Bands You Love But Dont Tell Your Friends......

[JRSIV]

The Bee Gee's. Hey man, those guys were great songwriters and Maurice was a bad ass bass player.

Barry Gibb plays in open G, which I think is pretty cool considering all the "fancy" maj7 and augmented chords some of their tunes have...

Me and the wife go around the house sometimes singing "Guilty" by Barry Gibb and Barbara Striesand. ... ...

I've said too much.

[TIMB]

Little River Band..I love'em,but don't tell anyone.

[07 road house]

I like ELO

[TerryM]

Originally Posted by gliderider22

John Mayer

Same.

I went to one of his concerts for my sister's birthday because that's what she wanted--and he started to jam and do Clapton covers instead of the top-40ish stuff.

My sister was bummed about the stuff that wasn't pop tunes, but I joined his fan club so I could get advanced notice on the shows--but I don't tell anyone beside my wife.

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by TIMB

Little River Band..I love'em,but don't tell anyone.

I did alot of work with them in the early days, we were with the same Agent same sort of country rock genre and they released an album called After Hours which sent the punters into a spin, it was brilliant. i went back to the blues and they went for a world tour. Pity that knob in the USA Steve whatever his name is ripped them off over the name, he wasnt even in the band until much later in the bands career.

[Malikon]

*looks around all guilty*
IreallylikeAmyWinehouse
*runs off*

[firesgt911]

Hahaha!!! You guys are all a bunch of panzies!

Seriously, my guilty pleasure is Kelly Clarkson. I don't know why.

[Strat-O-Lady]

Roxette....

and Ace of Base....

[SeafoamStrat]

Oh Yeah! That "other" band from Sweden.....

[Boris Bubbanov]

Originally Posted by Bangbang

Neal Diamond

Neil Diamond was great, at one time, then he decided to change markets and left his rock and roll people stammering and embarrassed.

But the facts are, Solitary Man and everything the guy released before that was superb.

In the same fashion I though Genesis was fantastic (and they were) and by the time Steve left I knew I would be hating myself for having admired them so much. BUT, I do feel genuinely bad that Phil's back is hurting to the point he can now no longer drum. He was always a great drummer. A suckier songwriter would be hard to find, tho.

No apologies for the BeeGees are necessary. They killed when I was young; they could've covered Yanni after that and I won't deny them their due.

For the most part, I DO tell my friends what I like and don't like, and always have. If you liked the Monkees, or the Archies, or the 1910 Fruitgum Company, the Association, Kiss, the Partridge Family or a bunch of others YOU would be reminding yourself not to tell ME. I was the friend you did not tell.

I bought the Royal Guardsmen "Snoopy and the Red Baron" single and we rehearsed it fairly well. Somebody asked me "Whose idea was this?" and I said I thought the audience ( 11-15 year olds, mostly ) would like it. My bandmates told me they'd rather not play at all. That's OK. That's about as goofy as I went. Sorry.

[Boris Bubbanov]

Originally Posted by 07 road house

I like ELO

What's wrong with that? They were good; their songs lasted the test of time far better than Air Supply or Seals and Crofts or America or Captain and Tenille.
To the point they probably shouldn't be mentioned in the same post.

Jeff Lynne, my sincere apologies. You're cool as far as I know, and will remain so.

Think about how much really really bad sh!t there was out there:

Helen Reddy;
Bobby Goldsboro;
Ray Stevens;
David Hasselhoff;
Peter Frampton ( what a travesty as he was great with Steve Marriott );
Billy Squire;
Leonard Nimoy;
Rod Stewart (my apologies, Jeff B, you can't save your dopey friend)
and how about Michael Jackson?

Somebody bought these records. No one admits it now, however.

[Goodkat]

Originally Posted by Tafmutt

... Oh, by the way, I LOVE Sade ...

Who doesn't. There were times when I was listening to Sade and Vaya Con Dios all day long (it probably has something to do with women ).

Someone mentioned Depeche Mode? I like them very much but ... I wouldn't be caught dead listening to 'Just can't get enough' and songs of that nature. On the other hand, 'Behind the wheel'...

As for the music I like but don't tell everyone - a bit of '70s/early eighties disco (I actually can't believe I'm writing this ). The thing is, I used to play music at one of the local radio station when I was younger. One day I got a new program sheet stating I am to play the disco music between hours x and y. Oh boy! I was all like: "C'mon I thought you guys liked me, what's up with this disco crap?!" and they were like: "We do like you but you are to play that music". Long story short, after some initial resentment I came to appreciate some of it (I was at liberty to decide which song actually go on the air). It's a music from a period of time just before I was born. It takes me back (to my previous life ) and it kinda makes a lot of sense. My filters are working all the time so there's absolutely no ABBA or Village People for me (no way!). Things like 'Odyssey - Going back to my roots'? Any time!

