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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
edcyn
1,876 posts
 

Did I ever mention on this website that I went to Jim Morrison's 'concert' at the Aquarius Theater(?) to hear him spout his poetry?

cd318
2,636 posts
 

I remember a holiday in Amsterdam where they seemed to be playing the Doors everywhere we went.

It was damn near perfect to wake up and stick your head out of the window and hear the Doors first thing in the morning.

 

Another time I went it was Bob Marley everywhere.

Great tastes these Amsterdamers seemed to have!

You can’t please everyone, but there can’t be many who’d object to either the Doors or Marley, can there?

 

As for famous albums that I couldn’t get into, it pains me to say that I haven’t played John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme for years and years.

I love Coltrane but that one does very little for me.

teo_audio
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The entire Zappa Catalogue. (except for Hot Rats. I be groovin' that one)

Same for The Dead.

stuartk
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@bdp24 

 

Personally I love what a well-positioned dim. chord can contribute but tension and resolution is a major aspect in my listening enjoyment. This is not necessarily true for everyone. 

 

 

 

 

 

stuartk
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@16f4 

No, you are most certainly not "imagining" the Dead's off-key singing.

Whether it was unlistenably so, all the time, depends upon one's tastes. 

 

 

 

 

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