Villaboy So called “yacht rock” Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Player, and Ace, these tunes and acts get a lot of hate but you are right, the records are littered with session players, insane production level and musicianship
There is something in the silly songs that makes us more human. Your memories help to enjoy the presentation. For me the voice of Karen Carpenter is like the smell of bread.
I don’t care WHO you are and what TYPE of music you like...if you don’t like the voice of Karen Carpenter you are dead...you have no soul. You are a motionless rock!
"Fooled Around and Fell In Love". Great tune. Hard to believe it was Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship/Starship fame on vocals. He built that city...
but you got to remember about Mickey he was one of the original voices of the Elvin Bishop band before he would go on and to Jefferson Starship on freedom at point zero in 79
Jay Ferguson is doing a lot of work on tv shows now. As for ‘Thunder Island’, everyone recognizes that slide guitar sound, right? The one and only Joe Walsh.
Ditto. But early on Carl King, Neil Diamond, et al were writing all their hits. And I loved their inane TV show as a 7 yr old kid. Even built a Monkeymobile model!
@@Pwrcritter Well that theory has been squashed, half Wrecking Crew half actual Band and half outside writers. Im a huge fan, my favorite album is the one where they actually play on it. Headquarters! No I'm discounting the fabulous Hal Blaine, Eddie Ho or other Members of the Crew.
My dad was mostly into big band stuff, but had a bunch of folk rock albums and those are the albums I would listen to and The Carpenters was one of my favs, so was Gordon Lightfoot and Jim Croce.
Carpenters had some great guilty pleasure songs. Superstar, Top Of The World. Actually, Sonic Youth has a great remake of Superstar, and an all girl Japanese punk rock band called Shonen Knife has a great remake of Top Of The World.
Year of the 🐱 - Al Stewart Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project Sailing - Christopher Cross IGY - Donald Fagen Babe - Styx Head over Heels - Tears for Fears More Than Words - Extreme Kiss on My List - Hall& Oates
That song is particularly cheesy and kind of childish, in terms of lyrical content. Not my fav, but, it´s fun to listen to it, from time to time. Hence, it´s a good example of what a guilty pleasure is.
Here is a list of mine Bread - Guitar man Abba - does your mother know Promises - baby its you Incredible bongo band - bongo rock Albert Hammond - its never rains in California Rupert hine - misplaced love Linda Ronstadt - your no good Hot chocolate - emma Nena - 99 luftballons The guess who - clap for the wolfman Reo speedwagon - cant fight this feeling Runaways - cherry bomb And too many more to mention
Here’s some of mine (off the top of my head): Toy Soldiers- Martika Heart and Soul- T’Pau Rubberband Man- The Spinners Down Under- Men at Work Forever in Blue Jenas- Neil Diamond Listen to Your Heart- Roxette Rolling in the Deep- Adele Faith- George Michael Heaven On Earth- Belinda Carlisle Landed- Ben Folds Total Eclipse of the Heart- Bonnie Tyler I Found Someone- Cher Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper Like a Prayer- Madonna You Make My Dreams Come True- Hall and Oates Running with the Night- Lionel Richie All Around the World- Lisa Stansfield Gold- Prince For Your Eyes Only- Sheena Easton We Don’t Need Another Hero- Tina Turner I Wanna Dance with Somebody- Whitney Houston How Many Licks- Lil’ Kim Empire State of Mind- Jay Z/ Alicia Keys If- Janet Jackson September- Earth, Wind and Fire Don’t Let Go- En Vogue Un-Break My Heart- Toni Braxon Insane in the Brain- Cypress Hill Mama Said Knock You Out- LL Cool J The Seed (2.0)- The Roots Come With Me- P Diddy/Jimmy Page Love the Way You Lie- Eminem You Needed Me- Anne Murray Behind Closed Doors- Charlie Rich Don’t it Make My Brown Eyes Blue- Crystal Gayle 9 to 5- Dolly Parton The Thunder Rolls- Garth Brooks Rhinestone Cowboy- Glen Campbell Thank God I’m a County Boy- John Denver The Gambler- Kenny Rogers Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me- Mac Davis He Thinks He’ll Keep Her- Mary Chapin Carpenter Fancy- Reba McEntire Smoky Mountain Rain- Ronnie Milsap
"Goodbye to Love" by the Carpenters. Kick-ass guitar solo, inventing the power ballad, one of the most subtle key changes in any song .... what's not to like?
