Topic: Bands that have grown on you.. (Read 29680 times)

ripvanwormer · « **Reply #50 on:** 28 Jan 2006, 12:21 »

Belle & Sebastian. When I first heard Tigermilk I was a bit embarassed by its tweeness, but later it became one of my favorite albums.

Flaming Lips. I thought "She Don't Use Jelly" was a fun song, and I liked the songs in A Priest Driven Ambulance, but it was many years until I realized that my sister's favorite band was one of mine as well. The Soft Bulletin was also hard to get into, as its style was so different from the Lips albums I had heard before, but now it's one of my favorite albums too.

Sonic Youth. I first heard them because of the Suburbia soundtrack, and wasn't very impressed. But I kept finding their albums heavily discounted, so I gave them a chance. I think they're super-excellent now, and I have almost all their albums. I really like their songs in the Suburbia soundtrack now, too.

sabertoothbliss · « **Reply #51 on:** 28 Jan 2006, 20:51 »

Modest Mouse, especially Lonesome Crowded West
The Dandy Warhols
Interpol
Eels
Black Dice
The Stone Roses
Mogwai

Now these are all amongst my favorites, except Eels, which still gets me a bid down on occasions.

Merkava · « **Reply #52 on:** 29 Jan 2006, 10:25 »

Quote from: Spinless

Quote from: E. Spaceman
Lots and lots :Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (the first song almost put me off altogether)

FUCK THAT TRACK!!! I downloaded the album, listenned to that track and promptly deleted it.
Since then, I've fallen in love with the band through live appearances and streams, but haven't been able to buy/download the album.

Are you kidding? That track kicks ass.

Isaac · « **Reply #53 on:** 29 Jan 2006, 14:35 »

Quote from: rive gauche

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.

It is me. And a big 'Uh..okay' to the comment on it =P

As for the whole Pearl Jam thing; for me anyway, they're a band that takes a while to grow on ya.

AnonymousPosterChild · « **Reply #54 on:** 30 Jan 2006, 11:32 »

Promise not to laugh?

No? Oh...

Wall, anyways, Smash Mouth. Used to hate the hell out of them, but now I have everything I can get by them

Kai · « **Reply #55 on:** 30 Jan 2006, 20:33 »

I am SO sorry. Seriously, you were better off not getting into them.

Jeridus · « **Reply #56 on:** 30 Jan 2006, 20:40 »

Boards Of Canada... they used to scare the hell out of me...

Well, they still do, but I like 'em anyway

Oh, and the Spades... a little band from Kingston, Ontario. I enjoy them thoroughly now

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #57 on:** 30 Jan 2006, 22:12 »

Quote from: Merkava

Quote from: Spinless
Quote from: E. Spaceman
Lots and lots :Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! (the first song almost put me off altogether)

FUCK THAT TRACK!!! I downloaded the album, listenned to that track and promptly deleted it.
Since then, I've fallen in love with the band through live appearances and streams, but haven't been able to buy/download the album.

Are you kidding? That track kicks ass.

When I first heard it I thought it sucked colossal amounts of Donkey peepee, but as per the title of the thread it has grown on me. It's great to sing it whenever some hipster thinks he's cool cause he's cool when he's heard one of the singles.

AnonymousPosterChild · « **Reply #58 on:** 31 Jan 2006, 10:23 »

Quote from: Kai

I am SO sorry. Seriously, you were better off not getting into them.

I know. Smash Mouth is kinda like beating your head against the wall. By the time you start enjoying it, you've got critical brain damage.

four star daydream · « **Reply #59 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 01:32 »

i most definitely hated the strokes upon first hearing. at first i thought it was the most unexciting thing i ever heard. all they did was drink beer (heineken) and smoked cigarettes like come on. not to mention at the time you also had the hives exploding and that awful band... shit ummm oh the vines fewf almost forgot. and then i realized .. hey i like beer and i like cigarettes and im pretty lame. but i like myself and i like the strokes. plus come on they have guided by voices on their side ... they are a shoe in for rock and roll heaven

TheFoolOnTheHill · « **Reply #60 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 04:18 »

I used to hate Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Modest Mouse. Now I love all three of em.

