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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Guilty Pleasures |
| Date | Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:02:34 -0600 |
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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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>From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: Guilty Pleasures
>Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:33:23 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: <synthhtnys@comcast.net>
>>>Guilty pleasures:
>>>Nat King Cole
>>
>>Huh????
>>How is Nat King Cole a guilty pleasure?
>
>Hey, the list already lost any credibility to me with ABBA. Yes, the
>clothes and hairstyles were spectacularly bad, but the music? Absolutely
>top-notch. I have stated in print many times that "Dancing Queen" is the
>single most perfect pop song of all time.
>
>But yeah, Nat King Cole a guilty pleasure? Seriously?
>
>Speaking of Coles, Natalie's new album features, of all things, a cover of
>Kate Bush's "The Man With the Child In His Eyes." And shockingly, it's
>amazingly good.
>
>S
>
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