[AllroyPA]

When you were younger !? You're very young still ! Do you have bias against the Boy's Don't Cry era of the Cure also ? The B-sides were just amazing on the cassette.

[Goodkat]

Well, it's my bad. I wrote "when I was younger" and I meant something like "when I was a bit younger" (and I should have written that in the first place) not something like "in my youth".


Yeah I'm still young. So are you. But I stopped being very young a long time ago (it's not an age thing, it's a spiritual and mental development thing).

And no ... I don't have a bias against Cure (but I am to young to appreciate 'The Cure' the same way you do, I'll give you that. That's not a mind/spirit thing. You had to be there and you had to be in your teens or early twenties and not 11 or 12). I think we already had a similar conversation but I'll say it again: I'm a highly tolerant person (real tolerance takes real effort to develop) and I don't spend my time resenting something other people like. I have better things to do in my life. I just don't feel I have to like everything. What I like and what other people like are two different things for me. I always appreciate other people's efforts and likes and dislikes as long as they're not hurting anyone.

[AllroyPA]

Yea, I'm an 80's boy, when punk and new wave was running rampant ... I was too young for the bar-metal scene

[Goodkat]

I edited my message while you were sending yours so there are some things I further explained there.

Aside from that, I really remember the eighties quite well (and it was a special time for me because I was very young back then and it was pretty great). In the early nineties things got really ugly at the part of the world I live in, so I really have nothing good to say about the nineties.

[AllroyPA]

Originally Posted by goodkat

I edited my message while you were sending yours so there are some things I further explained there.

Aside from that, I really remember the eighties quite well (and it was a special time for me because I was very young back then and it was pretty great). In the early nineties things got really ugly at the part of the world I live in, so I really have nothing good to say about the nineties.

I'm really open to musical styles, I think there was alot more to appreciate in the past then what flows through the airwaves today.

[Goodkat]

There's no doubt about that. I like music from the eighties very much. I think that things got stuck in the mid-nineties and it's been pretty crappy since then.

[sevycat]

The Monkeys. That's my pick and I'm sticking with it...

[Orlando Mike]

Originally Posted by AllroyPA

When you were younger !? You're very young still ! Do you have bias against the Boy's Don't Cry era of the Cure also ? The B-sides were just amazing on the cassette.

I loved everything the Cure did up until Disintegration...I lost interest after that, but Im not sure why

[Bangbang]

Originally Posted by Boris Bubbanov

Neil Diamond was great, at one time, then he decided to change markets and left his rock and roll people stammering and embarrassed.

But the facts are, Solitary Man and everything the guy released before that was superb.

In the same fashion I though Genesis was fantastic (and they were) and by the time Steve left I knew I would be hating myself for having admired them so much. BUT, I do feel genuinely bad that Phil's back is hurting to the point he can now no longer drum. He was always a great drummer. A suckier songwriter would be hard to find, tho.

No apologies for the BeeGees are necessary. They killed when I was young; they could've covered Yanni after that and I won't deny them their due.

For the most part, I DO tell my friends what I like and don't like, and always have. If you liked the Monkees, or the Archies, or the 1910 Fruitgum Company, the Association, Kiss, the Partridge Family or a bunch of others YOU would be reminding yourself not to tell ME. I was the friend you did not tell.

I bought the Royal Guardsmen "Snoopy and the Red Baron" single and we rehearsed it fairly well. Somebody asked me "Whose idea was this?" and I said I thought the audience ( 11-15 year olds, mostly ) would like it. My bandmates told me they'd rather not play at all. That's OK. That's about as goofy as I went. Sorry.

We have to remember that these bands and individuals remind us of good times. Thats why we listen to them.

[chuckdup]

cindy lauper back in the day. what a set of pipes.

the cure and the sugarcubes...

YouTube - The Sugarcubes - Birthday (Icelandic)

[aircraftpro]

Originally Posted by Suthrn_BLU_Sman

Lady Gaga because she invokes sexual fantasy.

Creed's old stuff. Sue me.

I once walked in on my dad watching a Tina Turner concert. I was so ashamed. Then we watched it together.

that's freakin hilarious!

[chuckdup]

Originally Posted by sevycat

The Monkeys. That's my pick and I'm sticking with it...

The TV show was fuppin great. Neighsmith< thats not right is it, anyway, he's a nit!! Remember Hermans Hermits? .....laters..chuck

[Malikon]

Originally Posted by sevycat

The Monkeys. That's my pick and I'm sticking with it...

we have a winner! They didn't even play, lol.

[ZL1LoVeR]

NONE!!

