# 10 Musicians You Don't Like From The 60s? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433 "2019-05-03T19:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/61 "2019-05-05T04:13:17Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > A few months ago I stumbled across “Beware of Mr. Baker” on Netflix. I had heard stories about Ginger Baker before but holy crap, that documentary makes him look like half lunatic and half raging asshole. It’s no wonder Cream didn’t last very long. (Of course, Jack Bruce was no slouch either when it came to being an asshole.) I did watch it all the way to the end, and I felt like taking a decontamination-level shower afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/62 "2019-05-05T06:16:09Z")
I agree with this thread. And nominate Roger Waters to be a part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/63 "2019-05-05T06:19:40Z")
It honestly would be more difficult for me to come up with a list of 10 musicians I like from the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/64 "2019-05-05T06:25:57Z")
Joan Baez. Can’t stand that constant vibrato in her voice. She sounds like a soprano Dalek. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/65 "2019-05-05T07:04:20Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > It honestly would be more difficult for me to come up with a list of 10 musicians I like from the 60s. Got any nasty anecdotes about Tommy and Dickie Smothers? If not, two is a good start… ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/66 "2019-05-05T07:17:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Got any nasty anecdotes about Tommy and Dickie Smothers? If not, two is a good start… Tommy Smothers has a reputation for being egotistical and overbearing and has gotten on the nerves of more than a few people in the industry. One incident that seems especially noteworthy 43 years later is in 1976 when he ended up on the losing end of a brawl with Bill Cosby at the Playboy Mansion that started when Smothers kept taunting Cosby over the failure of his variety show on ABC. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/67 "2019-05-05T07:47:08Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Joan Baez. Can’t stand that constant vibrato in her voice. She sounds like a soprano Dalek. OK, that made me laugh out loud. You win the internet quote of the day. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/68 "2019-05-05T12:52:48Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Tommy Smothers has a reputation for being egotistical and overbearing and has gotten on the nerves of more than a few people in the industry. One incident that seems especially noteworthy 43 years later is in 1976 when he ended up on the losing end of a brawl with Bill Cosby at the Playboy Mansion that started when Smothers kept taunting Cosby over the failure of his variety show on ABC. I heard it was a sucker-punch, and I also heard that Clint Eastwood told Cosby, “You wanna try that on me?” ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/69 "2019-05-05T13:00:40Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > It honestly would be more difficult for me to come up with a list of 10 musicians I like from the 60s. Melanie seems sweet. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/70 "2019-05-05T13:14:23Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > A few months ago I stumbled across “Beware of Mr. Baker” on Netflix. I had heard stories about Ginger Baker before but holy crap, that documentary makes him look like half lunatic and half raging asshole. It’s no wonder Cream didn’t last very long. (Of course, Jack Bruce was no slouch either when it came to being an asshole.) We watched _Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars_ a while back. It went on about how it was Bruce that caused the most problems in Cream. To outdo Baker really takes effort. ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/71 "2019-05-05T15:08:39Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > ETA II: (Missed the edit deadline) Page has ONE adopted stepchild, and two biological children with that child’s mother. He has 3 daughters and 2 sons. His daughter Scarlet (who was in the wreck you mentioned) and his 2 sons are very obviously (by facial appearance) biologicaly his. Don’t know about the other 2. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/72 "2019-05-06T20:31:26Z")
I confess I never really cared for the Monkees, the Doors, Blood Sweat & Tears, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/73 "2019-05-07T01:34:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I confess I never really cared for the Monkees, the Doors, Blood Sweat & Tears, the Byrds, the Grateful Dead or Jefferson Airplane. Anything wrong with them personally, or you just don’t like their music? Incidentally, music-wise, you are right about the first three, wrong about the second three. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/74 "2019-05-07T01:54:27Z")
Monkees had some great songs. (They may not have written most of them, but they – or whoever – recorded some great stuff. Not interested in getting into the nitty gritty of who wrote and played what, but a lot of “Monkees” work was fantastic, IMHO.) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/75 "2019-05-07T02:13:36Z")
The Doors, as well. I’m just sick and tired of it through force-feeding from “classic rock” radio stations. I also love early The Who, but the next time I hear **Who’s Next** I’m going the jam it up the DJ’s bunghole. The LP, not the CD. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/76 "2019-05-07T02:16:55Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Anything wrong with them personally, or you just don’t like their music?.. I kind of resent and disrespect the Monkees for being faux-Beatles, but I like hardly any of the music of the groups I named. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/77 "2019-05-07T02:24:42Z")
So, not to be a nudge or a phoney moderator, but the OP was asking about disliking musicians personally, not whether you liked their music. I was worried you were gonna reveal that Bob Weir was a secret masturbator, or that Jack Casady shook his naked wiener at little girls in Golden Gate Park, or that Roger McGuinn ordered his steak well-done. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/78 "2019-05-07T02:37:53Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > The Doors, as well. Honestly, I like many more Monkees songs than Doors songs. I think the only Doors songs I really enjoy are “Peace Frog” and “Five To One.” But, yeah, I’m not sure I have anything really strong against Jim Morrison, as per this thread’s title. I mean, he seems like a pretentious douche to me, but I never met him and don’t know that to be a fact. And with the Monkees, they all seemed rather approachable and pleasant, no? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/79 "2019-05-07T02:49:34Z")
Never approach a Monkee. > **[Can a 90-lb. chimp clobber a full-grown man?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2/can-a-90-lb-chimp-clobber-a-full-grown-man/)** ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433/80 "2019-05-07T05:07:50Z")
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