Mick, thanks so much for this idea - wonderful!
OK - first off, I have of course listened to all the tracks, and I have realised that the common thread running through the majority that i don't 'get' is either the vocalist's voice - Morrisey, Albarn, Lee, Diamond, or the song structure which i can't get a comfortable handle on.
So, for that reason -
I LOVED The Fix, and will check out more of Elbow. I should alos say that I adore An Audience With The Pope. but felt utterly unmoved by the band's headline at Glastonbury last year.
Tender - nope, still got that cod-Cockney whine thing going on.
How Soon Is Now - i can never forget Bill Bailey's summing up of Morrissey - that he sings the same three notes up and down, and even the wide-screen technicolour grandeur of this tune can't hide his awful sound. That said, I brook not argument that What Difference Does It Make? represents an oasis of class in a desert of mediocrity - the sheer friving guitars and drums over-ride M's droning noise.
Spirit Of The Radio - nope, always found Geddy Lee's falsetto very odd, and the prog time signatures lose me quickly.
We Used To Know - the Anderson voice again kills it, as does the whimsey of their tumes.
That's Entertainment - Morrisey solo - irredeemable.
You Do Something To Me - I admit my perception of Weller is coloured by my meeting with him once, when he was very rude to me, and I still think Going Underground is a fabulous song.
Neil Daimond - I have always found his lyrics and his strructures to be off-kilter, and I seriously dislike his voice, and his increasingly awful wigs.
Thanks again all for your time and trouble - much appreciated.