Topic: What's your guilty pleasure?

[Crosby Nick]

I always thought it was hilarious they went to China to film a video for a song that went "I don't want your freedom". Pretty sure they got massacred for it in the press at the time too.

Not that one! The one with all the supermodels when he split from Sony (or wherever his label was).

[Ray K]

Not that one! The one with all the supermodels when he split from Sony (or wherever his label was).

Directed by David Fincher, that one.

[McrRed]

yeh that is an anti-racist song (by a cracking band by the way) but people would twist its meaning so its message got lost

I used to have a mate who was also a Liverpool fan and once watching a game in his house he called one of our players a 'stupid coon'

I said 'what?' and walked out of his house with him charging and shouting after me 'well if I can't say what I want watching the footy in my own house then don't come back until you've apologised'

suffice to say that I haven't seen him in 10 years the twat

Wow. He was saying that only ten years ago? Dick!

[liverbloke]

Wow. He was saying that only ten years ago? Dick!

reminded me of this if you're a Peep Show fan

[RedSince86]

Fleetwood Mac Rumours album.

God knows how many times i've heard it at home or in the car thanks to the other half, but yeah some of the songs on it are a guilty pleasure for this Hip Hop/Rock fan.

[S]

No guilt from me here. Most of these shouts are you lot struggling to come to terms with liking pop music. Give in to it!

If we’re counting the occasional foray into pop as a guilty pleasure then I’ll join in with the Gaga posts. Poker Face, Paparazzi, Alejandro, Bad Romance, Million Reasons...all great.

Always thought Everytime by Britney Spears is a great song. Toxic is another good one.

I like all the usual Cyndi Lauper favourites.

Probably my most embarrassing would be Take That. Back For Good, Never Forget, Patience? All classics.

Alright maybe I do feel slightly guilty.

[Crosby Nick]

Pray is the best Take that one.

[The G in Gerrard]

Shine is Take That's best tune.

[Crosby Nick]

Shine is Take That's best tune.

Ya hardcore fans only truly appreciate their early work.

[wampa1]

I really like Rule the World...

[S]

Holy shit I’ve just realised I left out the biggest tearjerker of all. You’ll have to imagine the phone sound effects yourselves.

Babe I'm here again (I'm here again)
I tell you I'm here again (Babe)
Where have you been? (Where have you been)
Babe (Babe), I'm back again (I'm back again)
I tell you I'm back again (Babe)
Where have you been?

[So… Howard Philips]

Pray is the best Take that one.

.

Disagree.

You can't beat Take That's interpretation of Barry Manilow's classic, Could it be magic.

[Crosby Nick]

Holy shit I’ve just realised I left out the biggest tearjerker of all. You’ll have to imagine the phone sound effects yourselves. Where has babe been guys, where?

Babe I'm here again (I'm here again)
I tell you I'm here again (Babe)
Where have you been? (Where have you been)
Babe (Babe), I'm back again (I'm back again)
I tell you I'm back again (Babe)
Where have you been?

Nah that one is shite and if I remember correctly, was hilariously pipped to the Christmas Number 1 by Mr Blobby.

[rob1966]

I really like Rule the World...

So do I.

In a truck that doesn't have DAB today so missing my planet rock fix. Caught Paul Gambacchini on radio 2 earlier, some good stuff from the late 70s that I won't admit to liking

[So… Howard Philips]

So do I.

In a truck that doesn't have DAB today so missing my planet rock fix. Caught Paul Gambacchini on radio 2 earlier, some good stuff from the late 70s that I won't admit to liking

And some right shite from 1988 as well.

[rob1966]

And some right shite from 1988 as well.

I turned off when Lena Martell came on.

[liverbloke]

Fleetwood Mac Rumours album.

God knows how many times i've heard it at home or in the car thanks to the other half, but yeah some of the songs on it are a guilty pleasure for this Hip Hop/Rock fan.

definitely don't worry about it being a guilty pleasure - man that's one top album

another one from me - and my tastes can be as extreme as Cypress Hill - NWA - Sex Pistols - Nirvana - Motorhead - Floyd - Porcupine Tree - Eels etc

Bruno Mars - Marry You

god it makes me happy

please forgive me - it's just sooooooooooooooooooo wrong but I like it

[Elmo!]

Fleetwood Mac Rumours album.

God knows how many times i've heard it at home or in the car thanks to the other half, but yeah some of the songs on it are a guilty pleasure for this Hip Hop/Rock fan.

Nothing wrong with that, Rumours is great.

