# Bands you thought you'd hate, but ended up loving **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-thought-youd-hate-but-ended-up-loving/535903 "2010-04-13T00:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-thought-youd-hate-but-ended-up-loving/535903/1 "2010-04-13T00:37:01Z")
In my high school years, I lived a pretty sheltered musical life. In my neck of the woods (talking boonies here, in a relative sense), I had no knowledge, at all, of the punk revolution (which happened in my 14th year), nor of any more esoteric fringe artists (like say Germany’s Can). I remember once getting into a heated “argument” on a desk (kind of like a message board-scribble something and the next person who sat in that desk would write you back) about music, and I expressed my dislike of Pink Floyd. Now of course up to that point I had never actually _heard_ the Floyd, understand-but anything which smacked of arcane acid rock was not for me. [Went back to my Elton John and Chicago records, tho I started to tire of them before I graduated.] Fast forward to my freshman year of college, where I got to listen to all sorts of stuff on their highly eclectic campus radio station, which of course included Floyd. Quickly changed my tune for sure once I heard “Echoes” and _Dark Side_. Never became a huge huge fan of them tho. I also ended up liking much harder rock than I thought I’d ever would as a teen. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-thought-youd-hate-but-ended-up-loving/535903/2 "2010-04-13T01:21:01Z")
The closest for me would be The Eagles. I hated “Take it Easy,” and they seemed to me to be just a second-rate Poco. Continued to dislike their early stuff. Then came **Hotel California** and **The Long Run**. I think it’s entirely due to the addition of Joe Walsh. I can’t really think of anyone like that, but I can think of two who I didn’t like at first, then became a big fan 1. **Soft Machine**. I bought their **Volume Two** on a recommendation. I liked one or two throwaway cuts on the first side, but didn’t care for the rest. But I’d occasionally go back and listen, and decide I liked another song. Then I realized I liked the entire first side and was beginning to get into the second. By the time **Third** came out – one of the greatest jazz-rock albums of all time – I was a fan. 2. **Captain Beefheart** – I thought “The Blimp” was great, so bought “Lick My Decals Off, Baby.” It sounded as though the music was nothing but random plunking behind the Captains surreal lyrics. I started liking one song, then another. Then time passed; I stopped listening to records. I listened again – and realized it was great music. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-thought-youd-hate-but-ended-up-loving/535903/3 "2010-04-13T03:12:49Z")
Neil Young came out with Harvest in the 70’s when I was around 16. It was kind of slow and sappy. I did like some of his other stuff. Then I saw him on a TV show promoting Harvest Moon back in the 90’s and he still looked the same just older with the same old flannel shirt and jeans. I bought the CD Harvest Moon and surprisingly I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-you-thought-youd-hate-but-ended-up-loving/535903/4 "2010-04-13T03:17:04Z")
I saw Korn at Edgefest, was never really in to them but after seeing them put on one hell of a show and I got a few CD’s.