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New category: Guilty Pleasures,
Written in Frisco, TX on September 24, 2005 and tagged with music and guilty-pleasures.
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Yes I know we all have these, and for the most part we don’t talk about them. But there is something illuminating, even endearing about knowing how silly people are sometimes.
So with that introduction, here is my Guilty Pleasures Confessional for this month: I am now a huge Natasha Bedingfield fan… huge I tell you.
I am not sure how anyone who loves music could not be a huge fan of this brit, she can sing, my gawd can she sing, and her writing while not inspired is interesting and approaching clever.
Here are just a few of the lyrics from her single ‘These Words’ which is getting pretty massive radio play right now:
Read some Byron, Shelly and Keats Recited it over a Hip-Hop beat I’m having trouble saying what I mean With dead poets and drum machines I know I had some studio time booked But I couldn’t find a killer hook Now you’ve gone & raised the bar right up Nothing I write is ever good enough
Not to mention the music is hot. Add this all together and you get a really fun album. Well worth your money.
I am not a big fan of memes, but I think that it would be interesting to see what each of us would consider a ‘Guilty Pleasure’ since to me it might not be, and so on. If you decide to reveal your own GP, please let me know through a comment here, or a track/pingback.
If you post about this on Twitter, please use the hashtag #silly532.
David, on March 1, 2007
Aaron, on March 1, 2007
Crap, I know this is going to haunt me… I like Natalie Imbruglia.
DrBacchus, on March 1, 2007
Well, I guess my guilty pleasure is that I like Waylon Jennings. I know, it’s shameful, but there you have it.
*Ah*, yes, a little confession is indeed good for the soul.
Chris J. Davis, on March 1, 2007
Well thanks Joen. I find that a little confessional now and then is good for the soul.
Joen, on March 1, 2007
I salute your honesty.
I too, have guilty pleasures. They’re called Civilization 3 and Age of Mythology. Oh, and New Order.
Jared, on March 1, 2007
I’ve been listening to Ashlee Simpson. I didn’t see that one coming.
Mathias, on March 1, 2007
Thank God I’m not the only one on this planet who sneakily enjoys Natasha Bedingfield… Some other guilty pleasures of mine would probably be Kylie Minogue and Justin Timberlake. Muhahahaa, I know.
John, on March 1, 2007
Natasha’s songs, true, are not the best written. But you are so very write, the woman can sing! She sang Ain’t Nobody, a duet with her brother Daniel at the Brits this year and they were amazing. Still lovw watching the video clip. No lip syncing for her. She also happened to look very sexy. Another song of hers I like is I Bruise Easily. The video is great too.
Guilty pleasure? Sugababes.
Indranil, on March 1, 2007
*drools*
Great category. My guilty pleasures are Shania Twain and Shakira (I know).
Avinash, on March 1, 2007
Heh, I forgot about some of the songs mentioned here that I like: Since U Been Gone and Toxic, heh.
Michael Heilemann, on March 1, 2007
If nothing else, a good category to have. My guilty please, Toxic with Britney.
David, on March 1, 2007
wow. she’s pretty talented
Mark, on March 1, 2007
…ahh someonelse who finds Natasha Bedingfields’ music quality listening.
I also have to confess to liking Kelly Clarkson.
There I said it.
Avinash, on March 1, 2007
My Guilty Pleasure would probably have to be “Cry Me A River” by Justin Timberlake. Don’t like anything else of his, but that song is pretty good.
Hafiz Muhtar, on March 1, 2007
Hi. I read your blog for quite some time now, but had nothing to say.. until now.. My guilty pleasure is watching Gilmore Girls.. heck.. i even named my iPod “Rory” and my Powerbook “Lorelai”.. (hhmm.. i hope i won’t regret announcing this here )
Scott, on March 1, 2007
I must say, I’m a fan of “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson.
A. Nonymous Rex, on March 1, 2007
Try the movie “The Princess Diaries”, and the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Noiseputty, on March 1, 2007
My guilty pleasure is Fergie. I can’t believe those stupid hooks she comes up with. “London Bridge”, dang, that actually catchy. No, stop, brain!!! I must resist. Mind going. IQ slipping away!!! Sanctuary!!!
Her and Gwen Stefani will single-handedly bring back mindless bubble gum pop.
Oh man…
Shania Twain (to the tune of four albums)
Girls Aloud
Britney Spears
Ashlee Simpson
Kelly Clarkson
There goes any credibility my taste in music had…