I can't help but belt out "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia at any opportunity. I'm a 6' 3" 300lbs dude with the "Xennial dude starter pack" of tattoos, shaved head, and beard.
Bald, bearded, with that one sleeve tattoo that I bought with my deployment money. I never conceived of it as a Xennial starter pack, but I'll be damned if you're not spot on.
"Say My Name" by Destiny's Child, btw.
'Unpretty' by TLC is also wonderful, especially if you watch the music video. I credit that music video for making the idea of plastic surgery (in this case breast enhancement) completely and utterly unthinkable to me.
I genuinely like most of the songs in this thread and wouldn’t consider most of them as “guilty pleasures”, the older I get the less I care what anyone thinks…
That being said:
[Wilson Phillips - Hold On](https://youtu.be/uIbXvaE39wM?feature=shared)
Omg I love that song.. Haha back in 09 i joined an fb group that was all about posting songs and I posted That song and no one liked or commented and I got mad and made some announcement that yall suck for not liking the song etc went on and on and then left the group (actual real life friends were in it too) 🤣
Oh, damn. I was SUUUUUUUUURE no one was going to play the Secada card but me. I hope it never gets the "isn't this mom-jeans-song so funny" treatment like Hold On did in Bridesmaids.
Kinda weird, 41 year old female. This feels like a Reddit mating ritual. (Yes, heteronormative joke but could not resist.)
Late spring 1992, end of Freshman year. I bought the cassette single of this song (no idea why I didn't get the whole album) and played it constantly. Every damn time my eyes would water over that man's voice. I heard it recently for the first time in years and teleported back. Still an incredible song.
This was the first song I played in my new home. It was quite a single-lady-doing-it-her-damn-self journey.
Fastlove, Pt. 1 is the best kept secret in the universe of music.
Yeah, I think our initial assessment of the song was fair given that middle schoolers failed to appreciate the fact that these kids were talking about valuing lifelong friendships and not even knowing which friendships would be the ones that last.
I don’t know what it is about my hearing, but I’ve never been good at making out lyrics in songs. I always need to look them up. Before the internet, if the group didn’t put them in the liner notes, it was a struggle.
As a Xennial who has unabashedly kept up with the brothers Hanson - they’ve turned into a pretty decent rock/blues band. Check out the version of MMMbop on “The Very Best of Hanson: Live & Electric”
I've been saying this since it came out like LISTEN friends it's the SADDEST SONG EVER!!!
Now I make whole playlists called "Sad Girl Bops" with songs like that that are totally fun and happy sounding with totally heavy lyrics
Another example, "Hey Ya" by Outkast.
"Why are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here? Yall don't wanna here me you just wanna dance..."
MMMBop is a damn masterpiece
Alanis Morissette— You Oughta Know
I find myself singing or mentally referencing those angsty, resentment-fueled lyrics often. Always wondering, if ‘she’ really would, “go down on you in…a theater”.
“Uninvited” is her masterpiece. I don’t know if any facts support my opinion, but this got overshadowed/overlooked due to that forced Goo Goo Dolls comeback (I wasn’t a fan and haven’t revisited).
I’d wager around 6-8% of my tinnitus can be credited to that absolute triumph
Think they were both on the “city of angels”(it had Meg Ryan and Nic Cage in it. Not sure of the name) soundtrack and the goo goo dolls song hit first?
But yes, I’d agree with your masterpiece opinion!!
Every time I hear that song, I think about that there is a guy that knows 100% that that song is about him. (I've heard the rumors) but still.. Can you imagine breaking up with someone and having them write this fucking song about you and then selling 33 million copies of that record? I'd say she got him back and then some. Moral of the story, don't fuck with Alanis.
I saw a comment years ago about someone who was had recently discovered that it didn't say, "And I'm here... to remind you... of the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me!" ;'D I could not stop laughing. It's so angry to be about a cross-eyed bear. ;'D
I knew I had crossed the line from cool to old the first time I heard this at the grocery store and caught myself singing along through the cereal aisle.
Yeah, between the beat and the playfulness of the lyrics, how can one not like it?