From ABBA to the Zombies and everything in between, I never feel guilty about taking pleasure in music. I'm no longer a "closet" fan of anything. I crank up my Jimmy Buffett and Meat Loaf as loud and proud as anything in my collection. And I don't feel the least bit guilty about it.
Same here, I'm all over the place, everything from Scott Joplin to French Electronic music. Sinatra, Carpenters, Genesis, Madness, France Gall, and on and on. I know what I like and I like what I know.
what an incredible list, Pete! i love and cherish almost all these songs. and - i am someone who shirks the "guilty pleasure" monicker. i feel zero guilt about loving great pop tunes. hahahaha
My top ten(+) guilty pleasures 10. The Hollies "The air that I breathe" 09. Simple Minds "Sanctify yourself" 08. The Buggles "Video killed the radio star" 07. Abba "Dancing queen" 06. The Raspberries "Go all the way" 05. Benny Mardones "Into the night" 04. Linda Rondstadt "You're no good" 03. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons "Who loves you" 02. B-52s "Roam" **TIE*** 01. Al Stewart "The year of the cat" 01. 10cc "I'm not in love"
There's nothing "guilty" about liking ABBA even if you are a metalhead. They are the most non-metal metal band. and a big inspiration for a lot of European metal bands, a lot of them have also covered their songs.
Pop songs have an important spot in music... so many times they are bookmarks for our lives. I hear "Monday, Monday" by they Mamas & Papas and I'm sent back to Jr Hi School and pining after Janet (who crushed me with, "you're just like a brother to me). Great show, thanks!!!
Here are a few of my guilty pleasures: "Saturday Night" - The Bay City Rollers "Snoopy vs The Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen "Stayin' Alive" - The Bee Gees "I'm a Believer"/"Daydream Believer" - The Monkees "Whip It" - Devo
When it was in the charts, Snoopy vs the Red Baron was absolutely my favourite song. I knew all the words, me and my younger brother used to sing it at the tops of our voices when we were singing ourselves to sleep. I was 10...
What a fantastic bunch of songs!!! I have to say that I was shocked that 75 % or better are still songs that always bring me right back to great times in my life... Thank you for one of the best lists ever... Little Willie, such a guilty pleasure!!
The Partridge Family was my first "rock" band I watched when I was a kid. I had all the albums and the David Cassidy solo stuff too. Still some great pop songs since they were all written and recorded by studio session people of the utmost caliber.
I love The Partridge Family, especially the songs Summer Days, I Woke Up In Love This Morning, and I Would Have Loved You Anyway. Really great quality pop songs.
I agree that Gordon Lightfoot is one of the best songwriters of all time and that Karen Carpenter had the most gorgeous voice but they are both guilty pleasures if you are a metal head.
I know you made this show years ago, Pete, but I'm just getting to it and really enjoyed all of it. I agree with so many of your choices! Yes, I absolutely binge watch a lot of your older videos and wish you'd bring the rant series back, even if just on a limited basis. I've even watched a lot of your older videos more than one time. Cheers!
this was great...and i could have watched an hour or more...even though i'm kinda like you (59...born in queens and grew up on hard rock, then metal), i am so glad you included 10cc 'i'm not in love', one of my all time favorite songs....and there ain't nuthin' wrong with cher, tom jones, or 'my sharona'...i was waiting to hear perhaps ace 'how long' or sailcat 'motorcycle mama' thrown into your list...maybe they'll be in part two.... peace my friend...
