Embarrasing, but essential.

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Everybody on here has obviously got great taste as we all love B&O but we each, I am sure, have our own little foibles. So what I want to know are what songs do you secretly love but have to explain why they are so good to any one else that hears them coming out of your stereo/ipod.

For me its anything by Wham (except Last Christmas), dont ask me why but I think they are great, along with Dr Hook!!

So what are your embarrasing essentials?

Randy Newman is top among my of indefensible music collection. 
Jethro Tull and The Kinks.  Their best work never appreciated in the US, when their bodies of work are long, wide, and (often) deep.  Only with headphones in my world.

Other than Wham, my "embarrassing music" list is mainly populated by embarrassing Swedish chart hits, haha.

Ooh, I almost forgot - I love Charlene's "Never been to me"! :D BTW, I just watched an episode of "Beautiful People" where Frances Barber paraphrased this song.

Wham for me too, and after they disbanded George Michael. In my defence though, he's a great song writer😳

 

Chris.

Doris Day, Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole anybody??😳

(In fact quite a lot of pre-Rock & Roll music).

My son actually bought me a "Calamity Jane" DVD for Christmas (to my complete suprise)!

Nearly forgot to say - it's the shimmering strings that do it for me every time, you can pick a "Nat" track out every time just by the string sound (also true of early Drifters records).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

----- The King ----- Elvis Presley🤩

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have an entire playlist in iTunes labelled "Guilty"

George Michael's 'Freedom' seems tame in this group, so I'll confess to absolutely loving Dolly Parton's version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.

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Trentemöller, it's very strange music, but it sounds very beautifull on my system and I like the special effects 😐
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