# Artists you like -- but not for what other people like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519 "2018-03-14T00:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/21 "2018-03-15T13:42:44Z")
While Neil Diamond is best known for his slow, pop style, the only I love beyond all reasoning of his is “Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show.” I wish he sang like that more often. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/22 "2018-03-15T15:20:29Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I could do without the signature Stones rock sound, but I love their mellow stuff. Mick Jagger’s voice when he’s not screaming or being misogynistic can be lovely – “She Smiled Sweetly,” “Moonlight Mile,” even throwaways like “Indian Girl.” I like Mick’s acting better than any “singing” he’s ever done. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/23 "2018-03-15T15:29:47Z")
I like Monica Bellucci for her mind. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/24 "2018-03-15T15:35:43Z")
One of my favorite books is CITY BOY by Herman Wouk, which has no war in it. Poe not only wrote the best horror stories and mystery stories, he wrote some side-splitting funny stuff. Mark Twain wrote a historical novel about Joan of Arc which is very different from all his other books and reads like it was written last week. I don’t know if I prefer it to Huck Finn but it’s a wonderful book few people know about. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/25 "2018-03-15T16:09:19Z")
I love Stephen King far more for his science fiction than his visceral horror. The Jaunt, I Am the Doorway, The End of the Whole Mess, The Langoliers, Word Processor of the Gods, Lawnmower Man, The Long Walk, The Dark Tower, etc. It all just gets me in my sweet spot. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/26 "2018-03-15T16:18:49Z")
My favorite Al Pacino movie is _Author, Author_ in which he plays a playwright raising five children. I love him in that role. If I had only seen him in his gangster/criminal persona, I wouldn’t be a fan at all. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/27 "2018-03-16T04:09:37Z")
I liked the nekkid pictures in _Playboy._ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/28 "2018-03-16T04:12:35Z")
As opposed to only reading the articles? Right! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/29 "2018-03-16T06:44:37Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > This is going to be SUPER obscure for most. There’s a paleoartist (a scientific illustrator that specializes in depicting ancient extinct life like dinosaurs, mammoths, etc) named Douglas Henderson who is one of my top influences and inspirations for my own art, but his depictions of landscapes and environments have become the things that I’m most impressed by. > You can see examples of both his prehistoric creatures and his landscapes here: [douglas henderson - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&hl=en&authuser=0&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1502&bih=918&ei=AT2pWtbLJ8OW5gLqmbKABg&q=douglas+henderson&oq=douglas+henderson&gs_l=img.3..35i39k1j0l4j0i24k1l5.666.5263.0.5504.20.19.1.0.0.0.101.1356.17j1.18.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.19.1355.0..0i30k1.0.myK-bI6BATQ#imgrc=_) I’m a fan. but hadn’t seen his pure landscapes before, thanks. In a related note - I was a huge fan of James Gurney’s historical illustrations for National Geographic way before _Dinotopia_ came out. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/30 "2018-03-16T07:43:34Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I love Styx’s concept album, “Kilroy Was Here”, which was done at the insistence of Dennis DeYoung, pretty much the only band member who liked it at all. aw [duuuuuuuuude](https://youtu.be/OMFlg8AuYlQ?t=35) Can’t say I was the hugest fan of Boris Karloff and his old monster flicks, but I thought he did a fine turn as his erudite, slightly world-weary self in Peter Bogdanovich’s early classic _Targets_. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/31 "2018-03-16T22:10:52Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > aw [duuuuuuuuude](https://youtu.be/OMFlg8AuYlQ?t=35) > Can’t say I was the hugest fan of Boris Karloff and his old monster flicks, but I thought he did a fine turn as his erudite, slightly world-weary self in Peter Bogdanovich’s early classic _Targets_. Meanwhile, (conversely), I never had any Martin Landau bedroom posters back in the day, but IMO he definitely deserved best supporting Oscar for _Ed Wood_ for playing Karloff’s rival, Bela Lagosi. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519/32 "2018-03-17T13:34:59Z")
Donny Walbergh boy pop singer and Tom Selleck star of Blue Bloods? No way. Walbergh took over that show and is the only reason I watch it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519.md?page=1)