Music I would succumb to under torture

Oh, not Sinatra! Say it isn’t so. I’m sure Dylan will not be far behind.

Besides all of the jazz lite vocalists, Krall, Cole, Monheit, Barber, et al, Yoko Ono is not to my taste. I think that I would give up all of our most treasured secrets to stop that torture.

And yes, these are simply personal matters of taste and enjoying these noted singers is as valid as disliking them.

BTW, there is a fantastic Pink Floyd bootleg called “The Screaming Abdabs” that is a live try out of the Dark Side of The Moon before all of the concepts therein were fully formed. It is a fantastic artifact, in glorious lo fi. Rick Wright seems to fill in the blanks that later became parts of the continuous whole. Like it, or not, if you have been listening to the album most of your life, this is a most instructive listen.

I personally cannot stand Rush.  Bad music played well.  But that's me. 

I wanna play, I wanna play!!! I do get this thread.  Every single day as i shower before I leave for work, I turned on the radio for "background music", to K-earth 101, for those who are in L.A. or otherwise familiar with the station.  I'm in the shower from about 515 or so to about 530ish.  I am GUARANTEED a dose of Queen or Elton John, or both during that time.  It hasn't failed in at least 8 years.  If you don't believe me, try it.  It WILL happen.  It is for that reason only that I cant stand either.  Why they can't flip the switch and play "Radio Gaga" or "That's why they call it the blues" is beyond my comprehension, both being excellent songs.  I'm not saying those artists aren't any good.  But try having anything shoved down your throat for that long and you'll understand.   So, there.