Well, from time to time, I do enjoy a little Air Supply, the Carpenters (because, seriously, how can you not love Karen’s vocals?!), and a bunch of yacht rock artists/bands. And yes… I do like Taylor Swift.
Who?? Who is this Tyler Swift ya’ll keep mentioning?
Right? 😉
I feel like on the anniversary of Edward Van Halen’s passing, I should answer this question with one of his favorite quotes: “If it sounds good, it is good.”
I have always agreed with that statement wholeheartedly. And on the basis of that, there is no such thing as a “guilty pleasure” in music. If it sounds good to you, then it’s good.
Loved seeing all the comments on here and liked everyone’s choices.
Between the Monkees and New Edition and Barry Manilow – what is not to love about a great song, groove, lyric and/or voice?
What I will add is my love for instrumentals especially on soundtracks – so many wonderful arrangements – some favorites:
– Anything Thomas Newman creates – one of my favorites is “Walkaway” from Meet Joe Black
– “Rocky’s Reward” from Rocky by Bill Conti
– “Building the Barn” from Witness by Maurice Jarre
– “Promised Land Theme” from Promised Land by James Newton Howard
– The entire To Live and Die in LA” soundtrack by Wang Chung
– The entire “Charlie Brown Christmas” soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi
– “Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire” by David Foster
GenX here, a little younger than Eddie.
90s Indie/Alt was is awesome!
Here in Cincinnati we had the famous 97X and later Channel Z. (Man I miss those days)
Also,……I couldn’t help being influenced by others listening to funk, hip-hop, NWA, etc, etc in the 80s. Even classical.
“All things hard rock and heavy metal” is top of the list but many other tied for 2nd.
Bad hearing to prove it lol.
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Well, from time to time, I do enjoy a little Air Supply, the Carpenters (because, seriously, how can you not love Karen’s vocals?!), and a bunch of yacht rock artists/bands. And yes… I do like Taylor Swift.
Who?? Who is this Tyler Swift ya’ll keep mentioning?
Right? 😉
I feel like on the anniversary of Edward Van Halen’s passing, I should answer this question with one of his favorite quotes: “If it sounds good, it is good.”
I have always agreed with that statement wholeheartedly. And on the basis of that, there is no such thing as a “guilty pleasure” in music. If it sounds good to you, then it’s good.
Shine on, EVH!
Yes, we miss EVH!!!
I agree, I wouldn’t call it a “guilty pleasure” either, as Barry Gibb said – We’ve got nothing to be Guilty of! 😉
Elvis
Cat Stevens
Earth, Wind and Fire
Men At Work
The Highwaymen
Loved seeing all the comments on here and liked everyone’s choices.
Between the Monkees and New Edition and Barry Manilow – what is not to love about a great song, groove, lyric and/or voice?
What I will add is my love for instrumentals especially on soundtracks – so many wonderful arrangements – some favorites:
– Anything Thomas Newman creates – one of my favorites is “Walkaway” from Meet Joe Black
– “Rocky’s Reward” from Rocky by Bill Conti
– “Building the Barn” from Witness by Maurice Jarre
– “Promised Land Theme” from Promised Land by James Newton Howard
– The entire To Live and Die in LA” soundtrack by Wang Chung
– The entire “Charlie Brown Christmas” soundtrack by Vince Guaraldi
– “Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire” by David Foster
GenX here, a little younger than Eddie.
90s Indie/Alt was is awesome!
Here in Cincinnati we had the famous 97X and later Channel Z. (Man I miss those days)
Also,……I couldn’t help being influenced by others listening to funk, hip-hop, NWA, etc, etc in the 80s. Even classical.
“All things hard rock and heavy metal” is top of the list but many other tied for 2nd.
Bad hearing to prove it lol.
Hi Rynne,
I am also Gen X 🙂
To quote Bryan Adams, whom I love, I was born in “the summer of ’69.”