the funny thing, though, is that because the 'guilt' is totally personal, by definition there shouldn't be a "guilty pleasures canon." the disco or 80s pop or whatever that I lived through and though was incredibly uncool but may now love, is something that people in their 20s come to without social associations (well, with totally different ones anyway). how or why would the feel any guilt?

i also think is one of the reasons i enjoy listening to "foreign" music: i come at it totally without preconceptions.