Better when Aged

[Lady Day]

There have been bands/singers/musicians of the modern perspective that when they first came out, I could hear their talent, but couldnt stand them. Now they they have lasted past the popularity, and are established, seasoned, and in their own, I have to say, Im taking a listen and I like what Im hearing.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers come to mind. I cant stand most of their earlier stuff, but their last 2/3 albums have been really good. Really good.

Anyone else feel that way about an artist. How their early stuff was null, but their older works are great?

Please share.

LD

 

[Amy Jeanne]

I'm the type that always hated something upon it's initial release, but then grew to love it many years down the line. Does that count?

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

Green Day's early albums. On "American Idiot" they have gone back to their original sound.

I haven't bought an album for years, so I can't say if the artists that I have have changed or are even around at all.

 

[Dr Doran]

Couldn't stand Depeche Mode in the 1980s; now when I hear their songs it makes me happy. Hated Bowie when I was in my teens, then realized his genius. I thought Pet Shop Boys were horrible in the 80s, but listening to their version of Village People "Go West" and their song "Let's Make Lots of Money" on a truly huge stereo in an immense grocery store, very very loud before the store opened, impressed me quite a bit with the production; my brother then let me have his 12" remixes of West End Girls and Suburbia and I found them impressive as well.

I, at first, up until the mid-1990s, HATED HATED HATED James Brown, of all people; the "HAH!" ejaculatory shouts disgusted me. Then I heard someone playing him loud from a moving vehicle in the Tenderloin one hot day and it seemed so apropos and full of life that my opinion completely did a 180 and not only do I find his band awesome but I appreciate what an extreme lunatic he is and his awesome energy and lack of fear.
And his songs are damn good too.