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Re: Most Embarassing Band

Hmm, good question. The first album I ever bought was by T'Pau, the band that did China in your Hand and Heart And Soul. I loved it at the time...

I'm also still a big fan of the Bangles, is that tragic or allowable?! I think Charlotte Hatherley's album sounds a bit like some of the Bangles' earlier guitar-based stuff. Anyone agree?

And what's wrong with happy clappy Christians, eh? Praise the Lord on the tambourine!

SouthCoastKevin | 3 Jan '05, 23:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I have loads, probably Ronan Keating.

fullerov | 3 Jan '05, 23:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i have a kid rock cd

:(

i win dont i...

*shame*

soapy | 3 Jan '05, 23:22 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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against Ronan Keating? I dont think so.

fullerov | 3 Jan '05, 23:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I was recording some Sepultura for someone earlier and filled the space on the cd with some Demis Roussos.

cadd | 3 Jan '05, 23:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Keating still wins

fullerov | 3 Jan '05, 23:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I wouldn't argue with that.

At the end of the last century, a poll was commisioned to find the' most memorable face of the 20th century'

The winner ?

Ronan bloody Keating.

cadd | 3 Jan '05, 23:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Was this poll in Smash Hits?

fullerov | 3 Jan '05, 23:57 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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It was actually in something aimed at adults. I think I read about it in Private Eye.

cadd | 3 Jan '05, 23:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I am sad now :(

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Get some emo down you, mate.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 00:21 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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My emo comic book is enough

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I get seriously slagged for having a Whiteout album…and two singles…

Not remotely embarrassed about it, though I’m frequently told that I should be. Even stick their stunningly happy “Detroit” at the end of various cds, just to piss people off.
Aahh.. the memories :-)

Don’t know if this will mean anything to anyone outside the west of Scotland though, so it’s hardly a huge confession….

coastal | 4 Jan '05, 00:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Sadly this means nothing

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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my mother bought me a baha men single around 3 years ago. i was mortified.

the_patient | 4 Jan '05, 00:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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A have quite a lot of cds that are potentially embarrassing. But I like most of them.

The only one that actually embarrasses me, is that I own a copy of Sing When You're Winning, by Robbie Williams.

Can't even claim it was a present...

ImageChange | 4 Jan '05, 00:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I have a David Soul album which I paid 50p for in my late twenties.

Saw another one for 99p recently, but decided that was way overpriced.

So was the 50p one.

Saw a Magic Of Lassie soundtrack album going for £4, thought 'nah', it came down to £3, 'nah', down to £2, I'll have that.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 00:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I know my list will outdo all of you, i honestly have no idea where most of my rubbish came from but regardless to say i don't listen to it

Westlife
Wet Wet Wet (cover of yesterday)
Boyzone
Toploader (i also saw them live when i was 16)
Ja Rule (This may have been given to me by mistake)
Wheatus (very embarrassing but quite enjoyable)
Nickleback (I've heard worse)
Limp Bizkit (they were cool in 1999)
Puddle of Mudd (were never cool)

I have more

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I forgot Robbie :(

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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My god.... I think you win at this game..

I am, however, only saved by the fact that I didn't buy cds for years. I'd have bought the ronan keating album if my sister didnt have it. And I seem to remember them doing a version I quite enjoyed of that Melting Pot song, and I didnt mind their version of Father and Son. And I liked their Words better than the Bee Gees one...

ImageChange | 4 Jan '05, 00:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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We have a winner

darkpigeon | 4 Jan '05, 09:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Apologies, fullerov, for the lack of entertainment value in my post… I’ll go away and try and think of something more nationally embarrassing…

:-)

coastal | 4 Jan '05, 00:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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worse than my list?

Mick Jagger solo album was another one.

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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OK unless anyone can do better, Fullerov is the clear winner. You honestly have no idea where they come from my arse...

stuartyoung | 4 Jan '05, 00:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Most are pre 2001. Nicleback was bought by my mother and i still dont hate it, puddle of mudd was bought by me and i do hate it.

Ja Rule remains a mystery, and so far i have only checked one rack of CD's

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 00:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Once your music collection reaches a certain level, you lose any sense of embaressment about what you purrchase.

