Gen X, what's a song that you hated when it first came out in the 70s-80s-90s but now you like?

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Gloomy_Narwhal_4833@reddit

Smashing Pumpkins. His voice used to be like nails on a chalkboard, that were whining at the same time. I still dont like Billy Corgan much, his ego is just too much, but the music isnt as grating.

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I was just talking to my boyfriend about this a couple days ago. I like smashing pumpkins when I was a teenager, thought they were kind of me h in the last decade or so but I came around when I realized how freaking excellent their music is. I could take or leave Billy Corgan but he definitely provides an element that just wouldn't make them sound like the same band otherwise. And no one else sounds like them, either.

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lemotomato21@reddit

Steppin Out- Joe Jackson. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes.

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WeirdPervyDude@reddit

I still hate Stepping Out. That song is so grating.

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Ok-Mention6768@reddit

Gerry Rafferty. I realize now that he was a genius.

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CASUALxCHICKEN@reddit

I always hated Baker Street until I got older. Always liked Right Down The Line, though. I just looked him up to make sure I had those titles right, and had no idea he was a founding member of Steelers Wheel.

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Umberlee168@reddit

Right Down the Line is my absolute favorite love song of all time.

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thomashouseman@reddit

Most AC/DC

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habner70@reddit

Anything by Limp Bizkit. I didn't really care for them back in the day. I really like them now.

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Umberlee168@reddit

Guilty pleasure for sure

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Drawing_The_Line@reddit

I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Rait. She was too VH1 (remember when VH1 was the channel for adult-oriented music videos?!)

Now as an adult, after living life, the song cuts way too deep and is so tastefully done. She’s brilliant.

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FangioDuReverdy1@reddit

George Michael did an amazing live version of this as well🙂

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CASUALxCHICKEN@reddit

Prince did a covered it on the Emancipation album

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FangioDuReverdy1@reddit

Still can’t believe we lost Bowie, Prince and George all the same year😢

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Inevitable-Lock5973@reddit

I hated Money for Nothing by Dire Straits because I was like eight when it came out and I only liked Duran Duranbut now I’m like why? They’re a great band and Stings in it and he’s awesome. I love this song.

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WelshRarebit2025@reddit

Sting isn’t in Duran Duran. He was in the Police.

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Umberlee168@reddit

Sting is in Money for Nothing.

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grepppo@reddit

I still hate Money for Nothing, in fact all of Brothers in Arms, but love Sultans of Swing

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TickingTheMoments@reddit

Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty.

I was 6 when that song came out. For some reason, when the sad sax started playing, it was like someone would press my hulk button. I would want to smash something.

It is now one of my favorite classic rock songs.

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Umberlee168@reddit

That album front to back is really really good if you have not listened to it and its entirety.

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Mulva1971@reddit

Something About You by Level 42 and Down Under by Men At Work. I was a snob at the time but enjoy them now.

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Huldukona@reddit

Can’t really think of any songs I disliked before but like now. But this post reminded me of how much I hated Luka by Suzanne Vega - I still hate it… I also hate The Smiths, or more specifically Morrissey and his whiny voice. In their case I like them even less with time, so sort of opposite of what OP asked about!

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Umberlee168@reddit

I was looking for a job and IFOUNDAJOBBBB but Heaven knowwwws, I'm miserable nowwwwww

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AgentThunderProphet@reddit

B-52's - Love Shack

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igfootba@reddit

Dirty Work - Steely Dan

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tenclubber@reddit

When that came on in One Battle After Another it was like it had always been my favorite song even though I had never liked it.

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DMX8@reddit

I went to a Celine Dion tribute concert and bawled my eyes out.

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BatCorrect4320@reddit

Is she dead?

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No_Parking_4195@reddit

She's alive and still making appearances, according to Google. Sounds like there have been rumors that she died. Apparently she has Stiff Person Syndrome, which must suck bigly.

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hometown-hiker@reddit

Terrapin Station

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akathedragon@reddit

Don’t Worry Be Happy

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BlacksmithNZ@reddit

Nope, still hate that song with a passion

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vinyl_bliss-@reddit

Owner of a Lonely Heart.

That main riff is mean as hell out of context

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lemotomato21@reddit

Haha! Yes, I just wrote this. <<< get it. but seriously - this was my answer as well.

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Lazy_Possibility_363@reddit

Loved it then and now!

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16inchpianist@reddit

Beastie Boys entire first album.

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

Noooooooo 😱

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16inchpianist@reddit

Fight for Your Right was on permanent repeat. They wrote it as a joke, but the world took it at face value. I didn't know the rest of the album would hold up as well as it has.

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

But you did come back from that view or?

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16inchpianist@reddit

That album is a banger.

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

Right? 😀

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Edeges123@reddit

Hated Oasis, but kind of like them now in small doses

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BucketOBits@reddit

John Denver.

And I’m not ashamed to say it.

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Ordinary_Story_1487@reddit

Absolutely

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Irving_Velociraptor@reddit

I’ve come around on Britney. Toxic is a stone cold banger.

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elcad@reddit

Same. Just saw a punk brass band last night that did an awesome cover.

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meatwads_sweetie@reddit

I used to hate this song so much but I’ve come to appreciate I Want To Dance With Somebody by Whitney Huston. It’s fun.

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RoadOwn7439@reddit

David Byrne cover is great

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elcad@reddit

Oh man, thanks for the rec.

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BusyPainting5832@reddit

I never cared for Cindy Lauper when I was younger, but came around a couple years ago

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Ordinary_Story_1487@reddit

Me too. Time after Time is one of my favorites now.

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mcfandrew@reddit

Anything by Duran Duran. I used to think they were sentient haircuts, but in fact they slap.

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WelshRarebit2025@reddit

I wouldn’t say they slap but I disliked them at the time and think they are okay now. I liked plenty of New Wave but for some reason never liked them.

I also didn’t like early Depeche Mode. Too poppy and boppy. But their stuff from 1990 and 93 or so : top notch!!

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mcfandrew@reddit

The poppy and boppy is Vince Clarke. He is responsible for that with Yaz and Erasure, too. Never been a huge fan of his.

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Upper-Lead-4037@reddit

Barracuda by Heart. A lot of the classic rock has grown on me over the years!

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Lazy_Possibility_363@reddit

Another one I loved then and now!!

