I feel they are an aquired taste. I disliked them when I began listening to them. My husband has always loved them and played them quite often. I would complain that one song lasted for 2 hours etc etc....Then little by little, I began to warm up to them. I then read biographies and articles and became even more enamored of all of them. (even Phil as horribly ugly as he is) I respect them as musicians. Jerry truly loved to play, you can feel it coming through when you listen. What appeals to one person may repel another. To each his own.