+1! Except for Lennon and Elton - I loved the '70's Elton, so together with Lennon (my hero, too), I loved it! I still love Elton's version of "Lucy", too!
For me Elton was one of those guys who was from the too-sweet and slick singer-songwriter era like Wiley mentioned.
I freely admit to being prejudiced against him by "Your Song" when the
Woodstock album and
Live at Leeds and
UmmaGumma and
Beck-ola and
Volunteers were getting my turntable time.
10 years later I heard and grudgingly accepted "Levon" as a tune I could respect and actually liked.
Another example from that era is that song by Bread, "Make it With You"...gag me.
Years later I realized author and Bread founding member David Gates wrote "Saturday's Child", one of my favorite Monkees tunes.
Go figure.
When the Jackson 5 came out with "ABC", I swear a couple of buddies and I thought it was a chick singing the lead.
We were not exactly soul fans, and I was prejudiced against him for years, I just didn't go for that too-slick Motown thing..
Then came "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" from
Off the Wall and I had to admit it was a great piece of pop music I really liked.
I think that's when I finally started trying to let go of "prejudices" about an artist and just trying to evaluate anything I heard on its own merits even if I didn't "like" it.
What's my favorite Eagles tune? (Even though I never got around to buying any of their albums)
"Those Shoes".
Sooooo......
anybody else got any favorite "Go figure" examples of how could the same guy or band give you stuff you loved
and hated?
Edit and PS:
Only a few months ago one of those classic rock "automatic station changers" came on the radio and the next station that came up was a a soul station playing "ABC".
I left it there and
liked it.
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