Comments on: Non Sequitur: Guilty Pleasures (Musical Edition)

By: Chris Miller

Chris Miller — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Oh, my. Guilty pleasures.

Alphaville, a German pop group of the eighties, Falco, a German soloist…Asia and most of the Prog Rock groups of the decade preceding them…

Some would call my Billy Joel collection a guilty pleasure. For my part, I do not feel guilt about it at all.

By: David Moore

David Moore — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:55:12 +0000

So here I am, reading the post on my phone in a Denny’s and as I get to the part about Enya CDs, Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) comes on. Serendipity I say.

Guilty pleasures? I have several, one of which is indeed techno dance. I don’t have *every* Queen album, but I am close.

@Sam send me a link to Cassandra Kubinski’s music and I will check it out.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000

You know what? Now I’ve got Waterloo stuck in my head. Thanks.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:38:04 +0000

Enya gets geek cred for having a song entitled “Lothlorien”.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:31:56 +0000

I have no *guilty* pleasures when it comes to music, but if I had more sense I’d probably be guilty of how much I enjoy techno dance music. I say I listen to it while writing because the thumping beats get me into a writing mood (and they do), but when those songs come up in my randomized playlist I never, ever skip them.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:32:19 +0000

@Sam — I suppose I might consider The Mavericks my one Country & Western guilty pleasure. I do enjoy Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson on occasion, but they somehow transcend genre and it's hard to feel guilty about enjoying their music (possible exception, "The Highwayman"). The Mavericks, though, are pure, crooning Country.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:24:10 +0000

@LolaJ — Madonna frightens me.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:17 +0000

@blob — I'm amused by the folks who claim that Metallica "sold out" with The Black Album (or anything released after it). It has led me to understand that the nature of selling out is as follows: I like $GROUP$'s music. I don't like you. $GROUP$ releases an album that you like, therefore they have sold out.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:11:20 +0000

@Rachel — I do not own a Qkumba Zoo CD, but I do have the single of "The Child Inside", which (I suspect) is the tune that draws the most notice. I believe it was used in a SeaWorld commercial, which is how it captured my attention. Qkumba Zoo is not alone in this respect; I also own "Da Da Da" by Trio (used in a Volkswagen ad) and a handful of other tunes for similar reasons.

By: Sam Chupp

Sam Chupp — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:08:13 +0000

I am a big fan of so much music, and my guilty pleasures include much in the way of Country (I may hate myself in the morning, but I’m gonna love you tonight), and in some cases techno (Moby bubblegum pop, yes, I like it) and even Country Rap (Cowboy Troy).

I also feel like Creative Commons music has made me a musical oddball. My favorites include Cassandra Kubinski, Cylindrian Rutabega, Jonathan Coulton, a random person named Hannah who released a lot of improvised clips on “The Sixty One” http://thesixtyone.com – and others, most of which I was introduced to either by prowling the Podsafe Music Network or otherwise listening to podcasts that played music from the PMN.

Do you know how hard it is to find Cassandra Kubinski fans in Atlanta, GA? She has never been to the state of Georgia, as far as I can tell.

Anyway, great post and good on ya.