OPEN THREAD: Music You’re Embarrassed To Love

on September 26, 2012

At least 2 - 3 times per month I receive a formspring question or comment from a reader who feels ashamed for enjoying a particular song or artist, usually as either a result of their own conscience or of shit-talk from friends. Some examples sitting in my inbox right now:

"Is it okay that I really, really love Ke$ha?"
"My girlfriend makes fun of me for listening to Katy Perry"
"I know I shouldn't love Kreayshawn but I can't help it. Is that bad?"
"Should I feel guilty for liking Miley Cyrus?"

I thought rather than write a preachy two-thousand word article about how everyone should own their jams and fuck all the haters (okay honestly that essay has been written, it's sitting in drafts where it'll stay), how about we all just ‘fess up to the 'uncool' music we love and help make these guilt-ridden question-askers feel less alone. Hit us with your worst in the comments section below.

Of course, I don't expect anyone to publicly tarnish their music cred without doing it myself first. Here's a list of the most 'embarrassing' songs found on my iPod, as chosen/determined by the biggest music snob I know. I love all of them.

No Shame

[STREAM THE PLAYLIST HERE]

Tik Tok - Ke$ha
Honey To The Bee - Billie Piper
When The Lights Go Out - 5ive
Why Not - Hilary Duff
Predictable - Good Charlotte
Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park
Candy - Mandy Moore
We Got The Party (With Us) - Hannah Montana ft. The Jonas Bros
Step By Step - New Kids On The Block
Rock God - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Pointless Relationship - Tammin Sursok
We're All In This Together - High School Musical cast
Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
Ninja Rap - Vanilla Ice

You can listen to the playlist here, if you want to? It's fine if you don't want to.

What are your guilty pleasures? What do you think makes a certain artist embarrassing and/or uncool? Is it because they don't write their own music, or because their poster is on your 11-year old niece's bedroom wall? Is it because they wrote a song for a Twilight soundtrack or because Pitchfork gave their album 3/10, or even 10/10? Why do we rank some of these things as more embarrassing than others?

347 responses to “OPEN THREAD: Music You’re Embarrassed To Love”

Cobra Bubbles (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:07 am Permalink Reply Report user

Never be ashamed of Billie Piper.
I’m never ashamed of what I listen to until I let someone look at my iPod. “The Magnetic Fields? The Mountain Goats? Amanda Palmer? WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?” they all say. I’ve been called a closet hipster for my taste in music that none of my friends have heard of.

But, Call Me Maybe. Shit’s my jam.

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1. Jo (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:43 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Billie Piper?
  “Because We Want To” is my theme song.
  
  Amanda Palmer?
  I’m wearing my AFP shirt around school today and no one understands. I’m so in love with her, I almost died when she crowdsurfed over me in concert a few weeks ago.
  
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2. Ruby (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:39 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Please stop stealing my life
  
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3. e
  September 26, 2012 at 6:19 pm Permalink Reply
  
  THE MAGNETIC FIELDS. OH MY GOD. SO LYRICALLY GENUIS.
  
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4. K
  September 27, 2012 at 4:56 am Permalink Reply
  
  NERDFIGHTER! DFTBA
  
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5. Leah (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 7:28 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes! AFP!!
  
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6. Alice
  September 27, 2012 at 9:31 am Permalink Reply
  
  But I know all those three. Music crush!
  
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7. A. (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 3:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I don’t think that Amanda Palmer is THAT unknown, though? Most people interested in music seem to know her (unfortunately, because I can’t with her).
  
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yodelmachine (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:11 am Permalink Reply Report user

WE
are NEVER EVER EVER
getting BAAACK togetherrrrr

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1. Joleen Seeley (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:01 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love Taylor Swift! I know, I know, most people dislike her. I just like that she’s so down to earth and really just a big dork like me I’m really liking the other songs that are going to be on her new album. Check out “Ronan” (it will make you cry) and “Begin Again.”
  
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  1. Tany (member)
    September 28, 2012 at 7:13 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I loooove Ronan!
    
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2. L
  September 26, 2012 at 8:57 am Permalink Reply
  
  Well, the rumours are that she’s queer.
  
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  1. yodelmachine (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 9:10 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    DON’T TEASE ME LIKE THAT
    
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    1. Cherish (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 7:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I’ve been listening to this song all week -_____-
      
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  2. Steph M. (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 9:47 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    To be fair, I started a lot of those rumors myself when she started hanging out with Dianna Agron a lot, because SHIPPING T Swizzle/the Pussy Bandit.
    
    But still. Maybe her endless boyfriend problems are all down to that they’re BOYS.
    
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  3. Joleen Seeley (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 10:00 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    My life would be complete if she were one of our people
    
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3. Maia (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 5:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I LOVE THIS SONG.
  
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4. Jade (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 5:00 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Haha, this is wicked!! I have every single one of her albums and have been to the past two concerts she held here in Adelaide, and I shook her hand!! Super in love but I cop a lot of shit about about it all the time by my soccer team mates I will still blissfully sing her songs out loud and proud though.
  
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5. Savvy
  September 27, 2012 at 6:23 am Permalink Reply
  
  YESSSS. I’ve been so ashamed of turning this song up when it comes on the radio, but it’s so damn catchy.
  
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Hannah (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:13 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m sometimes mildly ashamed when I remember that I do indeed know all the words to “One Thing” by One Direction. But then I remember not to give any fucks.

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1. Gabby
  September 26, 2012 at 8:32 am Permalink Reply
  
  One Direction though. They’re totally my guilty pleasure but now people have stopped making fun of me so much for liking them ^_^
  
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  1. Nina (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 8:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I’ve been willingly looking up the video for “What Makes You Beautiful” multiple times a day on YouTube over the past few weeks…
    
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    1. kd15 (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I don’t even know why, but that song was stuck in my head this morning playing on a loop
      
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    2. Savvy
      September 27, 2012 at 6:26 am Permalink Reply
      
      I saw a drag king do a performance to “What Makes You Beautiful” and I’m pretty sure I can die happy now.
      
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2. Kate (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:31 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  one direction is my style inspiration half the fucking time, no shame
  
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  1. HarryTheHandsomeExecutive (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 10:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    THIS. Call of the century.
    
    I think Harry Styles is my dreamy swagger coach.
    
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  2. JC (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 10:31 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I feel like this is the time to admit I bought red pants because of Louis
    
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  3. Tia (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 12:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    One Direction’s style should be to lesbians what Sex And The City is to straight femme women.
    
    I have watched their music videos probably over a dozen times (muted of course ) just to look at the clothes they are wearing. If nothing else, they are style icons.
    
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  4. Emma
    September 26, 2012 at 2:34 pm Permalink Reply
    
    So I noticed that the boys in One Direction have exactly the style that I would look for in a perfect girlfriend/queerfriend. Also the Biebs is pretty high up on the list in terms of style. Not weird. Not weird at all.
    
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meanchelle (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:15 am Permalink Reply Report user

I have almost all of those songs on my iPhone– yes, not just are they in my iTunes library, but I like them enough/put them on enough playlists for them to make it onto my iPhone. But I feel like it’s become the thing to embrace nostalgia and like a badge of honor to have 90s pop music in your library.

Meanwhile, I’m truly embarrassed to own every Oasis album up to 2002 and a lot of Everclear. A lotttttt of Everclear. Remember Everclear? Jesus christ do I remember Everclear. Also, the soundtracks to the first two Twilight movies. They were just giving them away, okay??

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1. Tara (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:58 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Hey, the Twilight soundtrack was awesome. GRIZZLY BEAR was on there. LYKKE LI was on there. REGRET NOTHING! (except maybe everclear a little)
  
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  1. Chloe (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 4:33 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    The Twilight soundtracks are the most solid albums ever!! NEW MOON was my favorite album for a while. They got really good artists, people need to look past the Twilight label!
    
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    1. meanchelle (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 8:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Paramour! That Paramour song was is still so good.
      
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2. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:59 pm Permalink Reply
  
  EVERCLEAR! I remained a fan of Everclear for about ten years longer than society considered acceptable, I was one of the five people who purchased the ‘American Movie’ album series and actually enjoyed it. I’ve been known to quote their lyrics often.
  
  Also I really love the Twilight soundtracks, I genuinely believe that they are good.
  
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  1. carrie (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 4:55 pm Permalink Reply
    
    On my flight home from A-Camp I watched Pop-Up Video for like 3 hrs straight and there was an Everclear video that brought back all the late 90s feels for me. It was the most wonderful thing.
    
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  2. meanchelle (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 7:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    “Learning How to Smile” was my final-essay writing jam the last weeks of college. Ugh going to listen to it right now NO SHAME.
    
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  3. meanchelle (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 8:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Wait, I mean “Now That It’s Over” wait I mean I’m an Everclear fan and even I can’t tell their titles part.
    
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Kathryn (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:25 am Permalink Reply Report user

Ummm Ninja Rap, as in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze???
YES
I love this thread. Also +1 to Mandy Moore- Candy. That video made me feel feelings as a small, confused girl.

I’m not afraid to admit that I own Hanson’s “Middle of Nowhere” album. That shit was my jam (in middle school, you guys).

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1. Jenn (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:31 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Girl, I have so many Yu-Gi-Oh songs on my iPod. Also the entire Kim Possible soundtrack, no shame.
  
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2. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Omg @ ninja rap! Those Vanilla Ice songs were/are dope.
  
