Guilty pleasures

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Is there an album you love even though you know it's naff as hell? Let's put 'cool' to one side and be honest about things!

My guilty pleasure is Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. Good tunes, great musicianship, an excellent album all round, even though it's so middle of the road you can hear the white lines on it.

I've got that on 'the greatest hits of 1991' somewhere!

Dyre - that's really freaky...I was going to ask if anyone had that earlier, but thought better of it

FGTH - Relax

Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It.

I know a lot of you wont remember this but Ride on Time by Black Box , i can remember hearing this on The Hitman and Her ( something else younger posters wont remember).

I'm not far behind you Kenny...I remember them all too well

The sci-fi influences don't worry me. The only thing I'd feel a little guilty about would be some of the photos of Geddy Lee on the earlier album covers

'Ride on Time' is okay, but it's not a patch on 'Touch Me' by the 49ers.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:'Ride on Time' is okay, but it's not a patch on 'Touch Me' by the 49ers.

Thought for one minute you were going to put 'Touch me ' by Sam Fox ............now they are both guilty pleasures

My youngest sister bought Sam Fox's album on cassette for her friend, who's also called Sam Fox. One of the tracks was called 'Hurt me, Hurt me (But The Pants Stay On).'

luckless_pedestrian wrote:My youngest sister bought Sam Fox's album on cassette for her friend, who's also called Sam Fox. One of the tracks was called 'Hurt me, Hurt me (But The Pants Stay On).'

Im going to look for that on youtube

Poor old Sam - she wasn't stereotyped much. Other "hits" included "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" and a cover of Donna Summer's "Love To Love You" . Those who know the original will know what I mean....

Cari wrote:Poor old Sam - she wasn't stereotyped much. Other "hits" included "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" and a cover of Donna Summer's "Love To Love You" . Those who know the original will know what I mean....

Nearly as embarrassing as when she and Mick Fleetwood presented the Brit Awards. Shame really as she had a good voice and could have been more than a 1 album wonder if she'd been given some decent material.

dyrewolfe wrote:

Cari wrote:Poor old Sam - she wasn't stereotyped much. Other "hits" included "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" and a cover of Donna Summer's "Love To Love You" . Those who know the original will know what I mean....

Nearly as embarrassing as when she and Mick Fleetwood presented the Brit Awards. Shame really as she had a good voice and could have been more than a 1 album wonder if she'd been given some decent material.

the Brits was awful yet funny at the same time .

That's true Dyre. If she'd had better producers instead of going to Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and her PR moved away from her Page 3 persona, she probably would've had a good singing career.

Found another cd i just had to put on my ipod ....... Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

I was never a fan of hers, but I remember a Brit awards night when Gary Clunes and Neil Morrissey announced the winner - and despite having more or less the same surname, Neil Morrissey announced her as 'Alanis Mosirette!'

Also found the Lost Boys soundtrack , keep listening to ' I still believe '

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Found another cd i just had to put on my ipod ....... Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

I've got that one as well. Also have Meredith Brooks' album (1-hit wonder with Bitch).

I sent this thread to Tasha Danvers the UK athlete who did a Q&A with us a few months back.

She was asking for cheesy songs.

She actually read the thread and said that she couldnt believe anyone would like S Club 7.

Shame on whoever it was.....

It was me, huzzah!

Tasha Danvers? Thats a very American-sounding name.

As a forfeit for embarrassing the 606v2 community, Hero has to listen to a compilation of the UK's Eurovision entries from the last decade.

Oh, speaking which...

Dunno if this counts as a guilty pleasure but I downloaded Lordi's Hard Rock Hallelujah (Finnish Eurovision winner from a few years ago).

dyrewolfe wrote:Tasha Danvers? Thats a very American-sounding name.

As a forfeit for embarrassing the 606v2 community, Hero has to listen to a compilation of the UK's Eurovision entries from the last decade.

make him listen to H & Claires greatest hits !!! or would he like that to much ?

Ipod on random today i heard a song i hadn'y listened to for years

Craig Mclachlan - Mona

Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyy Mona.....Ooooooooooooh Mona
Tell you Mona what im gonna do
Build a house next door to you

One of those songs you just cant help singing along to

Dicey Reilly wrote:Heeeeeeeyyyyyyyy Mona.....Ooooooooooooh Mona
Tell you Mona what im gonna do
Build a house next door to you

One of those songs you just cant help singing along to

Would've been a bit of a bummer if she'd moved out by the time he finished.


