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rive gauche

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« on: 17 Jan 2006, 18:47 »
What is a band that, upon first listen, you could not stand but after continuous listens became more enjoyable and eventually you fell in love?

Mine is Bear vs Shark. I think they are one of my favourite bands now, and I haaated them the first time I heard them. Basically, I decided to make this thread while listening to them and playing air guitar. This facilitated weird looks from the ol' roommate.
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« Reply #1 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:09 »
Definitely Death. I'm still not super into them yet, but the vocals were really not my style until about a week ago.
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« Reply #2 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:14 »
You should totally get into Death. Some of their stuff is a little iffy, but Human is so badass it hurts.


I'm still trying to get into Agoraphobic Nosebleed, but whatever.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #3 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:20 »
The Cure.  I absolutely hated them when I first heard them.  "'Boys Don't Cry'?  How very original!" for example.  At that time, I was into Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine almost exclusively (though they still remain two of my favorite bands EVER) and any band that wasn't able to wring strange sounds from their guitars was pure bullshit to me.

However, after hearing "Pictures of You" and "One Hundred Years", I slowly came to realize the error of my ways.
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« Reply #4 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:45 »
Lots and lots :
Spacemen 3
Kylie Minogue
Big Black
The Smiths
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (the first song almost put me off altogether)
Mogwai
so on and so forth....
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« Reply #5 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:50 »
The Arcade Fire
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« Reply #6 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:57 »
Totaly going to say "The Decemberists" and "Mogwai."
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« Reply #7 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:59 »
I have to say the same thing about Bear Vs. Shark, although I don't think they are amazing or anything. The album that I got from them is growing on me.

... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's Source Tags and Codes took awhile for me to get into, though I couldn't tell you why now.
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« Reply #8 on: 17 Jan 2006, 20:21 »
Linkin Park...









Oh no wait! That's the opposite!


Actually, The Mars Volta, whom I love a lot now, sounded like a bunch of freaks (or are they?) until the 4th listening of De-Loused In The Comatorium. And

And Postal Service too. I was almost hating everything with something electro when I heard them, but when I got tired of punk rock, I gave them a second try... fortunately.
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« Reply #9 on: 17 Jan 2006, 22:26 »
Actually Neutral Milk Hotel when I first heard Aeroplane I really liked it, but a while a go I heard it again and totally fell in love with it. It's now on my list of favorite albums of all time
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« Reply #10 on: 17 Jan 2006, 22:47 »
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Actually Neutral Milk Hotel when I first heard Aeroplane I really liked it, but a while a go I heard it again and totally fell in love with it. It's now on my list of favorite albums of all time

Damnit, I was about to post the exact same thing. I listened to that album two weeks ago, and BAM, all of a sudden, it clicked. I've been listening to it almost nonstop since. Definitely one of my favorite albums of all time now.

Oh, and the same thing happened with the Arcade Fire a few months ago. Gah, come out with a new LP already, I've listened to Funeral so many times I'm almost sick of it. Almost.
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« Reply #11 on: 17 Jan 2006, 23:21 »
Mos bands I listen to are an aquired taste, but the bands I really hated at some point but now love are pretty much limited to Converge and Fantomas. Also I remember not liking Skyclad at first.
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« Reply #12 on: 18 Jan 2006, 00:35 »
modest mouse.

Now the moon and antarctica is one of my favorite albums ever.
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« Reply #13 on: 18 Jan 2006, 05:18 »
Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire ...

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People was the first album off Jeph's RL  that I listened to. And when I first listened it I was all like what the hell is that stuff. But when I next listened to one month later I was just like wow that is great. And NOb Broken Social Scene are one of my favourite bands.
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« Reply #14 on: 18 Jan 2006, 07:50 »
Hard Fi; Pink Floyd.
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Willem

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« Reply #15 on: 18 Jan 2006, 07:56 »
mothers of invention - we're only in it for the money
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« Reply #16 on: 18 Jan 2006, 12:13 »
Undoubtably The Wrens.  I couldn't stand the singer's voice at first listen.  Now, however, I love "The Meadowlands" all the way through.  I guess it didn't help that I bought "In the Aeroplane over the Sea" at the same time because I never gave The Wrens a fair listen until about a year later; I listened to Neutral Milk Hotel constantly and forgot about The Meadowlands.

Others:
The New Pornographers
Bob Dylan (liked him well enough but didn't listen to him as often as I do now)
The Microphones
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« Reply #17 on: 18 Jan 2006, 13:23 »
The Fiery Furnaces
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« Reply #18 on: 18 Jan 2006, 13:27 »
Favez and Cat Power.
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« Reply #19 on: 18 Jan 2006, 20:33 »
Quote from: Willem
mothers of invention - we're only in it for the money



Such a great album.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #20 on: 18 Jan 2006, 20:37 »
Propagandhi
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« Reply #21 on: 18 Jan 2006, 22:13 »
Popol Vuh.

I'm glad I gave them some time after Seligpreisung.  I did not appreciate their heavenliness until Hosianna Mantra.
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« Reply #22 on: 19 Jan 2006, 09:17 »
Arcade Fire & The Smiths for me
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« Reply #23 on: 19 Jan 2006, 12:12 »
Ive had plenty of bands do the opposite.

