Top Ten Guilty Pleasure Songs

LauraBT40 · 04-28-2010, 06:18 AM

The entire tracklist on Glee...and I don't even feel guilty! Who didn't love the Madonna episode? 'Like a Prayer' Glee-style has been on repeat all week. I'm a Gleek and proud of it!

Laura

downwardspiral · 04-28-2010, 06:40 AM

Madonna - Lucky Star
LFO - Girl On TV
P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me
Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Nsync - Pop
Kylie Minogue - Wow
Destinys Child - Girl
Beyonce - Green Light
Britney Spears - Stronger

Bulldog · 04-28-2010, 06:49 AM

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The Corrs - Runaway
^ Used to love this one as a kid, and I still think it's a neat little song to this day. Gotta love that fiddle.

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
^ Another one that was all over the place when I was in junior school, and another one I still like today.

Lighthouse Family - High
^ Yeah, most of these are songs I liked as a kid and still do to varying degrees today, and this is no exception to that little rule.

Aswad - Don't Turn Around
^ This one's from Aswad's latter-day, over-produced, fairly dated reggae-pop phase in the 80s. A lot of what I've heard from that era I hate, but this one never fails to put a smile on my face.

All Saints - Never Ever
^ Just a great pop song this, no matter how much else of their stuff and ilk I can't stand.

I'll name-drop the other five some other time I guess.

I never picked the other five did I? I guess I'll do that before I head out for a bit then...

Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
^ Cheesy as hell, dripping in saccharine (sp?), hideous hairdos and all that, but I still think this a top-drawer pop song.

David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
^ Before anyone says anything, the album this song's named after stands as a notorious example of how the mighty can fall. I won't disagree - it's an awful album. Regardless of that, the title track is still one of my 10, maybe even 5 favourite Bowie tunes.

Abba - Take a Chance On Me
^ The one song of theirs I can stand for. Superb little song.

Delerium - Silence
^ Definitive dance-pop bilge to some, great little tune I remember from back when I was a nipper for me.

Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory
^ A lot of my nights out end in drunken singalongs of this tune (only if there's potential for a duet though in case you're wondering).

downwardspiral · 04-28-2010, 06:53 AM

ahh, that Delerium song is such a tune. i love all the trance anthems from the 90s. stuff like Sandstorm by Darude, Tocas Miracle by Fragma, Turn Around by Phats and Smalls and 9PM by ATB to name a few. so many good songs from around that era.

Bulldog · 04-28-2010, 06:57 AM

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ahh, that Delerium song is such a tune. i love all the trance anthems from the 90s. stuff like Sandstorm by Darude, Tocas Miracle by Fragma, Turn Around by Phats and Smalls and 9PM by ATB to name a few. so many good songs from around that era.

I haven't heard (well...read) Fragma or Darude's names in about 10 years! I think I just about remember little snippets of those tunes too. Back when I lived down south I used to go to school in a taxi, and it was always either Radio 1 or Kiss 100 so, as you can probably imagine, I was hearing a lot of that kinda thing back in the day.

downwardspiral · 04-28-2010, 07:01 AM

every now and then I just have a complete 90s day, which usually turns into 90s week. I just love that era so much. wish I was a bit older to have appreciated it a little more at the time, but I still have memories of the music from then.

Bulldog · 04-28-2010, 07:14 AM

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every now and then I just have a complete 90s day, which usually turns into 90s week. I just love that era so much. wish I was a bit older to have appreciated it a little more at the time, but I still have memories of the music from then.

