Guilty pleasures

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Mary Hopkins and Lynsey de Paul...one very pretty and very sweet - the other...very pretty and very sweet of course - what else. It's a toss up.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Kate Bush

Why is there any guilt about liking Kate Bush? She is a genius and is 100 times more inventive and than 99.9% of the stuff in the music thread.

 

[williamalex1]

Cheese dreams, 2 slice of bread dipped in egg, fried with cheese in between, spead over with brown sauce yumyum

 

[Orikoru]

Is it too woke to say that you should not have guilty pleasures? If you like something then like it, don't feel guilty about it, it's a pleasure. I especially dislike the term when applied to music. When people say they have guilty pleasures like Abba. No, Abba are one of the greatest pop bands there have ever been, there's no need to feel guilty about liking Abba, or whoever. Same with something like 'Death in Paradise' on TV. I know it is cheesy and formulaic, but I ain't going to feel guilty about liking it.

Hold that thought...

My 'guilty' / not really guilty at all pleasure is 90s/00s pop music. I'm talking, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys.. particularly anything that was written and produced by Max Martin. When I was kid and that stuff was out I hated it, or perhaps I was conditioned to hate it? But since getting older, writing songs myself and also stopping caring about what other people think, I've learned to love some of these tracks as fantastically well written pop songs, irrespective of who is singing them. Taylor Swift's Blank Space is one of my favourite songs (also has Max Martin as one of it's writers). My band has done a lot of covers of some of these tracks, and they go down brilliantly - I think it shows that a well-written song can be translated into any genre really and still work. And perhaps they've acquired a bit of a retro quality - but really it's just people finally admitting to themselves that they like something.

Also power ballads. Bloody love a power ballad. I've been to two 'Ultimate Power' nights in Camden last year, absolute class. Best night out I've ever had.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Hold that thought...

My 'guilty' / not really guilty at all pleasure is 90s/00s pop music. I'm talking, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys.. particularly anything that was written and produced by Max Martin. When I was kid and that stuff was out I hated it, or perhaps I was conditioned to hate it? But since getting older, writing songs myself and also stopping caring about what other people think, I've learned to love some of these tracks as fantastically well written pop songs, irrespective of who is singing them. Taylor Swift's Blank Space is one of my favourite songs (also has Max Martin as one of it's writers). My band has done a lot of covers of some of these tracks, and they go down brilliantly - I think it shows that a well-written song can be translated into any genre really and still work. And perhaps they've acquired a bit of a retro quality - but really it's just people finally admitting to themselves that they like something.

Also power ballads. Bloody love a power ballad. I've been to two 'Ultimate Power' nights in Camden last year, absolute class. Best night out I've ever had.

I've always argued that there is around 5 to 10% of any musical genre of music that is fantastic, whether it be 90s pop, folk, country, metal, post rock, rap, techno, grime etc etc. And people then will like a bigger percentage of one or two genres. But to me the fun is finding that 10% and if people just stick to one genre then they are missing out. Hit Me Baby One More Time is a classic pop song. I bloody loved Girls Aloud, they made some right pop bangers, no guilt needed

 

[Pin-seeker]

Why is there any guilt about liking Kate Bush? She is a genius and is 100 times more inventive and than 99.9% of the stuff in the music thread.

Chill out mate,someone put Beef space Raiders ?‍?

 

[arnieboy]

Yep, an episode of Death in Paradise when I get home from work prior to having dinner.

 

[Mudball]

Sally Gunnell .... she seems to turn up at all my games..

 

[jim8flog]

A kids (read like age 5-10) birthday party spread! I could smash that all day long, sandwiches with the crusts cut off, mini sausages, cold pizza, party ring biscuits, wotsits, token fruit like grapes! I could eat a whole table's worth in one sitting, all off a floppy paper plate with some watered down squash!

That and coke zero, i have a problem. I no longer drink booze, i could do 2 litres of Coke zero an evening no problem, i have to limit how much there is in the house!!

Any trouble sleeping ?

 

[Rooter]

Any trouble sleeping ?

Nope, I am caffeine free apart from coke, so decaf tea and coffee through the day, I do so much exercise, I never have problems sleeping, I am permanently knackered!

 

[Deleted member 18645]

Smarties

 

[Smiffy]

Watches.
Just ordered the next two for my collection.......

 

[golfbluecustard]

Coffee and a cake

Coffee and a penguin bar

Coffee and a twix

Coffee and a wagon wheel

You get the picture ....

GBC

 

[golfbluecustard]

Cruising with Jane McDonald , usually while having a coffee and a biscuit....

 

[harpo_72]

Taking pictures of my clubs after I have cleaned them ?
Custard creams
Guacamole on my cheese burger
Chilli oil pasta
Roast potatoes, roast carrots, roast parsnips
Expresso with a shot of Baileys

 

[Robster59]

Another one. Miss Marple films starring Margaret Rutherford. Once that music starts, I'm hooked.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Another one. Miss Marple films starring Margaret Rutherford. Once that music starts, I'm hooked.

Watched that film quite recently - Murder She Said - fun And yes - the theme music hooks you in. Ron Goodwin of 633 Squadron etc.

 

[Patster1969]

Escape To The Country

 

[Piece]

Selling Sunset

 

[ADB]

On a similar theme, A Place in The Sun - power ranking the presenters Jasmine, Danni, Laura , Jonny, Scarlette

I love it!