Haha! No need to apologise. :D
That last point is a particularly good one, as changing your approach to what "sounds like music" to you is a bit like trying to unlearn basic maths. It's so ingrained.
Had a quick look at Elliott Carter, and I can see what you're getting at. When I first heard Rammstein it was just noise to me and everything sounded the same, now I'm a total fanboy. You have to devote some patience to these kind of things to appreciate what's being done differently each time.
It's nice to find music that surprises you, one of my favourite finds of recent years was these guys, recommended to me by a peculiar Finnish man. No idea if this is your kind of thing, but they caught me off guard.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:24,
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Hahaha
I have no idea what I just listened to but it caused me great joy.
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Throat And Ice Pie I see dem tatties dere., Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:29,
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Well at least I did SOMETHING right today...
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Thu 9 Aug 2012, 23:33,
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