Yeah, I'm only 21 (22 in June) myself, so the closest I ever got to having my ears to the ground musically in the 90s was hearing stuff like Oasis' Roll With It on GMTV or whatever. I do like a lot of 90s electronica, but I tend to stay away from a lot of trance - more into progressive house and big beat like the Chemical Brothers, Leftfield, Prodigy, Underworld and so on. It's great to just crank some of the former once in a while though.

downwardspiral · 04-28-2010, 07:35 AM

yeah man. I'm 19, 20 in August, but I have a pretty good memory so I have a massive spotify playlist FULL of stuff I love from the 90s. a lot of dance, a lot of alternative stuff and a fair bit of pop. stuff like Sixpence Non The Richer, The Wannadies, Alanis Morissette, Third Eye Blind, Ocean Colour Scene, Suede, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Bro's, Eagle Eye Cherry, Sneaker Pimps, Underworld, Basement Jaxx, Deep Blue Something. mainly bands that were around then and didn't progress further into the next decade.

so much stuff. i dig it hard. 90s is more than likely my favourite ever decade.

Seltzer · 04-28-2010, 07:44 AM

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ahh, that Delerium song is such a tune. i love all the trance anthems from the 90s. stuff like Sandstorm by Darude, Tocas Miracle by Fragma, Turn Around by Phats and Smalls and 9PM by ATB to name a few. so many good songs from around that era.

Haha Toca's Miracle, that's a blast from the past!

Now to destroy all my credibility in one post. I mean Savage Garden and Barry Fucking Manilow are in my list. Links provided so that you too can revisit music that was popular in 90s Australia (most of the list).

Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Just a really good pop song. Come to think of it, I don't even feel guilty about listening to this (and I'm sure anyone reading this likes it too).

Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Because Flea's on bass

Limp Bizkit - The One
Great bassist, ****ty band.

Savage Garden - To the Moon & Back
I have no excuses here and I'm dying of shame

Jennifer Paige - Crush
Childhood nostalgia suppressing blood flow to my brain

Kate Ceberano - Pash
Ditto

Barry Manilow - Mandy
This is a new low

Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
FML

Phil Collins - Two Hearts
This feels like confession

Rod Stewart - Sailing
I'm definitely going to hell

Runners-Up:
Haddaway - What Is Love?
Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
Pseudo Echo - Funky Town
John Farnham - You're the Voice

Scissorman · 04-28-2010, 08:08 AM

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Delerium - Silence
^ Definitive dance-pop bilge to some, great little tune I remember from back when I was a nipper for me.

I forgot to mention that one. A great song

04-28-2010, 06:18 AM	#101 (permalink)
LauraBT40 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: London Posts: 25	The entire tracklist on Glee...and I don't even feel guilty! Who didn't love the Madonna episode? 'Like a Prayer' Glee-style has been on repeat all week. I'm a Gleek and proud of it! Laura

04-28-2010, 06:40 AM	#102 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	Madonna - Lucky Star LFO - Girl On TV P!nk - Don't Let Me Get Me Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone Nsync - Pop Kylie Minogue - Wow Destinys Child - Girl Beyonce - Green Light Britney Spears - Stronger

04-28-2010, 06:53 AM	#104 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	ahh, that Delerium song is such a tune. i love all the trance anthems from the 90s. stuff like Sandstorm by Darude, Tocas Miracle by Fragma, Turn Around by Phats and Smalls and 9PM by ATB to name a few. so many good songs from around that era.

04-28-2010, 07:01 AM	#106 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	every now and then I just have a complete 90s day, which usually turns into 90s week. I just love that era so much. wish I was a bit older to have appreciated it a little more at the time, but I still have memories of the music from then.

04-28-2010, 07:35 AM	#108 (permalink)
downwardspiral Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 734	yeah man. I'm 19, 20 in August, but I have a pretty good memory so I have a massive spotify playlist FULL of stuff I love from the 90s. a lot of dance, a lot of alternative stuff and a fair bit of pop. stuff like Sixpence Non The Richer, The Wannadies, Alanis Morissette, Third Eye Blind, Ocean Colour Scene, Suede, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Chemical Bro's, Eagle Eye Cherry, Sneaker Pimps, Underworld, Basement Jaxx, Deep Blue Something. mainly bands that were around then and didn't progress further into the next decade. so much stuff. i dig it hard. 90s is more than likely my favourite ever decade.