No sooner did I get done insulting a large portion of humanity's musical tastes yesterday than I felt a little guilt. Only a little. But enough to give the world a reason to make fun of me in return.
So. Use the comments to answer the following questions: What's the most embarassing CD in your current collection? More importantly, what's the lamest/most embarassing thing you listen to semi-regularly? As you might expect, I'll lead the way by humiliating myself first.
In all honesty, I tend to throw CDs on eBay/Half.com pretty quickly if I do not listen to them. I have a couple hundred taking up space as it is; I have no room for those that can't pull their weight. A detailed perusal of my (large, alphabetized) collection didn't turn up anything mind-blowingly awful. No itinerant copies of Please Hammer Don't Hurt'em or any Vanilla Ice. I think the winner has to be the copy of Smash by The Offspring, which I would guess I purchased in 1994 and for some reason have not discarded. This oversight is likely due to the fact that it is utterly worthless on the used market.
Now, don't think I'm letting myself off the hook that easily. My collection goes beyond CDs to the tune of about 250 GB of mp3s. And no, I've never paid for a single one. Why? Cause fuck'em, that's why.
The most humiliating thing I listen to with any regularity is Iowa by Slipknot. Seriously. I listen to it pretty regularly when I'm boxing (along with other "god do I want to punch something" classics like Reign in Blood and Pass the Flask). Ignoring, as I choose to, all the stupid shit about that band (masks, fake blood, legions of 14 year-old fans) it's actually a really good metal album. The drummer-plus-two-percussionists thing…well, I play the damn drums. I'm a sucker for it. If I could stomach death metal Cookie Monster Vocals (and trust me, I can't) I'd probably also list Poland's finest metal band Behemoth and their classic Demigod. But once every few months is all Ed can handle of that.
In no way am I proud of this. I needed to be taken down a peg.