Arlo Parks

if you like Corrine Bailey Rae you will also love newcomer Arlo Parks.
the eponymous titled album by Corrine Bailey Rae in 2006 was one the absolute best debut albums of last 15 years and just a pop masterpiece and so is the new 2021 release of rising star Arlo Parks.

Rae and Parks are at the top of the uniquely Brit female pop genre that is one part pop vocalist but also generously laced with cool rhythm and blues and a breezy jazzy vibe.

listen to Corrine Bailey Rae and pay attention to Arlo Parks. She is has the talent to connect directly to the listener as only the true poets can.

No shame in Cher, italyprof. Rock & roll turned on her for going Vegas and prime time, but she released serious music like Bang Bang, The Beat Goes On, I Got You Babe & Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. And laramiebob is definitely forgiven for Tommy Roe's Dizzy. Reminds me of my own guilty pleasure, Tommy James & the Shondells' Crimson & Clover, redone in a superior cover by Joan Jett, seguing to another guilty pleasure, Jet's Are You Gonna Be My Girl. And so it goes.

More guilty pleasures --

I'm A Believer (The Monkees)
Holiday (The Bee Gees)
Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult)
Midnight At The Oasis (Maria Muldaur)
A Brand New Key (Melanie)
Ruby Tuesday (The Corrs)
Incense & Peppermints (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
Reach Out in the Darkness (Friend & Lover)
No Matter What Shape (T-Bones)
Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran)
Angel of the Morning (Merrilee Rush)
Hand Me Down World (Guess Who)
Canned Ham (Norman Greenbaum)
Ring of Fire (Social Distortion)
Sweet Jane (Cowboy Junkies)
Convoy (C.W. McCall)
Mr. Businessman (Ray Stevens)
Je T'Aime -- Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Don't Pass Me By (Beatles)
I Melt With You (Modern English)
Red Red Wine (UB40)
One of Us (Joan Osborne)
Mira esa a chica (Tequila)
Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)
Just Dropped In (First Edition)
Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)
You Keep Me Hanging On (Vanilla Fudge)
Kicks (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
Bolero (Ravel)

What’s a guilty pleasure?
what’s not epic about kicks and personal Jesus and the monkees and the amazing midnight at the oasis which is always on the tip of my tongue and the amazing Sweet Jane by cowboy junkies.

to me a guilty pleasure is a song you love but the song and or artist is derided by music authorities for one reason or another creating shame in loving the song and admitting it.

Posted by thunder1008 on 4/2/2021 3:40:00 PM (view original):
No shame in Cher, italyprof. Rock & roll turned on her for going Vegas and prime time, but she released serious music like Bang Bang, The Beat Goes On, I Got You Babe & Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. And laramiebob is definitely forgiven for Tommy Roe's Dizzy. Reminds me of my own guilty pleasure, Tommy James & the Shondells' Crimson & Clover, redone in a superior cover by Joan Jett, seguing to another guilty pleasure, Jet's Are You Gonna Be My Girl. And so it goes.

More guilty pleasures --

I'm A Believer (The Monkees)
Holiday (The Bee Gees)
Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
She Sells Sanctuary (The Cult)
Midnight At The Oasis (Maria Muldaur)
A Brand New Key (Melanie)
Ruby Tuesday (The Corrs)
Incense & Peppermints (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
Reach Out in the Darkness (Friend & Lover)
No Matter What Shape (T-Bones)
Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Hungry Like The Wolf (Duran Duran)
Angel of the Morning (Merrilee Rush)
Hand Me Down World (Guess Who)
Canned Ham (Norman Greenbaum)
Ring of Fire (Social Distortion)
Sweet Jane (Cowboy Junkies)
Convoy (C.W. McCall)
Mr. Businessman (Ray Stevens)
Je T'Aime -- Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin
Don't Pass Me By (Beatles)
I Melt With You (Modern English)
Red Red Wine (UB40)
One of Us (Joan Osborne)
Mira esa a chica (Tequila)
Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)
Just Dropped In (First Edition)
Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)
You Keep Me Hanging On (Vanilla Fudge)
Kicks (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
Bolero (Ravel)

Thank you ! And great list, I had forgotten entirely about Ray Stevens for example. Maria Muldaur was a very serious artist, Incense and Pepperment is still nice to listen to, and whatever you want to say about the Bee Gees, and I was very far from being a disco fan, "Stayin' Alive" is one of the greatest songs ever, and, as someone once said, Bruce Springsteen could have written or sung those lyrics.

And as dino points out, anyone who doesn't like the Monkees is not having fun.

Fine. Then I throw down Dominique by the ISinging Nun, Yummy Yummy Yummy by the Ohio Express and Hair by the Cowsills. Better?

Yes that’s getting better.

Wow. Listening to Arlo Parks right now. Amazing. Thank you so much for the recommendation. Definitely evocative of Corrine Bailey Rae, who I love. Some Joni Mitchell mixed in, and even a little bit of Amy Winehouse, though sweeter.

I’m glad you like her. And I’m glad that you are another fan of Corrine Bailey Rae.

Love that list thunder!! Incense & Peppermints is one of my all time fav hippie anthems.

Right there with Green Tambourine from The Lemon Pipers........... my all time favorite of that type!

Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes)

heh i loved that song and all my friends were like she's a old cigarette smoking bar tramp and i was like she's a smokin ol lady alright

Posted by dino27 on 4/1/2021 2:14:00 PM (view original):
Virgil Trucks one of the best pitchers of the 1950s was the uncle of Butch Trucks who was one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band.

Always wondered about that. Thanks Dino.
btw, Butch's nephew Derek was the next generation lead guitar for the ABB and is considered by many to be one of the best living guitarists around.

Saw the Cowsills (talk about a blast from the past!) live around 1968 Long Beach, LI. Definitely one of the better "family" bands. Sort of like Partridge Family. But I'll take Sly and the Family Stone in that category.

Here is a humble list of guilty pleasures. These are the songs that might be banned in Akron and Brooklyn and Athens Georgia. The songs of the Scarlet Letter.
However as the iconic personification of guilty pleasures has said it is all rock and roll to me.
this is what I call guilty pleasures in no particular order.

1. Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith
2. Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
3. Girls..Girls....Girls - Motley Crew
4. Pina Colada Song - Rupert Holmes
5. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
6. Jump - Van Halen
7. My Sharona - The Knack
8. Safety Dance - Men Without Gats
9. Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond
10. Toxic - Brittany Spears
11. Smoting in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
12. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Klaatu
13. I like Dreaming - Kenny Nolan
14. Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
15. Come on Feel the Noise - Quiet Riot
16. Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow
17. Saturday - Bay City Rollers
18. Candy Man - Sammy
19. Alone Again - Gilbert O Sullivan
20. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler
21. Wonderful Summer - Robin Ward

Wow! I'm "familiar" with all but a couple of those songs Dino. But........ you don't really LIKE all the songs on that list do you?

I could maybe understand the Rupert Holmes entry but "Angie Baby" REALLY? lol

I could remove the quiet riot song but otherwise I like em all and there are some that I love. About 5 that I lurve.