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3. Dee (member)
  September 29, 2012 at 9:46 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Did we just become best friends?
  
  Also, as an adult I have to wonder how much my love for Hanson was based on the fact that two of them looked just like girls.
  
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Jenn (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:30 am Permalink Reply Report user

While I’m not embarrassed about the stuff I listened to in middle school (it’s past the uncool phase and into either the nostalgia one or ‘dude, no fucks given; this was /my song/’ one), I will admit that the USWNT’s video to Party in the USA makes me want to jam to it every time it comes on the radio now.

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1. Coral
  September 26, 2012 at 8:15 am Permalink Reply
  
  That video makes my day every time.
  
  Two Words: Alex Morgan. Oh My.
  
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2. kd15 (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I unironically love that song now thanks to that video, it never fails to make me happy when you can hear it playing before or after their games
  
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alicee
September 26, 2012 at 7:39 am Permalink Reply

I love this playlist.

I actually wrote my undergraduate dissertation on the concept of guilty pleasure music! I recently changed my ringtone to Gimme More by Britney Spears.

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1. yodelmachine (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:10 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  i woke up with that stuck in my head
  
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Ernie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:41 am Permalink Reply Report user

Spice Girls.

Actually, I’ve gotten over the embarrassment factor. I care zero percent if people judge me for enjoying this. I loved them as a teenager, I love them now. It was the first big concert I ever went to. I still, somehow, know all of the dance moves to their songs and all of the lyrics. If only I still had my VHS copy of Spice World…

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1. Amber (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:47 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I’ve got Spice World on DVD, kid, and I am not ashamed of how often I watch it.
  
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2. Kristen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:50 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I am an unabashed Spice Girls fan. The one thing I *may* be embarassed about is having Forever… the album they released in 2000 after they were already panned. I remember wanting to share that album with my friends but most of them were listening to Weezer and Eminem by that point.
  
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3. Layla (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:05 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  YES! I was going to write this, too, except that I’m not embarrassed because Spice World is the greatest movie ever.
  
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  1. Layla (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 9:17 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Also, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Because Princess Protection Program is kinda gay.
    
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4. SuperNaye (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  There is nothing wrong with the Spice Girls. Nothing to be ashamed of hell, every once in a while, I play my Spice Girl game (you remember that old playstation game for the movie). I mean, “If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.”
  
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Natalie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:41 am Permalink Reply Report user

I love One Direction, but I fully admit to that so I guess it’s not really guilty. My guilty pleasures are probably Robbie Williams, Backstreet Boys, and Ke$ha.

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SoNotStraight (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:43 am Permalink Reply Report user

I have loads of indie stuff on my playlists and many of my favourites are songs most of my friends never heard. But I also have lots of popular stuff. And I’m almost 30 years old but I’m never ashamed to say that I love listening to Taylor Swift’s songs, know multiple Miley Cyrus ones, think The BackStreet Boys music (and similar) expresses the deepest emotions and seem to have an affinity for the music from young Disney/Family Channel stars. And let’s not forget Celine Dion – she probably still holds the record for the artist who has the most songs I know. And by ‘know’ I mean can say/sing ALL the lyrics.

http://SoNotStraight.tumblr.com

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dizzy (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:44 am Permalink Reply Report user

For me it’s the non-ironic non-hipster enjoyment I derive from 80s pop music. That’s right people – this is what it sounds like when doves cry…

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1. Kristen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:56 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  It’s the really poppy 80s music that gets me. Erasure, Wilson Phillips, A-Ha, George Michael, Paula Abdul. Hearts of Gold – The Pop Collection is still one of my favourite compilations.
  
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  1. dizzy (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 8:00 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Oh A-Ha! Take on me, Kristen, take me on…
    
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    1. Kristen (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 8:19 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      We’re talking away. I don’t know what I’m to say… I’ll say it anyway
      
      … that next A-Camp I’ll try to make eighties-aoke happen.
      
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      1. Courtney Scallops (member)
        September 26, 2012 at 9:41 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        Oh baby, refrain from breaking my heart!
        
        Love 80s music. Love 80s dance clubs. Will love eighties-aoke.
        
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  2. andalso (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Paula Abdul is immaculate. That is all.
    
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2. Kathryn (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:02 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  HOW CAN U JUST LEAVE ME STANDING ALONE IN A WORLD THAT’S SO COLD
  
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3. Digger (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 3:31 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Here’s my problem. This was the music of my youth. A-Ha I can’t even..I watched Dick Clark interview them on Bandstand in ’85. They were so scared!
  
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4. Sylvatica (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 5:37 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes. I love love LOVE me some bad 80s pop. And I say bad in the bad-music-positive kind of way.
  
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Jane (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

I know all the words to “You Belong with Me” and “The Bad Touch,” and I regret nothing. It’s like with food, I love quinoa and tofu, but sometimes I just need some ice cream.

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punctum (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:53 am Permalink Reply Report user

Pony by Ginuwine. I know it’s shit but I love it so hard.

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1. Layla (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:06 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes!
  
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2. Heather (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:14 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  No guilt in Ginuwine! In Those Jeans too
  
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3. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:25 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  It’s not shit, that song is the bomb.
  
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Amber (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:54 am Permalink Reply Report user

Remember Kriss Kross? I totes used to wear my pants backwards, which is real awkwardsauce considering the fact I grew up on a farm where people didn’t listen to hip hop and just thought I had trouble getting dressed.

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1. Ava (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:23 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I definitely wore my clothes backwards a couple times in middle school. It was uncomfortable and made going to the bathroom somewhat difficult, not gonna lie.
  
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2. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:30 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I still listen to some of their stuff, my bro and I use to jump in the living room, when that song came on. On a slightly related note, I like two other songs, “to live and for hip hop,” which had Aaliyah, Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri on the track and “Tonights the night.”
  
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Layla (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:07 am Permalink Reply Report user

Um, Hanson. I still want to see them in concert, no lie.

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1. Hansen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:04 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Represent! They were my first concert when I was seven and you can’t turn your back on that, you know?
  
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2. Alice (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love Hanson way too much. They are on and off my most-listened to artist (I even have proof: http://www.last.fm/user/alicaurusrex – they’re not exactly compatible with the rest of my listening habits) and last year I saw them live 7 times… In my defence, they played London 7 times in one year, and I live in London, so it’s not like I was following them around or anything.
  
  Generally I now have to “come out” to new people in my life as both gay AND a Hanson fan, and guess which causes the most raised eyebrows…
  
  So here I am, coming out publicly as a Hanson fan. Again.
  
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  1. Alice (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:57 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    ALSO (afterthought)
    
    NOTE TO ALL LESBIANS: Hanson concerts are full of queer ladies.
    
    Apparently lots of girls either a) had crushes on them and their beautiful flowing golden locks, or b) wanted to be them. I fall under the latter.
    
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    1. Layla (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 2:34 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Augh, so jealous. I’ve yet to see them in concert.
      
      I love them so much; my sister and I used to spend our Friday nights at the Dairy Queen, and we’d get some soft-serve and listen to Hanson in the car.
      
      It was never not the best thing ever.
      
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      1. Leah (member)
        September 27, 2012 at 7:25 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        soft-serve and hanson on a friday night. perfect! what more does one need in life, really?
        
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    2. Erin
      September 26, 2012 at 11:54 pm Permalink Reply
      
      OMG this is hilarious! I had a crush on Taylor… the most feminine looking Hanson brother
      
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3. Laura (member)
  September 30, 2012 at 7:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  They still come around every year or so and have five or six albums that are really really good. Also I was in love with Taylor as a kid, probably a strong indication that I was going to like girls when I grew up.
  
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Brandi
September 26, 2012 at 8:08 am Permalink Reply

I have so many embarrassing songs on my phone… top 5 mortification inducing songs would have to be:

5. Dorrough – Ice cream paint job
4. Eddie Rabbit – I love a rainy night
3. Iggy Azalea – Pu$$y
2. Glee Cas – Disco Inferno
1. Celine Dion – If that’s what it takes

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1. Coral
  September 26, 2012 at 8:12 am Permalink Reply
  
  Celine Dion: Falling Into You
  
  (I’ll shut the door on my way out.)
  
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2. cavedueller (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:27 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Is “I Love a Rainy Night” supposed to be embarrassing? Damn. That was the best song ever when I was 10, and I’m surprised that I don’t seem to have it on my hard drive. (I have a LOT of music on my hard drive, due to mp3fiesta’s $50-all-you-can-download-in-a-year deal a few years ago, plus the fact that I once lived with a bunch of hippies who all had giant music collections and passed around a portable hard drive copying whatever we wanted. Thus, my mp3 player contains both cheesy new-age goddess-worshiping harp music and Mexican death metal. But not Eddie Rabbit! This must be fixed.)
  
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3. Mica (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Pu$$y-Iggy Azalea….sooo in love with that song. Not even ashamed. I would force my sorority sisters to listen to it at pregames…
  
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Sullivan Murphy (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:18 am Permalink Reply Report user

Fall Out Boy has been playing non-stop in my head since 2006. And Reliant K, which I think has a lot to do with spending a lot of time in Presbyterian youth groups as a kid.

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1. Kathryn (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:52 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Ermahgerd Relient K!! I’m Lion OOOOOOOOOO
  
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2. Alisha (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes to youth group and Relient K! Sadie Hawkins dance was stuck in my head yesterday!
  
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3. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 3:03 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Fall Out Boy’s “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” was initially on this playlist but then it got cut due to length. Love that song.
  
