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LaurieAK wrote:OH Yeah! and a new group named: World Bang. Their latest cd is punkish, rockish...and has a head banging verions of Prince's, "When Doves Cry" that i adore. (guilty)

To quote Linda: "Poor misguided Laurie"... Though World Bang is a pleasure, it's definitely not a GP. If so, I'm guilty as well: writing this, I'm just listening to the album.

Gotta stop writing now. It's time for "When Doves Cry"

Cheers
Tom

but PRINCE, the original artist of that song, is a musical genius and in no way is me being a fan of his causing any guilt. tee hee.

Tom,

I don't think I remarked to 'poor misguided Laurie' re: World Bang, (correct poor misguided me, if I'm wrong) and certainly not "When Doves Cry". I would never put a Prince song in a GP topic.

Tom, as for you, now, Green Berets. OK, fine. You were seven. If you find yourself bursting into song with this while walking down the street, I'd re-consider other songs of your youth. The theme song from "Gilligans Island", perhaps?

Linda.

what about hulk hogan's theme song, "real american" by rick derringer? sometimes i shed a tear when i see old footage of my childhood hero and hear that music playing in the background. honestly.

Hi T-

Honestly?

Linda.

linda: honestly. laugh at me all you want. i was born in '84, the year hulk hogan won the wwf championship from the iron sheik. in fact, it was jan. 13th, 1984, 5 days after i was born. i have been watching professional wrestling since i was 2 years old. my dad told me that's how old i was when he took me to my first wrestling event. i like to think that my birth coincides with the birth of hulkamania. this is no joke... hulk hogan has been one of my greatest childhood heroes and i can't ever forget him.

T -

I'm not laughing at you! There is nothing that is close to our hearts that is open for laughing at. That would definitely be a hit below the belt. You were born in '84? Jan 8? I'm Jan 7. Definitely not '84 though.

Here is where one decides what is GP and what isn't. If it has strong ties to a relationship or overall good memories that you have no 'guilt' feelings over then it is NOT GP. It's just a good time with people you love. Where's the 'G' in that?

Linda.

haha. well... you'd have to hear hulk hogan's album, "hulk rules" that he did in the early '90s. THAT is COMPLETELY a guilty pleasure, that is, if you even like it. hahahahaha.

I'm January 8th too same as Elvis - who I hate

Guilty pleasures?
Good G*d, that takes me back. Brian Wilson is, and never was, a guilty pleasure: he's a genius, now as then.
At primary school the big debate was "Cliff or Elvis?"
I had a secret hankering for Elvis (I thought he was sexy, but daren't admit it), but I declared for "Living Doll" (which The Young Ones later hammered on T.V.).
Bryan Hyland's "Sealed With A Kiss" is a song I used to sing on the school bus: I couldn't give a sh*t if the rest of the company didn't like it. In fact some responded with Frank Ifield's "I Remember You", to which I joined in (it was a long journey!).
My second year at high school saw the start of Beatlemania: the rest, as they say, is history. That was the year the poet Philip Larkin declared that sex was invented.
This may not be my last post on the subject of guilty pleasures.
What a naughty Paula for starting this
Andrew.

It's Linda Lakesides' fault: Paula is blameless!
Mea Culpa,
Andrew.

I have to admit that Elvis was my first love as Never rated Cliff Richard at all. Didn't succumb to Beatlemania either, I always preferred the music of the Rolling Stones.

If only I were Andrew

I was trying to think who you reminded me of in you picture and I have decided it is a young Rory (the one who is not the impressionist) who used to be on "They thinks its all over".

Margaret I was a Beatle fan it was either/or wasn't it?

Hi Paula,

You are blameless! You can sleep the sleep of the innocent! The avatar that Andrew carries, looks to me like Sean Penn. But, I'm over here. I'm sure he looks like someone over there, as well.

Was is it an either/or re: the Stones and Beatles? I guess it was in a way. I was a Stones fan (first LP I ever owned - Decembers Children). But, I was a Beatles fan also. Still am fans of both groups, the older material for the Stones (I mean very much older material).

Cliff Richards was not that big a deal over here (I don't think). I remember being a Peter Noonan (sp?) fan. Herman of Herman's Hermits. If I still had those records, they'd probably be a guilty pleasure.

Margaret: I think just about everyone old enough to remember Elvis had Elvis on their 'secret love' list. The Beatles/Stones aren't GP. But if the Stones don't call it a day soon...?

Andrew: Sealed with a Kiss is a fine song. From a nostalgic point of view.
I wonder? Is the "I Remember You" the same song that goes high on the Yoo-u? Nostalgia. No, Brian Wilson is not GP. Never was/is/will be (I hope).

Of course, Elvis was attractive. That's not GP! A friend of mine recently admitted that he found the younger Mohammar Qaddafi - kinda sexy. -GP.
Wooah!

I'm kind of interested in what we, as adults, can't let go of (even though we know we should). For example, those without children, do you buy the Smurf's CDs? For yourself? I'd love for someone to admit to that one!!

Linda.[/i]

Oh, right! Sex! I won't go into when it is a GP and when it is simply P. or G. Sometimes it's neither. We've all been there.

Linda.