Although post-Black Album Metallica is horrible.

edscoble · « **Reply #61 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 06:52 »

Quote from: Nowhere

However, after hearing "Pictures of You" and "One Hundred Years", I slowly came to realize the error of my ways.

It's Pictures of You what got me into The Cure, that song is just, so fucking brilliant.

Quote from: Bearer

Totaly going to say "The Decemberists" and "Mogwai."

I'd says the same, The Decemberists is bloody original, and to me, and if you think The Decemberists is too 'folk-like', try and listen to July, July!.

I'm sorry, I have to admitted I'm laughing because quite a lots of people seemed to have a fondness of saying "totally" which seemed very orange county to me.

edscoble · « **Reply #62 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 07:00 »

I wonder when someone will says that Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go grew on them.

edscoble · « **Reply #63 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 07:07 »

Quote from: Dirhael

Quote from: TheMike
The Arcade Fire

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...

Death Cab was rather an unusual band to like, some of their were brilliant, like the 405, which caught my attention, and I Will Follow You To The Dark, however, I'm still at a stage that I'm not yet 'getting it'

The Arcade Fire was pretty good, quite strange as well, especially with the 'Neighborhood' tracks.

Cap'n Derk · « **Reply #64 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 10:47 »

Believe it or not, Kansas.

Prog-rocking, violin-playing, critically-loathed Kansas.

Yeah, the "Dust In The Wind" dudes.

At first it was just about "...Wind." And then I bought their debut just out of curiosity. I haven't looked back since.

I now own four of their first five records.

I ordered the 3rd one, Masque, the other day.

pat101 · « **Reply #65 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 10:56 »

This has nothing to do with anything but ohhh Neutral Milk Hotel live in New Zealand is probably the highlight of my week.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #66 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 13:06 »

I have to say I love ABBA. At first I thought it was shit but later I found myself loving them in a completely non facetious way. Simply put I don't think any band has put more effort in polishing thier songs.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #67 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 13:36 »

Stravinsky. My dad loved him, and I played one of his works (Three Pieces for Unaccompanied Clarinet) before I really started to "get" any of it. Now it seems perfectly logical coherent (unlike lots of other 20th century music, e.g. Musique Concrete, which I still don't understand). Though, now that I think about it, I only started to like him after I had a copy of Rite of Spring. Maybe it's coincidence, maybe not.

Kai · « **Reply #68 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 13:57 »

Wait, what do Rite of Spring have to do with Stravinsky?

Although I love Stravinsky.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #69 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 14:13 »

Quote from: Kai

Wait, what do Rite of Spring have to do with Stravinsky?

Um... I don't get it. Is there a band called Rite of Spring or something?

nescience · « **Reply #70 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 15:50 »

Sigh.

Stravinsky's (arguably) most well-known composition is the ballet "Sacre du Printemps", or "The Rite of Spring" in English. You can hear it in Disney's Fantasia during the history-of-Earth / dinosaur part. Rites of Spring was a D.C. hardcore band in the mid 80s.

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #71 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 15:52 »

Quote from: nescience

Sigh.

Stravinsky's (arguably) most well-known composition is the ballet "Sacre du Printemps", or "The Rite of Spring" in English. You can hear it in Disney's Fantasia during the history-of-Earth / dinosaur part. Rites of Spring was a D.C. hardcore band in the mid 80s.

Huh. Cool. I have pretty much no knowledge in the genre of harcore.

nescience · « **Reply #72 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 17:19 »

Heh. The sigh refers to (no offense) Kai's comment, which in my experience is funny in the same way as "I can't believe they made a PLAY out of that Romeo and Juliet movie!"

Of course, everyone's experience is different so I don't pass any judgement of musical taste and/or knowledge

Kai · « **Reply #73 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 17:24 »

That's because I'm hardcore like that.

OMG PUNS

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #74 on:** 08 Feb 2006, 20:49 »

Quote from: nescience

Heh. The sigh refers to (no offense) Kai's comment, which in my experience is funny in the same way as "I can't believe they made a PLAY out of that Romeo and Juliet movie!"

I hear Romeo and Juliet is based on West Side Story.