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Louie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:26 am Permalink Reply Report user

Glee. Lots and lots of Glee. And yes, I do apologise for that.

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1. Brandi
  September 26, 2012 at 8:28 am Permalink Reply
  
  Yeah, my girlfriend gives me so much flak for the amount of Glee on our computer… but it’s so catchy.
  Damn them.
  
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2. inevitably.hyper (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:38 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  GLEE YOU LIFE RUINER. one time i got so mad at myself that i was rapping along to their TERRIBLE KID POP version of “Empire State of Mind” that had to delete it from my glee running playlist.
  
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  1. Brandi
    September 26, 2012 at 8:54 am Permalink Reply
    
    …yeah, I find myself waiting for the “Someone like you” interlude when I’m listening to the original “Rumor has it.” It’s kinda sad.
    
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    1. inevitably.hyper (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 10:45 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      to be fair if you’re going to pick a glee song to love, an adele mashup about lesbian feelings sung by two of their best singers is NOT A BAD PLACE TO START
      
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      1. Louie (member)
        September 26, 2012 at 11:57 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        I’ll second that
        
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      2. kd15 (member)
        September 26, 2012 at 3:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user
        
        I had that start playing on the radio while I was at a lunch interview and I about died from trying not to smirk too much around the old conservative men
        
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3. meanchelle (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:46 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I still have their version of “Gold Digger.” whyyyyyyyyy
  
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Jamie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:36 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m stuck between liking that Moves like Jagger song and wondering why there’s so many songs about Mick Jagger lately. (Two is a lot.)

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1. that_kate (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:51 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  right on…. I’m embarrassed to admit there’s a single Maroon 5 song I enjoy, but since Crystal says this is a safe space, I’ll confess that I’m a fan of Moves like Jagger
  
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2. Marianna Massa (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:55 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I had a sex dream about Mick Jagger once. Weird shit.
  
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3. Sylvatica (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 5:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  You need to see the amazingness that is Mick Jagger and David Bowie dancing awkwardly and almost making out.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y-x2fWKbmo
  
  I have no words.
  
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  1. Jamie (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 11:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    The only way they could be more fabulous is if their outfits matched.
    
    They’re still looking pretty sharp though.
    
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Carmen (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:45 am Permalink Reply Report user

lana
del
rey
forever

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1. Melissa (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:59 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Lana Del Rey is my girl. People keep trying to remind me how bad she is live SORRY I’M NOT SORRY
  
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2. Chloe (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:53 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I can’t even pretend to be ashamed of my love for lana del rey. out and proud with it, giving no fucks!
  
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3. Kathryn (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Tell me I’m your national anthemmmmmm
  
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  1. Carmen (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 3:32 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    YES
    
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Lanie
September 26, 2012 at 8:45 am Permalink Reply

I have a whole playlist on my ipod called “you’re so lame, this song is about you”

B*Witched- C’est La Vie
Hannah Montana- Nobody’s Perfect
Hanson- A Minute Without You
Any song created between 2004 and 2008 that also has a dance.
Gunther- The Ding Dong Song
Muscles- Ice Cream
All the Spice Girls
Britney Spears- Lucky

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1. Lanie
  September 26, 2012 at 8:46 am Permalink Reply
  
  This is also where the Glee goes. They are beautful, but admitting that I watch that show for the good singles is quite the embarassment.
  
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2. Lanie
  September 26, 2012 at 8:48 am Permalink Reply
  
  They Might Be Giants…also relevant
  
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3. Layla (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:16 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  C’est La Vie!! I still watch that video on a weekly basis. Say you will, say you won’t. Mostly say you will though!
  
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4. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:33 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love Gunther and the music video to that song is so full of win.
  
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5. Gaela (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  ooh you touch my tra la la…
  
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  1. Lanie
    September 26, 2012 at 2:04 pm Permalink Reply
    
    and tutti frutti summer love
    
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6. Jessica (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  B*Witched! Looooved them – found my CDs a few months ago and listened to the B*Witched one for kicks. C’est La Vie is still catchy! I know the words to Christina Perri’s Thousand Years because someone made an awesome River Song video set to it. Embarrassed to admit I actually like the Glee version of Dog Days Are Over MORE than the Florence & the Machine original Old school N’Sync – like the first two albums, none of this JT solo shit. Airplanes – BOB and whateverhernameis from thatoneband.
  
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riese (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:49 am Permalink Reply

i own a lot of Glee versions of things

i think most of the music i listen to is probably embarrassing
Like Britney

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Ruby (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m embarrassed by one or two songs on my iPod eg: Gamer Girl, Country Boy. Do You Wanna Date My Avatar, Game On and my Dr. Horrible soundtrack

Basically I just have a massive crush on Felicia day, I do watch one direction music vids on YT along with CRJ and other such pop music I refuse do download these songs so as not to ruin my indie cred

(I am also embarrassed by my acoustic and normal copies of I Don’t Have A Favourite Pony by Hank Green)

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1. Lieutenant BlueBerry (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 3:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I have the Dr. Horrible soundtrack memorized. Like, every single part by every singer because I’ve listened to it so many times. I had one friend who would start the opening lines to Bad Horse and then I would sing all of it and then the second version. NO SHAME.
  
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  1. Ruby (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 7:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I don’t have any shame in loving Dr. Horrible it just looks a bit weird next to all my hipsterish music (I’m not a hipster I just like their music) I also have when she loved me by Sarah McLachlan (it’s that song from toy story 2 that was playing when Jessie’s person was slowly forgetting her and then left her
    
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  2. Kyla
    September 29, 2012 at 7:54 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Just pointing out that Dr. Horrible totally united me and my girlfriend! She started humming it at work, I had a nerd-attack that someone else knew of Dr.Horrible and the rest is history and completely out of tune sing-alongs <3
    
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Michelle (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:51 am Permalink Reply Report user

I often find myself singing along to One Direction when they come on the radio. I suppose I should be embarrassed, but I just don’t care.

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Ali (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:55 am Permalink Reply Report user

I am a grown-ass woman and I love all the Disney soundtracks. All of them.

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1. Marika (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:07 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Not a problem, never a problem.
  
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2. Ostrich (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:52 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  DISNEY SONGS FOREVER. For best results, randomly burst into song in a public place.
  
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3. Launa (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:38 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  NEVER apologize for Disney soundtracks. I’m a grown woman who still secretly plans to honeymoon on a Disney cruise ship, so the soundtracks are the least of my worries. Everyone loves to bust out with “Hakuna Matata” every now and then.
  
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  1. Launa (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 2:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Oh! Also, if it was on “Phineas and Ferb” I already love it. But that’s because I not-so-secretly want to be Perry the Platypus.
    
    Also Muppets FTW.
    
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4. Elinor (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I keep my love for Disney music pretty well hidden because, well, it’s too cliche, I won’t say I’m in love.
  
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Melissa (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:56 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh man! I can’t get over Kreayshawn, her lyrics are terrible but I simply can’t stop!

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Smiller
September 26, 2012 at 9:02 am Permalink Reply

Okay, so first off I have to say one thing: Blalock’s Indie Rock Playlist!!!

Secondly, Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, and HAIM!…Also Bev Lee Harling, and Emilie Autumn!

Also I’m a not so secret fan of old school country (like the country your grandparents listened to)…but I’m not ashamed of that one…

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1. Jules (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:17 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  But Regina Spektor and Imogen Heap are cool! Aren’t they?? Oh god
  
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  1. Maria (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:01 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    exactly. regina spektor is not bad. no no!
    
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    1. ak
      September 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm Permalink Reply
      
      regina spektor is a goddess. recognize.
      
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  2. smiller
    September 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm Permalink Reply
    
    I thought so too…but my sister and everyone else I know has never heard of them, and when I forced them to listen to some of the songs they were all like wtf?!?! and made me turn it off! I think they are just plain crazy!
    
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2. Chloe (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 4:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  sshhhhh now you’re just bragging about how cool your music taste is
  I will be the first to admit I know about Bev Lee Harling solely because of The Mediaeval Baebes
  they’re also how I found out about Miranda Sex Garden, which I declared THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL for a while when I was like, a junior/senior in high school
  
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Marianna Massa (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:03 am Permalink Reply Report user

Is Alanis Morissette embarrassing? Because for years I was so embarrassed about liking her. Then again, I was slightly obsessed so perhaps that’s where the vague feeling of shame came from …

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1. Courtney Scallops (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Alanis is awesome. An obsession with her is completely understandable.
  
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  1. Marianna Massa (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    True, true, I brandish my obsession proudly these days. There’s nothing like a loud sing a long of You Learn.
    
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2. cavedueller (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:38 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Alanis Morissette played God in the movie Dogma. I think this makes her immune to ever being embarrassing.
  
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  1. Marianna Massa (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 1:12 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Ha ha. Very good point!
    
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Ernie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:08 am Permalink Reply Report user

I really want to give that polar bear a hug.

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Smilin Hobbes
September 26, 2012 at 9:08 am Permalink Reply

Lots of Glee stuff, almost my entire collection of country music, Taio Cruz, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Carly Rae Jepsen, Katy Perry, et al. Although the latter stuff I blame on my workouts and needing something with a good beat…

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Anonymous
September 26, 2012 at 9:09 am Permalink Reply

Call Me Maybe, yes. But also songs by Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, and The Backstreet Boys. (In my defense, though, music by the Backstreet Boys helped get me through some things, so it is not to be sneezed at.) Also: Disney and (sometimes) bad country music.

