(04-07-2022, 04:07 PM)anonymous2112 Wrote: I'll be the first to admit I don't get pop music, whether it's boy bands, the divas from American Idol, or gospel influenced vocal calisthenics.

On the first Jags message board, there was an entire thread devoted to why my favorite genre, prog rock, sucked. So take what I say with a grain of salt, and realize that I'm not passing judgement on what anyone likes or doesn't. The thread asks what doesn't do it for me but the critics dig.

Prince - OK, I guess, just don't see what the big deal was.
Michael Jackson - same thing.
Beck - a critic darling who has a few songs I like
Dave Matthews Band - same category as Beck. I don't get following him around like the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead - sorry, I hate jam bands. Talented as hell but no way I'm sitting through a show.

I'm with you on classic prog rock; I really hated it at first until I had a roommate in college who was really into it. He had most of the albums of the early/mid 70's prog rock groups (Tull, ELP, King Crimson, Yes) and the more I listened, the more I liked and appreciated it. And I was able to get him interested in the classical kick that I was on at the time, so it was a win-win.

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