Get yer blinkers off!

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Having enjoyed the St.Etienne comp, "Smash The System" all weekend, I'm only just beginning to realize how fantastic most of their stuff is. Why did I miss out until now? The reason is that having heard "You're In a Bad Way" on release (1993?) I hated it so much that I totally ignored them afterwards, thus missing out on a decade of great pop. (I'm still not keen on the track btw)

Have you ever done the same thing - belately catching up with some good music years after hearing something awful?

― Dr. C, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Story (or musical?) of my life. Only recently discovered Neil Young.

― nathalie, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I did exactly the same with St Etienne, despite loving Only Love Can Break Your Heart.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

With Neil Young, Nathalie, you'll soon have those blinkers back on again pretty damn quickly, mark my words!

― Dr. C, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, Soft Cell. Not that "Tainted Love" was awful, but I was sick to death of it in a very short time. And the other songs I heard out at clubs, "Memorabilia" and "Bedsitter", didn't really do it for me. So I missed out on seeing one of my favorite bands and enjoying them while they were in their prime. I didn't really get them until a couple of years after they'd broken up.

― Arthur, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A fair amount of pop, and Bob Dylan.

Although I'm still angry that I've been made to like Bob Dylan, and take it as a sign I'm going soft in my old age. Damn, it was far more fun hating the bastard...

― emil.y, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Stevie T stuck 'Born On A Train' on a tape for me in, um - late 97. I never even noticed it. I think I blame the quality of his stereo. Nonetheless, he was right about Merritt, and I was wrong.

― the pinefox, Monday, 24 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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