As a small child in the 1970s-80s, I felt uncomfortable with Queen.
I think they were just a bit ahead of their time.
Fall Out Boy
I’m not sure about “enjoy”, but I’ve come to appreciate The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and U2 where I previously couldn’t see the attraction.
Skrillex. At first I thought he was making random noise. But the more I listened, the more I could hear the musicality and innovation of it. Then I learnt he can actually play guitar and piano. The appreciation of Skrillex got me onto other dubby type bands.
Obnoxious late 90s-early 2000s over the top stuff like Limp Bizkit. I don’t know what happened. I always hated it until last year and then it just clicked. Please stay back.
Now all the critics wanna hit it
Ya shit can how we did it
Just because they don’t get it
It was just one of those days!
They didn’t wanna wake up!
Everything was fucked!
Everybody sucks!
I didn’t realise U2 once did make great music! Can recommend 1001 albums generator - it’s righting a few musical wrongs in my brain :)
Mindless Self Indulgence
I used to love them, but after learning about Jimmy Urine, I can’t listen to it. Same for Die Antwood. Actually, a whole lot of fucking people
its sad isnt it? I objectively really like the music still. but cant enjoy it anymore because it reminds me that such trash people exist and have power :(
I wasn’t a fan of ’80s pop music when it came out. But now there’s a layer of nostalgia, and the weirdness of that music is now fascinating to me. So I might not actually like it still, but now I appreciate it.
Most of the pop music hits I loathed back in the ‘80s as a teenager. Sounds like comfortable nostalgia now and the snobbery I had about what ‘real music’ supposed to be is gone.
It took me awhile to like Katy Perry’s older stuff. This coming from a guy who likes Indie/Punk/New Wave. I haven’t listened to her newer stuff.
Oh and same with Billie Eilish.
I couldn’t stand Linkin Park when they were first getting popular. I felt that they were too edgelord-y for me and wrote them off. Now, I wish I had actually given them a shot earlier on.
I felt similar about SOAD
I was young when I first heard of’em. Dismissed them because I thought their band name was lame, and thus indicative of their music.
I was wrong. RIP Gord Downie
The Tragically Hip - Day For Night (Full Album)
(The fourth song, “Yawning or Snarling” is particularly dope)
Wait a second… you’re not Canadian but you know who The Hip are? And you like them?! My mind is blown, my dude. That’s awesome 😃
Weird, I was just about to add my comment in here about The Hip. I used to haaaaate them, like get up immediately and turn the radio station if they came on kind of hate.
Then I remember the music video for Poets came out, and I thought it was okay. Fine, maybe I like one of their songs, but fuck the rest!
And then I heard Bobcaygeon a few years later - I think it was the right place and the right time. A cottage trip, after a few drinks, and somebody I had a lot of respect for said they loved the band. Suddenly Gord wasn’t some awful screechy eccentric folk elderly-rock singer, but an eccentric artist whimsically singing about deep Canadiana. I started exploring them more, and now I love them and passionately regret that I will never be able to experience them live.
RIP Gord, you beautiful weirdo.
If any non-Canadians want a glimpse of what Canadian culture is like go take a listen to the top Tragically Hip songs. Also pay attention to the lyrics because some of them are just poetry and magnificent.
Rush still fucking sucks, though.
I like a lot of different types of music, my top three artists are John Prine, Leonard Cohen, and Steve Earle. I had NO idea how much I would appreciate Machine Gun Kelly.
Didn’t dislike them as artists, but when The Haunted released The Dead Eye, I hated it. But I kept listening and it became one of my favorites.
Belphegor. My friend used to listen to them in high school a lot when I was just getting into metal, and 10 years later I started giving them a go. Now I’ve been listening to them with some regularity and have some favorite songs, which also show up in my rotation regularly.
