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| From | Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Guilty Pleasures |
| Date | Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:43:02 -0800 (PST) |
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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...
>
>
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> 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
> >
> >
> >--- 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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