OT: The Color My World Memorial Guilty Pleasure Thread

[Madmannsucks]

Did Zamfir ever cover CMW?

 

[Thirty Three]

Sign me up for 80's pop. Flock at Seagulls, Men at Work. I've said it before but it is some of the best bad music you will ever hear.

Lately I'm listening ch6 on Sirius. Good summer music.

Colin Haye does an amazing acoustic version of men At Work's Overkill (some of the greatest song lyrics ever). My old band used to cover Land Down Under and Overkill, as well as Space Age Love Song by Flock of Seagulls.

 

[DogBoy]

I love Glen Campbell. All of it. Forever.

It still blows my mind how they were trotting him out on stage with late stage Alzheimer’s,he pretty much didn’t even know his own name. And they’d hang a guitar on him and he would just shred.

There is a great Netflix doc about that last tour which is alternately heartbreaking and unbelievably inspirational.

I never much cared for him when i was younger but in the last 20 years or so i realized what a talent he was as a performer and a very good guitar player he was. Here is Glen & Steve Wariner playing "Galveston" where Glen rips it up in solo.

 

[Horatio]

This is one of many. Say what you want. I played Highschool football and yet I'm not ashamed of this.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Chris Isaak Wicked Game is one of the most chill songs you'll ever hear, that guy had a cool style.

Roy Orbison imitator but yes I try the high notes along with Bridge Over Troubled Waters and anything by the Eagles ( still hoping for that girl in a flat bed Ford)

 

[the Q]

"Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge. (Volume goes way up on this one)

"Lost In Emotion" by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

"You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper

"Hot Dog" by Led Zepplin

when i was a bouncer we had god awful karoke nights.....i always tried to get the biggest dudes in the bar to sing either "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" or "Material Girl."

I was successful once.....and it was totally worth it.

 

[August_West]

Which is why this reply is a cop out, unless you further admit that Rhinestone Cowboy was your favorite Campbell tune

I did say ALL of it. No? That includes rhinestone.

But my favorite is gentle on my mind.

 

[storrsroars]

I have watched it numerous times. I must admit I cannot stop crying. My wife has early onset dementia, so I can never get through the whole movie.

God bless you and hope she has many good days ahead. It's my worst fear.

 

[Excalibur]

The Lazy Song, by Bruno Mars -- maybe because I can relate to it so well . . .

 

[AreBee1969]

Tubthumping - Chumbawumba (Makes me think of my UCONN years).
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke (Might be the video that did it).
Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (Needs no explanation).
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls (Rocking chicks!)
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (My imagination just takes off when I hear it).

 

[UConnWingman]

Guilty Pleasures....

I Love You - Climax Blues Band
My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack
Sausolito Summer Night - Diesel
Driver’s Seat - Sniff-n-Tears
Dreadlock Holiday - 10CC
Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
Along Comes Mary - The Association
Draggin’ the Line - Tommy Shondell
A Perfect Way - Scritti Politti

 

[the Q]

Man, I probably have more of these than I care to admit.

I think Pink, Gaga and Katy Perry all sound like a cat getting neutered. Giving them all the Joan of Arc treatment would greatly benefit society.

But I dig rihanna, especially "Disturbia."

"Ninja Rap" by Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Ninja Rap - Go Ninja, Go Ninja GO!
"Sandstorm" by Darude Darude - Sandstorm
"Everytime we Touch" by Cascada Everytime We Touch Lyrics
"In a dream" Rockell In A Dream - Rockell 1997
"What is Love" Haddaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPmBnnon0Ek

Then we have the law school exam survival tour:

"We are Free Now" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzpW7P83sb4
"Return to Innocence - Enigma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_sAHh9s08
Adiemus - Karl Jenkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfomQSfJrFU
Orinico Flow - Enya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw

 

[UConnWingman]

Orinico Flow - Enya

I got turned onto ‘Enya’ after buying some clothes at a Burdines down in FL. Apparently after $XX you got a free CD single. It was of ‘Orinoco Flow’.

I just did a Wikipedia check on her discography. Holy crap did she sell a ton of LPs worldwide. 80 million. The shores of Tripoli is that a lot of LPs!

 

[Guapo]

Almost all ABBA, Material Girl...NO SHAME: Don't Go Breaking My Heart.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This should have been marked OT.

I have dozens of such songs in my favorites catalog.

• Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
• Dancing Queen - Abba (or the Luka Bloom cover)
• Borderline - Madonna
• Love Shack - B52s
• Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks

But the real embarassments

• Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
• Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft
• Kung Fighting - Carl Douglas
• Don't Give Up On Us Baby - David Soul (Hutch!)
• Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim

 

[the Q]

I got turned onto ‘Enya’ after buying some clothes at a Burdines down in FL. Apparently after $XX you got a free CD single. It was of ‘Orinoco Flow’.

I just did a Wikipedia check on her discography. Holy crap did she sell a ton of LPs worldwide. 80 million. The shores of Tripoli is that a lot of LPs!

I needed some chill music during my first set of law school final exams and remembered a few songs from the old "pure moods" album commercial...found them on youtube. I was happy.

 

[alexd]

Chris Isaak Wicked Game is one of the most chill songs you'll ever hear, that guy had a cool style.

He still records and tours. Great voice.

Plus the "Wicked Game" video with Helena Christenson. Mmmmmmmm.

 

[hoopsknowitall]

I’ll admit to owning a Bread album. Some of the most seriously depressing songs came from that group....

 

[alexd]

Okay, I'll spill my guts.....

Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
When all is said and Done - ABBA
Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel
You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
If you Know what I mean - Neil Diamond
Physical Attraction - Madonna
A Little More Love - Olivia Newton John
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
Slow Dancin (Swayin to the Music) - Johnny Rivers
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
Love will find a way - Pablo Cruise
Love is in the Air - John Paul Young
A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Girls on Film -Duran Duran
Nights Are Forever without You - England Dan and John Ford Coley
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Get Closer - Seals & Crofts
Dance with Me - Orleans
I've done everything for you - Rick Springfield
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Situation - YAZ
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Church of the poison mind - culture club
I know there's something going on - Frida

I could keep going....

 

[alexd]

I love Glen Campbell. All of it. Forever.

It still blows my mind how they were trotting him out on stage with late stage Alzheimer’s,he pretty much didn’t even know his own name. And they’d hang a guitar on him and he would just shred.

There is a great Netflix doc about that last tour which is alternately heartbreaking and unbelievably inspirational.

I saw him at the very beginning of his farewell tour. He had monitors below for lyrics. Only forgot what song they were going to do one time. His daughter is quite the musician on banjo, guitar, keys, vocals. They did a cool version of "dueling banjos".

 

[the Q]

Okay, I'll spill my guts.....

Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
When all is said and Done - ABBA
Sausalito Summer Nights - Diesel
You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
If you Know what I mean - Neil Diamond
Physical Attraction - Madonna
A Little More Love - Olivia Newton John
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs
Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
Slow Dancin (Swayin to the Music) - Johnny Rivers
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
Love will find a way - Pablo Cruise
Love is in the Air - John Paul Young
A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Girls on Film -Duran Duran
Nights Are Forever without You - England Dan and John Ford Coley
Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert
Get Closer - Seals & Crofts
Dance with Me - Orleans
I've done everything for you - Rick Springfield
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Situation - YAZ
Cruel Summer - Bananarama
Church of the poison mind - culture club
I know there's something going on - Frida

I could keep going....

You got some good ones on your list.

I didn't even think Good Vibrations would qualify for this list. I'm definitely with you on that one.

 

[Madmannsucks]

I'm in you. Frampton's follow up to "Comes Alive"....yuck.

 

[UConnWingman]

Gotta give a shout out to Chrstopher Cross’s Sailing.

 

[Vuce]

Good topic....

I am going to go with:

many songs by Little River Band including "Lady", "Cool Change", "Night Owls", "Help is on It's Way"
Loverboy - "Turn Me Loose"
Kylie Minogue - "Can't Get You Outta my Head"
Donnie Iris - "Ah! Leah!"

 

[storrsroars]

This should have been marked OT.

Done.

But the real embarassments

• Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey

I hope that at least got you laid.

I got turned onto ‘Enya’ after buying some clothes at a Burdines down in FL. Apparently after $XX you got a free CD single. It was of ‘Orinoco Flow’.

For me it was hearing Caribbean Blue at the end of a Northern Exposure episode. Had to have me some Enya. That song became part of the soundtrack for my 2nd wedding. I know I still have that CD, but haven't played it since the 2nd divorce

Good topic....

I am going to go with:

Donnie Iris - "Ah! Leah!"

Oh no you don't... unh uh. Donnie is off limits!