going through some old stuff and stumbled on an Aaron Neville "album" I'd forgotten I owned...
didn't really like the guy when I first listened to him sing, but the more I listened the more I grew to enjoy his particular style of singing....now, I'm a huge fan and can't understand why I didn't like him at first....
anybody have any artists they really didn't like the first time they heard like but did a 180 on?
some others that come to mind for me
Warren Zevon
David Bowie
Electric Light Orchestra
Heart
Van Halen (both incarnations)
Johann Sebastian Bach
there are others, but I can't think of them right now
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:20 pm
by BSmack
The best example for me is Alice In Chains. I never dug AIC when they were recording/touring. Now I can't get enough of them.
A few others...
Cake
Camper Van Beethoven
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:32 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Steely Dan
Steve Winwood, especially Bsuck's favorite album, Back in the High Life
Gin Blossoms
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:03 am
by War Wagon
How in blazes does anybody not like ELO from day one? :?
I shoulda' posted this in the one hit wonders thread, but they were actually pretty good and this song has a kickass guitar solo.
Sorry Screw, not live, but I couldn't resist the nipplage
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:00 pm
by Felix
War Wagon wrote:How in blazes does anybody not like ELO from day one? :?
complicated story, but my initial dislike of ELO stemmed from me going out with a girl who's previous boyfriend was a big ELO fan...once the fog had lifted (and I kicked that beyotch to the curb) I started listening a little more closely....Jeff Lynne is one of the really great music producers that nobody really knows about....
other musical acts I didn't intially like
Prince
U2
Oasis
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:35 pm
by Goober McTuber
Felix wrote:
War Wagon wrote:How in blazes does anybody not like ELO from day one? :?
complicated story, but my initial dislike of ELO stemmed from me going out with a girl who's previous boyfriend was a big ELO fan...once the fog had lifted (and I kicked that beyotch to the curb) I started listening a little more closely....Jeff Lynne is one of the really great music producers that nobody really knows about....
other musical acts I didn't intially like
Prince
U2
Oasis
You might like this clip. I believe it includes Jeff Lynne and Prince.
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:48 pm
by Felix
Goober McTuber wrote: You might like this clip. I believe it includes Jeff Lynne and Prince.
I've never seen that before, great rendition Gently Weeps.....I was a big fan of the Petty, Lynne, Harrison, Orbison, Dylan collaboration that was the Travelling Wilbury's...some of Lynne's best production were demonstrated on the Wilbury releases
Prince has always been seriously underrated as a guitar player IMHO.....
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:21 pm
by Goober McTuber
Felix wrote:Prince has always been seriously underrated as a guitar player IMHO.....
And where did his guitar go at the end of the song?
Re: It's an acquired taste
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:10 pm
by Felix
Goober McTuber wrote:And where did his guitar go at the end of the song?
good question....but I don't think he threw it into the crowd...that's a pretty nice Hohner Tele he's playing in that vid