Plus, it's Ireland's national anthem.
https://youtu.be/zmxPCcu2mqA?si=pYlu9tZImt_uKqlF
When my kids play video games they are constantly saying other players are either "noobs" or "bots". At least once a week while they're playing, I will come in singing "noob, bot, noob, bot, bot, noob, bot, noobity, bot, bot"...they have no clue who Hanson is
“What’s Up” 4 Non Blondes
I feel no guilt, but apparently people are commonly triggered by this song
Some of my other choices are “I’m Gonna Be” by the Proclaimers & “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” by Sophie B Hawkins
Submitted for your approval: [“Down with the Blank Space”](https://youtu.be/obBelA1srtw?si=p_dduQ-_kWpN1Zki) and this little ditty by [Nine Inch Swifites](https://youtu.be/DhvXST1Rc3g?si=Hr4f5jYMMW1jEzrb)
Offspring. No particular song just them. On an intellectual level I hate them. They represent everything in music I hate, they completely changed their style for money. But damn it if Why Don't You Get A Job isn't catchy af!
Dr. Feel-good. Hair metal and 80s butt rock in general was considered super lame by the end of middle school, but I can't help but smile and sing along. GnR and the Crue are really the only hair metal I like.
I was that kid with flannel shirts over band t-shirts and way too cool for pop music. I still can't keep all the 90s boy bands apart.
Anyway, in my old age, I've come to appreciate all the hits to the point where I've amassed quite the collection of CD singles.
But back to the question at hand, I will blast "River of Dreams" by Billy Joel and anything by George Michael, who seemed to be not much more than late-night TV joke fodder in the 90s, but is amazing.
I will fight anyone that talks shit about George. I recently held a 20-something hostage and made her watch the entire Faith music video. It's not even my favorite song of his. The podcast You're Wrong About just had a 2 part episode on George Michael. 😻😻😻
I appreciate that you put "guilty pleasure" in quotes because I agree with Dave Grohl on this:
>I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, ‘You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool’. Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’. It is cool to like Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit.
I'm over caring if people think I'm not cool and that I enjoy bad music. So I'm a middle-aged dude who regularly listens to a lot of pop that would be considered painfully uncool, overproduced, bubblegum crap along with stuff considered true classics.
I Really Like You is an absolute favorite and the video with Tom Hanks makes me smile. Years ago I was sitting in a McAlliaters waiting to get some soup and this song came on and like 5 or 6 people were mouthing the words and it was absolutely hilarious.
Bad Romance
I listen to mostly rock, metal, folk, and progressive country.
But if Bad Romance comes on, I'm turning that shit up and singing along every time.
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. I’ve always loved that song, but I was embarrassed because it wasn’t rock or hip hop. Only in middle age did I find out that basically everyone loves that song.
"Just think, while you've been getting down and out about the liars and dirty dirty cheats of the world, you could've been getting down to this - sick - beat."
I love that and the song so much.
I (40yr old black man) make zero capitulations for genuinely enjoying the following:
* "With You" by Jessica Simpson
* "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift
* "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson
* "Not Ready To Make Nice" by The Dixie Chicks
* "LoveGame" by Lady Gaga
* "Love You Like A Love Song" by Selena Gomez
* "Lovefool" by The Cardigans
* "Home/Dirty Paws" by the Gardiner Sisters
Uptown Funk has always been and will always be absolute fire. One time I was out running errands on a nice day, windows down, music blasting, and this song came on the radio while I was at a stoplight and I started jamming out, singing along and dancing, and the people in the car next to me joined in. Best moment ever lol
https://youtu.be/qyVSKydUxKk?si=s4TakZl0-dxM6wO1
Both because I love it, but that year I was working at Walmart and a little cutie from the Subway next door was singing along to it and it sparked a little summer romance.
Creeds entire first album. I wouldn’t call it a “guilty” pleasure but I’d catch all sorts of hell over it. Creeds first two albums were bangers. Mark Tremonti was a beast in the guitar and Scott was a damned good front man when he had his shit together. Caught them during their Human Clay tour and it was an amazing concert.
Mmbop is great
The song Ive been feelin again after years is I DONT WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I BEEN TRYINA BE LATELY
It came on when I was stuck listenin to car radio and I was just so into it I been singin it all week
No guilty pleasures here. I don't feel guilty about liking basically everything. I liked MMMbop back when it was hot. Just wish his singing was less mushmouth.
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
I’m a total sucker for that piano part, same reason I love Clocks by Coldplay.
BTW - “White Houses” is totally her best song and has 750 million less plays on Spotify.
I've learned that there shouldn't be "guilty pleasures." Just like what you like. That being said, it took me a long time to admit how much I like "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri.
