Songs/Pop Culture You're Ashamed To Like

Gwen Stefani. Namely any of her songs where she goes for a cool, New Wave sound. 

I generally abhor hair metal, and hair metal songs written by outside pop writers, and especially when that outside writer is Desmond Child, and when it's for a comeback artist who should know better than than to glom on to this crappy trend of imitation-rock, but help me if I don't have a soft spot for Alice Cooper's Poison, which is probably drilled into my brain from that summer break I spent sanding down and repainting an old desk and everyday the neighbour played this song and Red Hot Chill Peppper's Californication all day long, and then years later singing along terribly to song when drunk due to the said familiarity, creating an another familiarity all of its own. I still somehow think it's somehow better than other hair metal and Desmond Child songs.



And possibly due to singing along to this song deliberately terribly when someone else played this song frequently, I have also developed a soft-spot for 80's Tina Turner's Private Dancer



And the start of Everclear's Sparkle And Fade, as Art Alexis is a tryhard corny motherfucker and I don't really have any strong adolescent memories of it, but I guess just the sound of it gives it some kind of comfort food appeal.



It's like one of those things you can recognise when other people get defensive about it or nostalgic for when they used to be good, you can recognise that no, it was never really that good (I can't really imagine someone who grew up outside that era really taking to this band or album), but you still can't help yourself.

I'd never heard that Everclear. I don't love it, but it's not terrible.

There is nothing that I don't like about this song.

Hah.  I like to think that the doorbell in the video is very much like that to your own heart, which the Boss turns away from unrung, realizing the futility, before retreating into the lonely night; his wail a lament for the love you'll never feel for him and his music.

When will you be gracing us with your mellifluous balladry again, incidentally?

The other day I was going through my music library and realized that I own seven Barenaked Ladies albums. Seven. Honestly, there's actually some good work to be found around the "One Week" "If I Had a Million Dollars" crap.

I also love those songs.

God help me.

I was super into Owl City for a couple of years, and while that's waned I still enjoy his songs whenever they come on shuffle.

I also completely unironically like Taylor Swift, for no other reason than when forced to listen to Billboard Top 100 songs 8 hours per day at my old job as an audio technician, her songs were the most clever and fun. No contest. Red is the shit.

Now I have to go listen to the entire Godspeed You! Black Emperor discography to make up for these mortal sins.

The first Korn album. I'll be over there with my tracksuit and my Ibanez seven-string guitar...

I don't think I knew they had 7 (SEVEN!) albums to own.
"If I Had a Million Dollars" is a cute song. It makes me laugh. I even bought a real green dress after hearing it.

She is never, ever, ever getting back together with the USSR.

I knew you were trouble when you Kremlin.

Hmm, when I my vacation is over I must remember to listen to some UB40.

At H&M while listening to 'Domino', I hope?

I don't know if I've heard that.  I still don't quite get her but I'm willing to chalk that up to something being wrong with me and am willing to give it another go.