Guilty Pleasures!!!!!

[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.

[QuantumJo]

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 )

[Yesspaz]

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

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.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by QuantumJo

I have no guilt in any of my pleasures music or otherwise

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.

[dinosaur]

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

[PFD]

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...

[QuantumJo]

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.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by QuantumJo

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.

Hey man,

Nice to see you here...

I listened to Jailbreak and Johnny the Fox yesterday...

[roger]

the boys are back in town!

[Yesspaz]

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.