Changes of Heart You've Had About Music

e.g. Recently I've become quite impressed with Ceephax

(Previously I was kinda down on him)

  On 7/2/2013 at 11:28 PM, LimpyLoo said:

e.g. Recently I've become quite impressed with Ceephax

 

(Previously I was kinda down on him)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I feel this way about boc.

Ceephax was definitely one for me in the past pre my enlightening via the UAE album.

I'm still not quite there but I certainly have a passing interest now of SND & Mark Fell whereas before:

lol

I find BoC slightly done and dull.

Breakcore seems silly.

I seem to love the nostalgic warmth and finely measured cheese of synthwave.

I haven't listened to any RDJ in over a year.

I'm seeming to be getting more into subtle subconscious music again rather than busy over complex wankery (it could change back at any moment).

I have to be really in the mood for anything with a 303 and/or 909.

I still can't quite get into drum n bass like I used to, again it just feels done.

I used to think Burial sucked, until Untrue clicked with me, a year after it was released or so. I grew a bit tired of that album again afterwards but the stuff that followed has been excellent.

Of the WATMM Featured Artists I used to be most into Boards Of Canada and somewhat into the 'chre. For the longest time I thought RDJ made sort of annoying jokey tracks based on hearing Ventolin and Come To Daddy but also Windowlicker and stuff like that. I guess I never really bothered to check his discography properly. Then for some reason I fell in love with SAW85-92 sometime during 2007 and that got me to listen to a lot of his stuff more attentively.

I ignored Cat Power for a long time because I thought she was just another boring "indie" singer. Now I own most of her records twice.

More generally I used to ignore certain artists (or in extreme cases even decide that I didn't like them) without even properly listening to their music, because of their fans or the scene I thought they belonged to or whatever. I think/hope I'm more or less cured of that now. I still hate Soulwax and Justice though.

i used to kind of like obscure underground electronic, but now it mostly all sucks

  On 7/3/2013 at 12:34 AM, CharlesWatkins said:

i used to kind of like obscure underground electronic, but now it mostly all sucks

hahaha

i used to find BoC quite gay and overcooked but i've been getting into their music lately and now i really like them

also i used to love aphex twin's music but since he won't release anymore i decided to boycott him.

No longer do I hate certain music or musicians, I just ignore it or simply really, really don't like it. I feel it's too negative to judge listeners as well.

I didn't listen to Postal Service for a long time because this person I despised loved them.

My views on M.I.A. on more storied and complicated than her entire persona and discography. (Present-day conclusion: meh, it's ok)

Skrillex is an ok dude. I stop scapegoating him for the explosion of shitty EDM. You can't blame producers caught in the pitfalls of fads and public opinion.

Took a long time for me to dig Grimes.

Still need to dive into Autechre with earnest.

Dismissive of vaporwave for a couple day, now find it fascinating.

Hated Salem, felt differently after hearing "King Night." That track alone I love.

I gave up listening to a lot of very trendy and now dated indie rock and likewise "heralded" classic punk and pop albums that I actually didn't care for myself. In other words, I let myself listen.

Stop giving a shit about hyped house and dance music, even good underground stuff.

I'm trying to indulge my guilty pleasures and forgotten favorites (i.e. old IDM, breakcore, late 90s alternative, old metal and pysch rock)

Current goal: finding a balance between seeking new music and being caught up in what's hyped. Or...a balance between on a spectrum between an echochamber of the same type of music or a superficial apathy toward all music on the other. It's hard to seek new stuff purely with one's ears and no recommendations.

  On 7/3/2013 at 1:12 AM, joshuatx said:

No longer do I hate certain music or musicians, I just ignore it or simply really, really don't like it. I feel it's too negative to judge listeners as well.

 

I didn't listen to Postal Service for a long time because this person I despised loved them.

 

My views on M.I.A. on more storied and complicated than her entire persona and discography. (Present-day conclusion: meh, it's ok)

 

Skrillex is an ok dude. I stop scapegoating him for the explosion of shitty EDM. You can't blame producers caught in the pitfalls of fads and public opinion.

 

Took a long time for me to dig Grimes.

 

Still need to dive into Autechre with earnest.

 

Dismissive of vaporwave for a couple day, now find it fascinating.

 

Hated Salem, felt differently after hearing "King Night." That track alone I love.

 

I gave up listening to a lot of very trendy and now dated indie rock and likewise "heralded" classic punk and pop albums that I actually didn't care for myself. In other words, I let myself listen.

 

Stop giving a shit about hyped house and dance music, even good underground stuff.

 

I'm trying to indulge my guilty pleasures and forgotten favorites (i.e. old IDM, breakcore, late 90s alternative, old metal and pysch rock)

 

Current goal: finding a balance between seeking new music and being caught up in what's hyped. Or...a balance between on a spectrum between an echochamber of the same type of music or a superficial apathy toward all music on the other. It's hard to seek new stuff purely with one's ears and no recommendations.

