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Do you find that sometimes you like an artist or record so much that it spoils, or wears out, an entire style of music for you? For instance I adore Dylan, but I have little or no appetite for 'Dylanish' singer-songwriting, or indeed pretty much any folk-rock songwriting. A similar thing happened with the Pixies and American indie rock.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 14 November 2002 10:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Now you mention it, I think Spiritualized may have done this to me as regards any kind of melancholy rock music.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 14 November 2002 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

My £10-15 is hard won. I never buy pale imitators, and something has to be very vrey special for me to buy two albums by the same artist. I'm sure I'm missing out but thetre's only so much time and money in the world.

― jon (jon), Thursday, 14 November 2002 11:45 (twenty-three years ago)

WHile the 90% of everything is crap rule usually applies, there are some genres where you only want the very best and others which are more your cup of tea where you really enjoy the second division stuff. So James Brown and The Meters merely got me hooked on needing more funk, whereas my indie rock quotient is much more easily filled. Certainly by the crap that comes out these days.

― tigerclawskank, Thursday, 14 November 2002 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

tom, what role does the quality (subjective or not) of the music play in what you're asking about? there's a difference between thinking they're the only good one vs thinking that you just don't want any more regardless of how good it is.

― Josh (Josh), Thursday, 14 November 2002 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

i enjoy a couple Superchunk records to the point of exclusion of most of their other stuff, and pretty much any band with a similiar sound/formula.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 15 November 2002 09:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Point Tom. Agree with Pixies - expand to just about all guitar music/ indie rock since in my case. Nothing else seems as fast or exciting. Sometimes a band makes you crave for similar stuff but nothing else comes up to the same standard.

― Paul Cunningham, Friday, 15 November 2002 17:07 (twenty-three years ago)

beck spoiled me at thirteen for all other rock artists ever

― ep, Friday, 15 November 2002 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

If I get way into one artist, it usually makes me *more* curious about similar artist, not less.

thetre's only so much... money in the world
You obviously need a credit card!

― Sean (Sean), Friday, 15 November 2002 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

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