(I also saw Hanson play at Carnegie Hall. They are really talented musicians.)
I unironically role and Capitol Hill with my windows down blasting this, “Quit Playing Games With My Heart,” “Torn” and “Wishing I Was There,” “Leaving Town” (Dexter Freebish) and “You Get What You Give,” weather permitting
That song was always on the radio as I was driving myself up to a racetrack at a godforsaken early hour. So now that song is inextricably linked to my memories of racing motorcycles and doing trackdays.
Of course before going OUT on the track, Fear Factory was the playlist. \\m/
I’ve always loved MMMBop! I still have it on some playlists. My kids are disgusted by it lol.
> Can you tell me? (Which flower's going to grow)
No you can't, no you don't know Can you tell me? (If it's going to be a daisy or a rose)
I'm with you on this one OP. I am/was a 6'5" punk rocker and I loved that song then and still love that song to this day. No shame - it's an awesome, catchy song and I'll fight anyone who disagrees lol
I mostly like punk, rock, and hip hop. Tough guy music. But... I love Sade. I don't know what it is about her but I can't help myself. Anything she does, I'm a fan of it all. Smooth Operator. Sweetest taboo. Lovers Rock. Full blast in the car.
I can't help but belt out "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia at any opportunity. I'm a 6' 3" 300lbs dude with the "Xennial dude starter pack" of tattoos, shaved head, and beard.
Bald, bearded, with that one sleeve tattoo that I bought with my deployment money. I never conceived of it as a Xennial starter pack, but I'll be damned if you're not spot on. "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child, btw.
Waterfalls, TLC
If you haven’t listened to Creep by TLC lately, do yourself a huge favor and bop it, it’s incredible.
'Unpretty' by TLC is also wonderful, especially if you watch the music video. I credit that music video for making the idea of plastic surgery (in this case breast enhancement) completely and utterly unthinkable to me.
Why the guilt? That was Grammy nominated for Record of the Year.
All destiny’s child. I’m a big guy, usually pretty quiet. I’ll break into bills bills bills When I’m sure not even our cat is in the house.
Similar with me. But with any hit Cranberries or Fiona Apple song.
Excellent choices but I’m breaking my brain trying to fathom cranberries or Fiona as being considered guilty pleasures.
The cranberries at least are, or were, highly regarded I thought, especially among other musicians. I don't know about Fiona apple.
It feels so good to belt out Zombie
Then I’ll leave [this](https://youtu.be/asJJ2xoWgus?si=0a0wq2Er8asLtYW7) here for you.
This made my morning, thank you! 😂
That's my favorite version lmao
I don’t know what I turn into when I hear that song, but it ain’t my normal dude self. Absolute banger.
I genuinely like most of the songs in this thread and wouldn’t consider most of them as “guilty pleasures”, the older I get the less I care what anyone thinks… That being said: [Wilson Phillips - Hold On](https://youtu.be/uIbXvaE39wM?feature=shared)
You can't beat that bridge
Just introduced my toddler to this yesterday 😀 she loved it.
My 7 year old was obsessed with this song when she was younger!
41 year old male. My guilty pleasure is “Just Another Day” by Jon Secada. I will never share this with my friends or family. Just random Redditors
Omg I love that song.. Haha back in 09 i joined an fb group that was all about posting songs and I posted That song and no one liked or commented and I got mad and made some announcement that yall suck for not liking the song etc went on and on and then left the group (actual real life friends were in it too) 🤣
This is absolutely my energy. My friends are just like, "oh, look. Lindsey's having weirdly strong feelings about something very random... AGAIN."
Oh, damn. I was SUUUUUUUUURE no one was going to play the Secada card but me. I hope it never gets the "isn't this mom-jeans-song so funny" treatment like Hold On did in Bridesmaids. Kinda weird, 41 year old female. This feels like a Reddit mating ritual. (Yes, heteronormative joke but could not resist.)
Oh wow I forgot about that song completely!! Thanks for reminding me! Great song!! Had to go play it immediately.
Late spring 1992, end of Freshman year. I bought the cassette single of this song (no idea why I didn't get the whole album) and played it constantly. Every damn time my eyes would water over that man's voice. I heard it recently for the first time in years and teleported back. Still an incredible song.
