Shamefully late discoveries

casper leblanc
casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
edited February 2006 in Other Music
So what music or bands have you recently discovered that have been out there for ages - before you were born even! - but you never gave a chance before now?

I just discovered the late Chris Whitley. Waw man.... Though I know I'll never get to see him play live - he was known for his intensity on stage - I'm glad I gave him a listen.

You?
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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    maybe.. the Ramones and T. Rex. :) but I'm glad I've found them no matter how late.

    this happens to me all the time. some while ago it was Queen and Guns 'n' Roses.

    I'm glad I'm finding new bands (cause most of the music today sukcs badly) but obviously it's a bit disappointing I can never see them live. :o
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I only started listening to jazz music 4 years ago so Miles Davis, John coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonous Monk are a few of my favs so far.
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  • barcoach
    barcoach Posts: 413
    Mainly Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers last year... I'm so into his music as of lately..
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I just got into The Flaming Lips. A band I always wanted to buy something of, but never did in all my trips to record stores.

    But I have been rewarded lately :)
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    Jeff Buckley...didn't get into him until '03.

    PBM
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  • AndySlash
    AndySlash Posts: 3,287
    Most of the music I listen to is older than me- Floyd, Zeppelin, Nick Drake, etc etc etc

    As for modern bands, I'd wished I'd gotten into Blind Melon while Shannon was still alive.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    AndySlash wrote:
    As for modern bands, I'd wished I'd gotten into Blind Melon while Shannon was still alive.

    Along the same lines, I wish I would have been able to see them live...I was 16-18 during their peak and didn't get a chance to get to a show.

    Oh, how things would be differently today.

    I wish the rest of the guys would continue with music...not as Blind Melon, but in general.

    PBM
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    Gotta tell ya, Now that I got SIRIUS Satalite I get to hear so many great songs that I have not heard in years or not at all. I heard "Richie Havens".
    Great guitar player who was in Woodstock. I recomend you buy his CD with shaker life on it! rocks!
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  • barcoach
    barcoach Posts: 413
    Oh, I almost forget about Ian Hunter and Mott the Hoople... just discovering this music thanks to a great Clash biography.
    Stone: Thanks for the pick and the night of complicity, you rock!
    -The crazy guy with the Ramones t-shirt.
    Mexico C. 12/10/05.

    "There is a rose that I want to live for
    although, God knows, I may not have met her"
    -J. Strummer

    "And you'll never know just how dark this screen could be"
  • barcoach
    barcoach Posts: 413
    Double post? wtf? I just wanted to edit... sorry blame on the board.
    Stone: Thanks for the pick and the night of complicity, you rock!
    -The crazy guy with the Ramones t-shirt.
    Mexico C. 12/10/05.

    "There is a rose that I want to live for
    although, God knows, I may not have met her"
    -J. Strummer

    "And you'll never know just how dark this screen could be"
  • NoLongerOverwhelmed
    NoLongerOverwhelmed Posts: 82
    Brian Jonestown Massacre...
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  • NoLongerOverwhelmed
    NoLongerOverwhelmed Posts: 82
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Gotta tell ya, Now that I got SIRIUS Satalite I get to hear so many great songs that I have not heard in years or not at all. I heard "Richie Havens".
    Great guitar player who was in Woodstock. I recomend you buy his CD with shaker life on it! rocks!

    I have Resume on cd... True greatness...
    Rock over London... Rock on Chicago... I love what you do for me Toyota - Wesley Willis
  • angryyoungman
    angryyoungman Medford, NY Posts: 1,028
    i always thought the ramones were ok, but then i really started liking them, bought the mania cd. johnny died a week later, and most of the rest of the band soon followed
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  • Klumpie
    Klumpie Posts: 2,649
    I discovered a couple of weeks ago Tool. I had Aenema already but I never give it a chance to listen it completely. And now it's one of my favorites. I bought today Lateralus, it's a good album but I don't think it's as good as Aenema.
  • brain of c
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    widespread panic.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    I discovered Jimi Hendrix a few weeks ago. I have known of him before, heard many of the songs before and give him respect. But only now have I really listened to some of his stuff. Have this greatest hits thing I play a lot these days. That's a late discovery if there ever was...

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  • allornone
    allornone Posts: 269
    Black Crowes and Oasis. I always liked Black Crowes but never had any of their CD's. I found their boxed set at a used CD store for $30 about a year ago and loved it. Now I have all their CD's (including the unreleased ones) and saw them twice this year during their reunion tour. Man, to think of all those great shows that I missed before!

    I used to hate Oasis. Then, after reading all the Oasis posts on this board and finding their CD's at the library, I'm really starting to like them. I never realized how great of an album "Be Here Now" is, and I really like "Don't Belive The Truth". I hope they make it back to my neck of the woods sometime soon.
  • allornone
    allornone Posts: 269
    acoustic guy wrote:
    Gotta tell ya, Now that I got SIRIUS Satalite I get to hear so many great songs that I have not heard in years or not at all.

    Same here - I just got SIRIUS about a month ago and have been turned on to so many new bands. The Left of Center station is worth the $13 a month.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Ani Difranco, Wilco and Sigur Ros

    now I couldn't imagine a world without them.
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  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    I have my first Radiohead CD on the way(The Bends) and still have to get my first White Stripes one. I also just discovered Pearl Jam about a year and half ago but I've tried to catch up quickly.
    Pearl Jam Album Rankings
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    1. Ten
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    4. Binaural
    5. No Code
    6. Riot Act
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    8. Vitalogy

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    1. Black
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