I listen to Wham! unironically and unapologetically

[asimplechord]

Seriously. It's one of those cheesy things that I love, and don't talk about.

What? you're asking. (Or maybe you're thinking, Whoa, bad taste.)

This confession stems from an email convo w/ J, related to a blog-post suggesting that a review that says "I think this isn't a good book" does not necessarily mean "I think you are stupid", but is often interpreted to. It shouldn't, though, because we all like different stuff, the good, the bad, the ugly, the really really cheesy. So we started listing stuff we like that is perhaps not culturally high-brow.

I like fanfiction more than regular fiction most days, so that's first on my list.

What do you like/enjoy/remember fondly that's cheesy or dorky or silly? TELL ME!

My list (will be edited as I think of them):

Wham!
M*A*S*H
My So-Called Life
General Hospital (back when Jack Wagner was on it)
Batman, the tv series
Star Trek
Melrose Place (don't try to tell me none of you ever watched it in horrified fascination; it was like a slutty train wreck waiting to happen)
Extreme (shut up; Nuno Bettencourt's acoustic guitar was awesome live)
BonJovi (don't EVEN look at me like that; Jersey bands rock!)
DefLeppard (I was addicted to hair bands in high school and college. WHAT? They did some good live shows too!)

Comments

[a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com]

Melrose Place (don't try to tell me none of you ever watched it in horrified fascination; it was like a slutty train wreck waiting to happen)

I've honestly never seen an episode. Likewise for Models Inc, Baywatch, Dallas, Dynasty, Knotts Landing and a billion other of those "big" soap things. I consider myself a little lucky. :)

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

No? I figure most American people my age had to have watched it or Beverly Hills 90210 at some point. Do you have the equivalent there?

I never really got Models or Baywatch or Dynasty (and seeing the pics makes me shudder in horror over the fashions), but I can remember all of us gathering in the dorm to watch Melrose together before going out, no matter what else we had planned for the night. Plus, at the time I thought it was pretty cool that they had a gay character on a prime-time tv show.

[a-carnal-mink.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah - 90210. That's another one I've never seen. :)

We don't really need equivalents for them here, due to our televisions being full of American shows. Heh. We certainly have a long tradition of Aussie soaps as well, though, of course... but I avoid those, too. ;D

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

So how is the WGA strike affecting the tv schedule in Oz? More local things? Or does it work out that most American shows (if they're not specially streamed or whatever) are a half-season or more behind, so that it isn't really noticeable?