music you used to hate...

[Jezebel]

but now you love it. Or at least like it, just a little.

I usually don't delete stuff I don't like right away because I often go back to it later and have a change of opinion. Not aways, but it happens sometimes.

Also, how long do you usually give music a chance before deciding you don't care if you never hear it again?

[Vagabond]

Also, how long do you usually give music a chance before deciding you don't care if you never hear it again?
I don't do anything like this. Usually I insist on listening to it, trying to figure out why some people like it. Unless it is too obvious, of course.

Music I used to hate but I now love - a specific genre of greek music. It used to get to my nerves, it is not the kind of music you will like right from the start - you have to go deeper.

[Jezebel]

some of mine:

Fugazi - Red Medicine
a friend sent me this a while back and I didn't care for it at all. It was on my delete list when I was doing my mp3 quality control today but I decided to give it another shot. Decided to keep it. I don't love it, but I like it. Just a little.

In Flames - The Jester Race
Funny how an album can go from something I can't stand to one of my favorites. I already liked Dark Tranquillity when I first heard them so it's not that I didn't already like similar music.

Slayer - Reign in Blood
This was one of the first metal albums I ever heard. Admittedly it was not love at first listen. When I first heard it, it just sounded like a bunch of noise. It took repeated listenings and being under the influence before I "got it".

[HairlessBluetick]

Matchbox 20 I used to hate passionately, for some reason. Now I really like their first album, while their other stuff is just so-so.

[Melody]

I've been trying to remember the name of one of their songs. They're the guys who had that one song in that one movie, right? Crap, I think I remember it now. "Don't wanna miss a thng" or something like that.

[HairlessBluetick]

I think that was Aerosmith.

[Melody]

oops wrong song then They had that song in Armaggggeddon, now that I remember. Matchbox 20 had a song in another movie I think. It's a guy that dies or something and comes back and looks at his girlfriend in the library or something like that. I think the music video for the song promoted the film. I think the actor in the film is the guy from 8 mm. I forget his name.

[Jezebel]

oops wrong song then They had that song in Armaggggeddon, now that I remember. Matchbox 20 had a song in another movie I think. It's a guy that dies or something and comes back and looks at his girlfriend in the library or something like that. I think the music video for the song promoted the film. I think the actor in the film is the guy from 8 mm. I forget his name.

could the song be "If You're Gone" in the movie "Passions"? That's the only movie that came up when I did a soundtrack search for Matchbox 20.

http://imdb.com/search
http://imdb.com/title/tt0192917/soundtrack

[Jezebel]

Nirvana - liked them when I was a kid, then decided they were "too simple" for my tastes :P . Now I like them again, though I have to take them in small doses.

[Melody]

oops wrong song then They had that song in Armaggggeddon, now that I remember. Matchbox 20 had a song in another movie I think. It's a guy that dies or something and comes back and looks at his girlfriend in the library or something like that. I think the music video for the song promoted the film. I think the actor in the film is the guy from 8 mm. I forget his name.

could the song be "If You're Gone" in the movie "Passions"? That's the only movie that came up when I did a soundtrack search for Matchbox 20.

http://imdb.com/search
http://imdb.com/title/tt0192917/soundtrack
Nep nep. I remembered the actor's name is Nicholas Cage, and I Googled that the film I was thinking of was City of Angels and the song is the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris." Matchbox 20 must have had a similar song.

When I was young, I stayed away from all music. I did it to show my independence (I was dumb.) Then one of my friends played a Weird Al Yankovich CD and I changed my mind. Now I can barely get enough music. The quantity of songs in my music collection (on my computer) can be expressed by

50*2^(m/3),

where m is the month starting from this year, January = 1. Maybe not.

[file cabinet]

some of mine:

Fugazi - Red Medicine
a friend sent me this a while back and I didn't care for it at all. It was on my delete list when I was doing my mp3 quality control today but I decided to give it another shot. Decided to keep it. I don't love it, but I like it. Just a little.

In Flames - The Jester Race
Funny how an album can go from something I can't stand to one of my favorites. I already liked Dark Tranquillity when I first heard them so it's not that I didn't already like similar music.

I have both of those CD's. I have all the Fugazi albums and 2 or 3 In Flames albums. I don't really listen to them as often anymore though.. electronica > * .. although I will mix it up some metal/indie/modern classical/new age occasionally.

For most music, it's either crap so I won't listen to it, or sub-good which means it's on the way to being deleted, or it's `good` but I won't listen to it very often or I really enjoy it a lot and I'll listen to it regularly until it merely becomes `good`.

[Spartan26]

There are a few albums that I hated when I first got them but then enjoyed them more later on. Sometime, I wonder if those albums in general don't become my most favorite. I was so dissappointed with Hole - Celebrity Skin after Live Through This but a little later on I feel in love with it.

Same with Garbage 2.0. Loved their first album but was completely underwhelmed by the second...at first. It's still one of my favorites to have on when I'm cooking or cleaning or chillin'.

