's a lot of disco I like), Laurie Berkner, Enya, The Escape Club, Tom Jones, The B-52s, some Wiggles songs...

Enya does have the song from Boondock Saints to their credit.

[Senator]

I played the living shit out of Enuff Z Nuff's first album. I think I bought the 2nd one as well, but it doesn't seem as memorable to me. Are the albums after that (if there are any) worth trying to find?

I think they have 13 or so. I have them all, and I like them all. I personally love the group. But I like anybody who sounds like The Beatles in some form or fashion.

I get kidded alot by my friends about it.

Go the website and you can get them all. Or PM me.

[FrogMan]

I think they have 13 or so. I have them all, and I like them all. I personally love the group. But I like anybody who sounds like The Beatles in some form or fashion.

I get kidded alot by my friends about it.

Go the website and you can get them all. Or PM me.
13!!!! WOW! I have the first one, the other one after that, I think it's called "Strength". In fact, I pulled them out of my CD box about a month ago, and they've both been playing fairly regularly in the car lately... :)

FM

[FrogMan]

Alanis Morrisette
well, Alanis Morisette is one thing. Now if you had said you were a fan of hers when she called herself only Alanis, now that would be something to be ashamed of :D

FM

[Desnudo]

I think they have 13 or so. I have them all, and I like them all. I personally love the group. But I like anybody who sounds like The Beatles in some form or fashion.

I get kidded alot by my friends about it.

Go the website and you can get them all. Or PM me.

http://www.luds.net/galeries/nelson.gif

[Ksyrup]

I think they have 13 or so. I have them all, and I like them all. I personally love the group. But I like anybody who sounds like The Beatles in some form or fashion.

I get kidded alot by my friends about it.

Go the website and you can get them all. Or PM me.
I don't have them all, but I'm with Senator.

[duckman]

Journey.

[mhass]

I'm not answering this after reading what you guys think is embarassing.

[Tigercat]

I don't have any of her CDs, but I do enjoy Avril Lavigne(sp?)'s music, her first stuff and the newer stuff that I've heard. Perhaps too ashamed to buy a CD though.

[Ksyrup]

Journey.
Let me introduce you to my wife. We are going to be getting new cell phones soon - our first new phones in 2 years - and the main feature she wants is the ability to download Journey songs to use as ringtones. Seriously.

[KWhit]

Never be ashamed of ABBA...I saw the play with all the ABBA songs when I was in Vegas. It was really good (can't remember the title at this time, but it will come to me in a more lucid moment).
Mamma Mia.

[KWhit]

And on a related note, I like showtunes.

[moriarty]

I have to admit i have a strange infatutation w/ some of the Kelly Clarkson tunes ... and I might have actually downloaded (legally) one or two Mandy Moore songs ... but only as a palate cleanser between my heavy doses of Linkin Park.

[Klinglerware]

There is a horrible CD from a Disney created band called Steps that I am totally addicted to.

They're not a Disney band. They're prefabricated (from the UK), but they're not Disney.

Not that I'd know anything about that... (cough, cough...)

[Ksyrup]

I have to admit i have a strange infatutation w/ some of the Kelly Clarkson tunes ... and I might have actually downloaded (legally) one or two Mandy Moore songs ... but only as a palate cleanser between my heavy doses of Linkin Park.
Now, I have never heard a Mandy Moore or Kelly Clarkson song, but...

Mandy Moore's album Coverage is produced by the acclaimed John Fields (Glen Phillips, Bleu, Semisonic, Honeydogs, etc.), and includes contributions from non other than Andy Sturmer of Jellyfish fame and Phil Solem of The Rembrandts, among others. Not to mention, the song selection shows a predilection towards 70's pop/rock. In other words, it's not exactly Britney Spears/Jessica Simpson schlock. Or so I've read.

I've also been told by people whose opinions I respect that there's more to Kelly Clarkson than just American Idol, and that at least a few songs on her album are more "band oriented" than the usual American Idol warble-fest...but again, I haven't been able to tear myself away from artists I know and trust to sample either of them.

