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From | Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> |
Subject | Re: Guilty Pleasures |
Date | Sat, 03 Feb 2007 07:06:12 -0800 |
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Oh, for fuck's sake...
Michael vg wrote:
> 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
>
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>--- Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> wrote:
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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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