Wasn't a big fan of Matalie Merchant's Ophelia when I first got it but really came to appreciate it more later on. What was weird was that songs that I liked at first I grew tired of. I think that still happens. A lot of Led Zeppelin songs I liked that got the most radio airplay I don't care for as much now but others that aren't featured as much, I like. Not so sure that it's me getting sick of them because there are plenty of tunes that never fade for me.


Fugazi - Red Medicine
a friend sent me this a while back and I didn't care for it at all. It was on my delete list when I was doing my mp3 quality control today but I decided to give it another shot. Decided to keep it.

Amazzing how the world has changed. Deleting songs with a flick of the wrist. I wish I could've done that with The Cranberries - Bury The Hatch and Natalie Merchant - Motherland but I just carried a grudge for not only wasting good money on those CD's but getting my hopes up. There's something about wasting money on music that brings up greater buyer's remorse for me. Some type of psycho econ that makes people feel happy about driving across town to save a nickel/galloon on gas. I think I held on to these albums in the hopes that maybe I'd come to a different place in life and they would say something to me. Well, I've come to that place and it's called my senses and all it's telling me is that I should've sold them back when I first got them and then I could've gotten a higher return.

I wonder what is it besides fiscal mgmt that causes me to keep something for six months that initially repulsed me, with the belief that later on it won't sound so hideous but I may actually enjoy it? Now, I can point to history of having success the second time around but something innate to me had to have been guiding me to this behavior.

[int]

Jezebel, you nailed some of mine.

Check out Bad Astronaout if you haven't already.

Nine Inch Nails was a hard sell for me, but I'm glad I got into them. umm...Green Day (I love them now)...Good Riddance...NoFX...and, of course, Avril.

Oh man do I love that girl.

[HackerX]

Opeth.... I was never a fan of Opeth until I heard some of there better albums. Now I love the stuff

[Jezebel]

Opeth.... I was never a fan of Opeth until I heard some of there better albums. Now I love the stuff

Which albums do you consider their better albums?

[Jezebel]

Check out Bad Astronaout if you haven't already.

Sure, I'll check them out. I'm on my laptop in the country right now, which means I'm on the 56k connection. Are there any particular songs I should check out?

[int]

Sure, I'll check them out. I'm on my laptop in the country right now, which means I'm on the 56k connection. Are there any particular songs I should check out?

"Jessica's Suicide" - which is actually an Armchair Martian song. Um...

<goes to look for song names>
...
</goes to look for song names>

Almost everything on 'Houston, We Have A Drinking Problem' - "Not a Dull Moment"..."Killers and Liars"..."Solar Sister" is a Pixie's song..."The Passenger" <-- listen with headphones. You might like Thursday as well. Or AFI?

And I spelled it wrong. It's Bad Astronaut.



I've got a 'Hopesfall' album I need to listen to more. The first time I heard it I said "meh." The second time was glorious, so I know it's a CD that requires a certain mood. Sublime was iffy at first because of the numerous pot smoking references (it gets redundant), but now '40 ozs to Freedom' is one of my favorite albums.

And I'm starting to gain respect for Linkin Park. There's a track on one of The Matrix soundtracks (the second one I think) that blows my mind. Probably because there's no singing, just good modern music.

Man, I could live in this thread. Lay out the obscure stuff (I'm going Opeth hunting right now)...keep 'em coming. :)

[HackerX]

Opeth.... I was never a fan of Opeth until I heard some of there better albums. Now I love the stuff

Which albums do you consider their better albums?

Morningrise, Blackwater Park and Damnation

int

these are my favourites
To Bid You Farewell - Morningrise
Black Rose Immortal - Morningrise
Bleak - Blackwater Park
Havest - Blackwater Park
Patterns In The Ivy I & II - Blackwater Park
Death Whispered A Lullaby - Damnation
To Rid The Disease - Damnation

[spaced]

Opeth is amazing! Still Life is a great album as well.

[Johnny]

Music I used to hate but I now love - a specific genre of greek music. It used to get to my nerves, it is not the kind of music you will like right from the start - you have to go deeper.

Yanni? To be fair, I did enjoy a live concert I saw on PBS a couple of years ago.

I did not like Bob Dylan for a very long time. It took listening to the words themselves to discover that there was much more to hear.

[Jezebel]

Opeth.... I was never a fan of Opeth until I heard some of there better albums. Now I love the stuff

Which albums do you consider their better albums?

Morningrise, Blackwater Park and Damnation

int

these are my favourites
To Bid You Farewell - Morningrise
Black Rose Immortal - Morningrise
Bleak - Blackwater Park
Havest - Blackwater Park
Patterns In The Ivy I & II - Blackwater Park
Death Whispered A Lullaby - Damnation
To Rid The Disease - Damnation

My top three are, by far: Morningrise, Orchid, and My Arms Your Hearse

Although I liked Opeth right away, their album "My Arms, Your Hearse" fits in with the original theme of this thread.

and for the unaware who might actually check any of this out: most of Opeth is long songs with a mix of clean and death vocals, although this is prog, not death metal. If that isn't your style, you can check out Damnation, which is all clean vocals, no metal, and shorter songs.

