Topic: What's your guilty pleasure?

[Hazell]

Ha ha, let me check, I've got them somewhere with my copies of Mrs. Brown's Boys and Citizen Khan.

[liverbloke]

Shirley Bassey's greatest hits

to be honest, as a young boy I always fancied her


...and still would

 

[Millie]

I love Dolly Parton.

I was a Bay City Roller fan back in the day 

One of my faves from the 70s - Heaven Must be Missing an Angel - Tavares.

[Stubbins]

Eloise - by Barry Ryan.

5 minutes or more of melodramatic, over the top classic pop from the late 60s. It's got everything in there. Full orchestration and Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones amongst the many session musicians.

[BarryCrocker]

BTS - Dynamite.

It's like MSG.

[Crosby Nick]

For some reason a song popped into my head last night that I hadn’t heard in years so dig it out on YouTube:

PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

[red mongoose]

Blackpink. I've tried to listen to them and imagine how I would feel if they didn't look the way they look, and while I think I would still like their catchy songs, I don't have to listen without looking at them, so it's win-win. I don't really feel guilty about it.

This is my jam. Don't judge me.

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[Buck Pete]

I was a Bay City Roller fan back in the day 

Rollers were ace and a huge guilty pleasure.

We often get Shang-a-Lang on Alexa after a lockdown skin-full.   I know what you're thinking, the long winter evenings must just fly by.

Love it.

[rob1966]

Rollers were ace and a huge guilty pleasure.

We often get Shang-a-Lang on Alexa after a lockdown skin-full.   I know what you're thinking, the long winter evenings must just fly by.

Love it.

Do you remember Our Kid?

[jillcwhomever]

Do you remember Our Kid?

I used to like Our Kid. 

[rob1966]

I used to like Our Kid. 

I remember being at one of my aunties in Walton and next minute my cousins, 4 girls, all went mad and legged it down the street as Our Kid were somewhere off City Road signing autographs. Us boys all stood there bemused

[jillcwhomever]

I remember being at one of my aunties in Walton and next minute my cousins, 4 girls, all went mad and legged it down the street as Our Kid were somewhere off City Road signing autographs. Us boys all stood there bemused

I can't remember which talent show they came from, was it New Faces? I know it was one of them 

[Son of Spion]

I can't remember which talent show they came from, was it New Faces? I know it was one of them 

Yes, it was New Faces.

Some girls I knew in school back then knew them because they lived close by.

Feast you eyes and ears. 

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[bradders1011]

Grand Old Team.

It's quite a good old-school song and if someone like Coventry or Sunderland used it it'd be one of those nostalgic things you like to see.

[liverbloke]

me old nan used to play this one and have us laughing and singing along

♪where do the judies walk in style - down in scottie road♫

judy = young pretty girl

silly but it reminds me of the arl ones and still makes me smile

(says photos of scotland road but i think there are only a couple)

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[Nobby Reserve]

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

John Denver - Country Road

Simon Dupree & The big Sound - Kites

[Nobby Reserve]

Emmylou has such a beautiful voice she could sing the telephone directory and make it sound good.

First Aid Kit did a brilliant tribute to her at the Polar Music Awards, covering Red Dirt Girl

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[Ratboy3G]

Galloping home, I think the Black Beauty theme was called and it was fantastic music. I never saw The Flaxton Boys, must have been the only one I didn't see.  Did anyone remember a series called A Bunch of Fives, used to love that. It had quite a young cast in it, Lesley Manville, Jamie Foreman and Gary Oldman as well about a school newspaper.

You should really watch this then https://youtu.be/9JzG1psdgxA

[jillcwhomever]

You should really watch this then https://youtu.be/9JzG1psdgxA

That was quality. 

[Ratboy3G]

That was quality. 

Happy to oblige, Snuff are one of my favourite bands.
I had tickets to see them in January but understandably the tour has been postponed.
I made a conscious decision last year that I would never um and ah over a gig again.

[BarryCrocker]

Hudson Hawk. For some reason I loved that movie although its probably a 1990's version of Ishtar. Stellar cast, box office flop.

[Davidbowie]

Superstar - The Carpenters.

What a voice Karen Carpenter had. The best female voice of popular music in the last 50 years IMO.