This last part is why I like catching internet dj's. Find some that have similar tastes and you will find a lot of music you like with minimal effort.

  On 7/2/2013 at 11:55 PM, soundwave said:

I find BoC slightly done and dull.

this. if it wasn't for broadcast, i think i'd just say i'm done with warp since mark pritchard has decided to ditch all his other alias'.

The only group I can think of that I had a hatred or disdain for was The Beastie Boys during Licensed to Ill... I heard Paul's Boutique at a friends house and around the time that was released and I found myself liking it... Then the track "Sounds of Science" came on and I was like... "THIS IS THE JAM!" that track has been my fav of theirs many years since and they were my favorite group for a while after Paul's Boutique.

I never used to have much time for new music, but now it's pretty much all I listen to. Thanks guys!

Loads and loads of stuff. Though I have a very open mind I can also get a bee in my bonnet about a lot's of things.

I used to hate everything on Aphex's Classics (R&S) apart from Didgeridoo, Polynomial- C and AB1. Rest of it I skipped maybe a hundred times, then one day I'm cycling with my mp3 player on random and Metapharstic comes on and my head just gets blown off, then a few dozen tracks later Isopropanol comes on and my mind gets blown again! These tracks are just so mint I can't ever understand why I never liked them. What was I thinking?

BoC also took me a number of years to get into, always thought they were 'all filler and no killer'

Led Zeppelin I was convinced for years they were complete horseshit, I used to have the Remasters album and only liked Communication Breakdown (first track). Then one day I stick it on and my brain gets blown with the brilliance of it. LoL.

  On 7/2/2013 at 11:41 PM, mcbpete said:

Ceephax was definitely one for me in the past pre my enlightening via the UAE album.

I'm still not quite there but I certainly have a passing interest now of SND & Mark Fell whereas before:

 

lol I remember nearly every Mark fell thread you'd pop in to pass some sonic bumper comment.

...I Care Because You Do. Late 90s, I kept playing it for people to show how underwhelming it was. Then I caught myself listening to it all the time without realizing. It became one of my favorite aphex albums.

Same thing kinda happened with Lou Reed's Transformer. I just thought it was silly musically and lyrically. But the naivety of the songs really makes it charming. I see '...ICBYD' the same way.

Burial's Untrue developed from what I considered a "pretty good" album, to be in like my top 3 albums of all-time.

All of sudden it just clicked. I didn't like the vocals at first, because I thought they where slightly cheesy, but that has totally changed.

I used to think that EAI was pretentious wank.

I used to ignore the whole genre of hip hop and now im really getting into it

Mr Oizo. loved his first album when it came out, then hated everything he did afterwards. i went back to the moustache album and found out that guy makes brilliant music. or non-music shall it be named

I used to think Hiphop/rap and Eminem was all there was. It was my life. Then I found these guys and soon interesting, amazing sounds started coming up all over the place. I no longer listen to hiphop/rap unless it's the occasional listen for a classic track or two, or checking out a new record from an artist I liked.

I used to enjoy pretending I was too cool and idm for pop music, but then I realized how dumb that was.

  On 7/3/2013 at 1:49 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 7/3/2013 at 12:27 AM, manmower said:

I ignored Cat Power for a long time because I thought she was just another boring "indie" singer. Now I own most of her records twice.

 

I really like her. I think her and PJ Harvey are two amazing women in music.

 

FYI: The new Scout Niblett LP is fucking amaaaaaaaaaazing.

  On 7/3/2013 at 7:32 AM, asymmetrical head said:

The only group I can think of that I had a hatred or disdain for was The Beastie Boys during Licensed to Ill... I heard Paul's Boutique at a friends house and around the time that was released and I found myself liking it... Then the track "Sounds of Science" came on and I was like... "THIS IS THE JAM!" that track has been my fav of theirs many years since and they were my favorite group for a while after Paul's Boutique.

It's amazing how silly Licensed to Ill is when you really think about it. It's like the greatest novelty album of all time. It's closer to Weird Al's discography (still a huge compliment imo) than any of their other albums. Paul's Boutique is arguably the the definitive sampling masterpiece, it proved how sincere and forward-thinking they really were. Also, Dust Brothers > Rick Rubin.

  On 7/3/2013 at 7:12 PM, Ceerial said:

Burial's Untrue developed from what I considered a "pretty good" album, to be in like my top 3 albums of all-time.

 

All of sudden it just clicked. I didn't like the vocals at first, because I thought they where slightly cheesy, but that has totally changed.

Same here.

Holding youuuuu.. couldn't be alone, couldn't be alone, couldn't be aloooone.

Also thought the vocals were cheese on 1st listen, but got damn do I love them now!