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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?

bancsee
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dekay
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Seriously:

A few albums I didn't take to for years, but now sometimes listen to/enjoy on Youtube are...

The John Lennon album with a tree and grass on the cover (forget the name and lost our AOL favorites AGAIN) plus Wonderwall Music (sp?) by George Harrison).

Though in the minority on this I cannot stand the sound of Stevie Nicks voice so I do not listen to any later FM with her involved.

This Youtube video depicts how much better the vocals of one particular FM song could have been.

 

 

DeKay

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erik_squires
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Graceland was Paul Simon appropriating everything he could. The African artists alone were much better, and if you really want to be upset watch his interview about how just randomly he picked words for those meaningless lyrics.

One that always makes me scratch my head is Norah Jones. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun enough to listen to her, but as a ground breaking, world renown artist that makes Jazz musicians stop what they are doing and take notice? OOooookay, sure.

The big album I’ve tried and tried to get however was Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue.

roadwhorerecords
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Got the first Kate Bush album as a gift when it first came out. Out of courtesy, I listened to the first side. Put it up. Told my friend I really liked it. Second album was released, and same friend gifted it to me. I listened to it, then the first again. I thought they were OK. Then kept going back to them. Then I started watching for new releases. I have been a fan for decades now.

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tony1954
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1. Rap

2. Hip Hop

3. Perhaps 80% of music released after 1980.

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