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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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Adele: enough already.  Stop smoking. Stop writing about old boyfriends

Heavy metal: screaming unintelligible lyrics

Rap:Ticking on a cymbal and electronic bass while they talk about drug dealing and killing cops.  Mumble rap, c'mon

Jazz: can't understand sixties experimental.  Uninformed cause I  couldn't even give it a chance

Country:  generic most of the time.  I  like some.

I  always wanted to listen to the groundbreaking stuff.  Synthesizers, sampling, polyrhythms, African rhythms.  Now we've done all that.  Just looking for modern bands of many genres that sound good to me.

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