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  • 12-29-2008 9:04 AM

    Embarrasing, but essential.

    Everybody on here has obviously got great taste as we all love B&O but we each, I am sure, have our own little foibles. So what I want to know are what songs do you secretly love but have to explain why they are so good to any one else that hears them coming out of your stereo/ipod.

    For me its anything by Wham (except Last Christmas), dont ask me why but I think they are great, along with Dr Hook!!

    So what are your embarrasing essentials?

  • 12-29-2008 9:07 AM In reply to

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    Randy Newman is top among my of indefensible music collection. 

    There is scarcely anything in this world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little more cheaply. The person who buys on price alone is this man's lawful prey. - John Ruskin

  • 12-29-2008 11:14 AM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Jethro Tull and The Kinks.  Their best work never appreciated in the US, when their bodies of work are long, wide, and (often) deep.  Only with headphones in my world.
  • 12-29-2008 2:16 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    beaker:

    Everybody on here has obviously got great taste as we all love B&O but we each, I am sure, have our own little foibles. So what I want to know are what songs do you secretly love but have to explain why they are so good to any one else that hears them coming out of your stereo/ipod.

    For me its anything by Wham (except Last Christmas), dont ask me why but I think they are great, along with Dr Hook!!

    So what are your embarrasing essentials?

    Haha, Wham is on my list as well! :-) ("Everything She Wants" is a really great pop song, IMO)

    Other than Wham, my "embarrassing music" list is mainly populated by embarrassing Swedish chart hits, haha.

    Ooh, I almost forgot - I love Charlene's "Never been to me"! :D BTW, I just watched an episode of "Beautiful People" where Frances Barber paraphrased this song.

  • 12-29-2008 3:40 PM In reply to

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    Wham for me too, and after they disbanded George Michael. In my defence though, he's a great song writerEmbarrassed

     

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  • 12-29-2008 4:03 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Doris Day, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole anybody??Embarrassed

    (In fact quite a lot of pre-Rock & Roll music).

    My son actually bought me a "Calamity Jane" DVD for Christmas (to my complete suprise)!

    Nearly forgot to say - it's the shimmering strings that do it for me every time, you can pick a "Nat" track out every time just by the string sound (also true of early Drifters records).

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

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  • 12-29-2008 4:12 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    I have an entire playlist in iTunes labelled "Guilty"

    George Michael's 'Freedom' seems tame in this group, so I'll confess to absolutely loving Dolly Parton's version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

    Whistle 

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  • 12-29-2008 4:27 PM In reply to

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    Trentemöller, it's very strange music, but it sounds very beautifull on my system and I like the special effects Cool

    We Can't Get Enough B&O Stuff...

  • 12-29-2008 4:38 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    RussR:

    ...................I'll confess to absolutely loving Dolly Parton's version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

    Whistle 

    ...............and "I will always Love........" her original version of Whitney's warbling massacreYes -  thumbs up

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 12-29-2008 5:25 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Opera music, Enya, i Love it, but i'm embarrassed.

    Love all the music so far mentioned above but am not embarrassed to listen to it, wham, elvis, whitney, dolly parton... all great! hehe 

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  • 12-29-2008 5:43 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Puncher:
    RussR:

    ...................I'll confess to absolutely loving Dolly Parton's version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

    Whistle 

    ...............and "I will always Love........" her original version of Whitney's warbling massacreYes -  thumbs up

    Absolutely Mr P.

    The use of metaphors should be avoided like the plague. They're like a red rag to a bull to me.

  • 12-29-2008 5:49 PM In reply to

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    Beobird:
    Trentemöller, it's very strange music, but it sounds very beautifull on my system and I like the special effects Cool

    That's not embarrasing!

    The only embarrasing music I listen to is MGMT, but I like it... 

  • 12-29-2008 6:12 PM In reply to

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    Dolly is great! She's been one of my favourites since I was ten or eleven, and I've never been embarrassed of it :-) I also used to collect Eurythmics records, and that's a bit embarrassing. I do like Annie though. I also have to confess that I like some of the latest Coldplay songs.

