[peel] Re: John's Record Box

[gforsyth@...]

Some of us do have two record collections, although "my" 2nd one actually belongs to someone else (Paul Watson, I mean you!), and I keep both in the living room. Regarding embarassment at liking certain records, surely it's more a case of "why the hell did I buy THAT? - e.g. I.O.U. by Freeez, that damned album by Mary Black. 

George Forsyth
> 
> The correct term for this kind of thing is "Guilty
> Pleasures", of which I have dozens. I guess the way of
> telling in this post-modernist ironic age which
> pleasure is actually guilty is - if your pal came in
> the room would you switch it off? Answering my own
> question, no, I wouldn't switch off the Shadows or
> Dusty Springfield, but The Seekers' Carnival is Over
> and the Spice Girls Who Do you Think You are might
> well be consigned to a discreet muted silence.
> In the same spirit I'm sure some people have two
> record collections, the one downstairs which
> advertises their immaculate taste and the one in the
> loft which they raid in the dead of night. Now, where
> did I put Petula Clark's Greatest Hits...
> 
> 
> 
> --- Ian Wilson wrote:
> 
> > See! We all have them!
> > Jan : The mp3 of 'Feel' by Robbie Williams resides
> > on my hard drive.
> > Sean :
> > Neneh Cherry, "Buffalo Stance".
> > Me: Tiffany - I think were alone now
> > John P : Sheena Easton - 9 to 5
> > Any more? Got to be a compilation CD in the making
> > here!
> > 
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