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cometgirl@reddit

Fast Car - Tracy Chapman

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bngthm@reddit

Roger Bennet made me love Fast Car

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flyboy_za@reddit

Yeah, listening to this one when you're old enough to properly get it really kicks it up several notches.

Truly a masterpiece, gorgeous in how understated it is while still managing to get bags and bags of emotion across. They should study this one on those Idols type shows, learn how to make a song work without a musical formula coupled with a sob story for the performer to sell it.

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jonesbeebee123@reddit

Agreed. I did not get it at all when it came out and was quick to change the dial. My now-husband listened to Tracy Chapman non-stop when we started dating. That’s when the light bulb came on and I realized the brilliance. And in case anyone thinks it’s because I was newly in love and making him happy, I still hate Neil Young no matter how much he plays him.

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Jethris@reddit

I liked it then, and I still do. It's a great story, and a good tune

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According_Drawing_59@reddit

I can’t think of one, but I do know that I hated “Benny and the Jets” then, and I hate it now.

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thereisnospoon-1312@reddit

Ba ba ba ba Benny!

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Bishop-Logan@reddit

n-n-n-n-nineteen

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CabriniKay@reddit

When my son turned 19 I had to apologize in advance that when anyone asked me how old he was, I would be replying "n-n-n-n-nineteen". I played the song for him so he would understand. He didn't.

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fendaar@reddit

Daryl Hall & John Oates,

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NotTHATPollyGlot@reddit

Aware of XTC in the 80s. Absolute no interest.

Only liked Dear God (1987) in the early 2000s.

Only now I'm discovering their talent and cleverness! In 2026. Literally today. 🤯🤗😂

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60PersonDanceCrew@reddit

Skylarking is one of my absolute favorite albums

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NotTHATPollyGlot@reddit

It's definitely a favourite! I don't know why it took me so long...

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mcfandrew@reddit

Oranges and Lemons is one of my faves, too.

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OutHereToo@reddit

Pink Floyd, I was too much a skater kid into rap & punk to listen to hippie music. I even declined a concert invite, stupid kid. #ragerts

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Fight_Tyrnny@reddit

Black Crows Remedy

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Trin_42@reddit

Still Not a Player by Big Pun, it just irritated me to no end but now? Oh, this Mama is shaking it!

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flyboy_za@reddit

Your Love is My Love by Whitney Houston.

I appreciate what she does, but I spent the entirety of 1991-present enjoying alternative and modern rock, not Whitney. I hated that one in particular when it came out. Then one day years later I happened to hear it again and I was stunned by just how well it works.

It's one of my guilty pleasures, completely out of sync with everything else I listen to then and now, but what a great track it is.

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Trin_42@reddit

Wyclef Jean wrote that song for her, I love that video

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

We Like to Party.... The Vengaboys.............. It reminds me of some good times at University in UK. I hated it at the time - thought it was some crappy smarmy Pop shite. But now I hear it and it just brings those memories back at the campus pub drinking Snakebite and dancing the night away!!! Good times.

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

Are Snakebites the same in the UK as the States? In the States they're made with Yukon Jack with lemon/lime juice. (Yukon by itself is pretty effin' rugged)

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

Ah Hell No - Snakebite UK - Half n Half / Lager and Cider. So like Stella and Scrumpy Jack.

If ya want a Snakebit and Black - Lager/Cider and a splash of Ribena. Goes down too easy............... Many a lost weekend at Uni.

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FlashyProject1318@reddit

We used to drink K and Special Brew snakebite and black.

Fucking rocket fuel and a guaranteed fight.

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

What is K????? 🤔 My uni days were ca. 1998-2001. I was a 'mature' student like 10 years older than most of my fellow students.

Red Bull and Vodka was a popular drink, but I just couldn't, ugh so Gross. 🤢. Ketamine started to get real popular at the Raves around early naughties....

Is that what ya mean?? Never was my bag, but my nephews got into it. They called it Vitamin K.
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NotTHATPollyGlot@reddit

No "K" is a hard cider. The strongest (? driest?) grade of cider.

I remember having a short-lived cider in the States (Oregon) in black matte bottles with a bright red "K". Those were excellent! I don't like dry cider, but these were so good!

I miss them.

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

Ah. I remember, "White LIgtening" - cheap and strong cider - came in 2 liter bottles like bulk buy CokaCola.!! That shite was rank!!

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FlashyProject1318@reddit

K Cider, used to clock in at 8.4%%. Been around for years, a bit like White Lightning.

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

Definitely some good times had. I dig it.

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

Nice. Sounds pretty damn good. I appreciate the feedback from you.

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

Ugh. I had to Google, ' Yukon Jack '.... Looks like cheap whiskey!!! That sounds absolutely MINGING!!! 🤢

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

Yeayea. The one and only time I shot that shit on it's own, it came back like a projectile about 2 minutes later. Good thing I hit the the sink in time.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Cider and lager, half and half. Sometimes with blackcurrant added, "snakebite & black".

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DevilMan17dedZ@reddit

One day, when I grow up, I'm going make it to a couple of different countries.

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hawgs911@reddit

Slim Shady.

I just didn't get this Eminem guy...

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PowerNinja5000@reddit

I did not like INXS when I was in high school and listening to them now I cannot understand why.

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rosie666@reddit

Boys are Back in Town -- Thin Lizzy

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meatwads_sweetie@reddit

Listen to Jailbreak by them. My ex used to sing both in his band back to back and it was really cool.

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PSN_ONER@reddit

Most top 40s stuff.

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thirtyone-charlie@reddit

Man I used to hate everything that werent classic rock or metal. I was a little Beavis. Over the years I have softened up and enjoy most music from our time. I still jam the metal every once in a while for the kids.

I’d have to say Tears for Fears Shout Shout Let it all out. That was lame for me and it’s even worse now.

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grepppo@reddit

I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you, I was just listening to Songs from the Big Chair last night, and it was still great, although Shout isn't the strongest song on the album.

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LuckyAd2714@reddit

Sailing by Christopher Cross. I love it now - it makes me cry

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SB_Tahoe@reddit

I don’t have any. I either like a song or don’t from the get go and hearing it more times over the years doesn’t change that.

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60PersonDanceCrew@reddit

Time can only cement my hatred of a song

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tterragnaveb@reddit

Let Her Cry - Hootie & The Blowfish. I grabbed Cracked Rearview cheap at an op shop one day and after listening to it I was mad at myself not appreciating it 25 years ago.

