Ultimate guilty pleasure tracks

[Lord Fusspot]

Well it be considered quite generic.

 

[EveryToilet]

Before joining these boards, I had no idea that TSP was quite so looked down on. I think it's one of Abso's best tracks.

 

On another note, I have a real soft spot for guilty pleasures especially considering I [shamelessPlug]Have a podcast about them[/shamelessPlug]. Big Freeze is an easy one for me. Aside from the fact that I find it infectiously uplifting, it is one of those "right place at the right time" songs. I discovered it when I was dating my ex and for the longest time it made me think of her. When we broke up, it put a bit of dark cloud over this song. But eventually I met my wife. Now this is my go to song whenever I need to be reminded that things get better.

[Citizen_Eraser]

There's a lot of songs on here I'd never consider guilty pleasures...Screenager, FAWY, Endlessly? Really? Right now I'd say my only guilty pleasure song I like is Thought Contagion.

[Boombleeb]

Big Freeze is definitely one of the songs that people don't like you liking

[Hopix]

 

Is it not generic?

[jtf337]

Who would feel guilty about liking the Small Print?

 

Slaves to the Grave and Priest Gods who were never paid, obviously.

 

Joking aside, TOADA, Escape, and Exo-Politics are straight up pleasures for me without feeling guilty about it. Some of my favorite songs.

 

On the other hand, I enjoy Big Freeze and Explorers guiltily. ha.

[PlugInYorkie]

Guilty pleasure song; Neutron Star Collision. Now we have all but forgotten about Twilight and it’s no longer relevant I feel the song is worth another listen. It’s actually a bit of fun to listen to for something different!

 

Top tip: Do not watch the music video or any potential enjoyment of the song will be completely ruined

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

I like Dig Down.

[Spectrum IV]

Who would feel guilty about liking the Small Print?

 

Fury fans.

[frozenbanana]

How the fuck is Big Freeze doing so well

[FabriPav]

Bad taste

 

 

also wtf are Endlessly and FAWY doing in the "guilty pleasures" category?

[PlugInYorkie]

Bad taste

 

 

also wtf are Endlessly and FAWY doing in the "guilty pleasures" category?

 

These songs are actually beautiful and surely don’t deserve to be in the same category as some genuinely bad songs.

[serpentsatellite]

Endlessly's been pretty consistently low rated going back to when the album came out, for some reason.

[Boombleeb]

How the fuck is Big Freeze doing so well

 

Because it's an awesome song

[EveryToilet]

How the fuck is Big Freeze doing so well

Because it is an incredibly good song and I should know, I have a long history of liking good songs.

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

Endlessly's been pretty consistently low rated going back to when the album came out, for some reason.

 

Never understood that. I mean, yeah, it's not Citizen Erased or Stockholm Syndrome, but does that mean it's not good? lol

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

Bad taste

 

 

also wtf are Endlessly and FAWY doing in the "guilty pleasures" category?

 

I adore FAWY, better than SFA.

[Hat]

Never understood that. I mean, yeah, it's not Citizen Erased or Stockholm Syndrome, but does that mean it's not good? lol

Is it really that hard to understand? It's a love ballad by a band that by the time were famous for alternative rock with prog-tendencies. Rock fans in general aren't as varied in their taste as they like to think.

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

Is it really that hard to understand? It's a love ballad by a band that by the time were famous for alternative rock with prog-tendencies. Rock fans in general aren't as varied in their taste as they like to think.

 

I mean, I get it being looked over, but I don't get it being actively disliked. It's a good song, with a really haunting atmosphere. A little short if I had to criticize it. Otherwise I don't see a problem with it. Not like Muse hadn't done good love ballads before.

[Jobby]

It's practically a dance song tbf, just low-key and dark. Coming off Origin and Showbiz, you can easy see people giving it a good ol' slaggin.

 

Anyone who doesn't rate it nowadays is a proper plebeian tho

[Hat]

I mean there were people who thought that songs like Stockholm Syndrome were an attempt to be more mainstream and polished.

[Jobby]

The Rick Astley intrusion probs didn't help either tbh

[Hat]

To be fair the song wasn't THAT relevant in 2003 before the meme.

[Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out]

I mean there were people who thought that songs like Stockholm Syndrome were an attempt to be more mainstream and polished.

 

lol, I suppose that figures.

[That Little Animal]

To be fair the song wasn't THAT relevant in 2003 before the meme.

 

I remember the similarities being discussed on here when it came out though.

 

I also remember that Endlessly was "leaked" after being played on French radio I think as the first song besides Stockholm before the album release and people were excited/worried that Absolution would be Muse's Kid A.