I'm probably going to destroy whatever reputation I may have had with these nominations:

Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies

Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand
That look she gives the camera at around 1:41...simply smouldering!

T'Pau - China In Your Hand

What is it with me and redheads?

I can do better than that...I've got T'Pau's Bridge of Spies album with that song on! It's actually a very good album. Carol Decker had a good voice on her. I've also got Belinda's Heaven on Earth album, which has a great cover of I Feel Free on it.

Speaking of late '80s rock/pop cheese, I also have the Big Area album by Then Jericho...remember them?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4kPe1UOp0

Belinda Carlisle? Talk about late teen schoolboy type crush..

Sugababes for my guilty pleasures. Just good catchy pop music.

Neil Diamond - The Jazz Singer soundtrack

Chris de Burg - Spanish Train

Kiss Shandi ... was a huge hit in Oz.

Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman Stumbling In annoyed me at the time

Promises Baby It's You ... still a guilty pleasure

Bonny Tyler Lost In France this was the first song I heard after my hamster died...

Pussyfoot The Way That You Do It ...this song used to drive people mad... and still does!

Noosha Fox S-s-s single Bed

The Moir Sisters Good Morning... How Are You? was another huge hit here. So annoying at the time. Get ready to cover your ears when they hit the high notes!

Steps - Stomp.

"Everybody clap your hands
Get on up and dance
We're gonna stomp all night now"

I challenge anyone who mocks me to listen to this song immediately on YouTube and then admit it's actually alright!

Marky wrote:Steps - Stomp.

"Everybody clap your hands
Get on up and dance
We're gonna stomp all night now"

I challenge anyone who mocks me to listen to this song immediately on YouTube and then admit it's actually alright!

during the Steps Reunion program I was finding myself listening to a lot of Steps! Certainly a guilty pleasure of mine too.

Adam D wrote:

Marky wrote:Steps - Stomp.

"Everybody clap your hands
Get on up and dance
We're gonna stomp all night now"

I challenge anyone who mocks me to listen to this song immediately on YouTube and then admit it's actually alright!

during the Steps Reunion program I was finding myself listening to a lot of Steps! Certainly a guilty pleasure of mine too.

I never liked Steps - but that reunion program was a guilty pleasure of mine.

Also, listen to Stomp, then listen to "It's not war, just the end of love" by Manic Street Preachers - exactly the same tune

And Steps did theirs first!

Yep - the Manics track is from last year It's an absolute rip-off

Steps > Manics

Found a very old tape ( for the younger members these were used before cds and ipods ) after being inspired by one of our founders

The Macc Lads - Beer & Sex & Chips and Gravy

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Found a very old tape ( for the younger members these were used before cds and ipods ) after being inspired by one of our founders

The Macc Lads - Beer & Sex & Chips and Gravy

Macclads (formerly Hero) wrote:

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:Found a very old tape ( for the younger members these were used before cds and ipods ) after being inspired by one of our founders

The Macc Lads - Beer & Sex & Chips and Gravy

Listened to it yesterday i laughed so much i made my back hurt

It's not the most PC album ever made that can be said. Still go in the pub were they haunted for many a year.

KingKenny7Heaven wrote:

Listened to it yesterday i laughed so much i made my back hurt

They should have put that on the album sleeve - it might have sold a few more!

I remember a video of theirs where they were jumping off a wall (in black and white possibly)

I remember at the time of buying it that everyone at school thought they were so rude , and if you listened to their tapes you were cool . Also remember being asked how old i was when i bought it as it had a censor sticker on it

They had a record shop in Macc too called the Hectic House, in there they put their own records in the section marked s***e.
When the Hectic House closed they moved across the street to their shop...
The Bell End Cheddar.

I really like 'Sacrifice' by Elton John.

Macclads wrote:It's not the most PC album ever made that can be said.

Neither is The Great Rock n Roll Swindle by The Sex Pistols, but it made me laugh.

Here's another of mine that the guys should enjoy (and will probably remember!)

The Divinyls - I Touch Myself

Another redhead femme fatale singer!

(Cari's not allowed to watch this video...its far too sexy / ist?) Something anyway.

'I Touch Myself' is a great song, but I wouldn't class it as a guilty pleasure. What I would say is that I doubt it would've been a hit if a bloke had sung it...

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