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1. Kate (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:35 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  music twins!i love disney and bsb
  
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Anonymous
September 26, 2012 at 9:10 am Permalink Reply

And “Party In The USA” by Miley Cyrus and “Big Butter Jesus” by Heywood Banks.

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Mollie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:10 am Permalink Reply Report user

I know the whole rap to Babycakes by 3 of a kind, not by mistake.

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Kelsey (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:15 am Permalink Reply Report user

I used to consider Shakira my guilty pleasure until my girlfriend told me she was crazy about her and knows all her songs in Spanish. Now we just jam to La Tortura together

My real guilty pleasure these days is HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA, you know, with He Man. My girlfriend and roommates hate it but for some reason I just can’t stop loving it. I think it embodies all my populist love for the internet.

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1. e
  September 26, 2012 at 6:25 pm Permalink Reply
  
  and I say HEYYEAHHEYEYEEHHEEEEEEY WHAT’s goin’ on
  
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2. Kathryn (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love that video so much I wanna take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant. OHH MY GOD DO I TRYYYYY
  And RE: Shakira- I’m obsessed with ‘Whenever, Wherever’, mostly because of the lyric “Lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don’t confuse them with mountains” because what?? Shakira in Spanish = fantastic though.
  
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  1. Erin (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 8:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I love your 30 Rock reference so hard I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
    
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    1. Kathryn (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 8:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I love that you recognized the reference. (hail, Tina Fey, blessed are you among comedy writers)
      LOVE FEST ^_^
      
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Marika (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:16 am Permalink Reply Report user

KELLY FUCKING CLARKSON.

When I was in the airport waiting for my luggage before A Camp, with very little sleep, “Since U Been Gone” came on and it made my day. Not Elli’s day. Because she didn’t like me singing to her.

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1. Ava (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:26 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Um, Kelly Clarkson is not embarrassing, Kelly Clarkson is AWESOME. I have seen her live twice, no fucks given.
  
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2. Melanie (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Can we devote a thread to just that – songs we heard before A camp?
  I heard “I Should Be So Lucky” by Kylie Minogue while buying beer the morning of the first day and it popped back into my head and stuck there the rest of camp. Given what was going on it was plot appropriate.
  
  Mentally that is my A camp theme song for September 2012.
  
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  1. Digger (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 3:22 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Well shit. Now I’m singing it.
    
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3. Gaela (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  “Breakaway” for me…I never thought I’d admit this one.
  
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miea (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:28 am Permalink Reply Report user

I have a playlist composed entirely of covers of Call Me Maybe. No shame.

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Sarah
September 26, 2012 at 9:31 am Permalink Reply

…”Kiss my Country Ass” by Rhett Atkins

I love that song without a trace of irony, in all of its rebel flag glory.

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Colleen
September 26, 2012 at 9:32 am Permalink Reply

My Chemical Romance. Dear god.

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Kate (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:34 am Permalink Reply Report user

Boybands. I could sing every Backstreet Boys song. I dont understand it, but give me any cheesey bubblegum pop and I’m yours.

Also the Carly Rae Jepsen album is just good. Its the album of the century.

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Jessica (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:38 am Permalink Reply Report user

I love Kid Rock…and other assorted “crappy” rock/rap artists hahaha

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Ava (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:41 am Permalink Reply Report user

I feel like music you loved as a child gets the nostalgia free pass and is therefore not embarrassing. I will freely admit that my sister and I went to the NKOTBSB concert last summer and I screamed like a 10-year-old girl the whole time. Especially when Joey McIntyre sang “Please Don’t Go Girl;” I would still marry him if he ever asked me and my wife knows this.

My embarrassing music is Glee. I have literally hundreds of Glee songs on my computer and I put them all in order of how they aired on the show in a playlist called “Gay Sharks.” I also have a playlist called “Straight Up Bitch” for the songs featuring Naya. No fucks given.

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Jane
September 26, 2012 at 9:54 am Permalink Reply

That one damn Paris Hilton song that people love to find on my iPod.

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1. Hansen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:10 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Wait, wait. “Stars Are Blind”? Because I thought I was the only one who had that.
  
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  1. Lanie
    September 26, 2012 at 2:09 pm Permalink Reply
    
    No, no. You are never alone in glorified one-(hit?) pop star nostalgia.
    
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2. Triszh (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 1:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” and “Nothing in this world” and I’m not embarrased about it. )
  
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Nell
September 26, 2012 at 9:59 am Permalink Reply

I love Taylor Swift and I flatly refuse to feel guilty about it. Like what you like.

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Hansen (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:09 am Permalink Reply Report user

I still rock some New Kids On The Block pretty regularly. People think it’s for ironic purposes. Nope!

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1. Tarzan (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I will forever love NKOTB. Always.
  
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Jules (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:15 am Permalink Reply Report user

I enjoy Coldplay and for some reason feel this is not good? Also the Killers. And, er… Michelle Branch. There MAY have been a certain year of my life when “Goodbye to You” was my most played iTunes track. Oh, god, so much shame.

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1. Maria (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:50 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  coldplay. my family has this tradition of singing “fix you” in the car. with my 9-year-old badass sister just singing “uuuuhoooohuuuuuh” because it gets on her nerves.
  
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  1. Marika (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 5:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Fix You and The Scientist are both songs that make me feel feelings. I feel like Coldplay is alright for that, even if the rational part of me thinks they’re the poor man’s Radiohead.
    
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    1. andalso (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 6:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Fix You makes me feel all the feelings too. Love.
      
      But here’s what I don’t love. When TV shows (I see you Grey’s and The Newsroom) use it to force me to feel those feelings instead of just making good tv. Lazy.
      
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      1. Ava (member)
        September 27, 2012 at 10:32 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        “Fix You” will forever make me think about Kirsten Cohen’s drinking problem.
        
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2. Gaela (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 6:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Not ashamed of loving Michelle Branch.
  
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3. Amy (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 8:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  There is no reason at all to be ashamed of Michelle Branch. Her whole first album and that one song she did with Santana will always be my favorite things.
  
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Maeve (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:19 am Permalink Reply Report user

My roommate and I recently watched the Katy Perry movie and now we listen to Katy Perry nonstop. I’m not really embarrassed about my love of trashy pop music at all, though. I proudly talk about how much I love Kesha, Carly Rae Jepsen and Rihanna…and I’m listening to the new Taylor Swift song right now.

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Brit (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:27 am Permalink Reply Report user

Yanni. Oh my god Yanni. I have loved him and his flowing Greek locks since I was a kid.

Also, Enya.

Not sorry. Not one bit.

OH and Taking Back Sunday.

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1. Brandi Delhagen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:54 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love Taking Back Sunday! What? No Shame
  
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2. Melanie (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Brit, I am sure you are an awesome human being but that’s still one of the most hilarious moments of my life in high school – we were in a creative writing class where everyone got a day to play music that was inspirational to them, and this 5’10 girl on the Volleyball team got up and popped in the CD player “Yanni: Live at the Acropolis.”
  
  Which goes to prove you never know.
  
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  1. Brit (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 1:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    “Live at the Acropolis” is my jam. I was definitely not a 5’10 volleyball player, but I’m glad to know that I’m not alone!
    
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3. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Enya is the shit! Oronico flow (Sail Away)!!!
  
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4. Jamie (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 11:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  My mom has a recording of me and my dad dancing to Yanni in the living room of our apartment when I was around three years old. No regrets, Yanni is awesome, and I was a really cute kid.
  
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Asher (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:33 am Permalink Reply Report user

Am I the only person that loves the made for Sims freeplay music – like Sta Moogie? (yes it’s in simlish and yes I know all the words)
that is my deepest darkest secret
if any real people in my life find out it I am dead

I don’t even like sims….

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lauren (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:42 am Permalink Reply Report user

anything conor oberst ever made.

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1. Maria (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:46 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  conor oberst 4evaaaa
  
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Maria (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:44 am Permalink Reply Report user

The time I came home to find my roommate cleaning the appartment, the second she shouted out “EVERAAAAYBOOOOODAY” because Backstreet Boys was on? That could have happened to me too.

90′s parties are our guilty pleasure here.

The best music video of all time to me is a DJ Bobo video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsoH7HI8YII

PLEASURE AND PAIN, SOMETIMES THE SAME, you guys.

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1. Lina (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  do people know dj bobo? I’m jealous of everybody who doesn’t.
  
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  1. Maria (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 3:59 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I feel like everyone should know him and memorize his moves. what’s wrong with the video? everything’s so perfect. the setting, the clothes, the dance, the effing lyrics!! just perfect!
    
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2. Lina (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 5:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  jeez, now that I’ve watched that youtube video it’s gonna be stuck in my head forever
  
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Jess (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:45 am Permalink Reply Report user

I may or may not have several KISS albums on my iPod. And all of Madonna’s albums through 2006.

And a lot of Garth Brooks.

Also, I can’t help myself when it comes to Michael Bubble – or however the fuck you spell his name.

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1. cavedueller (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:36 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  How do you *pronounce* his name, is what I’ve always wondered. Because it’s Boobly in my head and that can’t be right…
  
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  1. Paper0Flowers (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:55 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Boo-bley. Exactly as it’s spelled: Bublé.
    
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    1. Tarzan (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Love Micheal Bublé. We make a terrific duet, especially in my car…
      
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    2. cavedueller (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Ah, I think I originally saw it without the accent! That explains everything.
      
