Questionable taste March 10, 2008 ~ 12:13 pm
Posted by Julie in : Uncategorized , comments closedYesterday I was chatting on Facebook with a the husband of a woman I used to work with. He said that their tastes in music have grown in a similar direction as my own. I agreed, but then asked if his wife was still fond of Supertramp. This was a running joke between us when she was in my office, the fact that she liked Supertramp when she was younger, because of all the bands you could have liked, you liked Supertramp? Really? And then Rick, sitting beside me, chimed in with “Supertramp was one of the greatest bands of their time!” No accounting for some people’s taste, I guess.
And then I started wondering about the bands and singers that we like that others may find questionable. Like how I know for a fact that Rick has Linda Ronstadt on his iTunes, and that disturbs me greatly, but he is equally as disturbed by me having Duran Duran and Eddie Money on my iTunes. (How to make Rick cringe: start singing “Two Tickets to Paradise.” Works every time.) I’m talking bands that cause others to say “No, really?” in that Eddie Izzard voice when you admit to liking them, and you truly don’t understand what prompted that reaction. This is not to be confused with bands that you like that embarrass even you. An example of the latter would be that I have Rihanna’s single “Shut Up and Drive” on my iTunes, but I am generally loathe to admit it. Until now. On the other hand, I will shout from the rooftops that I have Right Said Fred’s album “Up” on iTunes, and I lurve it. See the difference?
So, what are some of your questionable bands?
