Favorite Guilty Pleasures - Music Edition

Pretty sure this is the first single I ever owned. God knows why.

 

The Commodores, especially "Three Times A Lady." (the long version, of course) That was the summer of my first love and that song was a No. 1 hit that summer (1978), followed by "Still" and "Sail On." Throw in Lionel Richie's duet with Diana Ross in "Endless Love" and the sap was flowing!

 

The Monkees. I have a bunch of their songs on my iPod (none of the cheesy Davy Jones songs, though). My sister and I would come home from elementary school in the early '70s and watch the reruns.

 

Miley.

 

Actually, the Monkees had some really good songs, especially the first year and half: Last Train to Clarksville, Stepping Stone, Pleasant Valley Sunday.

Also, I love Paul Revere and the Raiders. From about mid-1966 through early '68, their stuff was as good as anything on the radio, and has held up remarkably well over the years.

And, of course, one of my all-time favorite oldies: the immortal 96 Tears, by ? and the Mysterians.

 

Destiny's Child
Christina Aguilera
Mariah Carey

 

Barry

Air Supply

Abba

 

Yep. Been there. Still there.

ABBA
Barry Manilow
Bryan Adams
Cat Stevens

They're not guilty pleasures. They're pleasures without any qualification.

 

I've been listening to Olivia Newton-John's greatest hits a lot lately. I've tried to stop but can't.
Canadian guilty pleasure on my iPod - The Poppy Family.

 

I'd get thrown out of the Man Club for admitting it, but I love "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," by Gerry and the Pacemakers. It's probably the schlockiest song (not performed by Herman's Hermits) of the British Invasion, but there's a personal backstory to it and I absolutely love it.

 

The Captain and Tennille