Artists you are surprised you used to not like

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-30-2017, 11:11 AM

unless the music is incredibly catchy chances are i will hate it at first. i have a long track record of albums i've deleted only to re-download them a few weeks later and totally fall in love with them.

Trollheart · 07-30-2017, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

If your favorite Springsteen track isn't on Nebraska you need to go back to school.

This is very true. His best album by far. But I do love Born to Run.

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Originally Posted by Exo

Nebraska is his best album. Atlantic City being my favorite song of his.

It would be the title followed by Open All Night for me.

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Originally Posted by pastelcrowd

Used to hate Oasis.

Still do.

Frenchip · 07-30-2017, 02:34 PM

Personally, I used to hate Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, and even David Bowie. I just found the music and voices horrid. Now, I actually like all 3 of them and they're some of my favorite artists to date.

Dylstew · 07-30-2017, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

unless the music is incredibly catchy chances are i will hate it at first. i have a long track record of albums i've deleted only to re-download them a few weeks later and totally fall in love with them.

Heh. I'm similar, only I'm bored to tears by a lot of songs until I get to know them, unless they have a lot of hooks. I tend to like the sound but it can take a long time before I memorize the song enough to start actually liking it if it isn't instantly catchy.

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Originally Posted by Frenchip

Personally, I used to hate Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, and even David Bowie. I just found the music and voices horrid. Now, I actually like all 3 of them and they're some of my favorite artists to date.

Nirvana has the amateurity and rawness of the punk bands he was inspired by. The fact that it got so mainstream actually baffles me. Not because it's bad, but because usually more amateur vocals don't do well. If I show people stuff with off punk vocals they tend to look at me weird, yet Nirvana has "Tourette's" which is basically a post-hardcore track, and territorial pissings which is a straight up punk rock track.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 07-31-2017, 03:03 PM

Never really liked Nirvana. They're just kind of OK. They're alright, a decent band.

Mondo Bungle · 07-31-2017, 08:38 PM

Aluk Todolo and Thy Catafalque

Edit: I misunderstood, I don't like them now either

**Frownland** · 07-31-2017, 08:53 PM

I too dislike Thy Catalfuck.

Mondo Bungle · 07-31-2017, 08:56 PM

loser

Dylstew · 08-01-2017, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Never really liked Nirvana. They're just kind of OK. They're alright, a decent band.

I think it's more seen as special because it sounded fresh for most at first then it being all that amazing. There were post punk, slow punk, noise rock and post-hardcore bands before it that resembled Nirvana but it's still not quite the same.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-01-2017, 02:33 PM

I didn't like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Midnight Oil, M.I.A., Joanna Newsom, Joan Osborne, Joan Baez, Faith No More or Crystal Viper at the first, second or even third encounter. Then one day, for who knows what reason, something clicked.

With all of these, it was the same thing. At first I thought it was boring, then I started seeing how it was something worth taking a closer listen to. I see all of them as having good, quality songs now and I see how they all have a lot of personality in their music. It's just not always that the merits of a thing is something that jumps in your face. Sometimes it's the subtle things.

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I too dislike Thy Catalfuck. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Frenchip Groupie Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 22	Personally, I used to hate Nirvana, Amy Winehouse, and even David Bowie. I just found the music and voices horrid. Now, I actually like all 3 of them and they're some of my favorite artists to date.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Never really liked Nirvana. They're just kind of OK. They're alright, a decent band.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I didn't like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, Rickie Lee Jones, Midnight Oil, M.I.A., Joanna Newsom, Joan Osborne, Joan Baez, Faith No More or Crystal Viper at the first, second or even third encounter. Then one day, for who knows what reason, something clicked. With all of these, it was the same thing. At first I thought it was boring, then I started seeing how it was something worth taking a closer listen to. I see all of them as having good, quality songs now and I see how they all have a lot of personality in their music. It's just not always that the merits of a thing is something that jumps in your face. Sometimes it's the subtle things.