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Tony R 
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 Topic: Artists you disliked but now love...
Posted: October 07 2005 at 16:49 |
Ever made a massive mistake by dismissing a band or artist based on one listen or one album-then came back to them years later only to find you'd deprived yourself of something amazing?
This happened to me with Steve Hackett's solo career.
I'd been a big fan of Genesis from about 1972,but somehow didnt get to hear Hackett's first solo album Voyage Of The Acolyte.
I bought his first post-Genesis LP Please Dont Touch at the time of release and was horrified! I found it totally bland and unlistenable (still do really) and that was the end of Steve for me until Easter this year.
I d/l Star Of Sirius and Mechanical Bride from the Bio Section and was completely stunned.The tracks were amazing and I quickly desired the whole catalogue.
Needless to say I aquired his first 4 albums remastered from Camino in Aug and have since added Darktown,To Watch The Storms,Highly Strung and Watcher.Apart from the aforementioned Please Dont Thrutch ( ) I'm completely bowled over.The guy is a genius!
I feel like I have been missing something for 30 years! A day barely goes by without me giving one of his albums a spin.......
.......has this ever happened to you?
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Lindsay Lohan
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 16:50 |
i used to hate iron maiden and think that even dr.dre was better
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stonebeard
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 16:54 |
maybe i'll eventually warm up to Pain of Salvation. 
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Cygnus X-1
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:01 |
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i first heard Watcher of the skies by genesis and didn't think much to it but then i heard the rest of Timetable later on and fell in love with supper's ready
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The Wizard
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:02 |
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bluetailfly
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:06 |
When I was younger, I used to dislike King Crimson (except the first album); actually I hadn't even heard most of the lps, but Robert Fripp used to bother me because of all that "league of crafty guitar" stuff (and the fact that he wouldn't put out another album like the first!)
But later I sort of grew into them, and they're one of my favorite bands now. I listen to them often.
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"The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle."
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Arnold Layne
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:08 |
i had downloaded the frank zappa songs of this site and at the time thought it was all crap but i kept it on the computer and every once in a while it would start playing and i didnt stop it, two months later i had collected 4 of his cds
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HELP!
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:10 |
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memowakeman
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:15 |
RUSH.. IM NOT IN LOVE WITH THEIR MUSIC... BUT IM IN LOVE WITH HEMISPHERES AND A FAREWELL TO KINGS...
TWO YEARS AGO.. I HATE THAT BAND
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Jared
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:38 |
Porcupine Tree for me..... I bought Signify and it sent me to sleep. I couldn't see what people saw in it, but more recently, I have softened to their music, having heard Deadwing and worked my way backwards... Signify will never be a fave of mine, but I understand it more now than I did 6/7 years ago.
Somehow, I can't see the same 'Road to Damascus' conversion happening for Ayreon tho.. 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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el böthy
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:41 |
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Van der Graaf Gnerator...I did not get it, I did not want to get it...now...the complet oposite.
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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lucas
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:50 |
Most of the prog stuff... 
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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The Miracle
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 17:53 |
Opeth
and all RIO/Avant-prog!
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margaret
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 18:09 |
 Tony R wrote:
Ever made a massive mistake by dismissing a band or artist based on one listen or one album-then came back to them years later only to find you'd deprived yourself of something amazing?
This happened to me with Steve Hackett's solo career.
I'd been a big fan of Genesis from about 1972,but somehow didnt get to hear Hackett's first solo album Voyage Of The Acolyte.
I bought his first post-Genesis LP Please Dont Touch at the time of release and was horrified! I found it totally bland and unlistenable (still do really) and that was the end of Steve for me until Easter this year.I d/l Star Of Sirius and Mechanical Bride from the Bio Section and was completely stunned.The tracks were amazing and I quickly desired the whole catalogue.
Needless to say I aquired his first 4 albums remastered from Camino in Aug and have since added Darktown,To Watch The Storms,Highly Strung and Watcher.Apart from the aforementioned Please Dont Thrutch ( ) I'm completely bowled over.The guy is a genius!
I feel like I have been missing something for 30 years! A day barely goes by without me giving one of his albums a spin.......
.......has this ever happened to you?
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nice thread, Tangerine Dream for me. Not that it (Phaedrea) was bad. It just wasn't what I usually listen to progwise. Kept plugging away, and finally came to like it, reinforced when I got Ricochet. Liking them the more I listen.
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Space is dark it is so endless
When you're lost it's so relentless
It is so big, it is small
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Tony R
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 18:19 |
You know,without wishing to sound pretentious (moi?) that's what really differentiates Prog and other rock music.There is so much lurking under the surface and sometimes you need 5 or 6 careful listens before it all makes sense.
Prog is like ogres and onions.........
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margaret
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 18:22 |
Tony R wrote:
You know,without wishing to sound pretentious (moi?) that's what really differentiates Prog and other rock music.There is so much lurking under the surface and sometimes you need 5 or 6 careful listens before it all makes sense.
Prog is like ogres and onions......... |
couldn't agree with that more, it honestly took multiple multiple listens before I really took to Phaedra (and others like Tales From Topographic Oceans). They were well worth the extra 'effort'.
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Space is dark it is so endless
When you're lost it's so relentless
It is so big, it is small
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Drew
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 18:27 |
Pain of Salvation, and Rush
I love those bands now- Rush being my favorite band of all time now!
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CrazyDiamond
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 18:29 |
opeth and the world of prog metal.
___BYE___
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JohnSnow
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 23:18 |
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Opeth - I was completely turned off by the growls but with songs like black rose immortal and drapery falls, I began to open up to then. I still have a little trouble with some Krautrock, but that is just because I do not have the ability to get my hands on many albums by bands in that genre
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Toob-Wurm
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Posted: October 07 2005 at 23:26 |
Tony R wrote:
You know,without wishing to sound pretentious (moi?) that's what really differentiates Prog and other rock music.There is so much lurking under the surface and sometimes you need 5 or 6 careful listens before it all makes sense.
Prog is like ogres and onions.........
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Well, it certianly has layers...
It took me a long time to get into Yes (I still don't love them, but they earn a spin on my sterio every now and then). The Mars Volta is probably what helped me understand Yes a little better.
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