I enjoy the look of disain you get from music snobs when you tell them you prefer Rumours to the Peter Green era. 

[So… Howard Philips]

I turned off when Lena Martell came on.

The only song worse than 'One day at a time' is 'I've never been to me' by Charlene.

[Nitramdorf]

Just thought of a good one from the 70s, Chirpy, Chirpy, cheep, cheep by Middle of the Road.

[Hazell]

Ya hardcore fans only truly appreciate their early work.

For sure:

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[didi shamone]

Quite like Wham!/George Michael. Think he's a genuinely good songwriter and has a great voice, and think he was treated pretty awfully by the press.

Make it big was the first record I ever bought. Despite my dislike for the majority of pop music I still love most of the songs.

[smutchin]

You can't beat Take That's interpretation of Barry Manilow's classic, Could it be magic.

+1 to this

I was in my first year at uni when that came out, and being a proper floppy-haired indie kid, wouldn't have dreamed of admitting in front of my friends that I loved it - until I discovered they all loved it too. 

[smutchin]

The only song worse than 'One day at a time' is 'I've never been to me' by Charlene.

Some amazingly cringey lines in that song...

"I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't s'posed to see"

...but has one of those annoying melodies that really gets under your skin.

Another in a similar hate-it-love-it vein is Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? - irredeemably naff, and yet...

[So… Howard Philips]

Some amazingly cringey lines in that song...

"I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't s'posed to see"

...but has one of those annoying melodies that really gets under your skin.

Another in a similar hate-it-love-it vein is Peter Sarstedt's Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? - irredeemably naff, and yet...

Nooo!

Where do you go to my lovely is an all time classic;

'You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes, there are'

And so on.

And going back to Charlene Terry Wogan said about the line;

"And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't s'posed to see"

Something on the lines of 'A manin the nip with just his black socks on'

[Sheer Magnetism]

Pray is the best Take that one.

I concur.

[Zlen]

Quite like Coldplay’s ‘Parachutes’ album.
Hate everything else they released, but that album just stuck with me.

[smutchin]

Where do you go to my lovely is an all time classic;

'You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes, there are'

And so on.

Trivia aside: my aunt lives in Juan-les-Pins. I don't know if she ever met Sacha Distel but I wouldn't put it past her.

And going back to Charlene Terry Wogan said about the line;

"And I've seen some things
That a woman ain't s'posed to see"

Something on the lines of 'A manin the nip with just his black socks on'

 

[Davidbowie]

'When Will I be Famous?' by Bros is a GUILTY pleasure.

[So… Howard Philips]

Trivia aside: my aunt lives in Juan-les-Pins. I don't know if she ever met Sacha Distel but I wouldn't put it past her.

 

But Marie Claire lived with a friend of Sacha Distel not the dreamy eyed French crooner himself.

But yes, when she visited Juan-les-Pins that's were Marie Claire wore 'her carefully designed topless swimsuit'.

[19th Nervous Title]

Harry Nilsson - Everbody's Talkin
Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who had a Heart
Player - Baby Come Back

[So… Howard Philips]

Harry Nilsson - Everbody's Talkin
Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who had a Heart
Player - Baby Come Back

The theme from Midnight Cowboy?

The better version of the song Cilla Black murdered?

Nothing guilty about those two.

[wz4jc3]

With the exception of Dion, I like the majority of the tunes already mentioned here. My guilty pleasure is Cliff's, Some People. [emoji3590][emoji106][emoji4]

[rob1966]

The only song worse than 'One day at a time' is 'I've never been to me' by Charlene.

You've obviously never heard the one by Barbara Cartland then. (I only had trucks at the weekend with normal radios and heard this on Graham Norton)

[rubber soul]

I've found myself secretly enjoying the La La Land soundtrack when my wife has had it on in the house.
Now I'm finding myself putting it on when she isn't around.
Guilty or not?

[So… Howard Philips]

You've obviously never heard the one by Barbara Cartland then. (I only had trucks at the weekend with normal radios and heard this on Graham Norton)

Thank God I wasn't listening to that then.

Barbara Cartland, what a hag.

[liverbloke]

Harry Nilsson - Everbody's Talkin
Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who had a Heart
Player - Baby Come Back

nah - absolutely beautiful piece of music 

[rob1966]

Thank God I wasn't listening to that then.

Barbara Cartland, what a hag.

Just for you

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[smutchin]

Christ, that's even worse than I feared it would be.

[KissThisGuy]

Black Coffe by the All Saints I always thought was a good tune.

TV wise, I've recently binge watched Death in Paradise