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RobFloridaMan@reddit

Play that funky music! Wild Cherry

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Carrollz@reddit

Victim of Love by Erasure

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

nah.....Erasure and Yaz still suck big time.

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Carrollz@reddit

You may not like them but they definitely don't suck! Alison Moyet, Vince Clarke, and Andy Bell are all incredibly talented musicians regardless if they aren't your thing. For me though Upstairs at Eric's is one of my stranded on a desert island albums which probably played a role in my not being a fan of Erasure initially along with finding Andy Bell's voice cringy at the time, although I did always love the Circus song, which still feels relevant.

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ZaphodGreedalox@reddit

Ooh La La by The Faces. It all makes so much more sense now:

Poor old Granddad I laughed at all his words I thought he was a bitter man He spoke of women's ways

"They'll trap you, then they use you Before you even know For love is blind and you're far too kind Don't ever let it show"

I wish that I knew what I know now When I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now When I was stronger.

The Can Can's such a pretty show They'll steal your heart away But backstage, back on earth again The dressing rooms are grey

They come on strong and it ain't too long Before they make you feel a man But love is blind and you soon will find You're just a boy again

When you want her lips, you get a cheek Makes you wonder where you are If you want some more and she's fast asleep Then she's twinkling with the stars.

"Poor young grandson, there's nothing I can say You'll have to learn, just like me And that's the hardest way Ooh la la"

I wish that I knew what I know now When I was younger. I wish that I knew what I know now When I was stronger.

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jashf8694@reddit

Look up the Tim Timebomb version. Hell- check out all of Tim Timebombs covers- Tim Armstrong from Rancid. Really good spins on some classic songs- especiallyOoh La La!

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Frequent-Returns757@reddit

Africa, by Toto— they played the shit out of that song. only past couple years, i started to like it.

will forever hate Mr. Roboto (domo arigoto, mr roboto)

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Both_Chicken_666@reddit

How Bizzare by OMC

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GalegoBaiano@reddit

I think they’re all dead now, too

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ohmygoditspurple@reddit

Whoa just looked that up.

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No_Gap_2700@reddit

Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover. It's weird. I'm a 50 year old man. This song shouldn't appeal to me. Damn you Community.

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BraveEbb7077@reddit

Diwiwyl is a super sensual song regardless of ones orientation.
56 straight white guy here

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wonderbeen@reddit

Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush is growing on me the more I listen to it. & not because of Stranger Things, but from my ‘80s alternative playlist that I keep coming back to for the past few years.

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AnnyWeatherwaxxx@reddit

We built this city! We built this city on Rock and Roll!!

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jonesbeebee123@reddit

You hated it then and like it now? Total opposite for me.

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venicerocco@reddit

It’s from 2000 but Drive by Incubus is an absolute scorcher. Looked down my nose at it back then

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New-Preference-430@reddit

Anything by the B-52s

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kanrad@reddit

Eh I like a few of their songs. My favorite of theirs is a cover the Metal band Deadhorse did of Rock Lobster.

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Mistervimes65@reddit

I live in metro Atlanta and used to drive from damn near the Alabama border to Athens to see them play.

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destiny_kane48@reddit

See i'm the reverse. I liked them more back then than I do now.

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edcod1@reddit

This.

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linkmantaray@reddit

Wild Planet is one of favorites

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PBDubs99@reddit

I HATED Boys of Summer by Don Henley when it was new. Now it's one of my favorite.

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BraveEbb7077@reddit

I didn’t like it either, until the Ataris cover came out then I was like. This song slaps😂

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lovemydogs1969@reddit

So melancholy. It’s always been a favorite.

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Lucy_Luscious@reddit

Absolutely 👍

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human8060@reddit

Whole bunch of R.E.M.

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coredenale@reddit

I hated them then, but I still hated them now.

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human8060@reddit

I still do, but I used to too. - Mitch

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grepppo@reddit

I loved a lot of Elvis Costello's early stuff (Oliver's Army, I don't want to go to Chelsea) but when he pivoted to country (Good Year for the Roses) and went more introspective (King of America) I went off him. I really appreciate them now.

Similarly for Squeeze, I really hated Labelled with Love initially, now I appreciate how well written that song is.

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Old country.

Then George Stroumboulopoulos did a special on county music on Much Music, and after I heard it completely different way.

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Mistervimes65@reddit

Do yourself a favor and listen to Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down” and then go listen to as many of the cover versions as you like. It’s a good melancholy song.

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Ok-Mention6768@reddit

Man, I love old country music. Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, etc. It is so raw and real.

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Doug-O-Lantern@reddit

At the time, I somehow did not recognize Push It by Salt N’ Pepa to be the masterpiece that it truly is.

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Universe-Queen@reddit

I found it offensive back in the day. Now I love it.

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irmarbert@reddit

Hm…. I can’t think of anything. I’m usually pretty honest with myself from the jump. There’s something there for me, or there isn’t. As the song moves through my life with me, when I do hear it, it usually stays in the yay or nay category it was originally placed into.

Like someone else said, Steely Dan is one I’ve kinda come around on as I’ve aged and watched people break down their songwriting. Plus, all the amazing players they worked with over the years. I just listened to Aja for the first time a few weeks ago. Haven’t come around on them, but I’ve softened on my dislike quite a bit.

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freerangeXkid@reddit

I did the opposite with Steely Dan. Liked them as a kid in the 70s-80s, but find myself changing the station the second I hear the first note now. It could be that I've just heard every song in their catalogue a million times and reached my limit.

When I think of it there aren't any songs that I didn't like as a kid that I do now. And any songs I liked then that I don't now isn't so much dislike...it's more indifference or just overplayed in my life experience

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irmarbert@reddit

Totally. I’ve never been a big radio listener, but have had jobs where it’s on in the background, so Under The Bridge, Jeremy and hits like those have definitely worn out their welcome.

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Mean-Cheesecake-2635@reddit

That crash test dummies song and any Oasis song

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ChoiceHelicopter2735@reddit

Every other song from Madonna.

I don’t remember listening to any of her songs on purpose when I was younger. I never owned her record, tape, CD, and only heard her on the radio.

