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CarrieMonster

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Oct 2, 2008, 2:24:00 PM10/2/08
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Here is this week's lunchtime poll...

What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?

How often do you play it?

Thanks

xoxo
CM

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Peter H. Coffin

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Oct 2, 2008, 3:54:36 PM10/2/08
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0700 (PDT), CarrieMonster wrote:
> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>
> How often do you play it?

*chuckle* Half my collection is cheesy covers, mashups, and novelty
songs.You wanna hear Led Zeppelin's "Back Dog" as sung by Elvis backed
by a reggae band? I'm your guy.

--
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Satori

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Oct 2, 2008, 4:23:55 PM10/2/08
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"Peter H. Coffin" <hel...@ninehells.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0700 (PDT), CarrieMonster wrote:
>> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>>
>> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>>
>> How often do you play it?
>
> *chuckle* Half my collection is cheesy covers, mashups, and novelty
> songs.You wanna hear Led Zeppelin's "Back Dog" as sung by Elvis backed
> by a reggae band? I'm your guy.

Dread Zeppelin, I presume?


Satori

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Oct 2, 2008, 4:25:47 PM10/2/08
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"CarrieMonster" <carrie...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>
> How often do you play it?

Every holiday season our H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society Solstice Carols
come out, and get played pretty regularly.


oldgoth

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Oct 2, 2008, 4:33:10 PM10/2/08
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CarrieMonster wrote:
> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?

Not really silly, well, in my opinion.. but I'm rather partial to a
quick burst of some Rat Pack stuff.

> How often do you play it?

Every couple of months I guess.


martin oldgoth
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Peter H. Coffin

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Oct 2, 2008, 4:27:43 PM10/2/08
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None other.

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away from the door.
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`una

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Oct 3, 2008, 2:12:43 AM10/3/08
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CarrieMonster wrote:

> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?

Well, that's just not fair. I didn't believe in guilty
pleasures until I decided Mika was just The Coolest Evar.

> How often do you play it?

Only slightly less often than I play Voltaire.
*cough*almostdaily*cough*

`una - stfu, at least it isn't NKOTB anymore ;)

NightMist

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Oct 3, 2008, 11:37:39 AM10/3/08
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Ah yes....

Before it went away and then came back, I got my hubby a copy of "A
Shoggoth on the Roof" for Yule one year.

It gets played often enough that I find myself pooh-humming "Byakhee
Byakhee" on occasion.

NightMist
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Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

oonh

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Oct 3, 2008, 3:51:03 PM10/3/08
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CarrieMonster <carrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?


probably the 50s sex education audio.
not often. it's grating and stupid.


oonh

Rowanberry

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Oct 4, 2008, 1:12:03 AM10/4/08
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Probably the collection of Spike Jones (totally unrelated to Jonze,
who probably isn't as funny) and assorted other ww2 and post-war era
goofy songs. They're not exactly *guilty* pleasures, as I don't really
try to hide them, and often inflict them on unsuspecting guests. They
don't get played very often, but sometimes they do pop up on random
playlists, which makes me kind of happy.

~deliriumcrow

Joseph Brenner

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Oct 4, 2008, 3:44:14 AM10/4/08
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CarrieMonster <carrie...@gmail.com> writes:

> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>
> How often do you play it?

It's hard to summon up any guilt, but as for silliest...

Let's see, there's "Electric Tommy": instrumental versions of the
Who's "Tommy" performed on mogue synthesizer.

Then there's my "Slack Sax" record, a collection of Hawaiian Saxophone
music.

Maybe that 45 from 1960 or so, a pair of very hyper, female vocal,
Mambo music tracks, sung in Japanese.

Maybe the CD reissue of frog sounds of north america, or "insect noise
in stored food stuffs".

I can't say I play any of them very often, except for the Frog Sounds.

Elder

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Peter H. Coffin

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Oct 4, 2008, 11:51:03 AM10/4/08
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On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:12:03 -0700 (PDT), Rowanberry wrote:
> Probably the collection of Spike Jones (totally unrelated to Jonze,
> who probably isn't as funny) and assorted other ww2 and post-war era
> goofy songs. They're not exactly *guilty* pleasures, as I don't really
> try to hide them, and often inflict them on unsuspecting guests. They
> don't get played very often, but sometimes they do pop up on random
> playlists, which makes me kind of happy.

I knew there was a reason I liked you..

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Rowanberry

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Oct 4, 2008, 12:10:16 PM10/4/08
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On Oct 2, 2:24 pm, CarrieMonster <carriemons...@gmail.com> wrote:

That would probably be the collection of Spike Jones, and other
assorted 1940s and 50s spoof music. The Ballad of Irving is a
particular favourite for no reason that I can figure out. They're not
so much guilty, though, as just ... admittedly silly.

It doesn't get played very often, but when the random setting does
find it, it makes me very happy. Also, I like inflicting it sometimes
on the unsuspecting, which isn't very nice, but usually makes them
laugh.

~K

~Fianna

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Oct 5, 2008, 2:15:41 AM10/5/08
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Rowanberry wrote:

> Probably the collection of Spike Jones (totally unrelated to Jonze,
> who probably isn't as funny) and assorted other ww2 and post-war era
> goofy songs. They're not exactly *guilty* pleasures, as I don't really
> try to hide them, and often inflict them on unsuspecting guests. They
> don't get played very often, but sometimes they do pop up on random
> playlists, which makes me kind of happy.

Oh my god, you're alive.

~Fi, shouldn't be surprised, because I'm the one that owes an email

Sheila Marie

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Oct 6, 2008, 9:52:33 AM10/6/08
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"CarrieMonster" <carrie...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>
Abba, Kiss, though I don't feel one iota of guilt about owning these albums.
I do need to purchase a Barry Mannilow and BeeGees ablums though. I don't
think I'd feel guilty about those either. I've learned to just be me and not
give a flying fuck about how others feel about my choices. I am who I am and
like what I like, take it or leave it.