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    3. Digger (member)
      September 27, 2012 at 3:24 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Heaven help me..I love him
      
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2. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 3:06 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Never feel ashamed for enjoying KISS.
  
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Kosher Spork (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:45 am Permalink Reply Report user

When After Ellen had a similar thread, I combed through the comments, acquired every single track, and never looked back. I’ll be doing the same thing here, so thanks, Straddlers!

For your consideration: Soul Decision “Faded” and the Gwen “Hollaback” remix of “Since U Been Gone.” Enjoy.

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1. Marika (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:56 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Since U Been Gone, Hollaback Girl?
  
  I NEED TO FIND THIS
  
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  1. Kosher Spork (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 10:59 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    At this point I can’t even remember where I found it, but a quick interweb search will get you a few possibilities. IT IS THE BEST.
    
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  2. Paper0Flowers (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:57 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLOOxBCZdo
    
    This shit IS indeed bananas.
    
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    1. Ava (member)
      September 27, 2012 at 10:37 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      OMG THIS IS THE GREATEST THING.
      
      Also it reminds me how generally terrible Gwen’s solo music is, but how I own both albums and went to see her live anyway.
      
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2. Cassandra (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  The Bootylicious/Smells Like Teen Spirit is probs my favourite unexpected glory of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXGSBpMHcpA
  
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  1. Ava (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 10:41 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Previous comment rescinded. THIS IS THE GREATEST THING.
    
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  2. Sylvatica (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 5:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    This.
    
    Is.
    
    Amazing.
    
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inevitably.hyper (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:47 am Permalink Reply Report user

I DON’T UNDERSTAND MUSIC SHAME AS AN EMOTION THE ONLY NEGATIVE MUSIC EMOTION IS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS

“i don’t really…listen to music”

FUCK YOU

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1. Erin (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:35 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Agreed. I don’t believe in shame.
  
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2. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Word.
  
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3. Emma (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 6:40 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I wish I could feel that, I never let people put my ipod on shuffle and sometimes I even feel secondhand embarrassment if we’re listening to the radio and a bad song comes on.
  
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Chloe (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:59 am Permalink Reply Report user

Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Spice Girls, and ABBA…I have so much ABBA on my itunes it’s ridiculous

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1. Maria (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:09 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  how is this even bad music. I mean, ABBA! european feelings, ABBA!
  
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  1. Chloe (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:37 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    None of it is bad, I love all of it so much! But I often get shit for it
    
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  2. raptor (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:39 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    um excuse me ABBA is amazing and there is no shame in ABBA love. I once came upon a bar full of dutch people in Geneva who had just lost a football match and we drank beer and sang ABBA long into the night to assuage their heartbreak.
    
    ABBA brings people together.
    
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    1. Chloe (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 5:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE AIR THAT NIGHT
      THE STARS WERE BRIGHT
      FERNANDO
      
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  3. Rebekka (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:53 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    YES! I’m not even ashamed to admit that I one watched a 3 hour long report about ABBA. With my parents!
    
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  4. Ernie (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Exactly. ABBA is fabulous. Totally not afraid to pull up to a stop sign with my windows rolled down blasting ABBA.
    
    Plus it has the added bonus of bringing up memories of Muriel’s Wedding.
    
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Haley (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:03 am Permalink Reply Report user

Jessie and the Toy Boys.

I have no idea what the appeal is but I like it.

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Tara (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:24 am Permalink Reply Report user

Archie Bell & the Drells – ‘Girl you’re too young’

” GUUURRRRRRLLLLL YOU’RE TOO YOOOUUUNG! Yo mamma won’t allow it “

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Tarzan (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply Report user

Hanson. The Backstreet Boys (pre-Black & Blue). The Moffats. N*Sync. 98*. The Spice Girls. Christina Aguilera.

Love that shit.

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1. Tarzan (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh. And 5ive. How could I forget 5ive.
  
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  1. Afropolitan (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    “everybody get up singing..1,2,3,4
    5ive will make you get down..now” followed by indiscernible rapping = good times.
    
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2. Brandi Delhagen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:50 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  HANSON YES!!!!!!! I just posted that before I read yours. I’m glad not to be the only one
  
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  1. Tarzan (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 12:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    AND ACE OF BASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ace of Base for the win, RIGHT?!
    
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    1. antiant (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 1:38 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Yes!! Ace of Base ftw!!!!!
      
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cavedueller (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:33 am Permalink Reply Report user

Ricky Martin and Weird Al.

Also any music by lesbians because sometimes I have this thing about not being a walking stereotype and I already have short hair and glasses and wear hiking boots at least two days a week and drive an old Subaru. So, you know. It’s clearly a lost cause and I probably should just embrace it but if someone asks me what I’m listening to I’m still compelled to lie if it happens to be Melissa Etheridge.

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Brandi Delhagen (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:48 am Permalink Reply Report user

You should NEVER be ashamed to have ANY Linkin Park song on your iPod! I am not ashamed to say I have every single one of them indeed. Guilty Pleasure is most definitely…HANSON. Yes THAT Hanson. Still my mom never knew that I secretely love Zach because he looked like this girl I knew back then… But seriously their music is kick ass!

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Allie
September 26, 2012 at 11:49 am Permalink Reply

Mark Morrison
Return of the Mack.

When you are feelin’ shitty, just throw that jam on and you are better. If not, then watch Tibette on youtube.

Sadness fixed.

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1. antiant (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh man, yes to Mark Morrison, that’s actually one of my mom’s favorite songs.
  
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Rebekka (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

Yep I still listen to the old Avril stuff.
And the first two Linkin Park albums…I got the vibe that Autostraddle isn’t Linkin Park-land.

Oh and thanks a lot for reminding me of this Good Charlotte album!

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1. Paper0Flowers (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 11:52 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Reanimation is still one of the best albums I own.
  
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  1. Rebekka (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 11:58 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I should correct myself and say first 3 albums.
    I really like Meteora and I think of Reanimation/Hybrid Theory like one of these markers with two different intensities…if that makes sense
    
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2. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 3:09 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I still listen to a lot of Linkin Park! I shook off my music shame a few years ago and so I’m not at all embarrassed about the fact that they’re still on my iPod (or any of these other musicians/songs, for that matter).
  
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  1. Triszh (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 1:12 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I love singing/rapping “In The End”. I know all the words to it.
    
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3. kd15 (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 3:17 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh god, I need to listen to those Linkin Park albums again, I loved Hybrid Theory and Reanimation so much
  
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Paper0Flowers (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:51 am Permalink Reply Report user

I used to get teased/soft-bullied for being an avid fan of Jennifer Lopez in Jr High and High School to the point that I’m SURPRISED when people don’t laugh at me to this day. Like. The fuck, what was wrong with J.Lo?

Also, I learned Russian by listening to a girl group called VIA Gra.

Normally, I’d say that my entire musical collection is “embarrassing” except that now I’m dating someone who actively likes my music so I don’t feel so gawky anymore sharing my music or obsessions-of-the-month.

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1. Ava (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 10:51 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I still rock some J Lo. The “I’m Real” remix with Ja Rule is HOT.
  
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raptor (member)
September 26, 2012 at 11:51 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m not really embarrassed by the music I listen to, and I don’t think you all should be either.

You only get embarrassed when other people make fun or make you feel bad and that’s on those folks being assholes, enjoy what you enjoy you know. It doesn’t have to be top shelf. It’s like industrial chocolate! Everyone likes some of that milky mostly sugar right before the register sweet once and a while.

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Kait (member)
September 26, 2012 at 12:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I still regularly listen to B*Witched. Anyone?

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1. Hansen (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Still know every word to C’est La Vie, Kait.
  
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  1. jill (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 1:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Why was this not played at our 8am last morning of camp dance party?!
    
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    1. Kait (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 3:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      PUT IT ON THE PLAYLIST.
      
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    2. Amy (member)
      September 26, 2012 at 9:06 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      Wow, I definitely slept through a lot (all) of really loud things in that cabin.
      
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2. Anni (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I love that ballad of theirs, “To You I Belong”.
  
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  1. Kait (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I definitely know how to play that on guitar. #OOPS
    
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meegee
September 26, 2012 at 12:16 pm Permalink Reply

nick lachey’s “what’s left of me” from when jessica simpson broke his heart is still my favorite album of all time.

i have never shared this secret. i feel exposed.

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1. Mica (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 12:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I have that album, I love that album and I even learned that song on guitar not ashamed one bit….what I am ashamed of, Nickelback All The Right Reasons, I fucking love that album.
  
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SuperNaye (member)
September 26, 2012 at 12:33 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Before I start my shame train, I would just like to say…there is nothing wrong with loving Disney songs. They’re amazing. So yeah.

My shame: Hall & Oates (dont judge me, I have a problem). Also, I’ve been downloading…legally *cough cough* a shit load of Glee music. I feel bad, but I like some (alot) of the covers (and originals) :/

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1. Melanie (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 10:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I was just making fun of Hall and Oates at the record store Saturday. But I like “out of touch” so I’m kind of a damned hypocrite.
  
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Tia (member)
September 26, 2012 at 12:34 pm Permalink Reply Report user

IMO, as long as it’s not Nickelback, it’s not embarrassing.

I love me some Rebecca Black and Barbra Streisand.