[Bubbs]

Nine Inch Nails - needed getting used to
PJ Harvey's "Is This Desire?"- gotta be in the mood
The Darkness - the guy's voice and the hype, can't stand too much hype
Incubus' "Morning View"- I can't remember why, but really like it now

[Claverhouse]

Leonard Cohen. For years, well as a teen, I sneered at his miserabilism and drone, then: Dance Me To The End Of Love, If It Be Your Will, Ain't No Cure For Love, The Partisan...

The Leonard Cohen Files (http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/)

Awful writer though IMO

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin...


Claverhouse :ph34r:

[int]

The Beastie Boys.

I don't even own a CD, for shame. But these guys impress me more and more.

[HackerX]

Opeth.... I was never a fan of Opeth until I heard some of there better albums. Now I love the stuff


Which albums do you consider their better albums?

Morningrise, Blackwater Park and Damnation

int

these are my favourites
To Bid You Farewell - Morningrise
Black Rose Immortal - Morningrise
Bleak - Blackwater Park
Havest - Blackwater Park
Patterns In The Ivy I & II - Blackwater Park
Death Whispered A Lullaby - Damnation
To Rid The Disease - Damnation

My top three are, by far: Morningrise, Orchid, and My Arms Your Hearse

Although I liked Opeth right away, their album "My Arms, Your Hearse" fits in with the original theme of this thread.

and for the unaware who might actually check any of this out: most of Opeth is long songs with a mix of clean and death vocals, although this is prog, not death metal. If that isn't your style, you can check out Damnation, which is all clean vocals, no metal, and shorter songs.

Orchid and My Arms Your Hearse never originally clicked with me... though I might go back to them now and see how I go.

Morningrise is just plain great :). I remember sitting there at the end of 20mins of Black Rose Immortal.... and going... wow. Not many songs have done that to me.

My favourite style is metal power ballads.. which is what draws me to a lot of Opeth. A song like Black Rose Immortal just blows me away. That and the complex guitar :)

[HairlessBluetick]

Ditto on the Leonard Cohen -- I love his "I'm Your Man" album, although it does take getting used to.

[Jezebel]

Orchid and My Arms Your Hearse never originally clicked with me... though I might go back to them now and see how I go.

Morningrise is just plain great :). I remember sitting there at the end of 20mins of Black Rose Immortal.... and going... wow. Not many songs have done that to me.

My favourite style is metal power ballads.. which is what draws me to a lot of Opeth. A song like Black Rose Immortal just blows me away. That and the complex guitar :)

Try starting with the song "The Twilight Is My Robe" on the album Orchid and listen to it undistracted. Based on the other Opeth songs you like and your love of ballads I don't see how you wouldn't like this song at all.

[Spartan26]

Amazzing how the world has changed. Deleting songs with a flick of the wrist. I wish I could've done that with The Cranberries - Bury The Hatch and Natalie Merchant - Motherland but I just carried a grudge for not only wasting good money on those CD's but getting my hopes up. There's something about wasting money on music that brings up greater buyer's remorse for me. I think I held on to these albums in the hopes that maybe I'd come to a different place in life and they would say something to me. Well, I've come to that place and it's called my senses and all it's telling me is that I should've sold them back when I first got them and then I could've gotten a higher return.


I feel I need to print a retraction: :o

After seeing one Natalie Merchant Thursday night and finding her performance to be awe inspiring, including material from said source material Motherland, I can no longer relagate Ms. Merchants' album to the same subcategory of "Resting on Laurels failure" as James Buster Douglas and Oksana Baiul. While I have not attempted to replay any part of the album since the show, I must, for the record, state at no time when hearing any of the offending songs think, 'how do I get a refund for a comp ticket,' nor 'I can't wait for her break from playing music to be over,' as I have done in the past in seeing Sophie B Hawkins and Liz Phair. I regret any inconvenience caused by the previous post.
Thank you. :nerd:

[s]

Steely Dan.

[jimkopelli]

My dad listens to blues, for some reason... maketh not much sense... I used to hate it, to the point of going elsewhere... but now I like some of it. I'll never like country, though.

Ever get an album for one song, and realize you utterly hate the rest of it?

[Jezebel]

Ever get an album for one song, and realize you utterly hate the rest of it?

This is why I won't buy any album that I haven't heard (and liked) all the way through.

[jimkopelli]

Did I say buy?

[Merkaba]

Tom Waits

[Jezebel]

Did I say buy?

You don't buy albums you like?

[Postblank]

Tom WaitsThe ultimate acquired taste. I'm really glad my tastes are such that I liked him immediately.

[Jezebel]

"Jessica's Suicide" - which is actually an Armchair Martian song.

I got this song. I like it. I downloaded more of the songs too but I seem to have lost them for now! But yeah, seems cool so far, I'll make an effort to hunt down the rest later on.

[candela]

Hoobastank. I can tolerate it.