Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Toby Keith, Joe Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Elton John(my nickname was Elton in high school because I was such a huge fan, Sparks(one of my favorite bands), Alice Cooper(eaten in his restaurant in Phoenix many times), A Flock of Seagulls(saw them back up the Go-Go's, most fun I ever had at a concert), David Lee Roth, Gary Numan, Joan Jett, Kiss, Meat Loaf, and yes Elvis Presley.

JJ
 

say what you want about his demeanor, but he's an absolute genius. No pangs of guilt should be associated with him.

Sparks?

Yes, Rick. Sparks, mainly there earlier punk rock style. But I do have some of their newer electronic stuff. Ron Mael humor is wonderful, and Russell's falsetto singing is enjoyable to me. Is that worse than Barry M?

what I mean...
 

is I never heard of them. I was into the Plasmatics, Ramones, Richard Hell, etc. but never heard of sparks.

Cool!

http://www.allsparks.com/home_h.php
If you ever saw the movie "Rollercoaster" with George Segal and Timothy Bottoms and Helen Hunt as a young teenager. Sparks was the live band in the movie with the piano player throwing his piano bench around the stage ala Pete Townshend smashing his guitar. They also did a song on MTV in the early 80's with Jane Wieldlin from the Go-Go's call 'Cool Places'. They have been around since the early 70's and just released a new album which I don't have yet, but has been getting good reviews. They didn't get much airplay here, but in England they had some Top 5 hits with 'Talent is an Asset' and 'This Town isn't Big Enough for Both of Us'. Their best albums are 'Woofer in Tweeter's Clothes', 'Kimono My House', 'Propaganda', and 'Indiscreet'. I have most of their albums or cd's. If you wanna try one get 'Kimono' first. If you haven't seen 'Rollercoaster', rent it it is a great movie.

P. S. Sparks is the only band my mom banned me from playing when I was growing up because she couldn't stand the singer's voice. Of course I played it anyway. That's how I got my own record player for my room.

Wow!
 

After I narrowed the web address down to allsparks.com, I found a band I never knew. How does this happen? What a fascinating bio - very cool.

Love the pics of the drummer, though she looks like she can kick my ass.

The names of the records are a scream, too.

speaking of brazil 66
 

hey jrv,
i happen to have loved loni (hall i think) singing with brazil...some of my best memories are singing...when a summer turns to snow...guilty as sin i am of still lovin them...even did out the album and play it (if my turntable worked):rolleyes:

and Sparks!
 

teemin8r, i saw them one nite on some music show...couldn't stop singing their stuff...had them preserved on tape...but alas it finally broke.:D

albert's a wiz! he a genius!

Are we not men?
 

I don't know how I forgot these guys. I used to listen to Devo's first three records all of the time! Pink Pussycat, Blockhead, Mongoloid, what fun stuff. The "Duty Now for the Future" record is a gem.

I was watching one of my son's shows, "Rocket Power" (which is great) and the Devo guy Mark M. does the music. He also did Pee-Wee Herman's music and tons of others.

Sometimes I'd rather listen to their versions of "Satisfaction" and "Secret Agent Man" over the originals.

Whip it good!

i luv that cartoon rick!
 

mark also has been the musical input for rug rats from the beginning! another show i like...he had tabs in real monsters too, i believe...

we are DEVO

and i confess to M&M too:(
i'm a word monger, what can i say.

No Guilt In Music
 

I have no guilt in any of my pleasures music or otherwise but keeping in the spirit of the thread here I go. Sabbath with Ozzy, Ozzy with Randy, Iron Madian with Paul, Van Hallen with David, Accept, Motör Head, Montrose, Ummm Carol King, The Carpenters, Joni Mitchell, ZZ Top, B.O.C., Living Color ( my first CD ). My first concert was Neil Diamond..Went with the prenatal units Fleetwood Mac ( my first LP )

Montrose
 

ah, part of the birth of Journey - Ross Valory - killer groovy bassist.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

In a different thread I mentioned a fun thing we had going about Guilty Pleasures.

We have enough new members of the family now to resurrect it I think. Read back through the previous posts and have a laugh. Then add your own to the list.

Re: No Guilt In Music
 

That's two yrs old but still well said...

I finally just bought the Devo CD referred to a couple of posts back.

Money well spent.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

My first album was
The Monkees !
You never forget your first one.
Another pleasant valley Sundaayayay...

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

My first record was Grease, the soundtrack!!

I admit to liking The Bee Gees and Abba.

In the 80s, I secretly listened to Duran Duran...

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Hey Moon Buds…
It has been a wile for me here in the forums. I am working 2nd shift wile the wife is still working 1st at the Buffalo Museum of Science. With lil Isabella now 1 year old i'm down to 4-5 hrs of sleep a night. A friend of mine has around 2500 cd’s and I have been adding them to my iTunes at about 10-15 cd’s a week. Recently I have added the complete collection of; Accept, AC/DC, Bernie Torme, Budgie, Frank Marino, Gary Moore, Riot & Thin Lizzy. I have Tygers of Pan Tang on deck for this week.

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

Hey man,

Nice to see you here...

I listened to Jailbreak and Johnny the Fox yesterday...:-o~

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

the boys are back in town! :D

Re: Guilty Pleasures!!!!!
 

I don't know if this counts as a guilty pleasure (I don't, but some will), but I'm totally into the Cranberries right now.