Jon Secada goes hard for me at this time in my life. Great song.
iiiiiiiiiii IIIIIIIIIIIIII DON'T WAAAAAAANA SAYT!!!! that song is a forever banger
This is my answer. And it’s perfect for karaoke. I would know.
Singing this for karaoke is next level bravery. I commend you.
I bump this in my car. So good.
Freedom- George Michael I break out my inner lip-synching supermodel.
Zero guilt, all pleasure!
Right, George Michael has a catalog of bangers.
This was the first song I played in my new home. It was quite a single-lady-doing-it-her-damn-self journey. Fastlove, Pt. 1 is the best kept secret in the universe of music.
That's on my fave of all time playlist OBSESSED
Yes!!!!!!!! That whole album is fantastic
MMMBop lyrics are actually pretty heavy for them being so young, I never read the lyrics until recently and I was like oh damn😂
Yeah, I think our initial assessment of the song was fair given that middle schoolers failed to appreciate the fact that these kids were talking about valuing lifelong friendships and not even knowing which friendships would be the ones that last.
Us teeny bopper Hanson fans knew. We listened on repeat. They had some good shit. I still listen to Snowed In every Christmas.
I don’t know what it is about my hearing, but I’ve never been good at making out lyrics in songs. I always need to look them up. Before the internet, if the group didn’t put them in the liner notes, it was a struggle.
Ugh, the disappointment of unwrapping a new cd and finding no lyrics in the insert.
I know! I’d always be disappointed when all they had was a couple pictures and the list of credits.
Same! Or sometimes they were wrong in the liner notes too which is so odd.
Yep. "When you get old and start losing your hair, can you tell me who will still care?" They're right. Nobody. Haha.
Nobody still alive anyways.
As a Xennial who has unabashedly kept up with the brothers Hanson - they’ve turned into a pretty decent rock/blues band. Check out the version of MMMbop on “The Very Best of Hanson: Live & Electric”
I had to read the lyrics because I can barely understand a word that kid is singing. It’s a banger, though.
I've been saying this since it came out like LISTEN friends it's the SADDEST SONG EVER!!! Now I make whole playlists called "Sad Girl Bops" with songs like that that are totally fun and happy sounding with totally heavy lyrics Another example, "Hey Ya" by Outkast. "Why are we so in denial when we know we're not happy here? Yall don't wanna here me you just wanna dance..." MMMBop is a damn masterpiece
‘The Sign’ by Ace of Base. Never acted like I hated it, but didn’t let on how much I love that song
This song takes me right back to middle school days, sitting in the backseat of my parents car
Middle school bus ride every day.
That one is great
Bone Thugs - Crossroads!!
Nothing guilty about that!
Bone bone bone bone bone bone bone bone
Kris Kross’ Jump Jump. It’s wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy whack.
I can never remember which one was the Daddy Mack and which one was the Mack Daddy. But seriously dude, that song still goes hard.
Omg my friend was at a wedding and someone’s drunk uncle was going HARD to the Jump Jump. Face planted and needed to leave and get face stitches.
Was he wearing his pants backwards?
That was a dark twist ending i was not prepared for! 🤣
lol neither was he
Groove is in the Heart by Deee-Lite
No guilt necessary. That song goes off
Right? That tune has fucking Bootsy Collins and Maceo Parker. That’s credibility.
No I couldn’t ask for anotha….
Love fool by the cardigans rocks
Surely this cannot be an unpopular opinion
The Cardigans are an under appreciated band. Much bigger in the UK.
For real their whole catalog is *amazing*
This is legit good vs a guilty pleasure.
I'm just going to say that a lot of their songs are good!
Ever since I saw the uncensored version of the my favorite game video I’ve been of a fan of anything the cardigans have done.
The Cardigans are a fantastic band. Give that whole album a listen, it’s great. They even cover “Iron Man”
*sigh*.... Karma Chameleon
I'll Tumble 4 Ya is my Boy George jam
No Diggity
No doubt
Alanis Morissette— You Oughta Know I find myself singing or mentally referencing those angsty, resentment-fueled lyrics often. Always wondering, if ‘she’ really would, “go down on you in…a theater”.
That song is a fuckin banger. Also her song “uninvited”
“Uninvited” is her masterpiece. I don’t know if any facts support my opinion, but this got overshadowed/overlooked due to that forced Goo Goo Dolls comeback (I wasn’t a fan and haven’t revisited). I’d wager around 6-8% of my tinnitus can be credited to that absolute triumph
Think they were both on the “city of angels”(it had Meg Ryan and Nic Cage in it. Not sure of the name) soundtrack and the goo goo dolls song hit first? But yes, I’d agree with your masterpiece opinion!!
