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My five guiltiest iTunes pleasures
I have been tagged. They're probably all songs by Gilbert O'Sullivan but if you wish to diversify, well...should I feel guilty about Split Enz "I Hope I Never," Harry Nilsson's "Cuddly Toy," early Beach Boys songs, or Liz Phair's "Whip-Smart"? How about "Wooly Bully", by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs? Is Paul Simon's "American Tune" noble or too sappy? Upon reflection I don't feel guilty about any of it. I haven't felt guilty about Abba for a long time though Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan may soon change that.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 21, 2008 at 08:09 PM in Music | Permalink
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"American Tune" is totally cool, but anyone knows "Exile in Guyville" is WAY better than "Whip-Smart"! :o)
Posted by: Jim at Jul 21, 2008 8:17:21 PM
As I said in the original Balko blog, I have 4 different albums of the musical Chess.
Posted by: Jonathan Hohensee at Jul 21, 2008 8:32:38 PM
I hope I never is a great Split Enz tune.. don't feel ashamed of that one
Posted by: Steve Mills at Jul 21, 2008 8:37:24 PM
You shouldn't feel guilty about Nilsson. He's a legend and a criminally underrated songwriter.
Posted by: Dog's New Clothes at Jul 21, 2008 8:38:04 PM
Aren't you supposed to tag some people now?
Posted by: David at Jul 21, 2008 9:25:52 PM
I'll tag Steve Sailer, Paul Krugman, and Roissy.
Posted by: Tyler Cowen at Jul 21, 2008 9:33:19 PM
Abba? Really???
Posted by: Marcos at Jul 21, 2008 9:36:12 PM
According to the best movie critic around, Pierce Brosnan and Muriel Strepsil triumph through the embarrassment. See Mark Kermode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/videos/kermode_reviews.shtml and watch the Mamma Mia review. It is brilliant.
Posted by: tom s. at Jul 21, 2008 9:49:10 PM
American Tune is a beautiful piece. But you should note that the tune and some of the lyric is substantially lifted from an old Christian hymn... the name of which escapes me just now.
Posted by: ed d, at Jul 22, 2008 7:56:25 AM
American Tune is a beautiful piece. But you should note that the tune and some of the lyric is substantially lifted from an old Christian hymn... the name of which escapes me just now.
Posted by: ed d, at Jul 22, 2008 7:56:40 AM
Liz Phair's song Flower is my guilty pleasure.
I also have a hard time explaining my extensive collection of GWAR CDs.
Posted by: Xmas at Jul 22, 2008 8:32:14 AM
Wig Wam Bam.
Posted by: josh at Jul 22, 2008 9:26:38 AM
1. OMD, Sugar Tax
2. TaTu, 200km/hr in the wrong lane
3. Meatloaf, Bat Out of Hell
4. Remy Zero, The Golden Hum
5. Tegan and Sara
Posted by: aaron at Jul 22, 2008 10:06:21 AM
tegan and sara shouldn't be a guilty pleasure aaron!
limp bizkit's 'my way' should be, and is mine...
abba doesn't seem bad to me, but they seem like
a standard 'cheesy band' like carrot top is a
standard 'cheesy comedian' or christianity a standard
'cheesy religion'. they're vocally dissed but it seems
more a convention, like saying 'god bless you', than an actual belief.
Posted by: Mike Kenny at Jul 22, 2008 12:22:01 PM
How are you getting Gilbert O'sullivan music on iTunes? Last I looked there is only one of his albums on there and it is from 2006. In order to get Alone Again(naturally) you have to buy the soundtrack to the Virgin Suicides. Are you using a different service?
Posted by: sourcreamus at Jul 22, 2008 3:51:14 PM
Guilty for a ( left)economist dream?
On not enough saving:
I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
On incomes gap:
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
On prefeminist world:( or evolutive phsycology):
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all
On oportunity cost:
A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
Posted by: k at Jul 22, 2008 6:58:06 PM
Sam Sham shouldn't make you feel L7.
Gilbert O'Sullivan on the other hand...
Posted by: w at Jul 22, 2008 7:24:51 PM
tegan and sara shouldn't be a guilty pleasure aaron!
Seconded
Posted by: Hei Lun Chan at Jul 22, 2008 8:41:46 PM
Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia? Somewhere Daniel Craig must be laughing his @$$ off.
Posted by: Joshua at Jul 22, 2008 9:20:02 PM
Welcome to the generation gap, never heard of any of them. I've heard the song Wooly Bully... once? In a commercial? Sad to see classics end that way, makes me wonder what will happen to the music of my day 30 years from now.
Posted by: Gunnar Wentzel at Jul 23, 2008 11:19:08 PM
Just listen to Eva Cassidy singing American Tune. I start to see many songs she remaked in a new way. I used to think for example Time after time by Cindy Lauper was some silly song until Eva Cassidy performance of it.
Regarding Abba, think they have a great musician --Björn Ulvaeus-- coming from a jazz band. Something similar to Sting's affair with The Police. Easy pop but good quality anyway.
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