1
   

Hated it... now it's not so bad.

 
 
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:28 am
Have you ever heard a song that you hated so many times that you actually grew to like it?

This is begining to happen to me with country music. When people asked me what kind of music I listened to I would always say, "Everything but Country." Then I got married and my wife discovered country music. So of course whenever we are in the car her tastes in music trumps mine so country gets played. It was driving me crazy. It seemed like they play the same ten songs over and over and over again. But soon a strange thing started happening... I was singing along. I would recognize songs and think, "well this one isn't to bad." Now I actually like when certain songs come on. What's happening to me?

The lines between hate and love of country music are blurred even more with Alt Country groups like Son Volt and Wilco. I could seriously listen to Son Volt every day of therest of my life and not get bored with it... it is taht good. So now when I am asked what kind of music I listen to I just say, "Oh, a little bit of everything."
  • Topic Stats
  • Top Replies
  • Link to this Topic
Type: Discussion • Score: 1 • Views: 911 • Replies: 12
No top replies

 
cavfancier
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:32 am
Damn...I hated Country music for years, but need I say I discovered the Johnny Cash catalogue, Lyle Lovett, and Hank Williams Sr.? I listen to everything these days, as long as it's quality material.
0 Replies
 
jpinMilwaukee
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:40 am
You ever hear any Son Volt? I can't stop listening to it. It just puts me in a good mood.
0 Replies
 
cavfancier
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:43 am
I'm not familiar with Son Volt, but I'll look them up.
0 Replies
 
cavfancier
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:44 am
Thew Cowboy Junkies were acquaintances of mine back when they were still an indie band. They are really nice people, and I love their music.
0 Replies
 
jpinMilwaukee
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:45 am
Check out either their Trace or Straightaways albumns... darn good.
0 Replies
 
boomerang
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 09:44 am
I love The Cowboy Junkies version of "Sweet Jane" and was addicted to listening to it for a time.

I love Patsy Cline and Ray Charles singing country and I like a lot of country swing stuff like "Asleep At The Wheel".
0 Replies
 
Montana
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 06:02 pm
Yup. If you told me 5 years ago that I would grow to like classical music, I would have laughed, but here I am listening to it all the time. I still love my country, and all the other stuff I listen to here and there, but classical has become my music of choice.
0 Replies
 
djjd62
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 07:24 pm
i've always liked a wide variety of music, however the company i work for recently installed a sound system and they play this godawful innocuous pop music all day, it's horrible
0 Replies
 
panzade
 
  1  
Reply Tue 5 Oct, 2004 08:11 pm
Hate when that happens
0 Replies
 
panzade
 
  1  
Reply Wed 6 Oct, 2004 05:46 am
I've said this on other threads. The reason I like country music so much is because the songs(some of them) are little vignettes of good prose and the melodies are so hummable. But it has to be said that Nashville's control of the product has really stifled new artists so we get a lot of regurgitation.
0 Replies
 
edgarblythe
 
  1  
Reply Wed 6 Oct, 2004 06:09 am
I have always loved country music from childhood. But most of the newest country is presented in a drone that keeps me disinterested. No matter how good the voice or well written the lyrics it simply doesn't grab me. Give me early Don Gibson, Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, George Jones and the like and I am as Mike Tyson puts it, "estatic."
0 Replies
 
Pantalones
 
  1  
Reply Wed 6 Oct, 2004 01:10 pm
Maybe this has to be more with the changes of being a teen, but I never thought that I'd like Cuban music. Now I'm learning trova on the guitar and taking salsa lessons.
0 Replies
 
 

Related Topics

Rockhead's Music Thread - Discussion by Rockhead
What are you listening to right now? - Discussion by Craven de Kere
WA2K Radio is now on the air - Discussion by Letty
Classical anyone? - Discussion by JPB
Ship Ahoy: The O'Jays - Discussion by edgarblythe
Evolutionary purpose of music. - Discussion by jackattack
Just another music thread. - Discussion by msolga
An a2k experiment: What is our favorite song? - Discussion by Robert Gentel
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED . . . - Discussion by Setanta
Has a Song Ever Made You Cry? - Discussion by Diest TKO
 
  1. Forums
  2. » Hated it... now it's not so bad.
Copyright © 2025 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.03 seconds on 01/15/2025 at 10:27:08