Today's Decomp: Guilty Pleasures (aka Crap I LIKE!)

So, normally, I spent this blog time like Bizzaro Mr. Rogers, making you feel bad about yourselves and things you probably really LOVE (mainly MUSIC). So today, it's all about stuff I KNOW sucks, but I really love. Rather than give you all the lyrics, I'm gonna tell you some favorites, then post links to the You Tube video (when possible) so you can watch, point, and laugh at my expense...yay, internet!

So, in no particular order:

Rappin' Duke by Shawn Brown
Favorite line: I don't bother nobody, I'm a real nice guy; Kinda...laid back like a...dead fly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUSIerJ-8c&feature=related
Reason I love it: 'Cause it's just SOOOO stupid! It's John Wayne RAPPING (okay, not REALLY him, but STILL)! The concept just sells itself into Stupidtown!

Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBYV_7a0FQs
Favorite line: Now he's ticklin' her fancy, rubbing her toes. Muzzle to muzzle, now anything goes as they wriggle. Sue starts to giggle (electronic giggle sounds)
Reason I love it: We've all gotta admit that we liked those groups that had their own shows, like Sonny & Cher, Starland Vocal Band (still cagey about that one) and Captain & Tennille. My father loved them, too, but he REALLY loved this song! We'd listen to it on our trips to Florida in our van to my grandparents' homes, but the BEST part was at the VERY end (the part you don't hear on the radio). My dad would crank it up and the sound of the beat would be the only thing left from the song...then suddenly it would fade a touch, then turn into the sound of hoofbeats that ran from one side of the van speakers to the other. And Dad would softly say "There they go!" and we'd grin, having heard Susie and Sam ride off into the sunset (sigh). Now I wanna call my daddy (pout!)

Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls
Favorite line: Colors of the world (spice up ya life), every boy and every girl (spice up your life), people of the world (spice up ya life) Ahhhhhhhh... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAjBN5zuF8
Reason I love it: Because it's so classy and serene and...(snorts with laughter)...wooo! Almost said that with a straight face! Alright, it's just plain FUN! I like that pseudo-world bazaar sound in the background and all the general jumping around that makes it sound like some futuristic kind of kung fu movie. Frankly, despite their meteoric rise and fall, I'm not ashamed to admit I liked the Spice Girls in general, flavor of the month or not. Sadly enough, I can no longer slam it to the left, and when I shake it to the right, I can't always get it back to the center again (and Lord knows none of you want to see want happens when my chicas are in the FRONT and go 'round!) (Note: after I got married, I DID find out what "zig-a-zig-AHHH" was...chica-wow-wow!)

Bubba Shot the Jukebox by Mark Chestnutt
Favorite line: Well the sheriff arrived with his bathrobe on, the confrontation was a tense one. Shook his head and said "Bubba Boy, you always was a dense one. Reckless discharge of a gun, that's what the officers are claimin'!" Bubba hollered out "Reckless, hell! I hit just where I was aimin'!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKdwx5AB5k
Reason I love it: It's got the name BUBBA in it! Plus, an intriguing storyline about life in a Southern town, not unlike "The Night That the Lights Went Out In Georgia", another favorite. Boy, if I had a dollar for every factual thing I ever learned about Southern living from music, I'd be...well, I'd owe SOMEBODY a buttload o'cash. On this note (and this is just pure D shameful, here...)

Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks & Dunn
Favorite line: Heel, toe, do-si-do, c'mon baby let's GOOO boot scootin'! Cadillac blackjack, baby meet me out back, we're gonna boogie. Git down, turn around, go to town, boot scootin' boo-gieeeee (the version of the song I like has no video, so...meh!)
Reason I love it: People, if I knew WHY I liked it, it wouldn't SUCK any more! LOL Suffice to say that I am actually a closet fan of hontytonk/rockabilly music, as well as REALLY old country stuff. Steel guitars give me a warm friendly feeling and Hank Williams Sr.'s yodel just gets me teary-eyed. My dad was born in Alabama and despite living through all of the 50s and 60s, STILL loves country music. It's just in my blood, I guess (or maybe it was that DURN HEE-HAW...CURSE you, Opryland!) Again, on that note...

Anything by Kenny Rogers
Favorite line: (from my current favorite song) Well, it's your mind that tricks you into leaving every time, love will turn you around, turn your around. Well, it's your heart that talks you into staying where you are. (Note: This didn't have a real video outside of tv appearances, but this guy made one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHttuCdfoGw&feature=related)
Reason I love him: Shut UP, man! He's the GAMBLER! He's Kenny Frickin' Rogers! Stop that LAUGHING!!! Currently, Love Will Turn You Around is my favorite, but sometimes it's What Are We Doing In Love, Lucille, Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town...hmm...hokey love ballad pattern??? On THAT note...

Muzak
Favorite line: Bahhh-bummmm-ba-DUMMMM! Bah-bah-bah-BUMMM-bah-DUMMM...
Reason I love it: Strange as it may seem, this music reminds me of Sundays after church when I was young. Before my parents moved on to Smooth Jazz, we listened to stuff like Les Baxter & His Orchestra doing "The Poor People In Paris", various groups doing Harlem Nocturne, or one of my favorites, the song above (bonus points for being able to guess it...think Omar Sharif!). The closest you can get to this now is 60's bachelor pad music.

More offenses to come!