Steal away - Robbie Dupree Magic - Pilot Into the night - Benny Mardones Right down the line - Gerry Rafferty Kiss on my list - Hall and Oates How can I be sure - The Rascals
Gotta add some Christopher cross: Sailing Ride like the Wind Have to throw Dream Weaver in there as well separately, seemed like these songs were always on radio when I was a kid in the 70's
90% of your list included some of the great pop songs I grew up with and adored as well Pete. Fantastic list!!!! I am guessing you would love the Guardians of the Galaxy movies :) I do!
Some of mine: *ABBA - Any song but love Eagle* *Rick Dees - Disco Duck* *Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady* *The Tramps - Disco Inferno* (Saturday Night Fever soundtrack version - 10 minute version) *Joe Tex - Ain't Going to Bump with a no Big Fat Woman* *Quincy Jones - Ai No Corrida* *Donna Summer - Bad Girls / Hot Stuff / McArthur's Park* (15 minutes version) *Richard Harris - McArthur's Park* *Nilsson - Jump Into The Fire* (from Nilsson Schmilsson) & *You're Breaking My Heart* (from Son of Schmilsson) *The Gap Band - Early in the Morning / You Dropped a Bomb on Me* Also like these *full albums* from *Mac Davis* (Will Write Songs for Food - 1994), *Lobo* (Calumet - 1973) & *Tom Jones* (Darlin' - 1981). Very good albums.
This was a lot of fun. Most of these are quality pop songs and actually very good. I have a huge soft spot for 70s pop songs because they remind me of the carefree days of childhood.
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting. I like that song so much I designed a shirt that referenced it. Occasionally I get someone who notices and they crack up laughing.
Midnight at the Oasis by Maria Muldaur...I just love that early 70's sound. Also Lonesome Loser by The Little River Band. The song came out at a time when the lyrics meant something to me. I don't know the lead singer's name but the guy has some serious singing chops.
I really love almost every single song on your list! I enjoyed watching your face when you described "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship! That is one of the most beautiful, deep, heart-wrenching love songs ever written. I truly believe it's one of the best lyrics EVER. Brings me to tears every time. Who would not want to be loved like that, and to that degree??? Tom Jones has been one of my faves from day one! Good Lord, he does it for me! "She's A Lady" is also a great lyric! I don't have the energy to respond to each one you mentioned, but I really enjoyed this "rant"! SO much fun! Oh, and I DO watch your vids in their entirety! I'm just that way!
You speak straight into my heart with those guilty pleasures mate. From my encounters with girls, I should like to add Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen Slade - Cuz I luv u (Cause I love you) Outside my failed pursuits of the other gender, comes the driving song.... Sniff n The Tears - Drivers Seat. One hit wonder stayed with me. Frank Zappa - Bobby Brown. Even though Im not American I used to dress sharp and be an arrogant son of a....Still do at my age
Here's a few of my GPS!! 'Think I'm in trouble' Lindsey Buckingham 'Reminiscing' Little River Band 'Hey Nineteen' 'Deacon Blues' Steely Dan 'Logical Song' 'Its raining again' Supertramp 'I just wanna stop' 'living inside myself' Gino Vanelli 'Heart of the night' Poco 'Into the night' Benny Mardones Mine seem to linger around the late 70s/ early 80s... like anything else musical, it seems to be a generational thing.
Alen-there are no guilty pleasure songs by the awesomely talented and wholly respected "musicians band" that is Steely Dan! The superb playing on nearly every tune puts Donald and Walter's genius in a very bright light! Steely Dan=crank it! ALL OF IT!
With the exception of "Reminiscing" I agree with every single song on there, especially the two Gino Vannelli tracks. How about "Black Cars" by him, too? (From 1984, I believe)
actually it could be guilty pleasures for Alen because maybe he listens now to nothing but metal and people are surprised on his list and real life it's like wow you like Steely Dan?? so many people that do not make it known. that's the idea that guilty pleasure it's what you're known to listen to if you're known as a music lover of all kinds and you can come over at probably look at your music collection and see from the 40s big bands all the way through today there's not much of a guilty pleasure for you.. but if you've always been known as the metalhead the headbanger listening to nothing but thrash and then all the sudden somebody comes over and it's like tell me that's not the Carpenters playing.. then you're guilty pleasure has been exposed
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Turning Japanese - The Vapors Don't You Want Me - Human League Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger Dancing Queen - ABBA Downtown - Petula Clark To Sir With Love - Lulu
love night Ranger lot of underrated great stuff.. I still think the vapors are great in a playlist of just generalized 80 stuff or NuWave.. what's interesting was after the vapors broke up believe Singer went on to be a lawyer fighting for singers and songwriters rights
"Don't Give Up on Us" - David Soul. Also some Helen Reddy. Basically agree with you on the hair metal bands although some of the lead guitarists in those bands were killer.
