Guilty Pleasures!!!!!

[Rick and Roll]

Favorite bands not on Aural moon:


in no order:

Chicago
XTC
Iron Maiden
Indigo Girls
Smithereens
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Budgie
Judas Priest
King's X
Tool
Thin Lizzy

I listen to these as much as prog. But I admit, there are more prog bands that are great than rock bands.

Throw away the key!

[progdirjim(Admin)]

I don't think many of Rick's are embarrassing - just not prog. Okay, Judas Priest maybe. But, my brother, who you'll meet at Nearfest if you meet me, once dated a girl whose license plate was: jd prst. I am not making this up.... So if she was good enough for him (it was a serious relationship), I'm not going to abuse Rick over Judas Priest too much...

Anyway, what Keith was too polite to say - I admitted to liking some Duran Duran.

anyone else? c'mon now, don 't be shy....

[mossy]

A good friend of mine recently said "I just like what I like".

I have to admit I'm as much a folky as a proggy and get very excited when the two genres come together.

David Crosby's newish band, CPR, is wonderful. The talented keyboardist is James Raymond. There's a story behind it all.. David gave him up for adoption at birth and it wasn't until James was 36 or so that they met up again...on Croz' supposed deathbed. But Croz survived!..and they went on to form CPR and make music together. But I digress...

Love music sung by schoolboy choirs, which I guess is why Druid and Sigur Ros appeal so much.

I've just got back from seeing "Anything goes" a musical based on the songs of Cole Porter. I have to admit I was entranced.

"It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delovely."

[progdirjim(Admin)]

that's not bad Keithie. Cole Porter isn't exactly my cup of tea, but he was a genius at writing show tunes...

[podakayne]

i'll have to give this another read...after i stop laughing...yes i like:

barry manilow
chicago(why would that be embarassing?)
ohio players, smokey,
(not Roger though)
funkadelics
most r&b groups of 70s & some yes i dare say it DISCO (though i'd never buy it—i like to dance what can i say)
mike jackson & sister janet (who best to dance to)
someone said the eagles (i like 'em)
frank senatra
louis armstrong
de bussy
elfin john (early stuff)
america (all of it)
dan fogleburg

but no tom jones

must purge myself...this was so much fun...and very entertaining...

and hey keith...i LOVE cole porter...nite & day sends me!

[JRV]

Night and Day was covered by one of my guilty pleasures...Sergio Mendez and Brasil 66. To this day, it's one of my faves. Didn't realize it was a Cole Porter song.

[Yesspaz]

No one has yet come close to my adoration of Roxette (except for those people who like Manilow... sheesh...).

[Rick and Roll]

Juliana Hatfield, Jill Sobule, Ambrosia's radio hits, I still have a few up my sleeve...

Gene Pitney
Matt Monro
Robert Goulet
Mel Torme
KC and the Sunshine Band
and Kool and the Gang.

Certainly got my dancing shoes on with KC.......

"Girl, I love you so.
I want you to know.
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out the door......

Please don't go, don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go, don't go
I'm begging you to stay"

[teermin8r]

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.

[Rick and Roll]

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

Sparks?

[teermin8r]

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?

[Rick and Roll]

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

Cool!

[teermin8r]

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.

[Rick and Roll]

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.

[podakayne]

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)

[podakayne]

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.

albert's a wiz! he a genius!

[Rick and Roll]

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!

[podakayne]

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.