Musical guilty pleasures.

Jan 28 05:52 UTC 2000

Notice: this is not limited to just cheesy music.

Do you have music that you just *love* despite what a lot of the general 
public, or your peer group thinks?  Music that is cheesy, skanky, weird, 
odd, risque, not intended for your age group, and so on..?

I think of music played on the Dr. Demento show quite a bit when I think
of this, if that helps.  But I also think of music that I just love to 
listen to even though it's considered outdated or too um.. juvenile by 
people in my age group.

I can think of a few:

2NU's "Ponderous," which was a weird product of WA state, I think-- the 
last album they did had a credit to my hometown radio station and he 
reworked another song for a radio ad.  I think the lead 'singer', Jock 
Blainey, was some guy that did voice work for radio a lot.

Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)," which is a big hit in dance clubs but 
has rather silly lyrics, unless you have some deeper interpretation.  
The group is an Italian trio comprised of a singer, a 
keyboarder/programmer, and a DJ.

Krypton's "Let's Blow Up the Tow Truck," which I don't think has grown 
beyond a Dr. Demento staple.  Great tune to listen to in the winter.

response 2 of 48:

Jan 28 07:40 UTC 2000

  I don't listen to them frequently, but I still occasionally enjoy some of
  the early-80s haircut bands of my adolescence -- A Flock of Seagulls,
  Duran Duran, and other bands more notable for coiffure than composition..