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I remember when Abba were considered the "guilty secret" band you loved to love (but pretended you didn't). Now, of course, they are cool again so I guess not eligible for this list. Personally am a big fan of ELO and don't care who knows it.

What are your "guilty secret" songs?

Two 80s ones for me - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles) and Every Day Hurts (Sad Cafe).

I saw that article on the BBC website. In their list of "uncool" songs they had Baker Street, by Gerry Rafferty.

Now maybe it's just my age, but while "Baker Street" may noy be a favourite song, it is surely the epitome of cool. It's the definition of cool. It's where "cool" goes for a refresher course when it's forgotten what it's all about.

Pah!

regards,
/alan

Maybe it's me but there are a couple of songs on that list that I wouldn't consider "uncool" - 10CCs "I'm not in love" for one.

As for my own, I have to admit that I found myself singing along enthusiastically to Barry manilow's "Mandy" when it was on the radio this morning

Unfortunately, I have a few.

Mmmm Bop

It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song), Cher's version

and my guiltiest secret of all- Under the Sea, from The Little Mermaid (I even went so far as to badger a DJ, at a nightclub I used to go to at Uni, for weeks on end until eventually he agreed to play it. I was the only one on the dance floor. Didn't pull that night. Can't think why... )

(Realising I didn't answer the original question)

- "Remeber Then" by Showaddywaddy. In fact, pretty much anything by Showaddywaddy, Darts or even Rocky Sharpe and the Replays

- A Little Peace by Nicole (winner of the 19xx Eurovision Song Contest)

As for Video Killed The Radio Star, there's no way I'd accept that that's uncool!

regards,
/alan

Agreed. Not only as it's Mrs Simon's favourite, but also as it kicked off MTV.

Who have just had a birthday... how topical!

Maureen i love ELO (and Xanadu the movie!) and Video Killed the Radio Star!

Also Mmmmbop and Kiss the Girl, Mysterious girl, Help i'm a fish, who let the dogs out, reach, diddlum song, dancin tonight, you're my mate, tonights the night (heremes house band)............i could go on forever! I feel like i've been released and no longer will these songs be my dirty secrets!!!

Incidently Video Killed the Radio Star is in our show after Panto, Back to the 80's! Can't wait.

Hey Mickey!

And to compound my secret shame, I also quite enjoy the Halifax ads where they all sing and dance while pretending to be full-time bank employees.

*hangs head in embarrassment*

I have so many! Not In Love is one of them.

There's one from Disney's American Tail " Somewhere Out There"

Also "Hushabye Mountain" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Cars "Who's gonna drive you home tonight?"

Hands Up by Ottowan

and I have been known to enthusiastically chime in to Mandy once in a while, Buccaneer!

Ahhhh. Luvly. Sang that in panto many years ago with my princess (I was principal boy).

Also, Reach brings back many panto memories - every society for miles around did that one as a finale a few years back.

Panto has all the good songs.

'Reach' was the finale song for S Club Library... With slightly edited lyrics.

Of course, I only like cool songs.

Ooh, look how big my nose is now! Oops.

Big nose? Huge! We all know you sang The Sun Has Got His Hat On....

i love "Reach"! it was the song we sung at our yr 6 leaving assembly complete with dance routine!

am also a closet S Club fan I loooove "don't stop movin" !!

I also like a band called Hayseed Dixie - Normally I hate country music especially the bluegrass stuff, But hayseed cover lots of Rock songs- their country version of "I believe in a thing called love" is fantastic

Well I have to say I do have a liking for Wham's Young Guns (Go For It) and I'm surprised they're not considered uncool now.

...and Mandy is one of the best songs ever written....

Just because I sang it, doesn't mean I liked it! It is disturbingly 'sticky', though, as still hasn't worked its way out of my system. Argh!

S Club are good for cheering you up. Steps are just wrong, though!

David

When I was a kid, someone gave us an old wind-up gramophone and a pile of old 78's. 'The sun has got his hat on' was amongst the collection and is burned into my psych such that I still find myself singing it occasionally five or so years ..... ...... OK. OK. Half a century later.

I reckon you are condemned to a life of it now David!

Notes that David is only a handful away from 500 posts! You could get there today if you try!

Sounds like another good excuse for a party

I'll second that!

*Heads for the Off-licence*

ah no mr librarian, steps "5,6,7,8" is just ace.

Does the fact that I don't know this song just mean I'm old, or should I be very grateful for my ignorance?

*keeps an eye on the post count, but tries to resist...*

Now I don't regard this as a guity song secret, but most of my friends do, so I suppose I'll include it. The Flying Pickets- brilliant! Pretty much anything thay sang. Every time I put it on, I tend to be pressured into removing it from the stereo. Philistines!!

Oh dear oh dear can I really part with my deep dark musical secret !!!!!!!!!!

It was back in the 70's when the sun shone in the summer and the rain in the winter, flowers in the spring and leaves on the ground in Autumn, I was so young and innocent, but those 5 young lads from Scotland just had that magnetic field that just pulled you towards them. Yes you have guessed

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS with Bye Bye Baby and to make the secret even bigger I still have all there album in my attic. *Walks out of the room * , *looks back for sympathy* all I see is people laughing the shame.

By the way Sad Cafe's Every Day Hurts was one of my favs.

Mine can be worse...

I had the "good fortune" to be at a family party (on my wife's side) on Friday past, where there was a karaoke night. Apart from choosing "I Will Survive" as a song I wanted to sing (hey, it's a brilliant song even if it is normally sung by women), I acquitted myself okay.

But there was a song I hadn;t heard there for years - Paper Roses. What a great song (admittedly, not the way it was sung on Friday night). And it made me think of all those other wonderful classics - Country Roads and of course, that all time great...

Billy Don't Be a Hero

They just don't write songs like that any more!

regards,
/alan

Bay City Rollers... ahhh.... bliss.... Bye Bye Baby was the first record I ever bought. I think I must have been about 3 at the time.

The first album I ever bought was Acker Bilk. I still have it and still listen to it when I can persuade the other half that the turntable is not a shelf.

So there.

Nothing wrong with Acker Bilk

certainly not "Guilty" about admitting to having a big crush on Suzi Quatro when she sung Devil Gate Drive

but I am feeling quite bad about being a member of the Gary Glitter Fan Club nuff said

LOL. I went to see Garry Glitter when he performed at the Sheffield Arena back in the 90's (complete with electric blue glitter wig!!) . He was backed up by Mike's Flowers Pops .. and I remember quite enjoying their macarenna type version of Don't Cry For Me Argentina !!!!!!!!!!!!

My little secret is that I am quite a big fan of Glen Campbell. My excuse is that my Dad used to force me to listen to him when I was a child & I became immune ..

Ah yes! Saw him at Birmingham NEC

So far at the back I could hardly see him. Which is probably just as well!

I like Glen Miller and Frank Sinatra-I also blame my parents!

Step out of the S Club closet...its fun Saw them in concert at the NEC two years ago, it was great!


I like Build Me Up Buttercup by the Foundations, and Video Killed the Radio Star...

There is absolutely nothing guilty about Build Me Up Buttercup! It's a classic- fantastic song! (and revived big time at the end of "There's Something About Mary", so it must be trendy )

I really like the Bob the Builder version of Mambo no. 5!

Well I think its a better version than the other one...its easier to remember the words