Everyone`s musical taste changes over the years. I find myself listening to music today, that I wouldn't get near to in the past. The most remarkable example is ELO. I never loved them, not because I didn't like the music, but because I didn't like the overall sound of the band. To me it all sounded, as if I was listening to the music via a tin can. The change came, when The Traveling Wilburys saw the light of day in the early nineties. I was so fond of their music, that I started to explore ELO`s musical catalogue and found out, that I could live with the sound. The early albums are different from what you regularly hear anyway.
And then there are the Flower Kings. I had a few albums, because as a prog fan, I was supposed to love them but I couldn`t. It wasn't until I saw the dvd of the show in Tilburg from the Paradox Hotel tour, that I really started to love them. These days, they belong to my ten favourite prog rock artists.
When I was a kid, I had a friend, who was heavily into David Bowie. I really couldn't get into his music at all. A couple of years back, I bought Ziggy Stardust for a fiver in my local discounter and got hooked. I knew all the songs from my childhood and listened to them with a completely new approach. It was amazing.
I used to be a hater of Yes. A real hater. A friend of mine had Close To The Edge, and I ran away screaming once the quite dissonant part of the title track started. In 2004, I had a revelation. Bought the album for a fiver (again) and got hooked. I bought their complete catalogue within 6 months and listened to really nothing else in this time.