[tommytwotone]

Having read the over-rated bands thread, this got me reviewing the music file on my PC.

So, while keeping your credible shit proudly on display round the house, what music do you enjoy in secret when you're sure no-one else is listening?

A few of mine:

James Taylor
Phil Collins
Alexander O'Neal

Think that's enough for now..

[Bubba]

Phil Collins!!! You need help

[Houdini]

Run to the Hills, Maiden.  It's in this machine somewhere.

Blue Monday, New Order.  (Somehow I feel I shouldn't enjoy this, but I do.)

Rio, Duran Duran.

All the HomosapienLP, Pete Shelley.

[dontfollowme]

Nelly Furtado - Maneater

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

and like TTW an occassional foray into Phil Collins/Genesis

*hangs head on shame*

[Houdini]

Edwin Collins - Never met a girl like you before.  Strangely good for lifting weights to.


Phil Collins - Solo & Genesis vocals = excrement. 

(Drums for Genesis w/Peter Gabriel is a different story.  Gotta be one of the trippiest interesting prog/folk rock bands we produced.  Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the early live LP - all great, far-out records from a very fertile time in Rock.  No shame here.)

[Rico]

Rio, Duran Duran.

I prefer Planet Earth, but generally any Duran Duran.

I also bought Gwen Stefani's album for my mum and ended up keeping it for myself.

[dave]

where do i begin......a quick look through my mp£s reveals:

sash! - mysterious times
jive bunny - swing the mood
reel2real - i like to move it
craig david Vs Survivor - eye of the tiger/fill me in - this is absolutley dynamite
n-trance - kung fu fighting - i could have also listed their version of D.I.S.C.O.
clock - oh what a night
mark morrison - return of the mack
50 cent - u not like me
ace of base - all that she wants - note to self: find The Sign on mp3
betty boo - doin' the do - god knows why i downloaded this, probably after Yoda 80s mix came out
dead or alive - you spin me round (like a record)
right said fred - i'm too sexy
that "super mario land" tune
peter andre - mysterious girl - me and scouse found this an excellent font trip Proton singallong tune. I remember Paz crying on the backseat.
snow - informer
stompin tom conners - the good old hockey game - only relevant to anyone who went to the steelers in the 94-98ish period
tom jones - its no unusual
usher - u remind me - for some reason this reminds me of Foot & Mouth disease. I think its because it was always on the radio 1 on a sunday morning on the way over to Ramshaw, along with the next tune. Thank you Mikee B and DJ spoony.
DJ pied piper - do you really like it - ditto
shirley bassey - goldfinger
aqua - turn back time

some of the above are quite good, only mark morrison and 50 cent i would deem to me pieces of music with absolutley no redeeming features whatsoever. I'm sure some of you will bag to differ.

[tommytwotone]

following further review of the mp3 file...

Sade - Sweetesy Taboo / Smooth Operator (why do I have this 80s smooth soul shit? I don't know.)
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years  (kwality karaoke tune, but again, why?)

I also found Michael McDonald - I Keep Forgettin' (We're Not In Love Any More), but IMO it's absolved by the fact it's the sample from the mighty Regulate.

oh, and Dave...is there ever any excuse for Jive Bunny or Peter Andre??

[dave]

the peter andre thing I listed to stictly in an ironic sense. As for jive bizzle, what can i say, doesn't everyone like 1950s swing/rock&roll computer mixed over a synthesised drumbeat? Bit of trivia, the jive bunny studio is only like 10mins walk from me peeps crib, i've seen the platinum discs for swing the mood, lets twist again etc and shit in there. Not that i was in there for that reason, I think we were in to buy some tidy trax hard house classics on vinyl.

[andy_e]

Shit, I've just come across some Elton John in my collection. It isn't mine, honest! I think my mum wanted me to d/l it...

[dave]

Shit, I've just come across some Elton John

Why don't you Furnish us with some details?

Fuck, so many innuendos, so little time.

[richdraws]

Ok I knew I guess Neil Diamond falls into this category but do I really have to be ashamed of Kate Bush, Cloudbusting? So do I have to hide Stevie Nicks or Prince?

