Albums You've Recently Changed Your Mind On

Inspired by a discussion on Gong in another thread I'm reappreciating "You" now. I used to think that this offers me too little to get my teeth in, all this space jamming just sounds too "saucy", and I haven't listened to it much because of that. But I know that this is highly esteemed by many listeners with good taste and given that I love Shamal as well as many bits of the earlier parts of the Radio Gnome trilogy, and I'm a big fan of Pierre Moerlen, Didier Malherbe and the other musicians involved here, this brought me back to the idea that I really should love "You". Indeed listening consciously to the musicians' contributions rather than trying to get into this as a homogeneous whole helps a lot. No way I can ever let pass something with Pierre's drums unimpressed, Tim Blake also really shines here, not to mention Hillage, Howlett and Malherbe, although I have certain doubts that the album was meant to be listened to in this way. Anyway,  I'm making good progress with it, although I doubt that I will ever rate it over Shamal. Probably putting Pierre higher in the mix would have helped me from the start. I always have difficulties with albums where the drums are held back in the mix (actually on "You" it's not everywhere, but the mix is generally somewhat uneven).

None really. I make sure that I do/have a good listen so that my thoughts and ideas do not change all the time, and I can not really name an album that ... gave me a hard time listening, but then it got OK ... I suppose that the first and last one in that area, for me, was Tangerine Dream's Phaedra ... when I heard it the first time, the piece Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares did not sit in well with my stomach ... but that was the last time that ANY MUSIC has had that effect on me ... I think, in general, that it opened up my thoughts and ideas about music, and that is a good thing ... and makes much more sense when you factor in the history of modern music in the classical areas ... TD, at that point, made a lot of sense ... something that not a lot of bands make at all, when the music is just another bunch of pop songs!

ACTUALLY, there was one album, but it was quite different situation from "music" itself. FRANK PERRY's DEEP PEACE has two sides on stuff based on some Tibetan bells, and they are complete meditations and are also extremely difficult to stay with, but it wasn't a fear ... it was the stomach not wanting to get through this part or that part, which went away by the 2nd or 3rd time listening, and the trick is/was ... you have to teach yourself to meditate through it, regardless, and when that happens, you find that it is one of the prettiest and most exhilarating pieces of music ever done.

Sadly here, all we can talk about is songs, and how we didn't like them then or vice versa ... heck, I still like ... had too much to dream last night ... or ... itchikoo park ... or nature's way .... endless list!

Mortte wrote: ^When you are big Pierre-fan, I quess you have also heard Pekka Pohjola´s Keesojen Lehto-album? I really also love his playing, hard to say who is greater after Bruford, Pierre or Phil Collins. Also loved Michael Giles style a lot! In Finland both Ronnie Österberg and Vesa Aaltonen has had really great style!

PA says this is the same as "The Consequences of Indecisions", which I have. Need to listen to some more Pohjohla anyway, thanks for the recommendation.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: I didn't used to like Van Der Graaf Generator, but several PA members sparked my interest in them and after buying their two previously unheard 1970 albums in November and then listening to them for the first time on Christmas Day, I've finally seen the light and realised the inherent electric potential in this charged-up prog band.

They took me a very long time to get into as well and there's still a lot they've made that doesn't impress me all that much, but I've at least gotten to the point where I can count Pawn Hearts as a personal favourite. Peter Hammill's voice in general is a taste I really had to acquire.

I've also become something of a late bloomer Pink Floyd fan. Never gave them a second thought back in the 80s and the songs that made it onto the radio never sparked an interest in me. However, after exploring their early years and working upwards, I have a new appreciation for them.

Finally, Porcupine Tree. When I first discovered them I liked the later more heavy music but couldn't get into the earlier stuff. That's changed now and I'm happily delving into their early and mid periods

Way back then (in the 90's) I suddendly understood what VdGG and GG were all about after 15 years of trying.

A bit later in the decade, I changed my mind about Duke and ATTWT, which I had tried and detested, simply because they were not in the line of TotT and W&W. Not that I own them, but I respect those two albums (but not the rest of their later discography.

Having heard part of the remix of Floyd's AMLOR that has been realized for Floyd's later years boxset, I could be changing my mind if they ever sell the new remix as a stand alone album. Indeed, from the three tracks that were made pubic, two new versions are a definite improvement (no miracle either), the third being neutral. But, adding more Mason and Wright will probably change this album from an OK solo Gilmour album to an OK (but no more) Floyd album.

Me too.....

both an 'acquired taste'....like smelly cheese.