M3gaBigh · « **Reply #75 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 00:44 »

Fall Out Boy - I really love this guys now, at first I couldn't stand them however, they drove me nuts.
Modest Mouse - At first I thought they were really country and it kinda got on my nerves. After listening a bit more I liked it more and more.
Kings Of Leon - As above. I saw them live last weekend and they were so awsome.

Maximo Bean · « **Reply #76 on:** 09 Feb 2006, 05:12 »

I used to hate coldplay.
Now I love them.

narutard · « **Reply #77 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 07:40 »

Radiohead. I felt the same about Hail to the Theif, but I've matured a little since then, and it hasn't left my stereo in a good while.

Coldplay. I've always figured that I should give them a listen, from the radio singles I've heard, but only recently have I worked up the effort to download them. Mostly motivated by 'Talk' live at the Grammys. Albsolutely beautiful.

Oasis. The singles (Lyla, Wonderwall) REALLY put me off. I mean, those are god-aweful songs. But enough recomendations pushed me over the edge, and now I guess I like them.

Merkava · « **Reply #78 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 10:43 »

Quote from: edscoble

Quote from: Dirhael
Quote from: TheMike
The Arcade Fire

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...

Death Cab was rather an unusual band to like, some of their were brilliant, like the 405, which caught my attention, and I Will Follow You To The Dark, however, I'm still at a stage that I'm not yet 'getting it'

The Arcade Fire was pretty good, quite strange as well, especially with the 'Neighborhood' tracks.

There's nothing to "get" with I Will Follow You Into the Dark. It's just a nice, simple, heartfelt acoustic song. And the only standout on their blah new album.

We Have the Facts was PEAK, man. PEAK.

Field Fire · « **Reply #79 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 11:31 »

It took me quite a while to get into the whole genre of post-rock. At first I found it all boring, but now I love the stuff.
Also, when I first got Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People I didn't think it was all that good and now I love it. It took me a little while to get into Wolf Parade, too. And it took me ages to get into The Double.
But, unlike most other people, I fell in love with Neutral Milk Hotel on first listen, and I still love them just as much today.

Technetium · « **Reply #80 on:** 12 Feb 2006, 20:02 »

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
King Crimson

It also took me forever to realize how awesome Lateralus is.

jake-s · « **Reply #81 on:** 13 Feb 2006, 05:12 »

ordinary boys
i listend to thembefore this sudden boom in theier popualrity and didnt like them but now i seem to like them more

Houdinimachine · « **Reply #82 on:** 13 Feb 2006, 07:18 »

Quote from: nescience

Popol Vuh.

I'm glad I gave them some time after Seligpreisung. I did not appreciate their heavenliness until Hosianna Mantra.

Werner Herzog movies would NOT be the same without Popol.

It took me a while, but I absolutely love Belle and Sebastion now. It also took me a while to really dig Soundtrack of Our Lives.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #83 on:** 13 Feb 2006, 08:01 »

Quote from: sabertoothbliss

Now these are all amongst my favorites, except Eels, which still gets me a bid down on occasions.

Funny. When I'm depressed, the first thing I do is put on some EElS because it cheers me up. Despite the sad subject matter, I always find it has this feeling of 'I can overcome everything that's thrown at me'.

Except for the first half of Electro-shock Blues. That's some suicide causing stuff!

Synchronicity · « **Reply #84 on:** 15 Feb 2006, 20:43 »

Led Zeppelin for sure. I'd, of course, heard Stairway to Heaven and a few other songs but since my friend was always talking about how great they were I decided to listen to them. I listened to the album Houses of the Holy a few times and thought they were pretty boring. A few months later I listened to them again and now I just love them.

Also Iron & Wine bored me to death when I first heard them, but now I love them as well.

Synchronicity · « **Reply #85 on:** 15 Feb 2006, 20:44 »

Led Zeppelin for sure. I'd, of course, heard Stairway to Heaven and a few other songs but since my friend was always talking about how great they were I decided to listen to them. I listened to the album Houses of the Holy a few times and thought they were pretty boring. A few months later I listened to them again and now I just love them.

Also Iron & Wine bored me to death when I first heard them, but now I love them as well.

