Musical Broccoli

A few days ago, Harry listed a few artists he describes as 'musical broccoli'. The sorts of music he would have spat out instinctivly in his youth, but which he's grown to like in recent years. His list includes Steely Dan (who I've never listened to, but suspect I'd probably like), and the late, great Frank Zappa, who's reputation for sexist and scatalogical lyrics sometimes got in the way of his musical genius.

My list would include a lot of stuff I spent the late 70s and early 80s trying to avoid. It took me years to get past my reaction against music press Stalinist revisionism and admit that some of the 70s punk bands actually did make some great rock'n'roll records. And that not all 70s disco was rubbush either. Perhaps it's because the passing of time has winnowed out all the third rate drivel, and left the gems. Or perhaps it's because I've grown out of the musical tribalism of my youth.