Spirit In The Sky, Stuck In The Middle With You, Dancin' In The Moonlight, Hooked on a Feeling, In the Summertime, Are We Not Men We are DEVO, and a bunch of Depeche Mode I like...
Another great program.lots of fun listening.can not wait for your next jazz rock fusion program.my favorite topic go stanley jeff beck and my favorite band mahavishnu orchestra.
A lot of these were on the "K-Tel" compilation records I used to have: Chevy Van by Sammy Johns, Knock Three Times by Tony Orlando, Sky High by Jigsaw, Convoy by CW McCall, Laughter in the Rain by Neil Sedaka, Closer by Seals & Crofts, This Masquerade by George Benson, Keep on Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks, You Made Me Believe in Magic by Bay City Rollers, Freakers Ball (very un-PC album track by Dr Hook)
Pete,Wiz here...I always love watching your Y.T. Channel.We are about the same age,I'm 57 and agree with most of your choices...Like myself,We both realize how OUR LOVE of music TRANSPORTS US THRU TIME...You mentioned your Father in relation to a couple of songs...THAT'S THE MAGIC OF RECORDED MUSIC! A couple Groups you mentioned,I had alternate song choices...A.R.S-Imaginary Lover instead(if you play vinyl LP at 45rpm,it sounds like Stevie Nicks: )I've been into music since 7.I to can't sing but have a large musical memory because of working at an EMPIRE RECORD-TYPE store in '77-'79 and again was hired back because they moved to Larger building and needed my VAST KNOWLEDGE of useless information to be a buyer for VHS,BETA & Laserdiscs on both film and music back to 1930!Not everything...but way to much DATA MEMORY used in my BRAIN!At 8,Dizzy by Tommy Roe Crimson & Clover/B-side was Mony,Mony-T.James/Shondells.Im now a retired,disabled Audio/Visual and Acoustics Engineer.I love your shelves for your CDS & DVDS...All my shelving is full and overflowing...both dvd and CDS in boxes...Oh,I still have aproximately 2,500 MINT L.P.'s...A lot of Promos courtesy of The Record labels...Columbia/Epic,W.E.A.& R.C.A. But back to "Guilty Pleasures"....1)Sweet-Love Is Like Oxigen 2)U.K.-Dead Of Night 3)A.R.S-Imaginary Lover 4)Faces-Glad and Sorry from Ooh-La-La 5)McCartney from Band On The Run-1985 6)Tommy Bolin-Dreamer 7)E.L.O.-Telephone Line 8)Gilbert O'Sullivan-Alone Again,Naturally 9)Outfield-For Your Love and finally 10)B.Streisand- "Prisoner"from soundtrack, "The Eyes Of Laura Mars" All of that I just thought of while watching your Favorite LIVE ALBUM RANT Vol.1...I appreciate you sharing your musical knowledge with a fellow ALL MUSIC FANATIC (excludes most everything RAP & New Country(modern day rockn'roll with same music structure but with Twang! from 1995 forward)Have you heard BLACKBIRD by Alter Bridge which Jimi Page said was the best Guitar Solo He ever heard!We'll talk again,my Y.T. Music Buddy. Peace,Doug
Did you already know about Alter Bridge?I think a majority of the band members were with Creed. the lead singer went his own way and they found this other guy that's got a hell of a voice and my son-in-law in Wyoming turned me on to them back in September of 2016 and played me Blackbird,the song. I just listen to it once and then sense have played it several times... thanks to Spotify... Spotify definitely is a great tool for finding albums that I don't have. You have HEAVY METAL eclectic taste!In what you collect man.I can't believe how heavy metal you are!I mean UFO and Sabbath is about as heavy metal as I ever got!none of the hair bands of the 80s... no thank you... well Whitesnake with the video with what was her name Tani Kattan on the hood of the car that ballad Is This Love now that's about as far as I went in the '80's Now KISS... you and I are big time KISS... I was listening to KISS in 1974 on 8-track! Kiss Alive of course. it might have been 75 we would Cruise