So I guess what I'm saying is...you might have high-rent taste in schlock. :D

[Warhammer]

I'll list ABBA and the Monkees as others have done. And Prince, I *guess* could be embarassing depending on who you tell.

Also: KC & The Sunshine Band, Donna Summer (ok, there's a lot of disco I like), Laurie Berkner, Enya, The Escape Club, Tom Jones, The B-52s, some Wiggles songs...

What's funny about this, my wife and I were talking about this Saturday night. We dropped off the kids and started singing "Victor Vito" in the car....

So I would have to say Laurie Berkner and Counting Crows are my two guilty pleasures.

Also, there is no shame in listening to Journey and REO, two of the biggest bands in the late 70s and early 80s!

[Raiders Army]

I like the Steps as well.

I really liked Milli Vanilli in the 80s...even after I found out they lyp-synched.

[Ksyrup]

Also, there is no shame in listening to Journey and REO, two of the biggest bands in the late 70s and early 80s!
All of those late 70's/early 80's bands got shafted when hard rock and metal got big. For about 5 years, bands like Foreigner, REO, Journey, Asia, Loverboy, Night Ranger...(give me a sec, I'm mentally running down my wife's CD collection), Styx, Bryan Adams, Survivor, Billy Squier (still a personal fave of mine), etc., were huge pop/rock acts. Then rock turned heavy, pop music went synth in a big way, and by 1985-86, the same music that was considered "rock" 5 years earlier sounded whimpy by comparison to the hair metal bands ruling MTV, and it was all over. A few, like Bryan Adams, Heart, and Cheap Trick, tried to mix things up and had some success (although fans skewered them for going soft), but mainly, they all lost their record deals, got fat, and waited until 1996 or thereabouts to try again.

Needless to say, it's still 1981 in my wife's heart. :)

[Kodos]

I enjoy quite a few George Michael songs, especially from the Listen Without Prejudice album.

There... I said it!

[Kodos]

Oh, and I am probably going to go see Def Leppard/Bryan Adams when they come to Schaumburg IL this summer. :D

[duckman]

Let me introduce you to my wife. We are going to be getting new cell phones soon - our first new phones in 2 years - and the main feature she wants is the ability to download Journey songs to use as ringtones. Seriously.
I wouldn't go that far, but I do like listening to them. My older brother listened to them when I was very young. I guess it just stuck.

[heybrad]

Oingo Boingo
Not sure what would be embarrasing about liking Boingo. They are/were a great band and Danny Elfman is a musical genius. Hell, I liked their music so much that I'll be going for the 2nd time this Friday night to see their tribute band, Dead Mans Party.

This may go down as the biggest embarrasment listed, maybe to others if they felt the same, but hey, I think the guys a talented singer and songwriter... anyway...

Barry Manilow

And before anybody makes too much fun of me, find yourself a lady, get comfy, play Weekend in New England and let nature take its course.

[SplitPersonality1]

Oh, and I am probably going to go see Def Leppard/Bryan Adams when they come to Schaumburg IL this summer. :D
Damn. What's worse. Having to sit thriugh two or three hours of Def Leppard and/or Bryan Adams or having to go to Schaumburg. You poor sap. :)

[MrBug708]

Aqua

[Suicane75]

I am not ashamed of admiting anything. I have my lucky NKOTB marbles on my desk when i play poker and I blast my Europe and Stacy Q mp3's all the live long day.
Viva La 80's!!

[jbmagic]

Milli Vanilli and New Kids on the Block :)

[Ksyrup]

New Kids on the Block :)

On another board the topic of "guilty pleasures" came up, and someone quoted this beauty from NKOTB:

"I'm Donny, the loveable Leo, rather than tell ya how I feel... I'm gonna sing it for you, baby." :redface:

[cuervo72]

Stacy Q mp3's

Been a long time since I've hears Two of Hearts...