Hi Dave

Definitely. My listening habits have changed. The biggest change has been listening and appreciating the skill displayed within a song that most likely wasn't even a hit.

Lately I have been listening to BTO II, an album I really didn't like as a kid, but it had "Takin Care of Business" on it so was worth the spend. But now I can listen to songs like "Welcome Home" from the same album and appreciate the skill displayed. 

And like yourself, I find myself researching bands that had too quickly slipped by my interest. To give another example,  Foghat. They had a great hit back in the 70s called "Slow Ride". Bit digging into them some 50 years later, wow, what a band.

Great post!