@steveb

A benefit of iconoclasm & eclecticism is you learn (about) a lot of things.

So much good music. I have indeed ossified a lot, listening to new things is a lot of work (requiring attention I'm becoming stingy with.) But I have collected gems along the way.

This, in its ENTIRETY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fo6BgyrwQw

Their second album is fun too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ6IH67ilag

Yer dad, right - all these candies. He says "choose ONE", boy are you sad.

I'd listen to all of any band I liked. What I remember is that in 1974, a lot of bands I liked began changing up what they were doing. One example was Pink Floyd: they used to be head music, psychedelic, and with Dark Side of the Moon, "went commercial" as I saw it. I noticed (sadly) people marking that album as their "takeoff", when we 'true fans' knew better. They weren't going to do anything like Astronomy Domine again.

Many bands - the music was not as interesting (for me) after 1974, so I can mark that year as perhaps the beginning of my ossification.

Soft Machine - Third [disc 1 & 2] [remastered] [HD]

YouTube