Montrose1100 Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Good Day HAIF. I was just curious about some of you folks, and what might be a guilty pleasure like a movie or a song that you probably shouldn't like, but do. I'm not expecting anything creepy like "I'm 45 years old and "Wheels on the bus" is my favorite song, listen to it everyday!" Just maybe a current pop song that is stuck in your head or a pretty awful movie that you might be ashamed to admit you have it on DVD, Blue-Ray, and Digital Copy. So, spill the beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Well, I guess I'll start. Muriel's Wedding. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110598/)I was bored on a sunday and we passed this over on Netflix. My friend said she had seen it when she was little (back when Kroger had VHS rentals). So I fell in love! This movie is just good and hilarious all around. Every character is awesome, and I love that it's in Australia. I could watch this movie at least twice a week. The fact that it has almost only ABBA songs is the icing on the cake. Probably my favorite movie of all time. Also, a great movie to enjoy some wine or a vice of your choice to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I am a belieber.OK not really.I do enjoy Katy Perry, Mackelmore and Icona pop though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 My guilty pleasure is the daily soap opera that is HAIF. I keep telling myself that I should walk away, but I just can't seem to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 If I listed all of my guilty pleasures I would no doubt come off as a whack job, but I will admit to an occasional weakness for ABBA. I've actually had a running argument about their greatness with some friends for decades now. And James Bond movies, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 John Cusack. Doesn't matter how crappy the movie. And Justin Timberlake. Anything JT. Oh, and Wendy Wiliams. I cannot take my eyes off her. Back in my major punk days, at home I would secretly listen to Motley Cru and Led Zeppelin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 just between us.........i watched "the craft" over and over for ten years. i bought the soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoM4OXQVCcE i watched it when i drank, which was often, and marveled at how similar the methods of the craft were to southern fundamentalist magical thinking. plus, i was really into cool black clothing. oh, but i don't hide that one. i do hide my gregg araki movies from certain friends and family. every now and then, i have to bring out "the living end", "doom generation", "nowhere", "totally f****ed up", "splendor", and more recently "kaboom". araki used music and settings in his movies that i thought were unique to me and my circle of friends here in houston. i was amazed to see the same type of subculture parameters in a movie (in and about) LA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7okbGR5Uwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agRzpnS_FGwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ohqd6kSj4chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_4IDH5h1U i still have a few hundred christian cds from my youth and twenties. some of it is so bad. every now and then i just need a little amy grant or resurrection band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDt04sKEOo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 just between us.........i watched "the craft" over and over for ten years. i bought the soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoM4OXQVCcE i watched it when i drank, which was often, and marveled at how similar the methods of the craft were to southern fundamentalist magical thinking. plus, i was really into cool black clothing.oh, but i don't hide that one. i do hide my gregg araki movies from certain friends and family. every now and then, i have to bring out "the living end", "doom generation", "nowhere", "totally f****ed up", "splendor", and more recently "kaboom". araki used music and settings in his movies that i thought were unique to me and my circle of friends here in houston. i was amazed to see the same type of subculture parameters in a movie (in and about) LA.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL7okbGR5Uwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agRzpnS_FGwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ohqd6kSj4chttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by_4IDH5h1Ui still have a few hundred christian cds from my youth and twenties. some of it is so bad. every now and then i just need a little amy grant or resurrection band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDt04sKEOoDoom Generation, ha! I tried to watch it but the "whatever" culture was too astronomical for me to finish it.I have had a recent obsession with new synth pop songs. I will post some links later, but here are the songs and titles."Fireshrine" - Purity Ring"The Mother we share" - CHVRCHES"Royals" - LordeThey're pretty awful but they are so much fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Have to check those out. Miike Snow and The Good Natured are fun synthpop too. It's like ear candy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Here are a couple of songs I've been listening to. Don't mind sharing with you all, but reluctant to share with my friends. I don't know if your one of those people (like me) where a music video can make or break a song, but I feel like the video doesn't do it justice. This is another one that is really catchy. She actually writes a lot of songs for Ke$ha, Katy Perry, and someone else I forgot. This one is pretty awful. It has a heavy r&b sound, with some pretty weird/dark lyrics. I have to be honest, I really don't get the music video. I've even watched it sober... This one i'm not too proud of. It's so tween and awful. I have to start the song over again when I hear it in the car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 i like the last one (sans the stupid lyrics). her voice has an interesting quality. i'd like to hear her sing grown up songs. i'd forgotten i had a thing for kylie minogue and olivia newton john until i listed to your video posts. i usually do not share that either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHGaW8lBlSk my "cassette" walkman had newton john's album "physical" playing for hours on end as our family traveled across the country on family trips.....that and amy grant. now that i think of it, i listened almost exclusively to female singers until my late teens....figures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZFO3WiBQDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livincinco Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Elle