I Never Thought I'd Get Into...

Trollheart · 11-16-2019, 12:22 PM

Boring and predictable as my music taste is/was, I nevertheless am stunned that there have been genres or sub-genres I ended up enjoying, which a few years ago I would not have touched with a pole usually associated with slow boats on canals and which would have to be longer than nine feet eleven inches.

But the one that surprised me most was

Punk

Now before elphenor launches into a long, four-word diatribe like "aint no fukkin punk" or Batty says I wouldn't know punk if it came up and kicked the **** out of me (throwing half a dozen punk YouTubes into his post), and before someone posts a meme: "Listens to one punk album. Thinks he's a punk" - I agree with all of this, and I am not saying by any means that I know what punk is.

I've probably sampled about 1% of what's out there, the other 99% of which likely would not interest me. I'm not even a punk noob, barely an embryo really. That's all admitted and accepted.

However...

I have now developed an abiding and eternal love for Celtic punk (Dropkick Murphys, The Real McKenzies, Flogging Molly, Mr Irish Bastard, Pipes and Pints, Blood and Whiskey etc) and have loved albums by Frank Carter and Rise Against, quite to my amazement.

So given that a few short years ago I wouldn't even listen to a punk album, that's quite an achievement for me. Whether I'll like other punk bands is debatable, in fact I have hated, and probably will continue to hate, many of them. But I may still come across something I like. And the fact that this is an avenue open even the tiniest crack to me now is quite a revelation for me.

Yeah but enough about me. What say you? Anything you've got into recently (band, artist, genre, sub-genre) that you would have given a wide berth to up to now?

Black Francis · 11-16-2019, 01:09 PM

Zappa and prog rock i guess? When i first heard him i thought he sounded way too gimmicky and proggy but now i love the dude.

I grew up with this mentality of keep it simple and dont show off so i hated stunt solo guitar players and the spastic faces they made as they would bend the notes, it all sounded more self indulgent than melodic to me but now i kinda want to be one of them.

Tristan_Geoff · 11-16-2019, 01:54 PM

Never thought I'd get into as Daft Punk as I am. And My Chemical Romance.

**Frownland** · 11-16-2019, 05:36 PM

If you told a 12 year old Frownland that he'd go on to like hip hop, pop, and bluegrass he'd be like "wtf man" . That dude's a moron though.

Neapolitan · 11-16-2019, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

If you told a 12 year old Frownland that he'd go on to like hip hop, pop, and bluegrass he'd be like "wtf man" . That dude's a moron though.

Still curious if you were implying your twelve year old self was a "moron," or do think your twelve year old self would think your present self a "moron?"

**Marie Monday** · 11-17-2019, 03:52 AM

The funny thing is that the genre that I've come to appreciate more lately is pop. My twelve year old self wouldn't have found that so strange, but my sixteen year old self would have been incredulous and would have turned up her nose, categorically dismissing everything that sounds like modern pop music.
And I was very surprised to like some KMK and a metal track here and there

Tristan_Geoff · 11-16-2019, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

but funny enough the punk you like is all straight ass

bad enough to where I'd rather listen to Zappa and Waits anyway

idk Rise Against is maybe the equiv of DragonForce in cringe

Rise Against first album is prime melodic hardcore fight me

Tristan_Geoff · 11-16-2019, 05:47 PM

Forgot how ****ing good this song was

**Frownland** · 11-16-2019, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

like what you like

but it's so bad

you just get embarrassed to say you like punk after these bands started to exist

they are the reason one would best be "indie" instead

Hence your Wilco fandom

Tristan_Geoff · 11-16-2019, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

that's not a serious post at all

I just don't have the words for how bad that band is

just abysmal

Do you like music?

11-16-2019, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I Never Thought I'd Get Into... Boring and predictable as my music taste is/was, I nevertheless am stunned that there have been genres or sub-genres I ended up enjoying, which a few years ago I would not have touched with a pole usually associated with slow boats on canals and which would have to be longer than nine feet eleven inches. But the one that surprised me most was Punk Now before elphenor launches into a long, four-word diatribe like "aint no fukkin punk" or Batty says I wouldn't know punk if it came up and kicked the **** out of me (throwing half a dozen punk YouTubes into his post), and before someone posts a meme: "Listens to one punk album. Thinks he's a punk" - I agree with all of this, and I am not saying by any means that I know what punk is. I've probably sampled about 1% of what's out there, the other 99% of which likely would not interest me. I'm not even a punk noob, barely an embryo really. That's all admitted and accepted. However... I have now developed an abiding and eternal love for Celtic punk (Dropkick Murphys, The Real McKenzies, Flogging Molly, Mr Irish Bastard, Pipes and Pints, Blood and Whiskey etc) and have loved albums by Frank Carter and Rise Against, quite to my amazement. So given that a few short years ago I wouldn't even listen to a punk album, that's quite an achievement for me. Whether I'll like other punk bands is debatable, in fact I have hated, and probably will continue to hate, many of them. But I may still come across something I like. And the fact that this is an avenue open even the tiniest crack to me now is quite a revelation for me. Yeah but enough about me. What say you? Anything you've got into recently (band, artist, genre, sub-genre) that you would have given a wide berth to up to now? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-16-2019, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Zappa and prog rock i guess? When i first heard him i thought he sounded way too gimmicky and proggy but now i love the dude. I grew up with this mentality of keep it simple and dont show off so i hated stunt solo guitar players and the spastic faces they made as they would bend the notes, it all sounded more self indulgent than melodic to me but now i kinda want to be one of them. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

11-16-2019, 05:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	If you told a 12 year old Frownland that he'd go on to like hip hop, pop, and bluegrass he'd be like "wtf man" . That dude's a moron though. __________________ 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