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1. Rebekka (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:36 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Hm I was close to writing that I sometimes enjoy Nickelback.
  I don’t love them but I’m genuinely curious why everyone has this complete anti attitude about them. I mean, it’s not the best music ever, but there are some creative guitar riffs and melodies and I heard they sound good live (with “good” I mean comparable to their records and they actually know how to play their instruments).
  Just why? (Is this a USA thing?)
  
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  1. Crystal (member)
    September 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Hating on Nickelback is a thing that happens in Australia as well, it might be universal. I don’t enjoy their music but I’m not totally offended by it, either.
    
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  2. Lanie
    September 26, 2012 at 5:19 pm Permalink Reply
    
    I’m going to level with you here. One Friday night in fall of 2009 I had just finished the longest week of my life and I was in a traffic jam trying to get to the bar with my then girlfriend. The radio DJ was all, “Have You Had A Hard Week!?”
    and we were like “Yes,actually”
    and he was all ” I have a treat for you!”
    
    and we were all excitement and suspense and then he said it…
    
    “Nickelback”
    
    and I’m pretty sure God murdered smurf because the entire town was collectively disappointed.
    
    Initially they weren’t bad, now they are Creed level ignored, but this is an example of why I love headphones. You really can have it all and shame free! Just don’t call it treat.
    
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  3. A. (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 3:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I think it’s because Nickelback are so generic and all their songs sound vaguely alike.
    
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Scout (member)
September 26, 2012 at 12:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I live in a house where Pandora plays Disney songs all day err day on four separate sound systems. I think it’s safe to call this a “safe house”.

No love for Will Smith? Everybody loves to get jiggy with it…

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1. inevitably.hyper (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 1:06 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  one time i purchased a later will smith single (“Switch”) on the legal version of napster available at my college #100%true
  
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Dane
September 26, 2012 at 12:57 pm Permalink Reply

Some people would find my love for the Indigo Girls embarrassing, but they are the greatest, so I don’t care.

I do feel a little embarrassed I have about 30 Taylor Swift songs on my Ipod and like to play them on my guitar.

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1. Layla (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 2:29 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  They are the greatest! I am going to go see them in a month.
  
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  1. Dane
    September 26, 2012 at 5:59 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Oh my god, I’m SO JEALOUS. I live in Germany, I see their facebook posts about their tour almost every day and it is THE WORST. I hope one day I’ll get to see them though. Have a great time and know that I’m incredibly jealous
    
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2. cavedueller (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 4:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I’m slightly embarassed about my love for the Indigo Girls, too, but I shouldn’t be and neither should you! (Also, Shaming of the Sun is the best road-trip album ever. Maybe I just think that because the memory I associate with it is driving to Kentucky at midnight with my then-bff, but maybe not.)
  
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Katie (member)
September 26, 2012 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’ll never understand why people get embarrassed about music they like.

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dragon_snap
September 26, 2012 at 1:35 pm Permalink Reply

Hmm. Mostly I give no fucks. But I feel like no understands how much I really really love grunge music. Nirvana and Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Nirvana is classified under Art in my head, in the subheading of Music, not the other way around. And everyone else is just like, ‘yeah, they’re pretty good I guess.”

Also, I like two Simple Plan songs, and four Nickelback songs. And a rather longer list of Matchbox 20 songs. Rob Thomas just has the sexiest voice, okay? In classic rock news, Chilliwack is amazing and no one loves them

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1. Ditch
  September 27, 2012 at 9:10 am Permalink Reply
  
  I’m so happy that someone else feels like Nirvana should be classified as art. I just… yeah. And please tell me you’re not actually feeling guilty about them?
  
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2. Ava (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 11:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I don’t understand. There are people who don’t like Nirvana? My whole class got in trouble at the 6th grade dance for slam dancing (i.e. jumping off of chairs and slamming into each other, is this a real thing or did we make it up?) to Teen Spirit.
  
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Launa (member)
September 26, 2012 at 1:41 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I feel no guilt when it comes to my music. Especially if it’s a song from the 90s. Once in my exotic dance class I had to use my MP3 player because the studio one broke and frickin’ “Barbie Girl” came on. I taught my girls to rock that.

The closest to guilt I feel is when I learn a song I love is off the Twilight soundtrack. But “Eyes on Fire” became my best poling song, so now I just say screw it.

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1. Triszh (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 1:16 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Barbie Girl is my favorite song. It’s my cellphone ringtone.
  
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2. Creatrix Tiara (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 10:12 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  TEACH ME THAT ROUTINE PLEASE I AM A MASSIVE AQUA FANGIRL
  
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kelurs (member)
September 26, 2012 at 1:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i looked through my entire iTunes library and i’m honestly not really ashamed of ANYTHING in there, the only thing i feel mildly bad about is the stuff i downloaded because pitchfork told me to…but then again i liked most of said stuff, so why feel ashamed?

but i suppose my thing for 80′s swedish eurovision music probably doesn’t make me the coolest person? same with my k-pop favourites, but i just REALLY like intricately choreographed sparkly performances with crazy costumes, sometimes it’s a very welcome relief from my usual pretentious, if lovely, indie music…

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1. kb
  September 26, 2012 at 7:43 pm Permalink Reply
  
  As much as I LOVE IT ZOMG…I still occasionally feel a tiny bit of shame for being a k-pop fan.
  
  But then the rest of my music is various indie music and classical stuff and k-indie…so either way, no one knows what the hell I’m listening to.
  
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antiant (member)
September 26, 2012 at 2:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I am not embarrassed at all by the eclectic music I listen to, I definitely own it and I have no fucks to give. I usually get shit from my brother, so he is always laughing at what I listen to, or merely my existence as he thinks I am “weird.” In any event, weird in my book is synonymous with “interesting,” or “different” and I’m quite use to those types of reactions, so its water off a ducks back. I have been known to slump some Turkish Hip Hop in my car/room/work/where ever I go, Ukrainian music, Portugese Fado, Rhythmic Noise/Industrial music, or anything that sounds good to my ears, regardless of language or genre and I make no apologies for it because it makes me happy and that’s all that matters to me. I live for myself and listen to music for myself.

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Anni (member)
September 26, 2012 at 3:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user

There’s a handful of cheesy, dramatic ballads that I pretend to like ironically, but actually I really love them:

Michael Jackson — Earth Song
Backstreet Boys — Incomplete
Frankie Goes To Hollywood — The Power of Love (one of my favourite songs)
Madonna — Oh, Father
Allure — All Cried Out
Live — Overcome

I’m very embarrassed that I love “This Is How You Remind Me” by Nickelback.

This is really random, but I love the song “Daylight In Your Eyes” by No Angels, a German girl group that I think came out of a reality show. I’m not even German! The song is kind of awful, but there’s something about it that appeals to me.

I used to love the band H.I.M. when I was younger, but I would have been so ashamed to listen to them in the company of other people, because their lyrics were *so* bad. They were like straight out of the diary of a 14-year-old goth, all the songs were about death and love, suicide, wanting to die with the person you love, etc.

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1. Miss T.
  September 27, 2012 at 4:04 pm Permalink Reply
  
  OMFG!! Daylight in your eyes!!! Thank you so much for reminding me of this gem!!
  
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kd15 (member)
September 26, 2012 at 3:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I have a playlist called trashy pop where I put all the guilty pleasure songs. Lately the one I’ve been listening to the most is the Owl City/Carly Rae Jepson song Good Time. Also, there is this mash up of Metallica’s Enter Sandman and Gaga’s Telephone that is amazing.

When my friends my get-together for game night, we always listen a pandora top hits of the 90s channel that is just chock full of these songs, and we still know all the words.

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1. Ava (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 11:11 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  “Also, there is this mash up of Metallica’s Enter Sandman and Gaga’s Telephone that is amazing.”
  
  Um, I just YT’ed this and HOLY SHIT.
  
  True confession: I am obsessed with mash ups and it’s all Glee’s fault.
  
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Susi (member)
September 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I listen to probably most/all of the songs you guys have listed here but without a hint of embarrassment to be honest.

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marlene. (member)
September 26, 2012 at 3:38 pm Permalink Reply Report user

great. now all i want to do is watch the lizzie mcguire movie.

also, if the light is off, then it isn’t on. obvs.

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1. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 5:10 pm Permalink Reply
  
  OBVS
  
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  1. marlene.
    September 26, 2012 at 9:02 pm Permalink Reply
    
    I knew you’d understand! I mean, it’s a complicated concept.
    
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Lieutenant BlueBerry (member)
September 26, 2012 at 4:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

My sister-in-law gave me a Hilary Duff cd (Metamorphosis) in middle school because she’s a terrible gift giver, but I might have listened to all the songs on repeat for a good 6 months (and I might have drooled over the album art…) until my friend found out and teased me about it. I still know all the words though.

Same with Good Charlotte (except for the drooling over the album art), for some reason.

Also, I love Baby Got Back. In a serious way. I rediscovered it in college and immediately wanted to write an analysis of it’s fat-positive message from a feminist perspective, and discuss where it’s awesome and where it’s problematic.

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jill (member)
September 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I could go on forever, but I’ll limit myself to this addition that has yet to be named: blink-182 circa the semi-comeback album, blink-182. And anything Travis Barker has ever remixed.

This would also be a good time to mention that I love 3LW’s “No More” and the adorable lisp that the one singer has. You’ll never be able to listen to the lyrics “I’m getting a little tired of your broken promitheth promitheth” without thinking of me again, I hope.

