Friday OT #2 - S****y Music You Can’t Quit

[Angie]

What is music that you know is terrible, but you absolutely cannot quit? Maybe sort of guilty pleasures.

I have an abiding love for The Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, and Billy Joel, and do not care how uncool they are.

What are yours?

 

[JP4CY]

Are the Pointer Sisters terrible? I love em.

 

[Clonefan32]

I've always really liked Coldplay, which has become a harder thing to admit after Forty Year Old Virgin came out.

 

[GMackey32]

Hall and Oates. Love ‘em.

 

[Al_4_State]

I can always enjoy some late 90’s/early 00’s pop punk. Blink 182, Green Day, old Fallout Boy, All American Rejects, Rancid, Alkaline Trio, etc.

 

[Al_4_State]

I've always really like Coldplay, which has became a harder thing to admit after Forty Year Old Virgin came out.

The first two albums had some really good songs.

 

[Angie]

I still unironically enjoy early Oasis. 70s chick singers (Patty Smith, Carly Simon, etc.). Almost the entirety of the 80s - pure nostalgia.

 

[GMackey32]

I can always enjoy some late 90’s/early 00’s pop punk. Blink 182, Green Day, old Fallout Boy, All American Rejects, Rancid, Alkaline Trio, etc.

Anberlin and Midtown both fall into this as well.

 

[clonedude]

What is music that you know is terrible, but you absolutely cannot quit? Maybe sort of guilty pleasures.

I have an abiding love for The Bee Gees, Hall & Oates, and Billy Joel, and do not care how uncool they are.

What are yours?

Bee Gees and Hall & Oates are awesome! When did they become 'uncool'?

 

[SerenityNow]

Maybe I'm in the minority but I don't see any band/artist listed that I would consider sh1tty.

Now I like some good old fashioned 70s soft rock on occasion. THAT would be considered bad music by most people.

 

[Turn2]

Not s****y per se, because I'd prefer it they be referred to as sophisticated in their own special way. But they've always been looked at as weirdos by certain segments, and the music is not complex by any stretch. Anyway, I have always loved the B-52's. Still in my rotation.

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[BCClone]

I do like nickelback.

 

[Pat]

I can always enjoy some late 90’s/early 00’s pop punk. Blink 182, Green Day, old Fallout Boy, All American Rejects, Rancid, Alkaline Trio, etc.

As a fan of all of these bands… how dare you include Rancid on this list!

Back when Spotify was more interested in being awesome than profitable, the algorithm sent me down a mid/late 90’s “alternative” rabbit hole. “Based on what you’ve listened to, would you like this?” Yes I would!

Good lord, some of the stuff that they would play on the radio… Paw, K’s Choice, Marcy Playground, Jimmie’s Chicken Shack… I could very literally make better sounding records in my office today. Utter garbage. I love it all.

Shout out 93 K-Rock and 101.9 The Edge for putting this questionable nonsense on the air.

 

[jcyclonee]

First of all, the Bee Gees are awesome. I can envision @SCyclone boogieing down to them at The Runway disco in FD.

Hall and Oates needs to be divided. We'll use Maneater as the dividing line. Pre-Maneater, they were great. Post Maneater they were pretty bad.

Similarly with Billy Joel. Pre Christie Brinkley, Billy Joel was terrific. Post-Christie, his life became to easy and there just wasn't the inner struggle in his music.

 

[clonedude]

I like several Dua Lipa songs... is that bad?

 

[Gonzo]

It's not a specific "bad" band or artist for me, but it is radio station 104.1, Des Moines' home for soft and refreshing music. I started listening to it around 2016 when the world seemed like it was starting to spin out of control, as a way to cope with the madness. And ever since then it stuck. So, much of the time when I'm driving I'll be cruising to the likes of Air Supply, Bette Midler, Billy Ocean, Chicago and, if I'm lucky, a little Atlantic Starr.

 

[JayV]

Hard to find many of these as "terrible." Billy Joel is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Coldplay will be. Everyone on @Al_4_State 's list seem like good quality music to me.

Someone I enjoy, that I get a lot of weird looks and comments for is Kylie Minogue.

 

[BCClone]

First of all, the Bee Gees are awesome. I can envision @SCyclone boogieing down to them at The Runway disco in FD.

Hall and Oates needs to be divided. We'll use Maneater as the dividing line. Pre-Maneater, they were great. Post Maneater they were pretty bad.

Similarly with Billy Joel. Pre Christie Brinkley, Billy Joel was terrific. Post-Christie, his life became to easy and there just wasn't the inner struggle in his music.

You forgot your favorite artist, so you may not think he's that bad. I included a video for everyone, so non MN people can see what MN people consider awsome.

 

[jcyclonee]

As for my ****y music that I can't quit, here is a list.

I will never turn off Party in the USA and will go out of my way to listen to it at times.

I'll admit it. I like Duran Duran.

I prefer Van Halen to Van Hagar. I know David Lee Roth is a horrible singer and so much of the music is totally cheesy but I enjoy it much more.

I like The Carpenters. What a voice. Karen Carpenter could sing the stupid Iowa men's basketball roster to me and I might start to respect the Iowa men's basketball program.

 

[MJ29]

90s country (George Strait, early Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, Faith Hill, Shania, etc.) is my comfort music. When I'm having a bad day, I throw that on, and everything is fine.

Same applies to 90s boybands.