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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?

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Jersey boy here and I think that Springsteen is a hack.  Went to one concert of his back in the day and I will say they played their butts off.

I'm a firm believer (right or wrong) that most people like the music they heard in their formative years. And carry that forward into adulthood.  I still don't get people who don't listen to any music, I mean not even background crappy FM on a boombox.

My parents loved B'way shows and saw Sinatra a number of times at the Rustic Lodge when he was starting out.  So we had many, many B'way and Sinatra records.  That is what I cut my teeth on as a child. 

I was nine or ten when Beatlemania hit...and yes I still go back to them and find it has turned into a day of listening.

Way to much music to list that I dislike (or just don't get) so I won't bother.  Very rare for me to try and "get" some music because I think I should. 

Regards,

barts 

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