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1. winter94 (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  this.
  
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Anna (member)
September 26, 2012 at 4:18 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I would like to add to this Suga Suga from Baby Bash.

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A
September 26, 2012 at 4:53 pm Permalink Reply

Cher- Believe

and sometimes this…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phnth7A4nGY

and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeLwk_3Koc4&feature=related

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Crystal (member)
September 26, 2012 at 5:11 pm Permalink Reply

I have so much love for all of you right now

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whatifiguredout (member)
September 26, 2012 at 5:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I know way too many High school musical songs. Sometimes I have to stop my self from singing “bet on it” while running around in circles for no apparent reasons (just like Troy Bolton)

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1. whatifiguredout (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  *reason
  
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Grape (member)
September 26, 2012 at 5:28 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I like the Backstreet Boys more now than when they were popular. I also really love New Wave, and yes a lot of it is considered cool, but I even love the cheesy stuff. Duran Duran!

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Kate B (member)
September 26, 2012 at 5:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

HOW HAS NO ONE SAID SOMEONE LIKE YOU

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1. Chloe (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 6:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  because we don’t have to be embarrassed about someone like you!
  
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winter94 (member)
September 26, 2012 at 6:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user

So, I mean, I’m not necessarily embarrassed by what I’m about to say, but I know some would be:

When I was 21, I saw Hanson live…3 times. Also, I still remember the Hanson hotline (did anyone else ever call it?) by heart and sometimes I find myself repeating the hotline number in my head because I made a little jingle out of it.

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Gaela (member)
September 26, 2012 at 6:21 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I still watch Eurovision videos on youtube. -_-*

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milka (member)
September 26, 2012 at 6:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Baby, one more time, Sometimes I’m a slave for you…

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AG (member)
September 26, 2012 at 6:51 pm Permalink Reply Report user

… Girl I love the way you shake it in them jeans….

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Chloe (member)
September 26, 2012 at 6:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Taylor Swift and the Twilight soundtracks!!!!!!

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Emma (member)
September 26, 2012 at 7:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Okay so I think this is part of my social anxiety coming out, but I have serious issues with letting people see my ipod/what music I like. I always feel like they are going to judge me so harshly. I cannot be in charge of music selection/radio stations because I feel like I have to find music that everyone will like and that I won’t be judged on. Weird, right?

Anyway,
My ipod is such a random collection of bluegrass, hip hop, 60′s protest songs, hair bands, pop hits and Glee covers.

But probably I’d have to say that Barenaked Ladies, One Week, is my secret shame/jam.

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Krissy (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:10 pm Permalink Reply Report user

My Chemical Romance. I’m actually not even embarrassed to like it. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is perfect for when you just want a sound track to your real/imagined dramatic angst.

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1. Soph
  September 26, 2012 at 10:25 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I HERE YOU SISTA. I had so many gay feelings to MCR when I was fourteen. Pretty sure I still know all the words to that whole albumn. I REGRET NOTHING!
  
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2. Ratatatcat (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 7:20 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I have every MCR album & Three Cheers is the best, especially in terms of overwrought theatricality. It has powered me through many, many runs. Also Liza Minelli sings in ‘Mama’. So good.
  
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Lora (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:35 pm Permalink Reply Report user

HOLD THE FRONT DOOR ALL THE WAY OPEN. Billie Piper had a music career? Is this something I should have known?

Also, I am an unabashed Celine Dion lover 5ever. It started as an ironic appreciation because of this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os9LrkZMvzY) and then I briefly had a Celine Dion acoustic cover band, and then I realized I can do a passing impression of her and I’d sing “Power of Love” when my upstairs neighbors were being too noisy, and then I got high and watched a concert DVD of hers that I bought and then I realized it’s not ironic anymore.

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1. Crystal (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:30 pm Permalink Reply
  
  Yes! Billie Piper was a pop star in the late 90s. I feel like she probably never ‘made it’ as a singer in the US though…?
  
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Mary (member)
September 26, 2012 at 8:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I have so many glee songs you guys. like 3 or four diff playlists on my ipod.

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Elinor (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

WIZARD ROCK.

And I actually completely love Let’s Go to the Mall from How I Met Your Mother. Not a trace of irony there either.

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1. jill (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 12:09 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  But “Sandcastles in the Sand” was just so emotionally moving.
  
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  1. Rebekka (member)
    September 27, 2012 at 6:05 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Also “Two beavers are better than one”.
    (They’re twice the fun!)
    
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Elinor (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:03 pm Permalink Reply Report user

WIZARD ROCK.

And I actually completely love Let’s Go to the Mall from How I Met Your Mother. Not a trace of irony there.

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1. Elinor (member)
  September 26, 2012 at 9:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  accidental double post and no way of deleting. i’m going to cry now.
  
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Smasha (member)
September 26, 2012 at 9:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Hilary Duff was my idol for most of my teenaged years.

In other news, I recently found a copy of Muchdance 2000, sooo we’ve been listening to a lot of Vengaboys in my house lately. It’s amazing.

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Ann
September 26, 2012 at 10:31 pm Permalink Reply

“You’re insecure? Don’t know what for!” lol, I can relate to so many of these posts.

The other day I came home, saw that I was alone, and began to sing/rap PU$$Y by Iggy Azalea, only to find that my roommate was actually taking a nap and just hidden under a bunch of blankets. And I totally woke her up by rapping embarrassing music. It’s one of those awkward things where we both know it’s happened, but neither of us has mentioned it.

Other embarassing music I love: Destiny’s Freaking Child!!!!!!!!!!!, Hillary Duff is the shit and especially the song “So Yesterday” which makes me feel extremely empowered, the A*Teens, PLAY, t.a.T.u. (SO GOOD AND YET SO BAD! #dykeproblems, Kreayshawn, Lil Mama, getting my swag on in front of the mirror to some good Justin Bieber tunes… ALL OF THIS MUSIC I LOVE SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!….I mean, it’s alright, I guess…

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Grace_B (member)
September 26, 2012 at 10:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Is it embarassing to listen to Paramore? Cause a girl I was dating said it was but she was also the one who told me that I had to get tested just cause I was bi, so clearly she is a judgemental asshat.

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1. Ratatatcat (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 7:06 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  They do seem to be quite polarizing- from memory Stephen King once expressed disdain for them in his Entertainment Weekly column (ironic, given that he’s a guilty pleasure author for some) and whether they are/are not a Christian band. Also their lead vocalist is slightly atypical for a female pop artist- it’s a little less melodic/a bit more brash than usual.
  
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2. AG (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 7:52 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  the indie asshole in me wants to hate them and everything that has spawned from them, including Zac Farro’s shitty ambient post-rock band.
  But man. Misguided Ghosts is my jam.
  
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Triszh (member)
September 27, 2012 at 1:36 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m more of an indie/electropop kind of girl but I also love these “cheesy” songs:

The Moffats – I’ll Be There For You, Miss You Like Crazy, If Life Is So Short, Girl of My Dreams
Aqua – Barbie Girl, Dr. Jones
A*Teens – Sugar Rush, Halfway Around The World, Upside-Down
Boyzone – Love Me For A Reason
Enrique Iglesias – Do You Know?
Lindsay Lohan – Ultimate
M2M – Don’t Say You Love Me, Everything You Do
The Pussycat Dolls – Buttons
S Club 7 – Bring It All Back
t.A.T.u. – All the Things She Said

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1. Leah (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 7:33 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  holy shit–i forgot about the moffats! i remember seeing them play in a mall parking lot
  
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  1. Triszh (member)
    September 28, 2012 at 4:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I watched their concert when they went to Manila! I was 10 or 11, I think.
    
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Kelly (member)
September 27, 2012 at 4:26 am Permalink Reply Report user

Some days I pop up from bed in the morning going “thiiiis is howwww we doooo iiiiiit” psh tsh psh psh tsh “this is how we do it” “sha na na na naaaa naa-aa-aaa”

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1. Krissy (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  wut. That is legitimately good music. As in my childhood.
  
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Sophie (member)
September 27, 2012 at 4:47 am Permalink Reply Report user

My parents bought me the Black Ryed peas album Moneky Busines for my thirteenth birthday.

I still have it on my iPod.

AND I LISTEN TO IT.

Seriously, the whole album makes me want to dance.

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Ratatatcat (member)
September 27, 2012 at 6:58 am Permalink Reply Report user

My days are spent working alone in various different labs so GrooveShark is my constant companion. My current playlist consists entirely of NIN, Rammstein, Bill Bailey and Tim Minchin. It seems to work.

I have to laugh, 5-10 yrs ago I didn’t have ‘guilty pleasure music’ because I took such things way too seriously in HS. Then I realized that pop is short for popular for a reason and life is too damn short to not listen to songs that make you happy. Besides, I never really understood the appeal of Morrissey anyway.

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Shal152 (member)
September 27, 2012 at 7:07 am Permalink Reply Report user

Wow, reading some of these is bring back memories (good and bad). Even though I dont listen to them much anymore, Spice Girls, Lindsey Lohan, TATU, S Club 7 and Aqua, which was the first CD i ever bought at like, age 7, are all ones I use to listen to growing up. My embarrassing one though is the entire rap genre, and not just hip hop but gangsta rap and stuff. Ive moved past that but still have all the CDs as proof. Also, Vengaboys make regular appearances in my club playlist but im not ashamed of that.

