>>because, if all you are really saying is "I don't like it", that defines YOU, and NOT the music.

Don T. <<

I agree Don.

I saw Tony Bennett live about 35 years ago and to be honest i thought he was boring. He just stood there and sang with what to me was no stagecraft. But having said that, I was one of the few who felt like that, I think. He just wasn't my style even though he was a very good singer.
40 years ago, I saw Tom Jones with his band live, and he to me was brilliant. He engaged the audience and had the women frothing at the mouth.

Neither of them are mediocre, they are excellent, but like eveything else, you either like them or you don't. Both have massive followings.