Bo Diddley understood that music was about FEEL. Sure you can "carry a tune" or "sing the song," but how precious few of us are able to tap into the primordial essence of music? This is why you can like it, or not like it, but there is something there in Bo's music that reaches into the soul...
I remember an interview with Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack where he was commenting on Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts." To paraphrase, "there is SOMETHING there, SALT PEANUTS, SALT PEA-Nuts, something in there that GETS you..."
When you create/discover a rhythm that is SO STRONG, that it lives on to this day, and now, will live on til the end of time, ya just gotta admire that...
Thanks Bo...Rest in Peace....Love ya...bob