Why didn't I love that album the first time?
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Why didn't I love that album the first time?
When I used to try to keep up with music, I'd often come home on Tuesdays with more than one release. Inevitably, one would become a staple and another would be forgotten.
I just recently listened to
The Toadies - Hell Below, Stars Above
And it's becoming a staple after all these years. Anyone else have a similar experience with an older album?
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I just recently listened to
The Toadies - Hell Below, Stars Above
And it's becoming a staple after all these years. Anyone else have a similar experience with an older album?
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Got cha covereddaft twat wrote:When I used to try to keep up with music, I'd often come home on Tuesdays with more than one release. Inevitably, one would become a staple and another would be forgotten.
I just recently listened to
The Toadies - Hell Below, Stars Above
And it's becoming a staple after all these years. Anyone else have a similar experience with an older album?
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Absolutely.daft twat wrote:When I used to try to keep up with music, I'd often come home on Tuesdays with more than one release. Inevitably, one would become a staple and another would be forgotten.
I just recently listened to
The Toadies - Hell Below, Stars Above
And it's becoming a staple after all these years. Anyone else have a similar experience with an older album?
Most notably, Tom Waits's Rain Dogs. But there are a ton of others.
What made you come back to that Toadies record after discarding it?
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Paul McCartney - Ram Originally thought there was no substance to the music but now appreciate it's whimsical take.
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Originally thought it was just pompous and bloated, now I think it's close to a masterpiece.
The following five bands fall into the same type of category
Radiohead Never got into them at all until their greatest hits release. Now I accept them as phenomenal.
Oasis Same deal as Radiohead but to a slightly lesser extent.
Emerson Lake & Palmer Pretty much the same deal as Oasis but to a slightly lesser extent.
Genesis Up to their album Duke, pretty much the same deal as Emerson Lake & Palmer but to a slightly lesser extent.
Nine Inch nails Pretty much the same deal as Genesis but to a slightly lesser extent.
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Originally thought it was just pompous and bloated, now I think it's close to a masterpiece.
The following five bands fall into the same type of category
Radiohead Never got into them at all until their greatest hits release. Now I accept them as phenomenal.
Oasis Same deal as Radiohead but to a slightly lesser extent.
Emerson Lake & Palmer Pretty much the same deal as Oasis but to a slightly lesser extent.
Genesis Up to their album Duke, pretty much the same deal as Emerson Lake & Palmer but to a slightly lesser extent.
Nine Inch nails Pretty much the same deal as Genesis but to a slightly lesser extent.
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and the Cairo Gang - The Wonder Show of the World.
Troublesome Houses was such an awesome song on that album so I thought the rest of the songs didn't live up to that one. Been relistening to the whole album again, really good stuff.
Troublesome Houses was such an awesome song on that album so I thought the rest of the songs didn't live up to that one. Been relistening to the whole album again, really good stuff.
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i discovered the toadies when i saw them open for white zombie in 1996. overnight, rubberneck, became a seminal album in my life. by the time hell below, stars above came out (i think 6 years later), i had moved on. i bought it, spun it once, and then it gathered dust for over a decade. heard todd's voice on the radio a few years back singing beautiful night and wound up loving the first burden brothers record. the second was a disappointment. 2 or 3 or 4 years ago, the toadies toured prior to no deliverance being released. i went to see them play on whim. they played all of rubberneck, save one song. it stirred up old feelings. i downloaded no deliverance when it came out. didn't love it, but thought the opening track was bad ass. so they were back on my radar. they put out a new album this past summer. the new offspring album sounded like late 90s offspring albums, so i was excited for this. i was ready to have a summer of nostalgia. unfortunately, i wound up really being disappointed by play.rock.music. however, it made me realize i had an old toadies album i never really gave a chance. so i put hell below, stars above on my mp3 player. fucking love it. i think it's better than rubberneck. i'm enjoying it a lot right now.durdencommatyler wrote:Absolutely.daft twat wrote:When I used to try to keep up with music, I'd often come home on Tuesdays with more than one release. Inevitably, one would become a staple and another would be forgotten.
