Slightly embarrassing songs you love

[Shreddy]

"Millenium" - Robbie Williams

To me, everything about this guy's life is a total handful of wank. (My apologies in advance...I'm aware this is primarily a Brit forum, and I may be insulting a few fans, but this guy is a total wanker here in North America, even though I think he's living in LA these days. Here, there's only one thing worse than an ex-boy-band member: an ex-Brit-boy-band member.)

Except, for me..."Millenium". When I hear this tune at my local, it's pints in the air; singalong, total fucking bar anthem. (Then, when the song's over, I make my apologies to everyone for my little outburst.)

Cheeky video too...

 

[Utopia]

Del Amitri - Roll to me

Will Young - Leave right now

Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster (I've just gotta clench my fist & look toward the sky everytime I hear it)

Natasha Bedingfield - These words

Abba - Mamma Mia

 

[ChrisFilter]

Most power ballads, East 17, Crazy for You by let loose as previously mentioned, Train - Drops of Jupiter, Top Gun and Dirsty Dancing soundtracks, Lily was here, Charles n' Eddie, Girls Aloud, Spice Girls, trance..

Fucking shit loads..

 

[moomoo]

Don't wanna miss a thing - Aerosmith

Dancing Queen - Abba

Don't rain on my parade - Barbra Streisand

White Wedding - Billy Idol

I've had the time of my life - Dirty Dancing

Ditto The Carpenters!

 

[Julie]

Don't wanna miss a thing - Aerosmith

Dancing Queen - Abba

Don't rain on my parade - Barbra Streisand

White Wedding - Billy Idol

I've had the time of my life - Dirty Dancing

Ditto The Carpenters!

Yay to all these!

I was just listening to Petula Clark and singing my head orf to Downtown. Excellent

 

[fishfingerer]

I don't recall how the subject arose but a hardcore German anarchist I met in some mental Hamburg bar last week told me that one of his favourite songs is Man I Feel Like Woman by Shania Twain. I concurred.

 

[N_igma]

Spice Girls-Viva Forever.

Good song

 

[Julie]

Rock The Boat - The Hues Corporation
Last Dance - Donna Summer
You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees
Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind & Fire
Blame It On The Boogie - The Jackson Five

Just some disco dazzlers I still love. My childhood/adolescence had great music

 

[paolo]

Loads of Abba. I get away with it... noone knows... hah hah!!

Oh bugger.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

(I like the Smiths)

E2A: also, not quite the same thing, but yesterday I went through a lot of my early teenage music collection. Some of it was like "oh yeah, I forget I had that, cool", but some was "OMG, I used to love that?!"

 

[red rose]

Having a look through my I tunes play list cos I can never think of this sort of thing off the top of my head...

The Limp Bizkit cover of Faith
The Baywatch themetune
All Star by Smashmouth

But then I'm one of those people who will quite happily dance to almost anything, I regularly attend the student union night dedicated to cheesy music and have a fantastic time listening to terrible songs that I love

I have also yet to discover a punk cover that I dont love, currently I'm listening to Nellie the Elephant performed by the Toy Dolls

 

[Julie]

Loads of Abba. I get away with it... noone knows... hah hah!!

Oh bugger.

Me too. I listen to the Best Of Abba (with 2 cds) all the time.

 

[Julie]

(I like the Smiths)

E2A: also, not quite the same thing, but yesterday I went through a lot of my early teenage music collection. Some of it was like "oh yeah, I forget I had that, cool", but some was "OMG, I used to love that?!"

Come on, spill

 

[Julie]

The Baywatch themetune

That could be a winner right there

 

[subversplat]

It's a bit embarassing when I start drunkenly singing along very loudly to the best song in the world - The Final Countdown by Europe. But I'm not embarassed about liking it

 

[Firky]

pachelbel's canon in D major, no it isn't a song, just a piece of classical music. fucking beautiful.

 

[mancboy]

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

 

[Miss Caphat]

Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind (do do do, do do do dodo)
Oooh Child, things are gonna get easier (or whatever it's called)
Even Though We Ain't Got Money I'm so in love with you honey (ditto)
My Baby's Got a Secret -madonna
true colors cyndi lauper
I also love Hall 'n' Oates, anything by them really


that's enuf for now.

 

[nick1181]

Loads of stuff by Queen.
For Crying Out Loud (you know I love you) by errr... M.L.

I’m in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there’s a border to somewhere waiting
And there’s a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land where I don’t have to stay

And I’m gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud
You know I love you

 

[Idris2002]

Abba's nothing to be ashamed of. These days though I find myself thinking of the Nana Mouskouri stuff my Da used to play and wondering if I should get myself a copy of it. . .

 

[Leica]

Nellie the Elephant performed by the Toy Dolls

 

[joustmaster]

littlest hobo

 

[Shreddy]

littlest hobo

I'm not exactly sure what you're talking about here; for all I know you could be referring to some obscure Brit tune/band I'm unaware of...but IF BY CHANCE you're citing the theme tune to the classic 60's/70's Canadian kids after-school TV show "The Littlest Hobo" (Canada's "Lassie"), well this has to be the best nomination thus far.

Presently, I'm drunk, I'm high and - thanx to you - I'm humming the tune as I type. I think my eyes are starting to get a little moist. If this is 'shame" or "embarrassing", well so be it.

There's still a few sleazy dive bars left here in Vancouver that do "punk karaoke". This tune is an all-time favourite. Top 5. There's nothing more heartwarming...more Canadian, than seeing a 40-something junkie or crack ho up on stage singing this tune, eyes tearing/voice cracking, pondering their wasted lives...giving it their all. By the time they've finished, they've surrendered. They're now ready for rehab.


*For those of you who've never heard this tune, but happen to run accross it some day, please remember one thing...it's the only clue you'll need: This tune is being sung by a homeless dog on the down low. (In contrast, "Lassie" was fucking squeeky-clean, upper middle-class compared to this pooch...)