She dominates my 80’s playlist now. Take a bow with Babyface is awesome

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coredenale@reddit

As a young metalhead, Madonna was pretty much the bane of my existence. Well, Madonna and school.

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FeloniusThunk@reddit

I still don’t care for 80’s Madonna at all, but came around to 90’s Madonna as worthy enough for adding to some playlists.

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Ill-Football-5218@reddit

Anything by George Michael.

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coredenale@reddit

Still hate that music, but I can now appreciate that the guy had an excellent singing voice.

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

Yes! Did not like Alanis Morrisette in the 90s now listening to her all the time and thinking how great she is 😂

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Open_Appointment1091@reddit

Similar. Had nothing against her at the time but didn’t get into her. Now I put on JLP quite often. Her and Norah Jones first album.

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raf_boy@reddit

"Ain't Nobody" by Chaka Khan. I was too much of a pimply teenaged snob to get my nose out of the Depeche Mode album sleeves to see how amazing that song is. Hell, a lot of her 80s output was "tough" (as my Gen Alpha daughter likes to say).

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Great example. As a NewWave snob, Chaka Khan wasn't even on my radar. But Ain't Nobody is a timeless banger!

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raf_boy@reddit

And not too many people know that she's a pretty good drummer too!

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CardinalHawk21@reddit

Tom Petty. I didn't hate it. It just wasn't my speed. Now I can feel it whenever I listen to his songs.

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hermitnpjs@reddit

Same for me. Now I love it!

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Dramatic_Wear_6948@reddit

Anything Elton John. Still don’t really like the modern collabs he has done. Maybe I should give those another several decades lol

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ONROSREPUS@reddit

Same. The earlier the better for me and Elton.

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Accomplished_Egg7069@reddit

I'm a dude who has always hated boy bands and pop whenever they get popular. But i was grocery shopping last week and found myself singing along to NKOTB

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SnooChocolates2923@reddit

Yeah... I loved to tease my peers who listened to boy bands and Michael Jackson...

Now I listen regularly to them all.

They were quite good.

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Useful_Humor_1152@reddit

Hall and Oats Maneater. I still don't like that song yet we know all the words. Now I'm singing it because I typed this

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MaybeOnFire2025@reddit

Not so much a song as an entire band -- Counting Crows. I thought they were incredibly overrated (and overplayed), but have given them a re-listen in middle age, and some good stuff there.

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Suspicious_Time7239@reddit

One of my favorite rediscovered bands. They never made a bad record. An old friend had to twist my arm to get me to dig deeper.. glad he did.

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shuknjive@reddit

Boys and things they come by the dozen, That ain't nothin but drugstore lovin, Hey little thing let me light your candle cause mama I'm so hard to handle now, yes I am. 🎶 Bom boom bom yeaaaa, Bom boom bom...

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Suspicious_Time7239@reddit

That's the Black Crows.

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PlatformConsistent45@reddit

Wonder Wall. Actually just kidding still hate that dang song and most stuff Oasis put out.

It's not rationale but really don't like them.

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Consistent-Beat-8883@reddit

Anything by Fleetwood Mac

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Yeah, they still suck to me. Especially that chick with the gravelly voice. Yuck.

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jitzso@reddit

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight. I hated that song back in the day, but now it hits different.

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chrissymae_i@reddit

I second this. Man, it's that drum lead up... Sweetness to my ears!!

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PlatformConsistent45@reddit

Saw Biz Markie a few years before he past. He did a dj set 80 vs 90 music . When he spun this song the crowd went wild and so did he. Such a fun night crowd was full into it. Total sing along all night long!

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D1sp4tcht@reddit

Here comes the rain - Eurythmics. I hated this song when I was a kid, no idea why. I like it now.

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ObiWanKnieval@reddit

Do it Again by Steely Dan

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Steely Dan was a dumb 70s band named after a vibrator, to my teenage mind. But I like them now.

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shotsallover@reddit

I didn’t like the Beastie Boys as a kid. Some time in my ‘20s my view flipped and I’ve liked them ever since.

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Kanderer@reddit

You made a good choice flipping. Beasties are awesome

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shotsallover@reddit

Yeah. I know that now.

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robspiro@reddit

Come On Eileen. Wait... I still hate that fucking song.

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Tigrisrock@reddit

YES THIS. Played over and over and over and over and I'm over I'm over, over the edge.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Especially when you consider the magnificence of the first album, Geno and all that.

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FlashyProject1318@reddit

Geno is a far ken choon.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

The whole album is first class, well maybe not the arty-farty poem.

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Available-Bison-9222@reddit

I really didn't like Video Killed the Radio Star. It is, of course brilliant pop.

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

It was played to death back in the day. Later I realized the lead singer produced a lot of great songs for other bands and I actually like that whole Buggles album.

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chrissymae_i@reddit

It Feels Good by Tony! Toni! Tony!

It was overplayed and overdone in its time, but I think it's actually a great song now!!!

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spizotfl@reddit

The Rick and Morty episode with it really aided my reassessment.

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Spatula26@reddit

Everything by America. Changed the channel back in the day, now they’re in my playlists (on purpose).

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

I'm almost embarrassed to agree. Hated the damn hippies in America back then. Around age 30 I suddenly recognized the talent they had. Now I play tennis with their original drummer sometimes. No, I'm not kidding. I never would have believed it.

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Mouse_Girl73@reddit

Groove is in the Heaaaaaaaart by Deelite

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JamyDaGeek@reddit

once I found out that it was a side project of The Lords of Acid, I had a new appreciation for the song

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WritingParking@reddit

Wait what? OMG. Mind blown 🤯 I was a huge lords of acid fan and did not know this.

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Most_Maintenance5549@reddit

Another Brick in the Wall Part II. It was the only Pink Floyd I knew and when I was young, classic rock radio played that song and Money constantly. It was relentless. I guess the song was like 10-15 years old in the high school years, but I thought it was old as dirt.

Then in the second half of the 90s, I started playing guitar and found out I really liked a lot of Pink Floyd. I just never heard most of it.

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doctor-rumack@reddit

Steppin' Out by Joe Jackson. The bass line is outstanding.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

An underrated singer/songwriter for sure. Different For Girls and Is She Really Going Out With Him were very important songs for a pre-teen me.

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Also, Look Sharp and You Can't Get What You Want......

Joe has a lot of filler in his catalog, but when he nails one, he NAILS it !

