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1. Band You Really Thought You Had Something With — They Said They'd Call But You Never Heard From Them Again
They Might Be Giants might be one. I loved a ton of their songs, but didn't latch onto Flood as much as I hoped. They suffer from what I call "The Steely Dan Syndrome" (where a band has tons of great songs, but no albums I can fully enjoy). Perhaps there is hope, after all, "Particle Man" and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" are works of genius...
2. Your Best Friend's Girlfriend Or Boyfriend You Secretly Want To Hook Up With
Honestly, I can't answer this one. This is a testament to the fact that (a) I have no friends or (b) my friends either have the same music tastes as me or (c) I never found a band that hooked me like that yet.
3. The Rebound: Bands You Start To Date After Everyone Else Is Through With Them
Radiohead, likely. I pretty much refuse to touch Pablo Honey (though its reckoning with me is coming...), and I own practically all their albums. Personally, they're getting much better. In Rainbows was aaaammaazzzzing. The King of Limbs is also great. Yes, I do love OK Computer, but I find myself revisiting Rainbows more often.
4. Band You Broke Up With, Then Got Back Together
Fleetwood Mac. Man, Say You Will was a major letdown. No Christine McVie in sight and so much faffing about with the songs (I mean, did it really need to be 18 songs long?... I mean damn.). It also didn't help that I was a member (at the time) of a Fleetwood Mac message board and it turned out most of the posters were big Lindsey/Stevie shippers. Talk about major creepy. After getting away from the message board (I still lurk it) and wrote off much of Say You Will... I rediscovered their blues-rock era (mostly the Bob Welch era) and fell in love again. I cannot stop listening to Mystery to Me on vinyl. I will venture into their other things again. For now, I'll play it safe with Bob Welch and Christine McVie.
5. Band That Broke Up With You
Death Cab for Cutie. Man, I loved Transatlanticism and Plans; but the deal-breaker was Narrow Stairs. I wish I can say I was excited by the new album, but I can't incite enough emotion for it. That and them doing a song for that blasted New Moon movie didn't help either. I'll still keep their albums, but damn y'all... ouch.
6. Bands I Stick By To No Matter What
Genesis, Editors, The Police, Rush, and Steely Dan. I've been through so much with these bands, but I love them still in the end. Though I enjoy Joy Division so much more than Editors, I still love the latter (not just from introducing me to Ian Curtis and friends). Genesis has been with me for a long time and we're like old friends now. I can say the same for The Police and Steely Dan. Rush may follow suit.
My own creation:
Band That You Ended Up Liking Than the Person Who Recommended Said Band
CAKE. My sister owns two of their CDs: B-Sides and Rarities and Prolonging the Magic. She recommended them for "Sheep Go to Heaven" (from the latter). I never listened to them, though. One day, I happened upon "The Distance" and fell in love. I then bought Fashion Nugget and loved it to itty bitty pieces. My sister, upon hearing this, was surprised. She loved "Sheep Go to Heaven", but the band and her never clicked. I still haven't gotten into the other CDs my sister had lent to me, but I get the feeling that it's gonna be great.
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My sister has a great track record of recommending people that I end up loving: Beirut, Sigur Rós, Björk, Voxtrot, and Ra Ra Riot.
Me, however... I only succeeded in getting her to enjoy Florence + the Machine and Talking Heads.
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That's about it for this. It was enjoyable, will do again. May create a literature variation of this...
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