Guilty Pleasure Friday - How Will I Know

Not embarrassed to admit here that back in the day when Mark I used to watch the early auditions for American Idol (and Canadian Idol), he was always surprised that I'd be singing along to the butchered covers of Whitney Houston songs.

When I was in high school I had a copy of her debut album on cassette (yikes) and always, secretly, enjoyed her music.  While her life ended up being tragic tabloid fodder, she had an incredible voice and her late 80's cheesey dance tunes were a lot of fun.

Enjoy this one, I know I will!!

Guilty Pleasure Friday - You Get What You Give

Some folks would say, "hey, no guilty, just pleasure" but I like the idea of a guilty pleasure when it comes to certain songs or artists.  "New Radicals" definitely fall into that camp.  I remember when this song came out, it was incredibly catchy and had a fun-ish video.  Rewatching it this week I was amused and delighted by the puppies (I'd forgotten about the puppies!!) in the video.  I also always liked the line, "We're flat broke, but hey we do it in style" (story of my life!!)

Anyway, let's see if I can share a Guilty Pleasure with you every Friday for 2018.  Seems like a reasonable "resolution" huh??  enjoy kids.

Islands In The Cheese

When I was in high school, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream" was a huge hit on the radio.  After school, and on weekends, I worked as a cashier at a local grocery store and the radio played over the address system in the store.  Each time "Islands In The Stream" played (and it was a lot), I would groan quietly and roll my eyes.  One of the "older" lady (she was probably 30 which would have seemed ancient to my 17 year old self), full-time cashiers, I think her name was Pam, would chastise me and tell me that I just didn't understand the depth of the song and when I was older, I'd appreciate it more.  Almost 30 year later, I still don't think that there was much substance to the song but my appreciation for well-aged cheese has grown over time.  I'm still not a fan of the original but some cover versions of the song just make me smile.  Including this one, enjoy!