Music is very 'individual' or personal, and arguments about what is 'good' tend to lead nowhere. From a personal point of view I find "Danny Boy" to be an ugly melody set to mediocre words, but the history of the song is fascinating. (I know lotsa folks will disagree with that, and that's cool by me.) Neat link about the song here. OTOH, I absolutely love "Maggie" and "October Winds". In the jazz area, I like Theolonious Monk's work but don't really care for Miles Davis' stuff. Mahler attracts me and Dvorak is boring. I find Bob Dylan's lyrics (and most melodies) to be awesome, but not so the majority of Woody Guthrie's work. I think Robert Johnson is highly over-rated as a singer/writer and I will never understand the reverence he's given by blues people, but then Muddy Waters 'speaks' to me and so does Mississippi John Hurt. I would never argue this with people because folks have different tastes in music. I would also never argue the relative merit of Rap Music--neither pro nor con--despite the fact it is irritating and bothersome as an art form (IMO). I don't think I'll hear a prettier song (ballad) than "Patches" or Johnny Horton's "All For the Love of a Girl", but then not all people would agree, and that's cool too.

Rock and Roll has had and continues to have its moments. I find "Stairway to Heaven" to be a piece of junk as a song, but then I think that of "Horse With No Name" and that 'We will, we will rock you' thing. However, put on youtube cut of JF doing UATB and you got my attention. It has one of the greatest hooks r and r ever had--ranks up there with CB's ROB--and if you don't know whose initials they are or which song it is then you are beyond ALL help from the r and r gods. Folks, ya like what ya like. I don't think any music of the last 300 years developed in isolation without influences from other music. (I'm likely wrong about that and I'd sure expect to find out shortly, lol.) However, it says something about the human condition and character that there does NOT exist one single group of people anywhere in the world who do not like music. And that speaks volumes.

One more youtube: The audience loves it.