guilty pleasure tuneage (Page 2 of 4)

don't think I am embarrassed about any music that I like, - have always had the view that music is about emotion and mood, - and thankfully we have different moods an emotions so there will always be a music to fit..

Love good dance music, - some of it is pretty heavy these days, - Prodigy, Pendulum etc. Love 50's style schmuse, - a bit of 70-'s disco never did anybody any harm, must admit the keyboard era in the 80's was a bit naff but even then some good stuff shone out including Gary Numan, - "Our Friends Electric" is a great song, - there are occasions where a bit of folk can sound good, - The Waterboys have been and still remain one of my favourite bands, - Mike Scott is pure genius. Probably the only music that I struggle with is what I would call naff American country, - the type of country music that is more pop that country, - don't mind a bit of blue grass, - the soundtrack to "Oh Brother where are thou" is brilliant!

Ann...yes, my bad! :-)

I will admit to liking all those syrupy bands in the 60's - Monkees, Paul Revere & Raiders, Rascals.... I have always liked Billy Joel after seeing him on the piano man tour. and in the 90's I liked Terrence Trent D'Arby, Symphony or Damn is worth a listen, he plays every instrument on every song. Since then I've tightened up the tastes a little bit, maybe thanks to Joe. Oh, and forgot to mention Loverboy.

Additional reflection brought these to mind:
Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables (soundtracks).

No embarrassment in my part since you won't find a better collection of voices anywhere on the planet!

Linda Ronstadt, John Denver. Still love them.
Rick

LOL...as they say, confession is good for the soul.

I'm getting more than a few chuckles from this thread.  Thanks for starting it, pelajane1.  (I think there have been others in this vein, too.)

And thanks to all who are participating.  Been more than a few replies where I've thought, "really?  Me too."  Prince being the latest.  I used to refer to him as "that li'l purple dude" (not original to me), but he can really play guitar, and writes some decent tunes, IMO.  Remember doing some serious dancing with a good friend to "Let's Go Crazy".  (Well...she did the serious dancing, I just had fun moving.  Which is what dancing is all about.)

John Denver, no - but Linda, OH YES!

I have always loved her voice whatever she sings. Man, this has just sent me down such a nostalgia trip! Linda was one of my holy ladies trilogy together with The Goddess (Bonnie) and Emmylou. I will confess that whereas Bonnie was just always way up there on that pedestal, and Emmylou had a waif-like innocence that prevented me from having any of 'those' feelings for her, Linda was the complete deal for me. On top of loving everything about her, her voice, her innocence, her looks, yes, I also lusted for Linda. *blush smilie*

Thinking about Linda reminded me that I have an astonishingly sensational concert from 1980 on an old VHS, though like most of us, I no longer have a VHS player connected. Google is your friend!

I discovered that most of the concert, which I believe was filmed in Santa Barbara for HBO, and which features one of the most bad azz, kick azz bands ever assembled as a 'backing' band, was (of course) available on youtube if you knew how to look for it! I have also discovered that the concert is (or was) available in very good quality on dvd (from VHS) from  Ioffer or 70s-tv.com for around $14!!

Here's your starter, Rick. Watch for the band intro around the 7 min mark, after which she kicks into a Poor Poor Pitiful Me that's maybe even a little better than Warren Zevon's original! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBR2u5CeBvw

wow, great footage there G. I have also loved her since day one of hearing that voice. I recognized Kortch and Billy Payne immediately. Silver Threads is wonderful, appeals to my country leanings and that's another somewhat guilty pleasure that I'll bypass for now.