Which artists do you just not get?

Most any kind of real jazz and rap.

I have Miles Davis Some kind of Blue along with a few others. Every time I take MD's Some Kind of Blue out for a spin I think maybe this time I'll hear what others claim to hear, but no. After about 3 minutes I'm shaking my head and after 10 minutes it's back in it's case and back on the shelf.

Only to try again about 8 months later. Every time, same feeling.

This kind of jazz (almost regardless of the artist) always, always sounds to me like a bunch of guys having individual impromptu sessions in someone's garage. Only they are impromptu'ing together.

Rap? About the same feeling only worse. Only I ain't got no rap cd's.

-IMO

I've tried and tried, but I just can't get into most of Dave Mathews Band. I wanted to like it because so many people think it is the greatest. I don't get it!

I REALLY don't get the whole Metallica thing! The last few things I heard from Metallica had to be some of the most poorly constructed tunes in the history of music.

Of course, this is all IMHO!!!

Rock On!!

TIC

I agree with Stehno on both counts i.e. most rap and a lot of "jazz". While dissonance in rock music is one thing ( they usually at least maintain a steady beat of some type ), some jazz sounds like you've got various performers in different rooms of the studio all playing at the same time and they can't hear each other !!! For that matter, even "rap" or "hip-hop" will maintain some type of beat or rhythm, even if it is pre-recorded sound snippets from another band !!!

Having said that, my Brother and Father both LOVE John Mclaughlin / Mahavishnu Orchestra. Personally, i HATE this stuff. I can pretty much count on getting a headache if this stuff is playing when i visit either of them. Needless to say, if they won't put something else on, i'm out the door.... Sean
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Almost all rap and hip-hop artists. Eminem has a few catchy performances (they aren't "songs," are they?) that I could get into about once a year, and I've heard a few other "catchy" ones too, but nothing that would even remotely entice me to go out and purchase (or even download) one of their albums. Most of the rest of the rap and hip-hop artists sound the same to me and I can't stand listening to them. For me they are worse than the current country music artists, which I can sometimes tolerate.

Forgot one: Yawnni... oops, I mean Yanni.