Anomalies in Your Music Taste

cobbo95 · 2017-08-05T07:43:45-04:00

Never seen a thread for this topic and I know the term 'guilty pleasures' has pretentious connotations. Why should anyone feel guilty for naturally liking music? The point still stands though and it's an interesting discussion piece, especially on a site like this. To get things rolling, my picks are #1 Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You - I used to watch 'Grease' a lot as a young boy and whilst, generally speaking I don't really like musicals, Grease always had a good story to begin with and with great songs to boot. This is my favourite song from it and I have no idea why, but it moves me somehow. The melody is fantastic and I remember looking up the chord progression once and it was rather complex for a pop song - lots of key changes and augmented/diminished chords. #2 ABBA: Dancing Queen/Knowing Me Knowing You - Again, probably from childhood. We had to do an end of year production when I was 8/9 and the year's theme was ABBA. My class was chosen to perform 'KMKY' and I'd never heard of ABBA up to that point. Despite all the tweeness that goes on, these are actually really well written songs, with many hooks integrated. Even if the lyrics are trite (especially in DQ), the harmonies and vocal melodies are undeniably catchy. I had a stage, not even that long ago funnily enough, of playing Dancing Queen on repeat to work out the subtle melodies, in hope of them influencing my own songwriting...dark days indeed. #3 Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man - Country is one of those genres that can go either way; it can either be really cheesy or really well-written. I'm not a massive fan of the genre overall (I like Johnny Cash obviously, and some of Dylan's ventures, amongst a few one-off singles by various artists) but I've always thought this was quite a unique sounding song - must be the vocal jump in the chorus that I like. I also really liked it's inclusion in Blues Brothers, which is a film I've watched many times growing up. Probably the song on here I feel the least 'guilty' about, but from someone who has Alice in Chains, Scott Walker and Kanye West on his chart, it's certainly an anomaly in my musical taste. #4 Cher: Believe - I remember my dad had a Cher greatest hits CD and Believe was the opening track. The weird auto-tune effect always interested me, even if I didn't know what it was. Cher's voice was oddly deep as well for a woman, but enticing. Weirdly enough, things have come full circle and Believe is actually a song my friends and I belt out in the car every week. I may have even learned it on guitar... #5 Take That: Shine - Another one to belt out in the car. It may basically be a Beatles homage (the opening riff is essentially Sgt. Peppers) but the amount of vocal overlaps in this song are too much for this music fan to ignore. Melody after melody is stacked on top of one another to create a pop rock classic, almost Queen-esque. It may have been played to death on those Morrison's adverts but I still like it. I just wouldn't tell my Mum that as she'd be far too proud that her son actually admitted to liking a Take That number - bar Back for Good of course, which everybody in England likes! I have more, which I may discuss later on, but I want to hear your picks and take on the idea of 'Guilty Pleasures' as a whole!

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Guilty pleasure Pocket Full Of Kryptonite by Spin Doctors [/url] The Spin Doctors first album I Love It,is

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