O'Connor (Lorde) is 16 years old that's why it sounds tween. It's a very catchy song. Check out Walk The Moon if you like synth pop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Purity Ring is awesome. No reason to be a guilty pleasure. One of my guilty peasures is Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus. Also Milli Vanilli's singles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 My biggest guilty pleasure? I still go to numbers on Friday nights. But it's not so surprising actually, I used to stay up every Saturday night listening to the live club feed from 6400 on 93q.I had 104 on in the car the other day, one of my friends was in the car and I started singing along to some ke$ha his words "I can't believe that anyone who likes nitzer ebb can actually listen to this crap" his wife laughed at me :-(I can't help but watch the movie hackers whenever it is on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkultra25 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Here are a couple of songs I've been listening to. Don't mind sharing with you all, but reluctant to share with my friends. I don't know if your one of those people (like me) where a music video can make or break a song, but I feel like the video doesn't do it justice. I like "Lies" better than "The Mother We Share", but either way I'd have trouble classifying CHVRCHES as a guilty pleasure (then again, I've always had trouble with the concept of guilty pleasures in general). I assume you know they're going to be at House of Blues at the end of November? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 I like "Lies" better than "The Mother We Share", but either way I'd have trouble classifying CHVRCHES as a guilty pleasure (then again, I've always had trouble with the concept of guilty pleasures in general). I assume you know they're going to be at House of Blues at the end of November?I will be there!!Samagon, I go to #'s every once in a blue moon. I love me a tragic bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 My biggest guilty pleasure? I still go to numbers on Friday nights. But it's not so surprising actually, I used to stay up every Saturday night listening to the live club feed from 6400 on 93q.I had 104 on in the car the other day, one of my friends was in the car and I started singing along to some ke$ha his words "I can't believe that anyone who likes nitzer ebb can actually listen to this crap" his wife laughed at me :-(I can't help but watch the movie hackers whenever it is on.I wonder how many HAIFers have numbers as a guilty pleasure? I've been once in the last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 I wonder how many HAIFers have numbers as a guilty pleasure? I've been once in the last year.Don't lie Bach, I know you're the guy with the glasses & button down fleece (unbuttoned), who dances on the speaker every Friday night to re-live your youth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Don't lie Bach, I know you're the guy with the glasses & button down fleece (unbuttoned), who dances on the speaker every Friday night to re-live your youth.relive my a**.....this is perpetual youth young man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Do I smell a haify hour at numbers coming soon? :-D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 Speaking of numbers, a long time guilty pleasure is the song "Warm Leatherette". Every time I hear it I picture the video montage they play at numbers, which is a mix of car crashes and people snorting Ajax. Also is the visual of the guy in the long leather trench coat who just stands there to twirl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 relive my a**.....this is perpetual youth young man!Does perpetual youth retire in the Woodlands? Bam... At this point in time I would hope for a high five from redscare. One can dream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 touche' (hate that word....looks like a cross between touch and douche) just listened to warm leatherette today. another fun one: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Tom Tom club doesn't count as a guilty pleasure - they were great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 There is NOTHING tragic about Numbers. Maybe you meant MAGICal? Purity Ring is good. CHVRCHES is solid. So much good alternative/synth coming out right now. Makes this 80s kids quite happy. My favorite "guilty pleasure" is Boytronic and their song "You!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I am compelled to cast my guilty pleasure club vote for Rich's. It was so big and new at the time, and the bathrooms always seemed cleaner. Call me high maintenance, but clean matters when doing coke in bathrooms.wow, Boytronic, ditto on that one. Major guilty pleasures of me and my childhood BFF was Yaz and Tones on Tail (Go!) especially when we were getting ready to go out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Does perpetual youth retire in the Woodlands? Bam... At this point in time I would hope for a high five from redscare. One can dream. hahahaha... According to Redscare it apparently first enters a period of pre-retirement in the Heights, where it builds man-cave garages and takes up bicycling. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) Here's another synth pop for you guys! This one is quite awful. I accidentally discovered it under "suggested" for the CHVRCHES video. I love the music video, it's so weird, that its actually cool. I only love the song because of the video. And I tried showing it to some of my friends but all of their reactions were the same... "I can never get that 6 minutes of my life back". Lol they don't understand fashion & art, so I have forgiven them. Edited September 12, 2013 by Montrose1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 For me it's Toto's IV album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Good Day HAIF. I was just curious about some of you folks, and what might be a guilty pleasure like a movie or a song that you probably shouldn't like, but do. I'm not expecting anything creepy like "I'm 45 years old and "Wheels on the bus" is my favorite song, listen to it everyday!" Just maybe a current pop song that is stuck in your head or a pretty awful movie that you might be ashamed to admit you have it on DVD, Blue-Ray, and Digital Copy. So, spill the beans. I can honestly say that I'm 45 and sing Wheels on the Bus on a regular basis...but then I've got a 2-year old daughter. Don't know if this counts as a guiltly pleasure, but I haven't been able to get this one out of my head since I first saw it...someone please help.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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