I've got some real cheesy crap I've bought because someone on the cover had a huge collar and kipper tie which made me feel slightly superior to them.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 00:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i actually just giggled in a computer lab, thanks to you.
bastard.

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 13:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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ahh whiteout, i have your card coastal - wasnt there a picture of munchies on the fornt cover only it said whiteout?

I have a cd single by the supernaturals and a whole album by marion.

bones_howe | 4 Jan '05, 14:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I accepted a Justin Timberlake CD as a freebie. Cry Me A River, indeed! I gave it away as a gag gift for this dude's birthday. Sadly, the gag part of the gift missed the mark, and I was thanked for such a thoughtful gift. A bewildered me replied, "erm, you're welcome." He says, "I knew it was a CD and I was afraid it was going to be one of those weird bands..." Ohh, ouch. "Hey, nothing but the best for you, pal. Happy Birthday."

Waiter, check please!

oceanRain | 4 Jan '05, 00:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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That is how i received a Busted album. An Avril Lavigne album was despatched the other way (along with a Wilco album which was sadly matched by a good charlotte t-shirt)

BTW i also own the timberlake album (My girlfriend at the time gave it to me) and a good charlotte album (my sister gave it to me and again i have heard worse)

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 01:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I...own...a... good Charrlote CD, o god i hate myself, IT WAS A GIFT!!! You see for about 2 weeks when I was 14 i went through a "punk" phase. I mainly listened to Minor threat and Sex Pistols and the clash but a freind of mine told me to listien to GC gave me a CD of there's (This was way before they became MTV darlings) It was poppy and safe and generally unlikable, i dont know why I havent thrown it away.

zakkrastaII | 4 Jan '05, 01:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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However since you have not rated any bands we have no idea whether we should be shocked.

I could look up your old profile but that would be such a drag ;)

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 01:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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you should be trust me

zakkrastaII | 5 Jan '05, 00:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Hmm, I don't have many embarrassing CDs since nobody buys them for me (although some have embarrassing lyrics). I can't quite compete with fullerov, but mine would probably be Be Here Now by Oasis, which (even worse) I quite liked at the time, but in my defense, I was young, and I destroyed it a couple of years ago in a fit of ennui. So I don't actually have it any more.

True story.

Wiggles | 4 Jan '05, 02:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I had Be Here Now until a year or so ago. I gave it away to a charity shop. I still like Definitely Maybe - what happened to Oasis, what happened?

SouthCoastKevin | 4 Jan '05, 11:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I don't have any embarrassing CDs. Should I?

I have lots of CDs that other people think I should be embarrassed by. In fact, most of my CD collection falls into that category. But instead of being embarrassed, I just feel smug that I'm intelligent enough to find things entertaining even if other people disapprove.

I might be embarrassed if I owned something by The Darkness; but then if I owned something by The Darkness, I'd probably be too stupid to understand why it might be embarrassing.

Alternatively: Bananarama, Status Quo, Phil Collins, InMe and "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" by Whale. That do ya? Or have they come back into fashion since last time I looked? It's so hard to keep up with these things...

lanky | 4 Jan '05, 02:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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One of my mates claimed to be into Bananarama. I bought him a 12" in a charity shop as a gift. He refused to accept it, saying he only liked one song because he fancied one of them. So I've still got it. Had another mate do the same with a couple of picture discs I bought him, Tank and a single from the soundtrack to The World Is Full Of Married Men. People can be so ungrateful.

I'll need to dig out my Tracy Ullman picture disc.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 02:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Which Bananarama song was/is it? Is it "Nathan Jones"? I love that song...

I sold my Best of Bananarama today for six quid. It made me sad, but I need the money. And I've got another one anyway.

lanky | 4 Jan '05, 02:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Just checked, it's the 12" of Na Na Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 03:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I have Will Smith, Sash, Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock still lurking from my yoof

darkpigeon | 4 Jan '05, 09:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Happy New Year everyone.
I have no embarrising cd's
I do have some exceedingly embarrising vinyl
namely 'Wings at the Speed of Sound'

creakyknees | 4 Jan '05, 09:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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lots of u2 from my student days if that counts.
& britney spears' first single.