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mikeisfree11@reddit

She drives my crazy.

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dchusband@reddit

Anything Huey Lewis. Super nostalgic now.

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Ok-Mention6768@reddit

Yes. I miss that guy.

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SunFunAndGuns@reddit

We Built This City slaps! /s

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Lol......one of the most ridiculed songs of all time

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Consistent-Beat-8883@reddit

No

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PenguinSpectre@reddit

No indeed.

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SunFunAndGuns@reddit

You say you don't know me

Or recognize my face

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Suspicious_Time7239@reddit

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Obviously I relate to it more lyrically but also musically it hits me in a sweet spot. Hated it when I was a kid.

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lifeisdream@reddit

Yes! Such a beautiful voice. I was too much of a snob to admit it as a kid.

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thuydhoang@reddit

I didn't hate it but I wasn't into it. I like it much more now!

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Teacherforlife21@reddit

Club Tropicana by Wham!

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FangioDuReverdy1@reddit

That song is a whole vibe💖I turn the volume way up in the car

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Main-Ad3654@reddit

Everybody wants to Rule the World. For some reason, I liked this song after I heard the Weezer version

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JackfruitCrazy51@reddit

Yacht Rock. Hated it all, now I love it.

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Historical_Nail7271@reddit

I'm on a boat.....I got me floppy floppies??! 🤔

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OkKnee7580@reddit

Saaaaiiiiliiiing…. Takes me away

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Valuable_Message_727@reddit

I hated the Pretenders. Chrissie Hynde sounded lazy and mumbly to me.

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Acceptable_Set9702@reddit

Agree! The Pretenders sounded like pretenders to me. Two things changed my mind; First, the video for Brass in Pocket, that I didn't see until years later. Chrissy as a waitress tries hard to flirt with guys that came into her diner, but they ignore her and drive off in that parade float of a car (a 1959 Cadillac). Being a car guy, I loved seeing a car like that in England. And 2) buying a copy of their first album at a garage sale for $.99 and hearing all of side 2 in its entirety. My God, the musicianship. Mystery Achievement never got played much on the radio where I am, and that song (the final track) and its relentless, driving frenzy just brings the house down every fucking time.

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Climboard@reddit

Saw her last tour, she rocks as hard as ever.

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Valuable_Message_727@reddit

I can believe it! Like Pat Benatar, Stevie Nicks, Blondie, all still basking in the rays.

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FBlue192@reddit

Automatic, the Pointer Sisters. But I was young and stupid

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Fast Car - Tracey Chapman

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CubCadet1972@reddit

Same here. My teenage brain couldn't appreciate it then.

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Nope! My stupid ass would get angry when it came on MTV!! ☺️

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SarniltheRed@reddit

That was "our song" with my first real love. Still makes me stop in my tracks to listen.

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the_couch_monster@reddit

Aww! Love it!

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insecurecharm@reddit

The song where the last verses are essentially her realizing how badly she's fucked up and just perpetuated the kind of life she tried so desperately to escape? Y'all are about as dumb as my friend in high school that said she wanted REM's "The One I Love" played at her wedding.

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SarniltheRed@reddit

Good for you, I guess?

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ChoiceHelicopter2735@reddit

I guess I was a refined one then, because I loved her from the very start

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throwawaycasun4997@reddit

Was going to say the same. It’s never been my style of music, but I can finally appreciate the writing.

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SatanicPanic619@reddit

oh that's a good answer

didn't hate it, just didn't care

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tinkafoo@reddit

Never Gonna Give You Up

I found it annoying af in the 80s. Now I love it as a solid banger, and great if I need a pick-me-up 💪

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napalmthechild@reddit

Sailing by Christopher Cross

It was always on my mom’s radio when we ran errands. But I think the guy is having some kinda revival right now and gave it a fair chance. It’s not bad I guess.

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AllRushMixTapes@reddit

The recent Yacht Rock documentary was excellent, and Cross comes across a pretty good dude after poorly dealing with his style of music becoming a joke for a while. Seeing him and Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins get some love these days is nice.

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terry1381@reddit

Undone came out and i hated it,hated weezer.i like them it now

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LeopardCoin@reddit

Wasn't a fan of Toto at all back in the days, and now...

I bless the raaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiins down in Aaaaaaaaaaaaafricaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Lucy_Luscious@reddit

I can’t wait by Nu Shooz, I think it’s aged quite well.

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Sea_Voice_404@reddit

Anything by The Cure. Was not a fan back then, but now I like them decently.

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strong_like_tree@reddit

Same

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GlassHouses1980@reddit

INXS I love them now

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the_answer_is_RUSH@reddit

George Michael. I didn’t realize how talented he was in the late 80s.

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doctor-rumack@reddit

Geddy Lee to George Michael is quite the crossover for you.

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the_answer_is_RUSH@reddit

Hahaha he’s no Geddy Lee but that George Michael guy had talent!

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Twisted_lurker@reddit

It seems the ladies liked him because of his looks. Later, I realized he had a good voice. Later, I would say the same about Christina Aguilera.

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

‘A girl like you’ - Edwin Collins

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Historical_Project86@reddit

I liked that one, I think he is/was a very good songwriter, right from the Orange Juice days. I haven't listened to anything he's done since his brain haemorrhages though. Actually I had the CD single, probably still have it somewhere.

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

I know!… I think it was just the age and timeline or whatever that didn’t line up 🤷🏻‍♂️

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RWLemon@reddit

Bryan Adam’s that Robin Hood song, man that was torture 😂

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Expert_Habit9520@reddit

Just overall, I wasn’t a fan of Wham in the 1980s. I think hearing them all the time during some not very fun years (September of ‘83 thru August ‘85 overall sucked for me) just soured me on their music and vibe.

40+ years later, I think Wham is so much better than I gave them credit for. I always did like George’s solo stuff though, partly because my life was just so much better starting around the time he embarked on his solo career in ‘86.

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EdweirdHopper@reddit

HATED Steele Dan as a kid. Love everything they ever made now. Go figure.

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docthirst@reddit

Was going to say the same.

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EggDintwoe@reddit

Safety Dance.

Thought it was the stupidest damn song I ever heard. It has since been on almost every mix tape and now playlist I've made. In fact it came on while driving today and I said, "Hell yeah!" and cranked it.

