3 posts tagged “guilty pleasures”

Here's track 4&5 on the "Swing your Rowley: Guilty Pleasures" mix tape.

4). “Can’t Hardly Wait”- The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me

For those of you who don’t already know, I’m a huge Replacements fan. I’ve put this song on countless mix tapes since the 90s; It’s probably my favorite Replacements song and makes me happy whenever and whatever.  The Replacements are my go-to band; their music brought me up through my teens, into my twenties, and I still look to them to say & play what I’m feeling currently (original wrote today ; didn't like the assonance). I often wonder who I would have been without their music.

 

5).” Impossible Germany” – Wilco- Sky Blue Sky

This whole album rocked my fall; Wilco’s show in Bayfront was superb. I still endlessly repeat this song.

Here are tracks 2 and 3 from my Mix Tape, "Swing Your Rowley":

 

2). “Don’t Stop Belivin’ – Petra Haden- Guilt by Association

“Guilt by Association” is a whole album of guilty pleasures re-sung by un or little-known indie darlings.  When I was mentally putting the play list together, I heard this song on Jodi's Vox and couldn’t stop listening to it.

3). “School Uniform”- The Pipettes- We are the Pipettes

I heard about The Pipettes on another Vox blog, We  ♥ Music. This song was a summer staple. 

December was my month to send musical contributions through a mix tape club. So I pulled an all- nighter on December 29th and delivered some of the mix tapes to friends at brunch the next day.

Since my New Year's resolution is to post at least once a week, I will post a song a week for you Voxers, beginning with the mix tape's concept and the first song.

Guilty Pleasures is a BBC radio show highlighting all those songs you secretly adore. Its host is U.K radio and T.V. personality Sean Rowley he’s the guy on the cover of Oasis’ “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory”  and the show has sparked a whole “Guilty Pleasures” movement in Britain.  I found out about the radio program/movement when I Googled “Rowley” (my surname) and was brought to a mix tape club page with a guilty pleasure compilation called "Swing Your Rowley" by DJ Frankie Pigeon.

 
Now here's the first of my musical indulgences:

 
1). “Mix Tape” – Katie Monster and Princeton- Avenue Q

I’ve wanted to use this song as a Mix Tape first track FOR-EV-AR! One of my guilty pleasures is musicals; LOVE them! Little Pirate and I dance around the house to “Into the Woods” and “Wicked”. The N.Y. cast recording of Avenue Q is one my faves – and one my son will not listen to until he’s a teenager.