I'm never ashamed of listening to whomever as long as I have the conviction that he/she/they are pretty damn good

Here's the list in no particular order:

Invincible, Finale, One Be Lo, The ReMINDers, Alex Schein, Dawah, DAM (Da Arabian MCs), Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Immortal Technique, Matisyahu, Gang Starr, Classified, Rage Against The Machine, Janelle Monae, Atmosphere, Lupe Fiasco, India Arie, Dead Prez, Public Enemy, KRS-One, K'NAAN, System Of A Down, Disturbed, Crossfade, Fort Minor, Blue Scholars, Outlandish, Common, The Roots, Tribal Seeds, Sublime, Pepper, Long Beach Dub Allstars, John Frusciante, Damian Marley, Brother Ali, Nas, Shinedown, Bjork, Imogen Heap, Linkin Park, 12 Stones, 3 Doors Down, Evanescence, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Flobots, Manu Chao, Jack Johnson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Derek Trucks Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Corinne Bailey Ray, John Legend, Natasha Bedingfield, Sly & the Family Stone, Guster, Metallica, Incubus, Weezer, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes

[Strat-O-Lady]

Originally Posted by SeafoamStrat

Oh Yeah! That "other" band from Sweden.....

Ha! I just realized Roxette and Ace of Base are both Swedish bands Those Swedish musicians sure can come up with some catchy tunes!

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by Malikon

we have a winner! They didn't even play, lol.

Mike Nesmith was a player and actually wrote some tunes i think for Neil Diamond and Linda Rondstat he also won many awards for his song writing and Gretch made a guitar in his honor. Davey Jones was a singer in stage musicals in the UK with much success before he joined the series. Peter Tork was a skilled multi-instrumentalist. Mickey Dolenz despite being in circus boy as a kid was also a singer who learnt to play drums he wrote the tune Last Train to Clarkesville my fav and a few others. These guys took over all artistic control of the Monkeys music and actually wrote and played. How do i know all this? as a 10yo i collected all their swap cards lol.

[Suthrn_BLU_Sman]

Dont tell my parents but sometimes I listen to rap...

YouTube - master p - bourbons and lacs

Master P is not a brand of toilet.

YouTube - Nappy Roots ft Jazze Pha - Awnaw (real...

Aww Naww!

YouTube - Lil' Troy - Wanna Be A Baller

This is just a few I remember.

[Rufe Dude]

Originally Posted by Giant

Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack.....

YES!!!! OMG YES!!!!!! Lol

[Boris Bubbanov]

Originally Posted by Orlando Mike

I loved everything the Cure did up until Disintegration...I lost interest after that, but Im not sure why

I think everything that Robert has done was decent, up until this most recent album.

I do admit being proud of being the only person on the street who knew of them (17 seconds) but I still loved the music later on. I just stopped liking the concerts.

Same thing with a band like Simple Minds. If basically no-one under 18 is at one concert and 18 months later the average fan age is 14, forget about it.

Tears for Fears came to New Orleans at the peak of their popularity (not beforehand, unfortunately) and even though I had every LP, EP, single, etc up to that time, I didn't bother to go. I had connections but I gave the tickets to some children of some friends of mine.

[Hugh]

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Liberace

YouTube - 1969 Liberace Show Boogie Woogie

Doesn't that just start your morning out right ?

[me_alex]

John Mayer and Jethro Tull.

You gotta lov'em

[Hugh]

Everyone done throwing up yet ?

[Paulbiz]

In case you havent finished throwing up, I hate to admit it but I always liked this song by Rex Smith "Sooner or Later"...back in 79' my sister and her 14 yr old friends played the album non-stop in our house (while I was 12 yrs old listening to KISS) and this song has stuck...interestingly the synth and power-chords are reminiscent of what would later become my favorite band: THE WHO! Try not to puke and sorry for crap quality...only video I could find of the song:

YouTube - Sooner or Later, Rex Smith

[SeafoamStrat]

Leif Garret!!! As my head goes back in the toilet

[ZL1LoVeR]

THE LONELY ISLAND!! (I still do tell everyone)

YouTube - The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat:...

[Carlsoti]

A li'l bit o' Sinead O'Connor, fiona apple, and anything by The Cardigans.

I recently had a strange dream that I lived next door to the lead singer from the Cardigans, in some ficticious posh high-rise somewhere, and I caught her trying to steal part of my ficticious rare guitar memorabilia collection. Then it turned into some action movie type chase through the sub-structure of the building as I was trying to get my prized piece of gear back from her.

[peskypesky]

Originally Posted by Malikon

*looks around all guilty*
IreallylikeAmyWinehouse
*runs off*

I'm a huge Amy Winehouse fan. Fantastic singer and songriter. Total disaster.

[ArlenBucy]

Mine are a couple already mentioned.
Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse, and one I didnt see was the Dixie Chicks. I LOVE me some Dixie Chicks.