OK time to fess up
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IdleRich
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I like that Chris Isaac one which is called, I can't remember what it's called but I've got it on seven inch and the video has him on a beach with some supermodel. I also like Boys of Summer by the guy from the Eagles.
These were both good sixties tunes originally (especially Venus). Maybe the songwriting shines through.
These were both good sixties tunes originally (especially Venus). Maybe the songwriting shines through.
Sorry, I didn't get it quite right. I went hunting and it's specifically about cheesy dance tunes:confucius said:
http://dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=1911
I didn't mention it's also produced by Thomas Fehlmann, who's been mixed up with the Orb for years and years (now full time member I think) and has done things on cool labels like Apollo, Kompakt, and Plug Research. Quite a strange time for them, I think they'd fallen well under the radar after doing that Abba tribute EP.confucius said:
3underscore
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IdleRich said:
Wicked Game. Is that meant to be guilty? jeez - you people are seriously hipster types if you are ashamed of stuff like that. Mind you, dissensus is full of this type of posing a lot of the time. Controversy that some people like Woebot whose eclecticism and opinion is lauded, actually says he quite likes a band that has broken through mainstream radio?
when i played einsturzende neubauten's drawings of patient OT to a friend he told me i should be ashamed of myself for listening to music like that. i'd put it on because i thought he might like it!
that i'm your venus song was by bananarama i think. i used to fancy the one dressed as a devil in the video, i was about 8 at the time.
that i'm your venus song was by bananarama i think. i used to fancy the one dressed as a devil in the video, i was about 8 at the time.
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IdleRich
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I'm getting slated for saying Wicked Game is a guilty pleasure? I'm saying I like it at least aren't I?
Venus was done by Banarama in the 80s, it was originally by Shocking Blue (Dutch band who did Send Me a Postcard and Lovebuzz) and loads of other people have covered it (Tom Jones I think maybe, I don't know).
Venus was done by Banarama in the 80s, it was originally by Shocking Blue (Dutch band who did Send Me a Postcard and Lovebuzz) and loads of other people have covered it (Tom Jones I think maybe, I don't know).
kennel_district
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henry s said:
if listening to journey is a guilty pleasure then the burden of guilt is going to overwhelm me.
'101 Damnations' by Carter USM
shykitten said:do you mean 'Venus' by Bananarama? i have a thing for that, although i don't own it. i can't explain it as i loathe Bananarama/SAW otherwise, but i have a fantasy of discovering some tatty 12" single of it in a charity shop, taking it home...
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Does liking the Shocking Blue original make it any better? Personally if we're talking embarassing Bangles then I'm a "Walk Like An Egyptian" kinda guy.
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this thread reminds me of a game mentioned in a david lodge novel where english profs each have to fess up to something they've not read. it is all fine until he introduces it to american academics who become hugely competitive leading to one eminent academic finally admitting to never having read Hamlet thus leading to career destruction.
nearly everything so far has been 'tastefully' guilty, i.e. slightly poppy/ m.o.r for a supposedly avant-ish board.
as a teenager i used to argue vociferously that the alarm were the best band in britain (still love it when 68 guns comes on the radio)
when i got an ipod i downloaded all the peter gabriel genesis albums and listen to foxtrot at least once a week
then there's prefab sprout, josh rouse, santana ...
nearly everything so far has been 'tastefully' guilty, i.e. slightly poppy/ m.o.r for a supposedly avant-ish board.
as a teenager i used to argue vociferously that the alarm were the best band in britain (still love it when 68 guns comes on the radio)
when i got an ipod i downloaded all the peter gabriel genesis albums and listen to foxtrot at least once a week
then there's prefab sprout, josh rouse, santana ...
maybe it should have been 'what music do you like purely for nostalgic reasons?'
which seems to be what this thread is skewing towards
for me.... snotty recess & lookout records stuff like quincy punks, FYP, the crumbs, screeching weasel,
blanks 77.....
poppy 3rd wave ska-punk.. less than jake, mu330, potshot, assorted jelly beans asian man records stuff
the self titled mu330 album in particular is a great example for me.. really love this album, but got their most recent and didnt dig it at all, so one has to wonder if it's simply because the songs are ingrained in my psychie or if theyre actually good. whatever!
which seems to be what this thread is skewing towards
for me.... snotty recess & lookout records stuff like quincy punks, FYP, the crumbs, screeching weasel,
blanks 77.....
poppy 3rd wave ska-punk.. less than jake, mu330, potshot, assorted jelly beans asian man records stuff
the self titled mu330 album in particular is a great example for me.. really love this album, but got their most recent and didnt dig it at all, so one has to wonder if it's simply because the songs are ingrained in my psychie or if theyre actually good. whatever!