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Kinda_ShouldaSorta@reddit

Duran Duran - Rio

Longtime Friday Night Video Fight antagonist

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Jaybetav2@reddit

Radio Ga Ga

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easy-revolution0329@reddit

Still don’t like that song. Fun fact: this is where Lady GaGa got her stage name

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FlashyProject1318@reddit

I thought that was her Irish tribute; Lady O'Gaga

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Strict-Square456@reddit

Grew up as a metal head and still listen to the old stuff and now Anything by morrisey or smiths. Lol

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Mestizoc@reddit

I was jamming to Mmm Bop yesterday in the car.

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velvet42@reddit

Metal cover?

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Mestizoc@reddit

Never heard that version before but thanks for sharing it.

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easy-revolution0329@reddit

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FlashyProject1318@reddit

The Carpenters.

It was my mum's music.

Once I grew up, I realised what a phenomenal voice Karen Carpenter had. She was also a funky badass on the drums too.

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Lord_Nurggle@reddit

Country Roads. John Denver.

I grew up hating it but it being a tear to my eye when I hear it now

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LinuxLinus@reddit

Did you ever hear the Toots & the Maytals version?

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DPax_23@reddit

Yellowman has a great version too.

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Physical_Noise_8484@reddit

Me first and the gimme gimmes has a great version as well

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DPax_23@reddit

I saw them 2 summers ago and they are just so damn fun.

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Lord_Nurggle@reddit

Top 10 song of all time for me.

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DrKittyKevorkian@reddit

I love a good bridge, and Country Roads' bridge is top tier.

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FreeWillyBird@reddit

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I worked at the Space Camp in FL while in college from 92’-94’. Due to an incredible run of circumstances I found myself at the Apollo 25th reunion and met astronauts that walked on the moon which was incredible already. But then who shows up as entertainment? …John Denver. I was so embarrassed cuz all I could think to say was…hey, I know you from The Muppets, lol. I had no idea how much he was into space and experimental aircraft. Then he crashed one and died a few years later.

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Fhloston-Paradisio@reddit (OP)

Same! So cheesy back then but now I love it. There a a bunch of great covers too.

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Rum_Explorer@reddit

Anything from Roxette

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Im-grand-thanks@reddit

Darude. Sandstorm

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TigerLilly_Tink43@reddit

I slept on some Journey and Boston tunes back in the day because they were very not cool. But the musicianship and vocal prowess now has my full attention.

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FormCheck655321@reddit

Same. I did not like Journey when it was every other song on the radio, but appreciate it more now.

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HuckleberryRecent680@reddit

Same. My husband and I just talked about how much we like Boston now but didn't as teens. That debut album is a masterpiece of musicianship.

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StonyCurtis66@reddit

Funky Town

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weelassie07@reddit

Welcome to the Jungle, GNR. Would’ve preferred my boy band on Friday Night Videos.

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alwayssearching117@reddit

Jump by Kriss Kross

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MrsSnuffleupagus764@reddit

That's wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy whack.

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velvet42@reddit

Guilty pleasure at retro nights nowadays, but back at high school dances we used to sing "Kriss Kross'll make you - THROW UP"

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Main_Tension_9305@reddit

A bunch of Phil Collins.

Now I fuckin rock it when it comes on, even have a Phil Collins playlist on Spotify

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Consistent-Beat-8883@reddit

Just the opposite for me. He wasn’t at all my steez in high school but a friend played No Jacket Required on his car stereo and it…slapped? I don’t know. I was hooked.

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Zestyclose-Corgi-986@reddit

Same! I couldn’t stand Phil Collin’s when I was a teen (too busy obsessing about Motley Crue & Guns n Roses) - now, I so appreciate his incredible technical talent, vocals, and songwriting

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Ottomatica@reddit

Hated it then, hate it now. The only two songs I can handle are Land of Confusion and it's probably because that video was awesome and I Can't Dance

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OkKnee7580@reddit

All of them. Bon Jovi. Billy idol. Styx and my guy Christopher cross. Doobie bros a lot of great music I ignored as a kid

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rikerismycopilot@reddit

Ride Like the Wind is such a good song.

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OkKnee7580@reddit

Literally the jam stuck in my head for the past week

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snausleburger@reddit

The Safety Dance

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Mykona-1967@reddit

You like it now because the music now is way worse.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

I wasn't really into dance music, which quite a few of my mates were in the 90s. I would listen to atmospheric stuff like FSOL or David Holmes, but rejected stuff like Leftfield, Orbital, Faithless, etc. Now though, I quite like it.

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Ottomatica@reddit

A lot of the rap in the 90s+

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DingleBerryScone@reddit

Say what?

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

There are a bunch of '80's pop tunes that I shunned as a teenager, because I was a metalhead. Lo and behold, I get a little older, and now a lot of that stuff sounds good due to sentimentality.

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DumbScotus@reddit

I still hate Insane in the Membrane.

I hated 80s music growing up, for being ubiquitous annoying pop. Now, I hear a bunch of classic 80s New Wave stuff on the oldies station, and honestly a lot of it slaps. This is crazy to say but a lot of 80s pop music has held up better than some of the rock, metal, and early hip hop from that era.

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rtshtbtshtdrtyldtwt@reddit

absolutely. that era has a lot of stuff that sounds like garbage because *everyone* was experimenting with tech, but there's some real good stuff under it

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Electronic-Clue-976@reddit

Cranberries, especially Zombie and Linger.

I know, I know. I can't believe I hated what I hated. Fast forward 30 years and I realize how fantastic both songs are. Sometimes, one is not mature enough to appreciate awesomeness!

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adaminoregon@reddit

My teenaged self would never admit steely dan was any good. I was very wrong.

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ediggy955@reddit

Same here.

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SIGMONICUS@reddit

Rosanna - Toto

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ediggy955@reddit

Mr. Jones

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KilroySmithson@reddit

I hated anything by the Eurythmics.

Fast forward to a few years ago, I saw them inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I heard Annie Lennox story, the story of the band, and then heard them live. Holy s*** they blew me away!

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

Everything by Hall & Oates

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curious-but-spurious@reddit

Came here to make sure we are represented. Those songs just click now, and I know every word.

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Ceorl_Lounge@reddit

Wife and I went to see them the other year, definitely NOT the youngest folks in the audience. Good music is good and Hall & Oates is great (even if Daryl's voice isn't what it once way). One of the things I admire about Millennials and GenZ is that they're more open to "uncool" music of the past like that.