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1. Triszh (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 8:11 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  THE VENGABUS IS COMING. )
  
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Leah (member)
September 27, 2012 at 7:36 am Permalink Reply Report user

apologies if this has already been posted but my music confession is this double dose of goodness: Hanson covering Taylor Swift’s ‘We Are Never Getting Back Together.” Can’t.Stop.Listening.Don’t. Know.Why.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/hanson-covers-taylor-swif_n_1896565.html

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1. Layla (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 10:13 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  That is fucking MAGICAL. Thank you.
  
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Ditch
September 27, 2012 at 9:24 am Permalink Reply

Mainly, the kind of bad emo music I listened to while I was 12-13 and realized I liked girls (or, you know, one particular girl. I fell so fucking hard for her, and I was so ashamed of it.) So: Tokio Hotel, My Chemical Romance, Evanescence and The Used. Before this, I basically never listened to music, so the whole emo thing was both my introduction to music, and the only way I was able to bear the thought of being gay. I don’t think I will ever be able to part with it, because nothing had ever felt so right, so me, before.

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1. Krissy (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 5:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  EVANESCENCE
  
  WAS MY ENTIRE 5TH GRADE
  
  and then I got into MCR and The Used in 7th or 8th grade. Emo music is way better than people give it credit for.
  
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  1. Heather D. (member)
    September 30, 2012 at 4:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I listen to the used and coheed and cambria while working out!
    
    But, Hanson is my guilty pleasure.
    
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Mary (member)
September 27, 2012 at 9:45 am Permalink Reply Report user

Sometimes I wish I was Justin Bieber.

Also, does anyone remember Aqua? I listened to them beyond the Barbie Girl song and actually enjoyed myself.

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1. Creatrix Tiara (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 10:17 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I LOVE THEM
  I got to see Aqua live last year and got to cuddle Lene joyyyyyyyy
  Their most recent stuff isn’t really up to my liking but “My Mama Said” is really really good and I wished their 3rd album was more along the vein of that song. Also Lene’s solo stuff (Play With Me) is really good and so underrated.
  
  People expect me to be embarassed for loving Aqua and Savage Garden, but um NO. Darren Hayes is how I do femme. <3
  
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  1. Mary (member)
    September 28, 2012 at 10:25 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Yes! I was obsessed with Savage Garden for a hot sec in junior high school haha
    
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2. Crystal (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 4:42 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I owned the Aqua Tour Diary on VHS. Wish I still had it because from memory it was amazing.
  
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  1. Mary (member)
    September 28, 2012 at 10:25 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I didn’t even know that existed! I wonder if the internet has it hiding somewhere…
    
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Ryn (member)
September 27, 2012 at 10:50 am Permalink Reply Report user

Every song Third Eye Blind has put out there.
And I’m still not over Rihanna finding love in a hopeless place….

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1. Kathryn (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 5:34 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Third. Eye. Blind. No shame.
  I could (and do) listen to Motorcycle Drive By on loop for hours. Same with Wounded, Crystal Baller, Deep Inside of You, Jumper…and I’m in a glass case of 90s emotionnn.
  
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Angelia Welch
September 27, 2012 at 10:57 am Permalink Reply

I love Taylor Swift. Deeply. DEEPLY

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Ava (member)
September 27, 2012 at 11:27 am Permalink Reply Report user

Does anyone else remember All Saints? British girl group from the late ’90s. I loved the shit out of their song “Never Ever.”

Also Ace of Base and Natalie Imbruglia.

P.S. I am listening to this playlist right bow and Mandy Moore “Candy” is on and I had completely forgotten this song until right now but I loved the shit out of it when it came out. Clearly I have very mature taste in music.

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1. Triszh (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 4:07 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  “I Saw the Sign” and “Torn”. Love those songs!
  
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fynnie (member)
September 27, 2012 at 2:24 pm Permalink Reply Report user

oh god, oh heaven preserve us
i had the biggest crush on mandy moore at 14 and i actually might still
as far as music i’m embarrassed of
i’m usually worried my music is too weird for the crowd i hang out with
joanna newsom is high on my list of music i don’t tell people about

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Laura
September 27, 2012 at 3:19 pm Permalink Reply

I have Green Day’s American Idiot album and about 40+ Glee songs on my iPod.

I hate myself sometimes.

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1. whatifiguredout (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 4:02 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the “American Idiot” album
  
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2. Crystal (member)
  September 27, 2012 at 4:40 pm Permalink Reply
  
  The American Idiot album is one of my favorite things.
  
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3. Squid (member)
  September 28, 2012 at 9:59 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  I didn’t even LIKE Green Day when Green Day was a Big Thing, but all of the sudden it’s constantly stuck in my head. Not even songs from the approved era–you know, back when they “used to be good.” Whatever. No shame.
  
  ONE
  TWENTY ONE GUNS
  LAY DOWN YOUR AAAARMS
  GIVE UP THE FIIIIGHT
  ONE
  TWENTY ONE GUNS
  THROW UP YOUR AAAARMS
  INTO THE SKYYYYYY
  YOU AND IIIIIIIIIIII
  
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CoCoRosie
September 28, 2012 at 3:51 am Permalink Reply

I don’t know if wrestling fans remember, but Hulk Hogan had an album out in the mid 90′s. I was a hulkamaniac back then, so I didn’t care if the Hulkster was terrible at music. I keep it on my iPod for memories.

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Tiger Gray
September 29, 2012 at 4:21 pm Permalink Reply

I love you for having Ninja Rap on your playlist.

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Maxens (member)
September 30, 2012 at 4:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1rdEgF29FQ
Because I liked her first songs when I was way younger and honestly I like how it sounds, it makes me… happy. Also, it’s kind of kitsch and I just loved her clothes and I still like it. I like how she used to act as if she was a friend of her fans, and her personal story of having wanted to be a dancer but breaking her leg in a bad way. (also she was cute)
I’m ashamed because adults I looked up to basically called me a “future s…” for listening to it. Others I looked up to as well mocked it without insulting me, and it also played into the thing, but not as much. So yeah.
I acknowledge that some of her songs are problematic, even at the time some bugged me (her song about everything she was worth, from the blue of her eyes to the blond of her hair, was for her man for example), but they weren’t saying it because of that but because these were simple songs and for kids. (now I realized if they really cared about it being problematic that way, they wouldn’t have said such a thing to a 11-years-old or to anyone.)
They would listen to similar sounding songs, by similarly dressing singers, addressing similar themes in a less implied way, who aimed an adult audience.
Also, she sort-of danced and it looked cool.
Now I don’t like her new songs (even more problematic :/) because how it sound changed too much. I don’t know, it’s less simple? Less positive?
There was this whole persona change at some point and she stopped looking like a friend of her younger audience.
Also this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YksC6zA0JMA
They were young enough that I could relate to them! (I wanted to be a singer. Except I never knew how to sing and was to shy to ask to take classes for that… meh.)
I also do like some Avril Lavigne songs, too and of the S Club 7, Spice Girls, Aqua, Toy-Box.
Only the S Club 7, the Spice Girls and Aqua I already knew at the time. It all makes me nostalgic

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Laura (member)
September 30, 2012 at 8:35 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think I am most ashamed of the Glee albums I have in my itunes, for some reason I thought it would be a really good idea to get every album as they came out so now I cannot even put my ipod on random without getting annoyed. Also, I love Hanson and am 100% not ashamed of it at all. I do however have an obscene amount of John Mayer. And even though it is not on my ipod I just need to state that I hate that Rob Thomas/ Santana Smooth song and I feel like no matter how long ago it came out the radio still plays it ALL THE TIME.

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Alex (member)
October 1, 2012 at 11:17 am Permalink Reply Report user

Numa numa by O-ZONE. I will get down to that song any place any time.

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Annabel de Nys-Farrell (member)
October 4, 2012 at 3:08 am Permalink Reply Report user

Ever since I saw the USWNT video for ‘Party in the USA’ by Miley Cyrus, I cannot stop listening to it… :/

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Samantha (member)
October 7, 2012 at 6:34 pm Permalink Reply Report user

HARRY AND THE POTTERS. But I’m not really ashamed. “We’ve got to save Ginny Weasley from the basilisk… We’ve got to save the school from that unseen horror!”

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Kas
October 15, 2012 at 1:31 pm Permalink Reply

I am made of this. Get ready, ok? I feel like I need to preface this with some achievement, like that I read To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 9. That’s an achievement, right? Ok

Nickelback. It’s good drunk music, which I think contributes to their popularity.

Also Minaj’s Stupid Hoe (for some reason it’s the perfect song for FNV’s Old World Blues).

Also Ke$ha.

Going to the shame corner now.

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Staas (member)
October 22, 2012 at 6:02 am Permalink Reply Report user

I get SO MUCH sh*t for this….. but I have always been a fan of Creed. No matter how badly I am ribbed by my nearest and dearest, I can’t bring myself to purge them from my collection.
Human Clay was the second album I ever bought, thought I was going through a real ‘edgy’ self-defining phase. ***blushing a million shades of red***

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va
December 5, 2012 at 7:25 pm Permalink Reply

Bad country music. As in the kind of music that frequently gets played at state fairs.

Proof of this? I have an entire playlist of covers of “Tomorrow” by Chris Young.

I regret nothing.

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Tone (member)
December 18, 2012 at 1:27 am Permalink Reply Report user

I don’t really approve of being “ashamed” of music. If you like, then that’s it, but my own appreciation of some pretty homophobic things, like, eminem is kind of unnerving me.

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