Honestly I don't even see any posts that said "You should like them or you're close minded" and I just went through the entire thread again.
What was said, however, is just because you don't like it, doesn't mean other's can't and that it still has some merit, whether you like it or not.
Yeah, there is a shit load of music I don't fucking care for. For example, I think the song Dance of Eternity by Dream Theater (the song) is a complete piece of shit and is completely fucking boring and no amount of technicality and endless time signature changes could save that song, because I think it's extremely poorly written and would have rather have a coherent, well written intro/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge and so on structure of Paramore or Paranoid by Black Sabbath than the total wank fest that is Dance of Eternity. Give me a fucking song, not a bunch of guys showing how "prog" they are by writing that shit.
But can I still see the merit in what I believe is an otherwise fucking horrible song that sounds like a bunch of musicians with extreme chops that have never written a song in their lives before?
Yeah I can, I can at least understand other people will enjoy it. Mind you Images and Words is one my most fave albums ever, so it's not like I hate Dream Theater either.
I couldn't give a fuck for anything Avril Lavigne or Coldplay have ever done, I think it's shitty and I cringe whenever I hear any of it.
But it is very obvious and plain to see it's well written music with lots of appealing vocal melodies? Fuck yeah it is.