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Which artists do you just not get?

I love folk. I love rock n roll. I love jazz, classical, C&W, blues and bluegrass.

At the risk of being labeled a troglodyte, a philestine, or worse, I've never been able to listen to Bob Dylan without getting a headache. Reminds me of a cat and a chalk board. Same goes for The Grateful Dead. Maybe I wasn't doing the right drugs or something.

Who else has the courage to admit to disliking music that vast portions of the population seems to go gag-ga over?

Rule number 1, Don't get personal or call other posters names because they just dissed your favorite artist.

Rule number 2, keep it civil.

Rule number 3 - HAVE FUN!
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cpdunn99
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There is no music that I don't "get." It's all music. It's people that I don't get.

Greatest, in my mind:
Dylan (popular/rock)
John Coltrane and Kenny Dorham (jazz)
Other: Martin Stephenson and the Daintees
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cpdunn99
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Cdelplato,

I didn't get Wilco, either, until I saw them in concert last fall. They are a damn good live band. I then relistened to some studio stuff... still don't get it! Live is best, I guess.
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cpdunn99
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Kublakhan,

I didn't take your comments to mean you were arguing or debating! Not in the least. I don't know much about Coltrane, the man. My comment about "it's people I don't get" was meant to be a little tongue-in-cheek and to refer to people in general, not anyone specifically.

As for Coltrane, I know and love his music. All I know about him otherwise is that he had a heroin problem for quite a while, but that he became very spiritual later.
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