Reassessing artists you used to hate.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:28 pm

WHAM!

Hated 'em then.
Lately, I've heard a couple of their old tunes (and early George Michael solo stuff) and realized that they were actually pretty damn good.

Of course, I like Hanson, too. So take that as you will.

Still... I'm thinking about picking up a George Michael "Best Of..." or something, if I can find it cheap.

Promethium · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:32 pm

The only artists I have ever grown to like after stating I hated them are:
The Cure
The Smiths/Morrissey
New Order/Joy Division
It mostly has to do with being raised in a Nebraska town of 25,000 people with only two rock radio stations and growing up during the hair metal/grunge heyday.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:34 pm

albion · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:42 pm

I'm not sure that I have ever hated any band, though I have been known to mock the afflicted.

I have gone from misunderstanding to enlightenment a few times. Most notably with:

Led Zep
Oukast
Magnetic Fields
John Hiatt
Paul Oakenfold

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

PopTodd Wrote:

WHAM!

I realized that they were actually pretty damn good.

I'm thinking about picking up George Michael

fabulous.

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:43 pm

PopTodd Wrote:

WHAM!

Hated 'em then.
Lately, I've heard a couple of their old tunes (and early George Michael solo stuff) and realized that they were actually pretty damn good.

Of course, I like Hanson, too. So take that as you will.

Still... I'm thinking about picking up a George Michael "Best Of..." or something, if I can find it cheap.

That IS gay.

And I can hook you up with his solo GH if you like.

d · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:45 pm

Led Zeppelin
Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Pink Floyd

My husband helped enlighten me on these artists. Somehow I can't convince him to like Duran Duran though.... wonder why?

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I really hated The Strokes. The hype, the clothes, the hair, the to-good-looking-by half lead singer.

After listening to them rather than just seeing them or reading about them, they turned out to be really good. What a disappointment!

djdan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:07 pm

"Freedom" by George Michael rules.

Diggity Dawg · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:13 pm

I tend to go the other way...stuff I start out liking I end up hating.

Wham! had some really good singles.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:31 pm

Smashing Pumpkins
Marilyn Manson
Van Morrison
David Bowie
U2

tentoze · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:38 pm

Lemme check..............nope, all of them I used to hate I still hate.

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I saw Blonde Redhead saturday, and going in I thought I remembered hating that record when I first heard it. They were pretty fucking awesome.

HideousLump · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:05 am

djdan (with an edit by HideousLump) Wrote:

"Freedom '90" by George Michael rules.

I used to think I hated Led Zep, so I never paid attention to their music. Turns out, I just hated the people in high school who loved them.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:08 am

kings of leon

i can't get enough of them now.

neuroboy · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:24 am

konstantinl Wrote:

I really hated The Strokes. The hype, the clothes, the hair, the to-good-looking-by half lead singer.

After listening to them rather than just seeing them or reading about them, they turned out to be really good. What a disappointment!

exactly how i felt. those priviliged little snots. . . but damn they wrote a fucking great album!!

c.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:22 am

Hated Pearl Jam in h.s., considered it Cheerleader music. Then I got to usher a show at the Fox in atlanta, and did a 180. I honestly had no idea they were that good.

Slooooowly coming around on Oasis. Just trying to get over those gigantic egos.

Stone red's dark sunshine · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1096

fightingliberal Wrote:

The only artists I have ever grown to like after stating I hated them are:
The Cure
The Smiths/Morrissey
New Order/Joy Division
It mostly has to do with being raised in a Nebraska town of 25,000 people with only two rock radio stations and growing up during the hair metal/grunge heyday.

Interesting reaction. I had the opposite one. These artists were a breath of fresh air to me when I first heard them (while growing up in an Iowa town of 3000).

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:30 am

Oh, and for the record, "Reassessing Artists You Used To Hate" is the working title for my life's story, much as Bloor's title is "Saying Things You Can Never Take Back."

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

people always say stuff like, "you're either a beatles guy or a stones guy" and beign young and dumb i thought that was true, so i picked the beatles and ran with it.

then one day on a whim i picked up "let it bleed" and fell in love.
hard.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Slooooowly coming around on Oasis. Just trying to get over those gigantic egos.

Pretty funny interview with the Gallaghers in the latest Q. The interviewer spends virtually half the interview trying to get Liam to admit that he loves his big brother.

Also, and I'm not up on all things Oasis, but apparently Liam questioned the paternity of Noel's kid a while back and Noel has kept him at arms length ever since.

Steve

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:39 pm

One of my first posts back in the winter was about personalities as a factor in liking music. Once you know, it's hard to tune out.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Todd,

If you buy a Wham album before you get Transa, I'm gonna snap my copy of Lo Fi is Better than No Fi At All in two in protest.

np: Yankees v. Twins

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

I hated Tom Waits the first time I listened to him. Now I love him.

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:34 am

I can't think of anything I've outright hated and then changed my mind to liking them, but there are plenty of things I listen to and am indifferent to, only to go back later and at least somewhat like, or in some cases, love them.

Examples:

Cocteau Twins (one of my favorite bands)
Dead Can Dance
The KLF
Aphex Twin
The Boredoms

I'm sure there are others, but those are just off the top of my head. The Cocteau Twins are the only ones on that list that I truly LOVE, but I own albums by and enjoy the others as well.

Reassessing artists you used to hate.

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