Music you discovered later in life

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Pak_Doo_Ik

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Any bands/artists that you got in to later than anybody else, for me it's The Smiths and The Cure, wouldn't listen to the them when I was at college but as I have matured I now think they're amazing
 
Sir Michael Tippett. Too many of those European classicists got in the way, then I came across how he used to work at Ormesby Hall, then fell in love with "A Child of Our Time", still possibly one of my favourite pieces of music.
 
a bluegrass band called the often herd. they played at a micropub I frequent in bournemouth, they were down for a bluegrass festival that weekend. I'd never heard of bluegrass. they sound so good in a small drunken bar, you wouldnt believe. turns out they are from newcastle. seen 'em a few times at different venues, amazing musicians.

 
Coldplay - couldn‘t stand them for years but then realised how good they are.

Genesis - didn‘t know what all the fuss was about until I got dragged along to see them them live in Roundhay Park mid 1980’s - absolutely outstanding.

Elton John - took the wife to see him live at Newcastle arena a couple of years ago, just for a bit of something different - he was unbelievable, a complete master of his craft, changed my perception of him.
 
David Bowie and The Clash. Apart from the Bowie era circa 1983-86 (Modern Love, China Girl, Let's Dance, Absolute Beginners - which I should add are superb anyway) I had little concept of his prodigious output of perfect songs (he was a genius), whilst The Clash were a Levi's advert.

Changed about 10 years ago for reasons I can't remember.

Honourable mentions for Lynyrd Skynryd, Iron Maiden, Nirvana (who I never quite "got" at the time), and Right Said Fred.
 
HolgateCorner said:
Coldplay - couldn‘t stand them for years but then realised how good they are.

Genesis - didn‘t know what all the fuss was about until I got dragged along to see them them live in Roundhay Park mid 1980’s - absolutely outstanding.

Elton John - took the wife to see him live at Newcastle arena a couple of years ago, just for a bit of something different - he was unbelievable, a complete master of his craft, changed my perception of him.
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Elton John for me as well, had the chance to see him only a few years ago at Chesterfield for nothing as a mate was good friends with the owner of Chesterfield at the time (it was a pigeon thing) and I said no thanks can't stand the fella (Elton John, not the Chesterfield owner), now I really wish I had taken that offer.
 
Classical and country for me - I was a big consumer of rock / metal / pop / punk / some hip-hop, folk and grunge music (and some sub-genres that I can't even begin to differentiate between) but it was only post 2000 that I began to appreciate the twin C's!
 
swordtrombonefish said:
Classical and country for me - I was a big consumer of rock / metal / pop / punk / some hip-hop, folk and grunge music (and some sub-genres that I can't even begin to differentiate between) but it was only post 2000 that I began to appreciate the twin C's!
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Funny that I'm moving into the same ie C & C, though the past 30 years I've been into jazz, latin, soul, funk and 100s of subgenres
 
Folk music for me too. I've been in a fair few bands over the years and when younger, folk music was a joke to me. Indeed I remember going to Guisborough Folk Club 25 years ago with the other members of my band and we all left halfway through, laughing like naughty children. Fast forward to now and I love loads of it, in fact I quite often perform on the folk circuit myself. Time's a funny old thing!
 
I was born in the early 70's, so I grew up in the late 80's/early 90's, musically speaking.

But I love dipping into older stuff and trying it out, most recently Carly Simon. I like that your perception of a certain artist can be wildly different to the reality, in a positive way. There's loads of classic stuff that I've not even considered - I think it was someone on here who led my to get 1001 albums to listen to before you die?
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
I was born in the early 70's, so I grew up in the late 80's/early 90's, musically speaking.

But I love dipping into older stuff and trying it out, most recently Carly Simon. I like that your perception of a certain artist can be wildly different to the reality, in a positive way. There's loads of classic stuff that I've not even considered - I think it was someone on here who led my to get 1001 albums to listen to before you die?
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Carly Simon is a fantastic singer 👍
 
The Smiths as well for me. Went to uni in Manchester and wasn't really aware of them, then discovered them a couple of years ago.

Was always a big New Order fan and it was literally only weeks ago I realised Johnny Marr collaborated with them as Electronic.
 
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