I just recently listened to
The Toadies - Hell Below, Stars Above
And it's becoming a staple after all these years. Anyone else have a similar experience with an older album?
Most notably, Tom Waits's Rain Dogs. But there are a ton of others.
What made you come back to that Toadies record after discarding it?
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I've never really listened to this Toadies album before. Its pretty good. No Deliverance had a cool album cover, that's about it....
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I was 16. It took me another couple of years to get over the "rock music is the only good music" attitude I had.
I was 16. It took me another couple of years to get over the "rock music is the only good music" attitude I had.
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Beck's Mutations. It just didn't grab me after Odelay. Then years later Sea Change came out and I absolutely loved that one, so I went back and listened to Mutations again. It's now my favorite Beck album.
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For me it was the other way around. I thought "Odelay" was lame, and I wasn't expecting much with "Mutations", especially since it was so downplayed in the media. I loved it and it's still my favorite Beck album to this day. He lost me again with Midnight Vultures, which was touted in the press as the "proper" follow-up to "Odelay". What a load of shit.turned2black wrote:Beck's Mutations. It just didn't grab me after Odelay. Then years later Sea Change came out and I absolutely loved that one, so I went back and listened to Mutations again. It's now my favorite Beck album.
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Odelay still doesn't do much for me.Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:For me it was the other way around. I thought "Odelay" was lame, and I wasn't expecting much with "Mutations", especially since it was so downplayed in the media. I loved it and it's still my favorite Beck album to this day. He lost me again with Midnight Vultures, which was touted in the press as the "proper" follow-up to "Odelay". What a load of shit.turned2black wrote:Beck's Mutations. It just didn't grab me after Odelay. Then years later Sea Change came out and I absolutely loved that one, so I went back and listened to Mutations again. It's now my favorite Beck album.
Mutations was the first Beck album that I liked. That album made me a fan.
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I still don't get what all the fuss is with Kid A. It's a good, solid record. But I think the two before and the one after it are better.Angus wrote:Kid A
I was 16. It took me another couple of years to get over the "rock music is the only good music" attitude I had.
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I loved Kid A from the start, which is really surprising because I was really closed minded when it came to music in the late 90s/early aughts.
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What was your favorite band at the time, besides Pearl Jam?cutuphalfdead wrote:I loved Kid A from the start, which is really surprising because I was really closed minded when it came to music in the late 90s/early aughts.
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Probably The Who. That was my heavy classic rock phase. By 02 I was off into Bright Eyes and a bunch of shitty emo bands.durdencommatyler wrote:What was your favorite band at the time, besides Pearl Jam?cutuphalfdead wrote:I loved Kid A from the start, which is really surprising because I was really closed minded when it came to music in the late 90s/early aughts.
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Well at least you had/have good taste in Classic Rock. What are your thoughts on Steeley Dan?cutuphalfdead wrote:Probably The Who. That was my heavy classic rock phase. By 02 I was off into Bright Eyes and a bunch of shitty emo bands.durdencommatyler wrote:What was your favorite band at the time, besides Pearl Jam?cutuphalfdead wrote:I loved Kid A from the start, which is really surprising because I was really closed minded when it came to music in the late 90s/early aughts.
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ughdurdencommatyler wrote:Well at least you had/have good taste in Classic Rock. What are your thoughts on Steeley Dan?cutuphalfdead wrote:Probably The Who. That was my heavy classic rock phase. By 02 I was off into Bright Eyes and a bunch of shitty emo bands.durdencommatyler wrote:What was your favorite band at the time, besides Pearl Jam?cutuphalfdead wrote:I loved Kid A from the start, which is really surprising because I was really closed minded when it came to music in the late 90s/early aughts.
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i still can't get into kid A
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I'd probably have to include Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby on my list. When I just heard U2 on the radio I could take or leave them. In college a good friend was a die hard and really got me into them.
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