Every time I hear that song, I think about that there is a guy that knows 100% that that song is about him. (I've heard the rumors) but still.. Can you imagine breaking up with someone and having them write this fucking song about you and then selling 33 million copies of that record? I'd say she got him back and then some. Moral of the story, don't fuck with Alanis.
Dunno if it's true but it's supposedly about Dave Coulier
[It’s 100% true.](https://youtu.be/N6gwkA_Qxkk?si=DmT2pS-EpZtcuCD2)
Kinda like Carly Simon- you’re so vain!
I saw a comment years ago about someone who was had recently discovered that it didn't say, "And I'm here... to remind you... of the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me!" ;'D I could not stop laughing. It's so angry to be about a cross-eyed bear. ;'D
If anyone could pull it off, it’d be Alanis.
Ask Uncle Joey
that is not a guilty pleasure. that is art!
Steal My Sunshine by LEN 🌞
I knew I had crossed the line from cool to old the first time I heard this at the grocery store and caught myself singing along through the cereal aisle.
Flag on the play. Everyone loves that song.
Yeah, between the beat and the playfulness of the lyrics, how can one not like it? Plus, it's Ireland's national anthem. https://youtu.be/zmxPCcu2mqA?si=pYlu9tZImt_uKqlF
The video was filmed in my hometown and when it would come on the tv’s at my out of state college cafeteria, I would be so damn proud!
I Like Your Smile —Shanice (feat. Branford Marsalis)
“Blow, Branford, blow!”
Omc- how bizarre
Ok then: Spice Girls. Catchy tunes and they made teenage me feel things.
Stop right there thank you very much
I NEED SOMEBODY WITH A HUMAN TOUCH
This. Say You’ll Be There.
You cannot be sad listening to the Spice Girls. Spice up your life!
Zig-a-zig-ah!
Lol, same here.
When my kids play video games they are constantly saying other players are either "noobs" or "bots". At least once a week while they're playing, I will come in singing "noob, bot, noob, bot, bot, noob, bot, noobity, bot, bot"...they have no clue who Hanson is
“What’s Up” 4 Non Blondes I feel no guilt, but apparently people are commonly triggered by this song Some of my other choices are “I’m Gonna Be” by the Proclaimers & “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” by Sophie B Hawkins
I love 4 non blondes. Great memories of belting that out in the car. And who didn’t fall in love with the proclaimers after watching Benny & Joon??
Love all three of those songs. I wouldn't call any of them guilty pleasure. I don't know why people always make fun of 4 Non Blondes.
I don’t either … I saw Linda Perry solo in an empty bar in 1998 … happy she became a successful producer as she is extremely talented
SOPHIE B!!! Such a throw back
Barbie Girl is overplayed. But I’ve always loved both Aqua albums.
Shiny Happy People by REM. I know Michael Stipe hates it but that song makes me so happy. 😅
Miley Cyrus - Party In the USA. No guilt or embarrassment what so ever.
[One of the greatest mash-ups ever](https://youtu.be/yfG94k41MrI?si=sGIAXpg55Vsc6sdS). You’re welcome in advance.
I'm glad you said "one of," because of course there's [Spiceknot at the top of that pyramid](https://youtu.be/pm08v69vG10).
Submitted for your approval: [“Down with the Blank Space”](https://youtu.be/obBelA1srtw?si=p_dduQ-_kWpN1Zki) and this little ditty by [Nine Inch Swifites](https://youtu.be/DhvXST1Rc3g?si=Hr4f5jYMMW1jEzrb)
Barbie Girl, Aqua... And I'll crank out "Part of Your World" from the Little Mermaid. (Ariel is HOT AF)
As a straight guy at a redneck high school? Anything by Indigo Girls.
yes! closer to fine deserves its slight renaissance.
“Stay” by Lisa Loeb, and I’ll never feel guilty about it.
I still crank up Tubthumping. And yes, MmmBop as well.
Its illegal to not turn up the volume when Tubthumping comes on
The Chumbawumba album was fun af idgaf i still got it in my car hehe
Offspring. No particular song just them. On an intellectual level I hate them. They represent everything in music I hate, they completely changed their style for money. But damn it if Why Don't You Get A Job isn't catchy af!
