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@audio-b-dog

Laura Nyro sounds too breathy for me and this can make her difficult to understand on some cuts.

Anything in Italian is foreign to me.

@toddalin 

Okay, got you. I don't care if I understand all the words. I'm more into feeling the voice as part of the music. And I guess I'm into breathy female vocalists, if I think about it. Just a matter of taste.

Re “getting it”:

No one is  suggesting that one has to like music that one is trying to “get”. This music is an artist’s expression.  It belongs to the artist.  The listener is a “guest”.  Liking it can be considered secondary. Again, humility.  However, if a listener wants to truly understand the full range and scope of a creative artist’s musical vision and evolution, he would do well to at least take it in and perhaps simply tolerate it with a listening or two. Personally, I find great value in that.  The trick is to not waste time with the imposters.

Not an imposter.  Check out the lineup.  Could so many greats be full of s#!t?  Unlikely:

https://youtu.be/iPDzlSda8P8?si=As5mYdNgfXAcnSM9

@frogman 

No one is  suggesting that one has to like music that one is trying to “get”.

 

I can't say whether I'm the only one who's been laboring under the illusion that  "getting" and "enjoying" necessarily go hand-in-hand, but I appreciate you taking the time to point it out. Very helpful!  

Stuartk, In my personal experience, listening, getting, and yes, tolerating, many times lead to liking.