OH! I have a Rick Astly cassette tape that I will be ripping soon-ish and
enjoying. :)

ALSO, I have the entire soundtrack to "Music & Lyrics" on my iPod for my
enjoyment. Can't get much cheesier than this... but dear Lord do I love
it...

> How often do you play it?
>

Whenever I'm in the mood for them. I have an iPod connected to my car radio
and it holds a lot of my music collection. I typically set it on random and
just let whatever come out. So I can go weeks without hearing them or hear
them every day for a week. It all just depends on how the iPod shuffles the
songs.

Sheila Marie, even has a couple of Christina Aguilera & Kelly Clarkson songs
on her iPod.

Edward Scissorhands

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Oct 9, 2008, 5:47:48 AM10/9/08
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CarrieMonster wrote:
> Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?

Jingle Cats "Meowy Christmas"

> How often do you play it?

Whenever someone really annoys me. But I sing bits of it at the cat
quite often.

EdwardS

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~Fianna

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Oct 9, 2008, 2:51:45 PM10/9/08
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Edward Scissorhands

> Whenever someone really annoys me. But I sing bits of it at the cat quite
> often.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who does this.

Tuesday I had a lovely conversation with one of the stray cats that we've
been feeding. I have no idea what we were talking about, and I'm sure my
accent is horrible, but we exchanged meows for quite a while.

~Fi, crazy cat lady at 33. Beware my 60s.

Jennie Kermode

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Oct 9, 2008, 5:01:08 PM10/9/08
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On 2008-10-09, Edward Scissorhands <e_sciss...@btconnect.com> wrote:
> Jingle Cats "Meowy Christmas"

Would that be the one that Siani desperately hates, after being
forced to listen to it endlessly at her old work?

Jennie

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Jennie Kermode

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Oct 9, 2008, 5:25:52 PM10/9/08
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On 2008-10-02, CarrieMonster <carrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?

I don't really worry about this kind of thing - I don't feel
that sort of guilt - so I'm not sure I can answer this. My friend Bob
the Goldfish says that I have all the sorts of songs he remembers well
and finds fun at parties but never imagined anyone would actually own
(even on tinny mp3). From 'Clouds Across the Moon' to 'It's Raining
Men', 'Ra Ra Rasputin' to 'My Lovely Horse', it's all good. In fact, in
most circumstances I find that I can't get my head around that Earth
thing called shame. It is the anti-fun. People indulge in it when they
lack the guts to be real.

Jennie

NP - Libitina, 'Gothic People'

Edward Scissorhands

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Oct 9, 2008, 7:46:33 PM10/9/08
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Jennie Kermode wrote:
> On 2008-10-09, Edward Scissorhands <e_sciss...@btconnect.com> wrote:
>> Jingle Cats "Meowy Christmas"
>
> Would that be the one that Siani desperately hates, after being
> forced to listen to it endlessly at her old work?

Meow. Mrow Brrrrowww.. Meow. Mrow Brrrooww.
Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow Meow meow Mrrrow.

EdwarrrdS

TenshiKurai9

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Oct 12, 2008, 11:17:15 PM10/12/08
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On 2008-10-09, ~Fianna <ka...@cox.net> wrote:
> Tuesday I had a lovely conversation with one of the stray cats that we've
> been feeding. I have no idea what we were talking about, and I'm sure my
> accent is horrible, but we exchanged meows for quite a while.

My mother once told me she had a conversation with a cat at a cat show,
but stopped when there were too many people crowding around to see them
talk.

> ~Fi, crazy cat lady at 33. Beware my 60s.

Ever see the Springfield Up episode of the Simpsons? Eleonor was shown
as a child who grew-up to hold degrees in law and medicine from Harvard
and Yale before she experienced burn-out after giving birth. (Crazy cat
lady.)

-TK9, crazy cat lady in first quarter century of life.

TenshiKurai9

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Oct 12, 2008, 11:20:05 PM10/12/08
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On 2008-10-09, Jennie Kermode <"Jennie Kermode"@triffid.demon.co.uk> wrote:
My friend Bob
> the Goldfish says that I have all the sorts of songs he remembers well
> and finds fun at parties but never imagined anyone would actually own
> (even on tinny mp3). From 'Clouds Across the Moon' to 'It's Raining
> Men', 'Ra Ra Rasputin'

lover of the Russian Queen? Now there was a cat who wasn't quite
right.

-TK9, song played to her 12th grade history class.

Axel

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Oct 15, 2008, 10:36:14 PM10/15/08
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0700 (PDT), CarrieMonster
<carrie...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>
>What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>
>How often do you play it?

I don't know as I'd call anything I enjoy listening to a 'guilty'
pleasures.

Although Siobhan tries to make me feel that way when the mp3 player
picks The Go-go's.

Silliest?

Luther Wright & the Wrong's reworking of 'The Wall' in blue grass
might count. OTOH, unlike Pink Floyd's album it's actually good.


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Siobhan

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Oct 15, 2008, 10:55:02 PM10/15/08
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:36:14 -0400, Axel <ax...@eol.ca> wrote:

>On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:24:00 -0700 (PDT), CarrieMonster
><carrie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Here is this week's lunchtime poll...
>>
>>What is your silliest guilty pleasure in your music collection?
>>
>>How often do you play it?
>
>I don't know as I'd call anything I enjoy listening to a 'guilty'
>pleasures.
>
>Although Siobhan tries to make me feel that way when the mp3 player
>picks The Go-go's.

Only because I had never realized you were gay before.

Siobhan

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