Are there any recording artists you just can’t listen too?

@mylogic I hope you are not under the mistaken impression that I dislike Neil Young. I love NY and always have! Southern Man and Ohio are at the top of all social conscience rock. They can inhabit my head for days, all these years later. Lyrics are few, spare, and evocative, while the guitar lines tell the tales. Who else can do that? Powderfinger is a work of genius on every level. Et cetera, et cetera. The one I can't abide is the talentless James Taylor. Let there be no confusion on this! NY forever, JT never.

@hickamore 

Neil & Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

Just to clarify that @gdoke and myself were talking about the other Neil….not Neil Young of Southern Man, and Ohio 

No objection to Neil Young or when ‘older’ in CSN&Y myself.

@bzawa 

@immatthewj That's Springsteen? That's quite good. Is it from Jungle Land? 

The lyrics are the opening verse of Thunder Road, from the same lp as Jungleland.

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I have a slightly different take on Springsteen than I’ve seen represented in this discussion. If you didn’t see the E St. band perform before 1976, it may be hard to believe that they were among the most vital bands in rock ‘n’ roll at the time. They were stunning.

While I don’t listen much to them anymore, I think the first three Springsteen albums reveal genuine songwriting talent. After that, I feel Springsteen lost his muse. There are the occasional gems scattered among his songs of the last 50 years, but I’m not inclined to search them out.

Forgot to add Crosby Stills & Nash. Epitomizes much of what dislike most in popular music. 

George Thorogood, Billy Joel any Rappers.