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Bands you initially wrote off, but now like

post #1 of 50
11/12/08 at 10:00am
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Ever have a band that you initially wrote off for a dumb reason without really listening to their music, then listened to them years later and found you really loved the music? Relatively recently, Jamiroquai, who I thought was some one-hit-wonder from around 2000 because Virtual Insanity was super popular, then I never heard from them again, is fucking awesome. George Michael is another artist I never gave a chance until about a year ago, mostly because I remember "I want your sex" from growing up, and now I found he's actually a great singer. edit: oh shit yeah, I forgot about both Rush and Genesis.
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post #2 of 50
11/12/08 at 10:53am
I was somewhere recently where they had the Sweet's "Fox on the Run' blasting - I have to say that I quite enjoyed it.....
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post #3 of 50
11/12/08 at 12:04pm
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Relatively recently, Jamiroquai, who I thought was some one-hit-wonder from around 2000 because Virtual Insanity was super popular, then I never heard from them again, is fucking awesome. George Michael is another artist I never gave a chance until about a year ago, mostly because I remember "I want your sex" from growing up, and now I found he's actually a great singer. edit: oh shit yeah, I forgot about both Rush and Genesis.
George Michael has some great head-bopping tunes. As for "great singer"...
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post #4 of 50
11/12/08 at 2:17pm
Creed
Steely Dan
Electric Light Orchestra

As pretentious or fake you might call these bands, they do know how to write some catchy, fun to listen to stuff.
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post #5 of 50
11/12/08 at 2:21pm
Bright Eyes. He had the gall to perform in my area and stop in the middle of the show to launch into a tirade about how he was surprised Texans could find time in between being racist and raping Indians to come to his show.

When I heard about that I wrote him off for a long time, but then a friend played me some stuff off of Digital Ash and I loved it.
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post #6 of 50
11/12/08 at 2:24pm
Arcade Fire. I initially wrote them off as talentless, but now...Well, they're still talentless but wrote a few catchy tunes.
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post #7 of 50
11/12/08 at 4:59pm
The Dave Matthews Band. They've been around forever and I never cared for them. This summer, I started to enjoy it.
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post #8 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:03pm
you've tied horndog for most embarrassing choices.

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The Dave Matthews Band. They've been around forever and I never cared for them. This summer, I started to enjoy it.
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post #9 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:07pm
The Grateful Dead. Pink Floyd. Led Zeppelin. I guess I grew up with a prejudice against the rock and roll canon.
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post #10 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:08pm
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you've tied horndog for most embarrassing choices.
WHA? no love for steely dan or ELO?
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post #11 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:09pm
i'll spot him ELO. but steely dan? really?

btw, going to the storage space friday-i'll see if i can find those original pages.
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post #12 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:10pm
^ thanks! Bruce Springsteen Billy Joel
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post #13 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:17pm
I love Jamiroquai - Gotta pull out some of there cd's soon, its been a while. a couple that come to mind for me would The Killers & Goldfrapp
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post #14 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:22pm
i've got some bad ones. this is becoming a guilty pleasures thread, but:

Live

Fall Out Boy write catchy songs

don't kill me. please?
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post #15 of 50
11/12/08 at 5:33pm
The Hold Steady
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