Bands you initially wrote off, but now like

[Eason]

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 ******* 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 **** yeah, I forgot about both Rush and Genesis.

 

[romafan]

I was somewhere recently where they had the Sweet's "Fox on the Run' blasting - I have to say that I quite enjoyed it.....

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Eason

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 ******* 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 **** yeah, I forgot about both Rush and Genesis.
George Michael has some great head-bopping tunes. As for "great singer"...

 

[horndog]

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.

 

[Edward Appleby]

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 ****** 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.

 

[Thomas]

Arcade Fire. I initially wrote them off as talentless, but now...Well, they're still talentless but wrote a few catchy tunes.

 

[Mauby]

The Dave Matthews Band. They've been around forever and I never cared for them. This summer, I started to enjoy it.

 

[thekunk07]

you've tied horndog for most embarrassing choices.

Originally Posted by Mauby

The Dave Matthews Band. They've been around forever and I never cared for them. This summer, I started to enjoy it.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

The Grateful Dead.
Pink Floyd.
Led Zeppelin.

I guess I grew up with a prejudice against the rock and roll canon.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

Originally Posted by thekunk07

you've tied horndog for most embarrassing choices.
WHA? no love for steely dan or ELO?

 

[thekunk07]

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.

 

[denimdestroyedmylife]

^ thanks!

Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel

 

[FlyingLotus]

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

 

[thekunk07]

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?

 

[milosz]

The Hold Steady