Please Advise

Yours Unashamedly

Richard

[Carnage]

Bad cheesy trance stuff
An old Men at Work album
Sarah Blasko.
ELO - 'Into the Blue' album
A couple of Boston Albums - and the track 'More than a feeling' gets thrashed alot
Heart - 'Bad Animals' album.

The shame, the shame.........

[Houdini]

No.  No.  No.  It's OK!


The Men @ Work LP is completely acceptable.  Great sax.

[SA Chris]

Journey's Greatest Hits; feel the power chords.

"I see a smoky room
I smell wine and cheap perfume"

[Falling Down]

Here's mine.... (and I don't feel guilty either)

Rush - Anything from the 70's and 80's... I love Rush.

Foreigner / Reo Speedwagon / Chicago / Peter Cetera - All on their original 'bought from woolies' cassettes.. perfect driving music.

[Sloper]

Hawkwind, Silver Machine
Deep Purple, s-o-t-w

I'll be listening to these as soon as I can find where my wife has hidden them.

[Falling Down]

Hawkwind...

I have 30 Hawkwind albums... 

[Paz]

peter andre - mysterious girl - me and scouse found this an excellent font trip Proton singallong tune. I remember Paz crying on the backseat.

It still hurts me like an old wound.  What you on about, the rest of them are cool - I've not actually heard you listen to much else. 

I've got loads of these cos I by my records in Asda:

Meatloaf (Greatest Hits including the more recent Andrew Lloyd Webber tracks.  Oops.  )
Outkast.
Chas and Dave.
Pet Shop Boys (the old Discography stuff and Go West doesn't count as being too embarassing but bonus points if anyones got the new stuff).
Erasure
The Smiths.  OK I bought it for the guitar on How Soon is Now, but jesus the rest is anal crap.
Aha.  As above but bought for take on me.
Kelis
Estelle
Lumidee
Lots of stuff that I bought just because I kept seeing it i the shop and wondered what it was like.
Bon Jovi - and I saw them live!

OK so non of that's too bad and anyway I'm greatful I never bought a Skunk Anansi album, Menswear, Blue Tones or any Radiohead, but
for the really embarassing stuff we have to pretend it's 1995 and think that anything obscure will be worth a fortune, any
old guitar album will be the next Definitely Maybe, and anyone with a guitar might achieve fame and stardom.  I'm also a sucker for anything
that says limited edition on it.  This might have made me and many other people oblivious to the fact that what we were listening to was utter shite. 

Oasis - Be Here Now.  I couldn't bring myself to take it back to the shop.  I've got those stupid fag boxes for the singles too. 
Red Kross - who?  Think it was 50p and worth the risk.
Five too many Geneva singles
and the worst of the worst:  Ocean Colour Scene.  Nothing that bad can make the Riverboat song and The Circle worth while and the thought of giving money to those boring tossers makes me sick. 

But the embarassing ones I actually listen to still are:
Supernaturals, Space, Catatonia, Octopus, Speedy, Symposium, Tiger.

Until recently I was done with indy.  Like most genres, if it's mediocre then it's unlistenable crap, but it's double embarassing if it's a bunch of sweaty moaning blokes making a racket. 

[SA Chris]

and the worst of the worst:  Ocean Colour Scene.  Nothing that bad can make the Riverboat song and The Circle worth while and the thought of giving money to those boring tossers makes me sick. 

I own a copy of Moseley Shoals too.

[soapy]

oh my

*opens old lp chest*

hmm...spandau ballet, adam and the ants, gary glitter, mud, u2, t'pau, the shamen, alvin stardust, wham, bay city rollers, boney m, madonna, japan, donna summer, elo, elton john, erasure, ken dodd, the osmonds, falco, showaddywaddy, suzi quattro, sweet, howard jones, 10cc, the wombles, theatre of hate/spear of destiny, blancmange, kelly marie, shakin stevens, julio iglesias...all gravy baby

[Monolith]

Focus, Bros, Take That, Olivia Newton John, Outhere Brothers and Ratt all have a track or two on my ipod.

[Houdini]

Went out looking for 70's gatefold prog-rock one time & came back with a Demis Rousos (sp?) LP.  Kinda like that frock-thing he wore.

Falco died in the Alps after snorting coke in his Ferrari.  Falco's OK surely.  It's not Kajagoogoo, is it?

[SA Chris]

Roger Water's Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking last night.

[Houdini]

You seen my Aviators?