Guilty Pleasure
- mweiser
- May 28, 2014
- 1 min read
One of our favorite parts of the Shake Rattle & Roll Dueling Pianos show is the now-famous GUILTY PLEASURE HOUR. That last hour of the night, when the herd has thinned, and the remaining, hardcore patrons get the chance to request those songs they're more than a little embarrassed to admit they love -- Poison, Backstreet Boys, The Monkees, Bieber, Barry Manilow...the list goes on and on...
Some call them bubblegum, or throwaway, or lightweight, but these songs still manage to stand the test of time, resonating in a deep, dark chamber of the subconscious like the earworms they are, just waiting to hatch anew.
An eloquent essay by Jody Rosen, entitled In Defense of Schlock Music: Why Journey, Billy Joel, and Lionel Richie Are Better Than You Think appeared on Vulture.com, and defends the SCHLOCK, as she calls it, and lists her 150 top picks of all time. The list is linked here.
See any of your faves on there? What are YOUR guilty pleasure songs?
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