Best Ever Albums

Re: Radio Nostalgia

maxperenchio — Mon, 7 Jun 2010 18:06:25 GMT

Author: maxperenchio

Posted: 06/07/2010 22:06

Oh please. I like the classics for their perfection and aesthetic qualities, but I don't take music that seriously all the time. I also like hearing extremely decadent cock rock, totally machismo rap metal (like limp bizkit 🤣 ), kitschy techno "mistakes" (Neil Young's "Trans"), the occasional Max Martin-written sugarpop, and a lot of "junk culture" that offers me various pleasure. You don't always have to be in a constant state of catharsis. I like some slick 90's action movies more than certain Fellini "masterpieces" because they offer a bigger bang for your buck, and more stimuli response, however ridiculous they may be. I like when things are ridiculous. I don't even think that means I have bad taste, just diverse taste. Its like the fucking rich yuppies who only eat at stupid vegan 5 star restaurants and scoff at people who genuinely like Wendys... and even worse, probably like hot dogs "ironically".

Re: Radio Nostalgia

thomas697 — Sun, 6 Jun 2010 20:43:47 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 06/07/2010 00:43

Thats pretty much what I was saying!

Re: Radio Nostalgia

dp39 — Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:29:59 GMT

Author: dp39

Posted: 06/06/2010 16:29

thomas697 wrote:

There needs to be a line though, If limp bizkit was my guilty pleasure, I'd probably prefer to tell people how much I beat off. I dont know if its a pressure thing, some people get embarrassed and pressured from all sorts of different things, some by music, some by the clothes they wear. Insecurities about trivial things exist regardless of social standards/expectations.

If the rap group 3rd Bass is your guilty pleasure, it may better to tell peopel you're a crossdresser.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

thomas697 — Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:56:12 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 06/06/2010 14:56

There needs to be a line though, If limp bizkit was my guilty pleasure, I'd probably prefer to tell people how much I beat off. I dont know if its a pressure thing, some people get embarrassed and pressured from all sorts of different things, some by music, some by the clothes they wear. Insecurities about trivial things exist regardless of social standards/expectations.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

maxperenchio — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:50:54 GMT

Author: maxperenchio

Posted: 06/05/2010 21:50

Guilty pleasures intrigue me. Being embarrassed about something that brings you pleasure is fascinating, at least when it comes to art. I can understand being embarrassed about how much you beat off, or feeling guilty about stalking someone, stealing things, which might all produce some kind of pleasure response. But if you like a song or artist, thats just you, its a part of your tastes in a weird way, i think it just reveals the Puritanism about elite or hipster culture. Suppressing your real feelings! Purging yourself of pleasure! REPENT REPENT!

Re: Radio Nostalgia

Anonymous — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:13:59 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2010 19:13

[quote="dp39"][quote="purple"]there's a guilty pleasures thread already, but to repeat my most obvious guilty pleasure is Night Ranger's Sister Christian; it's a little ridiculous how much I love listening to that song at any time of the day.

As far as memories connected to music, of course that's why people enjoy the music they do. Old farts enjoy jazz cos that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, 60s fucks enjoy 60s shit because that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, I enjoy Lust for Life so much because I listen to it in the mornings when I'm still drunk from the night before (and those are the best times).[/quote]

There's an AA meeting coming up next Tuesday if you want to go with me.[/quote]

Nah, I can be an alcy cos I'm a college student and a geologist; that's two good excuses

Re: Radio Nostalgia

dp39 — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:09:56 GMT

Author: dp39

Posted: 06/05/2010 19:09

purple wrote:

there's a guilty pleasures thread already, but to repeat my most obvious guilty pleasure is Night Ranger's Sister Christian; it's a little ridiculous how much I love listening to that song at any time of the day.

As far as memories connected to music, of course that's why people enjoy the music they do. Old farts enjoy jazz cos that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, 60s fucks enjoy 60s shit because that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, I enjoy Lust for Life so much because I listen to it in the mornings when I'm still drunk from the night before (and those are the best times).

There's an AA meeting coming up next Tuesday if you want to go with me.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

Anonymous — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 14:59:22 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/05/2010 18:59

there's a guilty pleasures thread already, but to repeat my most obvious guilty pleasure is Night Ranger's Sister Christian; it's a little ridiculous how much I love listening to that song at any time of the day.

