Music Banter - View Single Post - Albums that HAD to grow on you for you to like them?

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 05-26-2012, 04:47 PM

I started listening to experimental music around the time I joined here, and had previously been a big fan of accessible stuff like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. I looked into one of Nirvana's biggest influences, the Pixies, and was initially turned off by their record Surfer Rosa. I appreciated the concept that not every song has to have a definitive structure, melody, etc, but wasn't able to enjoy it.

Around my second wave of posts here I started to listen to a lot of John Zorn, John Cage, and other experimental and esoteric composers and musicians, and for a while just listened for concepts, nodded my head and went "Hmmmm, interesting." After a while, this type of music wasn't just interesting, it was very enjoyable.

I revisited the Pixies, and found Surfer Rosa was now a masterpiece to my ears. Ah, the good ol' days.

05-26-2012, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	I started listening to experimental music around the time I joined here, and had previously been a big fan of accessible stuff like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. I looked into one of Nirvana's biggest influences, the Pixies, and was initially turned off by their record Surfer Rosa. I appreciated the concept that not every song has to have a definitive structure, melody, etc, but wasn't able to enjoy it. Around my second wave of posts here I started to listen to a lot of John Zorn, John Cage, and other experimental and esoteric composers and musicians, and for a while just listened for concepts, nodded my head and went "Hmmmm, interesting." After a while, this type of music wasn't just interesting, it was very enjoyable. I revisited the Pixies, and found Surfer Rosa was now a masterpiece to my ears. Ah, the good ol' days.