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Re “getting it”:

No one is  suggesting that one has to like music that one is trying to “get”. This music is an artist’s expression.  It belongs to the artist.  The listener is a “guest”.  Liking it can be considered secondary. Again, humility.  However, if a listener wants to truly understand the full range and scope of a creative artist’s musical vision and evolution, he would do well to at least take it in and perhaps simply tolerate it with a listening or two. Personally, I find great value in that.  The trick is to not waste time with the imposters.

Not an imposter.  Check out the lineup.  Could so many greats be full of s#!t?  Unlikely:

https://youtu.be/iPDzlSda8P8?si=As5mYdNgfXAcnSM9

@frogman 

No one is  suggesting that one has to like music that one is trying to “get”.

 

I can't say whether I'm the only one who's been laboring under the illusion that  "getting" and "enjoying" necessarily go hand-in-hand, but I appreciate you taking the time to point it out. Very helpful!  

Stuartk, In my personal experience, listening, getting, and yes, tolerating, many times lead to liking.

I love it when I get the "concept" through the music and it adds a whole ’nother layer of enjoyment (e.g., Jethro Tull, Passion Play where it runs from the beginning to the end).  Maybe if opera was in English...  

I especially love it when I understand the joke and nobody else seems to get it, some even when you explain it to them.

Go to 25:30 and answer the question.

Even AI doesn’t get the joke and quotes the disk wrong!

https://youtu.be/lmWFrMq3qNY

Great point,  @acman3 !