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AlilAwesome81@reddit

Man eater made me at like 4/5yro want to go into a full rage. My mom would do aerobics to it everyday. Id go in my room and throw things.

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Infinite-Lychee-182@reddit

Ha! I was 14. GenX has a huge range.

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Cultural_Object5828@reddit

What I Am - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

That song was all over the radio and Mtv back in the day, no escaping it. The style was not something I enjoyed as a teenager at all, but I caught it recently and actually loved the mellow groove. My teen self would have recoiled to see me now, singing along, the horror. Couldn’t stand the song back then but of course still knew all the words somehow 🤷🏻‍♀️

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AccomplishedLine9351@reddit

Paul Simon married her, that's how good she was.

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Shoddy_Tour_7307@reddit

I loved that song in the 80s!

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Open_Confidence_9349@reddit

Everything by Tom Petty. There were a few I didn’t mind too much back then, but most of the time I flipped the dial as fast as I could. Now I even like some of his songs.

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Midian1369@reddit

Fuckin Chumbawumba....

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Shipcaster@reddit

The TMBG cover on AV Club is fan-fucking-tastic.

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ForswornForSwearing@reddit

My sister used to play Meatloaf constantly, so I hated that album. Now, I love it.

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Perplexio76@reddit

I love the songwriting of Jim Steinman! With Meat Loaf, with Bonnie Tyler, even with Barry Manilow and Barbara Streisand-- heck even with Air Supply-- most of their stuff was saccharine drivel but "Making Love Out of Nothing At All" was EPIC!

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ObiWanKnieval@reddit

I agree. Considering his phenomenal talent and impressive list of iconic masterpieces, that guy's a tragically obscure figure in pop music history (I only recently discovered that he was the producer behind Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy).

It's a shame he never worked with Queen.

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Perplexio76@reddit

He was also originally hired to produce Def Leppard's "Hysteria" album, but at that point in his career he was much more a songwriter. His turn at production of that album was disastrous. He was fired and the producer of HIgh & Dry and Pyromania, Mutt Lange, was brought back to produce Hysteria as well.

He's written/co-written a few musicals as well. He co-wrote "Whistle Down the Wind" with Andrew Lloyd Weber, the German musical "Tanz der Vampire", and he even turned Meat Loaf's "Bat Out of Hell" album into a musical.

They tried to do an American version of his German musical, Dance of the Vampires. But the producers didn't feel the American audiences would appreciate the gothic horror elements of the original so they toned down the horror elements and leaned more into the comedy for the American version. It was a total Broadway BOMB. It was terrible! Despite not knowing/understanding German, I actually really enjoy Tanz der Vampire.

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DrKittyKevorkian@reddit

I happened across a week in the 80s where one Steinman song replaced another at #1. Guessing it was Bonnie Tyler and Air Supply.

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Anny604@reddit

Blame it on the rain by Milli Vanilli!! I just didn’t like the “fake” band in general, but they’re songs I’m starting to like now a lot! 😂

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kosk11348@reddit

Sorry, but Milli Vanilli are still bad.

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Anny604@reddit

well listening to it now…just blame it on the rain. 😂

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UnicornSlayer5000@reddit

Not one particular song, but i wasn't really into heavy metal growing up (Megadeath, judas priest, Metallica etc. Now i love listening to that shit whilst crafting, cleaning, driving, cooking and so on. 🤘😎

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LassieDear@reddit

Wow y’all I liked all these songs then and now

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YouDear9720@reddit

I love the Carpenters and Karen Carpenter in particular.

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Terry_Downe29@reddit

Def Leppard- Hysteria. I was into Punk and New Wave back then but now when I hear that song I’m instantly transported to that summer when the song was everywhere.

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YouDear9720@reddit

I agree on this. Not a band I seek out but when I hear it on the radio it's like comfort food.

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bionic_cmdo@reddit

Whiter shade of pale. Now I even like Annie Lennox's version. Their both very haunting but Annie takes it another level.

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Anny604@reddit

Yyaaasss!! Love it now and before though!!

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No_Gap_2700@reddit

I'll agree with this 1000%.

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Worldly_Possible2925@reddit

Holding back the years. Simply Red.

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grynch43@reddit

I take it you didn’t smoke weed in the 90’s?

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stefczech@reddit

Anything from Jagged Little Pill. I wasn’t angsty at the time and hated it. Now it just seems nostalgic!

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ms_directed@reddit

i was in my late 30s before i gave The Cure any respect, lol

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scaryassdad@reddit

Rock Down to Electric Avenue.

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ecbcbear@reddit

I sang it as I read your text!! Immediately. I got tired of it for sure back in the day. I don’t know if I’d search it out but would probably sing along next time I hear it at the grocery store. lol

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Emotional-Heron2643@reddit

Eddy Grant's old band, The Equals, are also a lot of fun

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LieOhMy@reddit

That's such a good jam.

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Hi-Scan-Pro@reddit

Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode. It wasn't the kind of music I was into at the time of it's release, 1989. As an adult I connected with the chorus while going through some rough times. I never cared to learn what the rest of the lyrics are, or what any of it means, and I just assigned my own meaning to the parts I liked. We all do that with some songs, don't we?

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lavenderenergy1@reddit

Duncan Sheik-Barely Breathing!

Was into punk and alternative etc in the 90s, and now I can’t get enough of this late 90s music, along with the Goo Goo Dolls lol

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Beautiful_Arm8364@reddit

I despised hair metal in high school because I thought I was very hip and cool, and now I realize "18 and Life" is a fucking ANTHEM.

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Comfortably_FlyGuy@reddit

That child blew a child away!!!!!!!

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Beautiful_Arm8364@reddit

Hell yeah he did.

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8Deer-JaguarClaw@reddit

Life is a Highway - Tom Cochrane.

God I hated that song when it came out. Now I sing it like my life hangs in the balance if I don't do a good job.

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f700es@reddit

Still hate it!

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ofcourseIwantpickles@reddit

I always sang "Your mom's a highway...I want to ride her All Night Long"

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MySadCat_7@reddit

Just about everything from Fleetwood Mac.

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Climboard@reddit

Anything by Howard Jones.

