From meh to YEAHHH

strumjoughlamps

as in bands you thought were okay but now you really like..

for me its Belle and Sebastian, I always didn’t mind listening to them but yowsers do I love them now, lyrical geniuses they be.

gringopig

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strumjoughlamps

And now he's throwing discus
For Liverpool and Widnes

You only did it so that you could wear
Terry underwear
And feel the city air
Run past your body

Bloody genius

mart

strumjoughlamps said:

And now he's throwing discus
For Liverpool and Widnes
...

Yep, I think that is one of my favourite rhymes of all time. Great stuff,

ICBM

Not a band, but...

Shakira

I didn’t really like her voice and I assumed she was just a pretty record-company-manufactured pop princess, until I heard one of her songs with a brilliant lyric and wondered who wrote it... and then found out she did - and it’s not even in her native language. Not only that, she often writes in more than one language, and she has a big hand in the production on her records too. She’s clearly extremely talented and a fairly forceful personality - I’ve also heard she’s not very nice to work for, which is probably the downside of that.

And she is nice to look at, but that’s genuinely not why I like her music .

FarleyUK

ICBM said:

Not a band, but...

Shakira

I didn’t really like her voice and I assumed she was just a pretty record-company-manufactured pop princess, until I heard one of her songs with a brilliant lyric and wondered who wrote it... and then found out she did - and it’s not even in her native language. Not only that, she often writes in more than one language, and she has a big hand in the production on her records too. She’s clearly extremely talented and a fairly forceful personality - I’ve also heard she’s not very nice to work for, which is probably the downside of that.

And she is nice to look at, but that’s genuinely not why I like her music .

Trouble is, she always sounds like she's being very vigorously shaken when she sings, which is kind of off-putting....

ICBM

FarleyUK said:

Trouble is, she always sounds like she's being very vigorously shaken when she sings, which is kind of off-putting....

I got used to it. This was the song...



Genius. Bonus points for using the word 'hydroponic' in a song .

stimpsonslostson

Converge
I used to only hear noise and screaming. Now I get it and think they’re brilliant. 

lukedlb

Bob Dylan: in my teens all I could hear was a nasal voice and a horrid harmonica. Then I watched the Scorsese documentary and understood just how incredible a talent and intelligence the man is. From zero to hero. 

PolarityMan

Mastodon. Got Leviathon when it came out...gave it 2 or 3 spins but didnt like it...fast froward years and got crack the skye and totally 180'ed ont he band, then worked back from there through their back catalog and remained a fan since.

LastMantra

ICBM said:

FarleyUK said:

Trouble is, she always sounds like she's being very vigorously shaken when she sings, which is kind of off-putting....

I got used to it. This was the song...



Genius. Bonus points for using the word 'hydroponic' in a song .

Sounds a bit like Alanis Moressete...but not as good. 

ICBM

LastMantra said:

Sounds a bit like Alanis Moressete...

Isn’t that ironic, don’t you think?

Actually the difference is that it is - and it’s a much cleverer song too. That’s not the only example either, most of her writing in English is similar... I can’t give an opinion on her Spanish and Portuguese.

JAYJO

LastMantra said:

ICBM said:

FarleyUK said:

Trouble is, she always sounds like she's being very vigorously shaken when she sings, which is kind of off-putting....

I got used to it. This was the song...



Genius. Bonus points for using the word 'hydroponic' in a song .

Sounds a bit like Alanis Moressete...but not as good. 

Then she cut her hair and signed for Liverpool. His hips dont lie...

JAYJO

strumjoughlamps said:

as in bands you thought were okay but now you really like..

for me its Belle and Sebastian, I always didn’t mind listening to them but yowsers do I love them now, lyrical geniuses they be.

My favourite is I didnt see it coming.. Love that tune... ps   I lol'd you by mistake. I missed the quote button..sozz abar that. as my son would say

schrodinger1612

I've found myself getting into Garbage as of late....in hindsight these actually have a pretty original sound, fusing pop, rock and techno. Plus, shirley manson....nuff said  

PolarityMan

used to lvoe the first 2 albums...havent really kept track of them since

dindude

Bombay Bicycle Club, always passed my by, but got into So Long See You Tomorrow when it came out which is an incredible album.

dindude

I mean, how good is this....

https://youtu.be/GXNxPRniwRg

menamestom

Tom Waits.  Never much fancied his stuff but have been listening to his first few albums loads lately, some great tracks.

ICBM

Also KT Tunstall. I didn’t like her first album at all, and still don’t - not least because I really can’t stand ‘Suddenly I See’, but there’s nothing else on it I like either, apart from Black Horse & The Cherry Tree and Another Place To Fall.

Drastic Fantastic was better, although it still has its good and bad songs, but from Tiger Suit onwards she’s been really consistently good.

lukedlb

menamestom said:

Tom Waits.  Never much fancied his stuff but have been listening to his first few albums loads lately, some great tracks.

It’s tricky knowing where to go from there; if you like the jazzier/blusier side, check out blue valentine. If you prefer the folky side, you can find tender or alt rock interpretations on his folksy side by entering mule variations. Tbh Tom never really returned to closing time (he was 23 or so) apart from more country folk stuff like the kinky Friedman cover. 
Ive been a Waits fan since I started secondary school with heart of Saturday night. Today, I am firmly in the Island records years although I’ve only been listening to the last 3 albums lately: mule variations, real gone, bad as me.