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Post by Galactus on Jul 2, 2006 19:38:38 GMT -5
This thread is dedicated to bands you didn't like and now you do. Perhaps you didn't give them a proper chance or you heard them on bad night, maybe it's just being older and wiser. Who knows.
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Post by Rit on Jul 2, 2006 19:41:20 GMT -5
is this where you admit your passionate love for the Velvets now?
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Post by Galactus on Jul 2, 2006 19:42:03 GMT -5
I didn't used to like the Grateful Dead, hoiwever, now it seems I do. I've been listening to alot of them the last week and I really feel I've been unfair to them. I've been listening to live album mostly but American Beauty, Working Man's Dead and Blues For Allah are all very good.
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Post by Galactus on Jul 2, 2006 19:42:28 GMT -5
is this where you admit your passionate love for the Velvets now? Haha No. |
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Post by rockysigman on Jul 2, 2006 19:43:11 GMT -5
This is a good idea.
Here are some bands that I did not like initially but came around to later.
Guided by Voices - Became one of my all time favorite bands eventually
Jeff Buckley
Jane's Addiction - I had to get used to Perry Ferrell's voice before I could appreciate them
Jimi Hendrix - I still don't love his stuff, but I've gotten to a point where I can enjoy most of it, and obviously I recognize that his stuff is great--I just don't enjoy it as much as I should. Critical blindspot? Perhaps, but I do like him now at least
The Mars Volta
Oasis - First two albums only -- everything after was crap
Weezer - Hated them at first, then loved them; now I hate them again, so I don't know if they count
Nirvana - I was not quite 13 when Cobain died, and I didn't really jump on the Nirvana band wagon until I was 17 or so. So I've been in love with Nirvana for 7 years now, but it took a while to get to that point.
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Post by Galactus on Jul 2, 2006 19:46:42 GMT -5
GBV is another one for me. It took along time for them grow on me...still not huge fan, but I like them enough.
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Post by Rit on Jul 2, 2006 19:47:06 GMT -5
i have a critical blindspot with Hendrix as well.
and i kind of like American Beauty.
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Post by Galactus on Jul 2, 2006 19:48:28 GMT -5
Jimi Hendrix on the other hand I used to love and I now I just don't care. Part of me feels like I've outgrown him but as musical criticism that's silly, so I guess I've outgrown that period in my life...whatever that means.
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Post by Rit on Jul 2, 2006 19:49:12 GMT -5
(whoa... i'm listening to the 2nd Velvets album, and i'm on "The Gift" track currently, and the left speaker is cutting out entirely, just giving me Cale's narration and no music at all... this never happened before. it's kind of eerie)
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Post by rockysigman on Jul 2, 2006 19:51:32 GMT -5
(whoa... i'm listening to the 2nd Velvets album, and i'm on "The Gift" track currently, and the left speaker is cutting out entirely, just giving me Cale's narration and no music at all... this never happened before. it's kind of eerie) I've had that happen a few times. My old car had one speaker that would occassionally crap out, so I was left with Cale's narration. I've also had a speaker wire loose on my home stereo and was given just the musical half of that song, which is pretty interesting on its own (although it does exist out there on its own anyway--the music for "The Gift" evolved from the instrumental "Booker T.", a live version of which is on the boxed set). I don't know if it's true or just something cool to say in hindsight, but Reed claims that the reason that that song was separated like that (with Cale's vocals only on one channel and all the music on the other channel) was so that people could listen to one or the other if they wanted to. I think he meant that people could focus in on one and sort of block out the other though -- I don't think he was talking about disconnecting one of the speakers. |
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Post by frag on Jul 2, 2006 20:14:48 GMT -5
Jimi Hendrix on the other hand I used to love and I now I just don't care. Part of me feels like I've outgrown him but as musical criticism that's silly, so I guess I've outgrown that period in my life...whatever that means. Totally agree with that. I still appreciate and love him as a guitarist, what he did for the instrument as far as changing most everyone's perception of it and all. He was definitely quite gifted. But the older I get, and the more Hendrix "radio" songs I hear, I just grow irritated by them. I suppose I might dig out Are You Experienced? some time in the near future to see how I do really feel, as I did really love that album at one point in time. Rocky - I think he meant that people could focus in on one and sort of block out the other thoughI'm pretty sure that's why they did it. That was a pretty sweet trick and popular for that very reason. It not only gives a whole new dimension to the song, it's like some kind of abstract instrument all on its own because of the depth it creates. Brings it to life, I guess. Anyway, I had the exact same thing happen to me years ago, way late into the night, while we were working on songs. That alone was inspiration to write the creepiest spoken word song ever. Which we did. Fact. |
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Post by Ryosuke on Jul 2, 2006 20:18:20 GMT -5
This is a cool thread.
The one that comes immediately to mind is the Who. I had heard Who's Next, because it was supposed to be their best album, but I didn't like it. And then Mary I think suggested that I might like Meaty, Beaty, Big And Bouncy. I did.
I also developed an appreciation of Jimi Hendrix over time. Rocky's comments on him pretty much appplies to me as well. I don't love his stuff, but I do like it.
Rocky, were you just ignorant of Nirvana's stuff, or did you honestly think that it was not that good? I was about 14 when they broke with Nevermind, and the impact was pretty immediate.
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Post by rockysigman on Jul 2, 2006 20:20:06 GMT -5
Rocky, were you just ignorant of Nirvana's stuff, or did you honestly think that it was not that good? I was about 14 when they broke with Nevermind, and the impact was pretty immediate. When Nevermind broke, I was 9 years old and had very little interest in music. By the time I really took an interest in music, Cobain had already died, and I had already tired of the cult of personality around him. I'd heard their stuff, but I had a big wall up that prevented me from appreciating it. I never disliked it, but there was just too much baggage attached to it by then for me to be able to listne to it fairly. I got into them pretty quickly once I was able to really give them a fair listen though. |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jul 3, 2006 12:15:07 GMT -5
And You Will Know Us By Our Trail Of Dead.
I used to think those guys were wankers, but now I really dig them. Same with Spoon.
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Post by kool on Jul 9, 2006 16:38:35 GMT -5
Jimi Hendrix on the other hand I used to love and I now I just don't care. Part of me feels like I've outgrown him but as musical criticism that's silly, so I guess I've outgrown that period in my life...whatever that means. That's exactly how I feel about Pearl Jam. Oddly enough, the first time I heard them, and especially Ed's voice, I thought I'd never like them. My first impression was his voice was annoying. Then I grew to love their music [especially with Vs] and even Ed's wailing started to sound good. Unfortunately, now I don't see myself getting into them again. No matter how good the music may be on the latest self-titled (I've only heard a few tracks that I'll admit, sounded pretty good), I've gone back to being bugged by Ed's voice. |
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