John_Brainlove | 4 Jan '05, 09:32 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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these are what I own...some of them bought by me, some of them gifts...most of them gifts, actually...

ronan keating
justin timberlake
puddle of mudd
good charlotte's first and second album... oh dear
stereophonics
mamas and the papas
alanis morrissette
creedence clearwater revival (actually, they're ok)
Now 38 and 42 and 50
pink
christina aguamaleria
b*witched (although I gave that to my friend)
bryan adams

thats about it.....oh the humiliation...

wishpig | 4 Jan '05, 10:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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ouch.

John_Brainlove | 4 Jan '05, 10:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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uh huh.

fullerov still wins though... he has limp bizkit.

wishpig | 4 Jan '05, 10:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I own a Limp Bizkit album. I had what's known as a 'phase', I think. There were a few phases actually, meaning that I own all three Ant & Dec albums, an album by someone called 'Rob' and a couple of Mark Owen singles. Plus 'Everybody' by the Backstreet Boys.

I'm not technically embarassed by those, I don't think. Apart from 'Rob'. I have no idea who this chap is, but he sounds like the sort of fellow who could embarrass a man at twenty paces...

bamos | 4 Jan '05, 10:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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As a naive child i got bombullarina (ft Timmy Mallet) - Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini .......... and secretly like it........gulp!

gingsid | 4 Jan '05, 12:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i cant stop giggling about rob.
im actually in tears.
"embarrass a man at twenty paces..."

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 13:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Don't be ridiculous - you win by a country mile. B*witched! I no longer value your opinion in any way!

Thom_fa | 8 Jan '05, 01:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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first three bands i ever got into (and quite heavily at that):
gomez
space
and
jamiroquai

but i feel i'm reformed.

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 13:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i had those.
the kind of cds ebay was made for.

John_Brainlove | 4 Jan '05, 14:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I've still got em, you can't sell CD's - they're good for reminding you how your taste has developed!

Plus you probly wouldn't get more than 50p...

smilingcrazylady | 4 Jan '05, 14:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I never got taken in by the Jamiroquai thing, i'm quite happy to say. I do rate Gomez though...

And I agree, selling CD's is cheating. Every CD has it's use, even that copy of 'The Best of 2Pac' I seem to have inherited...

bamos | 4 Jan '05, 14:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i had to sell some to get money for a move. and to make space!

John_Brainlove | 4 Jan '05, 14:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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thing is, i actually bought every single from the first two gomez albums at about £5 a pop because i thought i'd be able to get money money for them.
and then lost most of the packaging
theres 40 or so quid im never seeing again.

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 14:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I bought most of those singles as well.... still have the packaging in tact. Would you be interested in buying them from me? ;O)

Embarassing records hmmmm..... Elton John's greatest love songs, a couple of George Micheal albums, Alanis Morrisette's Jagged Little Pil.

Darcy | 4 Jan '05, 14:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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cd versions one AND two?

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 14:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yep, with the funky (yet slightly annoying) cardboard sleeves.

Darcy | 4 Jan '05, 14:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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but, aged 15 or so, i thought that some of jks lyrics were really meaningful and deep, and quite revolutionary.

"All gone when they drop the bomb./Can the politicians reassure?/'Cos here I am presuming that/Nobody wants a war/There's so many people praying/Just to find out if they're staying./But lately stately governments/And disillusioned leaders,/So full of empty promises/But rarely do they feed us./Put our backs against the wall,/Or don't we count at all?/Can you decide,/Are you mesmerised./Do you know which side you're standing?/Cos when it falls gonna take us all./Gotta know what we're demanding,/I never lie,/Can't your hear the cry,/Coming from on high,/WE'RE TOO YOUNG TO DIE. "

actually, those are really good.
anyone wanna form an online band to cover that song?
bagsy doing ambient loops and bass.

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 14:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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we could actually be the world's "Most Embarassing Band"!

alcxxk | 4 Jan '05, 14:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I've had a few, I have quite rightly given my self a beating, for even owning, whether they were presents or not.

