# How could I be so stupid - artists you belatedly catch on to.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-be-so-stupid-artists-you-belatedly-catch-on-to/607615>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-be-so-stupid-artists-you-belatedly-catch-on-to/607615 "2011-12-28T12:18:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-be-so-stupid-artists-you-belatedly-catch-on-to/607615/21 "2012-01-06T15:43:59Z")

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Way too many. The Cramps, The Pogues, PJ Harvey, Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen.

After about 20 years of not liking them, I am REALLY trying to tolerate REM.

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-be-so-stupid-artists-you-belatedly-catch-on-to/607615/22 "2012-01-06T22:33:21Z")

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I’m somewhat ashamed to admit that I’ve only been listening to Bad Religion for a short time. Going through their work, I’m surprised at how many of their songs I was already familiar with, but I simply hadn’t paid that much attention to them. I didn’t hate them, but it was just something I’d hear at friends’ houses and never really picked up. I’m not sure what clicked, but I _love_ Bad Religion.

Though something similar is true of most music in that genre. Always liked it, never paid too much attention to it though, and suddenly now I can’t get enough.

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**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-i-be-so-stupid-artists-you-belatedly-catch-on-to/607615/23 "2012-01-06T22:45:56Z")

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[Tiger Lillies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjeBqHLgSc). I’d heard a couple of songs that didn’t catch my attention, and then recently, I heard some stuff that was just gorgeous. Some of their stuff is still too harsh, but the stuff that isn’t…wow.

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