    Lat.fm made me realise how embarrassing my music listening habits are ;-) I used to think that I most of the time listened to modern electronica and other new music, but my last.fm logs showed me the truth and it wasn't pretty :-) That's all I have to say about that, haha.

  • 12-29-2008 6:22 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    astrauch:

    That's not embarrasing!

    The only embarrasing music I listen to is MGMT, but I like it... 

    MGMT are superb and one of the freshest new bands around at this moment in time! Nothing to be ashamed of there - 'Time to Pretend' and 'Electric Feel' are brilliant tunes! Yes -  thumbs up

    My real guilty pleasure though is................... ABBA! Party!!! 

    Lee quite often complains at the 10th playing of 'Chicichita' in the same day! Laughing

    Muchos Gracias Cool

  • 12-29-2008 6:26 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    A14BEO:
    astrauch:

    That's not embarrasing!

    The only embarrasing music I listen to is MGMT, but I like it... 

    MGMT are superb and one of the freshest new bands around at this moment in time! Nothing to be ashamed of there - 'Time to Pretend' and 'Electric Feel' are brilliant tunes! Yes -  thumbs up

    My real guilty pleasure though is................... ABBA! Party!!! 

    Lee quite often complains at the 10th playing of 'Chicichita' in the same day! Laughing

    I can cure you! - listen to them sing "Chicken Tikka tell me what's wrong ..................."    and the magic has gone foreverLaughing

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 12-29-2008 7:18 PM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Matt!  Don't be ashamed

    ABBA is one of the best groups......EVER!!!!

    Whilst ironing today with my favourites playlist on Beoport, I must have pressed repeat ten times when "The Day Before you Came" came on!

    Puncher, I have the original soundtrack fome "The Sound of Music" and "The King and I" both on vinyll if you would like to borrow them.

    I am a bit ashamed that I like "Scooter" with "The Night"

    Andy T.

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  • 12-30-2008 1:19 PM In reply to

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    ANDY!!

    Scooter?!?!??! As teens would say in text messages - WTF?! LOL!

     

    Muchos Gracias Cool

  • 12-31-2008 2:45 PM In reply to

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    Movie soundtracks contain some greats.

    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was on today (i have it on dvd as well!) and I know all the words to all the songs due to hearing it every day for 6 years whilst working at my local theme park. Aaaah me old bamboo.

     The Child catcher still gives me the creeps though.

  • 01-01-2009 12:40 PM In reply to

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    I have watched half of this film many times.
    Unfortunately, I always fall asleep during "Hushabye Mountain" so don't know how the film ends.

    Andy T.

    Poor me, never win owt!

  • 01-02-2009 9:15 AM In reply to

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    Scooter wow that takes the cake for me! hehe

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  • 01-02-2009 10:33 AM In reply to

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    Re: Embarrasing, but essential.

    Jandyt:

    I have watched half of this film many times.
    Unfortunately, I always fall asleep during "Hushabye Mountain" so don't know how the film ends.

    Andy T.

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    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 01-02-2009 5:20 PM In reply to

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    Should i admit this?????

    I like Take Thats new song. How does it go???

    Today this could be the greatest day of our lives. Embarrassed

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  • 01-03-2009 5:43 AM In reply to

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    The Plumber:

    Should i admit this?????

    I like Take Thats new song. How does it go???

    Today this could be the greatest day of our lives. Embarrassed

    Then again, you could be wrong on all three counts!Laughing

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 01-05-2009 4:35 PM In reply to

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    I'm a FOX fan.

    Who is FOX? Some '70s popband which is pretty good.

    In 2003 I found a small box with cassette tapes in my grandmothers apartment. Despite the usual Grease and Bee Gees + Abba one song did catch my attention. 

    It was recorded from the radio with the speaker introduktion cut of in both ends. I typed in the chorus on google: He's got magic and found the band FOX.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZS_dXIntY

    I had to get the 3 records and I do love it.

     

     

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