zphage wrote: Maybe this is the turning that inevitably happens to once vilified commercial acts: ABBA, ELO, Bread, Carpenters, Beach Boys, Four Seasons, Association, Etc.,
Not to mention Queen who were just as uncool as Genesis in NME circles between Punk Rock and Fred's demise.
All it takes is a couple of hipster acts to say they like something a bit outre and guilty pleasure-ish and suddenly all is forgiven.
Even LZep's rep got a re-fit in the mid 80s and Floyd's too in the late 80s early 90s.
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