Wicked Guilty Pleasures

I'm gonna level with you.   I'm not thrilled with most of the new Katy Perry music.  She's trying too hard.   But this song is a...

Oh, crap, we're late on getting a post out. Well, since so many of you love this spooky season so much (I very much do NOT), here's ...

How did INXS become an afterthought on the US charts?  The answer may surprise you. This 1993 single, the lead one from their album Full Moo...

I was really late writing this today.   So, yeah, I dipped into my leftover Hall of Fame bag for this one.  Enjoy what was the first major i...

Our third HoF inductee was Nirvana.  And this is probably the last Nirvana post we will ever make, because we did such a complete job coveri...

Our 2nd HoF !nductee was P!nk.  And P!nk has been busy. Th!s song, a 2016 Grammy nom!nee, is P!nk's most recent Top 10 h!t !n the US as ...

Last week, we inducted our fourth Hall of Fame artist - INXS.  For the rest of this week, I figured we could revisit the other three, becaus...

... "I was writing lyrics like 'Baby Don't Cry' and 'Beautiful Girl' and lyrics just about how wonderful it is to h...

Surprise! I promise, this is the last one (no it is not). This song, the second single from Welcome To Wherever You Are , was wholly written...

As has become customary for this little blog that could, when there's a Hall of Fame artist, we give you a little extra, for the loyal r...

I had way too much material for just one Hall of Fame week.  This is why I'm posting on the weekend.   And I couldn't ignore the big...

Right now, most of you are wondering what the hell this is.   This was the debut single by INXS in 1980.  Notice the more new wave sound - a...

This song isn't one I had ever really enjoyed by INXS.  It is NOT a song I really enjoyed all that much. It's not bad, mind you - bu...

Today, in the United States, it is Thanskgiving.  I felt it was appropriate, therefore, to share my first favorite INXS song - it isn't ...

In 1997, INXS lead vocalists Michael Hutchence died in what appears to have been an accidental suicide.  After a few years of hiatus, they d...

I'm not one to bury the lede.  This was INXS's biggest hit.  The opening single from the Kick album in 1987, the Andrew Farris/Micha...

I'm pleased to induct Australian icons INXS into the Wicked Guilty Pleasures Hall of Fame.  This week will feature a LOT of INXS. Why ar...

On this blog, we've had three Hall of Fame inductees - Nirvana, P!nk, and the first, Katy Perry.  When we inducted Katy Perry, she had o...

We finish our week with one of the band's biggest hits.   I have to admit, when I first heard Nevermind , this was my favorite song on t...

In case you wanted to hear what the real "Verse Chorus Verse" sounded like.