Friday, October 25, 2013

30 Songs in 30 Days, Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure


I have a lot of guilty pleasure songs.

 LOTS, that I am totally ashamed of.

 But my biggest guilty pleasure is...

EMINEM. Marshall Mathers. Slim Shady himself.

 The reason why he's my biggest guilty pleasure?

 Um...you don't know?

 Because 1) Guilty: he's been accused of misogyny, bigotry, homophobia, racism, and probably other things I don't know the name of.

 Because 2) Pleasure: He's been called a songwriting genius by his peers and his critics alike. He has an extraordinary vocabulary and works to expand it daily to make rhymes fit in songs where no one would ever have thought to force a rhyme into that configuration. He's that good.

 This is a good song and I don't hear any of the bad stuff in it. I still feel very guilty for listening to it and enjoying it every time, so (sigh), I guess I'm just going to keep on doing it! :)

It's a guilty pleasure...


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  1. AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 2:15 AM

    Hi Michelle,

    Do you remember when Eminem and Elton John performed and held hands at the Grammys? Supposedly they are friends.

    I just watched that Superbowl Chrysler commercial. He was very cool in that.

    Happy Friday!

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 3:41 AM

      Hi Susie,

      I don't remember that! I loooove Elton John! We saw him in concert a couple years ago and it was awesome, awesome.

      Thank you!

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  2. Optimistic ExistentialistOctober 25, 2013 at 4:21 AM

    LOVE Eminem. The Marshall Mathers LP is one of the greatest albums of all time. I am not a fan of his newer stuff but I loved his first 3 albums.

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 2:23 PM

      I love him too! And I feel so guilty about it, thus the guilty pleasure thing, LOL!
      I agree with you about The Marshall Mathers LP...'Stan' alone is one of the greatest songs ever. The first time I heard it I couldn't believe it, I had to play it a few times.

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  3. Pat HattOctober 25, 2013 at 8:34 AM

    Can't say I'm a big fan of him, a few I suppose can be considered guilty enough though.

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM

      Gulty guilty guilty, it's just not politically correct to be caught listening to his music. Guilty!

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  4. Mildred Ratched October 25, 2013 at 11:45 AM

    Hmmmmm! I'm going to have trouble when I get to this one. Guilty pleasure? I'll have to put my thinking cap on. I'm beginning to see this list is

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 2:25 PM

      This list is very challenging...takes a lot more thought than my poor overtaxed drug-addled brain can comfortably handle. :)

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  5. Geo.October 25, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    Good choice! Mine would have to be any song by Toni Tennille.

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 2:28 PM

      'Love Will Keep Us Together' kind of Tennille, as a duo with Captain? Did she do songs by herself? Oh no, now the song is stuck in my head...

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    2. Mary Jane DoeOctober 25, 2013 at 6:25 PM

      hahahahahahaha mine, too

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  6. The Armchair SquidOctober 25, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    I should probably give Eminem a chance. My main association with him these days is the preteens who love him because he swears a lot. I know there are a lot of perfectly respectable people who like him.

    At any rate, a fine choice as a guilty pleasure.

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 8:02 PM

      Thank you! I'm sure there are a lot more, but we guiltily hide in the shadows, LOL...

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  7. AnonymousOctober 25, 2013 at 8:29 PM

    Eminem is freaking awesome. Don't be ashamed to love him :p

    Xo

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    1. Remembering GraceOctober 25, 2013 at 9:04 PM

      I knoooow! And I don't want to be...LOL, I put him on my blog and everything! LOLOL
      It's just so hard trying to be PC these days, you know? :)

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    2. AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 2:52 AM

      I do know, but the heart wants what the heart wants :p And the heart wants Eminem! So you'd better lose yourself in the music, the moment you own it, you'd better never let it go! You've only got one shot; do not miss your chance to blow; this opportunity comes once in a lifetime!

      Hahaha...I love Eminem and I don't care who knows it! :p

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    3. Remembering GraceOctober 26, 2013 at 11:51 AM

      The soul's escaping, through this hole that is gaping, the world is mine for the taking...

      Me tooooo... :)

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    4. AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 5:45 PM

      Make me king as we move toward a new world order...

      Okay I'll stop now. But I really do love Eminem. Tehe :)

      Xo

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  8. Richard GoodeNovember 5, 2013 at 4:28 AM

    I can really relate to this post! I love Eminem too. Everything in me says I shouldn't - I radically disagree with some of his statements and yet... and yet... there is just SO much passion and energy there. He is incredibly articulate. His music is powerful and robust and so utterly energising!!

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    1. Remembering GraceNovember 5, 2013 at 4:06 PM

      I think that's what makes him so successful.. He is so articulate, passionate, and very honest - every single bit of his life is laid out in his lyrics. He has said some terrible things, but somehow, I still love his music. I dunno how it works!

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