Artists you used to dislike, but like these days..

[BERIGAN]

I gotta believe there has been a thread similar to this in the past, but was thinking about this for awhile. One example for me is Tom Petty. I first heard him singing "Stop draggin' my Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks back in the early 80's. Who the heck was he singing with a big time star like Ms. Nicks? (Guess the radio stations in St. Louis didn't play alot of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers then) He just struck me as a very toasted, very lucky guy. Didn't like his voice either....well slowly, through the years, I would catch songs like "Don't Come Around Here No More" and think, well that is a pretty good song, considering who is singing it. He didn't suck with the Traveling Wilburys....hmmm, perhaps I was too quick to judge?

Full Moon Fever in 1989 had Free Fallin' and Runnin' down a Dream. Pretty darn good songs IMO.

By the time I heard "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Great, creepy video as well) I had to admit I had done a 180, opinion-wise. Now when I see him interviewed,he doesn't get on my nerves. Instead of seeming like a dumbass stoner he seems like a cool guy, a rock star who didn't sound like everyone else, even if he was clearly influenced working with Bob Dylan and Jeffrey Lynne.

So, who here has gone from being a hater, to a lover...or at least a non-hater of a rock/jazz/ performer?????

Edited May 1, 2005 by BERIGAN

[Jazzmoose]

Wow..I was into Petty from the first LP.

Don't laugh, but the classic for me was Charlie Parker. Crazy ass noodlin' shit! (Of course that was before I was bit by the jazz bug, which occured in part from listening to a Charlie Parker CD I was given years ago... )

[Big Al]

Berigan-

Have you heard the soundtrack to "She's the One?" I haven't seen the movie, but the soundtrack kicks ass!!! I think this was right after he stopped working with Lynne (thankfully; never cared for that ELO-sheen that Lynne added to Petty's sound).

[Big Al]

One other thing: I always love to mumble/shout along with "Here Comes My Girl." I never get the words (?) right, but it usually goes something like this:

Yeah, seemz hahd t' fahn sghtrobn cfefwiuwe

Jus' seem so yoosless 4to hsia ajvhsdhal

Buh then she loox mee n thu eyyyyyyyyye

n tellz mefuggaed abo eh dahlern

WEL COLDHJA UIGF FEEL SO FFEE SO RAHT

AI KNOW WAIN'T NEV GON LIE TNITE YEAH!!!

HEER CUMZ MAH GUURRRRRLL!!!!!!

[GregK]

Yep, Petty was great until he ran into Jeff Lynne, then great once he lost him again. She's the One is a good album. Full Moon Fever and The Great Wide Open have good songs but horrible, dated production. I can't even listen to those albums now. Echo is still his best record, to me.

[Jazzmoose]

I'm more into the early ones, though I like Southern Accents for some reason.

Edited May 2, 2005 by Jazzmoose