http://www.10at10club.com/poc/glossary.html
check it out, comment, email POC or me for updates. I have no idea how to settle disputes. Perhaps something along the lines of that beer commercial about 'man rules' or whatever it's called?
well, "Narada" is missing (a song that Dave plays frequently that the listener does not ever remember hearing at the time during the year in question).
Zeitgeist: a song that truly evokes for the listener the original time and place where they used to hear it. (i.e. most any Disco takes Alicat back to the roller skating rinks of her adolescence). Not quite the same as a Sledgehammer, &
not a comment on the song-in-question's overall listenability.
Sledgehammer: A song that truly evokes for the listener a very specific & personal emotional experience. (i.e. Jackson Browne's "That Girl Could Sing" never fails to make Mshray relive a breakup from his junior year of college). Not quite the same as a Zeitgeist, &
not a comment on the song-in-question's overall listenability.
Turkey: A Dave Morey original term for a song that is "dumb, but tasty", and which is the subject of an annual review, usually the day before Thanksgiving. Traditional examples include "Mah Nah Mah Nah", "Safety Dance" & "Tubthumping". Not to be confused with a Guilty Pleasure or a Hit From Hell.
Guilty Pleasure: a song that a majority of listeners would by consensus term a HFH, but which you the individual are still fond of and are willing to declare so publicly (regardless of the recriminations). A
Guilty Displeasure is the contrapositive, a song you can't stand that is by general consensus highly regarded, and you are willing to state this for the record even at the risk of your rock-critic credibilty. An example of the former is Mshray's continued enjoyment of all things Wang Chung, while his distaste for the
Double Fantasy album constitutes the latter.
And I propose ammending the HFH entry:
HFH (Hit From Hell): A former hit song that now makes everyone cringe, quintessentially represented by Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life". A subset in this category is the
HFH - WGAGB (When Good Artists Go Bad): a Hit From Hell created by a Hall-of-Fame caliber artist, quintessentially represented by the Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney duet "The Girl Is Mine", (all together now
"...that dog-gone girl is mine...")