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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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chowkwan
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Didn't think I'd ever like choral music. (Forced to go to chapel every day as a youth. Twice on Sundays.) Now I think Bach's Mass in B Minor is the pinnacle of Western Civ.

 

The Rite of Spring caused a riot at its premiere and has been jangling nerves ever since. You prolly know it from Fantasia. Here the composer gives his own take.

 

 

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