Guilty Pleasure Band?

[antelope19]

Anyone here have anything they want to get off of their chest?  Been listening to something, but are afraid to tell anyone?  :roll: Well, I'm here to tell you that its ok.  I guess since I am starting this thread, I'll be the first in confessional.  You can find me rockin' out to queen sometimes. :-o  They kinda rock actually. :-P

[mattstick]

"alternative" that went mainstream is my guilty pleasure: The Postal Service, Rilo Kiley, Liz Phair

and sweet female country/bluegrass singers like Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch

[jedifunk]

mmm, i love me some good queen & postal service...

have to say based on whats on my iPod right now, that coldplay is my guilty pleasure... they just make good music.  close 2nd & 3rd are maroon 5 & the killers.

[antelope19]

Geez, apparently I have more "Guilty Pleasures" than I had originally thought.  IMO, there's nothing wrong with liking Alison Krauss.  She has a beautiful voice and was on Hoist.  hahahaha, and I would also agree with Coldplay, while they are "mainstream" they do make good music.  I enjoy listening to them on occasion.

[Alumni]

OK, here's a *guilty* pleasure. Brad Paisley. Don't care what anyone says about the rest of contemporary country (or country period). The man can play guitar, so he's okay by me.

[sls.stormyrider]

Of course everything that I listen to is cool :wink:

This moring, something from Macy Gray's 1st cd came up on the shuffle in my ipod. It was pop, but I like that album. Tight band, funk reminiscent of the pre disco era.

[Itsnotanexperience]

SteveVai/JoeSatriani........

Vai was Zappa's primary gunslinger for years.......got the gig w/ Zappa by transcribing all of Zappa's most difficult compositions..........muthafucka can
flat-out play.............but he is a shredder, and most of my band, friends, etc.,
think he completely lacks soul.............yeah, maybe..........but shred is expression,
and the guy plays w/ such a sense of humor, it's infectious at times.......

Satch - yeah..........what can I say..........I used to shred myself, and it's b/c of these two guys..............

hate 'em/love 'em/hate 'em/love 'em......

BTW - Queen rocks............

[hachiemachie]

I've got to admit...Phish is a guilty pleasure band for me (actually, I don't feel so guilty about it). In my little circle of friends, however, I'm the only person who doesn't hate Phish, which is why I like this board so much. I can't discuss this stuff with anyone I know.

In a sort of related matter, anyone interested in broadening their horizons should check out the new Animal Collective album "Feels". It's pretty amazing, and I could see Siket Disc-type Phish fans digging it.

[CRAZYED]

I went and saw some band last night called King's X.  They're pretty hardcore I guess, heavy rock.  Went with some dude I work with, I guess just looking to change it up compared to the usual hippie/jam scene.  It was interesting, I havent been to a show like that in a long time.  Not really my thing but a few of their studio albums are OK and i've been listening to them on my ipod.

[Itsnotanexperience]

King's X(!!!!!!)   what a total trip.............i was big into King's X back
in '91............hardcore?  Maybe, if they've gotten grugier than they
once were...........you'd be hard-pressed to find a better fret-master
than Ty Tabor, though.........guy's got unreal tone, great feel and
technique.......the guy's a monster......

Not sure what they're up to now, but these guys used to be hardcore
Christian rockers...............

[VA $l!m]

 King's -X def. christian rockers... alot of the Rush heads like myself heard of them...i think i had one of there CDs once...it was horreeblah.


Personally guilty pleasures...NO question...i'm a commercail Hip hop, rap, and R & B phreak.  I like all the old school good stuff, but also seem to have an extremely high tolerance for 'lesser'-quality new stuff as well.
If you got good ears, you could catch me bouncin' to some MC in my alero. :oops:   :lol: 8-)
or you never know, maybe some Paulwall baby...
Yuh- yuh- grillzz, yuh- yuh- yuh- grillllzzzzzz :-D :-D. :mrgreen:

[jedifunk]

ive got macy gray's 1st cd on my ipod too!

[CRAZYED]

Yeah you guys hit the nail on the head on the King's X on describing them.  The guy I went with is a big rush fan and I saw a few others with Rush tour shirts on as well.  They played this tiny club, prolly 75-100 peeps in a suburb of milwaukee.  I guess last night was their 25th anniversery show too.

Ty is definatly a solid guitarist, I just wish they'd take their music a bit furthur......being a phan I was looking for the ripping solo and a bit more exploration.   

[jam>]

norah jones, trex,

[Itsnotanexperience]

The thing that's always driven me nuts w/ King's X is that they'll have
a great riff, and then a horrible chorus..........or a great chorus and a shitty riff....plus, i was never too thrilled w/ the vocals....