Author Topic: WIMPIEST music you listen to (guilty pleasure alert!) (Read 18912 times)

Sean Smith · « **on:** March 08, 2005, 01:00:05 PM »

That's right, it is time to admit your darkest, most pathetic secret: what is the WIMPIEST song or group you listen to on purpose?

WIMPY can cover alot of ground. The criteria is that YOU think it is wimpy, AND YOU STILL LIKE IT in spite of yourself. Maybe it is a boo-hoo ballad, or a musical style associated with drag queens.

To give us some background, describe the kind music you normally listen to.

Guess I have to go first:

I normally listen to classic rock/hard rock/heavy metal. Examples: Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Metallica.

So my wimpy song or group is... "Ordinary World" by Duran Duran. A wussy ballad by Limey pretty boys. Where did I go wrong? :shock:

Wingshooter · « **Reply #1 on:** March 08, 2005, 01:15:02 PM »

Ok,

I usually listen to harder(ish) rock: Korn, Sevendust, Skillet, Chevelle, etc... or classical depending on my mood and concentration level.

My wimpy music is electronica/club music. I like the tempo and it's mindless music that isn't distracting to me when I'm at the gym, running, or riding my bicycle.

Black92LX · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2005, 01:20:46 PM »

i love light paino music. absolutly love it.

An example would be The Luckiest by Ben Folds. I like a lot of stuff like that.

Unisaw · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2005, 01:44:12 PM »

Enya :oops: It's very relaxing music when you can't fall asleep.

Stranger · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2005, 01:56:00 PM »

My mother was a fan of opera music and some of it rubbed off. :shock: I can listen to classical, one of my favorites is the 1812 overture.

HForrest · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:22:57 PM »

I listen to the entire range of classic rock, generally. I listen to Fleetwood Mac a lot, and also Steely Dan- they're comparatively wimpy.

spacemanspiff · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:24:10 PM »

ehhhhhhhhhhh, whadda i care if ya all think i'm a big ol weinie?

heres some of my 'softer' selections

shakira
vanessa carlton
tori amos

something about women that write their own music and can actually play instruments just does something for me.

i also put on some of the 'string quartet tributes' to such bands as nine inch nails, tool, soad (the music without the political tripe!), and a few others, i cant recall.
also some of the motion picture soundtracks, like to Gladiator, Hero, Troy, Black Hawk Down, and a few others.

but usually i listen to stuff like slipknot, stone sour, mudvayne, mushroomhead, AIC, megadeth, and soundgarden.

in fact, the first hard rock/metal album i ever bought was soundgardens 'badmotorfinger'. saw the video to 'jesus christ pose' and i just had to hear more.

Someone let the dogs out
they'll show you where the truth is
the grass is always greener
where the dogs are shedding
I'm feeling that i'm sober
even though i'm drinking
i can't get any lower
still i feel i'm sinking
So now you know
who gets mystified
so now you know
who gets mystified
Show me the power child, i'd like to say
that i'm down on my knees today
it gives me the butterflies, gives me away
til i'm up on my feet again
I'm feeling
im feeling
outshined, outshined, outshined

jamz · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:34:45 PM »

Hmmm. I'm kind of an "alternative rock" kinda guy, but that's gotten so mainstream now that I have to find another pigeonhole for myself so I can be different from everyone else!!11111!One

I like listeing to "air" - imagine electronic elevator music performed by a buncha frenchmen.

*jamz hides in shame*

-Love, James

Iain · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:37:02 PM »

I'm going to get a beating for this, but I love Joan Baez.

nico · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:38:31 PM »

I usually listen to rock and country. The wimpiest song I like is probably "Time to Say Goodbye" by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli. I'll also admit to having seen Yani in concert twice :oops: My excuse is that I played the violin for 12 years.

Lee · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:07:32 PM »

I like most any kind of music. The one album I rarely admit to REALLY liking is Barry Manilow's "2:00 am Paradise Cafe".

Ready on the Right · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:21:13 PM »

"The Sound of Music" soundtrack. :oops: But at least it does have guns and conniving Nuns foiling Nazis!

45r · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:36:28 PM »

Diana Krall

Wildalaska · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:37:58 PM »

Frank Sinatra

WildanddorisdayAlaska

macavada · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:40:09 PM »

Cheryl Crow and Diana Krall. :oops:

yesterdaysyouth · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:42:39 PM »

i like alot of the old pearl jam stuff...

macavada · « **Reply #16 on:** March 08, 2005, 03:57:41 PM »

Pearl Jam wimpy?

I guess I'm getting too old.

Modifiedbrowning · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2005, 04:02:08 PM »

I have to admit that I like Duran Duran, too. I also was a huge fan of The Fixx back in the late 80's (high school) until I discovered The Cult and a new metal head was born.
As far as current wimpy music goes I like some songs by Coldplay.
Oh yeah, Neil Diamond (earlier music) is awesome.

PlayTheAces · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2005, 04:11:40 PM »

Well, I was in high school in the '60s and college in the '70s, so I'm pretty much an old time rocker. Heavy metal, surf tunes, I like it all.

When there's nobody around though, I've been known to toss Harry Belafonte's greatest hits on the CD and really, really crank that dude. There's just something about rattling the windows with Day O.

Guest · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2005, 04:32:57 PM »

THE Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr,Peter Lawford .

Also Lobo " Me and you and a dog named blue".

Dannyboy · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2005, 05:09:55 PM »

The Rat Pack was wimpy? Hell, I listen to Sinatra and Deano all the time. My wimpy music would be Sarah McLachlan but she has an amazing voice so I don't really care.

Guest · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2005, 05:32:17 PM »

I don't think the Rat Pack or Lobo are Wimpy.

Some folks really came down hard on me and some others for liking them.

Understand I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show - the hecklers had not been born yet. Umm - not real sure some of their parents were.

jefnvk · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2005, 06:05:45 PM »

Whimpiest group I probably listen to could very well be Journey. Whimpiest song is definitely 'A Whiter Shade of Pale'. I honestly don't know why I like that song.

Chuck Jennings · « **Reply #23 on:** March 08, 2005, 06:11:15 PM »

When I am doing some hardcore calculating or coding I turn on music that I would call "sonic wallpaper." Such as:

Enya
George Winston
Haydn String Quartets
Classical guitar music (usually Bach transcriptions)

Mabs2 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 08, 2005, 06:40:04 PM »

Softer music is what I listen to, at least, compared to today's standards.
IE: Elton John, Grateful Dead, and America might be soft rock to you, but they jam for me...but of course, they're not the hardest I listen to. Zeppelin, AC/DC, and ZZ Top do quite a bit of jamming. So do Skynyrd and Blackfoot.
But for the softest music...I'd have to say...uh...Mandy Moore?

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