Songs to own up to liking but shouldn't...

57Deluxe

I have always loved the loose, random Big Band-style drums on Andy Williams' Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

RobDavies

Dollar's Mirror Mirror.

Perfect pop music - thanks to Trevor Horn, anyway.

dafuzz

The Ketchup Song

stickyfiddle

Most Spice Girls singles.

dafuzz

That reminds me: just about everything S Club 7 recorded during their career. Including the cover stuff off the telly show like Tie A Yellow Ribbon and Dancing Queen

JookyChap

Anything by the Carpenters (though Tony Peluso's guitar might have something to do with it...)

richardhomer

Careless Whisper by George Michael. Pop music of the highest quality.

John_P

I just watched a bbc acoustic show from last night - I thought James Blunt was pretty good...

possibly even more uncool - I really like the drumming (simon phillips or the chap from toto?) on cher's version of the shoop shoop song.

57Deluxe

Michael Bolton - Steel Bars - I bought the CD single at the time... is an epic production though! LA sound at it's height...

ICBM

Oasis - 'D'You Know What I Mean'.

I hate Oasis intensely, but I like that song.


I love Andy Williams, the Carpenters, George Michael... and I recently got the Spice Girls first album for my daughter, and found it wasn't as bad as I was expecting! Made me feel old to realise it was recorded almost five years before she was born though.

But liking Michael Bolton deserves being shot for .

randomhandclaps

All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix.  I know he is generally considered to be a bit shit an' all by proper musicians but I like that track.

xSkarloey

"Life is a Rollercoaster" by Ronan Keating. Lovely loose swing to that. Written by the New Radicals bloke.

"Back for Good" by Take That. Not a fan and I don't like anything else by them. I think Gary Barlow doesn't write songs, he just comes up with decent choruses, and that one works for me.

racefaceec90

i will always have a soft spot for this    

richardhomer

Skarloey;235847" said:

"Back for Good" by Take That

I think that is a 'perfect' song. A truly great pop song. And one Gary might consider a minor rewrite of in view of recent news: "I guess now it's time, for me to pay up. I guess it's time".

TTony

RobDavies said:

Dollar's Mirror Mirror.

 

I used to have a large poster of them on my wall.  Well, half a poster anyways.

JookyChap said:

Anything by the Carpenters (though Tony Peluso's guitar might have something to do with it...)

It's Karen's voice that does it for me.   There's some stuff that just make the hairs stick up.

 

And a couple of owners uppers of my own ..

http://youtu.be/lTYe9eDqxe8

http://youtu.be/SbyAZQ45uww

 

 

xSkarloey

richardhomer said:

Skarloey;235847" said:

"Back for Good" by Take That

I think that is a 'perfect' song. A truly great pop song. And one Gary might consider a minor rewrite of in view of recent news: "I guess now it's time, for me to pay up. I guess it's time".

Whatever I said

Whatever I did

I didn't mean it, 

And now I'm taxed for good....

Alnico

Avenues and Alleyways - Tony Christie

Days like These - Matt Munroe

When will I be Loved - Every Brothers

9 - 5 - Dolly Parton

Me and Bobby Mcgee - Chris Kristofferson

Knowing me, Knowing you - Abba

Stayin' Alive - Bee Gee's

Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood

mike_l

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_UmOY6ek_Y4

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5IyAGpooGko

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZFYxCIr-Byo

 

 

 

mudslide73

Girls Aloud - Biology, Automatic - Pointer Sisters, Duran Duran, loads of stuff really.

ICBM

Alnico said:

Me and Bobby Mcgee - Chris Kristofferson

Perfect example of a song where the writer should have been physically stopped from ever singing it…

Once you've heard Janis Joplin's version his is just awful.

Alnico said:

Knowing me, Knowing you - Abba

Stayin' Alive - Bee Gee's

Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood

All great!

Bellycaster

I can't see owt wrong with owning up to any of these songs, there's some classics on here. It's not like it's an embarrassment to like "Pop" music.

But, If we are going to going to go with the "Cheesy" (a term I despise) theme, then just to name a few:

Chesney Hawkes - The one and Only (Guitar solo by ???????Nik Kershaw????????)

Wham - Club Tropicana, what a Bassline.

Bucks Fizz - The Land of Make Believe

Shakatak - Nightbirds

Plus loads of 70's Disco/Funk and 80's Soul/Funk/RnB/Post Disco

and let's not forget Spandau Ballet.