Are there any songs that you did not like when they first came out, but weeks, months or years later you liked and appreciated?

I absolutely loathed Another One Bites the Dust by Queen when it came out when I was in high school. I heard it a week or so ago and while I can’t say I liked it, I did enjoy hearing Freddie Mercury’s voice and appreciated the song.

Everything by Bob Seager. I liked him OK when his stuff came out in the 70’s, but I come to appreciate his talents more and more, the older I get.

I never cared for Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” until a few years later. Now I like to crank it till the paint peels off the walls. Check out this kid doing it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huUVXWEM7yQ&NR=1

With me, the opposite tends to happen. For example, the song “Hey There Delilah” by the Plain White Ts. I loved it when it first came out and would listen to it over and over, but then it hit the radio. I’m kind of a snob that way – if it’s too mainstream, I tend to shy away.

How about a whole show? I hated Three Penny opera when first heard it. When Mack the Knife became popular, I listened again and began to love it. It was just very different from what was popular at that time.

Motown music – absolutely love it now.

Roberta Flack’s, The First Ever I Saw Your Face. When I was a kid then it drove me nuts to hear it drawn out for seemingly eons across our crappy car radio but as an adult, I love it.

For recent music, Bleeding Love was absolutely terrible the first few times I heard it. After hearing it played on the radio for a few months, it finally got to me. I think it doesn’t have much meaning, like most s]current pop songs, but at least now I listen to it willingly and let it get stuck in my head.

I really didn’t like Coldplay and I’ve recently started appreciating some of their music.