APAD: Ear Candy

Meaning:

    Music with an instant appeal but with little lasting significance.

 

Background:

    There are various `candy' phrases - ear candy, eye candy, arm candy. The one

    that started the whole candy franchise was ear candy. This was the title of

    a successful 1977 LP by Helen Reddy - no doubt in an ironic reference to the

    criticism she had received for producing bland, easy-listening music.

 

    Candy is of course what the US calls the confectionery that many parts of

    the English-speaking world calls sweets. The sugary, insubstantial imagery

    is well suited to these phrases.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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My nephew briefed me on the pop music scene, what was hot and what was not, on

our Mission Peak hike Sat morning. I tried to reciprocate but many of the

beloved college-era songs I couldn't remember well.

 

Most of what I do remember embarass and spring goose bumps on me when I run into

them. The aged ear candies have either grown too cloy for my taste or laid bare

the infantilism that captures only puerile fantasies. I feel shamed I was that

young.

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haha 7G, we all have our green salad days one way or another -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 08:29:32

taste does change, but long live the youth (inHeart ;-) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 08:31:15

Ear-candy factories prey on the young. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 09:01:03

太对了,口水歌 for songs,糖水片for photography -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 10:07:07

Good to know I was not alone :-) -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 14:35:15

I don't like candy since I was a kid. -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 10:14:29

same here. I like sweet but not candy ;-)) -最西边的岛上- 给 最西边的岛上 发送悄悄话 最西边的岛上 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 10:29:59

How lucky you are! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 14:36:03

学习了,ear candy和“口水歌”的表达一样地道。eye candy是银样蜡枪头?arm candy是什么意思? -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 17:18:56

OK. So '口水歌' is a special term. Good to learn! -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (142 bytes) () 12/02/2024 postreply 08:27:45

Ear candy is not that bad to me. :D -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 23:18:11

Are men visual and women auditory? -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/01/2024 postreply 23:18:53

OK. That's why FB fed me pics of charming ladies. Thanks. -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/02/2024 postreply 08:34:50

LOL -JoyAnna.- 给 JoyAnna. 发送悄悄话 JoyAnna. 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 12/02/2024 postreply 14:09:13

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