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Acquired Tastes

  • 30-08-2012 12:08PM
    #1
    tbh
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    Are there any bands or singers that you used to hate as a kid, but have grown to like or even dare I say it love?

    My Three, in reverse order:

    1. Neil Young. Used to hate his voice as a whelp, but have grown to love the vibe he gives off.

    2. Bob Dylan: ditto above.

    3. Steely Dan: as a callow youth I used to rail against the blandness of these lads, but my god do I love them now. So layered!!

    working on: Leonard Cohn and Tom Waites.


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    No one really, more a case of not really feeling the need to explore an artist (Steely Dan being one - I kinda liked what I heard on radio but nothing compelling) and then doing so years later and wondering why I'd denied myself the pleasure for so long!

    Oh King Crimson might qualify - "In the Court of..." was heavy going in my youth so I didn't explore any further. It was with the 80s version that I started to explore and enjoy them in recent years.


  • #3
    _blank_
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    Pink Floyd are the epitome of this for me.

    The only album of theirs I really ever listen to is The Division Bell.

    I never really got The Wall or Dark Side, there's a bit too much wankery on those albums for me really.


  • #4
    aoshea83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 585 ✭✭✭aoshea83


    Leonard Cohen, It took a bit of time before he clicked for me and now I really only get to listen to him with headphones on as my missus can't stand him! But I reckon he really is an acquired taste.

    Tom Waits, It took me learning the guitar to really appreciate his style.


  • #5
    Asiaprod
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    Tom Waits rocks, and Pink Floyd would be my choice on a desert island


  • #6
    Orim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Orim


    For an awful long time I couldn't stand Bowie. Over the years I started to appreciate the sound and the lyrics of his songs.

    Still can't stand his voice.


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  • #7
    MACHEAD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭MACHEAD


    mike65 wrote: »
    No one really, more a case of not really feeling the need to explore an artist (Steely Dan being one - I kinda liked what I heard on radio but nothing compelling) and then doing so years later and wondering why I'd denied myself the pleasure for so long!

    Oh King Crimson might qualify - "In the Court of..." was heavy going in my youth so I didn't explore any further. It was with the 80s version that I started to explore and enjoy them in recent years.

    Strangely I went the other way with Crimson, quite liked the 'In The Court' album when I fist heard it. Alan Freeman used to play tracks from it on his Sat afternoon rock show. (BBC R1 mid/late 1970's). I found the later King Crimson stuff quite hard work to get into.

    If I could only choose one, my desert island album would have to be Pink Floyd's 'Delicate Sound of Thunder'.

    I know they're not generally popular among rock fans, but I've always had a thing for live albums.


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