Johnny Zhivago · « **Reply #86 on:** 16 Feb 2006, 19:28 »

it took me a while before I was able to get down with Kraftwerk. Also The Stranglers, I got one of their albums, and was like meh, but after trying it again a month or so later, they were like instantly one of my favorite bands. If they haven't grown on any of you yet, so to speak, I suggest letting them do so, they are outstanding.

Kai · « **Reply #87 on:** 16 Feb 2006, 19:36 »

Props for the Zappa avatar. Freak Out is a great album.

Johnny Zhivago · « **Reply #88 on:** 16 Feb 2006, 19:54 »

Quote from: Kai

Freak Out is a great album.

agreed! thats another group it took me a while to get into, now i cant understand how people dont love that stuff

Kai · « **Reply #89 on:** 16 Feb 2006, 20:22 »

Yeah, but I didn't even have to work to get into them. My dad had just bought me an album of his for my 13th birthday and that was the starting point of it.

Johnny Zhivago · « **Reply #90 on:** 16 Feb 2006, 22:24 »

haha, i wish my dad had taste like that. as it stands i think hes kinda weirded out that i like zappa heh

Misereatur · « **Reply #91 on:** 17 Feb 2006, 05:28 »

Took me some time to realise how great Godspeed! You Black Emperor are
it takes a while to understand their stuff
same goes for Mogwai.

I really hated Tool when i first heard them, but know i own all their albums.

debaser · « **Reply #92 on:** 18 Feb 2006, 20:28 »

It took me a while to get into The Magnetic Fields, 69 love songs was really odd to me when I first heard it, but now I believe it to be a classic, or a future one rather.

Zaarin · « **Reply #93 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 02:12 »

I can't think of any bands that "grew on me", really, but there are a few albums:

The Velvet Underground's self titled. After having furiously rocked out (or whatever verb is appropriate to the Velvets; shot up skag, perhaps?) to The Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat, I was initially angered and confused by the 1968 self titled. What is this soft, pansy music? At first I could only tolerate "The Murder Mystery", because it reminded me of "The Gift". It spent a long time collecting dust in the CD holder.

But then one day, about a month ago, bored and lacking in inspiration, I dug it out and threw it into the computer. Sure, it bore little resemblance the previous two albums, but it was amazing in its own way. "What Goes On", "Pale Blue Eyes", and, yes, even "After Hours". Maureen Tucker's girlish vocals give it an innocence rare in the VU's catalogue.

And just a few weeks ago I bought Loaded, which is in a similar vein (tee hee).

Rubby · « **Reply #94 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 15:45 »

The Doors for me. I had to listen to "The End" before I actualy "got" them.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #95 on:** 22 Feb 2006, 01:57 »

On a small scale, I wasn't too impressed with Black Mountain's self-titled on the first few listens. I really like it now.

Donut · « **Reply #96 on:** 26 Feb 2006, 15:51 »

Coldplay
Led Zeppelin
Muse
Pearl Jam
Radiohead

aleixa · « **Reply #97 on:** 26 Feb 2006, 16:25 »

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Alan Parsons Project
Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull

(I have my bf to thank for those last three)

Kai · « **Reply #98 on:** 26 Feb 2006, 16:53 »

He is pretty nerdy. He totally wins. I mean, introducing your girlfriend to Alan Parsons Project and Jethro Tull? That takes some guts, because she either likes them or will laugh you out of the room for being pathetic.

<3 the Parson.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #99 on:** 26 Feb 2006, 17:56 »

Did I mention Death already? I'm pretty sure I did. But just to be safe, Death.

And Primus, though to a much lesser extent.

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ripvanwormer

sabertoothbliss

Merkava

Isaac

AnonymousPosterChild

Jeridus

AnonymousPosterChild

four star daydream

TheFoolOnTheHill

edscoble

edscoble

edscoble

Cap'n Derk

nescience

nescience

M3gaBigh

Maximo Bean

narutard

Merkava

Field Fire

jake-s

TrueNeutral

Synchronicity

Synchronicity

Johnny Zhivago

Johnny Zhivago

Johnny Zhivago

Zaarin

Donut