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ChoiceHelicopter2735@reddit

I’m looking at the menu, but I just can’t eat

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You_Must_Chill@reddit

This is a great answer. My HS girlfriend was a Howard Jones fan and I was much too cool for that. She was right, of course.

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ChoiceHelicopter2735@reddit

Never Gonna Give You Up

Never gonna let you down

Rick Astley

You can’t stop singing it now. You’re welcome!

JK, I sort of liked that song when it came out but jokingly danced like him in the video to hide the fact that I couldn’t dance. It was my only dance move

His Cry For Help song is solid tho

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LonesomeBulldog@reddit

Any of the Jesus Jones singles. I probably thought they were too radio friendly at the time but I appreciate them now.

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prntmakr@reddit

I’m pretty consistent. If I hated it then, I’m probably not going to listen to it now. Kharma Chameleon, for example, didn’t magically get better over the years.

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-SQB-@reddit

500 Miles by The Proclaimers.

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StrictFinance2177@reddit

Primus was a long delayed change in taste for myself. I certainly appreciate Captain and Tennille now, back in the day I couldn't stand it.

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whatintheactualfeth@reddit

Not a song but, man, I slept on the Toadies for a long time. I had heard some of their stuff back in the day but never really got into them.

On a whim, my wife and I saw them live a few years ago when they came to town and I was blown away by how good they are. Rubberneck has been in my rotation ever since.

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shuknjive@reddit

Seeing them live was what really got some of my friends to come around to them. Always loved the Toadies.

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FlowerPowerVegan@reddit

Anything by Nirvana. Now I crank the volume up.

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DrKittyKevorkian@reddit

I hated George Benson's "Give Me the Night," and Robert Cray's Smoking Gun. I really don't understand why because they're both terrific. And Cray's Strong Persuader is one of a handful of albums I still listen to start to finish.

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findickdufte@reddit

Funny that you mention radio. I am Gen X and really hated to listen to radio, never did that. My wife though - she is a millenial - listens to radio the whole. day. long. and it is driving me absolutely NUTS

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Perplexio76@reddit

I used to hate grunge, and I was a teen in the early 90s, so I was a bit of an outlier I guess. About 10 years back I started re-evaluating it. And while I'm still not necessarily a fan of a lot of it, I find it at least tolerable now for the most part. I do really like Mother Love Bone though. They kind of felt like the "link" between 80s hair metal and 90s grunge. A step in the evoluton, if you will. Andrew Wood sounded kind of like what Axl Rose might have sounded like with voice lessons (yes, I'm saying Wood was a better singer than Rose).

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MaybeOnFire2025@reddit

You and I may be the only Gen Xers to actually admitting to hating grunge. I have not warmed on it, but have on other 90s stuff I didn't like before (Counting Crows, etc.).

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Perplexio76@reddit

As a child of the 80s, it took 5-6 years into the 90s before I was dragged kicking and screaming, leaving fingernail tracks as I got pulled into the 90s against my will.

I didn't really start listening to 90s music until after Kurt Cobain died. As I'd been a big fan of Chicago, I really dug bands with horns, so I did appreciate the rise in popularity of Ska and New Swing in the 90s. I also kind of dug some of the new punk/punk adjacent stuff of the mid 90s like Green Day and The Offspring ("Dookie" and "Smash" were largely the soundtrack of my senior year of high school). Collective Soul and Toad the Wet Sprocket were also on my radar.

In college I enjoyed Savage Garden, Matchbox 20, and Third Eye Blind to name a few.

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Grouchy_Fall_5933@reddit

Cypress hill, Dr Green thumb

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Historical_Monk_6118@reddit

I was dead against anything dancey back in the 90s so all the techno stuff was the enemy on principle. My snobbery meant I missed out on some belters from the likes of The Prodigy and I looked down my nose at things like Born Slippy and Insomniac... silly boy!

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CampVictorian@reddit

I loathed Wang Chung back in the day… now, I have “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” on regular rotation. I fucking love that song.

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Equal-Sea-300@reddit

Did not like Depeche Mode at all when I was a teen/young adult but now that I’m in my early 50s I’m really into them!

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martinpagh@reddit

Nothing Compares 2U

My cool friend said I was weird because I didn't like it. He was right.

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BoopTheCoop@reddit

I despised Journey with the fire of a thousand suns. Last month I saw them in concert and it was FANTASTIC. Oh, adulting- you’re so weird.

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chipinserted@reddit

Too hot to handle it by the black crows

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MinusGovernment@reddit

I hated New Kids On the Block. Compared to modern music they are now above tolerable.

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LinuxLinus@reddit

I was not a GnR fan when I was younger. Now, though? Especially when they let their obvious love of Queen and all things theatrical show, I can't get enough. I used to hate "November Rain." Now I listen to it all the time.

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Tricksey4172@reddit

I was into new wave in the 1980s and the Dead and CSN in the early 90s and did NOT like metal, hair bands, rock, none of it. But soooo happy to introduce my son to GnR and watch him watch Axl.

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Mountain_Crab0813@reddit

What did your son say first seeing him or hearing him sing? He definitely has one of those “unique” vocal styles.

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Mountain_Crab0813@reddit

Haha same! I avoided the videos, never got why everyone loved them. Now, really enjoy them.

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Perplexio76@reddit

I was actually a much bigger fan of their ore theatrical stuff when I was younger. Appetite For Destruction didn't do much for me when it came out but I really dug the Use Your Illusion albums. These days I tend to like all of their material pretty equally-- it just depends on what mood I'm in.

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AdditionalTip865@reddit

Most things by The Cure

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Enlighten-Pasta@reddit

That's why they call it the Blues , Elton John .

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qualityskootchtime@reddit

That’s a great karaoke song btw

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sign6of6the6beast@reddit

Pretty much all Mariah Carey’s music

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Gay_Giraffe_1773@reddit

It's Called "Insane In The Brain" by Cypress Hill, to clarify.

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Livid-Caramel7103@reddit

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

I used to always change the channel when it came on. It's just something about the sound of the song, the bells you hear in the riff section before the vocals. I always thought it was cheesy sounding. I listened to it just yesterday all the way thorugh and dug it. It just kind of clicked for me at 51.

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niff007@reddit

I hated hippy music esp the Grateful Dead. I lived in VT all through the 90s and was surrounded by it.

I now like the song Friend of the Devil. Reminds me of summers spent outdoors in the mountains and LIVING