Music that creeps up on you

[Layz92]

I was wondering if anyone has a band ,or several for that matter, that you originally didn't like but through hearing it at random places and just absorbing it you end up liking it. For example I am listening to the best of Cream (eric clapton and a couple of others if you didn't know) which I did not like when I first started listening to the CD. I just now realised I have been listening to it a good 3 or so hours now and am enjoying it. So have you experienced this and if so, with which bands?

 

[Drakmeire]

Cigaro by System of a Down. first time I heard it I thought it was stupid but after listening to it several times I love it

 

[II2]

Hhhhnn...

Not exactly my experience - new music either turned up or turned off, by preference. In general, the spectrum of music I appreciate has widened significantly over years.

Inverse of the topic, "Underneath the Waves" off Strapping Young Lads album City practically reached out of the speaker cone and yanked my entire head and body into the music.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

Alexisonfire.

Never really listened to the album (Watch Out!) i got for christmas, Listened to it a few times but didn't like it.

Then one day i suddenly loved it....Still confuses me.

PS: Woo 600! I'm twice as cool as Leonidas.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Black Metal. I initially thought "...The fuck? This is just noise." Now I love the stuff.

 

[kickyourass]

The Halloween theme song, it's so simple but it's so creepy.

 

[not_the_dm]

Blackmore's Night. About 3 months in and I like about 90% of their stuff. Candice Night is a stunning singer.

 

[Torque669]

GWAR. I thought they were terrible at first and then I stopped taking them seriously and now I think they're great.

I also used to hate all music where the singer would growl or "scream" but now bands that use it are some of my favourite.

 

[tomtom94]

Christian's Inferno by Green Day. I used to think it was a massive piece of shit, now I don't actually mind it.

Same deal with Welcome To The Black Parade...except I fucking LOVE that song now.

 

[DividedUnity]

Folk metal. I was really convinced that I hated it like the plague. Then just under a week ago I heard a folk metal song posted here and it stuck in my head. I downloaded the album and ive been listening to it ever since

 

[XJ-0461]

Paloma Faith. I heard her music at a friend's place and thought "well, that's all right, but it's a bit light for me". Now however, I'm really starting to like it.

 

[Deathkingo]

Cigaro by System of a Down. first time I heard it I thought it was stupid but after listening to it several times I love it

I too used to dislike SOAD, until my friends continuously badgered me about it.

 

[Lullabye]

Jazz.
Found it sooo boring.
Then I realized I was sanpping my fingers too it. Damn catchy tunes.....

 

[UltimateHorseradish]

A lot of the music you would hear on the radio I couldn't stand, after learning that most pop has a very simple chord progession for their songs. Various pop artists, excluding Nickleback ofcourse, have found their way onto my iPod.

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

The Dillinger Escape Plan.
Hated them at first, thought it was unlistenable jerky crap, but now I absolutely love them.

EDIT: Y'know what, metal as a whole. I hated it until early last year when I started listening to Machine Head and Mastodon.
Can't get enough of it now.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

I used to hate Slayer and almost all death metal(not that Slayer is death metal, but the more I listened to both of them the more I got into them. Now a large chunk of my music library is death metal and I have Slayer's entire discography.

 

[Outright Villainy]

Hhhhnn...

Not exactly my experience - new music either turned up or turned off, by preference. In general, the spectrum of music I appreciate has widened significantly over years.

Inverse of the topic, "Underneath the Waves" off Strapping Young Lads album City practically reached out of the speaker cone and yanked my entire head and body into the music.

That entire album blew my balls off!
Speaking of Devin Townsend, Ocean Machine started off slow for me, but I pretty quickly got into it more and more, and now it's my favourite album ever.