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So I've been thinking about this for quite some time and I figured it was worthy of a post. There is an idea of a guilty pleasure, but why is is so guilty? Why do we need to classify something that we enjoy as guilty. There is nothing that I truly enjoy listening to as a guilty pleasure. I do think there is such a distinction between music that you will find yourself listening to for the rest of your life and music you might listen to for a week or so.
One example of music that I will listen to for the rest of my life is Ryan Adams. I think the record Heartbreaker is freaking amazing and I will always listen to that record, but what is more interesting sometimes to me is what we will periodically listen to. This goes all the way back to what we all listened to when we were kids. I listened to what I like to call (actually my brother termed it this back in the day and I like to use it now) "bubble gum rap". Stuff like Puff Daddy and The Family. The thing is I really enjoyed it for a time being, but then I bought a Suicide Machines record and it was this whole new kind of music that was loud and passionate and I was stoked. I remember I went on a 8 hour car ride and I listened to that record and the Samiam record for the whole thing.
Now, the same thing kind of happens today with all of us. We get a record and listen to it for about two weeks and then it kind of just sits in our Ipods (I don't have a shelf nor many cds to put on such a shelf because they are just too damn expensive...if I'm going to buy a record I will buy it on vinyl but thats another issue altogether). One such record for me right now is the new Fall Out Boy record, which I think you can see I've listened to quite a bunch. I am not ashamed of this at all, but I guess I have the foresight to say in about a week or so I will no longer care about this record at all. Some people just might not enjoy that record because they see nothing in it. I guess I enjoy the guys voice a lot and I find some of the stuff catchy. The first track of the record I think has a great melody (which is partially ruined by the pseudo-metal part after it) but it has a great melody in the beginning of the song. I think I shall post it.
I guess in conclusion I think music that is significant is more important and better, but there is nothing wrong about enjoying a passing pleasure. Its like a piece of gum, the taste last for a bit but then you spit it out.
So I've been thinking about this for quite some time and I figured it was worthy of a post. There is an idea of a guilty pleasure, but why is is so guilty? Why do we need to classify something that we enjoy as guilty. There is nothing that I truly enjoy listening to as a guilty pleasure. I do think there is such a distinction between music that you will find yourself listening to for the rest of your life and music you might listen to for a week or so.
One example of music that I will listen to for the rest of my life is Ryan Adams. I think the record Heartbreaker is freaking amazing and I will always listen to that record, but what is more interesting sometimes to me is what we will periodically listen to. This goes all the way back to what we all listened to when we were kids. I listened to what I like to call (actually my brother termed it this back in the day and I like to use it now) "bubble gum rap". Stuff like Puff Daddy and The Family. The thing is I really enjoyed it for a time being, but then I bought a Suicide Machines record and it was this whole new kind of music that was loud and passionate and I was stoked. I remember I went on a 8 hour car ride and I listened to that record and the Samiam record for the whole thing.
Now, the same thing kind of happens today with all of us. We get a record and listen to it for about two weeks and then it kind of just sits in our Ipods (I don't have a shelf nor many cds to put on such a shelf because they are just too damn expensive...if I'm going to buy a record I will buy it on vinyl but thats another issue altogether). One such record for me right now is the new Fall Out Boy record, which I think you can see I've listened to quite a bunch. I am not ashamed of this at all, but I guess I have the foresight to say in about a week or so I will no longer care about this record at all. Some people just might not enjoy that record because they see nothing in it. I guess I enjoy the guys voice a lot and I find some of the stuff catchy. The first track of the record I think has a great melody (which is partially ruined by the pseudo-metal part after it) but it has a great melody in the beginning of the song. I think I shall post it.
I guess in conclusion I think music that is significant is more important and better, but there is nothing wrong about enjoying a passing pleasure. Its like a piece of gum, the taste last for a bit but then you spit it out.
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Fruit Stripe-ish music. Yeah, we've all got it. And don't be surprised if you pull out that "one week only" band 10 years from now and fall in love again.
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Yes! Another Fall Out Boy fan on Mog! We should form an appreciation society! I agree that the whole concept of "guilty pleasures" is flawed. That implies that you are ashamed of your own preferences and you have to go underground with them so you won't be mocked. My other "pleasures" include My Chemical Romance, AFI and Billy Talent! So go ahead anyone, mock me...I'm strong!
guilty pleasures are simply songs or albums you enjoy that friends or music snobs alike may poke fun at you for. guilty pleasures are singles, soundtracks, or songs you should know better than to be listening to, but they're just too catchy. i.e. Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around Comes Back Around" track. Fall Out Boy is looked down upon because they are like a poster child of this myspace/punk/emo fad that is surface and that lacks substance or talent. Fall Out Boy, as a band, will never amount to anything more than slick production and smiling faces.