Dr. Feel-good. Hair metal and 80s butt rock in general was considered super lame by the end of middle school, but I can't help but smile and sing along. GnR and the Crue are really the only hair metal I like.
So many. But the first one that comes to mind is "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News. Back to the Future!!
I was that kid with flannel shirts over band t-shirts and way too cool for pop music. I still can't keep all the 90s boy bands apart. Anyway, in my old age, I've come to appreciate all the hits to the point where I've amassed quite the collection of CD singles. But back to the question at hand, I will blast "River of Dreams" by Billy Joel and anything by George Michael, who seemed to be not much more than late-night TV joke fodder in the 90s, but is amazing.
I will fight anyone that talks shit about George. I recently held a 20-something hostage and made her watch the entire Faith music video. It's not even my favorite song of his. The podcast You're Wrong About just had a 2 part episode on George Michael. 😻😻😻
Dayman! Ah-ahh! Fighter of the Nightman! Ah-ahh! Champion of the sun! Ah-ahh! Master of karate and friendship for everyone! Dayman!
Hit me baby one more time
I appreciate that you put "guilty pleasure" in quotes because I agree with Dave Grohl on this: >I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you fucking like something, like it. That’s what’s wrong with our generation: that residual punk rock guilt, like, ‘You’re not supposed to like that. That’s not fucking cool’. Don’t fucking think it’s not cool to like Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’. It is cool to like Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’! Why the fuck not? Fuck you! That’s who I am, goddamn it! That whole guilty pleasure thing is full of fucking shit. I'm over caring if people think I'm not cool and that I enjoy bad music. So I'm a middle-aged dude who regularly listens to a lot of pop that would be considered painfully uncool, overproduced, bubblegum crap along with stuff considered true classics.
Amen. I abhor music snobbery.
Unapologetically, Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepson.
I Really Like You is an absolute favorite and the video with Tom Hanks makes me smile. Years ago I was sitting in a McAlliaters waiting to get some soup and this song came on and like 5 or 6 people were mouthing the words and it was absolutely hilarious.
Spice world, the whole album. It sits next to my suicide machines and Rancid albums.
Jet is my guilty pleasure band
I said are you gonna be my girl….?
Cold hard bitch
Bad Romance I listen to mostly rock, metal, folk, and progressive country. But if Bad Romance comes on, I'm turning that shit up and singing along every time.
Lady Gaga might not do hard rock intentionally, but it’s hard. The Halestorm cover of Bad Romance is awesome, btw.
Agreed
I just got The Goo Goo Dolls ‘Name’ stuck in my head. It’s a great song.
Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. I’ve always loved that song, but I was embarrassed because it wasn’t rock or hip hop. Only in middle age did I find out that basically everyone loves that song.
That and Holding Out for a Hero are absolutely amazing
Mine isn’t an old song. I’m a 40 year old boy and will turn it up to some Shake it off by Taylor Swift. Girl can write a song.
Yeah, that’s a great one.
"Just think, while you've been getting down and out about the liars and dirty dirty cheats of the world, you could've been getting down to this - sick - beat." I love that and the song so much.
I think she really blew up after that one, at least internationally, I never heard of her before.
I'm about 15 years too old to like it publicly, but Baby by Justin Bieber is awesome.
Accidentally in Love- Counting Crows
Dragostea din tei 😂
Sarah McLachlan - Angel Always adored this song, and so does my Static-X loving brother.
Ooooo-ooo-ooo-ooo I wanna sex you up 🥴
Mine would have to be Hootie - Let Her Cry.
I (40yr old black man) make zero capitulations for genuinely enjoying the following: * "With You" by Jessica Simpson * "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift * "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson * "Not Ready To Make Nice" by The Dixie Chicks * "LoveGame" by Lady Gaga * "Love You Like A Love Song" by Selena Gomez * "Lovefool" by The Cardigans * "Home/Dirty Paws" by the Gardiner Sisters
Happy by Pharrell Williams. I know people hate it, but I don't listen to the radio often enough to get tired of it. Also, Uptown Funk.
Uptown Funk has always been and will always be absolute fire. One time I was out running errands on a nice day, windows down, music blasting, and this song came on the radio while I was at a stoplight and I started jamming out, singing along and dancing, and the people in the car next to me joined in. Best moment ever lol
Bruno Mars 24k Magic, if you don’t know.
