Musicians you just don't get

[michaelb]

hal wrote:
[quote=mikebw]
[quote=hal]
the entire (yes, I mean all of it) universe of Rap/Hip-hop. It's boring and very limited.

... but I would like to think there are intricacies that exist beyond the level of attention that many people are willing to devote to it.
I would too. I will admit to being taken by NWA (I think) music that was in Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing'. They lyrics were brash to say the least, (JFK was just another racist or something like that) and I understood then (and this was 20 years ago) that these guys were the Dylan of their time - saying very clearly, a message that rang so true then.

However, the music itself, is repetitive. I actually sat through that recent movie, "Hustle & Flow” and I was shocked at how uninteresting the music was. It was just plain bad imo.
That was Public Enemy, but both PE and NWA were great and among the very best.

There is a ton of music I get but don't like. It is harder to think of music I don't get. Eric Clapton was listed as the 2nd greatest guitar player of all time by RS; I just don't get that. I can't think of a single instance in which I have every been impressed by Eric Clapton. I have a hard time seeing how he could be better, in any way, on the guitar than Stevie Ray Vaughn for example.