This thread has forced me to dig into my past, as anything I did not like has pretty much disappeared from both my record/cd shelves and my memory. But yeah, anything from "ain't I cool" hippie bands and acts really tested my patience. "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" did this. Delaney and Bonnie sounded generic and bland. The proverbial pasted-on smile. I loved David Crosby when he was in the Byrds but nowhere else. I truly enjoyed the Grateful Dead the two times I saw them in concert but, not to sound like a broken record(!) their recordings were distressingly lacking in energy and burdened with 'tude.
Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding
So like most of you (I bet), I listen to tons of music. But there are just some albums I never learned to appreciate. I hope this thread can serve as a teaching tool. I did not get Mingus at first but now he is one of my favorites.
Perhaps ending each post with, "What am I missing?" would be a good idea.
I will start with Graceland by Paul Simon. Most of my friends call me crazy (still after all these years...OUCH that was bad) but I never desire to listen to this record. I get the African influence and rhythm but it just does not impress me. Alternatively when Peter Gabriel did the African influence thing I found it stunningly good. Paul Simon as a musician impresses me in his other works. What am I missing?
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