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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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curtdr
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Although I like some tracks and the sonics of the album, I have not really been able to listen to Pink Floyd's "The Wall" very consistently in recent years.  Turgid...  I'm also not a fan of "Wish You Were Here."  For PF, I prefer Animals and Dark Side, although I wish Dark Side wasn't so darned overproduced that it's softened down...

I saw Waters do Dark Side in entirety show and he stripped it all back to fundamental rock, not so glossy, live and it was excellent as such.  His semi-recent Wall tour, which I did go see, bored me.. the show just bored me.  

curtdr
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And as for Zappa... yeah, well... maybe I'm a turnip.  I do like some of his tracks but after a while ... 

I saw him in concert once and what a yawn fest.  People were getting up and just leaving early... I stuck it out to the end, but reluctantly, and on the way out my companion and I just shook our heads and rolled our eyes... 

 

curtdr
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I'm also not a big fan of Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town... yeah, a few great tracks but when I put it on I want to take it off before hearing the whole thing. 

I much prefer Born To Run and Wild, Innocent, E-street Shuffle albums, with Wild being my favorite.  Nebraska is great, too. 

And, more recently, The Rising is good, ... better than Darkness.

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