Let's face it. There are some songs that go against everything we hold sacred in music and yet, for some reason that can't be explained, we listen to them on a regular basis.

For instance, "Larger Than Life" by the Backstreet Boys.

I know that the Boys are nothing but high-paid karaoke stars, yet whenever I hear this song, I crank it up to full volume and sing along like I'm one of them.

Which reminds me of a story.

When I was a DJ at a local bar here in Salt Lake (yes, Salt Lake has bars), there was a Metalhead regular that complained that I didn't play enough Metallica. (Gee, I don't know why. It's so easy to dance to "Master of Puppets".)

At the time, the Backstreet Boys were one of the top requests I would get every night. Whenever I played "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", this guy would jump around on the dance floor like he was having a seizure.

And the guy wasn't even drunk.

I can't explain it, nor can I explain why I have this urge to listen to the extremely foul & fairly talentless Insane Clown Posse.

I'm sure you all feel the same way with your guilty pleasures.

Rob - the same guy who had an Ozzy-inspired upside cross on his Levi jacket in the previous post - put the following on his list:

• Barry Manilow
• John Denver

Don't feel bad, Rob. I think deep down inside of everyone, there's a little bit of Barry Manilow. How could there not be? Early in his career he wrote television jingles - "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there", "You deserve a break today" "I am stuck on a Band-Aid". For a television jingle to be effective, it needs to stick in your head for years. For this reason, it's only natural that we sing out "Looks Like We Made It" or "Copacabana" on occasion.

In fact, out of the fifteen people that responded to my email asking for guilty pleasures, thirteen of them mentioned Barry. The other two were just afraid to admit it.

Right there with Barry is a whole slew of girl bands: Go-Go's, Bananarama, Spice Girls, Pussycat Dolls and The Bangles.

And how could we forget The Veronicas?

RadioActive Jam - who happens to be a grandpa - is almost bragging when he talks about The Veronicas on his blog. Here is what he wrote to me:

I can honestly say I've listened to their CD more than any other album in my life. Which I think is weird, and maybe a little scary but harmless just the same. It's not that they're the world's most awesome band, though they *are* good; I don't really know why I listened to them day after day, for months.

With the girl bands, solo acts like Britney, Christina, Mandy and Jessica all have closet fans.

Another very popular type of music that was mentioned by most of you was 80's Hair Spray Rock:

• Poison
• Warrant
• Ratt
• Cinderella
• Twisted Sister
• Whitesnake
• Quiet Riot
• Bon Jovi

I think the love for guilty pleasures is the only explanation why the "Macarena" was Number One on the Billboard charts for FOURTEEN WEEKS!

At least, I hope that's the reason.