Will Smith "BORN TO REIGN"
Okenfold "(dunno title, That one with Starry eyed surprise)
Robbie Williams "SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING" A present
Robbie Williams "ESCAPOLOGY"a present
Counting Crows "HARD CANDY"
The Rasmus "DEAD LETTERS"
Dido "LIFE FOR RENT"

I don't like any of the above,

maybe FIVE FOR FIGHTING, i have one of his albums which i quite like.

pigeon | 4 Jan '05, 14:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I quite like Counting Crows. they aren't in the same league as the other bands

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 15:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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CC's first 2 albums are grand, but Hard Candy is pretty weak in comparison. Adam Duritz got happy - CC's music got bad.

Darcy | 4 Jan '05, 15:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Its the only one i havn't heard. But it does have Ryan Adams on it.

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 15:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Yeah, that must be a little back-scratchy thing as Duritz guests on a track on Gold.

Darcy | 4 Jan '05, 15:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Barely though, tiny backing vocal on "The Rescue Blues"

fullerov | 4 Jan '05, 15:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nah it's on Firecracker I think...unless he does backing vocals on both of them.

Darcy | 4 Jan '05, 15:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I've got a Millican And Nesbitt album I blagged off my dad for the sheer horror of the cover.

http://www.goodmusic.co.uk/p/M1648/Music/Great+Voices

Fortunately it seems to have been ommited from the internet by the Geneva Convention. The one I've linked to will give you some kind of idea.

I also own about 3-4 albums by Miki And Griff

http://www.gooshing.co.uk/music/best_of_miki_and_griff_the/

One called Those Rocking Chair People started me on the slippery slope of buying albums because the cover made me giggle.

Have one by The Diamond Accordion Band called Marching With Jesus. Just googled them to see there's one of theirs called 50 Orange Favourites. Obviously they were drawn more to the marching rather than Jesus.

Have a couple by Mrs Mills.

What a time to lose my internet connection, when you're all waiting on the edge of your seats for a link to Mrs Mills.

cadd | 4 Jan '05, 16:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Whoa, it's the end of the day and there are tonnes of posts - so I'm probably repeating others misdemeanours, and although I can in no way top Ronan Keating, I feel I have committed enough shameful purchases in my time to add to the thread.

So...

Limp Bizkit *cringe*
Missy Elliott (Why?)
Bon Jovi (I was 10!!!)

and worse of all.....

Libert X (ssexxxeeeeeee! Everything about you's so...)

Managed to give Lib X away after embarrassment took over from novelty. The rest are hidden from my boyfriend in my box of shame awaiting ebay...

_Pale_Empress_ | 4 Jan '05, 16:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i was taking a trip down memory lane the other day and found a filo fax factfile i'd written, and where it says Favourite Artist i had written: brittany spheres. haha. oh for shame.

kidfromkibble | 4 Jan '05, 16:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i'd also like to point out i was about 7 when i wrote that.

kidfromkibble | 4 Jan '05, 16:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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liarliarliar! her first album was released in 1999! liarliarliar!

isrr | 4 Jan '05, 19:29 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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one of the first bands i ever got into were Hanson and i even owned their album. other embarassing bands i spose include Eternal, from back in the day, and for a while i liked Good Charlotte. please dont shoot me...

nightmare_romance | 4 Jan '05, 19:33 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i never got any bad brain records because of their blatant homophobia but i still own 'back from samoa' by the angry samoans. that's pretty embarrassing.

my recently 'ebayed' michael jackson lp (off the wall) and my jackson 5 cd coul be considered embarrassing too, i guess.

hmm, what else? i had tons of horrible 'straigt-edge hardcore' cds when i was younger and i even had one earth crisis album on tape! yuck!

i shouldn't even mention all those crappy heavy metal lps (all given away!) or eisenpimmel's "bau keine scheisse mit bier" (very embarrassing german so-called 'scum-punk').

isrr | 4 Jan '05, 19:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i like meat loaf. a lot.
and hanson
and i'm not remotely ashamed to say i brought the hanson album with mmmbop on it from ebay a in the summer. good stuff!
in fact i'm not really ashamed of any of the crap CD's/MP3's i have, except maybe the darkness and alanis morisette

harmfulbat | 4 Jan '05, 20:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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