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From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
Subject | Re: Guilty Pleasures |
Date | Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:09:19 -0800 |
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You're absolutely right, Michael. It was an ill-conceived post and I
should have expected a reponse like that from you.
Anyway, my apologies -- back to the discussion on girls with glasses.
Marty
Michael vg wrote:
> Someone asked, I answered. It is a discussion board after
>all.
>Sorry if you didn't get the response you wanted or expected.
>
> michael vg
>
>--- Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Oh, for fuck's sake...
>>
>>
>>
>>Michael vg wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>YES YES YES!!!!
>>>
>>>the whole concept of guilty pleasures has always struck
>>>me as a "hey look at how cool I am cause I admit to liking
>>>something the cool kids don't" plea for acceptance.
>>>Putting Nat King Cole on a list of guilty pleasures
>>>just makes it sadder.
>>>I own thousands of CDs, MP3s Records, DVDs etc and there
>>>is not one item I feel guilty about owning or liking.
>>>I agree with Michael, if I like it, I don't feel I have
>>>to explain, excuse or justify it to anyone.
>>>
>>>The only thing worse than a "guilty pleasures" thread,
>>>and yes I realize I am adding to it with my post, is
>>>a thread about the unimportance of the Grammy/RnR HOF
>>>nominees.
>>>
>>>michael vg
>>>
>>>
>>>--- Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Stewart (and everyone else) --
>>>>
>>>>I've always found the whole guilty pleasures thing to be a bit of a cop out.
>>>> If I like music, I like it, though sometimes I can't explain why - it's
>>>>just sounds good. The notion of being guilty for liking ABBA or America or
>>>>The Lemon Pipers or Ram Jam (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram is
>>>>awesome) because they don't meet some Rolling Stone approved standard of
>>>>hipness is just plain wrong.
>>>>
>>>>However, I'm not 100% against the concept, I just think that it is narrowly
>>>>defined. For me, a guilty pleasure is usually when an excreable artist puts
>>>>out a song I like. For example, Warrant was a loathesome band. But damn,
>>>>"Down Boys" was catchy and well-crafted. Even then, I can defend the song,
>>>>not the artist. I'm having a hard time of thinking of anything in my
>>>>collection that I'd only reluctantly admit to liking.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone else feel like this?
>>>>
>>>>Mike
>>>>
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