Music that you like "ironically"

I was wondering what music people liked ironically. By "ironically", I don't quite mean it in the usual sense. I mean music that's so cheesy that it actually sounds cool or nostalgic or hauntological. Kind of like the feeling of Eccojams.

A couple personal examples:

Raging Waters by Al Jarreau (0:44 is the best part)

Microsoft "Flourish" in MIDIjam

I put the videos in spoiler boxes so that they wouldn't slow down scrolling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fEfJsYiD2A

the horrible thing with liking some awful crap "ironically" is that you still like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKYpepxGkyY&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04hoo-93kg&feature=player_detailpage

I like over-echo-ey/reverb-ey stuff. Billy Idol is perfect for that. The visuals on the video are great, too.

You'll have to actually go to Youtube to watch that, because fuck Vevo.

I think "guilty pleasure" is the term you're looking for.

Maybe; I actually wondered that myself. Either way I like it, but I think that it's just that it sounds really old school and over-the-top. It has the same appeal as modern throwbacks to 80s music, like the new M83 album or That We Can Play.

  On 2/6/2012 at 3:24 PM, gmanyo said:

It has the same appeal as modern throwbacks to 80s music, like the new M83 album

None?

The only two songs that I'd describe as liking "ironically" might be these:

horribly saccharine 70's A.M. pop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGhbKpj9NjE

although I'm not even sure if I like the Towa Tei one ironically, it's just catchy. And I wouldn't say that I "ironically" like the Dean Friedman song—it's just ironic that I do like it.

anything by phil collins. aside from in the air tonight. i actually like that song

I dont know what this means.

  On 2/6/2012 at 7:30 PM, chassis said:

I dont know what this means.

i think it just means guilty pleasure—that's how i'm interpreting it, at least.

  On 2/6/2012 at 6:39 PM, marf said:

anything by phil collins. aside from in the air tonight. i actually like that song

I started this way. Downloaded some Phil Collins songs 'ironically', ended up with some Genesis songs as well, then before I knew it, the irony disappeared and became AWESOME.

Since then, I'm not ashamed to say I like something even if it's largely regarded as terrible. e.g. Paramore, 311, Coldplay, Kanye West, Metallica's album 'Death Magnetic'.. you get the picture.

  On 2/6/2012 at 7:56 PM, KY said:

  On 2/6/2012 at 7:30 PM, chassis said:

I dont know what this means.

i think it just means guilty pleasure—that's how i'm interpreting it, at least.

I really legitimately love that you use an em dash in almost every post!

I'd say there's a difference, but it's hard to describe. Skrillex is a guilty pleasure for me; I can't help but like some of his stuff. But if you look at the OP, MIDIjam is definitely not. There's something almost creepy about it. Al Jarreau could probably go either way.

  On 2/6/2012 at 3:00 PM, vganalog said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNkKps08AoY

I have always known that the world is full of imbeciles but youtube has made me realize that as a species we are probably about 500 years more backwards than I ever imagined. We have so far to come. sigh..

I even did it at a kareoke jam back in the day! I sang it in the tone of RnB though!

Bibio - Mind Bokeh

  On 2/6/2012 at 2:03 PM, gmanyo said:

I put the videos in spoiler boxes so that they wouldn't slow down scrolling.

oh thank god

  On 2/7/2012 at 1:28 AM, modey said:

  On 2/6/2012 at 6:39 PM, marf said:

anything by phil collins. aside from in the air tonight. i actually like that song

I started this way. Downloaded some Phil Collins songs 'ironically', ended up with some Genesis songs as well, then before I knew it, the irony disappeared and became AWESOME.

 

Since then, I'm not ashamed to say I like something even if it's largely regarded as terrible. e.g. Paramore, 311, Coldplay, Kanye West, Metallica's album 'Death Magnetic'.. you get the picture.

 

  On 2/6/2012 at 7:56 PM, KY said:

  On 2/6/2012 at 7:30 PM, chassis said:

I dont know what this means.

i think it just means guilty pleasure—that's how i'm interpreting it, at least.

I really legitimately love that you use an em dash in almost every post!

haha maaaaan, typography classes taught me that sentence breaks require em-dashes, date/number ranges require en-dashes, and hyphenated words use simple hyphens. Also, I'm bad at formulating simple, consecutive sentences without breaking thought in the middle.

this is the only thing i'd listen to that would count as ironic

The concept of ironically liking something is the most retarded idea Ive ever heard of.

If it is in fact, guilty pleasure your talking about thats pretty stupid. A guilty pleasure is like killing hookers and wanking on their corpses. Ive never felt guilty after listening to a track, unless you beat up a kid and took his CD, Ive yet to do that though.