Any guilty musical pleasures outside of Metal or HR?

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

The Cure should never be considered a "guilty pleasure", personally I prefer them to most metal. The Cure is one of my favorite bands ever who put out one of my favorite albums ever.

disintergration is a top 10 cd of all time for me
Also loe me some classic(Black Celebration through around 1997)depeche mode and New order

 

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

Can't get enough of the new daft punk cd

 

[J. Golden]

Yeah, I would not consider those guilty pleasures. Same as I wouldn't consider AOR bands such as Toto, Journey, Foreigner, etc, guilty pleasures as all of them are still in the Rock realm! . Hell, someone was hoping Saga would make it to PPUSA!

yep he has

 

[J. Golden]

disintergration is a top 10 cd of all time for me
Also loe me some classic(Black Celebration through around 1997)depeche mode and New order

New Order was ok, always preferred Joy Division.

 

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

Definitely count me in on new age(kitaro,Tangarine Dream,Yanni,Jean Michael Jarre)

All the classic new wave/synth music(still pull out the 1st 3 gary numan albums all the time)
paul oakenfold/sashaand digweed,style trance

robert miles 3am is a classic for me

And I also put ray of light by Madonna in my top 10 alltime albums

 

[Formerly known as Chris F5]

Italo Disco

That would be giorgio moroder type stuff(love as well)

 

[Justin G]

Have you heard Mike Ness' solo albums?

So many times they're burned onto my psyche. I caught him live at the time and he was so much better than when he does the Social D touring.

 

[Justin G]

Katy Perry and Kelly Clarkson with absolutely ZERO guilt.

I knew that was coming.

 

[Bamafan]

I don't feel particularly guilty about it, but I'm a fan of Patty Griffin style folk music, a traditional country singer songwriter named Louise Mosrie, and a Southern gothic alt country band called The Floating Men that I still put on when I feel like navel gazing.

 

[grogg]

Early Elton John (through GYBR)

"Lord of the Rings" soundtrack

Love the Sex Pistols "Never Mind The Bollocks...."

 

[AngraRULES]

"Lord of the Rings" soundtrack

How is that a guilty pleasure? It's more epic and "metal" than most metal we listen to around here!

 

[Random Axe]

I'm way too myopic and narrow-minded to venture too much out of my prog and metal comfort zone, so I remain mostly guilt free. I admit to being a major Styx and Triumph fan and I frequently listen to Here Come the Mummies. Oh, and I guess most sappy, expressive vocalists like Richard Marx, some Josh Groban, Elton John, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot and Dan Fogelberg. History will decide if I should have felt guilty or embarrassment.

 

[templeofmax]

Disintegration

That was the one I was listening to last night!! It tends to drag a little bit towards the end because some of the songs are a bit too long for that style I think! However, Lovesong is one of the best songs ever!!!

 

[Metal66]

KELLY CLARKSON

 

[templeofmax]

Well, Elton John, Sting, Eagles, Nazareth, etc, I like all of those, but they can be considered Rock or Rock/Pop anyhow.

 

[templeofmax]

I'm way too myopic and narrow-minded to venture too much out of my prog and metal comfort zone, so I remain mostly guilt free. I admit to being a major Styx and Triumph fan and I frequently listen to Here Come the Mummies. Oh, and I guess most sappy, expressive vocalists like Richard Marx, some Josh Groban, Elton John, Jim Croce, Gordon Lightfoot and Dan Fogelberg. History will decide if I should have felt guilty or embarrassment.

Well, how can Styx and Triumph be considered a 'guilty' pleasure?

 

[Random Axe]

Triumph perhaps not. Nobody I know or work with has heard of them. Styx take a lot of crap in the cred department and on shows like Family Guy. Despite the Aquaman complex they have, I love them.

 

[Mardoch]

Triumph perhaps not. Nobody I know or work with has heard of them. Styx take a lot of crap in the cred department and on shows like Family Guy. Despite the Aquaman complex they have, I love them.

Styx is awesome. The haters can cram it.

 

[SkiBumMSP]

Styx is awesome. The haters can cram it.

Oh hell yeah!!! I am going to also include Asia! I friggan LOVE that band!

I do enjoy listening to a bit of Jazz Fusion once in a while.

I also love listening to classical from time to time, even going so far as catching performances at the local symphony. For example, saw an incredible performance of Carmina Burana with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra just back in June. There is a performance of Holst, The Planets coming up in November that I also want to go see.

I tried the new Daft Punk album, especially all the hype that it was getting - sorry, just cannot get into it at all. However, I have also found myself listening to Depeche Mode and the like from time to time. May have to dig out my old copy of Violator as it has been awhile since I last spun that!

 

[templeofmax]

Triumph perhaps not. Nobody I know or work with has heard of them. Styx take a lot of crap in the cred department and on shows like Family Guy. Despite the Aquaman complex they have, I love them.

Aquaman complex?