bands you once hated but now love (or at least like)

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with age, i've grown to appreciate Steely Dan and The Dead quite a bit. also, i once hated the Kinks (a LONG time ago) because of an unfortunate 'first impression' experience involving Come Dancing at age 11 -

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Believe it or not, Sloan. I still don't like "Coax Me" THAT much but my teenage self despised it. It wasn't till I realized that they were the ones who did "Underwhelmed" and "500 Up" that I sat up and paid attention.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:28 (twenty-three years ago)

That is truly shocking.

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Kinks
The Doors (almost, not quite there yet)

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:30 (twenty-three years ago)

I thought it was wimpy, and alot of the lines didnt sink in specially the one about Consolidated.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Milemarker
Heroin (didn't hate at first; was just indifferent to)
Merzbow
Le Shok
Quintron
Crass

― Ian Johnson, Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I hated Sloan until Saturday.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

When I was 12, the Allman Brothers were my favorite band. I thought Dickie Betts was hot. Then glam came along and after that I found them unlistenable for 20 years or so. Now I think they're great again. Except for the really slavishly bluesy songs.

What did you hate about the Kinks before, Anthony? And what do you love about the Red Hot Chili Peppers now?

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:55 (twenty-three years ago)

What happened on Saturday?

― Kim (Kim), Thursday, 6 March 2003 03:57 (twenty-three years ago)

He fell in love with a Sloan fan?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:02 (twenty-three years ago)

When I was a bit younger I thought they were prissy (I didn't like any of their anglophilic stuff like XTC, The Jam). Two years of the local record store clerks burrowing their music into my head and they finally broke through. Let's just say my tastes are more open then they were then. I was hung up on abrasiveness newness. Didn't appreciate good lyrics.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, once I realized their agressive sexuality was pretty funny, I started liking individual singles. They seriously need to learn to edit, but the best songs on By The Way could make them to Love what Interpol is to Echo & The Bunnymen. I think a Warner Bros. Greatest Hits would be pretty awesome. I think that the silliness mixed with their frattish tendencies scare away a lot of listeners. That said, I've never heard much from their EMI years that I enjoyed. Also like Interpol, their "bad" lyrics have proven surprisingly memorable. I'm not against liking music by bands who don't act cool anymore, and I think there's a lot of ENTHUSIASM in certain rock-rappers that I don't hear in most of the club-bangin' stuff on MTV.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm developing an alarming interest in prog. Fusion's a gateway, I tell ya!

― Minky Starshine (Minky Starshine), Thursday, 6 March 2003 04:08 (twenty-three years ago)

i hate when Prog is treated as a dirty word. Let's cut the crap folks - what would you rather listen to - Gong or 7 Seconds? King Crimson or the Dead Boys?

now, FUSION is something i just cannot wrap my head around, since you mention it ...

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:07 (twenty-three years ago)

King Crimson or the Dead Boys?

Well, generally speaking the Dead Boys for me at least.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Really? Even Starless and Bible Black? no offense to the punk pioneers, but the backlash has to end SOMEfuckingtime, no? I mean, yes, pretentious, uptight music school wankers needed their asses kicked by punk, it happened (to a large degree) and now it's done. So, when exactly can I like Soft Machine again? Could a Robert Wyatt biography published by Feral House be far off?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I should say that I do like what King Crimson and Soft Machine I've heard, and I've got a few Robert Wyatt albums sitting around, for instance. So this isn't exclusionary by any means. I'd just rather listen to the Dead Boys if those were my two choices.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Rush: I first loved them, then I hated them, but now I like them.

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:20 (twenty-three years ago)

touche, Ned

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to hate a lot of "old country" on punk-rock principal.
But I've since grown to love Hank Willians and Johnny Cash and Bill Monroe and Jimmie Rodgers and the ilk.
Ditto for a lot of jazz.
You hate it because it's doesn't fit into your narrow-minded view of music. But invariably, tastes change. Thankfully, I dig the jazz now.
And hip hop. And cajun music. And the blues.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 6 March 2003 06:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, speaking of a genre rather than a band, I used to absolutely despite all kinds of techno music, now I do like some of it quite good actually. Still miss proper melodies, but at least the harmonies are there in the best stuff, and then the production and the synth sounds are absolutely ace.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 March 2003 11:48 (twenty-three years ago)

i hate when Prog is treated as a dirty word.

yes, all of my musical life Prog has been a dirty word - the reason the punk wars were fought etc. etc. So it's reassuring that when I finally get around to hearing the stuff, it's not bad. I haven't heard much yet but a curiousity has been awakened and a prejudice eroded so that is a good thing...

