Today we are going to talk about guilty pleasures. Musically, that is. Monday’s blog got a lot of great reaction and so today we are going to bare our soul and let loose our dirty little musical secrets. Clearly, we have some love for David Cassidy and Howard Jones.
Several people readily admitted that they did/do listen to some of the music that resides on the list of music you should not listen to. The majority of those people also admitted that they listened to it when it was new and fresh and did not have the open disdain that might be associated with it today.
However, we all have hidden secrets that we keep hidden deep on our iPod or tucked away on an unmarked CD. There are also songs that we are connected to that we will roll the windows down, open the sun roof, or drop the rag top and crank up the tunes. What are the songs that you will sit in the car, risk being late, and listen/sing until it is over? What are the songs that you clandestinely listen to but do not or would not openly lay claim to?
For today’s blog, we will have three; count them, 1, 2, 3 categories:
- Top(car, not clothing) down & loud
- Sit in car and be late
- Guilty & A Little Ashamed
Below are some of my guilty musical pleasures:
Artist | Song | Category | Own CD |
R.E.M. | It’s the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine) | Top Down & Loud & Sit in Car | Yes |
Bon Jovi | Blaze of Glory | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
Elton John | Little Jeanie | Sit In Car | Yes |
Cinderella | Don’t Know What You Got Tell It’s Gone | Sit In Car | No |
Corey Hart | Sunglasses at Night | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
Tom Petty | Break Down | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Violent Femmes | Blister In the Sun | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Van Halen | Right Now | Sit In Car & Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Stevie Nicks & Don Henley | Leather & Lace | Sit In Car & Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Styx | Renegade | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Foreigner | Juke Box Hero | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Journey | Wheel In the Sky | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Beck | Loser | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Butthole Surfers | Pepper | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
The Cult | She Sells Sanctuary | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Elton John | Tiny Dancer | Top Down & Loud & Sit in Car | Yes |
Faith No More | Epic | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Fine Young Cannibals | Good Thing | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Five For Fighting | Superman (It’s Not Easy) | Sit In Car & Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Gin Blossoms | Hey Jealousy | Top Down & Loud | Yes |
Grateful Dead | Touch of Grey | Top Down & Loud & Sit in Car | Yes |
David & David | Welcome to the Boomtown | Sit in Car | Yes |
Billy Squier | The Stroke | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | Yes |
Charlie Sexton | Beat’s So Lonely | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
The Moody Blues | The Voice | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
Glenn Frey | Smuggler’s Blues | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
REO Speedwagon | Time for Me To Fly | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
Night Ranger | Sister Christian | Guilty & A Little Ashamed | No |
Great music awaits!