ThatPaige Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 so, i just recently discovered joni mitchell even though i'd heard of her before. i'd just never bothered to listen to her stuff for some reason. now i understand why she's such a big deal. i was wondering if anybody had had a similar experience...is there a musician or cd even that's incredibly famous but that you only recently discovered or started to appreciate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amru Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Recently I discovered Stabbing Westward (their Essential album). Very loud, not always melodic, very angry, and very cynical. And I love it. My anthem now is "Save Yourself". Also, I discovered The Vines ablum "Highly Evolved". A friend lent me a copy a couple of years back, and I remembered kinda liking it. So one day here when I was trolling on the Net, I downloaded it from Amazon, and it's blew me away. No wonder it got so much attention when it was released! My other anthem is "Homesick", Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerrax Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Not sure if they count as famous, but God Lives Underwater is pretty damn good. A friend gave me a mix CD tonight with a bunch of tracks from them on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I didn't know about Casiopea until earlier this year. Can't believe what I've been missing. edit: although they are japanese, so it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiremanJoe Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 A few months ago I finally got around to listening to Shpongle. I'd heard the name mentioned here and there for quite some time and stupidly, dismissed it. When I finally listened to 'Are You Shpongled?' I was blown away. (Totally psyched for the new album next year!) The same happened about 12 months ago with Porcupine Tree. These are both now some of my favourite bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatPaige Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 I LOVE the Flaming Lips....especially Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MkVaff Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Blur. My friend introduced me to them and now I wonder why anyone in their right mind would actually listen to that Oasis crap instead. Blur rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHands Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Found Lordi recently by accident, decided they write catchy hooks and nothing else. Got into Megadeth late, and discovered Bad Religion last summer at Warped Tour (easily the best in this list). Paramore's starting to grow on me too. I'd only really heard two songs until recently, and now I listen to them on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You guys ever heard of this Beethoven guy? He did a bunch of songs, and some of them have been remixed into techno and stuff. The original stuff is kind of dry and old, but the guy did compose it all like, two hundred years ago. I was shocked when I found out A Fifth of Beethoven wasn't an original song. Weirded me out big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I just recenetly "discovered" Rush. I'd obviously heard of them before, but never checked out any of their albums. I've done that now, and they're badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealFolkBlues Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ditto on Rush. Neil Peart is magnificent. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson certainly aren't bad either. I have a font of new awesome metal coming from my roommate. There's quite a few bands he has introduced me to, including Iced Earth, Amon Amarth, and Mastodon. All pretty famous amongst the metal scene, and stuff I hadn't really dived into beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjSammyG Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Re-discovered the Verve Pipe a couple weeks ago. Love post-grunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixto Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The Beatles. Yesterday. It's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekofrog Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Geddy Lee Awful, just awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I just recenetly "discovered" Rush. I'd obviously heard of them before, but never checked out any of their albums. I've done that now, and they're badass For sure. These guys are so underrated. It also appears to me that a lot of nerd types like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjSammyG Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 For sure. These guys are so underrated. It also appears to me that a lot of nerd types like them. completely disagree. If anything, I think they're overrated. I dunno, it just seems to me that they get off on their own "prog-experimental-whatever" style too much instead of actually making decent music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Rush is not underrated... they are multiplatinum artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleJCrb Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The Beatles. Yesterday. It's true. You discovered that they actually suck too, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjSammyG Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 You discovered that they actually suck too, right? oh no son I know you didn't just diss the most important band in rock and roll history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Radiohead I discovered relatively recently, and now they are currently dominating my mp3 player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkspast Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Rush is not underrated... they are multiplatinum artists. They may be recognized by The people who give awards, but people around my area know nothing about the greatness that is Rush. They just dismiss it as their dads old music. Or when they come on the radio ill ask someone "You like Rush?" and all i get is "oh those guys who had that song on rock band?" Maybe its just me.. Not that I am disagreeing with you. Its just they don't get a lot of air time over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XZero Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 They may be recognized by The people who give awards, but people around my area know nothing about the greatness that is Rush. They just dismiss it as their dads old music. Or when they come on the radio ill ask someone "You like Rush?" and all i get is "oh those guys who had that song on rock band?" Maybe its just me..Not that I am disagreeing with you. Its just they don't get a lot of air time over here. When I used to listen to the radio while driving to college every day (about three years ago now), the rock station I had on frequently played "Limelight" and "Freewill." As I was driving, I would often think about how cool those songs were, but by the time I got home, I didn't remember to look any of them up. One day, I was at home and heard one of them on the radio when my alarm went off. I immediately turned on my computer, and several hours later, walked out of Best Buy with two of their CDs. Another one I recently discovered is Bon Jovi. I had a mock trial in high school where the defendant stole a Bon Jovi tape. At the time, I never heard of them (and mispronounced it while doing my cross-examination of one of the defense witnesses). As it turned out, I had heard of several of their songs ("You Give Love a Bad Name," "Livin' on a Prayer," etc.) and never knew who sang them. Several years later, I own a handful of their CDs. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The Beatles. Yesterday. It's true. There's another band I'll eventually check out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMetal Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Pearl Jam. I played rock band 3 and heard "Even Flow" and about died. Then my sister (who is old enough to remember most of the 90s) laughed at me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwordBreaker Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Well...I discovered someone who's not exactly famous, but a critically-acclaimed film composer. Clint Mansell. The only work I was actually familiar with was in Requiem for a Dream and his compositions immediately stood out to me. Eventually, the motif from that movie got so popular lots of other movie trailers used it. I remember watching The Fountain a year ago but didn't really focus on its soundtrack. Recently, I rediscovered the OST and think that it's one of the best, if not the best, film compositions of all time. Awesome stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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