[Nobby Reserve]

Superstar - The Carpenters.

What a voice Karen Carpenter had. The best female voice of popular music in the last 50 years IMO.

Second that.

Could listen to her voice all day. Rainy Days & Mondays is my favourite.

[Thush]

Hudson Hawk. For some reason I loved that movie although its probably a 1990's version of Ishtar. Stellar cast, box office flop.

Oh, Bunny? Ball ball!

Love Hudson Hawk too. Very quotable and very funny.

[Buck Pete]

Definitely "Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star"

I honestly wouldn't know a mascara from an eye shadow but the talent some of these kids have is incredible.

Was prosthetics last night and some of the creations the contestants came up with were fantastic.

Yeah its a reality show but a couple of these could land jobs in TV/Film anyway given the opportunity.

[El Lobo]

Definitely "Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star"

I honestly wouldn't know a mascara from an eye shadow but the talent some of these kids have is incredible.

Was prosthetics last night and some of the creations the contestants came up with were fantastic.

Yeah its a reality show but a couple of these could land jobs in TV/Film anyway given the opportunity.

The missus had me watching that last night as revenge for watching football all day on Sunday.

Got really arsey with me saying 'that looks more like a Halloween outfit' as if I wasn't paying make-up enough respect....and then one of the judges said exactly the same and she sulked all night.

[Lee1-6Liv]

I find myself tuning into those cheesy Christmas movies on Channel 5 a lot lately.

[S]

First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining

I guess we could sit here forever arguing what exactly constitutes a guilty pleasure, but I thought this band were alright.

[Drinks Sangria]

Pokemon games probably my guilty pleasure. Anything from Gen V onwards other than remakes I've tended to swerve though.

[Black Bull Nova]

Fast Love-George Michael
Livin Thing-ELO
Frozen-Madonna
Story in your Eyes-Moody Blues
SOS-Abba
Coz I Love You-Slade


My definition of a guilty pleasure is something you like despite the fact you previously disliked what that artist produced or would have been ashamed to admit you liked it at the time.

[Black Bull Nova]

Eloise - by Barry Ryan.

5 minutes or more of melodramatic, over the top classic pop from the late 60s. It's got everything in there. Full orchestration and Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones amongst the many session musicians.

For some reason I used to be obsessed with that record when I was about 8

Why? I was completely clueless and new nothing about music, I'd only just stopped listening to Woody Woodpecker

[Crosby Nick]

Fast Love-George Michael
Livin Thing-ELO
Frozen-Madonna
Story in your Eyes-Moody Blues
SOS-Abba
Coz I Love You-Slade


My definition of a guilty pleasure is something you like despite the fact you previously disliked what that artist produced or would have been ashamed to admit you liked it at the time.

By that definition I’ll suggest that East 17 and Gabrielle duet.

[Buck Pete]

Definitely "Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star"

I honestly wouldn't know a mascara from an eye shadow but the talent some of these kids have is incredible.

Was prosthetics last night and some of the creations the contestants came up with were fantastic.

Yeah its a reality show but a couple of these could land jobs in TV/Film anyway given the opportunity.

New series of Glow Up started last week

In a world where being simply either a man or a woman, hetro or gay, is not cut and dry (which i understand).  Some of these contestants really do leave you guessing

Still a good show though.  I still know fuck all about makeup like.

[The G in Gerrard]

In for a penny with Stephen Mulhern - I just find it funny.

Made in Chelsea which I watch with the Mrs.

[Crosby Nick]

In for a penny with Stephen Mulhern - I just find it funny.

Made in Chelsea which I watch with the Mrs.

Much to annoyance I find In for a Penny, and Mulhern in particular very funny.

[The G in Gerrard]

Much to annoyance I find In for a Penny, and Mulhern in particular very funny.

Same! That old woman this weekend saying she had met Rooney had me laughing out loud.

[Crosby Nick]

Same! That old woman this weekend saying she had met Rooney had me laughing out loud.

Not seen it for a little while. Can’t beat some cheap double entendres though.

[The G in Gerrard]

Not seen it for a little while. Can’t beat some cheap double entendres though.

Absolutely! This woman set up football exercise as she's a coach and he just kept booting the ball away. It's not "genius" but it is so funny.