# Cool songs you didn't discover until much later **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691 "2009-04-10T21:49:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/21 "2009-04-14T05:15:38Z")
I do know someone who completely missed [The Whitlams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygi7RQMLcAw) when they were completely unavoidable ten years ago, then “discovered” them last month and was very upset that she didn’t have anyone to share her find with. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/22 "2009-04-14T15:02:26Z")
Although I’d heard the song over the past 30 years and was a Moody Blues fan, I never connected with FOREVER AUTUMN from “War Of The Worlds” until a year and a half ago. Even worse, tho I’d heard snippets in the movie HEAVY METAL years ago, only last week did I experience the greatness of BOC’s VETERANS OF THE PSYCHIC WARS. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/23 "2009-04-14T15:07:09Z")
One of the disadvantages of growing up in Western New York in the early 80s at the time is that the music didn’t come to us until a couple years afterward, if at all. So much New Wave I didn’t even discover until the Orlando stations would play it on retro night in the late 90s-early 2000s. The biggest examples I can think of outside of obviously obscure techno and goth are Yaz(oo), Obsession by Animotion, and Arcadia. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/24 "2009-04-14T15:48:28Z")
Well, for the past few decades I’ve been collecting vinyl LPs … mostly in the 90s, when it seemed like every other yard sale had a box of them for 50 cents each. So I’ve been in a sort of continual process of discovering old music for quite some time. One that particularly stands out is Tim Buckley… I first heard “Goodbye and Hello” about 10 years ago. (I probably heard it a few times back in the late 60s/early 70s but it didn’t sink in.) The last three songs on side 1 – to use an expression from that era – blew my mind. By the way… unlike the OP, I’ve always liked Dylan, but wasn’t familiar with a lot of his stuff until later. I remember listening to Side 2 of “Another Side of Bob Dylan” sometime around 1980 and feeling like “how can anything possibly be this good”. In my younger days, when my musical tastes were still forming, I would periodically have the experience of listening to an album a few times and having it do nothing for me, then coming back to it sometime later and thinking “Wait – this is actually incredibly good.” That happened with Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, Genesis’ “Nursery Cryme”, John Mayall’s “USA Union”, and some others. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/25 "2009-04-14T15:59:50Z")
_Waltzing Matilda_ which, if you didn’t know, is the **Unofficial** Australian National Anthem. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5nbOGRu3Y&feature=PlayList&p=69C120275F3D0F66&index=0&playnext=1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV5nbOGRu3Y&feature=PlayList&p=69C120275F3D0F66&index=0&playnext=1) I learned about this song in the 70’s, but it’s been around for a long time. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing\_Matilda](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/26 "2009-04-14T16:01:58Z")
I had heard of The Rolling Stones and knew who Mick Jagger was but probably couldn’t name any of their songs when I was 20. Then when I was 21 (1991) I went to see a midnight showing of “Rolling Stones at the Max” in IMAX with footage of their Steel Wheels tour. Awesome catchy stuff that made me an instant fan. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/27 "2009-04-14T16:06:43Z")
In 1982, I happened upon a copy of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 2-disc greatest hits compilation (_Chronicle_) in a record store bargain bin for 5 bucks. CCR had been broken up for 10 years, and I was just a kid when they were popular. I looked at the album jacket and thought, hmmm, I know _Proud Mary_ and _Bad Moon Rising._ Those are OK, I guess I’ll take a chance on this for $5. Imagine getting hit with _Green River, Commotion, Down On The Corner, Fortunate Son, Travelin’ Band, Up Around The Bend, Lookin’ Out My Back Door_ and then some… all for the first time in one sitting. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691/28 "2009-04-14T19:17:51Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > In 1982, I happened upon a copy of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s 2-disc greatest hits compilation (_Chronicle_) in a record store bargain bin for 5 bucks. CCR had been broken up for 10 years, and I was just a kid when they were popular. > > I looked at the album jacket and thought, hmmm, I know _Proud Mary_ and _Bad Moon Rising._ Those are OK, I guess I’ll take a chance on this for $5. > > Imagine getting hit with _Green River, Commotion, Down On The Corner, Fortunate Son, Travelin’ Band, Up Around The Bend, Lookin’ Out My Back Door_ and then some… all for the first time in one sitting. I’m a big fan of Creedence especially _Down on the corner_ and _Bad Moon Rising_. Thanks for reminding me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-songs-you-didnt-discover-until-much-later/492691.md?page=1)