Guilty Pleasure Music Challenge | Oh the Cringe is real friends!

Haha oooh boy…. I usually don’t assign much guilt to the music I like per-say. But that being said. I knowingly enjoy some pretty awful and cheesy music. Yes I know it’s bad, yes you might think less of me for liking it but sometimes, something about a song just hits you in the right way at the right time and it sticks with you.

I was nominated to share my guilty pleasure songs for this challenge by the lovely @bkdbkd so without further adue….

Azealia Banks - 212 Clean Edit

Haha okok this song is admittedly the ultimate basic-girl anthem, and DAMN is it crass as hell. I’ve included the “clean” edit because I didn’t feel right about subjecting you to lyrics that would make a sailor blush… BUT THAT BEAT THO!

This song got me through many a long day dog walking in NYC. Up hills, early morning, rain, snow, wind, heat, anything. This is the song you pop on in the last leg of your workout when you’re OVER it and need one final push. Sorry...

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

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We’re taking a step back in time with this one. Jimmy Eat World was one of the first real PHYSICAL CD’s my little brother ever bought and we blasted this album CONSTANTLY. Yep two angsty middle class white kids in the 90’s. At least I never liked Emo music… even that was way too much for me. ;)

MxPx - Punk Rawk Show

From Jimmy, Dayle’s musical journey takes a turn down a Ska and Punk Rock route she’d never quite funny recover from. I still love a lot of the music I listened to in my walkman with my wallet made from duct tape, safety pins, vespa patches and shoes I painted checker print on…. If Jimmy Eat World was cheese… MXPX was Cheetos. But hey, at least it wasn’t emo! Or worse.. screamo.. shudders

Weird Al - Genius In France

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Hahaha I’m having to hold back cracking up as I write this and listen to the track. OK there are a few things you need to know. When all my pre-teen friends were listening to the Backstreet Boys and Brittany Spears. I was getting down to Weird Al. I wore a different Hawaiian shirt to school every day.. paired with THESE Sketchers…

… and my hair was ALWAYS in pigtails. Lord help me. But damn, did I know every word (and still do) to this song. Which was an homage to Frank Zappa who’s son (Dweezil) plays the opening solo on the track.

Also, if you’re French please don’t take offense to the lyrics of this song. Apparently this track may be a reference to the fact that American comedian Jerry Lewis was a respected filmmaker and actor in France (and other European countries) while in America he was often viewed as lowbrow and unfunny. via weirdalwikia.com

Kings of Convenience - I’d Rather Dance

I’m going to leave you with this one. Which is still lovely to listen to, but damn is it Hipster as hell. I still love it, but I get it. You’ve got two reject Norwegian Napoleon Dynamite characters bopping around in this video which makes the whole thing feel very much like a Flight of the Concords spoof. But if you just close your eyes for one moment, and picture yourself driving down a country lane on a sunny summer day, or preparing food for a Sunday lunch with great company and red wine… Maybe it’s just me, but I like where this little tune takes me.

Wow I really enjoyed taking that little audio trip down memory lane, thank you for nominating me to take part @bkdbkd! I know that this challenge was originally created by @sjennon for folks to translate their guilty pleasure songs into English with a theme, and I believe she was nominated by @osm0sis (haha trying to give all the credit here!!) but I took a slightly diferent approach.

In the spirit of keeping this going I’ll in turn nominate the great(s) @teamhumble & @lloyddavis who’s music tastes I respect very much so I’d love to see what their guilty pleasure songs are...

I hope you’re having a lovely Sunday wherever you are in the world <3
Until Next Time!
Dayleeo!

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