This comment goes for pretty much the whole grunge genre, but especially Pearl Jam. I hated the vocals. But then I went a few years without listening to the radio at all so I forgot they existed, and got pretty into Rush. I guess Geddy’s vocals desensitized me or something because I eventually stumbled on Pearl Jam again and… they actually kicked ass.
Even Flow is such a banger. It’s my go to karaoke song. Never fails to get a huge response from the crowd.
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.
Steely Dan
Ghost. I always wanted to like them, but could not get into their sound. When they won their Grammy in 2015(?) I called a buddy who was huge into them and asked him to curate a playlist for me. I could not do it.
Then in 2018 I saw them open for Iron Maiden, something about seeing them in person. Papa and the Ghouls had this energy about them. Now they are one of my top listened to bands.
seeing a band in person can make such a huuge difference its insane
I really miss all the metal shows I went to back in the early 90s so many bands every weekend.
theres 1 bar left where i am that has live metal bands om a regular basis… good reminder to check their shows its been a year
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.
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 :(
Lana del Rey
I heard her a lot when born to die came out. And even listened full album. And thought “I listened to the same song 15 times” But now a fan, don’t know why.
Did you listen to hip-hop?
Almost no
Fall Out Boy
I used to hate Miley Cyrus’ music and her personality. Now I’m on board. I still don’t love her, but I don’t mind singing along when her music plays near me and I feel very neutral to even positive about her as a person. As far as child stars go she actually seems surprisingly normal and thoughtful.
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.
As a small child in the 1970s-80s, I felt uncomfortable with Queen.
I think they were just a bit ahead of their time.
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 :)
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.
Black metal as a genre. I could not believe that anyone seriously listened to that. It was either random noise or actually scary stuff (I am the black wizards actually scared me for some reason lol). But after enough exposure and playing Freezing moon myself, I actually got to enjoy it to the point where now I listend to black metal 80% of the time.
In the same vein, “Sons of Winter and Stars” by Wintersun was so unharmonized and terrible to me when I first listened to it, but after a few listens it became one of my favourite songs
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
