I want to like Hawkwind, but

As someone else already said : if you don't like something there's no need to feel guilty about it.  Personally I tried very hard to like Porcupine Tree, and Steven Wilson after that, but after much perseverance and deliberation I think both the guy and his band are just an over rated bunch of complete crap and a total fraud.  I don't feel guilty about the fact that many will undoubtedly disagree with me on that.  It's all just down to personal taste you see..  One mans bunch of ear aching crap is another mans aural delight.

I very much like 1970s Hawkwind myself but yes, they do have a lot of filler material.  I like them for the high points - like Sonic Attack on Space Ritual for example - truly soaring moments which are so often offset by the poor filler material which tends to plague most of their albums and is very much throwaway material.  Warrior on the edge of time is the best Hawkwind album IMHO but all their early albums up to and including Warrior are great if you like the psychadelic 70s kind of thing..   Just bypass the filler tracks and you might eventually come to appreciate them, but don't feel guilty if you never do !.