I've just never got....

[theclaud]

who 'should' you like, but, try as you might, can't.

Heaven knows I'm fond of warblers but Sarah Vaughan, who is supposed to be the cat's pyjamas of jazz singers just passes me by. Ella Fitzgerald no problem. Eartha Kitt almost - but then she's not supposed to be great. Billie Holliday definitely. Sarah Vaughan is either too sophisticated for me or appeals to a sensibility that my ears just don't do...

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=x8cFdZyWOOs

Eartha Kitt! Good Lord.

Holliday and Fitzgerald are in a class of their own of course. Vaughan is great, but in small doses - the ego and technique seem to get in the way a bit. Actually I love the Lullaby of Birdland album, but it's Clifford Brown that makes it. Shame about Herbie Mann, who should be consigned to the same place as Eartha Kitt. The best things on it for Vaughan are September Song, April in Paris and I'm Glad There is You (a lovely song with a beautiful lyric, again nearly spoiled by Herbie Mann's horrible flute). Sarah needs good songs, but Clifford doesn't - when he comes in (at 2:51) on the otherwise utterly banal You're Not the Kind, after Mann's lacklustre effort, it's like being woken up with champagne, clotted cream and strawberries. Lovely mute solo at 2:45 on September Song as well - but press stop before Mann comes in! Actually I think Vaughan works well with cheesier and lusher orchestrations that match the ego a bit - I've got a bit of a soft spot for an album she made with Michel Legrand. Don't click if understatement is your thing...

 

[Haitch]

Hammond organs.

 

[Davidc]

I have never understood why people go on and on about Jimi Hendrix.... or Bob Dylan.

It's because their songs and performance are stunningly brilliant.

I've never seen Dylan live, but Hendrix was magical when I saw him (in 1970)

 

[alecstilleyedye]

another (un)vote for ballet. even though my daughter is apparently quite good at it (and should be for what it costs)…

 

[CharlieB]

U2 - Irritating, smug and pointless. "One" isn't a bad song but it needed Johnny Cash to sing it properly.

+1

 

[dellzeqq]

The Beatles

1. The name is a pathetic pun and is so so naff.
2. Everyone elevates them to god status. None have done anything of note for the past 35 years.
3. Whenever one of their records comes on (although I accept it was good in its day) I get the same feeling that we all get when Bryan Adam's "Everything I do I do it for you" comes on. It just has been played to death and is just so so boring.

now we are really talking. That is bigger than not getting Elvis. And, you know what....take away 'A Day in the Life' and 'Eleanor Rigby' and I'm with you.

 

[dellzeqq]

another (un)vote for ballet. even though my daughter is apparently quite good at it (and should be for what it costs)…

ah, yes. The Yuletide Swan Lake family outing. Not to be attempted sober.

 

[Brahan]

Paul Weller

The Smiths

I don't get it.

 

[jack the lad]

The Police (off the Sting variety I mean, not the plod!). Tuneless winey voice and lyrics that are so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring,so boring, so boring,s o boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring, so boring...repeat (ad nauseum) and fade...

 

[Aperitif]

^ that's a post with a Sting in the tale, to be sure...

 

[Brahan]

Pineapple on pizza.

I just don't get it.

 

[palinurus]

(most) Jazz with vocals.

I like my jazz busy.

 

[User169]

Tom Jones - makes a fearful racket.

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Science fiction.

What have you tried? Some of it is very odd, but some is very good.

 

[ColinJ]

I don't get ( and don't want to):

Make up, high heels, big hair, piercings, tattoos, McDonald's, boy bands, girl bands (?), impatient drivers, smoking, strippers, lap-dancers, pole dancers, prostitution, poodles (and other ponced-up dogs), eating shellfish, soaps, other people's holiday videos/photos, window shopping, sado-masochism, bungee jumping, rollercoasters, ironing, fake tans, fake breasts, ladyboys, expensive hifi cables, paying £53 million for a vase, bling, Mills & Boon...

I could go on!