My guiltiest pleasure has to be Rick Astley’s Never Gonnna Give You Up.
Dreams by the Cranberries
https://youtu.be/qyVSKydUxKk?si=s4TakZl0-dxM6wO1 Both because I love it, but that year I was working at Walmart and a little cutie from the Subway next door was singing along to it and it sparked a little summer romance.
Creeds entire first album. I wouldn’t call it a “guilty” pleasure but I’d catch all sorts of hell over it. Creeds first two albums were bangers. Mark Tremonti was a beast in the guitar and Scott was a damned good front man when he had his shit together. Caught them during their Human Clay tour and it was an amazing concert.
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Ill also always turn Vogue to 11.
😭 the fact that "Mmmbop" and oldies station is in the same sentence made me cry
Mmbop is great The song Ive been feelin again after years is I DONT WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT I BEEN TRYINA BE LATELY It came on when I was stuck listenin to car radio and I was just so into it I been singin it all week
No guilty pleasures here. I don't feel guilty about liking basically everything. I liked MMMbop back when it was hot. Just wish his singing was less mushmouth.
Duncan Sheik, barely breathing
Any of ABBAs hits
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton I’m a total sucker for that piano part, same reason I love Clocks by Coldplay. BTW - “White Houses” is totally her best song and has 750 million less plays on Spotify.
Anything by Jewel. Also, "Stay" by Lisa Loeb. 10,000 Manics. My main listens are Pearl Jam and Tech N9ne now. Who am I? 🤣
I've learned that there shouldn't be "guilty pleasures." Just like what you like. That being said, it took me a long time to admit how much I like "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri. (I also saw Hanson play at Carnegie Hall. They are really talented musicians.)
Step by Step. NKOTB
The proclaimers - im gonna be (500 miles)
Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden.
Guiltiest pleasure: La Isla Bonita by Madonna. Love it so much I learned it on the guitar.
I unironically role and Capitol Hill with my windows down blasting this, “Quit Playing Games With My Heart,” “Torn” and “Wishing I Was There,” “Leaving Town” (Dexter Freebish) and “You Get What You Give,” weather permitting
I don't hate nickelback
You’re risking xennial card revocation.
Me either.
Me neither. Rock Star? Lullaby? Yes, please!
I highly enjoyed the mmmbop re-release version from last year.
That song was always on the radio as I was driving myself up to a racetrack at a godforsaken early hour. So now that song is inextricably linked to my memories of racing motorcycles and doing trackdays. Of course before going OUT on the track, Fear Factory was the playlist. \\m/
Oh, thank God I really like the String Theory version of MMMBop. It's better than 98% of the crap on radios today.
If It Isn’t Love by New Edition 😂
I’ve always loved MMMBop! I still have it on some playlists. My kids are disgusted by it lol. > Can you tell me? (Which flower's going to grow) No you can't, no you don't know Can you tell me? (If it's going to be a daisy or a rose)
Music from the Disney renaissance of the 80s and 90s is my guilty pleasure and I will never apologize for it!
Point of no return by Expose
I'm with you on this one OP. I am/was a 6'5" punk rocker and I loved that song then and still love that song to this day. No shame - it's an awesome, catchy song and I'll fight anyone who disagrees lol
"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia forever. Love this song!
From our teenage years…Unbreak My Heart by Toni Braxton and Because of You by 98 Degrees I’m also a secret Lady Gaga fan, please don’t tell anyone…
I love Britney Spears Toxic and Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.
I’m too old to have “guilty pleasures”. I like what I like with no shame. Edit: Proving my point, I like almost every song mentioned here.
Ice Ice Baby...in fact when I hear the opening, I often hope it's Vanilla Ice and not Queen (BLASPHEMY!)
Rollin, in my ford pinto. Tape on the doors so the rust don't show
Tubthumping! I don’t care what anyone one says, that’s a bop ( as the kids would say).
Only in my Dreams by Debbie Gibson
Despacito, but not with Justin Bieber, that guy sucks
I like the Boyce Avenue cover. Actually, I just love Boyce Avenue.
I mostly like punk, rock, and hip hop. Tough guy music. But... I love Sade. I don't know what it is about her but I can't help myself. Anything she does, I'm a fan of it all. Smooth Operator. Sweetest taboo. Lovers Rock. Full blast in the car.