Music you never thought you'd enjoy

[superjackal]

As a lad learning the guitar in my teenage years I was very unforgiving of pop music and country and, well anything that didn’t fit my ideal.

Over the years I’ve gone from hating Eric Clapton and the Eagles to going 180 and loving them. That happened a while ago, recently I got big time into country music & pop which has opened up lots of new doors.

Additions recently – Anne Murray, The Carpenters, Harry Nilsson, Eric Carmen, Whitney Houston, Bananarama, Bob James, Patti Page, Deorado, Emmylou Harris, Loverboy, Bob Dylan, Def Leppard, Chet Atkins, Gerry Rafferty, Marshall Tucker….

Out the door seems to be Heavy Metal which I loved as a teenager.

On the classical side Piano concertos used to depress the hell out of me but these days I find them quite interesting…?

Loving being open to anything. Couldn’t care less what other people think any more.

The hard part is finding time to listen to it all but it’s cool to have a huge collection to draw on. Nothing better than popping a beer, grabbing the headphones and spending into the wee hours letting music take me wherever…..

[Trasheap]

Newbie to Kiwibiker! I went to the Devo concert in December and it was great. They played a lot of their old stuff as well as some of the new. I don't know if it counts as a guilty pleasure but was well worth the money spent.

[sgtp]

Cool thread...and I am not even a music nerd

I never thought in a million years that I could enjoy Folk music, but the Kingston Trio changed that (though I'll admit that the movie A Mighty Wind helped)

[MisterD]

Then there's the yang to this thread's yin: Music that you really should like based on the rest of your collection, but in actual fact you can't stand.

Exhibit A: Talking Heads.

[Naki Rat]

Lucinda Williams. Heard her live album on Nat Radio and had to get it. Way too close to country music for my normal tastes

[Big Dave]

Young guy with old men. But it's stayed on high rotation. Probably for Kirk's harmonies.

[jim.cox]

I got stuck in Alaska for a bit.

Could only get one station on the radio

It was one of those "two kinds of music - country and western" stations

But the programmer did really know his material - and played mostly the good stuff

These days I like good music from all genre - from baroque classical to heavy metal.

[xXGIBBOXx]

For some unknown reason I stumbled upon a Bjork tune a couple of weeks ago and I can't put it down. I was never a fan, it was always a tad weird for my tastes. There's about 10 tracks off of various albums, I know albums eh,

if you liked bjork try first aid same kind of sound but not as weird . Me im getting in to punk ( old school English 70s thanks to 95 fm for the intro

[unstuck]

[mashman]

if you liked bjork try first aid same kind of sound but not as weird . Me im getting in to punk ( old school English 70s thanks to 95 fm for the intro

First Aid Kit? If it is them you meant, I had a wee listen and for some reason they remind me of Leonard Cohen, but on happy pills and with more instruments. T'would certainly be in the pile that I wouldn't usually listen but would probably happily listen too (made it through 3 or 4 tracks tapping toes etc...). Good luck wiv the punk... I could never really get into it.

[Laava]

For some unknown reason I stumbled upon a Bjork tune a couple of weeks ago and I can't put it down. I was never a fan, it was always a tad weird for my tastes. There's about 10 tracks off of various albums, I know albums eh, that I'll happily throw on loop and listen to over and over and over etc... just wish there was somewhere other than iToons to get the tracks and stash in a play list on my portable non-tape non-cd music playing device.

Have you found, or re-found for that matter, something from 20 odd years ago that you never thought would make it into your collection in the near future?

Sugar Cubes bro?