― Minky Starshine (Minky Starshine), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:08 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to hate ragga/bashment in general, and then I heard Sizzla, Anthony B., and other conscious deejays and I started to change my mind. Now I can enjoy pretty much all dancehall--though I do have a soft spot for eighties and early nineties stuff. Capleton is still a titch angry for me.

I used to hate Ani Difranco and I still do, but after seeing her live, I can appreciate why people like her.

Hated Smog, now I can't get enough.

― cybele, Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:14 (twenty-three years ago)

you all have very good reasons for hating these bands. i have nothing but mindless teenage prejudice to blame for the fact that i used to be unable to listen to Blondie and the Beach Boys. how wrong, etc.

i have always hated, but am now probably about halfway to loving Led Zep.

when i first got into hip hop, i had a problem with biggie and jay-z. i was, of course, an idiot.

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

(The first three Red Hots albums are brilliant, ESPECIALLY _Freaky Styley_.)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to hate rap with a passion. Big mistake.

― Evan (Evan), Thursday, 6 March 2003 15:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Saturday. Perhaps surprisingly, I don't think I've ever fallen in love with a Sloan fan.

I don't quite love Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, New Order, the Pet Shop Boys, or A-Ha, but they all have some good songs and I did really hate them all at one point.

Miles Davis is probably the best answer to this. Maybe the Stones. Maybe U2 - I'm starting to think they're great and a major improvement on the majority of postpunk. I might even buy a compilation or possibly October. Even "Beautiful Day" rules. I liked, then hated, then loved, then liked Rush.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Used to hate Massive Attack. Now I quite like them (and that goes for the "Blue Lines" era stuff that I originally hated too)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to hate a lot of "old country" on punk-rock principal.

Isn't it punk-rock principle these days to love "old country"?

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 6 March 2003 22:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, but I wasn't talking about these days.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 6 March 2003 23:17 (twenty-three years ago)

i used to hate tori amos.

― drystereo (drystereo), Thursday, 6 March 2003 23:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Devo. Overexposure to "Whip It" on the top-40 station that dominated my youth.

The Cure. Pretty much disliked 'em until _Disintegration_ crushed my brain and reshaped it in Robert Smith's image.

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Friday, 7 March 2003 04:28 (twenty-three years ago)

So , Sunday, explain this new found WUV of Sloan. Enquiring minds wanna know.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 March 2003 06:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Sundar, Sundar, Sundar. sorry, had a few too many for typing.
More water required.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 March 2003 06:21 (twenty-three years ago)

'Wuv' is a strong word but I like "Everything You've Done Wrong". They always play it at the Lee's Palace dance cave, at least the three times I went. I didn't know it was by Sloan. It's at the bottom of the linked thread. Actually I liked "I Hate My Generation" for at least a couple days when I was 15. I don't think that was that great though.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 7 March 2003 06:36 (twenty-three years ago)

seven years pass...

I'm sure most would agree w/ me in regards to Animal Collective... I listened to them at first about two years ago and thought they were being just weird for the sake of being weird. Either my musical taste has degraded or most people share the similarity w/ me that the group is definitely one that takes a long to grow on you, but eventually will...

The Smiths. I wasn't into beautiful voices at the time, preferred more Kurt Cobain/Stephen Malkmus-esque types. You read correctly when I referred to Morrisey as beautiful *dreamboats frum heven*

That said, Pavement. The top 5 iTunes samples (in which I sort a band's total song popularity and listen to at least five 30 second samples before deciding whether I like a band's sound or not) don't do Pavement the justice they served in their gear-griding Slanted & Enchanted days. Everyone else seems to love Terror Twilight, an album I despise.

Fugazi. No reason.

― kelpolaris, Thursday, 8 April 2010 04:01 (sixteen years ago)

Yes

― iago g., Thursday, 8 April 2010 04:22 (sixteen years ago)

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