out in his Mopar Super Bee and cruise the darker side of town because that was the school we were going to this was in '75 when they had forced integration and I went to an 80% black school for 2 years played on their football team too! I've always been a pretty big guy I can bench press 800 lbs with my legs unfortunately all the electronic work I've done over the years has caught up with me and I am not the "man I used to be"like the Boston song : ) my friend Randy and I would go buy a quart of Miller High Life and cruise around the neighborhood and listening to KISS!my favorite tune was of course black diamond and cold gin...Oh Strutter also. In finishing about blackbird album and title song of the same title blackbird C.D.is is the one that has the hellacious guitar solo towards the end which I read Jimmy Page saw them live in performance and claimed it was the greatest guitar solo of all time! now that's Jimmy Page saying that! I don't know if you live in the United States or Canada?I'm here in Oklahoma City 405-306-0092 for direct contact. I'd love to have a conversation on a phone and not be typing all this shit or using voice talk on my GS5 concert camera! LOL Talk again soon....Wiz,Doug hey Pete, did you look at my RU-vid channel with the three Tom Petty videos? Wiz Reality 5 is what I titled my channel...We will talk again soon. Peace
Guilty Pleasure song for me- Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper Guilty pleasure album- Heart's self-titled album from 1985. Always been a huge Heart fan though.
Here's one for you, "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain and Tennille. And I always thought The Knack was picked on *way* too much. I enjoy all of their albums...don't think they have a bad one!
Thoroughly enjoyable! Here’s a few of mine from 50 odd years of listening to music: Yesterday Man, Chris Andrews 123, Len Barry Green Green Grass of Home, Tom Jones Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum Sugar Sugar, Archies Release Me, Engelbert Humperdinck Walk Like an Egyptian, Bangles Montego Bay, Bobby Bloom Really Free, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett Ah, the memories of a lifetime listening to dubious music!
Great video as always! That T-Shirt is awesome! Btw as a Marvel you probably remember that Redbone - Come and get your love was features in the 1st Guardians of the Galaxy movie :)
'Call Me Maybe' - Carly Rae Jepsen 'Second Hand News' - Fleetwood Mac 'Roar' - Katy Perry 'My Own Worst Enemy' - Lit 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' - Def Leppard 'Train In Vain' - The Clash 'Cherry Pie' - Warrant 'Fight For Your Right (To Party)' - Beastie Boys 'Unskinny Bop' - Poison 'Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)' - Motley Crue
Pete - you should check out the video of Rick Astley singing "never gonna give you up" live with the Foo Fighters. it is not only amazing, it warms my heart to see him have a late-career "reconciliation" of sorts. the young FF fans in the audience probably only know him as a meme. but getting to play live with the Foos legitimized him for youngsters. how cool is that!?!
Brother, I KNEW you were going to say "Brandy" !!!!! HELL yes!! I'm telling you my man, that must have been modus operandi for our age group... Comic books, AM radio, etc.I just wanted to say I absolutely love your channel man!
Great review, Pete, lol. Brings back memories. Here's a few of my own: 1. "Bang A Gong" (T.Rex), 2. "Lay Lady Lay" (Dylan), 3. "In My Room" (Beach Boys), 4. "The Air That I Breathe" (Hollies), 5. "Growin' Up (Springsteen), 6. "Jungle Boogie" (Kool & The Gang), 7. "Reflections Of My Life" (Marmalade), 8. "Na, Na, Hey, Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye" (Steam), 9. "May It Be" (Enya), 10. "ABC" (Jackson 5)