Ive also had plenty of songs/enitre albums grow on me but never a band IIRC.
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Willem

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« Reply #24 on: 19 Jan 2006, 12:51 »
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mothers of invention - we're only in it for the money

Such a great album.
indeed. but when i just bought it i wasn't prepared for it i guess. thought it was complete shit..oh well, i know better now
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« Reply #25 on: 19 Jan 2006, 13:12 »
Mastodon. I look back know and can't figure out why I was so against them before.
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« Reply #26 on: 19 Jan 2006, 15:15 »
At The Drive In. They're okay now.
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« Reply #27 on: 19 Jan 2006, 15:37 »
New Model Army. I got an album ages ago because of Skyclad's cover of 'Master Race', didn't pay it much attention and thought it was okay. Now I've taken time to listen to the lyrics, I see what an enormous influence they are on the 'clad, and that they are, themselves, pretty fucking awesome.
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« Reply #28 on: 22 Jan 2006, 08:30 »
Kepler. When I first got Attic Salt, the only thing that I could pay attention to for more than five seconds was "Thorughbred Gin". I figured that it made good ambient music, though, and I warmed up to it.
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« Reply #29 on: 22 Jan 2006, 09:31 »
Neutral Milk Hotel. When I first heard them the only song I really liked was Holland 1945.
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« Reply #30 on: 22 Jan 2006, 09:45 »
Dead Raven Choir were a little hard for me to get into, which is odd because they're right up my alley; avant folk quasi-metal.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #31 on: 22 Jan 2006, 10:01 »
LouisXIV?

sure, they're catchy. But also somewhat annoying when they embed themselves into yer BRAIN.
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« Reply #32 on: 22 Jan 2006, 11:28 »
I haven't had anyone I hated on first listen but I have been freaked out and indifferent. I was freaked out by Under Byen's Det er Mig der Holder Trĉerne Sammen and forgot about them for a while then came to them and now they are my favourite band. I whore them every chance I get(see?)
I was indifferent with Cat Power - You Are Free, listened to it once then forgot about it and found it again, whereupon I loved it to bits.
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« Reply #33 on: 22 Jan 2006, 12:57 »
I didn't like Wolf Parade at first, but after listening to them a couple times, I love it. They're really awesome.
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« Reply #34 on: 24 Jan 2006, 17:13 »
Bruce springsteen. Specificly the wild the innocent and the E street shuffle. Also clap your hands say yea.
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« Reply #35 on: 24 Jan 2006, 18:29 »
Sigur Ros.
I heard their stuff the first time, and I wanted to die.  But now I like them.
Another one, actually, was Dogs Die in Hot Cars.  My friend introduced them to me, I was annoyed by them, but now I enjoy them.  Same with The Rocking Horse Winner.
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« Reply #36 on: 25 Jan 2006, 15:18 »
Botch & Saccharine Trust
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« Reply #37 on: 25 Jan 2006, 16:00 »
I hated AFI for years, then I really liked them for about 6 months a couple years ago, and now they annoy me again.

It was really weird at the time.
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« Reply #38 on: 25 Jan 2006, 19:22 »
Cat Power has grown on me.  I liked Wolf Parade a lot when I first heard them, but they've grown even more since then; same with the Arcade Fire.  At least two of my friends told me they hated Wolf Parade when they first heard them, and then like two weeks later they're like "Tyler...I LOVE WOLF PARADE!"
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« Reply #39 on: 25 Jan 2006, 20:29 »
hellogoodbye , this never leaves the room.
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« Reply #40 on: 26 Jan 2006, 13:01 »
Iron and Wine and Neutral Milk Hotel, I used to be kind of unaccepting to different voices.
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« Reply #41 on: 26 Jan 2006, 14:02 »
Animal Collective. First song I heard was "Native belle" and I was like "okay, so the last half of this song is pretty cool.... but it's all effect'd to death." "We Tigers" first caught my attention, and I decided I liked them, but then I heard "Did You See The Words?" and the rest of Feels and just fell in looooooooove.
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« Reply #42 on: 26 Jan 2006, 14:12 »
arcade fire. i wanted to hate them because they were so damn hyped and everybody liked them, and i actually managed to do it until they released power out, at which pointi realised i was just cutting off my nose to spite my face. so now i love them like everybody else in the world. ah well.
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« Reply #43 on: 26 Jan 2006, 14:28 »
Practically every band that I currently like is a band that I hated upon first hearing of their music.

To list a few:

Pearl Jam.
Machine Head.
The Beatles.
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« Reply #44 on: 26 Jan 2006, 15:11 »
This is off-topic, but that is a fucking intense avatar. It's like you're (if that is you) staring into my soul and making me feel ashamed.
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« Reply #45 on: 26 Jan 2006, 15:14 »
is liking Pearl Jam starting to become fashionable or something?  like, when grunge hit everyone loved them because we were all caught up in the excitement of not having to listen to glam rock anymore.  then we all realised that they actually sucked and that they just sounded good by comparison.

also: The Darkness
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« Reply #46 on: 27 Jan 2006, 03:07 »
The yeah yeah yeahs are growing on me, I love y control so much now.
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« Reply #47 on: 27 Jan 2006, 14:04 »
I pretty much hated Animal Collective when I first heard them, but I've grown to really appreciate some of their stuff--particularly, "Leaf House."

I'm sure there are others, but they're just what came to my mind.
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« Reply #48 on: 28 Jan 2006, 01:35 »
I heard Radiohead's Hail to the thief when it first came out, and just absolutely hated it. But since hearing The Bends they have grown on me.

Also, Kasey Chambers (don't tell anyone) 'Not pretty enough' was a dreadful song, still is actually. But after listening to her other work, she is pretty good. Even if it is country.
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« Reply #49 on: 28 Jan 2006, 11:26 »
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I would have to agree with this. At first, I wasn't really "getting it", but after listening to their album(s) a few times, they really grew on me :) I had the same experience with Death Cab as well...
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