As far as memories connected to music, of course that's why people enjoy the music they do. Old farts enjoy jazz cos that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, 60s fucks enjoy 60s shit because that's what they grew up with and connected memories to, I enjoy Lust for Life so much because I listen to it in the mornings when I'm still drunk from the night before (and those are the best times).

Re: Radio Nostalgia

dp39 — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 12:24:03 GMT

Author: dp39

Posted: 06/05/2010 16:24

I'm not sure if the question is 'What's a guilty pleasure' or if you're asking us about albums we like because of memories.

A guilty pleasure is obvious, I think 'Love.Angel.Music. Baby' by Gwen Stefani is for me.

As far as albums and memories, pretty much every one I listen to has some sort of sentimental value. Mostly 'Grace' b/c when my Girlfriend met it was the popular album of choice for the upcoming Summer, our last summer together in College and we made love under the stars as Hallelujah played.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

thomas697 — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:26:07 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 06/05/2010 15:26

One of my biggest guilty pleasures is "Roxette - Joyride" I remember hearing it for the first time on a road trip from Brisbane to Melbourne when i was 4, and everytime i hear it, it brings that whole trip back to me .. and by all rights its probably an awful song

Re: Radio Nostalgia

Bork — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:02:19 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 06/05/2010 15:02

You're probably right that certain songs will hold a higher place in your mind than what they should have based on only the musical qualitites, due to the memories connected with them. I am guessing most people have a couple of songs from growing up that seems to always stick. Bryan Adams 'Summer of 69' is one such for me, although it's not really bad enough to be a guilty pleasure. My guilty pleasure song would be Billy Ray Cyrus' 'Achy Breaky Heart', even though I'm too old to actually worry about the guilty part anymore. In the end noone else worries about those little things with other people, only with themselves.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

SquishypuffDave — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 04:52:07 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 06/05/2010 08:52

I will further this concept by saying I get this feeling with songs that are not even connected with a nostalgic memory. Case in point: The Logical Song - Supertramp. When I first heard it I immediately identified with it as the fond cheesy memory of many other people much older than me, and although I was not around when it came out, I felt exactly the same thing I feel when listening to the cheesy nostalgic canticles of my own childhood.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

40footwolf — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 03:21:56 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 06/05/2010 07:21

Oh totally. Me and my dad would drive around and just listen to the most heinously cheesy rock and roll you could imagine when I was a little kid. Golden Earring, The Scorpions, Kansas, Motley Crue...if it was hard rock, we listened to it, and soaked it in.

To this day, "Carry On Wayward Son" brings back a flood of nostalgia every time I hear it. It's totally corny and completely indefensible, but I love it still.

Re: Radio Nostalgia

thomas697 — Sat, 5 Jun 2010 01:55:11 GMT

Author: thomas697

Posted: 06/05/2010 05:55

You definitely take guilty pleasure to a new level .. in a good way though!

Re: Radio Nostalgia

mikeyskywalker — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:55:12 GMT

Author: mikeyskywalker

Posted: 06/05/2010 02:55

Uh, a guilty pleasure is something you're afraid to admit you like that you do actually like, and in your case you're definitely not afraid to admit it.

So what's the question? 😜

Radio Nostalgia

Applerill — Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:48:15 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 06/05/2010 02:48

In case you guys don't know, there's a lot of "Radio Disney" style stuff that I love: Early Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton. That kind of stuff.

But when someone shows me a newer Radio Disney star, such as Demi Lovato, or even something like Kelly Clarkson's new album, I feel sorta indifferent about it. And I realized something: A lot of the reason I love this "girly pop" is because of nostalgia. Take away that, and I find it to be dumb again, just like you guys would.

Bringing that further, I realized that, if done right, "summer singles" can be a great experience long-term. One of the reasons I love Avril Lavigne's third album so much is because of all the fun I had with my friends the summer of 07. Wherever we went, we heard "Girlfriend" (along with a bit of "When You're Gone", "Hot" and "One of Those Girls"). Whenever I listen to the album, my mind comes back to those days. While not as much so, I think in the same way with Katy Perry's One of the Boys and Miley Cyrus'Breakout for 2008.

Is this what makes a "guilty pleasure" the way it is? Do you guys feel that way with anything? Discuss!